I've learned more from watching your videos than I could have imagined in the 50+ years of playing music. Now that I'm on the recording side with a home studio you have become a valuable asset to me, Thank You..Keep up the excellent work !
@@moosecooper the problem is that flipper scum will just sit on the high prices since there will eventually be a sucker and then the budget gear market becomes the new booteek and we all have to start looking for inexpensive gear again just to wait for youtube or forums to ruin it. gatekeep gear, not music.
I own a mk1 valve king the really old one and with a couple of mods that thing SCREAMS.. there's a noise suppression circuit that if you run a bypass wire and a couple other oddities the amp comes even more alive! Never failed me!
@@davidmarles9409 mine has that internal now as soon as you plug instrument into 1 and a dummy jack into 2. It auto jumps. However with me having a TC electronic G system I need the loop as I use the 4 cable method etc...
I plugged a Tube Screamer into my Valveking 112 50 watt, (which I replaced the speaker with a WGS Green Beret), and was blown away! BRUTAL SOUND! You don't need much more than that!
Eminence Governor ,Private Jack, or Swamp Thang are supposed to be good...WGS Retro 30 i have in mine, and have had a standard v30 in it before...the Celestion V-Type is an outstanding speaker as well
Glen Thanks for your comments regarding “ Last Decade Dead Century “ and WS ! I’m the original guitarist and a founding member. My only writing contribution to the recording is “ I see the ruins “ . The SLO you pictured , going for 6K on Reverb probably belonged to my pal John Rico , who replaced me and recorded all of the guitars on that recording . Let’s talk sometime , I can tell you all about the disaster that band was , even from its very beginning !
F*ck, the internet can be bloody amazing as well as all the other shit! I'd just paused this vid to grab 'last decade dead century', had a listen to it and came back thinking "ooh, that IS interesting, and kinda awesome, and kinda messy, but yeah interesting and an enjoyable debacle, but I'd love to know the story behind it, 'cos something itches here..." And I came back here and saw this comment!! I would absolutely LOVE to hear about "the disaster this band was"!!
Right, I can't understand why people don't believe the speaker and mic are the biggest difference, yet they probably have a catalogue of IRs because they all sound different.
I bought a Jet City Amplification JCA22h for 249€ brand new wayyyyy back in January 2015. Fun fact: That amp was actually designed by Soldano, and at the time already rumoured to basically be a smaller cheaper chinese made version of an SLO. (There also used to be a 100W version). I had it modified by a local technician to clean up the low end a bit and add a depth knob, which in hindsight I don''t know if it was even necessary. That thing sounds fucking amazing. And yes its "only 20W", but let me tell you it can definitely cause some serious hearing damage if you're not careful. Just a beast of an tube amp for that little money. Couldn't be happier.
It’s ironic how guitarists think an amp sucks until someone makes a video showing it doesn’t.then by some miracle it doesn’t suck anymore and the comment section states what a great amp it really is,fn hilarious.it’s like people can’t hear with their own ears they need someone to tell them if it sounds good or not.no wonder the guitar community is a joke among other musicians lmfao
afaik is the jca22h is based on the hot rod + circuit, which itself is a slightly less gainy version of the slo. the design of the fx-loop is different from the typically (and often mourned over) soldano fx loop: it is finally usable for stomp effects which is a very good thing! So all in all, back in the days, it was a outstanding affordable amp - nowadays... idk (:
Happy JCA20h owner here. Single channel box of goodness. Mines an early one with the toggle switches for power. £150 second hand. It can go from clean to utter filth. The previous owner switched out V1 + V2, leaving the Sino valves for the rest. They biased it to perfection too. No mods, bone-stock. It has served me well for many years. 20 Watts is indeed crazy loud. Very easy to control from the guitar volume pot. Hmm. Ply cabinet, thick chassis, beefy transformers, monster sound.. Winner.
I got my gen 1 VK112 for $200 canadian and it came with a full set of spare tubes, loaded with an eminence governer, and once I hooked up a footswitch found both "mesa" and "jcm" mods were done. I converted it a 50W head and made a oversized 1x12 cab, I absolutely love this amp. I've used it for both guitar and bass, it works for all my needs
Also Glenn, try plugging into the second input and plugging a dummy plug into the first as well as jumping the effects loop. Both tricks are said to tighten up the amp some, would be interesting to see what your findings on that are
Back in the days of the MXTabs forum the recommended hidden gem, budget rig was always a Peavey Valveking boosted with a Bad Monkey in front. Both were cheap, both sounded great and both were very underrated. As we know, the Bad Monkey shot up exponentially in price on the used market after the JHS vid. Let’s see what happens to the Valveking now 😂.
Yeah, but these days you can get a Tube Screamer copy, Klon copy and a Bluesbreaker copy for 40-60 bucks a pop, grab all and swich to taste! Add the 20-buck Behringer fuzz to the mix and you have rhythm, lead and sludge! So tone snobs can keep their bad monkey. 😉 I'm having tons of fun with NUX Morningstar into NUX Fireman (Friedman brown sound preamp type) with the Behringer as a solo bound. It's highly versitile rig that'll plug well to almost any clean pedal platform and cost me total of about 220€. And if you have something like valveking, actually good gain channel, just grab the overdrives. I'm stuck with Blackstar Venue HT club 40 mkII, which has a serious case of bees in a jar - syndrome with the drive channel, so clean with bpedals it is.
this guy knows his shit . I bought the peavey 6505 + combo as he recommended . wow cheap and awesome buy . im a big fan if this guy . he really helps people out .
One thing I have noticed over the years is that cheaper gear is fine. The major difference is that the more expensive stuff will often have a wider "sweet spot". Basically making them much easier to dial in a good sound. Where the cheaper stuff can sound good but usually at very specific settings.
Exactly. More expensive often just means it's easier to use / requires less effort to make it sound good. Which is a fair reason to buy the expensive stuff, like the soldano, if you have the money. But most people, especially us musicians, are kind of broke, so it's most likely a waste of money.
Cheaper gear can also be less reliable, have a high noise floor, or less features like presence and resonance controls, built in noise gate, etc. But… Peavey amps have traditionally had a LOT of features llike gain boost switches, etc and are super reliable and that makes them an even better value.
that and the more expensive stuff is often more reliable, better customer service, and they often are easier to repair because they're meant to be gigged and abused and serviced by a tech on the road. that said I've never had any issues with any of my cheaper Amps or guitars and they get some killer tones but I'm also not a touring musician
People like your good self are much appreciated in a way many can't. That is unfortunate as many fell for marketing tactics. Thank you for doing these.
