1964 Vox AC30 ex ELO Jeff Lynne THE IDLE RACE

JEFF LYNNE IDLE RACE AC30 

The following amplifier was one of Jeff Lynne’s first guitar amplifiers, purchased in circa 1964 was used in many of Jeff Lynne's early musical collaborations, details as follows: 

Vox Ac30 

1964 ( Circa ) 

Grey Panel 

2+12 Speakers 

Hand painted to rear “ The Idle Race  “ 

Condition - Used 

The Idle Race History 

The Idle Race were a British rock group from Birmingham who in the late 1960s and early 1970s had a cult following and in addition to being the springboard for Jeff Lynne, the band holds a place of significance in British Midlands' pop-rock history as a link between the Move, Electric Light Orchestra, the Steve Gibbons Band and Mike Sheridan & The Nightriders.

Link - The Idle Race

Jeff Lynne's First Amplifier 

Please see abstract taken from Beatles “ Fab Four Blog “ that discusses Jeff's First Ever Guitar Amplifier 

"However The Andicaps didn't last and in 1964 Jeff decided to join another local band called The Chads. it was also in that year that Lynne bought his first electric guitar, a second hand Burns Sonic along with a Vox AC30 amp."

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The above will be of interest to those players and collectors whom have interest in an amplifier that was at the beginning of the career of one of Britain’s most highly acclaimed musicians, producers and songwriters that being Jeff Lynne.

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