anybody rocking out on a VHT?

Destroying Angel

Destroying Angel

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I've had my VHT deliverance since the begining of may and everytime i plug into it and hit a chord a big smile comes across my face. I struggled with it for the first month or so trying to dial it in, but once i found the sweet spots i was in tonal bliss. I never thought i could get so much out of a single channel amp, roll back the volume on the neck pickup for cleans, kick on my Monroe drive(tubescreamer) for light breakup and kick in the bridge pickup for leads and distorted rythms. I've always lusted over VHTs and only had experience with my amp and maybe 15 minutes on a Pitbull Ultra Lead. So if you have one or had a good amount of time on one share your stories :friday:
 
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Played but don't own a VHT as of yet.

The nearest VHT dealer to me is the other end of the country, but luckily i got to play a Pittbull UL which was in a local shop (2nd hand) a few times before it was sold. I can't really guess the amount of time, but i was in there for must've been a good few hours 1 day just playing that amp. I've played it enough to know i want to buy 1 put it that way. I've played a Classic Lead too but not for too long. It still has all of VHT's tonal hallmarks though.

I love VHT's tone - the open sound, organic overdrive, the tight bass, the sparkly cleans, it has everything as far as i'm concerned. I think you need to be able to play to sound good on a VHT. I've heard LOADS of clips of piss-poor players who have the money so they think "i'll buy a VHT Pittbull OMG!!" and the amp is completely wasted on them.

If you have very good or great chops, a good touch and a decent control of dynamics and can dial in a quality tone then buy a VHT Pittbull.

It's high gain but not compressed (as i said earlier- it has enough gain while still retaining an "open" sound which not many amps do tbh). You wont (and SHOULDN'T!!!!) have the gain up to 10 (i think Americans call it "diming the gain" ?), but even if you do it doesn't sound compressed!!! I am a 6-7 gain man sans OD pedal on the VHT, but 5 was still enough for me. For metal, probably 7.

As for the Deliverance, i've only heard clips- quite a few, but i haven't played 1 raw. The clips i've heard still have all the VHT tonal hallmarks though. I prefer amps with at least 2 channels- 1 being an independent clean channel so i probably wouldn't ever buy a Deliverance IAH. But if someone were to give me 1 then i wouldn't complain......


EDIT- BTW I played through the VHT using a friend's GLP with Duncan Custom 5/Jazz pickups in for the most part.
 
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As much as i liked the tone of the Pittbull i played, the Deliverance fits me better. I like getting my cleans by rolling my volume knob back (and boy do those KT88's pump out some glassy cleans) I felt the Pittbull was a little to tight for me personally. What i like about the Deliverance is the less/more switch. I run my gain at about 11 o'clock and boost it with my OD pedal. With the more switch on i get all the thick saturated metal sounds i could ever need, flick the switch down to less and its total thin lizzy style classic rock grind. If only the less/more was foot switchable. I'd love to try throwing a Pittbull in the mix and running them in stereo. If only i could win the lottery.
 
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The other guitarist in my band uses a Deliverance 120. That thing sounds great. I'd consider snagging one if it wasn't so similar in tone and function to my Splawn PM.
 
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I played a Deliverance 60 head several times and came close to buying. They're fantastic. The price at the time was about 1300 but I think there was a price increase since. It's a pretty versatile head. VHTs are tight. I like that a lot about those amps. VHT Pitbull is a fantastic amp. I played the combo. I'm into Soldano and Marshall now for my own sound. So I would direct you to look at some used Avenger Hot Rod 50 heads. They're tight like VHT amps but I like Soldanos more.

VHTs do the tight metal thing very well. Kind of sterile with the in between sounds in my opinion. That depends on the player too so good luck. VHT is good. If you buy one you will probably keep it.
 
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The other guitar player in my band has a Pitbull 45. Its covered in snakeskin. Very cool amp. I actually found it on Craigslist and the guy who owned it wanted to teade it for a Les Paul standard or custom. Seeing I had a Standard that I really like I decided to recommend to him. he had just bought a standard that he did not need or like, so he traded it straight up. nice sounding amp. One of these days i will have to give it a work out. The intersting thing is the last few GIGS we did he has been using a Deluxe Reverb RI (small venues) and he still sounds real good trogh that amp also. I just have to watch my volume so I don't drowned him out with my 900.
 
