NAD: VHT Pittbull CL50

[Deleted member 8761]

Yesterday I scored a -new out of the box- VHT Pittbull CL50 head (with EQ) for a really fair price. Apparently the distributor changed and Fryette ditched a few dealers over here so I got a good discount on this VHT. One of the last batch of this model perhaps (before the name change, at least it was the last one at this dealer)?

This is one classy amp for sure. I really like the "dry" high gain sound of this amp, but it is capable of much more I guess. Just got it for a few hours so I'm still tweaking and trying out a lot of settings to get the tone I really want. The manual is very minimal and is not much helpful. If anyone has some suggestions to get a good metal tone, please share them.

 

[Motorpud]

Pics or it's a Bugera.....

 

[OldSkoolNJ]

Yeh the Pittbulls have a nice Dry tight Rhythm sound to them..

Mid police will come get me if I get involved in settings..

 

[Deleted member 8761]

Yeh the Pittbulls have a nice Dry tight Rhythm sound to them..

Mid police will come get me if I get involved in settings..

Oh well, so far I don't like it scooped on this amp...

 

[Motorpud]

Yeh the Pittbulls have a nice Dry tight Rhythm sound to them..

Mid police will come get me if I get involved in settings..

Don't get me started on the mid Nazis man, I've noticed it's mostly hardcore Marshall guys who are like that....IMO They are also the guys I've noticed who don't like to put the presence up over 3.

 

[OldSkoolNJ]

Don't get me started on the mid Nazis man, I've noticed it's mostly hardcore Marshall guys who are like that....IMO They are also the guys I've noticed who don't like to put the presence up over 3.

 

[Motorpud]

Don't get me started on the mid Nazis man, I've noticed it's mostly hardcore Marshall guys who are like that....IMO They are also the guys I've noticed who don't like to put the presence up over 3.

I'm imagining when I wake up in the morning I'll look on here and will see at least 5-10 posts condeming my opinion Everything's gotten so damn touchy around here lately.

 

[OldSkoolNJ]

Don't get me started on the mid Nazis man, I've noticed it's mostly hardcore Marshall guys who are like that....IMO They are also the guys I've noticed who don't like to put the presence up over 3.

I'm imagining when I wake up in the morning I'll look on here and will see at least 5-10 posts condeming my opinion Everything's gotten so damn touchy around here lately.

Ah fuck it man never once when I have listened to music I like, Have I even worried or thought about how the Mids should fucking be on the guitars...

 

[Motorpud]

Nah me either, but everyone's a critic these days

 

[TurboRotary13b]

I have a CLX but on mine

Lead
Gain - 12
Volume - 2
Treble - 12
Middle - 2
Bass - 2

On the Master EQ

100 - +2
250 - +3
650 - -5
1.2k - +2
2.3k - +5
5k - 0

I put the Presence around 12 and Depth around 2.

 

[Tawlks]

Yeh the Pittbulls have a nice Dry tight Rhythm sound to them..

Mid police will come get me if I get involved in settings..

Don't get me started on the mid Nazis man, I've noticed it's mostly hardcore Marshall guys who are like that....IMO They are also the guys I've noticed who don't like to put the presence up over 3.

Haha. I'm not hardcore anything. I'm sixteen and play a 5150 and it fucks me off a little when people scoop their mids loads. But those VHTs are sweet, great amps.

I hope to own an UL or a CL when I'm older.. though I guess it will have to be a Fryette now. I also really want a split screen Volkswaken microbus. Weird no?

 

[firejack]

Congrats man, HNAD!
Nice score.

 

[Vrad]

Yeh the Pittbulls have a nice Dry tight Rhythm sound to them..

Mid police will come get me if I get involved in settings..

Don't get me started on the mid Nazis man, I've noticed it's mostly hardcore Marshall guys who are like that....IMO They are also the guys I've noticed who don't like to put the presence up over 3.

LOL!
My mids are on 7-8 and my presence is at 5 and I'm what most would consider a hardcore Marshall guy.

