VHT Sig X test...

Awesome tone dude, sounds great! The mixing seems a little strange, though - what's with some guitars being almost inaudible, and others sorta popping in randomly? Also, the drums, eek...but the guitar tone rules! You have a Mesa Standard, right? Is that what you used for this?
 
Thanks
Hhahah The drums were from an Eye of the Tiger cover that I slowed down and yes they are horrrrrid, and the quiet guitar is a center panned track with some weird octave ness going on. I didn't like it too loud and just threw it in for kicks.

Cab is a Mesa, but it's unfortunately not mine...I just am "borrowing" it for a while.
 
I just read the review in guitar player about this VHT, they basically said that it was the most versatile high gain head they had seen in a while, your clip certainly sounds good, whats your impression of the clean channel ????
 
@ Manic

Yeah ,
The clean channell actually is awesome. It's got a killer sound, I mean the guitar I was futzin around with had EMG's and the tone was actually nice. I recorded a clip with it, but I don't currently have it on the computer.
Really surprisin

The head overall is quite nice, definately versatile as there a bajillion switches and shit. I still haven't tapped into the "jaw drop" sound yet.
 
I'm just wondering how it fits into their current product range (which in of itself is infuriatingly hard to determine because of VHT's horrendously outdated website and poor descriptions, such as what the difference between the Fifty/CL and Fifty/ST is) - according to the guy I talked to at NAMM, the Sig-X is still cheaper than the Ultra-Lead, which apparently is still VHT's flagship, but I don't know how, cuz what separates an Ultra Lead from a 100/CL escapes me as well. Definitely the most perplexing amp company I've ever encountered RRrrggghhhh...
 
I decided not to buy an Engl cause their site was so outdated and ambiguous. Plus all their pictures of the gear are/were really small and shitty. I figured either they care more about the amps than the website, which is good, or they just generally suck. I've still never heard an Engl aside from clips on this forum. One guy I know who claims to be all-knowing when it comes to guitar amps actually told me the Engl preamps sounded very digital despite all the tubes that are in them. Of course, you have to consider the source... that came from the same guy who was actually going to sell his Roadking head so he could buy an old Ampeg VL-1002 Lee Jackson. Some people, I tell ya. Anyway, I've heard several clips of the Sig X from NAMM shows and youtube and I was impressed with all of them.
 
I wouldn't say the Engl website is out-of-date; at least they have all their products listed, unlike VHT (the Sig-X and even the Deliverance aren't on their main page, they're only shown in that opening splash). I will concede, though, that the small pics piss me off to no end, but that's why I've read the .pdf manual for almost every model from rocksolidamps.com :D And having played an Engl Savage, I can definitely say it does not sound digital, and the clips I've heard of the e530 (cheapest preamp they make) on here have been great (check out s2c's especially), so I really wanna get one of those.
 
MetallyGuitarded said:
I decided not to buy an Engl cause their site was so outdated and ambiguous. Plus all their pictures of the gear are/were really small and shitty. I figured either they care more about the amps than the website, which is good, or they just generally suck. I've still never heard an Engl aside from clips on this forum. One guy I know who claims to be all-knowing when it comes to guitar amps actually told me the Engl preamps sounded very digital despite all the tubes that are in them. Of course, you have to consider the source... that came from the same guy who was actually going to sell his Roadking head so he could buy an old Ampeg VL-1002 Lee Jackson. Some people, I tell ya. Anyway, I've heard several clips of the Sig X from NAMM shows and youtube and I was impressed with all of them.
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Our oter guitarist has an Engl Ritchie Blackmore and it sounds awesome :), I also played an Fireball and Powerball, but the Powerball sucks (I played it parallel to the Blackmore and similtaniously with a friend playing through the Powerball, the Powerball just fucks up, no matter how loud you put it :cool: )
Also I was at a concert with a band playing SEs :zombie: ,fuck, heaviest tone I EVER heard!
 
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