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Yngwiestein said:
I played a Deliverance 60 head several times and came close to buying. They're fantastic. The price at the time was about 1300 but I think there was a price increase since. It's a pretty versatile head. VHTs are tight. I like that a lot about those amps. VHT Pitbull is a fantastic amp. I played the combo. I'm into Soldano and Marshall now for my own sound. So I would direct you to look at some used Avenger Hot Rod 50 heads. They're tight like VHT amps but I like Soldanos more.

VHTs do the tight metal thing very well. Kind of sterile with the in between sounds in my opinion. That depends on the player too so good luck. VHT is good. If you buy one you will probably keep it.
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I wouldn't say Soldano's are AS tight as VHT's, but they still aren't saggy by any means.

It's Apples and Oranges though imo. The Soldano has a more liquidy lead tone & a crunchier rhythm whereas the VHT is dry and has less of a crunch.

It's the perfect excuse to get your girlfriend to buy you both amps... :naughty:
 
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Destroying Angel said:
As much as i liked the tone of the Pittbull i played, the Deliverance fits me better. I like getting my cleans by rolling my volume knob back (and boy do those KT88's pump out some glassy cleans) I felt the Pittbull was a little to tight for me personally. What i like about the Deliverance is the less/more switch. I run my gain at about 11 o'clock and boost it with my OD pedal. With the more switch on i get all the thick saturated metal sounds i could ever need, flick the switch down to less and its total thin lizzy style classic rock grind. If only the less/more was foot switchable. I'd love to try throwing a Pittbull in the mix and running them in stereo. If only i could win the lottery.
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That's fair enough. Scott Henderson does it that way too and his tone is "okay". Ha ha.

I'm pretty sure the Pittbull UL i played was equipped with KT88, at least i was told they were KT88 & the amp didn't have that middy sound which 6L6's have. I must admit i didn't check, but they must've been jank 6L6's if they were indeed that tube.

The cleans were great nevertheless, although you'll get staunch Fender Twin & Vox AC fans saying VHT cleans suck. Lol.

It sucks the Less/More isn't foot switchable. Try e-mailing VHT, mention that it'd add to the Deliverance and you never know. Steve Fryette seems to be someone who listens to the consumers.

If you win the lottery, gives us a shout. Ha ha.
 
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I will try e-mailing steve. On board reverb would be nice, but honestly i don't miss it all that much. Imagine a Deliverance with the footswitchable less/more, the footswitchable EQ like the pittbulls have and some verb thrown in...:friday: that sure would tickle me in the right way.
 
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rivera213 said:
I wouldn't say Soldano's are AS tight as VHT's, but they still aren't saggy by any means.

It's Apples and Oranges though imo. The Soldano has a more liquidy lead tone & a crunchier rhythm whereas the VHT is dry and has less of a crunch.

It's the perfect excuse to get your girlfriend to buy you both amps... :naughty:
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Dude no offense but be honest. You never played a Soldano in your life have you? I'm not talking about 10 minutes with an Epiphone SG at Guitar Center (or the English equivalent). Before I make judgements about amps I try to spend some time learning about them, dialing them in and at least crank them long enough to know what they sound like loud. Dude I play a lot of amps all the time. It's kind of a part time job ;)
 
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Well if you think a Soldano sounds like a VHT then that's your problem i guess. hen again, you take the word of the person who built the amp as fact whereas people who've spent money on it and given an unbiased opinion as BS so hey.

You don't know anything about VHT or Soldano if you think they share tonal characteristics (Actually, they have some completely opposite characteristics!) in which case your Soldano you bought is totally wasted on you. It's a shame, but you aren't the first.

I suppose you think Yngwie is a baroque theory genius because HE said so too right? (I can tell you that's not the case but it'd fall on deaf ears).
 
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rivera213 said:
Well if you think a Soldano sounds like a VHT then that's your problem i guess. hen again, you take the word of the person who built the amp as fact whereas people who've spent money on it and given an unbiased opinion as BS so hey.

