Belated NAD: Herbert

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i got a VERY good deal for a used Herbert last december, so i decided to go for it.

here's the amp with the rest of the harem ;-D

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i've had the VH4 the longest out of the bunch, and it was quite interesting to compare both. here are my impressions:

both amps can be dialed in quite to sound quite similar on Herb's CH2+ and CH3 on the VH4. still, the gain on the VH4 is fatter and more mid-focused. it seems to cut more treble the preamp than the herbert.

the VH4 has a faster response and feels is much more unforgiving to play

cleans on the herbert have more sparkle and sound overall 'cleaner' than on the VH4. not saying the VH4 can't do sparkly clean cleans, but it can also do more pushed and warm cleans

the herbert is voiced notoriously brighter than the VH4. i'm running the treble at around 10 o'clock on the herbert with the mids and bass around 14-15 o'clock (CH2+) on the herbert to get a fat, mid heavy crunch. a similar voicing is achieved with all pots at noon on CH3 on the VH4

all in all, i really dig the Herbert. it's definitely similar to the VH4 in many regards, but also different enough for being worthwhile owning both

so far i've only have tried EL34BHTs in the Herbert. i'm thinking of getting a pair or quad of 6550's to make the amp a bit less compressed. any recommendations on this?



cheers!
 
i really love the EL34BHT, stick with them.
enjoy the amps, i know i would :D
 
Sick arsenal of amps bro :rock:

I had a Herbert and tried 6550's and hated it.
( I loved the amp, just not with 6550's)

The best combo I came up with was 4 el34's and 2 kt88's..

What is that amp below the Bogner in your pic?
 
base341":213cp3xb said:
Sick arsenal of amps bro :rock:

I had a Herbert and tried 6550's and hated it.
The best combo I came up with was 4 el34's and 2 kt88's..

What is that amp below the Bogner in your pic?
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yeah, that's what i'm planning to do. leave four EL34s and add a pair of 6550s

the amp below the bogner i built myself. it's based on a bogner, actually :D
 
Sorry to say this but I've yet to play any Diezel amps. There's not a single dealer around me.

Aside from that, nice review. It was very informative for someone like me who was no experience with one.

The amp collection is very nice too. I can taste the tone lol.
 
Ok, so I'm running two sovtek 6550s with four EL34s in the Herbert now. Really like what it did to the tone. The amp now feel more direct and tighter. I'm also running the gain a bit higher (around 13-14h) on ch2+.

Anyway, this amp is really starting to grow on me.
 
Enjoy !! BTW The midcut is just a brilliant function, I can't play without it :rock:
 
Congrats! i have a Herbie as well. got back in 2003...now I need a VH4 to go along side it :)
 
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