Epiphone Valve Junour Head
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Baltar
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Re: Epiphone Valve Junour Head
i have googled for that and found a thread within a tube forum.
someone said it's selfbiasing and noone said anything conflicting.
i don't know how that selfbiasing should work (i'm not an
electronics guy - just deeply interested), but they said so.
it's a good attempt to test epiphone support, i'll contact them and
will see if and what they will answer me ... 2bcontinued
i have googled for that and found a thread within a tube forum.
someone said it's selfbiasing and noone said anything conflicting.
i don't know how that selfbiasing should work (i'm not an
electronics guy - just deeply interested), but they said so.
it's a good attempt to test epiphone support, i'll contact them and
will see if and what they will answer me ... 2bcontinued
Re: Epiphone Valve Junour Head
Baritone...translation please (same as "cool" for us old guys?)
bumping for Baltar (awaiting comments about amp. performance at the gig)
Dave
Baritone...translation please (same as "cool" for us old guys?)
bumping for Baltar (awaiting comments about amp. performance at the gig)
Dave
Baltar
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Re: Epiphone Valve Junour Head
i played 4hrs bandpractice yesterday using the valve jr and a little
celestion g12l-35 -loaded 112 cab. no modifications on the head so far,
just a different input tube (jj ecc803 s gold)
i'd say it fits my needs; it's a cheap amp, of which i don't care leaving
it in the practice room and it does fit bandpractice of a 2-guitar-rockband, ..
but with limitations.
first the good part split into two pedal and non pedal distortion:
if i torture it with the hughes&kettner warpfactor, it produces a very nice
solid rock rythmsound. the slightly overdriven powertube seems to soften that
ss-distortion of the warp factor, which i like very much.
when i used the tele with both pu's i could bring a great eg knocking on heavens door - live version rythm sound. it would'nt be loud enough for lead
in my bandsituation. no issue - i mainly play rythm.
also for green day rythm it did fit well.
if i used my soapbar equipped strat and no od-pedal, i could play nice
distorted bluesrock rythm. with the volume-pot of the valve jr you can adjust
the distortion very precisely. it slightly starts to get noticeable warmer at 11
o'clock and at 1 o'clock i'd call it overdriven sound (with a medium output pu).
at 3 o'clock you get alraedy a insance crunch sound.
i think if you're more blues and less rock oriented, that a change to a higher
quality output tube for a warmer soft distortion would be helpful.
limitations:
as already mentioned above, i think for a band with more than one guitar
it wouldn't be loud enough for lead sound. if a higher efficiency 212 or 412
cab would change this would be interesting wo know.
a bottleneck is also the clean volume headroom. a full e-chord played on the
neck pickup of the tele does not reproduce 100% clean if the volume pot
is above 11 o'clock. sometimes i'd wish it had something like a treble boost.
to reach brighter and louder clean sounds, i had to use the bridge
pickup of the tele. i am not satisfied with the neck-pu clean sound.
an equalizer would definately improve this.
if you really want to use that amp for lot's of music styles, i'd suggest to
use a tube preamp with eq or mod the amp .. add an eq.
i do need a pedal for versatility.
i will also add a cooling fan for mine, it got hot. well 4 hours of full power
output with nearly no break
if you're interested in it, and you are a guy who likes to experiment around
with cabs, amps, tubes, .. whatever, .. i'd say go for it. it's definately worth
the money.
i played 4hrs bandpractice yesterday using the valve jr and a little
celestion g12l-35 -loaded 112 cab. no modifications on the head so far,
just a different input tube (jj ecc803 s gold)
i'd say it fits my needs; it's a cheap amp, of which i don't care leaving
it in the practice room and it does fit bandpractice of a 2-guitar-rockband, ..
but with limitations.
first the good part split into two pedal and non pedal distortion:
if i torture it with the hughes&kettner warpfactor, it produces a very nice
solid rock rythmsound. the slightly overdriven powertube seems to soften that
ss-distortion of the warp factor, which i like very much.
when i used the tele with both pu's i could bring a great eg knocking on heavens door - live version rythm sound. it would'nt be loud enough for lead
in my bandsituation. no issue - i mainly play rythm.
also for green day rythm it did fit well.
if i used my soapbar equipped strat and no od-pedal, i could play nice
distorted bluesrock rythm. with the volume-pot of the valve jr you can adjust
the distortion very precisely. it slightly starts to get noticeable warmer at 11
o'clock and at 1 o'clock i'd call it overdriven sound (with a medium output pu).
at 3 o'clock you get alraedy a insance crunch sound.
