H671 pointed to a forum thread dedicated to the VHT.... It comprises 60 odd pages so a bit long but I read the first few pages in which VHT designers also participated.
The gist I got from those few pages was that the design had to have the lowest possible cost and number of components.
One 'victim' of that approach would be the flexibility of pot based tonestacks.
Note that the VHT has no base pot and that the chosen resistor equates to a pot setting of around 85%. So lots of low frequencies are still going through to the output.
A temporary base pot would help you define where your sonic preferences lie. You can then put a new resistor value in to accommodate that taste.
I am not a fan of this type of amp as you need to be constantly soldering things... I prefer the 'plug and play' of an old fashioned tone stack with pots. Pay a bit more for flexibility on demand
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Re: VHT Special 6 Project
To be honest, I'm starting to see the advantages of a Kemper.
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