I used to have the Mk1 100 watt head, and it is a good amp. Not a one trick pony like Glenn said because I actually think the clean channel is excellent, as well. The built in boost is pretty good, too. My issue with the VK was that it needed a lot of help to get a good tone. Definitely needs an overdrive, and I'm glad Glenn brought up the issues with the gain and the highs not going passed noon. Then the patch cable in the effects loop helps tighten up the woofiness as well, if you don't have an EQ in the loop which is almost a must. I ultimately ended up selling it because I was getting a usable tone from my 6505+ instantly, which was more appealing to me in a live setting. I always recommend a VK for someone looking for a tube amp but they're on a budget.
@@travisspaulding2222 Well said. A Tubescreamer was a must for lead tones. The "TEXTURE" knob on the back was the key for me. It definitely has a sweet spot.
"We tend to listen with our eyes". As a life long audio engineer, I cannot agree more. When I teach classes, you'd be amazed at how many students get that deer in the headlights look when I turn off the monitor while they are mixing. USE YOUR F***ing ears!
@@jeremyjohnson9585 Ah, you're referring to "in the box" mixing. Not if you're mixing analogue or with a control surface. But your comment is rather hilarious, "You can't adjust anything with the monitor turned off..." LOL. I wonder how they did it for so many decades before digital?
@@BrettRobinson-u6t…but it can easily be a JCM900. I’ve had one for 20 years now, and its only use for me for the bulk of that time has been as a tube-powered speaker cab for a modeler (it’s actually really good at that). I cannot stand the sounds coming out of the amp’s own preamp.
@@brendanflaherty6696 I can get some pretty rockin tones out of mine and yeah its definitely modern Marshall in a lot of its preamp tone but its still has the peavey over tones too it especially in the power section, all great amps tho but I’m a Marshall guy so I’m a bit bias but it does rock and I have several other awesome peaveys as well!
Glen - your comments are 100% correct about listening to music when dialing in your tone - my son uses that with noise cancelling earbuds and when I'm upstairs it sounds killer, when I'm in the room not so much. Same principle when you're at sound check before a gig and you're like "that's the sound?" and when the band starts it's amazing because the bass & drums fill in the frequencies. Saw you in the Hammer for Judas Priest - hope you're going to the Niagara show and will see you again
. My best friend and I lived in LA from 1987 to 1989. He was attending GIT And we took his Marshall to Mike Soldano when he lived in that ratty little trailer near the 405. The guy was good at his craft and his success is well deserved . So cool to see someone in the beginnings and how successful they can be.
This is a great video! Both for displaying the EQ differences in amp to amp, and explaining how beneficial reamping can be. If you haven't already, I'd love to see a video of you going through the process of reamping, and showing us how to get those EQ graphs.
I actually jumped up from my seat when he revealed a Peavey valveking 100 and am restarting to play guitar and was thinking about upgrading my gear. Man! Awesome
You explanation on how the SM-57 boosts the higher mid-range makes sense why in clean to lower gain situations, amps like the Fender Princeton, Deluxe, or Twin Reverb, which have a natural mild scoop in the mid-range, seem to come alive when recorded or mic'd through a PA for a live situation when using a SM-57 as it seems to add a bit of those high mids back in.
If you look at the graph it's from about 5k onwards I doubt the mid range "scope" on those amps is in that area 5k onwards boost does bring it alive but not because of what you are saying imo
I have this exact amp (well, my wife does). I replaced V2 with a 5751 tube, and replaced the stock speaker with an eminence Governor. Absolutely amazing sounding amp and the 5751 tube really helped cut back on the potential harshness and allows a lot more EQ, Gain, and Volume control.
I've used a 50w Valve King combo for years! Just recently I chopped off the speaker and made it into a portable head amplifier using the 16ohm auxiliary output on the back. Brought it over to my buddies house and ran it through a proper cabinet and it sounded pretty epic
As someone who plays guitar, I'd say that your videos are the most demystifying videos I have seen in regards to great tone without the price tag, Very straight to the point. Mic (and mic placement) and speaker... man, I learned so much from this video.Thank you so much for making it.
Glenn I bought a 6505 II straight 412 to run my 6505+ through. I promptly removed the Shitfields and dropped two V30's and two H Creambacks in an X pattern. It sounds so good I silicone'd the 3/4" Baltic Birch back I ordered from Canada on the cab. It slays. I'm very conscious about my speakers. I realize the value in acquiring the right speakers for a specific amp
Every guitarist I came up with in the 90s got their first decent amp around about ages 16 to 18, and many of them are still using it 20 something years later. There's huge value in thoroughly learning the amp you already own and pushing it to its absolute limit before throwing money at a replacement.
I wish I was one of those. I got a Sovtek mig 60 half stack in 96’ when I was 16. That was an amazing amp. Every bit as good as the Plexi I owned after it. Both of those amps left me during the salad days so I could remain indoors. I am now in the market for a mig 60 and a 96’ fender std American strat in black with a rosewood fretboard to replace the best guitar I ever owned (arguably, maybe I am just nostalgic). I got an absolutely gorgeous Elite Strat (reissue not from the 80’s) in a silvery blue burst to hold me over and believe it or not the little Bugera I play through sounds pretty sweet. I want to start playing with others again though and nostalgia makes us spend money so the big amps are coming.
@@JohnAvillaHerpetocultural the difference between a 30w amp and a 100w amp is only 5.2dB. Big amps were designed to fill 1000 capacity plus venues; the Beatles and The Stones played their first few tours with AC30s.
@@Mikey__R absolutely and I would use a Bugera combo with upgraded tubes in a heart beat. The amp I currently play through is their little 5w combo. It has .1, 1.0 and 5w settings so it’s awesome for not annoying my wife but not rehearsal or gigging. Most of the amps I like are in the 50-60w range. If I remember correctly the plexi was 50w but it could have been 100. I think I sold that in 04 or 05. It’s been a while. I was never a 100w or nothing guy. I always found my mig 60 and mig 50 heads to be more than adequate.
@@JohnAvillaHerpetocultural I've got a 50w Marshall combo and a Torpedo to knock back the output by 20dB, which makes it a 0.5 watt amp; and I still can't turn the master volume past 2!
