I had the exact same problem with an X2N in an Epiphone Gothic V. That guitar was naturally very dark sounding and the X2N turned it into pure mud city. I threw an EMG 81/60 set in it and it absolutely RIPPED for Dropped C metal riffage! Definitely no mud after that! 🤘
Fucking love you and your videos kev, ur such a down to earth great human, as a 19 year old who just turned 20 its people like you who remind me getting old is actually cool as fuck!
Funny Story...when I was in high school I drove up to the Twin Cities and bought a Marshall half stack, was pumped! Got back home(90 minute drive), plugged it in and it was no distortion at all. I was crushed. Being young and not knowing shit, I just bought what I saw on Headbanger's Ball. I believe it was JCM 900. Anyways I took it back the next weekend and the sales guy told me to get an Ampeg. I returned the 900 and got the Ampeg SS-150 and the thing slayed. Kept the JCM800 cab with it. This was like 1988.
My buddy played a show w Misery Index when Sparky was still in and was trying to buy my friends Ampeg off of him. Apparently he has/had like 4 or 5 of them. Edit: Sparky has 4 or 5, to clarify.
Came for the amp. Stayed for the riffs. Fucking great sounds you pulled from those guitar and amp combos man! Stuck around for the full 24min (was only expecting to listen to 2min worth til I got my fill but I got hoooooked after the first one!!) Ibanez 7 and the ltd with EMGs topped it for me. I'd never heard of this amp before, thanks for the revelation! Great content here man, keep rippin
I’ve got a Randall RG3003H coming in the mail soon and I’m really excited for it. I watched a video Louis Torres put out on the RG300 and as far as I could tell he went straight into the amp in his videos using EMG’s, that thing had the perfect mid-scoop going on and I can’t wait to plug it in!
Damn I miss mine!!! Mine had several issues. Kept dropping volume out, most of the pot posts were broken and knobs missing. I bought it in 94 at a pawn shop and lugged that heavy SOB all over the place!!!! Legendary amps. Nice work man. Peace
You definitely captured that Death Metal vibe. A buddy of mine had the 140C and gigged with it. He used an ild Roland 6X10 cab and had one of the best lead tones ive ever heard. He used an EQ and a BOSS Metal Zone through the front. Good ol days. Great Dime tone too.
I still have a VH140C 2x12 combo... unfortunately it needs a new power transformer. Anyway, the Ampeg-branded speakers in it aren't spectacular, but when it's also drivving a 4x12 cab, then it sounds great. I played the head for several years, and then the combo for many more. It's def not only good for death/grind; I used it for more classic metal and punk type stuff, and never had any complaints. One fella was so impressed that he asked me after a set what kind of tubes it had in it. He didn't believe me when I told him it was all solid state. He actually went and looked in the back of it LOL.
You really are an inspiration for us all to keep playing guitar, whenever I come across you either on RUclips/Tiktok/Instagram, I grab my axe straight away!
The amp that Suffocation and Dying Fetus used live and there sound was the best with this head and a Vader Cabinet. Try it with a Maxon Pedal. I am a New subscriber was bought here through learning Deicide dead by dawn guitar cover..
Ideally want to use a stereo cab or run the outputs into two cabs with the VH-140c - each output has a separate power amp that supplies half of the overall power and those heads were designed to be run stereo.
FUCK I am jealous. My favorite album and guitar tone, Gorguts - The Erosion of Sanity, featured this amp. Same with Suffocation - Effigy of the Forgotten.
Hey brother! Just wanted to tell you (even if I might’ve already said so before) your videos are not only fun and entertaining, but they’ve for for certain helped me get through bullshit in life because there are certain things that mean a lot more when they come from someone who’s been around a little longer and seen much more of life than I have. I admire your content bro I love to lift weights, I love guitars and metal but most of all I’ve become a shit ton more obsessed with fishing and hunting as time rolls on. It’s been a great outlet for me whether I feel depressed or pissed about anything in life. If you take a glance at my channel you’ll find that I do lots of the same stuff you do like vlogs, home videos, guitar videos, and occasional weight lifting videos. At any rate, if I’m starting to get side tracked at all, I wanted to tell ya your videos are always fun to watch and I enjoy the hell out of them. If ya see this, great, I’d ya don’t, no problem. Keep up the great work Kevin!
