Victory Duchess V4 pedal / amp

[Zaulkin]

Victory Amps Dutchess V4. Basically their tube preamp pedal with reverb and tremolo, but with an added SS power amp.

I'd like to try one!

[jimi]

Funny, when Marshall put a tube pre-amp in their SS combo and called it a Valvestate, it was the height of uncool, but these guys put an SS power amp into their tube preamp and it’s boutique and interesting?

Does look cool though

[codedog]

Funny, when Marshall put a tube pre-amp in their SS combo and called it a Valvestate, it was the height of uncool, but these guys put an SS power amp into their tube preamp and it’s boutique and interesting?

Does look cool though

Fender did that too, didn't they? Or was that the other way around, with tube power amp?

[Cdog]

If it sounds good... it is good

[robthemac]

Those Valvestate amps did sound pretty awful, to be fair.

[Danger Mouse]

Those Valvestate amps did sound pretty awful, to be fair.

They did high gain metal pretty well, especially considering what else was (or rather wasn't) on the market at the time.

If you weren't a high gain metal guy then fair enough, though.

[robthemac]

They did high gain metal pretty well, especially considering what else was (or rather wasn't) on the market at the time.

If you weren't a high gain metal guy then fair enough, though.

Yeah, I perhaps wasn't the target market.

[Zaulkin]

Funny, when Marshall put a tube pre-amp in their SS combo and called it a Valvestate, it was the height of uncool, but these guys put an SS power amp into their tube preamp and it’s boutique and interesting?

Does look cool though

I was thinking that! It doesn't matter as long as it sounds good of course. Plus the size is pretty handy.

[Molly]

Those Valvestate amps did sound pretty awful, to be fair.

I gigged one. Was glad of the reduced weight but recall it'd produce random squeals. Think I replaced it under warranty before giving up and buying a GK250ML.

This was in the days before the Internet would tell me what was cool and what wasn't.

[robthemac]

This was in the days before the Internet would tell me what was cool and what wasn't.

Dark days.

[The Scarecrow]

Those Valvestate amps did sound pretty awful, to be fair.

They did high gain metal pretty well, especially considering what else was (or rather wasn't) on the market at the time.

If you weren't a high gain metal guy then fair enough, though.

Legit decent high gain tones. The 8100 head they used to do did some phenomenal chainsaw / Corgan tones. Found one for $200 in a Dollar Dealers in the mid 00's that was my backup head for about 2 years.

[Mini Forklift]

Looks a great bit of kit, spendy though. Martin sure does put out some high quality gear that looks as good as it sounds

I'm seriously thinking of buying the Victory Countess pedal, just figuring out whether it's better to buy it through Andertons or here from Sound Nations

[OhFuxk]

can the v4 pedal plug straight into a line 6 power cab ?

[Zaulkin]

can the v4 pedal plug straight into a line 6 power cab ?

Yup. It's got a line out.

[Zaulkin]

It'd have been even better if the output was 4 - 16 ohms like the SD power stage. But I guess that's not too much of a Biggie.