Victory V4 Amp Family Full Video with Chris Buck and Phil Short

[@wilmathewisp8252]

I recently purchased „The Jack“ This unit provides me with everything i need, live or studio … amazing peace of gear!!! Thanx ✌🏻

[@VictoryAmps]

Glad you are enjoying your amp!

[@ryuyamakawa4431]

Victory Amp should combine all the V4 Amps and create Mega V4 with 5 channels V4 amp.

[@colinparks619]

Yes yes yes

[@pigpenclymer6098]

Dreams are free

[@calebevans3690]

V20?

[@GillyAndMaeMae]

This is the ultimate idea

Perfect duo of demonstrators, Phil and Chris' styles really compliment each other and I love how they are both able to express themselves freely without interruption.

[@bessiebraveheart]

I'm a 77 yr old guitar player. I bought the Duchess, love it. I like the woman on the top, with the patch on her eye. Very fetching.

[@casmoestudio]

Hi guys! Just got my Copper yesterday. Great stuff, but you’d really mention or warn that the power section emulation comes disabled by default in all presets and you have to turn it on in the Two Notes app… when I first tried it just plugging the guitar and headphones just got a heart attack of how awful the tone was… thanks god I noted the above :-D

[@guitarsandsynths656]

Wow these look and sound amazing. Been looking for an ultra portable tube amp for 1x12 cab to carry places easily. These seem to be the best of the bunch right now.

[@tjdultra6982]

This is perfect! I'm coming from a Quilter Class D solid state and looking for "tube-IR cab" versatile amp. This is similar to the REVV D20 amps but with specific characters/family. I'm gonna save up for The Jack! Thanks Victory Amps! Greetings from Canada 🇨🇦

[@colinparks619]

That copper clean is unreal, so much vox influence with cornford underpinnings

[@orryfishburne5326]

I want to create a Wet/dry/wet rig with your V4 amps sooooo bad! I’m really excited u guys are making more of them

[@dddd717]

I know that the kraken v4 preamp needs a phase inverter as both channels are out of phase with each other…just a note

[@1969RestlessNative]

Dammit! Bought The Duchess V4. 2 months ago, The Copper V4. 4 months ago. Wish I’d known these were in the pipeline 😕

[@AndrewMooreLearningLicks]

Awesome work lads and all involved 👏🏼

[@gradeaclassholes7814]

I think the duchess sounds the best. I can’t deny it haha

[@rigorhead01]

Such a great video! This is a product that I can see everyone having a use for. Stage, studio, practice, silent recording, you-name-it one of these can do it. Just pick your flavor!

[@pronumeral1446]

Take a shot every time Chris Buck says "slightly" and you'll end up slightly dead.

[@tusharkakshapati7610]

I would like to hear more from the 1st channel of the kraken v4 as a pedal platform. How much headroom does it have for clean and sight crunch. How different pedals react to the clean channel.

[@OscarBenben]

Sick !! I think I need « the Jack » baby 🤟🏼😎

[@coreyclark6505]

Channel 1 on the Kraken is one of the most underestimated channels ever IMO. It’s ridiculously versatile.

[@kylesmith5893]

can the kraken do vintage classic rock tones? the kraken looks the coolest lol

[@coreyclark6505]

@@kylesmith5893 It does pushed / broken up cleans really well so I'd say yes. It's not going to sound like a JTM 45 necessarily, but I think it's quasi in the ball park. I held off on buying the Kraken for a really long time due to lack of a clean channel, and I've regretted it since I got one. It's an incredibly flexible amp minus the lack of reverb and spanky clean channel. As long as you have a reverb and no need for super clean cleans, you'll be all good.

[@kylesmith5893]

@@coreyclark6505 thinking of sherriff for cleans

[@LeMans512]

Great video, guys.

[@samiksax]

Why there's a digital thingy and the top end harshness going on in almost all videos i have seen and heard. The moment i switch to real amps the universe flourishes but sorry could you explain this is supposed to be real amps right? is it the recording or the converter thats not doing the right job ?

[@Tee-mq2zn]

These are fabulous amps and show just how far thinking Victory are. I've had a Duchess V40 for seven years and it's been great for gigging and rehearsing, and even though you can lower the output for home recording and practice I can see how one these new amps will be far more practical for silent or very low volume practicing and, importantly, recording especially with the two notes functionality. There's two questions for me: 1. Why no headphone out? 2. How reliable are Class D power amps? However, given the thought that Martin and his team put into their amps I'm sure there's a 100% genuine reason for this! I'm selling one of my other very good quality (won't name names as it's a very good amp) to buy one of these new Victory amps asap.

