VOX VALVETRONIX FAN CLUB!!!

I'm planning to switch my settings to Eric Johnson-style settings, one channel being Fender extremely-clean-as-hell clean. The other might be... the Mesa model surprise surprise!!!

My last live setup was :
AC30 :
Gain & Volume : MAX
Treble : 4'o Clock
Mid : 11'o Clock
Bass : 9'o Clock
Effects : Some reverb
That's my clean, crunch and solo sound. Clean sounds pretty bright while crunch has some punch. By adding the TS9 + Crank the amp = Tone Heaven as experienced on 29th April 2006.

Yup, roll down the volume to about 2/3 heh.

Yup, videos coming soon. The Musical Night DVD is going on sale soon.

This is Vox fanclub. Do you love the Vox Valvetronix series?

I will lar don't worry... what I meant was, it's not out yet.

The AD Range started with the ATX series, and Vox expanded the Valvetronix range by adding a more stripped down (No stompbox models, only 2 User presets etc) version of the ATX, which are the ones we all have.

I kinda like the cloth grill of the ATX, looks far more vintage than the metal ones we have heh.

You scoop your mids, how stand out do you expect your guitar sound to be LOL?

Who cares about the other guitarist, It's the cymbals and bass that are drowning your guitar sound LOL! When you scoop you mids, you're only left with the bass and treble frequency to cut through the band. So do you think your guitar has fatter bass frequency than the bass player and bass drum or treble frequency that could stand out from the hi-hat and cymbals?

I'm skeptical too, but some guitarists have gotten positive effects by just replacing the tubes... so there's still some hope.

Eric Johnson will recommend that we should rewire our amps to a certain direction, use XXX cables and Duracell batteries to power the pedals.

It's annoying, but I think they have a reason to do so : The amp really doesn't sound as good on line out itself. They're probably encouranging people to crank their amp (In terms of volume) just like the good old way.

Though, they should've included a switch behind.

Anyway, from what I've read, the ATX series excels at modern/high-gain amps while the AT series produce better vintage amp sounds. With the amazing Fender and Vox emulations, I won't complain!

Yup, though mids are always the best bet to allow your guitar to cut through since the human ears are more sensitive to the mid-freq.
Yup, teles are the tone machines!
Eric would also tell you to ditch the amp for a twin amp setup of Marshalls and Fender.
Well, I think they're avoiding players from sending the amp into the mixer through the line out & get a crappy tone?

A preamp tube in the power amp section.

Wanna hear clips???
Nah *Shameless plug* :
http://eongxien.multiply.com/music

Thanks...

Anyway I did a lot of mastering and editing with the tracks in order to elminate the hiss (Bad grounding I guess) and stuff... though it should show what the AD could do with some editing.

EDIT :
Anyway I try to recall the amp settings that I used for the track.
I've totally clueless of what I used for the intro, it could be the boutique model and some Cubase phaser.
The lead track's most probably the UK80s.(+TS9 and lots of Cubase reverb) The lushing chorus in the verse is coming from the Yamaha Magicstomp.
During the chorus, the rhythm was triple tracked (One's on the Numetal modelo with pretty much scooped mids, one's the UK80s with lots of mids and a 3rd barely audible AC30 track.)
For the break/bridge, the left channel (The BB King-style licks) I used Blackface model with lots of mids and treble rolled off. For the right channel (Mark Knopfler style), I used the Tweed model with less mids... and oh... it was fingerpicked for maximum Dire Straits authencity.

This post has been edited by led_zep_freak: May 15 2006, 02:16 PM

I can't remember that detailed now.... everything was recorded with the Yamaha Pacifica, in fact I posted the setup in the Multiply page itself, go check out.

Also, there's not much point posting the EQ settings as I've fiddled about the EQs of each track on Cubase a lot.

EDIT : Oh, I could've used the US Modern for the lead tracks. I just listened to the track and thought the tone's pretty heavy for UK80s.

This post has been edited by led_zep_freak: May 15 2006, 07:00 PM

Bro, it's a pc mic lar, if you're gonna mike it that close, I'm afraid it might clip LOL!

Nice tone dude!!! You gotta crank that thing up one day man. Make sure you prepare yourself first or you'ill be blown far away! Hahah... btw, the pings and that Zakk Wylde-style riff kinda took me by surprise hah. Nice playing.

*Off to work on my pings*

Hah... nah, your playing is pretty good! I can't do pings to save my life! It's just different styles, really.

Hope to hear more clips here. Don't worry, I'ill post mine when I get the DVD.

If I'm not mistaken, Noel Gallagher favours AC30 amps, so you would get that Oasis ballpark tone by setting it to the AC30. Trying Maxing out both the preamp and poweramp gain and then boost the treble, you'ill get a very dynamic U2-style sound, which works well with brit rock stuff.

One of my favourite settings.

Your son is one lucky dude.

RM1160's not a bad price.

ROFL! "Dad, these golf clubs won't get you anywhere," All hell would break loose & while he has the golf club as a weapon, you only have your esquire!

Thankfully my dad understands (Well, I'm not sure if he's gonna change his mind when I get 10 guitars ), every guy needs a hobby to... well be a guy.

Ah... if that's the case, you should start playing in pubs/sessions before confronting your dad... Otherwise, I don't hope to see you in the golf course as a caddy.

Yeah... don't forget about penises too... since guitar is an extension of penis to most of the guy players, golf clubs are probably the same, albeit a wee bit thinner.

Anyway back to Vox discussion... nerd, no clips yet?

Hehe... me too, I've been touching the guitar less these days, gotta brush up on my licks alr.

Anyway, I just remembered some clips I posted a while ago, if I'm not mistaken, I was using the US Modern model... either that, or the UK80s.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rg-8La2RRh8&search=c.numb
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deITOVX2DUM&search=c.numb

Pardon the sloppy playing.

This post has been edited by led_zep_freak: May 31 2006, 08:03 PM

POST... it would show how good our amp actually sounds.

Nice fingerstyle rendition of Wonderful Tonight!!!!! Who played that? nerd? lol! He has a pretty good finger/hybrid picking technique, gotta love the tune.

Is he a Vox user? If not, CONVERT HIM!