Guitar Guy
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Does anyone have any experience with these amps? I'm looking for a good clean sound with headroom, a strong distortion, but not metal, and something that takes pedals well.
VHT Pittbull 45 combos?
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Hoss
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i can't speak from personal experience...but i almost bought one a year ago for the exact same reasons!!!! everything i researched pointed to yes on all your questions!
but again...i've never actually played through one!?
i can't speak from personal experience...but i almost bought one a year ago for the exact same reasons!!!! everything i researched pointed to yes on all your questions!
but again...i've never actually played through one!?
Bludave
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The other guitar player I play with has a Head. Its the snakeskin with matching cabinet. It a pretty nice sounding amp. The Cleans seem to be nice. He typically plays Les Pauls and I use a variety of guitars. I have only played thru it a few times, but I think it is a nice amp.
The other guitar player I play with has a Head. Its the snakeskin with matching cabinet. It a pretty nice sounding amp. The Cleans seem to be nice. He typically plays Les Pauls and I use a variety of guitars. I have only played thru it a few times, but I think it is a nice amp.
Guitar Guy
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Isn't the 50ST head pretty similar to the 45 combos?
Isn't the 50ST head pretty similar to the 45 combos?
Guitar Guy
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i have heard that the 45 series eat tubes though.
i have heard that the 45 series eat tubes though.
J Moose
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I used to own a 1x12 Pitbull 45 with a VHT speaker...was a pretty gnarly amp! GREAT clean tones, very unique. Unlike a Fender, Vox or anything else.
One of the things I sorta miss about it actually...
The dirt was good too. Had sort of a 'marshally' voicing but MUCH faster attack to the tones. "Sag" is NOT in the amps tonal vocabulary! Had a pretty good gain range too, could easily cover crunch stuff and IMO, had enough gain on tap for 'metal' playing but probably not enough to make most 'metal' guys happy.
I eventually ended up doing an even swap for an AC30 top boost with bluebacks... I owned a Dual Rectumfryer, old Fenders... modded Marshalls. Was just after something different and the AC30 fit the bill.
I bought the VHT used, had it for several years. Never an issue with it. Not a tube, not a peep...not nothing!!! To be honest though, it wasn't used all the time... might've gone a month or three between useage, but when it was running it was on for 8-12 hours a day, blasting the whole time.
Way solid.
I used to own a 1x12 Pitbull 45 with a VHT speaker...was a pretty gnarly amp! GREAT clean tones, very unique. Unlike a Fender, Vox or anything else.
One of the things I sorta miss about it actually...
The dirt was good too. Had sort of a 'marshally' voicing but MUCH faster attack to the tones. "Sag" is NOT in the amps tonal vocabulary! Had a pretty good gain range too, could easily cover crunch stuff and IMO, had enough gain on tap for 'metal' playing but probably not enough to make most 'metal' guys happy.
I eventually ended up doing an even swap for an AC30 top boost with bluebacks... I owned a Dual Rectumfryer, old Fenders... modded Marshalls. Was just after something different and the AC30 fit the bill.
I bought the VHT used, had it for several years. Never an issue with it. Not a tube, not a peep...not nothing!!! To be honest though, it wasn't used all the time... might've gone a month or three between useage, but when it was running it was on for 8-12 hours a day, blasting the whole time.
Way solid.
Guitar Guy
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Yeah, everyone seems to be pretty impressed with vht in general. A lot of their stuff is too expensive for me, but the used price of these is not too bad.
Yeah, everyone seems to be pretty impressed with vht in general. A lot of their stuff is too expensive for me, but the used price of these is not too bad.
J Moose
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Yeah... it helps that not many people know the VHT name all that well... I bought that used Pitbull combo with a Calzone flight case from a (now defunct!) local shop for $500!
Someone traded it in a few days before during the big annual mega-sale... I knew one of the guys who worked there and he took a JC120 with busted verb and a couple hundred bucks!!!
