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Hi Leo, this is the band gherkins.bandcamp.com/releases

Blundering Tusk .... You are doing the correct modiffication. A booster with high distortion tubes? What were they thinking when designers make thw adjustments? In my oppinion, a set of Gold Pin JJ or TAD ECC83 or 12AU7 will sound better and smoother than the crispy 12ax7. Good choice mate!!!

Really, Andrew? I think 12AU7's works perfect. I want a warm sound without destroying the natural sound of my guitar. But it's my opinion. I never tried to put 12AY7 and 12AU7 at the same time, because... Wichone it's gonna be the best tube for the V1? I need to experiment about this possibilities. But I'm sure that 12AU7's works perfect in this unit.

The plate voltage is way too low for 12ax7 unfortunately. It's fizzy & buzzy as hell. Can be modded though to sound amazing.

Hi Tarsan97. This "box" is just a preamp. This kind of pedals are used to set your sound. For example, if you have a VOX AC30 (Like me) you have a clean channel without EQ section and a boosted channel with 2 EQ sections. You can use this kind of pedal to modify the clean channel. Furthermore, you can use it to saturate your guitar signal. Its not a cabinet simulator. It works like your preamp and EQ sections of your amplifier. You can use it with a power amp unit as a preamp section of your back line.

You need a cabinet simulator like this: www.mesaboogie.com/cabinets--simulators/guitar-cabinets--simulators/guitar-cabinet-simulator/cab-clone.html Maybe you can find other brands that build similar units, but i know this is one of the best amp and cab manufacturers in the world.

Tarsan97. It's not true. I'm a bad guitar player who needs more things to improve my compositions. Thank you for watching and for your comments.

Hi mate. Actually, I have no time to spend in more videos like this. Maybe next months. I can tell you about it's high gain capabilities. I know by my own experience, Mesa Booogie V-Twin V2 can sound between mid and high gain ranges in it's factory setup (I mean, with 12aX7 Mesa Boogie tubes). But I'm shure you can improve this amount of gain only with a model tube change (and brand). This video shows 2 brands of tubes (same model of TAD and Mesa tubes) working on the same unit (Also, every unit is particularly different. It was made by hand). You can try with 12aY7 model tubes, 6072 for some brands. I recommend you an Electro Harmonix pair, because you need more focus on your MID-HIGH and TREBLE range of frequencies. JJ and Mullard, as TAD tubes, has a MID range focusing, that it won`t work for your sound wishes). Mesa Boogie V-Twin is a perfect pedal preamp to sound like hard rock and metal bands. (But only a V-Twin is not enough). Try to listen this demo song recorded by ourselves last year (Gherkins - Sex on the beach) Palm´s Desert Stoner Rock. gherkins.bandcamp.com/track/sex-on-the-beach All guitars was recorded through the V-Twin. Rythm guitars plugged into a VOX AC30 CC2 (JJ tubes) and solo guitars plugged into a Soldano Rec Preamp SERIES II and a Marshall 9200 power amp (Only 50w, left channel). Comment your opinnion about gain ranges, please.

I do own this pedal and yes you can pull some sweet sweet metal out of it, no overdrive nor boost needed. I play from good old Motley Crue all the way to Lamb Of God and all in between! I play it through my Mesa Boogie Mark V/25 Clean/Fat channel.. its like having an extra channel on the amp and can get me close to a rectifier tone. Don't get me wrong I love the drive channel on my Mark V but I like to change tone appropriately depending on the song being played! I only use the V-twin's Blues and Solo channel as I bypass the clean and use my amp for the clean. I don't have any videos on here but I'm sure you can find some good V-Twins Metal demos.

Thanks mate! I love to do things like that! I'm trying to find some time to do more like this.