[@Tee-mq2zn]

Ps. just seen that there's a 3.5mm headphone out. My apologies, didn't notice it at first.

[@VictoryAmps]

Hi Tee, to answer your question, there are headphone outs on all the V4 amps in the range now. Just double check as the older V4 Duchess and V4 Kraken amps don't have them. In terms of Class D being reliable we extensively test each unit before it leaves the factory and during our R and D we rigorously test each part of our designs to make sure they are as reliable as possible. Thanks Victory

[@colinparks619]

Been gigging the kraken v4 around Europe, the tones are unmatched, sold my kempers and fractal units. Need a touch of improvement of durability though imo

[@rusty2830]

Are you using the old model or the vrc technology one? I'm about to tour with my kraken through Japan 🤘

[@robertauten4754]

Deciding between the jack and the duchess. How is the clean between these 2? I plan on making it a pedal platform but I do love the 2nd channel of the jack. If the cleans are similar and if the jack can take pedals like the duchess then I probably will get the jack.

[@TwoNotestv]

😍😍😍😍

[@FlyingCircusAct]

Lee Anderton owns a portion of Victory Amps.

[@dividedbytimestudios]

Quick question, the V4 amps vs Preamps, could I accomplish same thing with preamp and something like Orange pedal baby or Duncan Powerstage? That way I could buy two preamps to one V4 amp

[@johnwaller9399]

Yes, I have Kraken Preamp and Cooper, and plug that into the power amp in of my Katana Artist.

[@jorismak]

You would miss the VRC and two notes stuff , but to get it loud through a cab, yes that would work fine .

[@BigMateo24]

I wish it had stereo outs.

[@80shairmetalband]

Gain sounds great, but the highs sound tapered off. Maybe his settings, treble is lacking.

[@giovanigiorgos2955]

Nice tones...........what kind of Les Paul style guitar is that?

[@markstraub1879]

Hi Victory! I just got a kraken v4 and it has wayyyy too much gain for my needs especially the red channel (I play prog post rock). I'm wondering if the jack might be a better fit? Are there any metal/prog demos of the jack v4? Thanks.

[@tjnugent62]

Can you turn the V4 The Copper down to silent while recording?

[@crawltochina]

I have a V4 Copper at home right now. Running it through a 1x12 cab there is quite some noise and hiss without adding gain. It’s seems like it’s preamp noise. Also the FX Loop seems to pick up noise easily. Is this normal for this amp? Coming from a BliGuitar Amp1 I’m not used to this kind of noise level.

[@LeMans512]

I’ll take one of each.

[@jmtab]

Sounds great. About $1,000 USD.

[@Docsjeff]

I'm looking for a PSG amp.A player on the Steel Guitar Forum was talking about the Duchess Pedal model.

[@mikeyo3230]

Ok. I have found my next amp (Don’t tell my wife). Would the Sheriff work with my Egnater 1x 12 Rebel Cab or my 2 x 12 Tweaker Cab ?? TY

[@nomnom112]

How well does the jack take pedals?

[@michaelangeloh.5383]

Cool product, nutty price though. I mean, I'm not saying there isn't a lot in there, or even that it's not competitive with other complete amps. - But I'm going the route of a Victory pre-amp with a different power-amp, sorry. 🤷 I'm still a customer, so not sorry, but I can't do the whole package for like a thousand Euros and then not have the "modularity" of mixing and matching sections.

[@FakeGlasses]

I think this is a really interesting/promising format. I’d be drawn to the duchess normally but due diligence I’m curious does the Jack not have an all valve/tube preamp? What is the difference hardware wise between the two, or is it just voicing and the channels? Also what’s the difference between a V4 duchess and V40 or v100? Are the latter fully tube based? Thanks

[@VictoryAmps]

All the V4 amps have the same preamp valves, there is just different voicings and channel selection options for the different amps. The Jack has two channels and Duchess is single channel with a Tremolo. The V4 has 180 watt Class D power section, the V40 is a tube power amp design and is 40 Watts, the V140 is the same but 100 watts. Thanks

[@tubingforever]

How would the V4 Duchess handle clean sounds at home? Way too loud? Only want it for home playing through a cab and also DI recording

[@VictoryAmps]

It has a solid state power section, so you can use it at low volumes and it's fine. Thanks Victory

[@tubingforever]

@@VictoryAmps Really? Cool! Would this setup be cool? A Vertex SSS (dumble in a box pedal) into the V4 Duchess into a Victory 1x12? Does it take pedals well? Also, which cab would be best out of your cabs for great quality at low home levels?

