All user reviews for the Epiphone Valve Junior Head

5 w head lamps with Cabinet 12 January

UTILIZATION

can not do a simple volume knob and basta

SOUNDS

I play with a Les Paul Supreme and blade texas standard (copy strat micro system with simple passive / active / treble boost bass).
In the apartment's only clear if the walls tremble and neighbors crucify me.
Just repeats the bin with the les paul it live crunch. With the blade I have a clear range larger (single microphone).
The sound is very low level guts. Midrange and treble although this somewhat absent. the 12-hp is something to do in my opinion. Its very vintage I would say.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it repeats the last 6 months. Power level that moved more than my marshall MG30DFX (30w transistor). Sufficient if the drummer is not a monster.
I had gone to buy an amp lamp in a budget of 600 €. I tried lots of amps and when I tried the ear I hit the roof. Why? I was looking for a true vintage lamp his puke.
This is typically the kind of amp are you doing way down to have a true natural saturation and it sounds damn serious.
In fact the highlight of the amp is also its weak point. That is, in the apartment you forget the crunch because of the neighbors and repeating you forgotten the clean bulk.
In addition I have a shit pedal and frankly it works less well than my marshall transistor except for a foot: the volume pedal.
The volume pedal is a distortion pedal with this amp.
So the highlight is a real crunch lamp screaming for really cheap, and bass crazy.
In fact the highlight of the amp is also its weak point.
That is to say that he does not like the pedals and not very versatile. very distinctive vintage. but that's why we love him.
You plug a volume pedal you doing the sound of the amp and go back to my prick.

Every lamp. input connectors on front, three outputs (4,8,16 ohm) in backplate. 5 watts, which are well worth the 50 transistors (well, with the same clarity of sound, since from 15h on the transistor, the sound usually puke a combo). No adjustment if not the volume / gain

UTILIZATION

therefore ultra simplistic setup: After the heating time necessary, turn the volume to boost the sound and make cruncher. Difficult to get any easier

SOUNDS

Perfect for beginners with any lamp. I play pop rock and it goes from light to crunch without problem, playing on the volume or position of micros.Je plays a Mexican Stratocaster with EMG SL kit with POD XT live pedal. The challenge was to marry my POD XT Live (very cold when it is amplified, and heat lamps. Trial and error for a night before I understood that I had to turn the output volume of my POD 1 / 3 of all my patches do not push too hard and the Valve Junior does not do cruncher immediately. Once reconfigured patches (third volume, deactivation simulations amp and cabs), I found a more than adequate ... in any case very far from its original POD. POD do I use that module effect (reverb, delay, chorus, comp and gate, OD and distortion). Heresy to some, the worst choice, because the XT is known to eat the dynamics of sound .... well, mind you, after all plugged in my rehearsal room on a 4x12 Marshall cabinet, I have a perfect sound in the mix, covering battery even when its clear and all the versatility of the POD, still handy to have a march on its configs live, volume, wah all in a single box. Patches with LOTS of compression are sounding the valve junior like a big beast of funk, while keeping a sound very clear (volume at 15h minimum). Even the OD and distortion in the attack on valve obvious retain heat lamp, incomparable to that of pure POD. A crunch which great on a Stereophonics, a disto on a flawless ZZTop ... in short, the ideal marriage.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for two months. Not tried bcp models, and especially not in good condition (not his guitar in hand, the seller who stomp beside you to eject ...). So, the price made me crack first.
I love the lack of settings, as I tinker all in the POD, just adjust the volume depending on the song. Look good and sound zicos bluffing all who pass through the rehearsal room.
Excellent value for money, given the quantum leap in terms of its heat. I think I spend more wicked soon, like 15 or 50 watts, but for now I take the featherweight of the craft.
If you want to restore warmth to your amp simulator pedal, no need to fiddle about for hours in the menus: they stick this little valve at the outlet and presto!

This is a 5 watt tube amp with a solid state rectifier. It has two tubes: a 12AX7 and an EL84. There is one input, one volume knob and one on/off switch and thats all. It has jacks for a 4,8, or 16 ohm speaker configuration. I have the above pictured version with the red covering on the face which I believe is slightly improved from the earlier blue version but I'm not aware of what the actual improvements are. The construction of the cabinet is unusually solid and inspires extra respect for the amp. Even though the amp is extremely minimalist in terms of features I'm ranking it high because thats whats attractive about it i.e. its simplicity.

UTILIZATION

The amp could not be easier to use obviously. As you turn up the volume the sound goes from clean to dirty. At full volume the amp is surprisingly loud which is not a plus because the purpose of a low wattage amp is to make overdriven sound at low volume levels. At full volume through a Marshall cabinet the amp is almost just loud enough to play in a band with if you have a power drummer playing an old drum kit but not quite.

SOUNDS

This amp is most suitable for recording and practice at home. I use mine with a Weber attenuator to keep the volume down when turning up. I play mine through a single cabinet with a 12 inch Celestion G12H30 speaker. The amp produces an immediate somewhat brittle type of sound that I rightly or wrongly associate with class A amps. It is not as warm a sound as I get from my other more normal tube amps. The sound has a fidelity which lends itself to recording I think because the amp is very quiet and the notes you play are very clear,tight & immediate. The amp starts to really distort with the volume knob about halfway up depending on what pickups your playing. At full volume the amp produces a very distorted singing like tone that is excellent for lead but probably to harsh for rhythm except in small well placed doses. At about 3 oclock the amp sounds better for rhythm and produces a sound that sounds closer to power tube distortion than preamp tube distortion and thats good.

OVERALL OPINION

I do not recommend this amp as your only amp because its too limiting. This amp is more suitable as a second amp to practice through or use to add variety to your recordings. These amps can be bought new for only $150 and used for $100 and thats part of the attraction. I believe they have been big sellers and now other companies are offering alternatives in the same wattage and price range. The amp is cool and will probably maintain its market value over time but for me its too brittle sounding to be something I can fully love but from what I can tell many other people love em.