Possibly your best explained video to date, giving valuable arguments with facts and valid opinions to back up your points! If people kick off over this then they clearly "watched" this with their fingers in their ears crying over the latest bank statement trying to justify their latest expenditure to themselves
Hey man I appreciate your content. I love that every so often you take the time to remind your viewers that you record METAL. We're NOT talking live tone or other types of music (though some stuff -speakers-would definitely apply live). I chuckle because so many people seem to forget what you're about. I love that you provide affordable alternatives to the big expensive stuff as your average dude or dudette can't afford that stuff. Love the content, keep it up!
I read that Tony MacAlpine recorded his debut album with a Marshall Lead 12 Solid State head into a Marshall 4x12 cab. That little amp only cost $200 back in the 1980's and sounded great (as long as you ran it into the big cab and let it breathe). Listen to that album - it sounds great.
Subscribed because of the content in this video. This guy right hear needs to be heard. Solid info. Reinforces everything I have learned (as a guitarist and subsequent sound guy. Truth, thanks.
I don't know if I'm smart for doing this or a total fucking idiot but I decided to listen to the amp test with my laptop lid closed so I couldn't even tell when the amp had changed, and I listened to it firstly on my headphones, then on a pair of studio monitors and I genuinely couldn't hear a difference. Great video as well Glenn
This is why I love your channel Glenn. You tell it how it is and I love it. It is great to know that you don't need to spend excessively to get that awesome, heavy sound. I just wish I had the room to have these cabs and amps and a sound treated space for this. One day I hope!!!
The Valve King has a reputation to be unreliable. My guitar teacher ownes one he has constant issues.You don´t only pay for tone/features, you pay for built quality, servicability and longevity.
cue every Peavy Valveking on Reverb and Facebook Marketplace now doubling in price after this. hell i remember when you could find the Roland Jupiter 8 synthesizer (arguably the greatest analog synth known to humanity) for $2000 anywhere in America , that was around 2002 , then thanks to the internet the price steadily rose and now in 2024 you're lucky if you can find one for under $30,000
GLEN FUCKED UP LOL… yay he is still human… time stamp (14:03) 1 watt at 1 meter = 96db of volume out of greenback speakers… pmsl mate… they don’t quite work that way… off memory, 96db SPL is the max volume that model of speaker can audibly produce. If your pushing them speakers with 50watt of power, they will make 96db of peek volume at the cab and can push that sound forward approximately 100 meters (288ft) before the volume level starts dropping in increments of 1watt per meter until your too far away to hear it… i think thats about right… basically in an outdoor setting with the amp at max wattage (50w) you would be struggling to hear it from 150 meters away… Its amazing how sound travels and weird how the friction of air affects it. I do love your channel mate and have been watching for a couple of years now… thought you might want to fix that bit of mis-information
I bought a valve king for like 220 back in 2019. Was shocked at how great it sounded. Super versatile too as the clean channel was pristine. I ended up selling a couple years later because I didn’t really need it anymore.
I've been a peavey fan for almost 30 years. Always been able to get any sound I wanted. I got like 4 different peaveys and still didn't spend as much as I would have on ONE soldano
The importance of speakers is why I am such a big fan of the Harley Benton V30 cabs. They are so cheap that if you sell the V30s for the speakers you want, you basically can get a cab full of tones for the cost of just the V30s
Have been using valveking head 100 mk1 for over 10 years, sold it only because i was using engl powerball more often, but for those 10 years with VK, put a little boost in front, V30 speakers and it's a monster! Awesome video Glenn!
I’ve had my valve king 100 head for over 10 years not. Just broke it out of my closet after some time and damn that thing really rips. I don’t know why people say this amp lacks clarity when it surely does not. Pair it with the right speakers and you have your self a nice rig.
finally the valveking gets some well deserved love. it's the one amp I will always have in my reheasal space. great allrounder amp and even better pedal platfrom.
Great episode, Glenn! Ive had a Peavey Valveking combo amp for several years. The thing sounds really good plus its a Peavey, so you can drop it down a flight of steps and it still works fine!😁
this is one of the most valuable YT clips about guitar recording! I have the exact same perception like you - after owning countless Vox, Fender, Mesa, Magnatone, Peavey, Marshall and Soldano amps, preamps, vintage Neumann and Telefunken mics, vintage Neve pres, VacRac tube compressors, highest end converters by DAD and so on, I do most of my guitar sounds with literally ANY amp nowadays, but spend much closer attention to speakers and cabs and mic placement. Most of the time I use a Fender Bandmaster with a Framus 212 closed back with V30s and a SM57 combined with an inexpensive AKG C4000. Or a Peavey Classic 50. Therefore I love my elder desk channels, that I racked myself. Those are not the highes end, rather talking bout Trident S80, MCI500 or Tac Scorpion. One nice thing today is, that there are jus so many different sound approaches, which all are valid somehow. There is no absolute right or wrong, just right in the track or not. If you listen closely and really take your time for dialling in your amp, you will get great tones from almost any amp. One of the greatest guitar tones I ever heard was captured by the legendary Alan Parsons at EMI studios cologne, while producing a young Swiss rock band. He put a modern Marshall stack (not an esoteric hardwired one, just one of the shelf) in one corner of the room, no pedals, and a single SM57 mic in the opposite corner. Literally like 6 meters away! SSL pre, no EQ, no compression just a little UAD plate reverb. It delivered one of the nicest lead tones ever! If it sounds right, it is right!
A bit late to this party, having just watched this. I will say this. Around 16 minutes when you do the "substitute label" comparison, this is really simple. I found that if I listened, not looking at the screen, I could not even tell when you switched between A and B... never mind picking which I thought was which. Good enough to convince me.
Ok I've got one for ya. Line 6 Flextone HD. This thing is a beast. I finally got it running a month ago or so, and I'm just loving it. And 300 SS watts with both cabs.
No complaints here, I’ve been using the valveking 20 watt head with a 412 with g12t 75’s, crushing tone with the right OD. Also has a fantastic boost for leads
My first amp was a valveking. I miss that amp so much biggest regret was selling it. Pushing that clean tone with an over drive pedal was actually nuts! That 6L6 break up was great. I eventually ran a tube pre amp in front of the amp once I figured out how great the tubes would break up at about 6-7 volume. I’m seriously considering buying one used. I think you might have convinced me.
Hey Glenn! Peavey Valveking 2 50W Combo owner here, confirming every little bit of the words you've just said. GREAT AMP! Once you admit to yourself that you don't posses enough knowledge for something here, it becomes much easier. Same was with the processors, pedals, amps, recordings, etc on my side: once you figure there are a lot of the pots to be tweaked, where you don't know how that would react, you're in the dark. Know your gear, that's it.. More often: good advice is blessing... Thanks Glenn on tons of blessing!!! And, there is nothing bad to play some piece of the history, such as Soldano, or whatever. It's fulfilling that you have such a brilliance under you hands,... But, that's more like enjoying some luxury thing, then chasing some good tone... But, you can mess the tone with Soldano, also, ... and, the best: you can get decent tone with ie. Peavey.
