DOES THIS PEDAL AMP SOUND LIKE A PLEXI? Victory SHERIFF V4 AMP

[@scoutrifle6827]

Still can't get over how every demo includes a fully realized, perfectly produced song....the level of creativity you bring to this stuff is just insane, Pete, not to mention the stunning playing.

[@BenEller]

DANG, that sounds KILLER!! This seems like such a great gigging tool!

[@dalton7145]

let's hear ya demo one Uncle Ben!

[@peteincanada8412]

What a time to be a guitar player. We are lucky to have such amazing innovation

[@slickcross]

My LORD!!!! Pete just keeps getting better and better! These tones are amazing! I have a Victory V40 amp and love it! Now I’m considering getting these pedal amps!

[@stefanbukcev2249]

I've got a v40, and I run the v4 preamp version of the sheriff into it 4 cable method. It gives me 3 awesome channels of goodness.

[@slickcross]

@@stefanbukcev2249 Interesting. I might try that.

[@andresacuna6808]

Same!!!

[@kevinmorris7722]

Oh Pete, I had to watch the intro a few times again before the rest. So so good. Awesome to see.

[@truthfactreality6814]

We have the tech now to get rid of these heavy ancient amps. Just look at what thomas blug has done with the amp 1 (various editions). And his amp x is out this namm show. Pete please check his stuff out on the channel. It’s incredible

[@ianmartens5286]

Definitely better than a Kemper in my opinion. Tube amp that doesn’t break your back running into a P.A. Or a cab. What more would you need. Awesome playing as always! Go Oilers!!

[@Se7s95]

There’s no comparison whatsoever. Much, much better than a Kemper.

[@Ruefus]

What a horrible comparison. It's not even apples to oranges. More like asking "What's better? Apples or.....fish?" Two devices answering very different questions. Break your back? A Kemper? .......since when?

[@MickH60]

@@Ruefus Re read mate, "A tube amp that doesn't break your back", is a reference to a full tube amp setup, big and heavy, Kemper's ain't tube amps either..

[@Ruefus]

@@MickH60 True....but the comparison is still terrible.

[@adamswanson8216]

The comparison is definitely terrible. I will say this though I have the pedal myself and I’ve used it on better than 35 or 40 gigs it has not failed me or disappointed me in anyway it’s performance has been outstandingly. Incredible to tell you the truth I invested in the hundred watt, super sheriff, and have use this pedal more than the hand wired amp, just easier throw it in a bag and go with the 212 Friedman cab and you’re on the run man it’s fantastic go 16 homes you can go ahead room to Bedroom because you have master volumes over everything. The tone automatically adjusts I mean it’s fucking incredible. 11:10 11:12

[@laodamasdimopoulos2655]

This guy is my favourite guitar player. Its insane how he makes the guitar sing. The phrasing , the vibratos, the tones, the bends, the whammy use, everything is integrated into a super thrilling musical experience. And he does so with a simplistic style, so that you think its easy to just grab your guitar and play like that and have fun. Too bad you end up sounding like your fingers have depression.

[@jwstout007]

Everyone is smitten over the playing, but y’all haven’t even touched on the VO ability! I bet Pete could have a talk show & save terrestrial radio with his voice alone! Great playing, and vocal timbre to match Pete!

[@PeteThorn]

Hey thanks!

[@palmortenlein3152]

As usual ......splended guitar playing, and I love the way you present and compose your demo.... Stay on the good work, and take care.....

[@DavidLee07]

Come for the amp pedal, stay to watch Pete's licks for inspiration. Very nice!

[@matthewbehrle4428]

I personally am becoming one of those guys with a pedalboard the size of an aircraft carrier and these V4 amps are a LIFE SAVER! For those who don’t know Victory offers the powered V4 that’s basically a full fledge amp and then the V4 preamps that you can set up to “slave” an amp. You can combine these and admittedly it’s a little janky but if you ask victory they’ll say you can set up up so you have 3 V4 amps on one board WITH an effects loop (1 powered amp, 2 preamps that slave the main powered amp). These are huge but honestly for me having every single effect I could ever want with 6 amp channels that are tube based is AMAZING and I would recommend doing this to ANYONE if you can afford it and deal with the mental gymnastics you’ll need to do to set it up LMAO!

[@sbenson76]

Hi Matthew! Are you saying you can buy one of the Sheriff V4 amp pedals and then daisy chain to the Sheriff one of the cheaper PREAMP pedals like the Duchess and Cooper? This is so that you don't have to buy the V4 Duchess and V4 Cooper? You wrote: "if you ask victory they’ll say you can set up up so you have 3 V4 amps on one board" Do you mean you can have one V4 amp and 2 of the preamps pedals?