I had one I used in my high-school death metal band, back in the early 90s. I regret getting rid of it, especially for how much they sell for these days. At least we have the new SNK VH300 amp.
Had to borrow one of these for a gig in my last metal band when my mesa took a shit. Let me tell you something. This bitch forms horns and hooves when your playing live thru a serious PA. All I was running was a noise gate... this amp.. and a marshall loaded with 75s. Still the baddest amp to date IMHO. I've had Mesas Engles 6505 5150 ect ect ect. Don't run this thing thru a stock ampeg or for that matter shit cab. The speakers are the difference in letting it sing or not. Killer video bro!
Great amp. Im still rocking my old crate gx-2200h and one of these. I think these plus my old bandits are amps ill be keeping forever. Everything else is just to play around with then flip.
Hell ya, i have the full stack with the o.g. version that has the knobs on top and the older cabs that where modeled after marshal cabs not those other crate copies. Came factory with vintage 30s best cabs ever🤘
Its the compression, bro. Not just the comp setting, these am0s are just naturally super compressed in the best possible way because of their design. Thats why they're hands down the best bass amps. But this amp in particular is perfect for sharp, heavy, staccato type riffage. Beautiful. Heavy. Awesome.
Hey Kevin...Been catching up on some of you're older Videos..Thanks for posting these Reviews, it really helps me develope unbiased insight into Gear...ect. Dude, you've gotten REALLY fuckin' good!! You're attack is Wild, man.... Love the Chanell, Cheers from Spokane, W.A! KEEP IT HEAVY! \m/
I find personally , I like the tone of these amps with higher mids and lower highs. The mid knob really affects how the gain responds! Took me a while to learn that.
I am a really big fan of transistor amps, but there is always something lacking compared to tube amps. Usually brutal gain, but lack of body. Using transistor amps for rehearsals now (Hiwatt G200 and Ibanez TBX150h) and they struggle in the room. Excellent for recording as an addition to thicken the mix, but lacking on their own, so better in studio than live.
Thomas Youngblood from Kamelot uses this amp and it sounds so great but also very different. It has nice soft crunch and it's not fuzzy as other solid states are. Iconic amp but very expensive
That universe sounds disgusting through that amp. I love it. Its my dream guitar, for sure. I have the Heafy origins 7 in white but it doesnt have a trem.
Ahhh that amp. Total 90's death sound. I had one back in the day. I thought it was the most brutal amp. Bro you need to find the Peavey Ultra 120 blue stripe head. That is a classic brutal amp.
Legend has it that all of Kevin's guitar necks are mate of titanium and painted to look like wood because he kept snapping the wood necks in half when he played the A barre chord on the 5th fret. 😂😂
sick tones, even with the camera microphone. Hey Kev, what do you think about the Stealth shape? i'm building a 7 string and i just got to play it mocked up before we do paint and it's so sick. i just wish i had a real amp like this and not an RP80 into an Orange Crush 15 or DI with amp sims.
This man is the definition of Masculinity
I tried to google Masculinity but it was all just Kevin Frasard videos
Yeah, he almost as brutal as Justin Bieber
Toxic masculinity
Exercide ruins your testosterone so does external testosterone
@@kussi4355are you dumb?
This guy doesn't actully play the guitar. He just flexes his muscles until the guitar submits to his sheer masculinity and just plays itself
The amp actually wasnt plugged in but it was too afraid to disappoint Kevin and screamed each note out of fear
I had the exact same problem with an X2N in an Epiphone Gothic V. That guitar was naturally very dark sounding and the X2N turned it into pure mud city. I threw an EMG 81/60 set in it and it absolutely RIPPED for Dropped C metal riffage! Definitely no mud after that! 🤘
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Kevin just stares down the amp and it dials in his tone.
