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severinsteel
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I haven't been this pumped about a new amp in a while! Anyway, today I took ownership of a Diezel VH4. If you guys are familiar about Diezel amps, you know they are freakin' expensive. Let's just say I'm selling a lot of random gear to offset this cost.
It took a while to get used to the tone. I've been playing old Marshalls for the last couple of years, and the VH4 is nothing like old Marshalls! In fact, I've been gigging with a single channel Marshall 2204, so it's very strange to have 4 channels all of a sudden. I'm not sure if I'll use this live, since it's one of the most valuable things I own, haha. Regardless, this will be great for the studio.
First impressions, it's unlike any amp I've ever tried:
Channel 1: With the gain low, it's pretty lackluster. Just a basic clean channel. However, if you crank the gain, you get some nice breakup. A very cool tone! More in Fender territory tonewise. I'm used to my Marshalls, so I prefer a dirty clean anyway.
Channel 2: This is sort of EQ'ed a bit more like a Marshall, so this is my '800' channel. I like to set this for a nice crunch. Very nice!
Channel 3: This is why people buy this amp. It's pretty compressed, and initially that was a turnoff. But my ears are getting used to it, and it's pretty epic. I run the gain around 2:00. You can get some great tones with the gain below 12:00 though! It's super tight and big.
Channel 4: My only gripe is having this channel instead of another channel 3. I'll mess around with it more.
Serial Loop: It runs my Boss delay like a champ, so I'm happy. Sounds great!
The pedalboard is the one I use with my Marshalls. If I rock this live, I can live without most of those pedals. The cab is a Marshall 800 cab with G12-65's. I dig them with this amp.
It took a while to get used to the tone. I've been playing old Marshalls for the last couple of years, and the VH4 is nothing like old Marshalls! In fact, I've been gigging with a single channel Marshall 2204, so it's very strange to have 4 channels all of a sudden. I'm not sure if I'll use this live, since it's one of the most valuable things I own, haha. Regardless, this will be great for the studio.
First impressions, it's unlike any amp I've ever tried:
Channel 1: With the gain low, it's pretty lackluster. Just a basic clean channel. However, if you crank the gain, you get some nice breakup. A very cool tone! More in Fender territory tonewise. I'm used to my Marshalls, so I prefer a dirty clean anyway.
Channel 2: This is sort of EQ'ed a bit more like a Marshall, so this is my '800' channel. I like to set this for a nice crunch. Very nice!
Channel 3: This is why people buy this amp. It's pretty compressed, and initially that was a turnoff. But my ears are getting used to it, and it's pretty epic. I run the gain around 2:00. You can get some great tones with the gain below 12:00 though! It's super tight and big.
Channel 4: My only gripe is having this channel instead of another channel 3. I'll mess around with it more.
Serial Loop: It runs my Boss delay like a champ, so I'm happy. Sounds great!
The pedalboard is the one I use with my Marshalls. If I rock this live, I can live without most of those pedals. The cab is a Marshall 800 cab with G12-65's. I dig them with this amp.