[@matthewbehrle4428]

@@sbenson76 Hey man, I said you can run 3 amps V4 amps on the board because as I understood it at the time the whole line was called V4. What I was referring to was having one of the big V4 pedal sized amps and 2 V4 preamps. This was originally my plan because as I saw it the Victory Duchess, Kraken, and Sherif would cover everything that I wanted to do musically but this changed and now I’m running a Quad Cortex rig. But I still think the V4 rig could work out really well if that’s the thing you’re looking for with the built in Two Notes tech and just general variety in tone, although it’ll work out to be just as expensive as a Quad Cortex or helix so buyer beware.

[@sbenson76]

@@matthewbehrle4428 Ah, got it. Thanks for the info! Much appreciated!

[@tmitz73]

What an awesome Little Amp!!! Great tones, amazing playing and a fantastic deep demo!! Keep on Rockin' Pete, thanks for all the amazing and inspiring music and content!

[@orryfishburne5326]

I definitely think Victory knocked it out of the park with their entire expanse of the V4 Amp Series

[@anderaparicio9748]

The solo for the intro is EPIC!!

[@PeteThorn]

Thanks!

[@kylesmith5893]

mine comes in tomorrow. been waiting for almost 3 weeks for victory to get them into Sweetwater. arrives tomorrow so this video was perfectly timed hype for me. Thank you Pete!

[@teknical100]

I'm pretty sure you could get a pot of yoghurt to sound like a plexi. Excellent as ever Pete.

[@jacquesbureau5294]

Not only a good demo but a good course on how to use these tools!

[@johndeschain2156]

The neck p/u is killer sounding. The Victory stuff is cool.

[@Terrysoddy]

Very good demo of this pedal, very thorough and in depth

[@AndrewMooreLearningLicks]

Great review Pete. I had The Copper V4 Preamp and it was fantastic but the only let down was the 'Shared EQ' so I had to put little dot stickers on the dials as markers for the two different channels, not great for Live, switching I had to bend down then tweak and can't really do that during a song so it's kinda useless unless your happy with a setting on the clean that works with the Drive, in my case it didn't. Keep rocking Pete.

[@mortonwilson795]

Wow - great in-depth review, great playing - thanks! I just bought 'The Copper' from Victory - leans towards Vox Brit sound. These are really beautifully thought out pedal / amps.

[@Fugettaboutit]

Kind of sounds like you go from a Plexi/Super Lead to a JCM 800. Really cool, amazing what's coming out these days, seems like a real valuable asset in the studio. Edit: Ha! 9:40 you essentially said the same. Nice.

[@jonathanmoran3512]

Love it! Such a sucker for the vintage Plexi/JMP tone!

[@truthfactreality6814]

I tried this amp the other day. Absolutely blew me away

[@BadChizzle]

Pete… stop being such a badass! I know it’s about the box… but seriously, your guitar work should be asked for by anyone who knows things, and can afford you! Respect, Chuk

[@randygomez9595]

"Some of you have pedal boards the size of aircraft carriers." Pete Thorn keeping it real 🤣

[@kxmrock]

Great Tip on The MIC's with The Two Notes at End Of Vid

[@jegl1012]

Great video…worth mentioning that all V4s ship with a bunch of Victory IRs which should cover most players needs

[@Paul-D]

You made that sound incredible tbf. Your demos are some of the best ive seen

[@samuelxavier2473]

Stellar playing, great sounds. A class act all round.

[@PeteThorn]

Thank you!

[@waleedelmughrabi6292]

As said in previous comments, really good presentation in your reviews. It's always a pleasure to watch. Thanks Pete :)

[@TheKissarmygeneral]

Damn you're a good player. The solo in your intro today is unreal. Thanks Pete

[@DizzyKrissi]

I was looking for more demos from exact this pedal and today my wish came true - thanks. BTW: superb playing.

[@BenBreard]

Awesome video! At first I didn't understand the loop. But it makes perfect sense given the 2notes stuff and that you can run to a cab. Shrug. It's a Monday.

[@stevengoodman3498]

Kick ass playing Pete! Great demo of this fine unit. Thanks

[@dfkuipers]

Wow! great playing again. This sound, suits you really well!

[@johnnytruck2009]

Minga! That's one heck of a pedal. Great job Pete!

[@rhendrickson886]

Great inventive and creative playing and great tone as well from the pedal, Pete. Fantastic.

[@blikketty77]

that little bit from 00:20 to 00:34 sounds a lot like Big Wreck. Nice demo! Great tones great playing, great hearing you play.

[@omnaraiya]

Pete never disappoints. These pedalboard amps keep improving.

[@tonedriverss8629]

Absolute winner piece of gear . Sounds superb . Small box , big stuff .

