Did these just pop up or did they sneak under my radar???
Valve JR "Hot Rod"
These Valve JR's sound alright on their own [most people swear you have to mod them] but the gain control seems a bit useless since it will break up at bedroom levels as it is. Reverb is always a nice feature as well. Just a little bit more moneys for built in reverb? yes please
Valve Senior
Very impressive. If it sounds anything like the stock Valve JR does I'd be interested in checking these out. Master volume, gain, treble, mid, bass and presence controls will make for great tone shaping. Also the Tube-driven reverb is a great plus too. Comes in at 20 watts and will work with any cab. Foot switching would be nice but i think its a great package. Hopefully they sound amazing.
[also available in a 1x12 combo]
All in all the Valve Senior looks like a great buy. I would buy one over a v55 any day. The JR Hot Rod also looks like a shoe-in, for a little more money you might as well get the extra feature
Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 6:49 am
by Gavin
HO LEE SHIT
I am gonna have to get a Valve Senior.
Btw, I dunno where your bedroom is, but I can't dime my Valve Jr without my neighbours phoning the police. 5W of tube power is still fucking loud.
Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 6:54 am
by Haze
no police calls yet on the bassman being cranked
i remember sloans demo of the VJR being brutally loud
Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 7:00 am
by Will
I remember the Senior from NAMM coverage, hadn't seen the Hot Rod yet.
No indication of if it's a spring verb or digital. The extra valve makes me think spring, but it could easily be for the gain stage instead. It's impressive that it also can be used as a reverb unit for another amp - good thinking on their part to steal some of Fender's mojo.
NO TONE CONTROL FAIL.
Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 7:02 am
by Haze
Thats always been the 'charm' of the VJRs. Supposed to have pure tube mojo or something
COMBO??
Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 6:22 am
by onezero4u
these look pretty sweet
20 watts of TUBE amp in a bedroom hahaha
hope no one is trying to sleep ha!
anybody know if these come in COMBOS ??
regards
zero
Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 6:35 am
by Haze
As mentioned in original post
1x12 combo also available
Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 3:49 pm
by cobascis
Be interesting to compare the V55HD with it.. I'm pretty confident the Valve sr would own it's overdrive, but the V55 has great clean channel with more head room.
Also, ITS SPRING REVEBER.
proof:
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Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 4:45 pm
by Mike
Why bring up the V55 unless you've played both?
the V55 has a gorgeous clean channel, I've played a Valve Jnr and if this is anything like it, then it's not going to be anywhere near as nice sounding clean.
Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 5:45 pm
by cobascis
Mike wrote:Why bring up the V55 unless you've played both?
the V55 has a gorgeous clean channel, I've played a Valve Jnr and if this is anything like it, then it's not going to be anywhere near as nice sounding clean.
+1
I've owned a Valve Jr and a V55. Though you cant really compare the clean on these, because the Valve Jr, simply doesn't have a clean sound, it breaks up at about 9 O'clock. V55 is gorgeous clean, and for dirt I have pedals.
Only problem I've had with the Bugera is finding a 1x12 big enough for it..
Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 6:00 pm
by laterallateral
That video review has left me VERY unimpressed.
This might have to do with the shit out of tune playing and bad recording but it seemed none of the settings really changed much and the amp's basic voicing sounded pretty unappealing to me.
"Top of the mountain"? Um... OK...
Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 1:35 pm
by kypdurron
laterallateral wrote:That video review has left me VERY unimpressed.
This might have to do with the shit out of tune playing and bad recording but it seemed none of the settings really changed much and the amp's basic voicing sounded pretty unappealing to me.
+1, sounds not like a "must-have". I don't think it's the recording quality though.
Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2010 3:09 pm
by jeff
Sorry to dig up an old thread, but has anyone actually played through a Valve Senior yet? I've been looking around, and no one seems to have it in stock. The reviews I've read have been positive, except that some people don't like the reverb. I was thinking about getting a Blues Jr., but I'm trying to hold out until I can A/B it against one of these.