I bought a peavey valve king 50 watt combo several years ago and have been extremely happy with it! I’ve gigged with it, recorded with it…. Hell I’ve even used the direct out on it and it’s decent for what it is
Perfect timing. I was looking at getting a 6505 mh and the Valveking mh is similar but more affordable so maybe that is the way to go. Thanks for the video. \m/
I don’t agree with you quite often on certain topics but when you talk about tone and speakers that’s where we on the same page. When someone speaks on a topic that are more knowledgeable than I am, I listen. I own a Marshall DSL 40 Vintage, the tone wasn’t exactly what I was looking for and I considered buying a more expensive amp. Well after watching your videos about speakers I decided to take your advice and upgrade my speaker. I replaced the Celestian V Type with the Mojotone BV 30H which cost me $129. The difference is very noticeable and gives me the tone I was looking for. Just saved about $1,500. Thanks
Doing important work here, man. You'll never convince people who're too deep in the gearhole as this is a long on-going problem, like with audiophiles and class-a/cables/general ignorance. However, the people that actually listen will be able to remove hurdles and get on with playing and producing. Thanks for doing this Glenn.
I laughed out loud when you revealed it to be a valveking. I was never satisfied with its sound in the room even changing cabs. Super cool you got it to sound that good, thanks for the helpful info as always Glen.
Holy crap........ Ive been telling people this for years. When i would use my valve king combo.......i got alot of people asking what mod did i get on it. I only changed my speakers cause those celestions have a fart sound.......they all have it So i replaced them but i cant remember with what. I sold it and i forgot to write down the speakers i got cause i put 2 different speakers and it sounded awesome. That valve king is a gem......it will take a beating and keep going, plus it takes pedals very well. Get one before the prices go way up.
Cool. Very informative stuff thank you 🙌🙌🙌🙌 I happen to have a couple of great amps and was a stickler about speakers. 65 RI JTM45 $800 CDNhandwired now with KT-66’s pairs up with a 2-12 greenbacks cab and A Peavey Classic 30 $350 CDN Jack Daniels version too. This one got a V-30 also a Fender style open back cab with a pair of V-10’s Speakers are awesome.
Honestly, I about fell out my chair when you revealed the Peavey Valve King combo as the put-up against the Soldono! I couldn't tell the difference at all between the A & B sections (I'm also on the tail end of Covid and my head's all stuffy). I very much appreciate you sharing these discoveries.
the ValveKing needs a boost in front to have enough gain, and it may not be as loud as you want for a live setting, but the tone is great & it has a sweet clean channel.
saw your video awhile back about the peavey windsor and bought one, i was not disappointed!! (i bypassed the preamp and im using a metal zone straight into the effects loop return) really appreciate you helping us save money, keep up the good work!
I'm going to be a scary radical here and say that aspiring musicians being able to get a good amp without selling a kidney is a good thing, actually.
Musicians need their kidneys for alcohol.
@@Introverted100might explain why elitists who lost their kidneys are so salty
"BLASPHEMY!"
-some exec at Gibson
Woah there buddy! Too radical 😂
Good and bad in some cases...
I've learned more from watching your videos than I could have imagined in the 50+ years of playing music.
Now that I'm on the recording side with a home studio you have become a valuable asset to me, Thank You..Keep up the excellent work !
yikes that's a real shame...this guy is a paid shill.
Well, I can imagine that Peavey Valveking price will go up now, thank you Glenn!
Then, dont pay the raised prices. If things dont sell, then they won't go up.
Take the bad monkey from a bit ago haha
Not to mention the price of fried ole Soldanoes to gut and replace with the Peavey electronics.
@@GL-iy7mj time to sell my valveking!
@@moosecooper the problem is that flipper scum will just sit on the high prices since there will eventually be a sucker and then the budget gear market becomes the new booteek and we all have to start looking for inexpensive gear again just to wait for youtube or forums to ruin it.
gatekeep gear, not music.
There are thousands of Valvekings available. There aren't thousands of Soldanos. I can't see prices shifting much for either.
I own a mk1 valve king the really old one and with a couple of mods that thing SCREAMS.. there's a noise suppression circuit that if you run a bypass wire and a couple other oddities the amp comes even more alive!
Never failed me!
It really does help when you loop the effects loop!
@@davidmarles9409 mine has that internal now as soon as you plug instrument into 1 and a dummy jack into 2. It auto jumps. However with me having a TC electronic G system I need the loop as I use the 4 cable method etc...
I plugged a Tube Screamer into my Valveking 112 50 watt, (which I replaced the speaker with a WGS Green Beret), and was blown away! BRUTAL SOUND! You don't need much more than that!
I have a friend who put a EV 12L in his Valveking combo and it is a MONSTER Amp! That sounds pretty Unique in a good way!
@@joesalyers I had one of those in it for a while as well. I think it was a 300 watt speaker. Overkill, but it sounded so clear.
Eminence Governor ,Private Jack, or Swamp Thang are supposed to be good...WGS Retro 30 i have in mine, and have had a standard v30 in it before...the Celestion V-Type is an outstanding speaker as well
I plugged my speaker input on a jcm2000 combo with a 1968 jcm unltra lead 412 cab and it made a huge difference
i run my VK112 with Jackhammer JH-1 or MojoMojo. both works great.
Glen
Thanks for your comments regarding “ Last Decade Dead Century “ and WS ! I’m the original guitarist and a founding member. My only writing contribution to the recording is “ I see the ruins “ . The SLO you pictured , going for 6K on Reverb probably belonged to my pal John Rico , who replaced me and recorded all of the guitars on that recording . Let’s talk sometime , I can tell you all about the disaster that band was , even from its very beginning !
Awesome! I’ll reach out!
F*ck, the internet can be bloody amazing as well as all the other shit!
I'd just paused this vid to grab 'last decade dead century', had a listen to it and came back thinking "ooh, that IS interesting, and kinda awesome, and kinda messy, but yeah interesting and an enjoyable debacle, but I'd love to know the story behind it, 'cos something itches here..."
And I came back here and saw this comment!!
I would absolutely LOVE to hear about "the disaster this band was"!!
Therapist: Commercial Glenn isn't real, he can't hurt you.