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Here here
I own 2 of these, and just traded a 3rd for Gibson Explorer w/emgs.
Best amp around!
That's fuckin nuts. Them squeeling bends are awsome too. Sounds real raw. 🤟😎👍
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Fucking love you and your videos kev, ur such a down to earth great human, as a 19 year old who just turned 20 its people like you who remind me getting old is actually cool as fuck!
Absolutely crushing tones.
Funny Story...when I was in high school I drove up to the Twin Cities and bought a Marshall half stack, was pumped! Got back home(90 minute drive), plugged it in and it was no distortion at all. I was crushed. Being young and not knowing shit, I just bought what I saw on Headbanger's Ball. I believe it was JCM 900. Anyways I took it back the next weekend and the sales guy told me to get an Ampeg. I returned the 900 and got the Ampeg SS-150 and the thing slayed. Kept the JCM800 cab with it. This was like 1988.
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That Dimebag tone was spot on! 🤘
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Your picking is so good.. the up stroke and down stroke are so good...
I have the vh140c, the vh150, and the ampeg ss 140c they are such great amps put an eq in the effects loops and it slays
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Picked up a 2x12 combo about a year ago for $200. Definitely one of my favorite amps ever. Even works good with a tube screamer in front of it
I shared stage with Dying Fetus around 2009...they played this amp live and it sounded exactly like on their records 👍🏻
My buddy played a show w Misery Index when Sparky was still in and was trying to buy my friends Ampeg off of him. Apparently he has/had like 4 or 5 of them.
Edit: Sparky has 4 or 5, to clarify.
Came for the amp. Stayed for the riffs. Fucking great sounds you pulled from those guitar and amp combos man! Stuck around for the full 24min (was only expecting to listen to 2min worth til I got my fill but I got hoooooked after the first one!!) Ibanez 7 and the ltd with EMGs topped it for me. I'd never heard of this amp before, thanks for the revelation! Great content here man, keep rippin
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HOLY FUCKIN SHIT DUDE, WHAT A SCORE!!! Super happy for you dude
Ah shit, I just got to the end of the video, dude you should snag it up these things are super rare these days and just sound godly.
Goddamn that Universe though. Sounds disgustingly rad. Cheer man. 😆
For being a straight signal, no booster.... holy shit. Sick tone!
You're an inspiration brotha. Keep doing your thing.
I’ve got a Randall RG3003H coming in the mail soon and I’m really excited for it.
I watched a video Louis Torres put out on the RG300 and as far as I could tell he went straight into the amp in his videos using EMG’s, that thing had the perfect mid-scoop going on and I can’t wait to plug it in!
Damn I miss mine!!! Mine had several issues. Kept dropping volume out, most of the pot posts were broken and knobs missing. I bought it in 94 at a pawn shop and lugged that heavy SOB all over the place!!!! Legendary amps. Nice work man. Peace
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In early 2006/2007 I had the 4x12 that went to this amp. I never actually saw the amps anywhere but I liked the cab, I ran a peavey XXX into it.
You definitely captured that Death Metal vibe. A buddy of mine had the 140C and gigged with it. He used an ild Roland 6X10 cab and had one of the best lead tones ive ever heard. He used an EQ and a BOSS Metal Zone through the front. Good ol days. Great Dime tone too.
I don’t think the sound has anything to do with the amp. It’s just Kevin manifesting it with sheer brutality.
Can you do Barbie girl by aqua
I still have a VH140C 2x12 combo... unfortunately it needs a new power transformer. Anyway, the Ampeg-branded speakers in it aren't spectacular, but when it's also drivving a 4x12 cab, then it sounds great.
I played the head for several years, and then the combo for many more. It's def not only good for death/grind; I used it for more classic metal and punk type stuff, and never had any complaints.
One fella was so impressed that he asked me after a set what kind of tubes it had in it. He didn't believe me when I told him it was all solid state. He actually went and looked in the back of it LOL.
Always bringing us the brutal ass tones 🤘😎
Those amps are so sick. I knew a dude that had two full stacks. It's crazy how fast those amps respond to picking. Love 'em!
