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Btw. 'Shopify edition' is popping up and overshadowing the comments. I left after trying to X it out. It still over rides and blocks after 3 times to delete it they jump in about midway. Bu-bye ya lost me. Just fyi.

No preamps available to you? You have an ADA MP1 staring at you.

What about the ohms? Amp can only do 16ohm. What can the cabinet handle?

Metallica tone🎉

These are probably one of my favorite amp ever. I love how Lee Jackson makes the great tones, so nice it makes you play better! Thanks for the video man!

I have the same amp and doubts about the effects loops. Did you tried more times?

yo sounds good thanks for the demonstration.

Nothing to see or hear. FAIL

When it's loud you can hear the compression and smoothness. Not sure if it's from the speaker or the power amp. But it's not a big difference. Our ears trick us when playing a loud amp. We think it sounds way different but it's the ear drum its self. When the playing field is level by a mic and mic preamp gain, it's not as different as you might expect. The only thing I would have done different is use a clean solid state power amp, that would take the amp out of the equation. Cool riff by the way. C.O.C. rocks. Saw them open for Metallica in 97.

hey dude great playing, do you recommend this amp for classic thrash metal tones? like old school metallica, megadeth? thank you :)

Cool it's all about the settings and player how good a cheap guitar amp can sound great when played right. But it doesn't sound bad for a beginner amp and guitar combo I wish my beginner amp sounded that good when I started ant not the spider 3 line 6 lol.

is this for low frequency only or theres a high frequnecy?

Can’t go wrong with that Marshall.

Big tone, excellent amp.

Do you know if the two effects loops can be used at the same time, meaning mono pedals in the mono loop, and stereo pedals in the stereo loop?

you mounted your Boss Super Overdrive in a rack? interesting!

Cool guitar

I have the berhinger ultramizer. Definitely polishes the sounds, but nothing you can do with eq and compression. They were great for podcasts or narrations though. Really gives that clean thick voice.

I enjoyed this video, thanks mate 😃

Great amp

You see that package with many peaces. When it come from china to US as a package as you se it was sold separately to make more money.

I have to say the Amp sounds very afd period correct

Pretty cool I'm looking for the exact problem on my Ampeg (ill try the resistors). Its really funny that you play a ghost flame les paul too. Yup I freaking love this amp too. It would be my main if it wasn't for the variable sudden volume drops. I got the matching 4x12 with Celestions any idea what kind of Celestions? They still sound great with my Dark Terror head. Ill Def check out Lee Jackson mods.

I'm shocked at how much impact this cheap little piece of gear has. The Ultimizer as well. I run through a few different stages of EQ and compression but my final run goes into a HHB Radius 20 parametric EQ and finishes off into an HHB Radius 30 tube compressor. I'm shocked at how much better the quality of sound coming through the end is after adding the Exciter and Ultimizer.... combined total was like 240 bucks. Both the 20 and 30 are incredible (and super overlooked) pieces of gear..... even better with the Exciter agitating that signal towards the begining. For now this is still just a hobby for me.... but I've been playing around with extracted sound from RUclips videos and the quality (considering) is f'in amazing! But the Exciter is something anyone interested in mastering should consider. If you're in a heavy band and you're recording at home this is a must.

sounds like its coming thru headphones im not wearing.. idk, thats a lot of setup for how good these can sound on their own :/

I cant decide which my first Guitar should be, either this one or the ESP LTD EC10 some say the ESP is better but some this one

I used 4 different exciters and enhancers and BBE Sonic maximizers but each one set differently

I have a untouched January 1993 VL502 I got a few years ago from the original owner. I'm finally getting around to doing all the mods on Lee's video and this was a great insight, thank you!

I have one and it's a good bright sounding, low to medium gain pedal. It is quite trebly even with the treble knob at noon. Also coupled with a Klon type pedal you can get a sort of Marshall type tone

Greetings from the Piedmont Triad area!