Commercial Glenn: 11:34
That was the funniest thing I ever heard
People will play through an amp sim, change the IR and hear a massive difference in tone and STILL swear it's the pickups doing all the work.....
Right, I can't understand why people don't believe the speaker and mic are the biggest difference, yet they probably have a catalogue of IRs because they all sound different.
It's totally the color of paint that makes tone.
They’ll swear it’s the “tonewood.”
I bought a Jet City Amplification JCA22h for 249€ brand new wayyyyy back in January 2015.
Fun fact: That amp was actually designed by Soldano, and at the time already rumoured to basically be a smaller cheaper chinese made version of an SLO. (There also used to be a 100W version).
I had it modified by a local technician to clean up the low end a bit and add a depth knob, which in hindsight I don''t know if it was even necessary.
That thing sounds fucking amazing. And yes its "only 20W", but let me tell you it can definitely cause some serious hearing damage if you're not careful.
Just a beast of an tube amp for that little money. Couldn't be happier.
It’s ironic how guitarists think an amp sucks until someone makes a video showing it doesn’t.then by some miracle it doesn’t suck anymore and the comment section states what a great amp it really is,fn hilarious.it’s like people can’t hear with their own ears they need someone to tell them if it sounds good or not.no wonder the guitar community is a joke among other musicians lmfao
Yup, proud owner owner of a 22h too. Overdrive channel boosted with a Boss SD-1 is a great high gain tone.
I have a little picovalve from about the same era. I did the river city mod and its a fun little amp. I think soldano had a hand designing it as well.
afaik is the jca22h is based on the hot rod + circuit, which itself is a slightly less gainy version of the slo. the design of the fx-loop is different from the typically (and often mourned over) soldano fx loop: it is finally usable for stomp effects which is a very good thing!
So all in all, back in the days, it was a outstanding affordable amp - nowadays... idk (:
Happy JCA20h owner here. Single channel box of goodness.
Mines an early one with the toggle switches for power. £150 second hand. It can go from clean to utter filth. The previous owner switched out V1 + V2, leaving the Sino valves for the rest. They biased it to perfection too. No mods, bone-stock.
It has served me well for many years. 20 Watts is indeed crazy loud. Very easy to control from the guitar volume pot.
Hmm. Ply cabinet, thick chassis, beefy transformers, monster sound.. Winner.
I got my gen 1 VK112 for $200 canadian and it came with a full set of spare tubes, loaded with an eminence governer, and once I hooked up a footswitch found both "mesa" and "jcm" mods were done. I converted it a 50W head and made a oversized 1x12 cab, I absolutely love this amp. I've used it for both guitar and bass, it works for all my needs
Also Glenn, try plugging into the second input and plugging a dummy plug into the first as well as jumping the effects loop. Both tricks are said to tighten up the amp some, would be interesting to see what your findings on that are
I loved my valve king head. It sounded even better when I took off the Peavey badge. lol 😂
Finally, someone that understands the importance of a guitar speaker….. Bravo!
Back in the days of the MXTabs forum the recommended hidden gem, budget rig was always a Peavey Valveking boosted with a Bad Monkey in front. Both were cheap, both sounded great and both were very underrated. As we know, the Bad Monkey shot up exponentially in price on the used market after the JHS vid. Let’s see what happens to the Valveking now 😂.
Yeah, but these days you can get a Tube Screamer copy, Klon copy and a Bluesbreaker copy for 40-60 bucks a pop, grab all and swich to taste! Add the 20-buck Behringer fuzz to the mix and you have rhythm, lead and sludge! So tone snobs can keep their bad monkey. 😉
I'm having tons of fun with NUX Morningstar into NUX Fireman (Friedman brown sound preamp type) with the Behringer as a solo bound. It's highly versitile rig that'll plug well to almost any clean pedal platform and cost me total of about 220€. And if you have something like valveking, actually good gain channel, just grab the overdrives. I'm stuck with Blackstar Venue HT club 40 mkII, which has a serious case of bees in a jar - syndrome with the drive channel, so clean with bpedals it is.
this guy knows his shit . I bought the peavey 6505 + combo as he recommended . wow cheap and awesome buy . im a big fan if this guy . he really helps people out .
One thing I have noticed over the years is that cheaper gear is fine. The major difference is that the more expensive stuff will often have a wider "sweet spot". Basically making them much easier to dial in a good sound. Where the cheaper stuff can sound good but usually at very specific settings.
Exactly. More expensive often just means it's easier to use / requires less effort to make it sound good. Which is a fair reason to buy the expensive stuff, like the soldano, if you have the money. But most people, especially us musicians, are kind of broke, so it's most likely a waste of money.
100% this, I've had so many friends buy new pickups or amps and get like a 5% improvement or sometimes not really anything for new head
Cheaper gear can also be less reliable, have a high noise floor, or less features like presence and resonance controls, built in noise gate, etc. But… Peavey amps have traditionally had a LOT of features llike gain boost switches, etc and are super reliable and that makes them an even better value.
that and the more expensive stuff is often more reliable, better customer service, and they often are easier to repair because they're meant to be gigged and abused and serviced by a tech on the road. that said I've never had any issues with any of my cheaper Amps or guitars and they get some killer tones but I'm also not a touring musician
Bingo!
People like your good self are much appreciated in a way many can't. That is unfortunate as many fell for marketing tactics. Thank you for doing these.
I've been playing through a VK100 head for over a decade. Love it.
I used to have the Mk1 100 watt head, and it is a good amp. Not a one trick pony like Glenn said because I actually think the clean channel is excellent, as well. The built in boost is pretty good, too. My issue with the VK was that it needed a lot of help to get a good tone. Definitely needs an overdrive, and I'm glad Glenn brought up the issues with the gain and the highs not going passed noon. Then the patch cable in the effects loop helps tighten up the woofiness as well, if you don't have an EQ in the loop which is almost a must. I ultimately ended up selling it because I was getting a usable tone from my 6505+ instantly, which was more appealing to me in a live setting. I always recommend a VK for someone looking for a tube amp but they're on a budget.
@@travisspaulding2222 Well said. A Tubescreamer was a must for lead tones. The "TEXTURE" knob on the back was the key for me. It definitely has a sweet spot.
Those things are monsters!
@@O7777-u5e No doubt about it.
19:00 that was a SHOCKINGLY good unintentional Patrick Star impression
The guitarists facial expressions cracked me up! Thats one guy that doesn’t take himself too seriously!
