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Hey! So I've had the VHX for awhile now, and it's a fantastic amp. No complaints about how it sounds or works. However, I'm also pretty young, in my mid 20's. I had a stroke of financial luck and the VHX became my first entry into the boutique amp world. I was having a conversation with an...

Well darn that's an attenuator? I just thought it was an additional MV. I had been ignoring it the whole time, but that changes everything! Wow you guys really thought of everything in this amp. Thanks!

So my band space is up in the air for the time being. There's some stuff going on and I'd rather keep my gear at home. But that being said within 300 feet of my house is: a church, a daycare, a birthing center, two lawyers, three doctors offices, a municipal building, a sweet old couple, a...

Gilmour is the "face" of the band. And he always was post-Dark Side. I'm not saying he was the front man or the guy who spoke for the band. But to the public, his contributions to the music were the most noticeable, since his solo's were always these grand in your face climaxes. None of them are...

If you're going to play in a band, don't act like you're a solo act. Why don't you just let people appreciate the collective talent between such great records? No one is saying Roger Waters is a hack, or David Gilmour is the only reason the band is good. It took all of them to make the...

I’m sure he has. But you know I, and most Tool fans, don’t know how to read, so there’s no way we could have figured that out.

Totally! I love the amp. Tool was a huge influence for me. No shit the first amp I picked up after college was gonna be his staple amp. But I don’t live and die by the sound. Every amp has their own flavor. The “digital” grind sound that people love about it is the same reason why other...

Totally! I don't see any reason why people should hate on other's gear, in the same way I don't think you should ever fully buy into your stuff as being the ultimate in regards to tone. The same way you did, I tried to offer an honest fair perspective that was more nuanced than "This amp is the...

I mean the other problem I had when I was doing research is that people either love it or hate it. Then someone would ask what's a good alternative, and they would recommend some equally hard to find or even more obscure amp. If you only spent time on these forums, you would think your local...

Dark and Dull is a good description of it. Which isn't necessarily bad, because the same reason it is dark and dull is the same reason everyone loves them. It has an exceptionally clear hi fi distortion that rolls through the low end without being muddy. But since it sits in the mids- and wants...

ITT people wondering if they could improve their toan with a tube swap I love Shape 2 actually. Shape 1 is my least used voice for sure. I suspect everyone's cab and guitar choices directly impact their opinion on the different voices. My cab is more mid & bass heavy, I find that Red Channel...

I use an Emperor RS 412 loaded with Weber Silverwolf/Graywolf. It has some flub at times, but other times it’s thick and stiff. It’s a rather warm cabinet. I’ve found that it’s better to let the amp warm up and be moderate with the settings. Less is more. The cabinet provides a lot of the...

It’s annoying because I’d be able to occasionally find really good deals, flip it down the road as a good deal for someone else, and still make money. I got my 5150iii 50w head with a matching 112 cab used for $600. I remember seeing the heads during a more reasonable time going for $700-$900...

Even towards the end of last year I was still seeing deals for obscure but good amps. Specific amps for specific sounds in a specific genre yadayada. The ones you can really only sell to other people in that niche. Then suddenly this year, they’re stupidly stupidly priced. Like 200%-300% over...

Enjoy! I think you’ll like it a ton.

So what I’m hearing since one of you responded with MCII and the other with MTL, that the hybrid is the move lol

Which Wizard model do you think would blend well with the Diezel? I’ve got the VHX but I was looking for a high-end metal leaning Marshall to compliment it. I was mulling over the MTL/MCII hybrid for that reason.

Hey it just might. My other amps have been gathering dust since I got it. But in all seriousness, it is it’s own amp, so you might find your VH4 still provides a little something special.

As far as using the EQ goes, I think you might be getting a little ahead of yourself. The amp provides a lot of tools to dial in the tone and FX you want. There’s enough difference between the voicings that I don’t have a specific universal EQ setting. I have it set on some presets and on others...

I play it in my house with my family. My music room is the small guest bedroom upstairs. I don’t have an attenuator and I’m able to use it just fine up there. It sounds great at bedroom levels. Like any amp you’ll have to dial it into taste once you get a feel for how the controls interact...