i think if you're more blues and less rock oriented, that a change to a higher
quality output tube for a warmer soft distortion would be helpful.
limitations:
as already mentioned above, i think for a band with more than one guitar
it wouldn't be loud enough for lead sound. if a higher efficiency 212 or 412
cab would change this would be interesting wo know.
a bottleneck is also the clean volume headroom. a full e-chord played on the
neck pickup of the tele does not reproduce 100% clean if the volume pot
is above 11 o'clock. sometimes i'd wish it had something like a treble boost.
to reach brighter and louder clean sounds, i had to use the bridge
pickup of the tele. i am not satisfied with the neck-pu clean sound.
an equalizer would definately improve this.
if you really want to use that amp for lot's of music styles, i'd suggest to
use a tube preamp with eq or mod the amp .. add an eq.
i do need a pedal for versatility.
i will also add a cooling fan for mine, it got hot. well 4 hours of full power
output with nearly no break
if you're interested in it, and you are a guy who likes to experiment around
with cabs, amps, tubes, .. whatever, .. i'd say go for it. it's definately worth
the money.
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Closed Eye
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Re: Epiphone Valve Junour Head
Honestly, I think Epiphone hit amp gold with this Valve series of theirs. They're such great amps, from the Junior to the Standard...just, geez, great sounding pieces of kit.
Honestly, I think Epiphone hit amp gold with this Valve series of theirs. They're such great amps, from the Junior to the Standard...just, geez, great sounding pieces of kit.
beggar_guitar
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Re: Epiphone Valve Junour Head
Hmmm.... tempting. Along with my gas for a new guitar I have been gassing for portable, inexpensive amps. I may pick this up to go along with my power block.
Hmmm.... tempting. Along with my gas for a new guitar I have been gassing for portable, inexpensive amps. I may pick this up to go along with my power block.
Sludgenutz
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Re: Epiphone Valve Junour Head
A friendly bump! Go Ahead...just think what these thing will be worth in 30 years, UNMODDIFIED! They will have parts that are no longer manufactured in the same factory in China! A lot of this depends on a young player, that no one has ever heard of, making it big on this amp's tone...or a talented geezer with a fan base.
At the price of the Valve Junior head, buy TWO! :laugh2: I swear, I am not alone on this. NEVER toss that "junk" tube or other components that come with the Valve Junior! You never know what is "the rage" long after the initial hype is buried!
All this talk, makes me want to buy one (or two) too! :eek13:
A friendly bump! Go Ahead...just think what these thing will be worth in 30 years, UNMODDIFIED! They will have parts that are no longer manufactured in the same factory in China! A lot of this depends on a young player, that no one has ever heard of, making it big on this amp's tone...or a talented geezer with a fan base.
At the price of the Valve Junior head, buy TWO! :laugh2: I swear, I am not alone on this. NEVER toss that "junk" tube or other components that come with the Valve Junior! You never know what is "the rage" long after the initial hype is buried!
All this talk, makes me want to buy one (or two) too! :eek13:
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clint_41
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Re: Epiphone Valve Junour Head
sorry to revive an old thread, but i got my valve jr head a few days ago, and I have been wailing ever since. I run it through a closed back v30 loaded 112 geezer sound cabinet. The head stock wasnt a bad tone, but it definatly gained some clarity and richness with some jj tubes.
like mentioned, the amp loses clean headroom at around 10 or 11 o'clock. the natural od on this amp is nothin but blues n rock. i love it. it takes wonderfully to my stratdeluxer modded ts9. it really has a throaty, smooth od with the ts9 in front of it, which i can make use of in rhythm or lead situations.
Im using this amp in the dorm right now, and it is, needless to say, PLENTY loud. this is a sweet amp, if you have 100$ and a cab to send it through, you really cant lose with this thing.
sorry to revive an old thread, but i got my valve jr head a few days ago, and I have been wailing ever since. I run it through a closed back v30 loaded 112 geezer sound cabinet. The head stock wasnt a bad tone, but it definatly gained some clarity and richness with some jj tubes.
like mentioned, the amp loses clean headroom at around 10 or 11 o'clock. the natural od on this amp is nothin but blues n rock. i love it. it takes wonderfully to my stratdeluxer modded ts9. it really has a throaty, smooth od with the ts9 in front of it, which i can make use of in rhythm or lead situations.
Im using this amp in the dorm right now, and it is, needless to say, PLENTY loud. this is a sweet amp, if you have 100$ and a cab to send it through, you really cant lose with this thing.
