![]() A horizontal Vox logo, one pin corners and a strap handle with gold end caps were featured.Īn amp head and 2x10" speaker cabinet piggy back version of the Cambridge Reverb was additionally offered as the "Berkeley Super Reverb." A two spring Hammond Accutronics full sized reverb pan rested on the inside bottom of the cabinet. The cabinet of the Cambridge Reverb V-3 was constructed of fir plywood and was covered in a basket weave pattern vinyl. The power switch featured a standby function and dual pilot lamps indicated whether the amp is in "standby" or "operate" mode. The lower control panel included a third instrument input plus external speaker and foot switch jacks. The control panel featured two instrument inputs plus volume, treble, bass, tremolo speed, tremolo depth, and reverb controls. The 10" Celestion was replaced with a 10" "Gold Bulldog" speaker made by Oxford Speaker of Chicago IL in later production. Thomas Organ imported a 10" Celestion speaker from the UK for the Cambridge Reverb V-3. ![]() Some V-3 Cambridge Reverb amps had an oval hole in the rear panel while others had a split rear panel. While most V-3 Cambridge Reverb amps had a black control panel, some early amps had a silver upper control panel and a black rear control panel as shown in the image at left. When overdriven, the amp breaks into a sweet violin-like tone. Despite the American lineage of this amp, it oozes with the clean, chimey tone of British Vox amps. The preamp used a slight variation of the "top boost" circuit from the AC-30. Like the British AC-15, the 17 watt RMS tube output stage of the Cambridge Reverb V-3 was cathode biased. The single channel amp had three inputs, reverb and tremolo. The seven tube circuit featured three ECC83 preamp tubes, one ECC82 preamp tube, two EL84 output tubes, and one EZ81 rectifier tube. ![]() “Introduced in 1965, the original Cambridge Reverb was an all tube amp with circuitry inspired by the JMI Vox AC-15 amplifier. Here’s the Cambridge Reverb V-3 story from the Voxshowroom website… Certainly one of the nicest examples you are likely to find. This is a gorgeous sounding, low-powered combo amp. Includes both the original 10” Celestion 7724 as well as a 2019 UK-made Celestion G-10 Greenback. This amp functions exactly as it should with all of its original Vox tubes and electronics, but comes with NO warranty or guarantee of it’s electronic functionality. It is generally recommended to replace the main power filter capacitors in vintage amplifiers. This example is all original save for replaced three-prong power. Uber-rare, one-year model tube amp by Vox/Thomas Organ utilizing mostly JMI AC10/AC15 componentry including transformers, cabinetry and the highly-coveted, UK-made Celestion 7724 10” speaker.
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