Heritage Victory owners

[riffmeister]

Couple of questions about the combo (single channel) version.

How much headroom? Does it have a tube or SS rectifier? Is the low end loose or tight? How do you like the mid focus control?

Thanks!

[gregory70]

Originally Posted by riffmeister

How much headroom? Does it have a tube or SS rectifier? Is the low end loose or tight? How do you like the mid focus control?

Quite a bit more than you'd expect. In fact, if I had one gripe it's that I wish it had a bit less headroom or a higher gain input. This amp sounds huge for a 1X12!

Tube rectifier.

Tighter low end. Stays pretty focused at higher volumes... much moreso than a DRRI - not woofy at all.

[hawkeyeinexile]

the ones i played @ CB Perkins in San Jose seemed to have surprising amounts of headroom and low end. i really dug the reverb, too. opted for the head, because of this&that (FX loop instead of reverb, terrific master vol, etc.) (& i already had grab&go amps). the Focus control is great. i love mids, tend to boost & never scoop, so it really adds to the mid and treble controls. plus the package feels about 10 lbs lighter than listed. great amp.

[riffmeister]

I'll have a combo in a couple of days.......sounds like a very cool amp for my style. Looking forward to giving it a whirl!

Although, it is going to be very hard to dethrone the Tone King, methinks.

[gregory70]

I think the Heritage amps are absolutely fantastic. Incidentally, I compared the Victory to a Carr Rambler the other day... IMO, there was no comparison... at half the price the Victory absolutely blew the Rambler away. EVeryone in the shop agreed.

[wordsonyou]

Just picked up a victory head in trade. To say I am blown away would be an understatement. One of the nicest clean tones I have heard period - balanced, sparkly, as big as you need it to be, and clean without being too prissy, and when hotrodding it with the effects loop "trick" the high gain tones are simply earth shattering. I really wasn't expecting to love this amp this much but dang if this isn't the biggest surprise I have had in years. Why aren't more people talking about these amps...and if they are why aren't they shouting out loud about how killer they are...the best tele tones I have heard in 15 years! Wow! And so much tone shaping abilities between the cut, treble, 3 way brite switch and bass, middle, and focus knobs on ch.1 and the tone control on channel 2. Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[riffmeister]

I have heard from several folks here on TGP with good ears that the Victory head is a super duper amp.

[hawkeyeinexile]

Originally Posted by wordsonyou

...Why aren't more people talking about these amps...and if they are why aren't they shouting out loud about how killer they are...the best tele tones I have heard in 15 years! Wow! ...

http://www.thegearpage.net/board/sho...d.php?t=145692

and, hey, it's not just for teles anymore...

[Sunil]

My Victory combo, which I got on eBay last week at a great price, was delivered today. Woo hoo!

I wanted a grab-and-go amp as well as something I could use at home rather than my Custom Audio OD100 (so I can save the latter's tube life for gigs and recording sessions). The Victory is a wonderful amp! Very big sounding 1x12 combo, really sweet reverb, and plenty of clean headroom. I agree with Gregory70 that it may actually have too much clean headroom. Nevertheless, it takes really well to pedals. With reverb at 9:00 and some nice delay, you get lush 3D ambience. Bass is beautifully round, not a hint of flab anywhere. My semi-hollow sounds awesome through it. I like it better than my Bogner Shiva combo, which will soon go up for sale. I don't feel like playing through the Victory is at all a come-down from the OD100.

It is indeed remarkable that more people haven't heard of the Heritage amp line. . . . which probably makes it a great time to get one at a good price. I wish it had an effects loop since I hate running delays through the front of the amp, but not a biggie. The tube biasing feature is a major plus. But best of all, this combo is really light, which my lousy back will really appreciate.

Kudos to Heritage!

-- Sunil

[gregory70]

PaulC helped me (over the phone) do a quick mod to my Victory to increase the gain a bit. I only eletrocuted myself twice (I'm not joking). It's a subtle, but noticeable difference. I actually added a switch to turn this higher gain mode on and off.

I will continue to endorse these Heritage amps. I haven't found anything that compares, even more expensive amps.

[hawkeyeinexile]

the Victory head has two channels, master volume (so, less headroom when you want that), and an effects loop (so, there's yer reverb & delay, etc. stuff)

[Sunil]

[quote=gregory70] I only eletrocuted myself twice (I'm not joking). It's a subtle, but noticeable difference. quote]

What, your hair or the amp's?

-- Sunil

[gregory70]

[quote=Sunil]

Originally Posted by gregory70

I only eletrocuted myself twice (I'm not joking). It's a subtle, but noticeable difference. quote]

What, your hair or the amp's?

-- Sunil

It turns out capacitors hold a charge long after the amp is turned off - who knew?

[Sunil]

Have any of you good folks tried both the Heritage Patriot and Victory amps? If so, can you compare and contrast?

Thanks,

-- Sunil

[DreamTheaterRules]

what does one of these go for new, and how about used on ebay?