"We tend to listen with our eyes". As a life long audio engineer, I cannot agree more. When I teach classes, you'd be amazed at how many students get that deer in the headlights look when I turn off the monitor while they are mixing. USE YOUR F***ing ears!
You can't adjust anything with the monitor turned off, so the deer in the headlight look is very understandable.
@@jeremyjohnson9585 Ah, you're referring to "in the box" mixing. Not if you're mixing analogue or with a control surface. But your comment is rather hilarious, "You can't adjust anything with the monitor turned off..." LOL. I wonder how they did it for so many decades before digital?
you must be saying the visual monitor or just listen through head phones, right?
I had JCM 2000 TSL, JCM 900 hi gain dual reverb, and 2 years ago I switched to VK112 and now I am more satisfied than I was with Marshall.
I love my valve king but it'll Never be a 2000 or jam 800
@@BrettRobinson-u6t…but it can easily be a JCM900. I’ve had one for 20 years now, and its only use for me for the bulk of that time has been as a tube-powered speaker cab for a modeler (it’s actually really good at that). I cannot stand the sounds coming out of the amp’s own preamp.
curious about the differences between the Signal Art reamp box and the United replay box 😎
@@brendanflaherty6696 I can get some pretty rockin tones out of mine and yeah its definitely modern Marshall in a lot of its preamp tone but its still has the peavey over tones too it especially in the power section, all great amps tho but I’m a Marshall guy so I’m a bit bias but it does rock and I have several other awesome peaveys as well!
Glenn, this video was a great way to sum up all of your past findings into one cohesive argument. Great video.
GLEEN. Man, the production value is through the roof. The editing is on point. I'm glad to see you leaning into in.
Glen - your comments are 100% correct about listening to music when dialing in your tone - my son uses that with noise cancelling earbuds and when I'm upstairs it sounds killer, when I'm in the room not so much. Same principle when you're at sound check before a gig and you're like "that's the sound?" and when the band starts it's amazing because the bass & drums fill in the frequencies.
Saw you in the Hammer for Judas Priest - hope you're going to the Niagara show and will see you again
. My best friend and I lived in LA from 1987 to 1989. He was attending GIT And we took his Marshall to Mike Soldano when he lived in that ratty little trailer near the 405. The guy was good at his craft and his success is well deserved . So cool to see someone in the beginnings and how successful they can be.
*Fluff enters the conversation* "do you mind? I'm the one who does the ridiculous Reverb listings!"
This is a great video! Both for displaying the EQ differences in amp to amp, and explaining how beneficial reamping can be. If you haven't already, I'd love to see a video of you going through the process of reamping, and showing us how to get those EQ graphs.
Your channel just keeps getting better and better with info and tips. Thanks...
I actually jumped up from my seat when he revealed a Peavey valveking 100 and am restarting to play guitar and was thinking about upgrading my gear. Man! Awesome
You explanation on how the SM-57 boosts the higher mid-range makes sense why in clean to lower gain situations, amps like the Fender Princeton, Deluxe, or Twin Reverb, which have a natural mild scoop in the mid-range, seem to come alive when recorded or mic'd through a PA for a live situation when using a SM-57 as it seems to add a bit of those high mids back in.
If you look at the graph it's from about 5k onwards
I doubt the mid range "scope" on those amps is in that area
5k onwards boost does bring it alive but not because of what you are saying imo
Really thankful for all the advice, you are saving us years of frustration and thousands of dollars
Why do I have a sudden urge to give Krazy Larry all my money? All of it.
I have this exact amp (well, my wife does). I replaced V2 with a 5751 tube, and replaced the stock speaker with an eminence Governor. Absolutely amazing sounding amp and the 5751 tube really helped cut back on the potential harshness and allows a lot more EQ, Gain, and Volume control.
Blues for the red sun! 🌞
I've used a 50w Valve King combo for years! Just recently I chopped off the speaker and made it into a portable head amplifier using the 16ohm auxiliary output on the back. Brought it over to my buddies house and ran it through a proper cabinet and it sounded pretty epic
7:28 is what you're looking for.
Awesome video, that's coming from an old dude, over 65, rocking a 100 watt ValveKing 212!
Great IN-DEPTH video, Glenn! Layered information along with your trademark Canadian snarky whit brought it all home beautifully.🤘🏻
As someone who plays guitar, I'd say that your videos are the most demystifying videos I have seen in regards to great tone without the price tag, Very straight to the point.
Mic (and mic placement) and speaker... man, I learned so much from this video.Thank you so much for making it.
Krazy Larry is my favorite bit you’ve ever done! Well done sir! 👏👏
Glenn I bought a 6505 II straight 412 to run my 6505+ through. I promptly removed the Shitfields and dropped two V30's and two H Creambacks in an X pattern. It sounds so good I silicone'd the 3/4" Baltic Birch back I ordered from Canada on the cab. It slays. I'm very conscious about my speakers. I realize the value in acquiring the right speakers for a specific amp
Every guitarist I came up with in the 90s got their first decent amp around about ages 16 to 18, and many of them are still using it 20 something years later.
There's huge value in thoroughly learning the amp you already own and pushing it to its absolute limit before throwing money at a replacement.
im one of that, im still using my first amp...since 1997
I wish I was one of those. I got a Sovtek mig 60 half stack in 96’ when I was 16. That was an amazing amp. Every bit as good as the Plexi I owned after it. Both of those amps left me during the salad days so I could remain indoors. I am now in the market for a mig 60 and a 96’ fender std American strat in black with a rosewood fretboard to replace the best guitar I ever owned (arguably, maybe I am just nostalgic). I got an absolutely gorgeous Elite Strat (reissue not from the 80’s) in a silvery blue burst to hold me over and believe it or not the little Bugera I play through sounds pretty sweet. I want to start playing with others again though and nostalgia makes us spend money so the big amps are coming.
@@JohnAvillaHerpetocultural the difference between a 30w amp and a 100w amp is only 5.2dB. Big amps were designed to fill 1000 capacity plus venues; the Beatles and The Stones played their first few tours with AC30s.
@@Mikey__R absolutely and I would use a Bugera combo with upgraded tubes in a heart beat. The amp I currently play through is their little 5w combo. It has .1, 1.0 and 5w settings so it’s awesome for not annoying my wife but not rehearsal or gigging. Most of the amps I like are in the 50-60w range. If I remember correctly the plexi was 50w but it could have been 100. I think I sold that in 04 or 05. It’s been a while. I was never a 100w or nothing guy. I always found my mig 60 and mig 50 heads to be more than adequate.
