I have owned, and gigged a gvt 52 for three years. It's amazing. The more I know it the more I love it. Lately I've been looking at low wattage high end boutique amps. I'm not finding better tones. I'm finding lighter amps to carry. If you find one. Buy it. You won't be sorry
@guitarman3001: The mids aren't really boosted, they just aren't cut like the rest of the frequency spectrum. When you cut bass and treble, the mids are left alone because of the bands don't interact. So the volume decreases, but the remaining signal has more mids in it than anything else.
I used a V4 for years - both for guitar and bass.. it had a quasi-parametric kind of mids.. .had a switch that centers the mids at 3 different freqs.-like 300/1000/3000. THAT was versatile. I don't get why they didn't do that instead of centering the mids at only 800. We also carted that V4 head around as a "spare" and it had to pinch hit for a blown stage monitor power amp a couple of times - it got the job done there as well. What a great piece of gear.
I think this video might not have been what I was looking for. I was looking for an explanation of the structure, function and limits of a Baxandall EQ, and this video is primarily explaining why this amp includes a Baxandall EQ.
The Baxandall EQ was designed by Peter Baxandall. It's not like your typical guitar amp tone stack where when you turn up one control, it affects all the other controls in the tone stack. Baxandall makes each control completely independent of one another. When you turn up the bass, you're ONLY turning up the bass and it's applied frequency. This is more common amongst bass amplifiers and very rarely found on guitar amps.
thanks for replying. Do Baxandall EQ's affect all frequencies above or below the select frequency too? or is it primarily a certain frequency that is boosted/cut?
Very confusing explanation. At 1:10 and 1:21 - 2:50 it says and shows that the bands don't overlap and interact with each other. But then at 6:10 it says that the bands DO overlap and interact and says that dropping the highs and lows actually boosts the mids. This is completely opposite to what was said earlier in the vid. Cool vid but the explanations say two completely opposite things about how the EQ works. Can anyone clarify this? Thanks.
Is there a way to incorporate the Baxandall tone stack into a VHT Special 6 Ultra? I mean, I'm sure there is but, can you point me in the right direction to find out how to do it?
I just got amp at GC used for 399.99 - if you see this amp BUY IT ! better than hot rod , cleaner than marshall , ,takes pedals great ! 5 puumds lighter that both
Oh my gosh. I played one of these a while back and thought it was o.k., but when I see how to properly utilize the EQ, it sounds amazing.
I have owned, and gigged a gvt 52 for three years. It's amazing. The more I know it the more I love it. Lately I've been looking at low wattage high end boutique amps. I'm not finding better tones. I'm finding lighter amps to carry. If you find one. Buy it. You won't be sorry
@guitarman3001: The mids aren't really boosted, they just aren't cut like the rest of the frequency spectrum. When you cut bass and treble, the mids are left alone because of the bands don't interact. So the volume decreases, but the remaining signal has more mids in it than anything else.
I used a V4 for years - both for guitar and bass.. it had a quasi-parametric kind of mids.. .had a switch that centers the mids at 3 different freqs.-like 300/1000/3000. THAT was versatile. I don't get why they didn't do that instead of centering the mids at only 800. We also carted that V4 head around as a "spare" and it had to pinch hit for a blown stage monitor power amp a couple of times - it got the job done there as well. What a great piece of gear.
I think this video might not have been what I was looking for. I was looking for an explanation of the structure, function and limits of a Baxandall EQ, and this video is primarily explaining why this amp includes a Baxandall EQ.
The Baxandall EQ was designed by Peter Baxandall. It's not like your typical guitar amp tone stack where when you turn up one control, it affects all the other controls in the tone stack. Baxandall makes each control completely independent of one another. When you turn up the bass, you're ONLY turning up the bass and it's applied frequency. This is more common amongst bass amplifiers and very rarely found on guitar amps.
thanks for replying. Do Baxandall EQ's affect all frequencies above or below the select frequency too? or is it primarily a certain frequency that is boosted/cut?
Typically its a pre-selected frequency.
Outta curiosity: can GVT be boosted into high gain? Cause I do love the sounds of the old VH140C and the Lee Jackson Ampegs for death metal.
A friend of mine is selling one for 300 bucks. Think I’m gonna do it. Plus it helps him to his goal of getting the Supro amp he wants.
We just picked up one of these. Needs some repairs, hopefully we can get it fixed affordable.
It baffles me how they stuck a mid control to a james-baxandall tonestack. The circuit does not have a mid control originally
Very confusing explanation. At 1:10 and 1:21 - 2:50 it says and shows that the bands don't overlap and interact with each other. But then at 6:10 it says that the bands DO overlap and interact and says that dropping the highs and lows actually boosts the mids. This is completely opposite to what was said earlier in the vid. Cool vid but the explanations say two completely opposite things about how the EQ works. Can anyone clarify this? Thanks.
When you drop low and high freqs all that remains is mids aka a "mid boost"
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Is there a way to incorporate the Baxandall tone stack into a VHT Special 6 Ultra? I mean, I'm sure there is but, can you point me in the right direction to find out how to do it?
Fuzzrocious Baxstabber pedal in the loop. Done.
Very interesting, thanks !
How can i find one of these babies near italy?
@wonderobi Yes. that's very clever of you. Thanks.
I just got amp at GC used for 399.99 - if you see this amp BUY IT ! better than hot rod , cleaner than marshall , ,takes pedals great ! 5 puumds lighter that both
@salmonline Buy an Ampeg GVT.
This did not age well did it?
Why ?
Explain yourself please and thank you