VICTORY V30 COUNTESS

leerocker

Fortheloveofguitar said:

I always use my own ears and bypass what guitarist say.

Funny how every Blackstar gets 5 stars every time

Same here!

I stopped buying guitarist mag about a year ago

Fortheloveofguitar

Think I'm gonna give the V30 a miss for the moment.

Going to try a H&K Grandmeister for my working band.

firks91

ive decided to call up my mates house tomorrow to compare the v50 with the victory cab and my old zilla fatboy that i sold him. i want to just be 100% that its the head thats the issue and not the cab design  

firks91

Fortheloveofguitar said:

Think I'm gonna give the V30 a miss for the moment.

Going to try a H&K Grandmeister for my working band.

theyre supposed to be good.

Fortheloveofguitar

Worth a try.

The old Cornford cabs were lovely. My old Rk 4x12 is still my fav cab.

Fortheloveofguitar

firks91;223718" said:

Fortheloveofguitar said:

Think I'm gonna give the V30 a miss for the moment.



Going to try a H&K Grandmeister for my working band.





theyre supposed to be good.

I will give it a whirl and send it back if it doesn't do the job. Hoping its good though. Does a lot for the money.

firks91

Fortheloveofguitar said:

Worth a try.

The old Cornford cabs were lovely. My old Rk 4x12 is still my fav cab.

yeah, perhaps the cab will solve the bass issue although i doubt there will be much difference seeing as theyre virtually the same except that the victory has pine sides and the speakers on the fatboy are well broken in

BigBearKris

That's a bit disappointing what I'm reading here I kept eye on V30 head hoping it's going to be much better quality made and sounding than let's say mini rec, but now I'm less exited. Of course 'the tone' is a subjective thing, but still... Fact that they're just out and people already trying to get them rid of is not a great start. Will have to travel to Guildford to check them out I think.

Fortheloveofguitar

Andertons now have no ETA for the V30.  I'm definitely looking elsewhere now for another brand! 

Evildurka

I fired my mini rec up for a bit today and think maybe I have gone soft in the head wanting to shift it. Still would like to have a go on the silverback though.

firks91

ok just got back from my mates, comparing the cabs. they sound similar apart from the fact that the zilla has slightly more upper mid/top end and the victory, has slightly more lower mids and tad less top end to it. i now think that putting casters on the victory will definitely help it somewhat with the low end. still cant deny that theres a lot of bass in the v50 though. 

i think i MIGHT of been able to cope with it if it had more clean headroom. although i know i wouldnt have been 100% happy with it.

i'll prob keep the cab. 

and iam still tempted by the v100

Fortheloveofguitar

firks91;224298" said:

i am still tempted by the v100

The clean headroom should be better but the overdrive is voiced the same I think so you will still have the problem of it not cutting through the mix.

firks91

Fortheloveofguitar said:

firks91;224298" said:

i am still tempted by the v100

The clean headroom should be better but the overdrive is voiced the same I think so you will still have the problem of it not cutting through the mix.

is it? i wasnt sure it was slightly different, but yeah thats what i thought. i wondered however about the resonance and presence knobs on the v100. perhaps they will do the trick.

im thinking of returning the v50 myself so that i can try it at the shop. id love to compare the mk50h ii to the v100

Fortheloveofguitar

Definitely worth trying it in the shop first but you're not going to know if it cuts through until you gig it. But at least you can take that back as well if it still doesn't cut it.

@leerocker had the v100 and plays in a 3 piece and he said yesterday that it wasn't up to it in his band but sounded ok on it's own.

firks91

yeah youre right enough, although i wouldnt want to buy the v100 new to be honest with them for sale so cheap.. i suppose thats not so good because i'll have an equally tough time selling if didnt get on with it either......sigh.

oh yeah he didnt he

perhaps i really should just buy the mk50 ii.... i just really like the look and and sound of the victorys. making hard work of this for myself lol 

leerocker

mk50ii was a better amp didnt have a problem with that live at all..

firks91

leerocker said:

mk50ii was a better amp didnt have a problem with that live at all..

couple of questions:

how would you compare the sound of the mk50ii and v100 aside from the v100 not mixing well? 

did you ever struggle for clean headroom on the mk50ii?

did you ever try the mk50ii with el34's?

Fortheloveofguitar

leerocker said:

mk50ii was a better amp didnt have a problem with that live at all..

+1 however I had my foot switch jacks changed to higher quality locking ones including the one in the amp chassis itself as they could play up if slightly knocked. Was a common issue

Fortheloveofguitar

firks91 said:

leerocker said:

mk50ii was a better amp didnt have a problem with that live at all..

couple of questions:

how would you compare the sound of the mk50ii and v100 aside from the v100 not mixing well? 

did you ever struggle for clean headroom on the mk50ii?

did you ever try the mk50ii with el34's?

I never had my issue with getting clean headroom from my mkii and I had bloody loud hard rock drummers. I tried EL34s in mine but have always preferred 6L6's

firks91

good to know. i was pretty shocked that the v50 didnt quite have the headroom.