Thanks to Robert Valentine, who worked for JMI from 1959 to 1964, some details from a photo taken in 115 Dartford Road in late July 1964. The occasion: the visit of The Barron Knights, who went away with a pair of LS40 PA speaker columns; new AC30s; and two AC50 Foundation Bass sets. The AC50 amplifier sections were diamond-input small-box.

On the far bench, AC30 Super Twin amplifier sections being made ready for use. On the near bench, a variety of cabinets being finished off. Note to the right of the AC30 Twin, a Goodmans Midax horn for a large-box AC50 speaker cabinet.

In the case of the Twin, evidently the last thing to be fitted (where cosmetics are concerned) was the "VOX" logo. Serial number and ID plates were attached later.

Rear of picture at left, the testing booths. See further below for a view into them taken in Spring 1965.

An AC30 chassis about to go into its wooden case.

A Goodmans Midax horn for a large-box AC50 speaker cabinet.

Picking up from the detail above, a pair of T1088s from an early large-box AC50 speaker cab - date code "17FJ" = 17th June 1964.

A pair of T1088s from an early large-box AC50 speaker cab, 17th June 1964.

A view into the testing booths taken in early May 1965, piles of equipment at left boxed up and waiting to be dispatched.

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