Sound difference between older/newer VH4

[Newsted]

Hey guys,

I recently compared my 2002 VH4 (serial 020291) to one made in 2006 and they sounded really different. Mine had 6L6 winged C in it, the other one 6550 tubes. Mine sounded more 'classic' (more mids, more "80s-sound"), the other one more modern. The weird thing was that they had extremely different amounts of gain: His 6550 driven one only needed gain on 12 o clock to sound like my 6L6 one with gain on maximum.

My question now is: Are the tonal differences only caused by the different types of tubes or are there also differences in the way the VH4 was built inside. Did certain capacitors for example change that changed the sound etc? Or is that lack of gain caused by the fact that I should exchange my tubes in the near future?

Thanks, Hans

 

[MourningEngine]

The search function is your friend

This has been discussed before numerous times.

 

[Newsted]

thanks man, you were right. i did some additional research and found that thread that covered the same question:
viewtopic.php?f=14&t=34838&p=410422&hilit=vh4+difference#p410422

my question to peter: are you still upgrading older vh4's to the new specs and what would that cost me?

by the way, i cant imagine how awesome the sound will be afterwards - even today i get so many compliments about my sound after gigs, its incredible.

 

[Peter Diezel]

Please contact me at:

peterdiezel (at) diezelamplification (dot) com

 

[Newsted]

soeben geschehen!