VH4 Pedal - Boosted?

[Bad.Seed]

Quick question fellas,
My bvand is leaving for a 10 day tour in Europe this week. I just found out my backline amp will be an Engl Powerball V1, which I'm not particularly fond of.

Was thinking of grabbing a used Diezel vh4 pedal from the used section of a local GC, boosting it with my MXR M77 and running that into the effects return of the Engl.

Has anyone had experience boosting the VH4 Pedal?

If so, Was it noisy? I was thinking of putting the boost in the loop of my NS2 to keep things quiet on stage, but just wasn't sure if the pedal even took boosts well or not.

Help, Quick!

 

[maddnotez]

I can only speak on the Herbert.

It took a boost very well and was not noisy at all. I do however prefer on external boost on literally everything including amps with a build in boost like the JP2C.

With that said and I know this is not at all what you are asking. The herbert pedal was really not that great to me. Very expensive and the Tight Metal Pro sounded 10x better. I would try to get a KSR Ceres or something if time allows over a Diezel Pedal.

 

[ClintN667]

I dont have any experience with the VH4 but I havent heard very many good reviews if any but several bad reviews. Try it through a couple amps effects return at GC to get a general idea. I saw a video where Courtney Cox was using a BE-OD in an effects loop for her fly rig and using the effects loop and it sounded pretty good actually. One of the guys from Pelican uses a Bogner Lagrange boosted as well through Dual Recs since his basic tone is a Marshall esq tone.

 

[GOHOINC]

I boost mine with a Friedman Buxom Boost, sounds great, not terribly noisy but does add a tad... This is into the front end of a clean amp, dunno what difference that would make into the effects loop return of an amp.

 

[maddnotez]

I boost mine with a Friedman Buxom Boost, sounds great, not terribly noisy but does add a tad... This is into the front end of a clean amp, dunno what difference that would make into the effects loop return of an amp.

TBH a huge difference. It was designed to go into the FX loop or any power amp.

 

[Bad.Seed]

Sounds at this point like it wouldn't be an improvement over the Engl. Maybe an EQ for the loop is a better investment, as my main gripe with the amp was lack of cut.

 

[GOHOINC]

I boost mine with a Friedman Buxom Boost, sounds great, not terribly noisy but does add a tad... This is into the front end of a clean amp, dunno what difference that would make into the effects loop return of an amp.

TBH a huge difference. It was designed to go into the FX loop or any power amp.

Wasnt it designed to do both? It's got specific outputs for each scenario.

 

[WarHed]

Nah, those outputs are low level signal for an fx return, or high level signal for straight to a PA/mixing desk or whatever.
The vh4 pedal has a tone stack on the output, so feeding it into another amp and though another tone stack can give you an odd eq response

 

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https://www.diezelamplification.com/vh4pedal/

Unlike traditional overdrive stomp boxes, the VH4 Pedal is a true preamp which delivers an authentic representation of its namesake – real Diezel tone – not emulated, not modeled, but sincerely reproduced. The entire signal architecture is faithful to the original: Bass, Mid, Treble and variable Deep and Presence controls allow you to tailor the uniquely Diezel Overdrive character. The command found in the Gain control gives a player everything they will ever need with lower gain settings producing the classic Diezel sparkle and chime to saturated mid-gain sounds, to scorching Diezel leads by cranking it all the way up.

As close to the original VH4 preamp, the VH4 pedal can be used as either an overdrive or as a standalone preamp to feed into your amps power section. What players take away by going direct into the power amp is all the dynamic, unfiltered Diezel tone by simply plugging into your amplifiers clean channel. Two outputs are provided with the first intended to connect to the front of a guitar amplifier and the second allows for a connection to a line-level power amp or power section of your amp via the Effects Return.

 

[maddnotez]

https://www.diezelamplification.com/vh4pedal/

Unlike traditional overdrive stomp boxes, the VH4 Pedal is a true preamp which delivers an authentic representation of its namesake – real Diezel tone – not emulated, not modeled, but sincerely reproduced. The entire signal architecture is faithful to the original: Bass, Mid, Treble and variable Deep and Presence controls allow you to tailor the uniquely Diezel Overdrive character. The command found in the Gain control gives a player everything they will ever need with lower gain settings producing the classic Diezel sparkle and chime to saturated mid-gain sounds, to scorching Diezel leads by cranking it all the way up.

As close to the original VH4 preamp, the VH4 pedal can be used as either an overdrive or as a standalone preamp to feed into your amps power section. What players take away by going direct into the power amp is all the dynamic, unfiltered Diezel tone by simply plugging into your amplifiers clean channel. Two outputs are provided with the first intended to connect to the front of a guitar amplifier and the second allows for a connection to a line-level power amp or power section of your amp via the Effects Return.

Guess I was wrong, I only had the Herbert and from what I remember it did not have all those outputs but it was a while back. There was a big difference though for me with that pedal but I'm sure the VH4 is different.