DanTravis62
Moderator
Agreed, I think the other channels are a little bit underrated is all im saying
Agreed, I think the other channels are a little bit underrated is all im saying
SgtThump
Real OG
A boost on the distortion channels? No way! It’s perfect.
DanTravis62
Moderator
For the metal guys, it seems like it's really common
Personally I didn't think it needs one
SgtThump
Real OG
yeah, I’m with you.For the metal guys, it seems like it's really common
Personally I didn't think it needs one
To me, most of the boosted high gain metal tones sound the same. I feel soooo old saying that.
Techdeth
RESIDENT ROCK PROFESSOR
I’m following you I was just adding thst in .
Exo-metal
Well-known member
Pls, for the love of God...and your entire legacy going forward change your name from The Kid to The Clock. You will forever become the legend you were meant to be bro.The clock...
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Hack
Never played one. But i had a vh2 and never used a boost that I can remember
DanTravis62
Moderator
yeah, I’m with you.
To me, most of the boosted high gain metal tones sound the same. I feel soooo old saying that.
Can't disagree with that. Everything is the same MoDeRn MeTaL satellite radio metal tone, over and over and over
It's crazy because part of what made metal cool in the 80s and 90s was how wildly different sounding all the tones were
You'd have boogie tones like metallica and sepultura, marshall tones like megadeth, lee jackson tones like Children of Bodom, all sorts of crazy different stuff that was completely unique
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Hack
I only boost amps that need them. And lately, i have been playing a ton of them that don'tFor the metal guys, it seems like it's really common
Personally I didn't think it needs one
DanTravis62
Moderator
Yeah I don't get the "all or nothing" view on boosting
Some tones sound good with a boost, some don't need one
Some amps juice up well with one, some don't need it
Exo-metal
Well-known member
The Kid just got clocked
skoora
Well-known member
A store local to me has had a used VH4 for what seems like a couple of years
. I always ignore it because I had tried one many years ago and it didn’t grab me. Decided, what the hell, let’s try it again and gotta say I was pretty impressed. Like you said I was really surprised by channel 2 and could probably live on that channel. Great 800 vibe and the gain range was about perfect. I thought the clean channel was pretty good too. I even thought Ch 4 sounded fine for rhythm even though people seem to bag on it as only decent for leads. What I really dug about the amp was you could have the amp be whatever you want. Sure you can do the heavy thing but even CH 3 and 4 could be medium gain if you wanted and not sound neutered.
Left the store wondering how the hell has it been there so long? It’s tagged at $3399 (iirc), so not sure if that’s a decent price. But they haven’t changed that price as far as I know for time they’ve had it.
DanTravis62
Moderator
A store local to me has had a used VH4 for what seems like a couple of years
I thought the clean channel was pretty good too. I even thought Ch 4 sounded fine for rhythm even though people seem to bag on it as only decent for leads. What I really dug about the amp was you could have the amp be whatever you want. Sure you can do the heavy thing but even CH 3 and 4 could be medium gain if you wanted and not sound neutered.
Left the store wondering how the hell has it been there so long? It’s tagged at $3399 (iirc), so not sure if that’s a decent price. But they haven’t changed that price as far as I know for time they’ve had it.
They are incredible for covering a wide variety of ground. With a handful of pedals they are just as good as a high end modeler as far as covering ground in a cover band or something like that. I've used one as backline before for that exact purpose.
3400$ isn't cheap, but it isn't stupid expensive for one either from what I remember, I'm not an expert or anything though
The cheapest ive seen one sell for was like 2900 with most in the low to mid 3's
SgtThump
Real OG
The VH4 price was ridiculous 20 years ago, but it’s in line with other top shelf amps today. Seems like it was always $4k or more? I don’t think it has increased much?
Techdeth
RESIDENT ROCK PROFESSOR
I always boost my vh4 for MY own tones . But when I play Metallica and tool for fun in them I dint boost
