VHT Special 6 Demo, mods & thoughts

This is a fun little tube amp to use as a mod platform. It's kind of a Champ, but with some other DNA in there. It's a single ended class A with a 6V6 in the power section and a single 12ax7 on preamp duties. It can go from dark and gainy to bright and clean. With a single 10" speaker it's never going to be super loud, but it can hang for small gigs or quieter bands. If you need more volume, you just need more speakers tbh.
Past a certain point, watts don't matter. Frankly, for most gigs I've done of the last decade, over 20W is overkill (unless you're playing a ton of outdoor gigs with no PA) If you need more volume, you need more speakers. So this little 6-10W has been a fun amp that's real easy to carry single-handedly!
I did some basic maintenance, a little cosmetic change and a couple mods I found useful:
The choke cuts MASSIVELY down on the single coil hum
The tone stack is pretty thin, so I added some bass.
The clipping circuit is REALLY FUN. I put in 2 modes (+ true bypass) that add a ton of gain options.
These mods are described fully on www.robrobinette.com I wholeheartedly recommend reading that site, it's the most comprehensive user / modder / builder guide for tube amps. I've learned a ton from there over the years.
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[@gerardoromano3436]

Hi congrats, this is the first time I heard nice tones out off this amp series, stock is awefull, no headroom, no bass, bad chosen resistors in the "fixed" tonestack (I wold remove the tone pot and wire it in the tone stack as the trebble control and add a bass control (as a Black or Silverface champ) oh, and add the negative feedback resistor. The mids control can be 6.8K like the AB768 tonestack or put a mids control at the back off the amp using one off the speaker output (maybe 4 or 16 ohm) the one is unused. That way is converted to a more desirable 60´s or 70´s Champ, I think Rob covers this in his web site, Rob page is priceless. You did a great job, I wouldn´t add the clipping stage but hey if you like It it´s your mod, the LED clipping is the best IMHO because gives you headroom and cleans up nice. Cheers

[@jackpaynebassist]

Thank you! Rob's page is absolutely a gem.

[@RoadKingTeleStrat54]

I bought the VHT special 6 head and cabinet around 2013 from musicians friend..
Garbage sound. Paid around 78$ to ship it back.
Yeah, "best use"was as a boat anchor.