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The Acoustic Club
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Found this on EBay:
Acoustic Control Corporation was a manufacturer of instrument amplifiers, founded by Steve Marks (with the help of his father) and based in Van Nuys, California. Its original location was a shack on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, California.
Most of the amplifiers produced by ACC were solid-state, but a few models later in production were valve amps. The company is remembered in particular for its Acoustic 361 bass stack, consisting of an Acoustic 360 bass pre-amplifier and one or two Acoustic 361 W-bins, each featuring a built-in 200-watt RMS power amplifier and a rear-facing 18" Cerwin-Vega loudspeaker. Acoustic also produced the "Black Widow" electric guitar and electric bass 1972 - 1975. The guitars and basses were based on designs used by Paul Barth for his Bartell guitars and basses. The majority of the guitars were built in Japan although Semi Moseley (of Mosrite fame) claims of building the last 200 guitars made. One prolific user associated with this guitar was jazz guitarist Larry Coryell who had an endorsement deal. Jimmy Nolen of James Brown's band was also a "Black Widow" user.
Robby Krieger, guitarist of The Doors was the most high-profile early user of the Acoustic 260 head and 201 cabinet—the first models ever produced by ACC. Krieger's Acoustic amps were a major public-relations boost for the fledgling company. Albert King and Chuck Berryalso used the 260 and 261. Canadian guitar virtuoso Frank Marino used the 270 model amplifier as did Frank Zappa Pete Townshend and Ernie Isley. Pat Metheny used the Acoustic 134 model combo guitar amplifier. Bassist Jaco Pastorius was probably the most famous user of Acoustic bass amplifiers, using two 360/361 units onstage. Gary Thain from Uriah Heep, Larry Graham (Sly and the Family Stone) and (Graham Central Station), Jimmie Randall (musician)Jo Jo Gunne, John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin), Carl Radle (Derek & the Dominoes), Ric Grech (Blind Faith), John McVie (Fleetwood Mac), Tony Stevens (Savoy Brown and Foghat), Peter "Overend" Watts of Mott the Hoople, Danny Sheridan, Rod Ellicott (Cold Blood), Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers), John Deacon (Queen), and Kirk Powers ([Invalid or Expired Link Removed]), the last two using an Acoustic 371 (combination of the 370 amp & 301 bass cabinet). The Mahavishnu Orchestra members (bass, keyboards, violin excluding John McLaughlin (gtr)) used Acoustic amplifiers. Verden Allen, organist with Mott the Hoople used a 260 head amp. In the early 70s the Dutch band Focus used the 271 and 371 models while on the tour following the release of their Focus II (Moving Waves) LP.
Acoustic Control Corporation went out of business in the 1980s, then returned under the name [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] as a manufacturer of P.A. amplifiers.
Latter-day employee and designer Steve Rabe went on to establish specialist bass amplifier manufacturer SWR (now owned by Fender Musical Instruments Corporation) in 1984, then Raven Labs in 1998.
Acoustic has come back in 2007 under the name Acoustic Amplification, starting with the models B20 and AB50. In 2011 another branch of Acoustic, G.P.G. Co a.k.a. Acoustic USA, launched its website and introduced a new version of the 360/361 bass amplifier as well as various speaker cabinets and a power amplifier.
Acoustic Control Corporation was a manufacturer of instrument amplifiers, founded by Steve Marks (with the help of his father) and based in Van Nuys, California. Its original location was a shack on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, California.
Most of the amplifiers produced by ACC were solid-state, but a few models later in production were valve amps. The company is remembered in particular for its Acoustic 361 bass stack, consisting of an Acoustic 360 bass pre-amplifier and one or two Acoustic 361 W-bins, each featuring a built-in 200-watt RMS power amplifier and a rear-facing 18" Cerwin-Vega loudspeaker. Acoustic also produced the "Black Widow" electric guitar and electric bass 1972 - 1975. The guitars and basses were based on designs used by Paul Barth for his Bartell guitars and basses. The majority of the guitars were built in Japan although Semi Moseley (of Mosrite fame) claims of building the last 200 guitars made. One prolific user associated with this guitar was jazz guitarist Larry Coryell who had an endorsement deal. Jimmy Nolen of James Brown's band was also a "Black Widow" user.