[@christopherreeves5272]

The main difference(wich I have not heard yet) is the Valve Response Circuit that the cab m does not have. It is supposed to mimic (analog) a tube power section response as a posed to a more quick and sharp class d section

[@petaralargic]

great demo, great unit... real cab sounds so much more interesting than the IR (yeah, different so hard to compare..but initial impression is just- better..)

[@RobertJSedky]

Wow phenomenal presentation playing and tones! 🙌🏼🔥🎸

[@PeteThorn]

Thanks!

[@BadCat1990]

Man that thing sounds great. I really want one now. First channel sound like a Plexi and that second channel reminds reminds me of that BE sound.

[@allendean9807]

The beginning of that solo had a little chromatic thing that just hit me right in my ear holes! Super sweet, as always, PT

[@thevelointhevale1132]

Great playing Pete ... absolutely LOVE Victory amps ...

[@MRxr400]

sounds amazing under your fingers Pete

[@PDXguitarfreak]

Wow, very nice!

[@craiger2399]

OMG that intro! Damn dude, you are amazing!

[@PeteThorn]

Hey thanks!

[@nilesanders5110]

Why do I love it when the mids are pushing the preamp tubes.

[@nilesanders5110]

I formally (70s) would take a (vintage 70s) mxr 10 band graphic eq and use it to hit the front end of my (vintage mid 70s) 50 watt Marshall and it was the sound to die for. I would push up the mids and round off the high and low. It functioned as a tunable overdrive. I would get lots of od sounds folks pay much more for now.

[@srh361]

Great demo Pete! I love Victory amps!

[@markaustin3959]

Damn Pete... Solid soloing brother

[@sebastionhawk5565]

Excellent pedal amp; wonderful video. Thanks!

[@scottyruss1990]

So good! Waiting on mine, to hopefully be used as the perfect fly rig! Pedal board is just waiting for this to be added

[@funfreq9282]

Another great demo with a useful pedal!

[@realreally5927]

Would love to know if it cleans up when you back on your volume knob? Great job Pete as always !!

[@TheEfetzis]

Such a great review! Please do the same with the Jack model, it has sort of a Soldano flavor

[@GonzGunner]

Another great video, Pete! Your sense of humor cracks me up! "Some of you have pedalboards the size of aircraft carriers" ROTFLMAO! Ain't that the truth! A drummer friend of mine, the guitarist in one of the bands he's in has one that is 3' X 4', he's jammed 24 pedals on that damned thing! That being the case, he would LOVE the Victory Sheriff, and yes, he's got room on his "aircraft carrier" for it! 🤣🤣

[@tcoxy]

Killer tones and one of your most ripping EVH inspired leads yet!

[@ashha-shamaim5293]

If Martin Kidd voiced this to sound like a Plexi, my guess would be that it's going to sound like a Plexi on steroids. Victory rocks.

[@robertkidd6270]

I that the guy who designed the flexy 50? Or the Cornford guy?

[@tonystartup3817]

@@robertkidd6270 MK50 (Martin Kidd 50) and yes, Cornford

[@ashha-shamaim5293]

@@robertkidd6270, Martin Kidd was head designer at Cornford. He's now head designer at Victory, which I think is also his own company. In between Cornford and Victory, he was responsible for designing and/or modding some of the amps in the Jet City range. Quite a track record. I picked up a Victory Countess Mk I recently. That was designed by Kidd as a cabin-friendly head for Guthrie Govan when he's travelling light. Looks tiny, sound huge. It's quite a beast.

[@robertkidd6270]

@@ashha-shamaim5293 thanks for the info ...I'd like to try some of them too.

[@riheg]

Sounds great. I can definitely see a use for this

[@Hushman61]

The sound on the Hot Rod channel reminds me of the old Lee Jackson GP1000 (that P.Gilbert used if I'm correct) ! Nice demo as usual, nice job Pete ! Could you make a video demo of your Divided by 13 amp ?

[@Ryan-Hall]

A lot to take in! But a hell of a combo Amp just need speakers & it can go right into Record & plug in's n 2notes, & really not a bad price & Tubes on board Kool package deal,

[@pawelos4rpg]

Awesome playing and sound!

[@stevealdridge6911]

I had the preamp version of this and had to send it back FWIW. The selling point for that was its routing options into the front of the amp and the FX loop was a good idea but did not work at all well in practice for the gear that I owned (various UK made, hand wired amps as well as testing it out on a couple of DV Marks which were modelling/solid state/tube preamp affairs. The biggest problems I had were the differences between the two channels and the fact that the pedal was unable to drive the FX loop properly with what I had. To be fair to the manufacturers, they acknowledge this but it seemed a bit odd to me. This configuration makes more sense. Anyone wanting to try out the preamp version will definitely have to give it a few days testing out with their own kit.

[@asnark7115]

Sounds like you already had your bases covered with hand-wired UK amps and solid state modelers?

[@stevealdridge6911]

@@asnark7115 In my case, that's how it turned out but like a lot of people, I keep trying various bits of kit to see if I get a better result. Most of the time, I test out second hand stuff that can be sold for what I bought it for so no real problem. The Multiamp is something that's run its course for me. Portability was its attraction but I ended up going back to the valve amps but then, back comes the heavy lifting.

[@allpdmusic]

Great video Pete!

[@resington]

Dayum Pete. Always bringing A game tunes.

[@j.boogie1646]

Awesome demo !!!!

[@TheCjbowman]

Wow - really loved those solos! 🤘😁

[@PeteThorn]

Thanks!

[@OzziePete1]

02:50 The Edge: "TWO Aircraft Carriers, thanx!"

[@km4ryi270]

That thing needs its own board, it's gigantic!

[@Squidz66]

Honestly Pete, always watch for your playing and writing, regardless of what it is. If every manufacturer sent you everything, then everyone would own everything. 😁

[@kichoforrest]

Great vid Pete

[@sgtwurstmesser]

Pete, you can make ANYTHING sound good - Great playing. Still getting pedal vibes from the Sheriff, though.

[@gmscot]

Yeh, sometimes that’s the problem.

[@kcampbell4098]

REALLY DIG YOUR BREAK INTO THE DORIAN AND MIXOLIDIAN, great sounds..... oB

[@jcwear89]

Sounds fantastic!!!

[@peterschaefer1665]

Sounds killa!

[@Panhead49EL]

Reminds me of the Gjika Mini-Amp (1 el84 & a 12ax7), but juiced up and modern features.

[@fantomas9240]

As usual, greta content Pete ! No clean sound possible ?

[@guitarandmore69]

I don't know if that's a noise gate you got slamming shut on the first rhythm or just some really tight playing/muting but it doesn't sound natural. I kinda like it though.

[@bluesauthority]

Hey Pete, that was the evh elephant at 6.25min!

[@grippin762]

This melted my face off.

[@hyperactivists9390]

wow very interesting demo thanks

[@Tanax13]

Hey Pete! How would you compare the Sheriff to your recently reviewed Bad Cat Hot Cat? You compared both of them to a Plexi so they feel like they're similar, but it's somewhat difficult to hear the nuances of the differences over KZbin. Thanks!

[@DatsunMan80]

Pete’s so talented that he can have a haircut between video takes and no-one notices...

[@Ewald_93]

Please check also the Bluguitar Amp1 Mercury. It’s an awesome unit!

[@tonefreak3403]

Great intro!🤘

[@PhpGtr]

And here I am, bemoaning the fact that I can't bring my GK 250ML to a gig anymore and plug it into my 2x12. I think I have found its replacement!

[@srdjanbosnjak7413]

Intro song made me fasten my seat belt!!

[@imannonymous7707]

Im curious for sure, one things certain. Pete will wind the perfect aplication for it

[@BigMateo24]

I'm all for these preamp/amp in a box type pedals, but I do wish these could have been made available in a rack mount format also.

[@stefanbukcev2249]

I run a v4 sherrif, copper, and countess into a loop switcher that outputs to a two notes cabM. That feeds direct into my soundcard. Works perfect. All of the v4's sit on a sliding rack shelf.

[@tpherndon]

Pete, wonderful playing! Did you do any experimentation to see how the Vintage channel cleans up at lower gain settings?

[@axessmario2052]

OT - can you provide info on ur studio chair? I’m looking for a new chair and yours looks great! Also, great vid, love Victory’s amps.

[@onesandzeros]

It's an Ikea JÄRVFJÄLLET. I have one too. As far as I can tell it doesn't make you play like Pete. Very unfortunate.

[@TavaresProject]

Wow. What a great song and stellar soloing! Great tones all around. Is this loud enough to play with a drummer?

[@michaeltaylors2456]

Over a hundred eighty watts, ought to be 🤔

[@TavaresProject]

@@michaeltaylors2456 at 4 ohms... But when talking about a tube amp or a solid state amp, they never come close when it comes to loudness... My 100watt rockman xp100(100wattts) was barely loud enough with a drummer... A PT 15.. no problem.

[@MechaSixVII]

That solo sounded like a harder hitting version of Ghost. Damn!

[@trentwaterman7049]

TONE and PLAYING!!

[@kevinconnor9414]

“ Some of you have pedalboards the size of aircraft carriers “” ha ha classic Pete !!

[@d.a.t.4699]

What's the dc resistance on those pickups pete, will help me understand how my guitar will react to the sherrif..I'm using seymour pearly gates in the guitars..8..3 dc resistance they say.