[@VictoryAmps]

@@tubingforever We haven't been able to test every pedal with each amp but the V4 duchess is a clean style pedal platform, we would recommend the V112 Neo cabinet, this is good suit to the V4 Duchess amp. Thanks

[@tubingforever]

@@VictoryAmps I hear people rave about the copper pedal. But that’s less fender and more vox, right? Im a fender guy

[@danabiondo9243]

So do they have to be played through a Cabinet?

[@PantheonLincoln]

Got a question about these. I'm thinking of getting one, but am torn between two models - the Sheriff and the Copper. Could I buy one of these, and also get the V4 preamp pedal of the other, and use the same 4-cable method to get the tones I'd otherwise be missing? For example, buying the Sheriff model, then hooking up the Copper preamp pedal for those tones? I'm assuming the solid state power section on all these is the same...

[@VictoryAmps]

Yes, this would work perfectly, the solid state power section is the same. Adding a V4 preamp to the V4 amp setup is a great way to have an extra two channels! Thanks Victory

[@napalmhardcore]

On this particular video, I thought the IRs actually sounded better than the miked cab recording as they seemed a bit dark, like they were lacking presence (not sure if they were edge miked or if there was EQ applied in post). The Andertons recordings seemed quite bright (too bright for my taste). Rabea's demo has been the most flattering of the demos I've watched so far when it comes to miked cab sounds. Am I correct in thinking the vintage channel of the Sheriff has more clean headroom than the V4 preamp version did? I remember that it seemed to break up around 9 o'clock on most of the demos I saw, which didn't seem very much like a vintage Marshall to me. Perhaps I'm wrong, but it made me think of it as a less viable pedal platform.

[@VictoryAmps]

Yes the vintage channel has more clean on these versions.

[@LuizPiresGuitar]

Does Victory still sell the V4 mkI?

[@Escapism7133]

Anyone know if The Duchess V4 is based on The Duchess V30's Voice I or Voice II? Some fusion perhaps?

[@jarrahparry]

Only 45 watts with a 4x12 cab plugged in??

[@Roman_andtheprey]

I have a captor x. Can you swap out your cab sims and load then into the v4?

[@VictoryAmps]

hi Roman, Yes you're able to do this, the presets on the front wheel can be changed to whichever you like as well. Thanks Victory

[@russellkane9439]

please i do not understand the output of this amp.... he can go to PA system or through a Two Note Cab Simulator or even to a standard 16ohm cabinet?? is it correct??

[@VictoryAmps]

With the V4 amp you can use the XLR Output and the speaker output at the same time. The XLR output will have the TN cab sims on the output, the speaker output will not. Thanks Victory

[@yamilebutler]

These sound incredible! Will Victory make a standalone pedal-sized power amp with that new VRC feature? Something to compete with the Seymour Duncan powerstage would be awesome

[@orryfishburne5326]

Thats a good idea

[@Alphatrev]

I assume that the cab sims don't do anything when you run from the speaker output into a speaker cab? Is it safe to run into a small cab, say a 1x12 with a V30?

[@VictoryAmps]

The signal out of the speaker output has no cab sims on the output, with your cabinet, it depends on the impedance and the power rating of the cabinet. The V4 amps power is 180 watts into 4 ohms, approx 95 Watts into 8 Ohms and approx 45 watts into 16 Ohms Thanks Victory Amps

[@Yezu808]

Hi, Victory🤙 I play alot of genres of gigs from Rock to Reggae, Country to Contemporary.. Between The Jack clean, The Copper and The Duchess, which has the highest headroom? Which clean sound has the highest RMS?

[@VictoryAmps]

We would recommend either the Jack or the Duchess, the Duchess is a 50-60's clean style American style and takes pedal very well, so this would be our first choice. Thanks Victory

[@Yezu808]

Thanks, Victory. I got The Jack coming..😅

[@Yezu808]

Well, lemme start off by saying, what a GREAT PRODUCT!! The Jack is the BEST dual channel Floor amp that is Class D powered. I'll be registering mine soon! I got to try The Duchess as well and, yea, that is more Bassman-y with the sweet mids.. The Jack clean is a lil more hi-fi like, where its more even, eq-wise. Both have ample headroom and break up nicely. I'm having a hard time deciding whether or not I need to get The Duchess V4 as well, or just the pedal.. Gud Job Victory!😉🤘👍

[@scottmoreau5630]

Can you use the XlR out and the speaker out at the same time? I could see myself having a cabinet on stage for the sound/feel and an IR out front.

