Buxom Betty...

Sp8ctre said:
Do you all think the Victory amp will be a good choice if I'm looking for something similar to a Hiwatt or the Buxom Betty I posted?
I want a lot of clean headroom. I only do mild distortion and I like reverb, tremolo, delay and chorus.
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Honestly, no. They are high-gain preamps and not really suited to lots of clean headroom.

If Plexi-style huge headroom is your thing, try an actual 1959SLP reissue, or a Reeves Super ‘78. Either will give you all the headroom and power you could possibly stand and they’re both built to last a lifetime.
 
Sp8ctre said:
The Victory sounds great!

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Yes is does. They have some very nice features besides sounding real good in a lot of their demos. I think it's $1200 for that Head. The same guy that designs the Victory's was the same guy that designed Cornford Amps... Martin Kidd. Cornford Amps is no more, since 2013. I played thru a friends Cornford MK50H, which is like a hot-rodded Marshal with 6L6"s, and just about cream my pants - it was so good and inspiring! That Victory would be a nice choice, too.
 
gball said:
Honestly, no. They are high-gain preamps and not really suited to lots of clean headroom.

If Plexi-style huge headroom is your thing, try an actual 1959SLP reissue, or a Reeves Super ‘78. Either will give you all the headroom and power you could possibly stand and they’re both built to last a lifetime.
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I did not put up a link to “the Kraken” by Victory. The Duchess (that I did post the link to) isn’t one of their high gain models. It’s Victory’s “I want a Blackface preamp into an EL34 power amp” model.
Just sayin.:cheers:
 
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If you want a new something, go for it.

But like Syco said - Blackface Fender sounds like it would fit your needs - Get one of those Silkyns running!!
The transformer job was not difficult; which a is relative statement but you are a hands on tools kind of guy .
The hardest thing was lifting the pc board to get at one of the PT mounting bolts or nuts if I remember correctly.
Or get it done and try it out.

As a Silkynite myself, you might assume bias towards it, but it is not.
Several who have experience with both (I don't) say the clean channel does a very good BF Fendery cleans thing.

My perspective here is you may already have what you are looking for, before you shell out substantial dollars.
 
Thatbastarddon said:
I did not put up a link to “the Kraken” by Victory. The Duchess (that I did post the link to) isn’t one of their high gain models. It’s Victory’s “I want a Blackface preamp into an EL34 power amp” model.
Just sayin.:cheers:
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Doesn't sound very blackface at all to me. What I hear in the demos has a lot of hair on it even at lower gain settings, sounds really great but I am not hearing anything like the kind of punchy headroom you get from a Plexi or Hiwatt. The several Victory amps I have played through (don't remember model names) were all awesome, and all gritty high gain.
 
Was it the demo where they spotlighted how pedal friendly they are by kicking in a Keely modded TS, among other dirt pedals? That’s what the one on their page has going on.
They tout it as a pedal platform.
I know it will break up too though.
 
Thatbastarddon said:
This one has subtitles for settings, and pedals in use...and not in use.
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Would have to hear one in person and I know I didn't play through one of these, both of the ones I tried were black boxes, and I tried the little red Chappers one (which was insane sounding for the money). Even at its cleanest in that video its not that punchy high headroom thing that I think of with say a Blackface Twin or a Plexi. It's voiced very dark and there is a very British sounding smooth edge to the notes. A very good sounding amp but still comes across as something more Vox-like than Hiwatt or Fender. To me at least.
 
gball said:
Would have to hear one in person and I know I didn't play through one of these, both of the ones I tried were black boxes, and I tried the little red Chappers one (which was insane sounding for the money). Even at its cleanest in that video its not that punchy high headroom thing that I think of with say a Blackface Twin or a Plexi. It's voiced very dark and there is a very British sounding smooth edge to the notes. A very good sounding amp but still comes across as something more Vox-like than Hiwatt or Fender. To me at least.
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I may run across the bridge tomorrow and play through one. That shop you mentioned has them in stock.
 
Sp8ctre said:
I may run across the bridge tomorrow and play through one. That shop you mentioned has them in stock.
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Alva's is where I checked them out. They have an absolusely insane number of killer amps (and guitars) in that shop, considering where it is and how small it is. They share space with some kind of ballet shop, of all things.
 
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