I have done a quick sound check and all sounds good and blue glow is still present as it was before. I have adjusted them down to 46/7 mv each side as mine has TWO BIAS TRIM POTS one for each valve. I have just bought a TAD biasmaster and last night set out to check the bias again and got readings of 78 to 80 mv on both valves which are way off the recommended 43 to 48 mv but not showing signs of red plating just a steady blue glow in places. I tried checking the bias from the informative info on this site with a multimeter but just got very low and fluctuating readings and as I didnt want to keep sticking my hands in a live amp abanded this method(might just be my meter) I put them in and all sounded reasonable to me. I have had the VM since Jan 2016 ( 2011 model) and decided to put in a new set of Marshall branded KT66 as the original ones rattled terribly. IF it was lost or stolen? I'd move on and find something else.but thats only because there are so many great amps out there still for me to play!ĭid I mention the price is FANTASTIC For this amp? I obviously have spent a LOT of money on Orange amps.and this head decimates EVERY one of them.Hi new member here though I have been a frequent reader of this forum for some years.Īmongst other amps I have a 50 watt VM combo and a 1974x. The Bassman being the only one I could really say I'd trade it for. is just simply stunning compared to all of them. The short list of other amps: Vox AC30CC, Vox AC30 Korg RI, Fender Bassman '59 RI, Fender Tonemaster, Fender HR Deville, Traynor YCV50, Orange AD30TC, Orange Rocker 30, Orange RV100HTC, Orange AD140HTC, Orange Tiny Terror, Marshall JCM900 dual reverb, Marshall DSL50, Ampeg V4, Ampeg Gemini. but I think the Vintage Modern might become the third. I've owned a lot of amps over the past few years, and have only kept 2: A Fender Twin, a Thomas Organ built Vox AC30.
Plus, finally having an FX loop again after 3 years without one is a HUGE plus for me.
With amps getting mroe and more complicated, it's nice to see something without a million toggles and dials. I love the tones and the simplicity of it.and thats what really gets me. But so far it seems like I will really really enjoy this amp. I'm going to give this amp and 7 for sound quality because it takes quite a bit of tweaking to get the tones you might be used too from a Marshall if you don't have the right cab. No noise or hum, even when the volumes are maxed. Usually I dial in a lot of mids, but for this amp I seem to want to scoop them out a bit. It took me a while to get a tone out of my Les Paul that wasn't too thick and muddy, but after playing with the detail gain and cranking it quite a bit higher than the Body I was able to get it to where I wanted. Overall, the tones are very articulate and let all the notes ring out. I've been using it only with delays though. The FX loop is very clear, and doesn't seem to let the FX wash out. The reverb could be a bit better, as it seems to get lost at higher playing volumes. Switch into hi mode and your tone fizzes up and gets this classic Marshall crunch! JCM800 style! Rolling off the volume gets you some solid overdrive tones, turn up and it gets you into your lead tones. For me and my Tele I found a tone that replicates "Go For Soda" by Kim Mitchel very well. Rolling off your guitar volume cleans up very nicely and you get that classic British clean. These tones seem to be best suited for blues, your clean tone, or classic rock. In lo mode you get very rich mildly overdriven tones that are very similar to a classic Plexi. With it you can effectively get two channels out of this amp, but it's really designed to respond to picking dynamics and your volume control on your guitar (or in my case, my volume pedal).
The beauty of this amp is that dynamic voicings switch. I bought this amp instead of a JCM800 because it seemed to have more versatility for what I do.which is play whatever I feel like playing.be it blues, rock, metal, modern rock, punk, ska. So far I've only used a lawsuit era Tokai Breezy Sound '52 Telecaster copy with Antiquity pickups and my Gibson Les Paul Standard (2006 build)