1960s Vox Berkeley II Head and Cabinet

The solid state V1081 Vox Berkeley was first offered in the July 10, 1966 US Vox price list. It made additional appearances in the November 15, 1966 and June 25, 1967 US Vox price lists. It was replaced by the V1083 Vox Berkeley III amp head in 1968. The V1081 Vox Berkeley head was one of those new solid state Vox designs from Thomas. It was introduced at the Chicago NAMM show in the summer of 1966. For a while, Thomas offered both the V-8 "Tube" Berkeley and the V1081 "Solid State" Berkeley as they sold off their stock of the tube model. The chassis for the V1081 Berkeley was also fitted into a 1x10" combo amp Thomas called the V1031 "Cambridge Reverb." Like it's predecessors, the AC-10SRT and V-8 Berkeley, the solid state V1081 Berkeley was a single channel amp with volume, treble and bass controls along with tremolo speed, tremolo depth and reverb.  V1081 Berkeley II amps produced from introduction in 1966 through mid 1967 had plywood head cabinets. Later production of the V1081 head cabinet switched from plywood to particle board.  This amp is in good to very good condition for its age with some moderate playwear to the tolex, particularly at the edges, but there are no major tears or glaring aesthetic issues.  This rig sounds killer and is a fine piece of rock and roll history!