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6 mentions in 4 episodes.

Djo

1:03:39 · AC30 · named · high confidence
“We were using this Vox AC30 emulation from UA that is great.”
Because Adam's home studio can't take loud amps, a UA Vox AC30 plugin was used for the late-addition guitar part.
1:43:16 · AC30 · named · high confidence
“Just like recording with an AC30 and a Les Paul on this record… getting some nice pure tube-driven guitar.”
A real Vox AC30 was used for straightforward tube guitar tones on the album.

IDLES

17:50 · Vox amp · named · medium confidence
“That'll be a Vox, I think. — I mean, we were moving so fast, I think that's a DI.”
Bowen guesses the raw guitar on the early Roy demo went through a Vox amp, though Miko thinks it was a DI straight to the desk.

Pixies

1:11:43 · Vox practice amp · named · high confidence
“Charles has got this little Vox practice amp thing... just grab the vocal mic and chuck it on the floor somewhere near the amp”
The Springsteen/Roy Orbison-style guitar kept from the demo of 'Jane' was Charles's tiny Vox practice amp recorded with a vocal mic on his living-room floor, and it beat everything they tried in the studio.
1:36:06 · AC30 · named · high confidence
“Yeah, I guess AC30 amplifiers. But even more than that, I've noticed the last few sessions, I don't even care what amp it's going into.”
Asked about the longest-serving gear in his rig, Black Francis names Vox AC30 amps, while admitting he no longer worries which amp he plays through.

The Favours

11:30 · AC30 · named · medium confidence
“This is a mic'd up Vox amp that I bought on Reverb from, I think, like a guy in Sum 41.”
A second-hand Vox amp, later identified as an AC30, was mic'd up for most of the album's electric guitars.