DIEZEL VH4 review by Johan Segeborn

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Yup...that sounds like a latest revision VH4. Definitely not for everyone, but very unique. This is a polarizing amplifier. Players seem to either really love, or hate them.
 
Sounds more modded Marshall than Diezel. Sounds open and good!
 
Tone Monster said:
Sounds more modded Marshall than Diezel. Sounds open and good!
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It's "open" in the sense that it's well-voiced and has more treble/presence available than the older versions, but overall it's still a compressed amp.
 
Very interesting, this is what makes this forum so good. The musicians here are very informed, you get the absolute best advice here.

In short you come here you read here you do not have to chase your tail on gear and guitars
 
Tone Monster said:
Sounds more modded Marshall than Diezel. Sounds open and good!
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The latest revision is a noticeably different amp than previous versions...I believe that the difference has been understated.
 
I have a 2022. It is fucking awesome and still hasn't been dethroned after significant time with Wizards, Monomyth, Hermansson, Bogner, you name it. Tight and chuggy straight in but thickly voiced with a gnarly and rich character to the distortion. And that's before even bringing up the other three channels which are all good to great. Long live Peter Diezel
 
pipboy90 said:
It's "open" in the sense that it's well-voiced and has more treble/presence available than the older versions, but overall it's still a compressed amp.
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I meant vs the normal Diezel sound.
 
Interesting. I've had several but none more recent than an '07 (I had a blue one from the 90s with the extra preamp tube for channel 1 etc).

They definitely got brighter over time.

I liked them all but channel 3 always seemed too "pinched" or squished. Maybe I'd love the newest one.
 
I’ve got a 2021 (I think) - it definitely seems brighter and less compressed than many of the VH4s I’ve heard online
 
cardinal said:
Interesting. I've had several but none more recent than an '07 (I had a blue one from the 90s with the extra preamp tube for channel 1 etc).

They definitely got brighter over time.

I liked them all but channel 3 always seemed too "pinched" or squished. Maybe I'd love the newest one.
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The latest revision include a dramatically improved chan 2...more gain, more open and really nails a refined, mod Marshall tone. Chan 3 is brighter, less compression and again more gain available. Chan 4 was previously only really usable as a lead Chan....now is a killer rhythm channel as well. More open, brighter and more aggressive overall.
 
angelspade said:
The latest revision include a dramatically improved chan 2...more gain, more open and really nails a refined, mod Marshall tone. Chan 3 is brighter, less compression and again more gain available. Chan 4 was previously only really usable as a lead Chan....now is a killer rhythm channel as well. More open, brighter and more aggressive overall.
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That’s a good description of it 👍
 
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