@@JohnAvillaHerpetocultural I've got a 50w Marshall combo and a Torpedo to knock back the output by 20dB, which makes it a 0.5 watt amp; and I still can't turn the master volume past 2!
Love when you do these things...it is impossible for me to hear a difference. Keep up the great work!
Great advice Glenn. IMO the Valveking is massively underrated..
Everything is massive in 2024
Possibly your best explained video to date, giving valuable arguments with facts and valid opinions to back up your points! If people kick off over this then they clearly "watched" this with their fingers in their ears crying over the latest bank statement trying to justify their latest expenditure to themselves
Start at 15:15. You’re welcome
Hey man I appreciate your content. I love that every so often you take the time to remind your viewers that you record METAL. We're NOT talking live tone or other types of music (though some stuff -speakers-would definitely apply live). I chuckle because so many people seem to forget what you're about. I love that you provide affordable alternatives to the big expensive stuff as your average dude or dudette can't afford that stuff. Love the content, keep it up!
I read that Tony MacAlpine recorded his debut album with a Marshall Lead 12 Solid State head into a Marshall 4x12 cab. That little amp only cost $200 back in the 1980's and sounded great (as long as you ran it into the big cab and let it breathe). Listen to that album - it sounds great.
Bob Bradshaw used to use Lead 12's as a preamp in some of his rack builds. Some of the older solid state Marshalls were pretty good.
Subscribed because of the content in this video. This guy right hear needs to be heard. Solid info. Reinforces everything I have learned (as a guitarist and subsequent sound guy. Truth, thanks.
hey i just found a 50w combo on ebay australia for 646$ shipped from america to me ......thanks glen keep up the good work mate
I don't know if I'm smart for doing this or a total fucking idiot but I decided to listen to the amp test with my laptop lid closed so I couldn't even tell when the amp had changed, and I listened to it firstly on my headphones, then on a pair of studio monitors and I genuinely couldn't hear a difference.
Great video as well Glenn
This is why I love your channel Glenn. You tell it how it is and I love it. It is great to know that you don't need to spend excessively to get that awesome, heavy sound. I just wish I had the room to have these cabs and amps and a sound treated space for this. One day I hope!!!
The Valve King has a reputation to be unreliable. My guitar teacher ownes one he has constant issues.You don´t only pay for tone/features, you pay for built quality, servicability and longevity.
Holy molly! that frequency response comparison at 7:56! very nice, Glen!
cue every Peavy Valveking on Reverb and Facebook Marketplace now doubling in price after this. hell i remember when you could find the Roland Jupiter 8 synthesizer (arguably the greatest analog synth known to humanity) for $2000 anywhere in America , that was around 2002 , then thanks to the internet the price steadily rose and now in 2024 you're lucky if you can find one for under $30,000
I took a gamble a couple years ago and bought the vk100 head because of you glen and i thank you for it best 200 bucks ive spent
Wow Glenn! Seeing older video of you I can tell the difference! I think you look younger now.
That commercial was awesome! So was the rest of the video! Thanks Glenn!
4:02 “Lay Waste to the Universe” sounds like the perfect song title. Challenge accepted!
No different than a pitch for the pod
I've converted a Valveking combo to a head years a go and it's the only guitar amp I have left. It works, I get the sounds i need.
GLEN FUCKED UP LOL… yay he is still human… time stamp (14:03) 1 watt at 1 meter = 96db of volume out of greenback speakers… pmsl mate… they don’t quite work that way… off memory, 96db SPL is the max volume that model of speaker can audibly produce.
If your pushing them speakers with 50watt of power, they will make 96db of peek volume at the cab and can push that sound forward approximately 100 meters (288ft) before the volume level starts dropping in increments of 1watt per meter until your too far away to hear it… i think thats about right…
basically in an outdoor setting with the amp at max wattage (50w) you would be struggling to hear it from 150 meters away… Its amazing how sound travels and weird how the friction of air affects it.
I do love your channel mate and have been watching for a couple of years now… thought you might want to fix that bit of mis-information
Sound dissipates quickly outdoors vs indoors.
I bought a valve king for like 220 back in 2019. Was shocked at how great it sounded. Super versatile too as the clean channel was pristine. I ended up selling a couple years later because I didn’t really need it anymore.
It’s funny how Mesa started by modifying Fender amps, and Soldono was started by modifying Mesa.
no they didn't. Mike started with Yamaha's
Everything is a bassman
I've been a peavey fan for almost 30 years. Always been able to get any sound I wanted. I got like 4 different peaveys and still didn't spend as much as I would have on ONE soldano
The importance of speakers is why I am such a big fan of the Harley Benton V30 cabs. They are so cheap that if you sell the V30s for the speakers you want, you basically can get a cab full of tones for the cost of just the V30s
I use od 1 hm 2 buncha junk pedals like that guv'nor sucks wish I never bought it. Every knob on 0 and hiss when you click it on
Sound Pressure Level spl 107db?
Have been using valveking head 100 mk1 for over 10 years, sold it only because i was using engl powerball more often, but for those 10 years with VK, put a little boost in front, V30 speakers and it's a monster! Awesome video Glenn!
I’ve had my valve king 100 head for over 10 years not. Just broke it out of my closet after some time and damn that thing really rips. I don’t know why people say this amp lacks clarity when it surely does not. Pair it with the right speakers and you have your self a nice rig.
finally the valveking gets some well deserved love. it's the one amp I will always have in my reheasal space. great allrounder amp and even better pedal platfrom.
Great episode, Glenn! Ive had a Peavey Valveking combo amp for several years. The thing sounds really good plus its a Peavey, so you can drop it down a flight of steps and it still works fine!😁
The Vk series has been my go to for years. great to see them getting love. hope they stay cheap lol!!
this is one of the most valuable YT clips about guitar recording! I have the exact same perception like you - after owning countless Vox, Fender, Mesa, Magnatone, Peavey, Marshall and Soldano amps, preamps, vintage Neumann and Telefunken mics, vintage Neve pres, VacRac tube compressors, highest end converters by DAD and so on, I do most of my guitar sounds with literally ANY amp nowadays, but spend much closer attention to speakers and cabs and mic placement. Most of the time I use a Fender Bandmaster with a Framus 212 closed back with V30s and a SM57 combined with an inexpensive AKG C4000. Or a Peavey Classic 50. Therefore I love my elder desk channels, that I racked myself. Those are not the highes end, rather talking bout Trident S80, MCI500 or Tac Scorpion. One nice thing today is, that there are jus so many different sound approaches, which all are valid somehow. There is no absolute right or wrong, just right in the track or not. If you listen closely and really take your time for dialling in your amp, you will get great tones from almost any amp. One of the greatest guitar tones I ever heard was captured by the legendary Alan Parsons at EMI studios cologne, while producing a young Swiss rock band. He put a modern Marshall stack (not an esoteric hardwired one, just one of the shelf) in one corner of the room, no pedals, and a single SM57 mic in the opposite corner. Literally like 6 meters away! SSL pre, no EQ, no compression just a little UAD plate reverb. It delivered one of the nicest lead tones ever! If it sounds right, it is right!