Fuck yeah dude!!! That thing is cleaaannnnnn. Great work as always
I hope you got this for a fair price. Sounds brutal af
That's THE TONE holy shit
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Need to get you one of Karl Sanders’ new Dean 7 string. Thing absolutely crushes pyramids
Hell yea
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Oh yeah, that head is instant old school death metal 🤘🤘
Still got mine!! It's definitely my #1. Bought my combo back in '93 and soon after went with the whole stack. That amp still crushes\m/
You really are an inspiration for us all to keep playing guitar, whenever I come across you either on RUclips/Tiktok/Instagram, I grab my axe straight away!
Kevin is fucking cool as they come man.
YES!💪💪😈🥳
Killer tone. You can summon a Devil from hell.
The amp that Suffocation and Dying Fetus used live and there sound was the best with this head and a Vader Cabinet. Try it with a Maxon Pedal. I am a New subscriber was bought here through learning Deicide dead by dawn guitar cover..
The man's tone sounds the same way he looks.
Like you're about to get steamrolled and made to eat dry dog shit off the lawn lol
Ideally want to use a stereo cab or run the outputs into two cabs with the VH-140c - each output has a separate power amp that supplies half of the overall power and those heads were designed to be run stereo.
What a badass channel!!🤘🤘
absolutely godly thanks Kevin. My favorite was jamming on the beast and the iron bird thanks.
shredding a jackson. Sorry I meant shredded and jacked son
Still got one of these! Haven't used it in a while but it does kick arse🤘🏻💀🎸
Fuck yes!! Killer video as always!! 🤘🎸🤘🎸👍👍😎😎
No way! I’ve been looking for one of these for about two years now. Legendary indeed. Great video 🤘
Insane tone
FUCK I am jealous. My favorite album and guitar tone, Gorguts - The Erosion of Sanity, featured this amp. Same with Suffocation - Effigy of the Forgotten.
Evil sick sounds!
Hey brother! Just wanted to tell you (even if I might’ve already said so before) your videos are not only fun and entertaining, but they’ve for for certain helped me get through bullshit in life because there are certain things that mean a lot more when they come from someone who’s been around a little longer and seen much more of life than I have. I admire your content bro I love to lift weights, I love guitars and metal but most of all I’ve become a shit ton more obsessed with fishing and hunting as time rolls on. It’s been a great outlet for me whether I feel depressed or pissed about anything in life. If you take a glance at my channel you’ll find that I do lots of the same stuff you do like vlogs, home videos, guitar videos, and occasional weight lifting videos. At any rate, if I’m starting to get side tracked at all, I wanted to tell ya your videos are always fun to watch and I enjoy the hell out of them. If ya see this, great, I’d ya don’t, no problem. Keep up the great work Kevin!
I had one I used in my high-school death metal band, back in the early 90s. I regret getting rid of it, especially for how much they sell for these days. At least we have the new SNK VH300 amp.
Had to borrow one of these for a gig in my last metal band when my mesa took a shit. Let me tell you something. This bitch forms horns and hooves when your playing live thru a serious PA. All I was running was a noise gate... this amp.. and a marshall loaded with 75s. Still the baddest amp to date IMHO. I've had Mesas Engles 6505 5150 ect ect ect. Don't run this thing thru a stock ampeg or for that matter shit cab. The speakers are the difference in letting it sing or not. Killer video bro!
Great amp. Im still rocking my old crate gx-2200h and one of these. I think these plus my old bandits are amps ill be keeping forever. Everything else is just to play around with then flip.
How much longer must we live in a world where guitars attack faces? 😂
Dude is a beast! \m/
Hell ya, i have the full stack with the o.g. version that has the knobs on top and the older cabs that where modeled after marshal cabs not those other crate copies. Came factory with vintage 30s best cabs ever🤘
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heavy Fear Factory vibes my man
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Dude your drum tracks are getting pretty amazing as well!!
Great video and the amp has some awesome tones
Djent guitar player : boost your mids bro
Kevin : let scoop the mid, sounds fucking killer !
