Diezel's new VH Micro Head packs the high-gain heat of the company's VH4 amp into a compact, lightweight package

And though this is a bit of a non sequitur, it is this thread that got me to thinking that I really have finally managed to get the tone I want out of my practice rig. After literally decades of trying to find a truly satisfying, truly low-volume "practice" rig I finally have it. I tried countless amps, everything from small tube amps to various solid state amps to different modelers, from every company that builds such things and none of them delivered the goods no matter how I set them up or what pedals, etc I used with them. A lot of money down the drain over the years for sure. But now, I have this little rig sitting next to my desk in my home office:

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Just a humble DSL-1 with a couple of Boss pedals. It's a simple setup: amp on the green/classic channel, all knobs at noon, in the .5 watt mode. Three always-on Boss pedals: Angry Driver in Angry Charlie mode, Tuner in bypass mode so its actually always on, and a DD-7. The only thing I ever touch is the FS-5L footswitch that's out in front to turn the Blues Driver side of the drive pedal on - it's set to be in front of the AD to give a solo boost/more saturation. Side note is I really don't much care for the red/dirt channel of the amp, just way too hairy-sounding, but the green one is super sweet as a pedal platform. Sounds just like a NMV Marshall should.

I get three distinct tones that sound much bigger than the amp is, ultra responsive to the guitar volume and tone. Could not be happier. Now I know this is not exactly a "budget" solution for a practice rig, but honestly it is well, well worth it to get great tones at conversation volume or less. Just thought I'd share.
 
gball said:
And though this is a bit of a non sequitur, it is this thread that got me to thinking that I really have finally managed to get the tone I want out of my practice rig. After literally decades of trying to find a truly satisfying, truly low-volume "practice" rig I finally have it. I tried countless amps, everything from small tube amps to various solid state amps to different modelers, from every company that builds such things and none of them delivered the goods no matter how I set them up or what pedals, etc I used with them. A lot of money down the drain over the years for sure. But now, I have this little rig sitting next to my desk in my home office:

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Just a humble DSL-1 with a couple of Boss pedals. It's a simple setup: amp on the green/classic channel, all knobs at noon, in the .5 watt mode. Three always-on Boss pedals: Angry Driver in Angry Charlie mode, Tuner in bypass mode so its actually always on, and a DD-7. The only thing I ever touch is the FS-5L footswitch that's out in front to turn the Blues Driver side of the drive pedal on - it's set to be in front of the AD to give a solo boost/more saturation. Side note is I really don't much care for the red/dirt channel of the amp, just way too hairy-sounding, but the green one is super sweet as a pedal platform. Sounds just like a NMV Marshall should.

I get three distinct tones that sound much bigger than the amp is, ultra responsive to the guitar volume and tone. Could not be happier. Now I know this is not exactly a "budget" solution for a practice rig, but honestly it is well, well worth it to get great tones at conversation volume or less. Just thought I'd share.
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Dsl is great wish if was more reliable tho.
Im glad you found the rig that you like.
 
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