:naughty:
They didn't think they'd EVER move it because it wasn't a Fender or PV...
Yeah... it helps that not many people know the VHT name all that well... I bought that used Pitbull combo with a Calzone flight case from a (now defunct!) local shop for $500!
Someone traded it in a few days before during the big annual mega-sale... I knew one of the guys who worked there and he took a JC120 with busted verb and a couple hundred bucks!!!
:naughty:
They didn't think they'd EVER move it because it wasn't a Fender or PV...
tone?
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Well i have a VHT 50ST with the EL34's and i can tell you it is a SWEET amp. Brown all over.
I went with this version cause it had the most squishy distortion out of all the VHT's i tried. Most people for some reason think that VHT's are dry or whatever. I dont really get this. Yes they are tight, but i dont really think they are dry. I think that they dont have so much fizzy top end as other amps do.
Anyway i also think that VHT's are assosiated with alot of metal players and others shun away from them.
just listen to what this guy sounds like through his Deliverance.
Dry? i think not
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VjgrYKJJ6E
By the way i really liked the 45 as well, but i prefer the EL34's. The 45 is a REAL nice amp. Just got to try anything and see if it is your flavor.
Well i have a VHT 50ST with the EL34's and i can tell you it is a SWEET amp. Brown all over.
I went with this version cause it had the most squishy distortion out of all the VHT's i tried. Most people for some reason think that VHT's are dry or whatever. I dont really get this. Yes they are tight, but i dont really think they are dry. I think that they dont have so much fizzy top end as other amps do.
Anyway i also think that VHT's are assosiated with alot of metal players and others shun away from them.
just listen to what this guy sounds like through his Deliverance.
Dry? i think not
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VjgrYKJJ6E
By the way i really liked the 45 as well, but i prefer the EL34's. The 45 is a REAL nice amp. Just got to try anything and see if it is your flavor.
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Guitar Guy
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I think that the higher end models like the ultra lead are geared more towards metal players but after reading the reviews these sound like a rock guitarists amp.
I think that the higher end models like the ultra lead are geared more towards metal players but after reading the reviews these sound like a rock guitarists amp.
tone?
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I think that where VHT fails is their marketing. But the amps rock. To me of course.
I remember being in a store here and listening to a CAE100, Diesel VH4, Bogner Uberschall, VHT 100CL. It was a toss up between the CAE and the VHT for tone in our opinion. I mean they were all great but the VHT was on top.
The 45 is a cool amp. More compressed cause of the EL84's but has an amazing clean sound. Real musical amp.
I think that where VHT fails is their marketing. But the amps rock. To me of course.
I remember being in a store here and listening to a CAE100, Diesel VH4, Bogner Uberschall, VHT 100CL. It was a toss up between the CAE and the VHT for tone in our opinion. I mean they were all great but the VHT was on top.
The 45 is a cool amp. More compressed cause of the EL84's but has an amazing clean sound. Real musical amp.
wahwah
GumbyLoveologist
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I remember playing through one of the VHT combos back in the late 90's, and it was honestly one of the best amps I have ever heard, all of its sounds were right on the money, but I also remember that it was heavy as lead and a real back breaker to carry around. I think it was a 2 x 12" combo. Great sounding amp.
Cheers.....................wahwah
I remember playing through one of the VHT combos back in the late 90's, and it was honestly one of the best amps I have ever heard, all of its sounds were right on the money, but I also remember that it was heavy as lead and a real back breaker to carry around. I think it was a 2 x 12" combo. Great sounding amp.
Cheers.....................wahwah
Hoss
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Guitar Guy
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Re: VHT Pittbull 45 combos?
everything i have heard about is good except for that some of them eat tubes. It seems to be more prominent with the 1x12 and in class A mode.
everything i have heard about is good except for that some of them eat tubes. It seems to be more prominent with the 1x12 and in class A mode.
