gilmourish | 9 years ago
Review of the V-2 from Vick Audio.
Signal chain:
Guitar - Fender CIJ Stratocaster, with D Allen Voodoo 69 neck and middle pickups and Seymour Duncan SSL5 bridge pickup
Pedals - Vick Audio V-2
Boss CE2 chorus
Dunlop Rotovibe
Amp - Laney Lionheart L20
Mic - Shure SM57
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Classic amp distortion has seen a revival over the last couple of years. That creamy, slightly compressed tone is incredibly versatile and the pedals fits almost any amp and setup. The V-2 from Vick Audio promise to capture the tone and power of a large tube stack. Here’s my review.
As you might have guessed, or already read in other reviews, the V-2 is based on the Pete Cornish G2, which David Gilmour used extensively in 2005-06. The G2 is in turn loosely based on the iconic Rat.
The Rat has always been one of my favourite pedals and a go-to unit for recording. The G2 utilised everything that was great about the RAT, gave it a bit more of everything and took it closer to the tone you get when plugging into the front end of a hot Marshall or similar. Big Muffs and moody fuzz pedals are great but there’s something about that timeless sound of a cranked tube amp that’s hard to beat.
The V-2 isn’t actually a G2 clone. In fact, Vick Audio decided to use silicon diodes instead of germanium transistors, which gives the pedal a unique tone of its own. A strange choice perhaps, given that the RAT and G2 are based on the germanium transistors. However, the decision was a wise one and the V-2 is really something different – in all positive ways! The V-2 is housed in a sparkling metallic T-Rex sized chassis, with controls for volume, tone and sustain. It features true bypass switching (buffer engaged when activated) and it runs on 9V Boss-style adapter (no battery).
Read the full review here
http://www.gilmourish.com/?p=6980
