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Epiphone Valve Junior Head

Tube Guitar Amp Head from Epiphone belonging to the Valve series

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Alexmorgane Alexmorgane
Published on 01/18/09 at 13:40
On this point we quickly made the rounds:
- Class A All Tube
- 5 W (theoretical!)
- Between a jack faade and 3 outputs on the back for a speaker (4 ohm, 8 ohm, 16 ohm)
- A volume knob chiken-head.
- A power button.
This is "roots".

Add a note to the look of this amp: 10/10
More vintage you die!
I bought the cabinet that goes with it and a has a terrible mouth, it looks like one of the 60 amp.
Do not spoil the finish is exellent, especially next to the thundering price. Manufacturing is srieuse matrial with strong and beautiful appearance, a no-fault which should inspire the competition.

UTILIZATION

L is also not easy: you plug it is expected that some heat lamps, turn the volume knob and it plays.
Amp "plug and play" without the fuss, in the spirit of old vintage amps.
L also is "Roots".

SOUNDS

So I'll start with the basic sounds at first as you will see that we can do a lot with this amp Mylen cot are simple and basic.
There are three positions "dominant" with the volume knob:
fourth, clear sound
half; crunch sound
three quarts; sound overdrive / distortion (depending on the type of guitar pickups)

Small bracket for the power, do not rely primarily to 5 Watts ad! One also wonders what secret or demon contains this amp because the volume is impressive and it DGIG THE FIRST use may make you feel funny if you have good ide to mount the volume before scratching the strings. I take a prciser that this amp does not play a flat low volume and it is better to have no neighbors to take full advantage of his lamps. In RPET you can play with a drummer with no problem. The three outputs on the back of the amp to connect a pemmettent any baffle. For my part I plug it into a 4X12 Marshall and the fact I have more prsence 1X12 cab with the Epiphone.

The type of guitar to use a lot of influence on the sounds obtained. With single coil pickups and the knobs rgages following the volume and tonality of the guitar you get clear sounds of great beauty with a warm, almost "liquid", until the very bluesy overdrive or rock . Start with an ideal that rvle full potential of this amp with a sound to die for. Stunning and gorgeous.

Humbucker pickups with one enters directly into the world of Blues with his still warm with beautiful harmonics just waiting out a solicitation of any guitarist. Volume three quarts, you end up with a sound to the Hard Rock AC / DC and del always specific to the heat tube amps. Try it with good old Gibson is the vamp ensures, monstrous and addictive.

If you want to stretch the sonic possibilities, one can connect to a distortion pedals and (or) an equalizer and sound combinations can be endless with the addition of its all benefitted from the lamps and CHARACTERISTICS this heat. Nothing prevents you from playing Metal with a good distortion, the amp without flinching while cash and rings of hell.
I use a Boss DS-1 distortion that does not necessarily sound good on any amp (especially a transo) and fully expressed on the head Valve Junior, but happiness ...

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for the past 6 months with 4 guitars trs diffrent each other and I still discovering new sounds. The other amp (the same CATEGORY) now seem quite insipid a cot in the Epiphone. I have tried many other amps 5 Watts lamps (Fender Champion Valbee Ibanez, Peavey Royal 8 ...) and none of the qualities RuNie Valve Junior Head, whether at sounds or the quality of fabication, the look and possibility of connection to any cab and above all price levels are not photo.
I bought it at a promo for $ 169 with his cab and that price is a heck of a case and can not be the.
Facing the competition with a report in qualitprix bttn the Epiphone is offline CATEGORY.
A choice that I remake without any hsitation.