this is probably a really weird question..

[Sigma.Xiria]

However, my question is pretty simple I believe. I noticed when switching from the shitty amps I played in the past to the VH4, that my playing has sounded a little sloppy. Like you can hear a lot of my mistakes. I know this has to partly be because of the VH4 being more well built then the other amps I played. So everything comes through and it doesn't mask anything. AKA: unforgiving? I also understand that this can also be a technique problem haha. Some of the things you would hear now on this amp that you wouldn't have heard before include ( if I can try to explain these correctly when trying to get into position you can hear every movement my hands and fingers make, when attempting a pinch harmonic I sometimes get this kind of chunky thudding noise haha yet the harmonic rings out still, sometimes when picking I can hear this kind of weird scratchy noise right when I pick a note, etc... ( stuff along those lines ) I would assume it would be all considered bad technique but I have had that looked at and it was all good!

So what would be some advice you can give me?

I'm thinking that it just may be something that will come in time? After the amp and I can properly synch up together and I can fully understand her?

Also and if course, these problems are more obvious at higher volumes.

Gain is usuallypointed almost exactly like in this direction / on channels 3 and 4 so like 1 o'clock?

Playing through Emg actives 81 bridge 89 neck I believe? May switch to some passives cause the actives are sensitive pickups.

 

[DvE]

When I got my Herbert I was also used to play on stuff that hides your mistakes.
Diezels are very clear sounding amps, even under high gain.
But for me its worth the practice - makes you a better player ;-)
If you play sloppy, it sounds sloppy, but if you learn to play good, it kills

By the way, gain at 1 o'clock is already high if you use emgs...

 

[Sigma.Xiria]

When I got my Herbert I was also used to play on stuff that hides your mistakes.
Diezels are very clear sounding amps, even under high gain.
But for me its worth the practice - makes you a better player ;-)
If you play sloppy, it sounds sloppy, but if you learn to play good, it kills

By the way, gain at 1 o'clock is already high if you use emgs...

Yeah that is true! I love how nice they sound!
So it probably is just a thing you learn with time?

Oh damn! I did not know that! What would you say is a good setting for gain?

 

[Mizati20]

IMO my VH-4 is the easiest amp to play that I've ever owned, I can pull out riffs on it that are much more difficult than say a Hot Rodded Marshall or VHT amp that is very uncompressed and dry, the compression is something I've come to love with the DIezels, it's a godsend on stage, just knowing that my riffs are going to come out even gives me so much more confidence to focus on the live show and entertaining.

YMMV

 

[steve_k]

The VH4 will make a good guitarist sound better and a bad guitarist sound worse.

Steve

 

[Capulin Overdrive]

my shit playing is equal opportunity!

 

[Sigma.Xiria]

I know for sure a level of confidence has certianly appeared after getting my VH4 haha! It has lit the fire under my ass that I call creativity also.

With that I have asked people to tell me what mistakes they hear when I play. They say they don't hear any and it sounds good. I can still hear stuff though. It may just be that I analyze myself very harshly. I want to be the best I can be. Any little mistake can piss me off. That might be a big problem for me....

So I may be over thinking the normal shit that can happen...

 

[Sigma.Xiria]

IMO my VH-4 is the easiest amp to play that I've ever owned, I can pull out riffs on it that are much more difficult than say a Hot Rodded Marshall or VHT amp that is very uncompressed and dry, the compression is something I've come to love with the DIezels, it's a godsend on stage, just knowing that my riffs are going to come out even gives me so much more confidence to focus on the live show and entertaining.

YMMV

I think I should have clarified haha. I have never played through a nice amp before. No Marshall's or Mesa's or VHT's. The VH4 is my first actual amp. Before I played through all solid state shitty little 15 to 50 watt amps haha. The only exception is the amp I had right before the VH4, a fender hot rod deluxe. That was pretty good! I am only 20 so I don't have much money. I decided early on wht amp I wanted. That is my VH4 that I have now. I said no to buying more crappy equipment that was a waste of my money and that I was never going to use later on. That really helped me into saving my VH4.

 

[Ventura]

Here are my thoughts on the matter. The Diezel line up are all exceptionally excellent amps, and pick sensitivity is rated as one of the best. This 'sensitivity' can therefore showcase flaws in ones playing, as well as virtuosic nuances, it's all in the feel. I look at an amp (or a guitar) as an extension of my soul and expression; it's like another appendage. Imagine having another arm or leg or eyeball or something - it'd take time to get used to, especially if it was very obvious in its 'being there'. But you have to grow with it, let it teach you some shit, and you teach it some shit, and before you know it, you're working as one. If the tone is there, then it's a done deal - it's just a matter of time. If you're struggling with an amp or a guitar, you're wasting your time and energy; like a shitty relationship - you know it sucks, and it's only a matter of time before you go your separate ways, so why waste time getting there? End it and find what you really need and want. In the case of you and the V, if it really is your baby, and you're 100% stoked (and I believe you are, in that it 'inspires' you), then it's just you playing more and more, and getting to know her more and more. Simple as that man... Don't look too deep into it, you're wasting precious time when you could be nailing sick runs and wickedly tight rhythms!!!!

Furthermore, if the V teaches you to tighten up your playing, all the better. AND, if I may be so bold as to say so myself, I actually dig the fact it's so amazingly responsive and even articulates the pre-noise of a plucked string via the plectrum - THAT is sensitivity, and THAT cannot be found in a whole lot of amps, boutique or not. It's a Diezel trait, and one that Peter must have worked endlessly at to achieve

Peace
V.

 

[FIREBALL]

is there a better company than diezel at this point?

 

[Ventura]

is there a better company than diezel at this point?

Sure there is, because preference is personal. However, to me, when it comes to quality of build? Probably not. But that's just me. I can say the same for Bogner and a couple others too; but Diezel's got it going on for sure

V.

 

[badgergman]

Ventura. You said it all there. And very eloquently too.

This is exactly what I am finding with Einstein.

Totally inspired tone.

Rock on!!

 

[Sigma.Xiria]

is there a better company than diezel at this point?

Sure there is, because preference is personal. However, to me, when it comes to quality of build? Probably not. But that's just me. I can say the same for Bogner and a couple others too; but Diezel's got it going on for sure

V.

Exactly! Satisfaction, confidence, and awesome support are three of the most important things to me about any Diezel product. Tone of course being probably number one!

I promise not to let the VH4 down! I will practice like no other haha!