Just mixed the first tracks with my VH4.

[James Lugo]

Yeah it's the shit! It has such a low mid girth and crunch that just blew me away in the car today. She's a keeper, what an amazing amp. Great for glueing the bass to the guitar tracks. A lot of times with Marshall there's a gap between the guitar and the bass, sometimes it's great and you want the gap ala ACDC but at other times you want the rhythm section to move like a wall and you want the bass to be sonically glued to the rhythm guitars creating less definition and more of a wall ala a lot of modern rock and the VH4 did what I wanted it to do. Love it, I'm so happy. I'll post come tracks as the records are releasing. Can't post anything now.

 

[Simop]

She's a keeper, what an amazing amp.

You're totally right. I sure do love mine though I haven't achieved too great sounds for my recordings... But that's because of my crappy skills as a player and dunno how to do those recordings the right way. The sound from the amp itself is amazing and someday I'll be able to capture it somehow.

 

[Hartmut]

Nice to hear this! I love my VH4, too Tell me when there´s something I can listen to! btw the trak "around in world in 30 days" is such a cool song!

 

[battery198]

yeah, I much prefer the VH4 over the Herbert also.

 

[scottph]

So you own(ed) both?

 

[battery198]

So you own(ed) both?

Is this question for James or me?

If its directed to me, yes, I owned both amps, had them both at the same time, and kept the VH4. In a band setting, the VH4 was just so much more present than the Herbert.

 

[scottph]

For you, cos James never said anything about the Herbert in this thread.

Different strokes....

 

[James Lugo]

I've had both. I sold the Herbert when I got the VH4. To me the Herbert is best suited for really heavy music and I just don't make those kind of records much anymore. The VH4 is more useful for the styles I'm doing now. I also find the VH4 a very easy amp to record, plug it in, throw a couple of mics up and she sounds great. The Herbert is a more complex amp sonically and took me a while to get the hang of recording. Both are great, I had my Herbert for a few years and it was time for a change. We've been recording with the VH4 literally everyday, unbelievable amp.

J