Had my cherry 594 for two weeks and I love it. Though mine showed up with the 3way switch bridged between the middle and bridge terminal and the hot wire for the bridge pup folded back, not connected. Apparent that 55 point check means they shook the box and didn’t hear anything rattling around inside. This is the first and last guitar I’ll buy from sweetwater, especially since I am finding others with similar issues. Thanks!

Nice riff and tone my friend 👍

these gokko pedals sound nice for the price dam

Fantastic tone. Sounds like the 70/80’s revisited. I’ve had many Marshall’s and others... Orange, Hiwatt, Sound City, Peavey, etc... the usual gamut, but nothing even comes close to this devastating ‘noise of angels’. Nice playing and more clips would be greatly appreciated. Cheers.

Sounds great. I have had one over the last 5 years and it has that thick, beautifully gained oneness to the chords. I was nearly selling it last month before I realised that some kind of mania had overcome me again..haha.. Now, it will remain indefinitely and paired with my Vox AC15C1 make an ideal duo ... if you like crispy stuff like me. PS. I am also thinking of changing the power valves and wondered if it is as simple as the manual suggests with that one switch on the back for either EL34’s or the ‘others’. ... 6550 I think.

VL1102, not VL1002? Were the purple stripe ones different to the white ones?

What's that mix? The bottom middle one, works wonders.

Night train fail

Welp. Lost all credibility with me! " yeah Tool ( there alright)" he says

Thank you for sharing this..I'm going through the same thing just bought the resisters

it would be great if you can show how you connected all

Has it ever squealed (stock) with both knobs at max? Mine does

Did you make that SD1 rack unit ?

Sounds sick

I am from the UK, i have this guitar in my stable (performance AFD pack) and it is a fantastic guitar for the price you pay 👍 I am searching youtube/the internet to see if this guitar has been played vs a Gibson slash to see the comparison, but cant find one video 🤔 probably due to it will sound 80/90% as good as the expensive Gibson's 🤣 (never owned a Gibson, as too expensive just for the brand name on the headstock)

Crazy good!

Didn't the exciters better work between pre and power?

Thanks so much for this video. I got my first VL-1002 back in 1996, a friend found it used at a local shop, was thinking about buying it but didn't, so I jumped on it. I personally had never seen Ampeg guitar heads before, so I figured if it's anything like their bass gear, it's got to be good. Three weeks after getting it, I fell victim to the melting Molex connector, learned all about that issue the hard way, unfortunately the internet as we know it didn't exist back then and for me, it was a matter of finding a tech who knew these heads and their common issues - I wasn't about to tackle it myself. After I got that fixed, it became my main workhorse for the better part of 20 years. Over time, a multitude of issues developed, I admittedly used it hard and didn't maintain it as well as I should've, but one of the most pronounced and immediate problems was the volume drop - I experienced it in live performance and was able to fudge it for a bit in that kind of environment, but the final straw for me was when I was using it to record, I ended up having to use an alternate amp for that session because the output kept dropping out and popping back in, no consistency. I eventually passed the head to a friend of mine after overhauling my rig to a Rockerverb 100 MKII half, he said he knew someone who could fix it up. But part of me really missed the tones I'd get from the VL-1002 and I was on a mission to find another, just to have in case I need some tones the Orange can't give me. Found one about a year ago from someone on Reverb. Had the tubes replaced right away, but unfortunately someone did a real hack job on the Molex connector issue, and the amp ultimately failed anyway. So, I've got it in the shop now, and after watching this video, I'm having the tech proactively replace all four of those resistors now, while he's got it opened up and working on it already. I was never able to really open this one up to full volume since I got it, so I'm not sure if there is any volume drop issues going on with it, but hey - If it's a cheap enough fix, no sense in not doing it now - Considering the experience I had with my last head and not having any first-hand knowledge as to how hard this head has been used and/or neglected by previous owners, I would hate to have to deal with it again on this one anytime soon.

Shouldn’t the noise gate be right after the guitar?

Good varied tweaking of the pedal. This pedal does seem to have some versatility. It would be useful to hear a little more playing (with dynamics) after each tweak to the controls. Most players will not have the fairly upscale equipment & guitar used but such is often the case with demo videos... Thanks for posting!