 

[Deleted member 8761]

I have a CLX but on mine

Lead
Gain - 12
Volume - 2
Treble - 12
Middle - 2
Bass - 2

On the Master EQ

100 - +2
250 - +3
650 - -5
1.2k - +2
2.3k - +5
5k - 0

I put the Presence around 12 and Depth around 2.

Thx man, gonna try it. I noticed that the EQ is very sensitive.

 

[moltenmetalburn]

Yeh the Pittbulls have a nice Dry tight Rhythm sound to them..

Mid police will come get me if I get involved in settings..

Don't get me started on the mid Nazis man, I've noticed it's mostly hardcore Marshall guys who are like that....IMO They are also the guys I've noticed who don't like to put the presence up over 3.

Definitely not gonna berate anyone over it but I love my mids and find them absolutely crucial to articulation and grind when it comes to the midrange predominant electric guitar. YMMV but scooped sound tend to disappear in the mix.

Not worth arguing over though

 

[Guitarzan1143]

i prefer to play with scooped mids when im tinkering around in my room because it sounds more "metal" to my ears, but in a band setting they go from 2 up to 5-7 depending on the band and the environment, mid-scooped tone does get lost in the mix pretty easily. i really want to try one of these pitbulls. i don't know why people say they are "dry", i cant imagine a "wet" tone, so i really don't get it.

 

[moltenmetalburn]

i prefer to play with scooped mids when im tinkering around in my room because it sounds more brutal to my ears, but in a band setting they go from 2 up to 5-7 depending on the band and the environment, mid-scooped tone does get lost in the mix pretty easily. i really want to try one of these pitbulls. i don't know why people say they are "dry", i cant imagine a "wet" tone, so i really don't get it.

IMO the Dry VS Wet thing is about saturation.

some amps with the gain set high get very saturated and thick in the sound, almost a little blurry. The VHT amps remain clear as a bell and dry as in high gain without any blurring saturation at all.

 

[DrNick]

i prefer to play with scooped mids when im tinkering around in my room because it sounds more "metal" to my ears, but in a band setting they go from 2 up to 5-7 depending on the band and the environment, mid-scooped tone does get lost in the mix pretty easily. i really want to try one of these pitbulls. i don't know why people say they are "dry", i cant imagine a "wet" tone, so i really don't get it.

"Dry" in the unsaturated, uncompressed sense. I can play my Pittbull with the gain maxed out and it will definitely sound distorted, but not in the same way as say, a 6505 (my old amp).

 

[Guitarzan1143]

i prefer to play with scooped mids when im tinkering around in my room because it sounds more "metal" to my ears, but in a band setting they go from 2 up to 5-7 depending on the band and the environment, mid-scooped tone does get lost in the mix pretty easily. i really want to try one of these pitbulls. i don't know why people say they are "dry", i cant imagine a "wet" tone, so i really don't get it.

"Dry" in the unsaturated, uncompressed sense. I can play my Pittbull with the gain maxed out and it will definitely sound distorted, but not in the same way as say, a 6505 (my old amp).

interesting, i'd like to hear it. Whenever i play a 5150 i usually keep the gain just past noon, that gets me where i want to be. too bad theres no way im dropping a grand on a used one just to try it out...

ill talk one of my friends into buying one.

 

[Motorpud]

Yeh the Pittbulls have a nice Dry tight Rhythm sound to them..

Mid police will come get me if I get involved in settings..

Don't get me started on the mid Nazis man, I've noticed it's mostly hardcore Marshall guys who are like that....IMO They are also the guys I've noticed who don't like to put the presence up over 3.

LOL!
My mids are on 7-8 and my presence is at 5 and I'm what most would consider a hardcore Marshall guy.

I almost had you pegged Vlad, with your low presence and high mids. You've got a good reason to be a marshall guy, your Marshall smokes My mid/are almost the opposite of yours, mids are around 4 and presence is usually at 7-8 except for my MarkIII where it's at 10. I think it depends on how mid heavy the amp is though and whether it's in a band setting or not, there's no general rule for me, I usually dial by ear.