Ampeg VH - 140 C in a pedal ?

[Shask]

16 bucks just for one .......... that's big money in pedal parts .... lol

When you see what Mouser charges in shipping, you have to maximize your shipments, lol.

 

[Shask]

16 bucks just for one .......... that's big money in pedal parts .... lol

I have extra FV-1s and BBD chips also... gotta maximize that shipping! lol

 

[Glencore]

The cold brutalness is key. It’s such an unrefined, cold and vicious tone, nothing pretty about It. Totally different animal than a tube amp, but it’s own thing and equally cool and fun. I’m hitting mine with a Fortin TS9 and a Gup Tech Quebec in the loop And it’s horrifying. It doesn’t need the QB for added low end since the amp has more than enough, but the presence function is huge since the amp doesn’t have it.

Thanks for dropping the tip about the Quebec! I do believe I might have to try that with mine.

 

[Beyond Black]

Thanks for dropping the tip about the Quebec! I do believe I might have to try that with mine.

YW! It’s a great pedal and gives you much more control over the VH’s high end. Takes it next level Imo.

 

[Mad Axe]

I have the plx spiritus, and also a tagboard clone I made a few years back, pretty fun preamp for old school death metal. I like my tagboard clone a bit more since I added some extra controls, a ‘tight’ knob after the first stage (basically the same as how Amptweaker and friedman do the ‘tight’ knobs on their pedals), and also there is a very aggressive low pass just before the eq and I made that adjustable. Changing the low pass filter can open up the top end a lot but it also gets very un-vh140-like quick.

One I haven’t seen anyone make a clone of is the gx130c, which appears quite similar but eq looks different from what I remember.

Then there’s the earlier SS140 which is quite different circuit-wise. But those ones don’t have the cult following so I don’t know how many people would care.

Aion make a Vh140c pcb and their build docs have a much easier to read schematic than the factory schematic. Though the big electrolytics on the clipping stages are backwards. The factory Schem shows + to ground, and their patent for that clipping circuit also shows + to ground. Dunno if it matters, I tried it both ways on my clone but I don’t recall if I heard a difference (was a couple years ago)

I used an SS-140C for years and recorded a few EPs with it. I loved it for old school death and thrash rhythm tones. It has a little less gain than a VH-140C but is brighter and a little tighter to my ears.

 

[Smashedguitaris⸸]

Btw SNK has an amp now for 1k. Not sure how it compares to the real deal or not.

https://www.snkpedals.com/product/vh300-solid-state-amplifier

Thanks. I am going to have to buy this

 

[Sphere]

If you get it to sound like the amp, count me in.

 

[RaceU4her]

I used an SS-140C for years and recorded a few EPs with it. I loved it for old school death and thrash rhythm tones. It has a little less gain than a VH-140C but is brighter and a little tighter to my ears.

Jimmy bower is still using his with eyehategod

 

[Glencore]

Jimmy bower is still using his with eyehategod

Oh nice, I caught them the last time through STL and was puzzling over what Ampeg he was using here with a Boss SD-1. Sounded killer!

 

[griff10672]

I finished laying out the board for my prototype yesterday .... we'll see what happens