FS/FT: Vintage Acoustic Head and Cabinet in Ohio

someparts · #1 01-17-2011, 02:15 PM

Here's a vintage USA made Acoustic Control Corporation bass stack. Late 70s model 450 amp head and an early 70s model 301 "W" horn cabinet. Both solid and used but not abused, look pretty good for their age and work fine. The 301 is the cab-only version of the famous ACC 360 used by Jaco and John Paul Jones - and this is an early one with the speaker access door in the rear. It has the original 4 ohm Cerwin Vega Earthquake 18" speaker, typical tolex wear through on the bottom and corners but all original grilles, logo, handles, casters, etc. The 450 is cosmetically a little cleaner - it can handle 2 ohms if you want to run another cab and has an adjustable distortion setting. If you are looking at this you probably know what it can do and what it sounds like....if not PM me for more details. $650 or trade. Located in Central Ohio.

someparts · #2 01-17-2011, 02:29 PM

demon666 · #3 01-17-2011, 04:45 PM

Are you willing to split these up? Would you ship the amp?

someparts · #4 01-18-2011, 07:28 AM

Yeah, I might be able to ship the head - but I put it here instead of eBay so I didn't have to do that....

I'd also do some trading for a Sunn Coliseum 300 head.

someparts · #5 01-26-2011, 06:49 PM

Also up for trades on quality combos and ultralite stuff for you local guys...

someparts · #6 01-29-2011, 12:21 PM

Also, I have another very worn 301 with a newer 4 ohm Eminence in it that can go with for an additional $100.

someparts · #7 02-02-2011, 09:51 AM

vintageampeg · #8 02-02-2011, 11:30 AM

for a short while I had pieced together two of these cabs with the 370 head. Oh. My. God. That was an insane rig. Not all that portable but UNREAL.

BluesBear · #9 02-02-2011, 07:45 PM

Back in the day, you had to have the Acoustic rig with two 301 cabs or the Sunn rig with 2 folded horn 18"ers. If you had either you were The Man!

I think too many bassists today just don't appreciate 15" and 18" speakers.

After 30+ years of being the standard, it's dang near impossible to find a twin fifteen cabinet anymore.
Now, I was the first person I knew who used 10" speakers for bass. That was back in 1970 when I added a Traynor 4x10 cabinet to my Traynor bass rig. It complimented my 15"s very well and I used them for twenty years.

I also had a pair of Sound City folded horn cabs. They were loaded with Cerwin Vegas and they were MONSTERS!!!

JordanTC · #10 02-03-2011, 11:34 AM

I'm lusting after that 301 so much. If only we lived near each other!!!

godofthunder59 · #11 02-03-2011, 12:12 PM

PM sent I hope you have one cab left. I am in Rochester NY and can travel to pick up.

someparts · #12 02-03-2011, 12:53 PM

Pm replied.

BluesBear you are a friend of mine! I have a Sunn 215RH scoop horn cab and it has a throaty roar that is really unique. Traynor made a Vega equipped cab like the 301 in the early 70s with two 8s in the middle also.

My current Acoustic rig of doom is two 370s and a 300 slave with two 301s and a 406 2x15. That's some deep bass that gets you at the cellular level. There is nothing like a horn cab for drop tunings.

GaryLC · #13 02-03-2011, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by someparts

Pm replied.

BluesBear you are a friend of mine! I have a Sunn 215RH scoop horn cab and it has a throaty roar that is really unique. Traynor made a Vega equipped cab like the 301 in the early 70s with two 8s in the middle also.

My current Acoustic rig of doom is two 370s and a 300 slave with two 301s and a 406 2x15. That's some deep bass that gets you at the cellular level. There is nothing like a horn cab for drop tunings.

Holy Cow!!

someparts · #14 02-03-2011, 05:06 PM

Haha. Let's just say over the years I've become VERY familiar with the noise complaint process...

rockiezz · #15 02-03-2011, 05:33 PM

I had traded my 370 head for the 450 head years ago, used 4-15" in two acoustic cabs.. What a rig that was. That was when I liked to haul equipment around. Good Luck with your sale.

metalinthenight · #16 02-03-2011, 05:41 PM

OH. MY. GOD.

....................why are you so far away???

BluesBear · #17 02-04-2011, 07:40 AM

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Originally Posted by someparts

Pm replied.

BluesBear you are a friend of mine! I have a Sunn 215RH scoop horn cab and it has a throaty roar that is really unique. Traynor made a Vega equipped cab like the 301 in the early 70s with two 8s in the middle also.

That cab came with the original Traynor Monoblock. I knew a few guys who had them and had they trouble keeping the 8"s from self destructing.

Quote:

Originally Posted by someparts

My current Acoustic rig of doom is two 370s and a 300 slave with two 301s and a 406 2x15. That's some deep bass that gets you at the cellular level. There is nothing like a horn cab for drop tunings.

Dude that a real bass amp!!!
My former rig of doom was a Marshall 5200 Dymanic Bass System (4x10" + 2x15") sitting next to a stack consisting of the original Peavey MAX amp (essentially a Combo 300 preamp sitting on top of a CS800) with a Peavey 410MX 4x10"roadcase cab and two TL15 cabs loaded with 1x15" JBL K140.
That was 1200 watts RMS through 8-10"s and 4-15"s.
The only problem was moving the darn thing.
But the tone was indescribable!
Even at low volumes it moved enough air to vibrate your trouser legs without overpowering everything else.

And I'd LOVE to have that Sunn cabinet.

someparts · #18 02-05-2011, 11:08 AM

Thanks guys. Long live crusty giant rigs! Never had any Marshall stuff but plenty of the early Peavey. I used to run a Super Festival head that was a beast. The 301s are really light for the size and output since they are single speaker, a lot less than an 8x10....but yeah you still have to move them.

BluesBear · #19 02-06-2011, 08:12 PM

We're BASSISTS dangit (personally I'm a crusty old bassist), and if we were the type to whine and cry about moving heavy equipment we would have become piccoloists.

sanfordandsonny · #20 02-06-2011, 08:26 PM

If one or both cabs are available Let me know!