BigDaveD
2 posts
Feb 14, 2012
7:00 AM
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I am looking for a harp/distortion pedal for my virbo champ. I am using a boss dd-2 delay. Wondering if one pedal is best over another with this tube amp.
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HarpNinja
2156 posts
Feb 14, 2012
8:18 AM
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What kind of mic are you using? You should be able to get a fair amount of grit through a VC without a distortion pedal. I've played/owned 4 tolex Champs and all would bark with a relatively clean SM57.
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bharper
146 posts
Feb 14, 2012
8:45 AM
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I agree with Mike. Get a nice tight cup on your microphone and the amp should break up nicely.
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NiteCrawler .
166 posts
Feb 14, 2012
3:38 PM
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Have you tried tube swapping the pre amps tubes ax7,s to ay7 ,s ?You will be able to get more headroom out of the amp,hence cranking the volume knob higher which should make the amp break up a little more.If I,m not mistaken the higher the volume on those low watt amps will give you more breakup/distortion before feed back.I,ve played through our drummers V.champ a while back with stock tubes(ax,s)and it had a very nice natural distortion,of course at a lower volume,not a band situation.They,re a great little harp amp with the right mic and proper cupping tecnique.I would think that any kind of a distortion pedal would ruin the natural distortion that can be had out of the V.C.JMO BTW does this spam protection suck ,or are my new glasses failing me?Third time is a charm.
Last Edited by on Feb 14, 2012 3:42 PM
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BigDaveD
3 posts
Feb 15, 2012
8:01 AM
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I am playing through the honer verson of the bullet. It sounds ok. I recently got the amp and am using a dd-2 delay that I also just received I am working on dialing it in with the amp. thanks for the imput.any suggestions on setting the amp up.
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Kingley
1794 posts
Feb 15, 2012
11:52 AM
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BigDaveD - Turn the amp volume as high as you can before feedback, turn the bass up high (around 7-9), keep the treble off, don't bother using the vibrato in the amp. Then just plug in your mic, and work on getting a good tight cup. You could also try swapping out the 7025 preamp valve for either a 12AY7, 5751 or 12AT7. Other than that it should sound great with any Hi-Z mic you plug into it.
On the delay I'd set it short to begin with and then just keep adding a little until you get the "flavour" you're looking for.
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