Thanks again Glenn for showing us reality and trying to save us $$$$.
A bit late to this party, having just watched this. I will say this. Around 16 minutes when you do the "substitute label" comparison, this is really simple. I found that if I listened, not looking at the screen, I could not even tell when you switched between A and B... never mind picking which I thought was which. Good enough to convince me.
I recommend the marshall DSLR Series, the Katana, or MAYBE the Peavey Vypyr! Mesa V30s are the best speaker imo
Ok I've got one for ya. Line 6 Flextone HD. This thing is a beast. I finally got it running a month ago or so, and I'm just loving it. And 300 SS watts with both cabs.
The valveking is fantastic. Jump the FX loop with a cable and it adds a simple boost and clarity
Such a hidden gem of a channel. Thank you Glenn👌
Great job Glenn. Excellent tips to achieve the tone and not break the bank
these amps sound so good (through a Marshall 4x12), I BOUGHT TWO! Glen is a legend!
No complaints here, I’ve been using the valveking 20 watt head with a 412 with g12t 75’s, crushing tone with the right OD. Also has a fantastic boost for leads
Your correct sir, warrior soul never got recognition it deserved. Thanks for great video and great info.
I couldn't tell any significant difference. If I were in the market for an amp, my mind would be set. Thanks Glenn.
My first amp was a valveking. I miss that amp so much biggest regret was selling it. Pushing that clean tone with an over drive pedal was actually nuts! That 6L6 break up was great. I eventually ran a tube pre amp in front of the amp once I figured out how great the tubes would break up at about 6-7 volume. I’m seriously considering buying one used. I think you might have convinced me.
You're the man Glenn! I truly appreciate your honest advice, and everyone, professional and amatuer alike can benefit from your knowledge!
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@@ericvandruten 😅😅
My all time favorite tube amp i bought in 1992 and it’s the CRATE GT-80 DSP Tube Mosfet which i now use with a Crate half stack!
I bought a VT100 Classic combo for $125 sometime back. It was a huge upgrade from the M80 I was using and filled up the venue with sound.
Hey Glenn! Peavey Valveking 2 50W Combo owner here, confirming every little bit of the words you've just said. GREAT AMP!
Once you admit to yourself that you don't posses enough knowledge for something here, it becomes much easier.
Same was with the processors, pedals, amps, recordings, etc on my side: once you figure there are a lot of the pots to be tweaked, where you don't know how that would react, you're in the dark.
Know your gear, that's it..
More often: good advice is blessing... Thanks Glenn on tons of blessing!!!
And, there is nothing bad to play some piece of the history, such as Soldano, or whatever. It's fulfilling that you have such a brilliance under you hands,...
But, that's more like enjoying some luxury thing, then chasing some good tone...
But, you can mess the tone with Soldano, also, ...
and, the best: you can get decent tone with ie. Peavey.
I bought a peavey valve king 50 watt combo several years ago and have been extremely happy with it! I’ve gigged with it, recorded with it…. Hell I’ve even used the direct out on it and it’s decent for what it is
"Lay Down Sally" at the old folks home... good times! Thanks, Glen!
Perfect timing. I was looking at getting a 6505 mh and the Valveking mh is similar but more affordable so maybe that is the way to go. Thanks for the video. \m/
I don’t agree with you quite often on certain topics but when you talk about tone and speakers that’s where we on the same page. When someone speaks on a topic that are more knowledgeable than I am, I listen. I own a Marshall DSL 40 Vintage, the tone wasn’t exactly what I was looking for and I considered buying a more expensive amp. Well after watching your videos about speakers I decided to take your advice and upgrade my speaker. I replaced the Celestian V Type with the Mojotone BV 30H which cost me $129. The difference is very noticeable and gives me the tone I was looking for. Just saved about $1,500. Thanks
Doing important work here, man. You'll never convince people who're too deep in the gearhole as this is a long on-going problem, like with audiophiles and class-a/cables/general ignorance. However, the people that actually listen will be able to remove hurdles and get on with playing and producing. Thanks for doing this Glenn.
I laughed out loud when you revealed it to be a valveking. I was never satisfied with its sound in the room even changing cabs. Super cool you got it to sound that good, thanks for the helpful info as always Glen.
There are simple mods for it online.
Holy crap........
Ive been telling people this for years.
When i would use my valve king combo.......i got alot of people asking what mod did i get on it.
I only changed my speakers cause those celestions have a fart sound.......they all have it
So i replaced them but i cant remember with what. I sold it and i forgot to write down the speakers i got cause i put 2 different speakers and it sounded awesome.
That valve king is a gem......it will take a beating and keep going, plus it takes pedals very well.
Get one before the prices go way up.
I own the 212 combo, but I run it thru my 412 with eminence legends. And yup, sounds killer when dialed in.
Cool. Very informative stuff thank you 🙌🙌🙌🙌
I happen to have a couple of great amps and was a stickler about speakers. 65 RI JTM45 $800 CDNhandwired now with KT-66’s pairs up with a 2-12 greenbacks cab and
A Peavey Classic 30
$350 CDN Jack Daniels version too.
This one got a V-30
also a Fender style open back cab
with a pair of V-10’s
Speakers are awesome.
Honestly, I about fell out my chair when you revealed the Peavey Valve King combo as the put-up against the Soldono! I couldn't tell the difference at all between the A & B sections (I'm also on the tail end of Covid and my head's all stuffy). I very much appreciate you sharing these discoveries.
the ValveKing needs a boost in front to have enough gain, and it may not be as loud as you want for a live setting, but the tone is great & it has a sweet clean channel.
I got a valve king 212 for $250 Canadian. It lives in the rehearsal space and sounds good to me.
saw your video awhile back about the peavey windsor and bought one, i was not disappointed!! (i bypassed the preamp and im using a metal zone straight into the effects loop return)
really appreciate you helping us save money, keep up the good work!