VH140c vs iic+

[RaceU4her]

so heres a comparison, Guitar is my SG with GFS 59's, speaker is a G12-65 and mic is audix D2, no boosts. both quad tracked @japetus

ampeg
https://app.box.com/embed/s/qweyls6ptxdy0d1vun00qmv3b791xa0n

iic+
https://app.box.com/embed/s/k2ibf1j58x8v3jbg0vbvpy6v2cheqbk7

guitars only

ampeg
https://app.box.com/embed/s/bgzkdjls0k659lq199od66w4ib1acbd2

iic+
https://app.box.com/embed/s/g2nl8swdegbby9qf9qpw7i82ccqkrlzj

 

[DanTravis62]

Such a great death metal sound

 

[SpiderWars]

Nice! That tone reminds me of DRI.

 

[Erock]

legend for a reason. great clip, thanks for posting! Will be looking forward to the IIC+ comparison.

 

[dead-pan]

Damn, raunchy and vintage.

 

[RaceU4her]

Nice! That tone reminds me of DRI.

you know, they are one of those bands that somehow i just never listened to, but checking them out now for the first time i understand what you mean

 

[glpg80]

Sounds vintage! Why not use a boost with a low output pickup? Do these not take boosts well or do they not respond the same way?

 

[MadAsAHatter]

Definitely got that 90's death metal tone.

 

[MadAsAHatter]

Sounds vintage! Why not use a boost with a low output pickup? Do these not take boosts well or do they not respond the same way?

If it's like my Crate Shockwave; which has a very similar preamp, it already has a crap ton of gain and probably doesn't like boosts. Putting a boost in front of my Crate makes it sound like your stacking about 5 Metal Zones on top of each other. Buzzy and oversaturated.

 

[anomaly]

Sounds good, almost reminds me of a Valvestate in this clip, bright!

 

[anomaly]

Sounds vintage! Why not use a boost with a low output pickup? Do these not take boosts well or do they not respond the same way?

If you lower the gain on the amp I think they take boosts fine. I used to use a maxon od808 with my old vh-140c sometimes, I think boosting it with a metalzone is a little overkill, compresses it too much and it's already a fairly compressed sounding amp. Sold that amp regrettably.

 

[Beyond Black]

Sounds vintage! Why not use a boost with a low output pickup? Do these not take boosts well or do they not respond the same way?

They LOVE to be boosted. Here’s my old one with a Fortin TS9 in front and an 11k 80’s Bill Lawrence.
Beast of an amp, but ultimately I sold it because I was able to dial my C++ in to sound very similar, and it did it better.

 

[Beyond Black]

Great clip as usual, RaceU!

 

[WizardAmpIphoneClip]

They LOVE to be boosted. Here’s my old one with a Fortin TS9 in front and an 11k 80’s Bill Lawrence.
Beast of an amp, but ultimately I sold it because I was able to dial my C++ in to sound very similar, and it did it better.

Sodom ?

 

[Beyond Black]

Sodom ?

Ding ding ding!!! We have a winner!!!

 

[JohnnyGtar]

Damn! That thing sounds massive in both clips. I just looked up that amp on Reverb and they've not cheap. But considering the sounds you can get, it's well worth the price IMO.

Did Lee Jackson design that amp?

 

[RaceU4her]

Sounds vintage! Why not use a boost with a low output pickup? Do these not take boosts well or do they not respond the same way?

They LOVE to be boosted. Here’s my old one with a Fortin TS9 in front and an 11k 80’s Bill Lawrence.
Beast of an amp, but ultimately I sold it because I was able to dial my C++ in to sound very similar, and it did it better.

i didnt boost trying to keep a fair comparison, but yeah it takes boosts as well as any other amp, and it does a lot more than the scooped thing i tend to go for, mids up and the treble down turns into a whole different thing.

 

[RaceU4her]

Damn! That thing sounds massive in both clips. I just looked up that amp on Reverb and they've not cheap. But considering the sounds you can get, it's well worth the price IMO.

Did Lee Jackson design that amp?

no, those were the VL's, which are probably going for cheaper than these now

 

[RaceU4her]

iic+ clip added

 

[Beyond Black]

i didnt boost trying to keep a fair comparison, but yeah it takes boosts as well as any other amp, and it does a lot more than the scooped thing i tend to go for, mids up and the treble down turns into a whole different thing.

Yes they also sound great set like that as well, it’s gets pretty juicy for a SS amp.