Robby Krieger, guitarist of The Doors was the most high-profile early user of the Acoustic 260 head and 201 cabinet—the first models ever produced by ACC. Krieger's Acoustic amps were a major public-relations boost for the fledgling company. Albert King and Chuck Berryalso used the 260 and 261. Canadian guitar virtuoso Frank Marino used the 270 model amplifier as did Frank Zappa Pete Townshend and Ernie Isley. Pat Metheny used the Acoustic 134 model combo guitar amplifier. Bassist Jaco Pastorius was probably the most famous user of Acoustic bass amplifiers, using two 360/361 units onstage. Gary Thain from Uriah Heep, Larry Graham (Sly and the Family Stone) and (Graham Central Station), Jimmie Randall (musician)Jo Jo Gunne, John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin), Carl Radle (Derek & the Dominoes), Ric Grech (Blind Faith), John McVie (Fleetwood Mac), Tony Stevens (Savoy Brown and Foghat), Peter "Overend" Watts of Mott the Hoople, Danny Sheridan, Rod Ellicott (Cold Blood), Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers), John Deacon (Queen), and Kirk Powers ([Invalid or Expired Link Removed]), the last two using an Acoustic 371 (combination of the 370 amp & 301 bass cabinet). The Mahavishnu Orchestra members (bass, keyboards, violin excluding John McLaughlin (gtr)) used Acoustic amplifiers. Verden Allen, organist with Mott the Hoople used a 260 head amp. In the early 70s the Dutch band Focus used the 271 and 371 models while on the tour following the release of their Focus II (Moving Waves) LP.
Acoustic Control Corporation went out of business in the 1980s, then returned under the name [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] as a manufacturer of P.A. amplifiers.
Latter-day employee and designer Steve Rabe went on to establish specialist bass amplifier manufacturer SWR (now owned by Fender Musical Instruments Corporation) in 1984, then Raven Labs in 1998.
Acoustic has come back in 2007 under the name Acoustic Amplification, starting with the models B20 and AB50. In 2011 another branch of Acoustic, G.P.G. Co a.k.a. Acoustic USA, launched its website and introduced a new version of the 360/361 bass amplifier as well as various speaker cabinets and a power amplifier.
Thats awesome. The 330 is a beast with its master volume control.
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Great amp. I've got one myself.
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X+1.
Plus, it never hurts to have a spare or a fully assembled spare parts supply.
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Already have a 'spare' 120 bought from GC used for $119.99 in excellent condition. Could not pass on the price even though it doesn't get used.
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Way I see it, since it's local p/u only, even in a place as large as LA, there's not that many people looking for an ancient ACC bass amp. Plus most potential buyers (which includes everyone reading this post, hahaha) would live too far away to make the trip.
I might get it completely uncontested, for the original starting bid.
I meant to go .01 over but by accident didn't.
I might even go up $20 if need be, but I kinda doubt I'll need to,
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Congratulations on your new Beast
Well I won the one-man bidding war against myself and must now make payment/pickup arrangements to take possession of my new 330 head.
That brings me to 4 ACC heads plus the combo in my avatar.
It'll get used with either the 406w or the 402 or both, lol.
That brings me to 4 ACC heads plus the combo in my avatar.
It'll get used with either the 406w or the 402 or both, lol.
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Just made arrangements with the EBay seller to meet close to my home on Monday afternoon, as he visits family near me on a regular basis.
So I get the amp for an un-contested minimum bid and now it's free near-home delivery. I guess this was just meant to be, lol.
My new ACC stable will look like this:
amps: 120, 270, 320, 330 heads
Combo 126
Cabs 406w, 402
So I get the amp for an un-contested minimum bid and now it's free near-home delivery. I guess this was just meant to be, lol.
My new ACC stable will look like this:
amps: 120, 270, 320, 330 heads
Combo 126
Cabs 406w, 402
with all 3 of my heads in the shop (waiting on parts list for the 370 and tech is supposedly stealing parts from my Gen2 150 head to make the Gen1 running proper but haven't been able to reach tech in weeks) I needed a big amp with gigs starting from now until summer. So, found this 150b on used GC page and scraped some plastic off my GC card. Sounds super - my 106 is soooo glad to have some mothers milk flowing through again. I was using a loaner Peavey MK IV for larger gigs and my class D - TC Electronic rig for everything else.
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Damn, had some issues with TB on my smartphone, still frozen on the "Getting nervous already?" post. So you got the beast, that is AWESOME 
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