Epiphone Valve Jr.

[Wolfeman]

I just bought mine today, and it was so cool out of the box. After a few hours I managed to pull off a few of the mods I've seen online, and this little amp is sounding amazing. Best $100 i've spent in years.... Who else owns one?

 

[KeithRT99]

clips?

 

[everybody's x]

im thinking about it, I got a gift certificate from musiciANS FRIEND

post some clips and convince me

 

[Wolfeman]

I can't post any clips ATM, I'm doing a brightness mod and adding a gain knob and master volume knob. But once I get it done I'll post something. Remember, it's not a high gain amp by any means. I was able to get some great blues tones out of it. The clean tone is great, and it gives a nice crunch when fully cranked and with a tube screamer in front.

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

Yup I got one to, and yup I want to mod it. That brightness knob sounds like a good mod. The amp is to quite for me to personally want the master vol knob though, although if you convince me...

I don't care for the crunch out of the amp, however the clean is fucking sweet.

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

I am currently recording a high school band with it I will post the song when I am done (I used it and my other head).

 

[cobrahead1030]

it's a cool amp, nice clean to gritty blues tone...could do hard rock stuff even with a boost

here's a clip i made with mine, dimed the volume, boosted with a tubescreamer with level and gain dimed (just to show how much gain you could get with the amp and a pedal) mine is stock btw

http://disvisioned.net/clips/cobrahead_vjboost1.mp3

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

I just bought the mods, I am gonna have a go at moding the amp once they arive. I bought the standby switch, gain mod, and tone. Should be cool.

 

[Sloan]

Both tracks here are done with a Valve Jr. Head:

http://www.myspace.com/layzerblayde


Squier Telecaster with a hotrails type pup
BOSS Metal Zone (ewww!)
Valve Jr.
Crate cab with Celestion Seventy80's
SM57


I really dig the amp, I just wish I had some different speakers to try it with.

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

Both tracks here are done with a Valve Jr. Head:

http://www.myspace.com/layzerblayde


Squier Telecaster with a hotrails type pup
BOSS Metal Zone (ewww!)
Valve Jr.
Crate cab with Celestion Seventy80's
SM57


I really dig the amp, I just wish I had some different speakers to try it with.

Did you mod it?

 

[-Gavin-]

Actually REALLY considering getting one of these.


2 questions, however.



1) Does it do that deep blues sound i.e "in the name of blood" off the new virgin snatch CD.

2) Anyone tried running a pod through it?

 

[Sloan]

Did you mod it?

No way, i'm too much of a lazyass to mod stuff.

 

[-Gavin-]

Actually, can someone post a clip of these where itäs not being ruined by a distortion pedal.


Just like... the amp's natural clean tone

 

[Sloan]

I know there are some clips floating around the vast interwebbz. I'll post if i find them again...

EDIT:
here's a few:
http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showthread.php?t=144124

 

[Wolfeman]

Actually REALLY considering getting one of these.


2 questions, however.



1) Does it do that deep blues sound i.e "in the name of blood" off the new virgin snatch CD.

Class A man... it does blues and classic rock pretty good....

2) Anyone tried running a pod through it?

Yes! It does a great job of adding a tube power amp feel to the pod. Can't get it really loud though, or else it starts adding distortion...

 

[-Gavin-]

Awesome guys! Thanks!



If anyone has a Pod XT, i love patch 13B. I'm considering buying this amp to run 13B through and mic up as my clean tone. as a direct pod tone somehow always sounds "Fake"er than the distorted ones.

Now to be a dick but would it be possible for anything to do a clip of that for me? It'd be so much appreciated!



Normally i wouldn't be so "nit-picky" over a £70 amp (generally wouldn't buy them, hahaha) but this has me interested!

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

Awesome guys! Thanks!



If anyone has a Pod XT, i love patch 13B. I'm considering buying this amp to run 13B through and mic up as my clean tone. as a direct pod tone somehow always sounds "Fake"er than the distorted ones.

Now to be a dick but would it be possible for anything to do a clip of that for me? It'd be so much appreciated!



Normally i wouldn't be so "nit-picky" over a £70 amp (generally wouldn't buy them, hahaha) but this has me interested!

The amp is worth the money. Not the greatest for metal but def worth the money.

 

[-Gavin-]

Aye, not really wanting it for metal, more clean sections in song and softer stuff

 

[HeadCrusher]

Aye, not really wanting it for metal, more clean sections in song and softer stuff

Pussy. :Smug:

 

[-Gavin-]

Pussy. :Smug:

Bawbag