sean106ESP
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So she came real late as FedEx took all fucking day to arrive. Overall thanks to Josh at Rig-Talk who linked me with Jason who sold it to me. Used but friggin mint. I may change the tubes as I just always like feshy's in new heads regardless of their use. Does any one know if the Herbert needs to be biased if i just want to through in a new set of 6l6's? just using my old DMC GC for now, when I get to it I will use the GCX and GC Pro and use the pro for the VH4S and the Herbie. I'll hopefully have an accurate vid review by end of this week
So first off, channel one extremely clean So fanboy was very happy. What I found was the mid-cut reallllllly makes it brite and shimmery, especially with the chorus effect. Even more the sound I was looking for for my fanboy clean chorus. Even better than the JC-120 and the Vh4S. the VH4S has a much more darker deeper clean tone. Ch1 with midcut reminds of the ENGl SE channel 1 clean actually. However I hate the mid-cut on the dirties.
Channel 2 I use as a mild dirty and has really nice voicing at low gain, but also can crank up to a nice rhythm chug. But for my songs I use it as my mild dirty gritty tone. Channel 3 I use with much lower gain setting (as it has more gain that God, for lead playing I am assuming). Comparing it to the VH4S, different animal. Real beefy like the VH4S but a tad grittier, if that makes sense. A bit more gritty and a little Marshall-like IMO but with the similar Diezel dirty the Vh4S has. The VH4S rhythm dirty in comparison..........well IMO is that signature Diezel dirty I love. So all in all for rhythm chug, both amps have a real tight rhythm OD and Real tight bottom end with the right cab (like the rear loaded Diezel, the boogie cab was way too boomy for both amps)
I was playing rhythm chug on CH 3 and flipped on the mid cut.....it sucked the wind out of the room!! I felt my heart palpitate LOL. So I don't prefer to use it for dirties, only my cleans were it really shines. Especially there is only one Mid Cut section that affects all 3 channels. At lower settings it for sure get's you that mid scoop Black album tone, which is cool, but not really my bag. So overall........Diezel FTW!!!
Sorry for the large Blurry pics. Some reason would not focus with the lighting. I will post a vid review with video and mic'ed for a more accurate tone testical.
So she came real late as FedEx took all fucking day to arrive. Overall thanks to Josh at Rig-Talk who linked me with Jason who sold it to me. Used but friggin mint. I may change the tubes as I just always like feshy's in new heads regardless of their use. Does any one know if the Herbert needs to be biased if i just want to through in a new set of 6l6's? just using my old DMC GC for now, when I get to it I will use the GCX and GC Pro and use the pro for the VH4S and the Herbie. I'll hopefully have an accurate vid review by end of this week
So first off, channel one extremely clean
So fanboy was very happy. What I found was the mid-cut reallllllly makes it brite and shimmery, especially with the chorus effect. Even more the sound I was looking for for my fanboy clean chorus. Even better than the JC-120 and the Vh4S. the VH4S has a much more darker deeper clean tone. Ch1 with midcut reminds of the ENGl SE channel 1 clean actually. However I hate the mid-cut on the dirties. Channel 2 I use as a mild dirty and has really nice voicing at low gain, but also can crank up to a nice rhythm chug. But for my songs I use it as my mild dirty gritty tone. Channel 3 I use with much lower gain setting (as it has more gain that God, for lead playing I am assuming). Comparing it to the VH4S, different animal. Real beefy like the VH4S but a tad grittier, if that makes sense. A bit more gritty and a little Marshall-like IMO but with the similar Diezel dirty the Vh4S has. The VH4S rhythm dirty in comparison..........well IMO is that signature Diezel dirty I love. So all in all for rhythm chug, both amps have a real tight rhythm OD and Real tight bottom end with the right cab (like the rear loaded Diezel, the boogie cab was way too boomy for both amps)
I was playing rhythm chug on CH 3 and flipped on the mid cut.....it sucked the wind out of the room!! I felt my heart palpitate LOL. So I don't prefer to use it for dirties, only my cleans were it really shines. Especially there is only one Mid Cut section that affects all 3 channels. At lower settings it for sure get's you that mid scoop Black album tone, which is cool, but not really my bag. So overall........Diezel FTW!!!
Sorry for the large Blurry pics. Some reason would not focus with the lighting. I will post a vid review with video and mic'ed for a more accurate tone testical.
). I run them so loud and open that each amp really breathes fire (iso cab). At that volume, I really hear the nuances.
Plus at 180W, the Herbert moves some serious air. I've broken in more than a few cabs with the Herbert due primarily to its SHEER power. 
