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I had a call a week ago from a long-standing customer who was moving house. He said "You know that Vox Supreme - do you want it?". I immediately said yes and it's now mine; 1970, one owner from new (he picked it up directly from the factory) and with all the original tags with serial numbers matched to the amp. There can't be many surviving with that provenance. I had it in for a very minor issue about 15 years ago and was struck by how good an amp it was. It now switches on but hums, so some work to do as it wasn't used at all in those intervening 15 years.
It came with the knurled knobs and fittings to attach to the tilt-back cabinet, but sadly the original handle and fittings have been lost (the handle broke decades ago). Oddly, the cabinet is drilled for both the traditional strap handle as well as a later strap handle. I understand that some transition amps had both sets of drillings/markings, but need to establish if this is one.
Hopefully the reverb still works, as this is one area that's tricky to restore, being based on gramophone cartridges as transducers. I'm hoping that there isn't too much wrong with it as I recall it being quite difficult to work on with the fragile wiring and PCB.
It came with the knurled knobs and fittings to attach to the tilt-back cabinet, but sadly the original handle and fittings have been lost (the handle broke decades ago). Oddly, the cabinet is drilled for both the traditional strap handle as well as a later strap handle. I understand that some transition amps had both sets of drillings/markings, but need to establish if this is one.
Hopefully the reverb still works, as this is one area that's tricky to restore, being based on gramophone cartridges as transducers. I'm hoping that there isn't too much wrong with it as I recall it being quite difficult to work on with the fragile wiring and PCB.