My New Practice Rig

[tunghaichuan]

I picked up a new Valve Junior cab to sit undery my heavily modded VJ head thus completing my practice rig:

For clean, I just play through the amp with no FX. For distortion, I use an MI Audio Tube Zone. I can get nice metal tones out of it. I plugged both into my DOD A/B box. :dude:

tung

 

[duhvoodooman]

Nice pair!

I get a kick out of how the Blackheart's head and cab dimensions are identical to the VJ. Not much question what the target was, market-wise!

 

[Robert]

Those little things look so cute! Like Barbie amps!

 

[luvmyshiner]

Very nice Tung.:drool:

 

[tunghaichuan]

Just got done with my first practice session using the VJ and BH stacks. The DOD A/B box is a no go. Serious ground loop problems. :reallymad:

I bought the BH cab empty a while back. I had a cheapo Carvin Celestion copy that I put in it. It sounds much better than the VJ cab The VJ cab sounds kind of boxy. The BH cab has a more scooped sound which leads me to believe the Carvin speaker is a copy of the G12T-75. The BH is a better metal amp and the VJ will probably be a better dirty blues amp. The BH sounds great clean, very acoustic.

I scared the crap out of myself, though. I didn't have the BH head plugged into the cab. Luckily, I don't think I fried the OT. :dude: However, I'm thinking of replacing the stock OT with a Heyboer from Allen Amps.

Anyway, I was working on "B*tch School" by Spinal Tap, "Love Stinks" by J. Geils, "Pull the Plug" by Death, "Mob Rules" by Black Sabbath, and "Balls to the Wall" by Accept.

Sorry, just a little free associating here

tung

 

[duhvoodooman]

I bought the BH cab empty a while back. I had a cheapo Carvin Celestion copy that I put in it. It sounds much better than the VJ cab The VJ cab sounds kind of boxy.

http://warehousespeakers.com/products.php?PHPSESSID=446558d721aac665bd2d17fa5aae6969&cat=9

 

[ibanezjunkie]

i eliminated the boxy sound problem with a 4x12

a Celestion G12 loaded 4x12

look for an EHX switchblade also.

about £30 (so around 50-60 dollars). about the best A/B box there is unless you want to spend alot of cash.

 

[tunghaichuan]

http://warehousespeakers.com/products.php?PHPSESSID=446558d721aac665bd2d17fa5aae6969&cat=9

Any recommendations? The ET65 looks cool. As does the 12" British Lead.

tung

 

[tunghaichuan]

Those little things look so cute! Like Barbie amps!

Barbie? Those amps are as at least as manly as the Jonas Brothers. :rotflmao:

tung

 

[duhvoodooman]

Any recommendations? The ET65 looks cool. As does the 12" British Lead.

tung

I have a Veteran 30, their Vintage 30 clone, in my own 1x12 cab and it sounds great. And I've had an eye on one of those Reaper models for a while...

 

[Robert]

Barbie? Those amps are as at least as manly as the Jonas Brothers. :rotflmao:

tung

:rotflmao:
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:bravo:
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[tunghaichuan]

All that I need now is a pink Hello Kitty guitar and my rig will be complete:

:dude:

tung

 

[duhvoodooman]

All that I need now is a pink Hello Kitty guitar and my rig will be complete....

Check with Krashpad. I think he had one pretty close to that.... :rotflmao:

 

[Tig]

I have a Veteran 30, their Vintage 30 clone, in my own 1x12 cab and it sounds great. And I've had an eye on one of those Reaper models for a while...

Thanks for the tip on the Veteran 30 speaker as an alternative to the Vintage 30. That might be the way I'll go when I upgrade my EVJ cabinet.