You don't know anything about VHT or Soldano if you think they share tonal characteristics (Actually, they have some completely opposite characteristics!) in which case your Soldano you bought is totally wasted on you. It's a shame, but you aren't the first.

I suppose you think Yngwie is a baroque theory genius because HE said so too right? (I can tell you that's not the case but it'd fall on deaf ears).
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Back up and review our previous discussion dude. I didn't say they sound like VHTs. Both brands have some similarities in tight aggressive response but that's about it. Since you're such an elitist why don't you demonstrate how superior your "classically influcenced death metal fusion" is over Yngwie.

You've been a member since Dec 06 and how many sound clips have you contributed? There are a lot of good players on the forum here so I don't think it's wise to go around telling people how expensive amps are wasted on them. I can play a little too. I might surprise you ;)
 
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Yngwiestein said:
Back up and review our previous discussion dude. I didn't say they sound like VHTs. Both brands have some similarities in tight aggressive response but that's about it. Since you're such an elitist why don't you demonstrate how superior your "classically influcenced death metal fusion" is over Yngwie.

You've been a member since Dec 06 and how many sound clips have you contributed? There are a lot of good players on the forum here so I don't think it's wise to go around telling people how expensive amps are wasted on them. I can play a little too. I might surprise you ;)
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Well since VHT's are tighter than Soldano's then my comment still stands.

You do realise the "classically influenced death metal fusion" part is tongue-in-cheek, right? (Although i am inspired by death metal, fusion & classical music).

I haven't contributed any sound clips, but what does that have to do with the way an amp sounds? I never said the amp was wasted on you cos you're a crap player- (i haven't heard you play so how could i make that judgment?), i said it was wasted on you if you think a VHT sounds like a Soldano.

You never made it clear you meant JUST the low end tightness being the same, although "as tight as a VHT" doesn't ring true. I apologise if you didn't mean they both shared the same/similar tonal characteristics; but that wasn't clear.
 
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rivera213 said:
Well since VHT's are tighter than Soldano's then my comment still stands.

You do realise the "classically influenced death metal fusion" part is tongue-in-cheek, right? (Although i am inspired by death metal, fusion & classical music).

I haven't contributed any sound clips, but what does that have to do with the way an amp sounds? I never said the amp was wasted on you cos you're a crap player- (i haven't heard you play so how could i make that judgment?), i said it was wasted on you if you think a VHT sounds like a Soldano.

You never made it clear you meant JUST the low end tightness being the same, although "as tight as a VHT" doesn't ring true. I apologise if you didn't mean they both shared the same/similar tonal characteristics; but that wasn't clear.
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Ok so we were both mistaken. I'll agree to disagree. My Soldano 44 and the SLO are very tight. As tight as I remember the VHT being. Very unforgiving amps. That's what I like about all of them.

BTW I thought the classically influenced death metal fusion sounded cool actually :)
 
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Hey, no problems. Just a misunderstanding. Soldano's of course are tight amps, definitely not saggy but evidently i'm a bit too pro-VHT. We agree you need to be able to play to play both amps at least.

Ha ha, yeah it sounds kinda cool i suppose. Unfortunately the end result sounds like a rip off of 20 players in 1. Lol.
 
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rivera213 said:
Hey, no problems. Just a misunderstanding. Soldano's of course are tight amps, definitely not saggy but evidently i'm a bit too pro-VHT. We agree you need to be able to play to play both amps at least.

Ha ha, yeah it sounds kinda cool i suppose. Unfortunately the end result sounds like a rip off of 20 players in 1. Lol.
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John Christ comes to mind when I think of VHT amps. He's not an astonishing lead player but he always has a fantastic sound. Not many metal players can get away with using as little distortion as he does. Credit where credit is due. Great things about both VHT and Soldanos are that they stay defined with a lot of distortion and they're both unforgiving.
 
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Had a 50ST and got to play a Deliverance through their D cab. Love the VHT tone/feel. I'd love to pick up a Deliverance some day. Surprisingly versatile for a one channel head. Really as noted above you can go from clean to scream with good settings and and OD pedal and good use of the guitar volume control. That Deliverance cleans up wonderfully with the volume knob.
 
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right now i'm toying with the idea of throwing some JJ's in the pre amp of my Deliverance, hopefully smooth out the highs little bit.
 
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