Brett Kingman | 9 years ago
Australia: http://www.therockinn.com/products/victory-amplification-v40h-the-duchess-head
International: http://www.victoryamps.com/v40-the-duchess.html
Josh Owen: https://www.facebook.com/joshowen28 / http://joshowen.com.au
https://reverb.com/marketplace?query=victory+amps+v40+duchess+valve+head&_aid=kingman
Victory Amps, Perth's The Rock Inn and yours truly bring you the V40 "The Duchess". The Duchess is an award winning, 8.2kg, 2-voiced, portable, 40W powerhouse of classic 60's-based tones that will have your guitar singing and your pedalboard smiling. It looks cool and sounds even better.
This V40 was sent to me for review a little while ago by The Rock Inn but was quickly appropriated by my friend, Josh Owen, who has been using it obsessively on the road and in the studio for the past couple of months. So, who better to demo it?
Many thanks to Josh, Victory Amps, Greg Collins at Sonic Frog (Palmer cab), and the excellent crew at The Rock Inn.
Today's tools:
Guitar: Josh's No.1 80's Strat (yep, that's a REAL relic, folks).
Amp: The Duchess V40 by Victory Amps.
Cab: Palmer MI 1x12 with G12M
Extra effects: See video
Cables: Josh's own.
Power Supply: See video
Mic: Shure SM57 (amp) Samson Airline77 (me)
Camera: Canon 60D (me) and Sony HDR CX190 (pedal)
Soundcard: AVID Mbox Pro 3
Computer: Apple iMac 27" i7 3.4 GHz 16 GB RAM
Software: Pro Tools 12.4, Waves CLA Guitars (slight comp over input track), Waves L3-16 Limiter (to keep levels in check at output), Apple Final Cut Pro X (video editing and Youtube compression).
