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

ampeg
https://app.box.com/embed/s/dg2xtpoifp58n2df3jq95lndlkq17okd

iic+
https://app.box.com/embed/s/r84grrqrmq0v9qja2ffruwl8a9bj9wf0

guitars only

ampeg
https://app.box.com/embed/s/j6luran1cdleyw5g5n8caydvjjqsyofj

iic+
https://app.box.com/embed/s/ot23os89szcrou53obhsvjf2qe4ahk5q

 

[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?