Decision Time!

[Nelskie]

Matt - "Dark Presence" Yeah, that's what it is . . . !!

Really, if they had amps like the Vox ADxxVT back when I started out, it's very likely that things in my guitar-playing world would have evolved very differently!!

You are going to LOVE that amp!! Look forward to reading a post or two after you get "dialed in" with it!

[Robert****]

Nelskie, I bow my head for your comments. Thank you sir!

Matt, I think you'll have fun with it. It is quite loud too, so I don't think you'll have any problems with your drummer.

[r_a_smith3530]

Next time at practice, try placing the amp on a chair and leaning it back, to where the speaker points slightly upwards. It'll be like you found "11."

Good advice Katastrophe. I have an Ultimate amp stand, and it seems to make quite a bit of difference with my Peavey Classic 50/410.

[marnold***]

Whatever amph you get, make sure it gives you screaming solos.

[Matt]

Well, it arrived today. And I'm impressed- not only with the sounds of it, but the size of it, and how loud it is! I should have no problem with the drummer after all. I've turned down the power rating to about 15W so I can crank it, as it sounded muffled when it was on 50W with the volumes all low. Another thing I've noticed is that after about 15-20 mins of playing, the sound quality suddenly improved (and got louder for some reason). Is this due to the tube warming up?

At the moment, I'm trying to get my head around the three channel thing, because I need at least three generally- clean, light dist and heavy dist. suppose I need to read the manual. I like all of the amp models really, and all of the effects. But if I'm going to make use of the three channels, I'm probably going to need external stompboxes for effects, as the bypass switch on the footpedal is comprimised. Ah well

Anyway, I'm going to fiddle with it.

regards

Matt

[duhvoodooman***]

Cool! Glad to hear you like it so far. Not sure what the volume increase was, since the tube should be pretty much fully warmed up in a minute or two.

Re: using three channels, try setting up the footswitch for Manual Mode on the #2 switch, per bottom of page 16 in the owner's manual. Set up your two preset channels, storing the program settings, then switch to manual mode and adjust settings for your third "program". Now, when you stomp on switch #2, you'll go back and forth between the channels sets and the manual settings--essentially the same as having 3 preset channels. It's just that the manual settings aren't stored in memory.

You may find a bunch of the stuff on my Valvetronix webpage useful, particularly as a new ADxxVT owner. Included are top panel images for all of the factory model presets (including the effects settings), graphics files for making your own Top Panel images, spreadsheet templates for storing program settings in tabular form, and more. Check it out!

Re: your three target tones, here are a few things to try--

It's tough to beat the Boutique Cl and the Black 2x12 models for clean tones. For some light-to-medium distortion, I like to dial up the gain and volume on the Tweed 4x10, AC30TB or UK 70's models for that, or use an overdrive pedal like the Digitech Tone Driver or Bad Monkey with the cleaner models. For heavier distortion, the whole right side of the amp model dial is your friend, with the gain setting at least halfway up. So fool around and see what strikes your fancy.

[Matt]

cheers Voodoo, very helpful indeed I'll feedback more after another play with it

[warren0728]

cheers Voodoo, very helpful indeed I'll feedback more after another play with it

feedback...i get it...a funny amp joke!

ww : )

[duhvoodooman***]

feedback...i get it...a funny amp joke!

ww : )

I knew I should gotten the AD50VT!! With this AD30VT, I get no funny amph jokes....

[Matt]

funny, never intended it to be a joke!

What ive decided to do after some playing around is have CH1 as clean (SRV clean ) and CH2 as light dist. Then use my bad monkey to add to it for more distortion if needed. Then i can use the second button on the footswitch to add an effect like delay or reverb (as I use them alot). I really love the default rotary speaker effect

Alternatively, I could have CH1 clean, CH2 light, manual heavy and use my zoom GFX-1 as a multi effects board. Might be easier. I'll have to tinker around more. Either way, for recording, I'll do each layer seperatley just using the amp. Its just the live problem :P

regards

Matt

[warren0728]

funny, never intended it to be a joke!

those are the best kind!

ww

[duhvoodooman***]

What ive decided to do after some playing around is have CH1 as clean (SRV clean ) ....

From what I've read, SRV often used Fender blackface amps as well as a Dumble Steel String Singer head for clean tones. So the Black 2x12 and Boutique CL models should zero in on that tone pretty well for ya!

[Tim]

Matt – When you connect your Zoom GFX-1 to your new Vox amp, let me know if you get any noise from your strings. When I connect my Digitech to my AD30VT, my strings make a strange noise. When I connect my Digitech to my Peavey 40 watt solid-state amp I get no noise from the stings. I think it has something to do with connecting a digital processor into another digital processor. I am curious to your testing results.

Pedals work fine with the AD30VT.

VooDoo - Have you experienced this phenomenal with your Vox amp?

[Matt]

I cant say Ive notcied any stange noises. But the amp doesnt seem to like the pedal too much, the effects sound pretty harsh and metalic. Looks like I'm gonna have to get seperate stompboxes, but that can wait.

I'm trying to find a definitive destortion I like- the Black212 is great for cleans and I love it, but its a toss between UK modern and US highgain for the distortions.

Heres a sound clip with me just messing around. Not heavy, something Ive been toying with for ages, but struggling to fit into a song. The backing is very similar to a song on Pulp fiction that Ive never found the name of.

p.s, I havnt got the sound levels quite right for the line in, but hey

[SuperSwede]

That was really cool Matt, I thought it was more Twin Peaks than Pulp Fiction if you ask me

[Tim]

Matt – I believe there is a post on this forum that mentions the fact that the Blackface modeler does not like pedals.

Also do a search at

http://www.patchtronix.com/modules.p...BB2&file=index

Or

http://www.valvetronix.net/

which is VooDoo’s webpage.

[Matt]

Cheers Tim, but it seems that most the channels tend not to like the Zoom. I'll try my friends Boss DD-6 tomorrow and see if it likes that any better.

After some more messing around, here's me trying to play metal for the first time. Now, I'm not hugely fond of this style of music, so I'm just messing around for the hell of it

[marnold***]

I didn't like anything that came out of my Vox with my ZOOM 505II. Of course, with the effects on the amp itself I really don't need it. The Vox seems to do well with my Behringer OD, though.

[Nelskie]

I think running your Zoom 505II with your Vox is resulting in a "double digital whammy" with the Vox. Putting a digitally-reproduced signal on top of a digitally-reproduced signal often times causes one or the other to get "fussy".
Granted, those are laymen's terms, but when I run my own Zoom G2 pedal through my Valve Jr., or my Classic 30 (both tube amps), the tonal results are positively excellent. I haven't tried the G2 with my Cyber Twin, which is hybrid amp much like the Vox, but probably won't, either, because the tones and effects it has are equal, or superior to the Zoom's. Still, the G2 is a very versatile pedal, and for less than $100 bones, it does a ton of things very well. Haven't had the opportunity to try it with a solid-state amp as of yet. Which speaking of, maybe I need to buy one . . . ?