funky Vox AD120VTH
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STRATDELUXER97
Stratoblaster Tone Meister
Re: funky Vox AD120VTH
Really sounds like he has a screwed up amp! The tubes do make a difference,but not if the amp has problems!
Really sounds like he has a screwed up amp! The tubes do make a difference,but not if the amp has problems!
STRATDELUXER97
Stratoblaster Tone Meister
Re: funky Vox AD120VTH
Pricey,but I tryed alot of tubes in my own VTH 120 and settled completely on a set of LP RCA 12AX7s...I still own alot of NOS tubes though..
I pull the rubber grommets out and then use a spark plug wire puller that has rubber tips on the ends...Pulls the tubes right out and pretty easily! The tubes are only slightly wider than a spark plug wire boot.
Pricey,but I tryed alot of tubes in my own VTH 120 and settled completely on a set of LP RCA 12AX7s...I still own alot of NOS tubes though..
I pull the rubber grommets out and then use a spark plug wire puller that has rubber tips on the ends...Pulls the tubes right out and pretty easily! The tubes are only slightly wider than a spark plug wire boot.
Gr8Scott
Wookieologist
Re: funky Vox AD120VTH
What speakers are you running this through? Seems like the speaker cab or the type of speakers themselves may be an issue. Try vintage 30's for the marshall mods. I would also suggest that you do a hard reset of the amp and reset the presets to factory original specs. Sometimes this cures weirdness inside an amp that other things cannot cure. Please try these two suggestions and get back to me. Also clean your output jacks to the speakers with good contact cleaner.
What speakers are you running this through? Seems like the speaker cab or the type of speakers themselves may be an issue. Try vintage 30's for the marshall mods. I would also suggest that you do a hard reset of the amp and reset the presets to factory original specs. Sometimes this cures weirdness inside an amp that other things cannot cure. Please try these two suggestions and get back to me. Also clean your output jacks to the speakers with good contact cleaner.
iekobrid
New member
Re: funky Vox AD120VTH
A Carvin Legacy horizontal 212 with Celestion V30s, an Avatar horizontal 212 with Hellatone 60Ls, and a Jackson vertical 212 with one Celestion G12T75 and one Eminence Governor.
Up until a few minutes ago, I was under the impression that the Hellatone 60L (which Avatar apparently no longer offers) was a specially broken-in, but otherwise standard, Celestion Vintage 30. Turns out that's true of the Hellatone 60, but the 60L is a Celestion "Vintage MF" -- the speaker used in Marshall's 280w Mode Four cabs. "pecially designed to handle the extreme low end that dropped D, D-tuning and C-tuning guitarists demand... engineered to reproduce the balanced mid range and huge bottom end that are a pre-requisite for extreme hard rock and nu-metal sounds"
Overall the magnet and cone seem the same, but the MF's dustcap is noticeably wider and flatter than the V30's...
A Carvin Legacy horizontal 212 with Celestion V30s, an Avatar horizontal 212 with Hellatone 60Ls, and a Jackson vertical 212 with one Celestion G12T75 and one Eminence Governor.
Up until a few minutes ago, I was under the impression that the Hellatone 60L (which Avatar apparently no longer offers) was a specially broken-in, but otherwise standard, Celestion Vintage 30. Turns out that's true of the Hellatone 60, but the 60L is a Celestion "Vintage MF" -- the speaker used in Marshall's 280w Mode Four cabs. "
Overall the magnet and cone seem the same, but the MF's dustcap is noticeably wider and flatter than the V30's...
iekobrid
New member
Re: funky Vox AD120VTH
Did a hard reset, cleaned all the jacks (not just the speaker outputs), tried pretty much all combinations of speakers and cabs available to me (moving speakers from one cab to another, trying them with the backs left off, etc.). Just weren't feelin' it.
Back to GC it went.
Did a hard reset, cleaned all the jacks (not just the speaker outputs), tried pretty much all combinations of speakers and cabs available to me (moving speakers from one cab to another, trying them with the backs left off, etc.). Just weren't feelin' it.
Back to GC it went.
STRATDELUXER97
Stratoblaster Tone Meister
iekobrid
New member
Re: funky Vox AD120VTH
I tell ya, sometimes it feels like I put more effort into making pieces of equipment work than I put into making relationships work. "It's not you, Valvetronix, it's me!"
utahere:
To be fair to the fine people at Korg/Vox, though, I've been chasing a low-gain tone for years that I can't even cite an example of. I can point to recordings where the playing style is about what I'm going for, but those artists invariably use way more gain than I have in mind. It's especially a pain in the ass now that I have a little extra ca$h on hand to put towards a Warmoth ground-upper, but when I try to describe what I want it to sound like I end up with a list of adjectives so long as to be useless. :banghead:
I tell ya, sometimes it feels like I put more effort into making pieces of equipment work than I put into making relationships work. "It's not you, Valvetronix, it's me!"
utahere: To be fair to the fine people at Korg/Vox, though, I've been chasing a low-gain tone for years that I can't even cite an example of. I can point to recordings where the playing style is about what I'm going for, but those artists invariably use way more gain than I have in mind. It's especially a pain in the ass now that I have a little extra ca$h on hand to put towards a Warmoth ground-upper, but when I try to describe what I want it to sound like I end up with a list of adjectives so long as to be useless. :banghead:
