Victoria Ivy League Combo Amp

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In this video Guitar World's gear editor Paul Riario demonstrates the features of the Victoria Ivy League combo amp.

[@smacman68]

This is a reproduction of the Fender Harvard Tweed. That amp goes for around $1700 on Ebay. The Victoria is around $1650, so I wouldn't say it's a cheap copy, just a copy. From what I hear from this video, I like a lot. Vintage Fenders are hard to come by, and if you do manage to get one. The condition will not be close to this amp. The Victoria is brand new with the same vibe. Gotta love that!

[@Spoon26]

Hey I'm Paul from Guitar World, and what the hell is a single coil?!?!

[@JimmyPage968]

@Zagorulez That's the point, the founder of Victoria amps wanted a true 50's Fender style amp. He's reverse engineered the old fender amps to get the most authentic looks, feel, and sound.

[@Strateuphoria]

Victoria amps have been around for quite a while now, building accurate replicas of vintage fender amps

[@glassslide]

How do you not at some point play a Tele and Strat through this amp??

[@soofitnsexy]

+glassslide he doesn't know what that is.

[@asparagusbear3323]

Use a Tele with this amp, dude!!!!

[@smacman68]

Sounds great. Lots of tone and character. Paul really likes that Taylor. So do I.

[@LordOfThisWorld74]

One of the best tones Paul has had.

[@smacman68]

@beaster09 It is. It's a repo of a 1958 Fender Harvard Tweed. Cost $1600.

[@tommc49]

A Harvard demo with humbuckers? You did a good job demoing the sounds but you really should use a Tele or Strat with this amp.

[@sixxthunderbird]

@kakabulle243 He can't actually play any riffs from bands due to copyright laws, so he usually will try to play something similar. He isn't using any signature gear though which is when he'd make an attempt at that.

[@smacman68]

@Zagorulez It is. It's a repo of a 1958 Fender Harvard Tweed. Cost $1600.

[@MikefromMesia]

Wow thats the most decent clean tone ive ever heard Paul dial in! Usually hes either this lame twanky flub clean, or balls out crappy distortion- but i gotta say theres actually some good tone in this vid- Good job, Great amp-

[@mikeflores625]

OMG! The tone is like no other!😳

[@usfenderfsdlx]

the tone he stuck with sounded like it was in the next room over and behind a mattress. killer.

[@RandomGuitarist96]

I wish he would say the cost of the equipment that he reviews.

[@rokkebill]

Why on earth would you wan´t to have tons of reverb AND echo on a guitar amp test. At least turn it off a couple of times. I could understand some subtle reverb.

[@AllenK17]

@StainIessChina gotta agree with you there, I'm a die hard fender amp user, thats the only overdrive I like, just the right amount of midrange and crunch, without being to thin that it doesn't bite

[@louis.manteau.guitars]

How many does Taylor pay you for playing on this guitar ??

[@Mikejostar]

That cable in the amp is a Dimarrzio Yngwie Malmsteen signature Cable

[@NuckChorris81]

My Carvin X100-B has one of the best clean channels to be had in any amp. Not to mention the crunch channel screams. Steve Vai used a X100-B to record Blue Powder.

[@AldrichAlvarez]

does he use a reverb???or is it the amp?..its not dry sounding...or maybe the OD he used?

[@psychedelic-rock]

Nice crunch tone, I like it very much.

[@intwernet]

What's up with the transitions?

[@glassslide]

And maybe its the you tube compressed sound but I fail to see how this amp is as good (let alone better as some claim) than the recent Fender reissues like the '57 Bandmaster.

[@davebertoletti]

Very effective review!

[@williamgag]

is it an expensive amp ?

[@SeeMick1]

@RandomGuitarist96 Is it really so hard to google it?

[@ESPaxePLAYER]

It would be much more helpful to review pedals and amps using standard well known guitars (les pauls, stratocasters, telecasters, etc.), so we can actually tell the difference in tone.

[@louis.manteau.guitars]

@lighteningboy not yet ! :) If I find one I'll try it !

[@FCValle]

omg...themic is right in the middle of the speaker....so im assuming this amp has a bad treble...

[@ricardoservo]

@vileguile4 the thing is that he allways says the guitar he has now, and before that was a rare thing to do...and he normaly uses a epiphone les paul and not a gibson

[@kakabulle243]

why didn't you play any Zeppelin?

[@SoilPicks]

@216trixie He uses it in nearly every video but you dont get any idea how it sounds with a strat or les paul

[@Ekis86]

I never heard anyone complaining about that stratish guitar he used before... give that tayor a rest..

[@vwjodyme]

he goes through phases with guitars...a few months back everything was demo'd on the black charvel, now it's the taylor

[@paulblanchet542]

Actually, many players use humbuckers with these smaller tweed amps.

[@Rafterman123]

@metalwillhatecrew Yea I like a bit brighter tones with a little crunch too, but this makes a nice change to Paul's usual twangtasticness

[@LarryRickenbacker]

At the risk of sounding unappreciative of Paul's efforts, it'd have been fun to hear some slightly overdriven chords, a'la Keith Richards. Still, I enjoyed the review.

[@TheGuitarGuy555]

is the mic a shure sm57?

[@ihatebobsaget1989]

the best sounding solid state amp out there is the tech 21 trademark series.

[@vileguile4]

@RandomGuitarist96 Suck you cant google it in one minute, right?

[@mariokris22]

he really likes that guitar

[@eyesonmedia]

@cochomotion Agreed. I want a reference point, not a demonstration for someone's personal tastes.

[@glassslide]

This is based off an amp that is/was known for classic tones that were achieved primarily with a telecaster/strat/Les Paul/Gretsch/335 so why not use something along those lines as opposed to a great acoustic guitar company's take on a PRS? smh

[@aldricsuan]

that sounds amazing

[@mesa401]

Hay Paul! It's mesa401 from youtube.

[@nocaster52]

that guy can shred!

[@thepepper5093]

"_definitely_ check it out." Paul, this is becoming your catch phrase. I'm still twitching from all the catch phrases of the 80's. Why must you do this to me? WHY?!?! *twitch*

[@antihax91]

@FuneralFragz It's not his fault you can't keep your eyes off his chest.

[@aleksihakli]

@scarparkm3 yeah, cheap is what I'd describe it as, too.

[@kellygrant3074]

SF Champ with a 2-10 cab has this beat.

[@holmes1978]

Paul's great !!!

[@lighteningboy]

@LoULoU60500C Have you played one? They are pretty awesome. But yeah, I've noticed the trend too :)

[@passion_flora]

@jkainsworth I understand how you feel, but a lot of people use taylor electrics, they're really versatile guitars, believe it or not. On top of that, they just started releasing them a few years ago. Times are different, they don't get the same commercial success because they aren't doing anything groundbreaking like what leo did years ago with the electric bass and telecaster. and just for the record, I'm not being needy. Someone made an ignorant comment, so I made an informed reply.

[@bentackett6299]

A Taylor??

[@dragz1224]

a price tag or something would be nice for these shows

[@chebrneck]

this was awhile ago but they're $2k now

[@pappyodanial]

I should have known this was a demo of Paul's mouth.

[@Macsk8ing]

I love tube's amp crunchy drive. :) But I love thrash metal sound more.

[@primusdude87]

@LoULoU60500C You ever think that he just likes playing the guitar?

[@216trixie]

@SoilPicks Gotcha.

[@timijai22]

I'll stick to my original '75 Fender Super Reverb, thanks Paul

[@boynamedlen]

@LoULoU60500C None the less (or is it nonetheless??), it's a beauty!

[@afms93]

@LfunkeyA I'm just saying that because it has few views and comments...

[@primusdude87]

@TheGuitarGuy555 Yes.

[@louis.manteau.guitars]

@yekshemesh4alig yeah maybe, but, Paul makes some publicity for this guitar no ? However I don't say it's not a good guitar ! :)

[@unrulyguitarist]

@swapert22 Oh yeah. It's got easy controls... and diodes and shit.

[@ShSwStudios]

lol^^ The Tone knob is just a condenser-low-pass filter I think. You've got at least one of these on your electric-guitar o.o So why the hell do you need one on the amp? PS.: Fender Champ etc. sounds way better to me. But no one can beat that Mesa/Boogie Mark Custom Amps IMHO :D

[@dumbletone]

Wonder how it would sound with a real guitar..

[@merseybeat1963]

Taylor electric guitars for what you already have Carvin : /

[@619aarneshrio]

@LoULoU60500C yeah good question

[@Ekis86]

endorsementwise that is..

[@jtxp93]

"GUITAR WORLD" sponsored by Taylor Guitars!!

[@DanSHREDSlife]

@smacman68 He's playing that Taylor because they're probably getting payed to advertise it. Just saying...

[@marg0507]

Why add Reverb man?

[@RandomGuitarist96]

@smacman68 He's being paid to promote Taylor, judging from how he actually says what guitar it is. It is a pretty nice looking guitar though.

[@IrishRocker7710]

@rockerdude29 I agree

[@snörre23]

Sorry to add one more: real bad demo, choice of guitars, the Harvard was Steve Croppers amp so why not use a Tele and play some of his licks, using some new Heavy Metal Style guitar and play some chords and then some more power chords doesnt do that amp justice.

[@akronko]

try it with a 7 strings

[@passion_flora]

@jkainsworth no name? you've never heard of taylor guitars? how can you even call yourself a guitar player? and just because the name Fender or Gibson or Ibanez isn't stamped on the headstock doesn't mean it doesn't have feel or tone.

[@boynamedlen]

@LoULoU60500C Either that or he just favor this one. Probably does get paid for it though.

[@PJyrstinkangas]

@LoULoU60500C Y u no speak good engrish?

[@Zagorulez]

It totally looks like a Fender amp

[@DeadlyVisionsx]

The crunch sounds like some judas priest.

[@ApathethicJustice]

you cant tell he is not reading....... right

[@dacrowster]

I throw you 20 bucks for the barber

[@passion_flora]

@jkainsworth first of all, this username is old. being a long time musician, I have nothing but respect for the genre, despite it not being my favorite. second, yes, that comment was ignorant. calling a taylor a "no name guitar" is like calling a stradivarius a knock off. ask ANY informed guitar player in the world and they'll recognize the name taylor and their tone. have you ever played or heard on of these in person? third, I CAN COUNT. ignoramuses are ignoramuses at any time or place.

[@louis.manteau.guitars]

ah ah, They have deleted my comment where I saied that they were paied by taylor... Nice men ! ;)

[@PedroThomaz]

I hate that Taylor :\

[@SavageGrace89]

that guitar is sexy

[@CLBiggs1]

@TheBANDEMIC No.

[@lilhendrix1106]

2:01 Paul farts

[@solunasunrise]

@RandomGuitarist96 Sky high i guess !!! thats why they never say it

[@vileguile4]

When he used a les paul no one asked how much gibson payed him ......... How much does gibson pay you to ask this? :p

[@RaJuRMusica]

.......and distortion.....wait for it......LOL

[@pacmansband]

@lilhendrix1106 hahaha X)

[@swapert22]

$1,695.00 for this???

[@MultiCatfish101]

2;01 i think he burped...

[@2smokesnifer]

i think i like my class 5 better

[@Akira161]

looks like a Fender Amp.... just sayin'