Love the tone dude with the Hanneman 💪🤘
Its the compression, bro. Not just the comp setting, these am0s are just naturally super compressed in the best possible way because of their design. Thats why they're hands down the best bass amps. But this amp in particular is perfect for sharp, heavy, staccato type riffage. Beautiful. Heavy. Awesome.
Absolutely love the ampeg 140C ! I am lucky enough to have an SS-150. I wish I could get a 140C.
We Salute you ultimate Shred Head 🫡🎸🤘
Hey Kevin...Been catching up on some of you're older Videos..Thanks for posting these Reviews, it really helps me develope unbiased insight into Gear...ect. Dude, you've gotten REALLY fuckin' good!! You're attack is Wild, man.... Love the Chanell, Cheers from Spokane, W.A! KEEP IT HEAVY! \m/
Sounds good dude! Straight up death metal.
That thing sounds great with the emg's
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The death metal muscle 🤘👹🤘
That AMP sounds killer!
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I find personally , I like the tone of these amps with higher mids and lower highs. The mid knob really affects how the gain responds! Took me a while to learn that.
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Pantera sound is really good🤘🏼
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I am a really big fan of transistor amps, but there is always something lacking compared to tube amps. Usually brutal gain, but lack of body. Using transistor amps for rehearsals now (Hiwatt G200 and Ibanez TBX150h) and they struggle in the room. Excellent for recording as an addition to thicken the mix, but lacking on their own, so better in studio than live.
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Killer sounding amp man, it fucking slayed with the EMGs but all Killer tones. 🤘
Still waiting for Frantic Disembowelment cover, you have many equipment and great skills to make it happen!
that would be sick, but that's asking a lot haha the lick is hard enough, but the part with the chords looks insane to play clean.
Thomas Youngblood from Kamelot uses this amp and it sounds so great but also very different. It has nice soft crunch and it's not fuzzy as other solid states are. Iconic amp but very expensive
That universe sounds disgusting through that amp. I love it. Its my dream guitar, for sure. I have the Heafy origins 7 in white but it doesnt have a trem.
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That Universe takes the cake!
Ahhh that amp. Total 90's death sound. I had one back in the day. I thought it was the most brutal amp. Bro you need to find the Peavey Ultra 120 blue stripe head. That is a classic brutal amp.
i had one back in 1994 that i got from the house of guitars...was indeed fun to play!!! cheers!!!
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The Solar sounded fucking brutal!
Infecting the crypts tone!
I have one of those, i love that amp!
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Man you are so lucky! Stay brutal!
oh yes..i can vouche for that as i had one and wish id never parted with it
I just got a nazgul for my Ibanez rg 7 string just a monster sick 🤘
Cool! That's a classic! Great for Death Metal!
You're not using an OD on the amp? That thing is pushing out some heavy shit. 🤘
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Lots of good riffs .. something was up... with that one 🪓---👀!!??rest killed it...🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🔥🔥🔥🔥🥂
Dude has a guitar for every tuning 😂😂😂
Fuck yeah. I used to use one of those at a studio we practiced at in the 90s. Sound awesome.
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Legend has it that all of Kevin's guitar necks are mate of titanium and painted to look like wood because he kept snapping the wood necks in half when he played the A barre chord on the 5th fret. 😂😂
Oh YAWN… seriously? Get a life!
E standard sounds nasty with this amp
Is it true you have to bring all your guitars to a luthier to install a titanium truss rod because you kept breaking necks?
Mike's -- heavy dudey college channel!!!🤘
90s death metal filth goodness 🤘
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sick tones, even with the camera microphone.
Hey Kev, what do you think about the Stealth shape? i'm building a 7 string and i just got to play it mocked up before we do paint and it's so sick. i just wish i had a real amp like this and not an RP80 into an Orange Crush 15 or DI with amp sims.
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Badass tone!
Most, most brutality!!! 🔥🔥🔥🤘🤘🤘⛓️⛓️⛓️🔨🔨🔨🎸🎸🎸🎸
He can choose man of the year
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Sick!!