BlackHawk233 Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 And it paid off! Most of you told me NOT to get the Epiphone Valve Junior. But.... I did, the price was just to good. Anyways, I bring it home, plug it into my 4X12, and the second i cranked it to 1/2 volume, I expected a nice quiet bedroom level. Woooops, Ears were ringing, but the sound was amazing, so i rolled back my volume knob on Rhythm, and cranked the amp to 3/4th I couldnt believe how good the sound was (the tubes had been going for about 15-20 minutes now), And that was directly plugged into my guitar, with no effects. So I try full volume, the Overdrive is friggen amazing sounding, Very early rockish, not modern, but I didnt want modern, I wanted a soft warm sound to develop my sound onto. I got exactly that. All in all, I know I will be keeping this amp, likely a tube replacement real soon, and a mod or two, but now I gotta go to try my overdrive pedal the way its meant to be used... Thanks for all the input though guys, It still challenged my dicision, but I will be adding to my tube amp collection shortly with a VOX Ac4 Head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duende Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Congratulations my friend, really pleased you're happy. I have three valve amps and they all do their own thing really well. I love my Epi Valve junior every bit as much as my Peavey Satch head and my Laney VC-15 combo. My favourite combination for a clean tone is the epi with my Marshall reverb pedal and my Gretch Brian Setzer Hot Rod...the tone is heaven!! I also love the cranked up natural distortion, it is complete Bluesbreaker territory! Valve junior rocks Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackHawk233 Posted September 18, 2009 Author Share Posted September 18, 2009 Yep, only thing is now I have to get a reverb pedal (not mad about this ). I love the single volume control, If i wanted to change the sound, which I don't right now, I could use my EQ pedal and make the changes through that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riffster Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 I put a Hammond output transformer in mine and it is beast. Cool and all but eventually the 1-knob thing gets old and you want variety. I kept mine even after I bought my Mesa though, it is a nice little amp for some uses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVOL! Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Yep' date=' only thing is now I have to get a reverb pedal (not mad about this ). [/quote'] Try this if you want killer spring reverb - Sole-Mate. Have one myself and could not be happier (unless I dropped $500+ for a tube reverb unit). I love the single volume control' date=' If i wanted to change the sound, which I don't right now, I could use my EQ pedal and make the changes through that.[/quote'] No master volume amps all the way! That is my thing, although a tone or high&low knobs are good too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAS44 Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 congrats man if i tmakes you happy stick with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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