[@VictoryAmps]

Hi Scott, yes you can thanks Victory

[@Alphatrev]

So what happens if I run it into a Victory V112V 1 x 12" Cabinet? Will it be okay as long as I don't turn it up full, or will I blow the speaker anyway? Seems like a bit of an oversight to have this super portable amp that needs a huge speaker cabinet to run safely. Don't get me wrong, I am not trying to be overly critical. I already have a Victory Countess, but none of the reviews I have watched on these go into any detail on speaker cabinet requirements.

[@VictoryAmps]

That should be fine as the V112 V Cabinet has a power handling of 60 Watts and it would be run at 16 Ohms. If the cab you had was 8Ohm then you would need speakers with a higher power rating. Thanks Victory Amps

[@JJOhns-fy4tl]

These sound great. One question about the VRC: is ist located after the fx return, so it is still apparent when using e.g. a V4 Copper preamp with the V4 Sheriff amp?

[@VictoryAmps]

VRC is in the preamp circuit, thanks Victory

[@JJOhns-fy4tl]

@@VictoryAmps Thanks

[@juanguinea8752]

hello guys great videos can you please explain how can i make the conection inti my interface for recording

[@VictoryAmps]

You can connect the XLR cab sim out straight into you interface, this means you can use the onboard cab sims in your DAW, Thanks Victory

[@videostar80sduo24]

Probably been mentioned plenty of times, But can you run the DI Out without a load on the Speaker Out? I’m assuming you can, as there’s a headphone socket.

[@VictoryAmps]

Yes, you can use the XLR output and have no speaker attached. Thanks Victory

[@videostar80sduo24]

@@VictoryAmps Thanks. I’m picking one of these up later today. Been gigging with a Fractal Axe3, but find editing during gigs a bit tough. This looks like a dream come true for me.

[@Terrysoddy]

Dos it come loaded with presets in it

[@VictoryAmps]

Yes, there are 6 cab sim presets on the amps, each amp has a different set chosen by a specific artist. Thanks Victory

[@hankrocks7504]

Maybe this sounds like a novice question … so these run like amp heads? Like you can have it on your pedal board, plug your guitar. Pedals into it then right into a cab?

[@VictoryAmps]

Yes, they are amps, just in a portable lightweight package, so they can be used in a few different ways such as at home, for fly shows and gigging in general!

[@hankrocks7504]

@@VictoryAmps awesome! I’m leaning towards the jack as my choice

[@lewisratford2908]

The Ronseal Phrase

[@javest]

One question about the Sheriff. Could i have enough clean headroom with vintage channel at low gain? Going to low gain do i risk to loose attack or that the sound becomes too thin? Thank you. Or i'm forced to lower the volume pot of my guitar?

[@VictoryAmps]

The vintage channel will clean up nicely with the gain control on the amp at a lower setting and then using the master control for volume, thanks Victory

[@javest]

@@VictoryAmps Thank you. So do you think that i could i have the clean sounds with my stratocaster that i listen to here : kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6q5k6xjp8-nkM0 mainly with sheriff 44?

[@VictoryAmps]

@@javest Yes the Sheriff 44 with a strat should work fine and give you clean sounds. Thanks Victory

[@danabiondo9243]

I put my question in the wrong thread. Can you play them without a Cabinet? Thank you for the Demo.

[@brymills]

Pretty sure they covered that on the Anderton’s demo video, you don’t need a cab plugged in.

[@trahnettilhcs]

Are the can sims applied to the headphone out as well as the XLR?

[@VictoryAmps]

Yes they go to both the XLR and the headphone out, thanks Victory

[@stevegough9798]

Can you run the XLR out to the PA and run a guitar cab at same time???...Thanx

[@VictoryAmps]

Hi Steve, yes you can!

[@guillemrealp8953]

please make it stereo

[@jackfryer3617]

Which of these would be best to replace my orange pedal baby. Basically I want the cleanest sounding that I can run a ksr ceres through as a second channel ?

[@VictoryAmps]

V4 Duchess would be the best for a clean sound we think.

[@mrman0310]

Just wondering what’s the difference between the V4 Kraken Tn & TN-HP except the cool red eye 😂

[@VictoryAmps]

Hi Bmok, do you mean between the red eye Kraken and the first version Kraken without the red eye? If so the 'none red eye' does not include VRC, headphone output, other than that it's the same. We brought it up to date and in line with the others in the range and thought the red eye would be an easy way to distinguish between them, thanks Victory

[@Whizzinby777]

Victory, questions: 1. Is the power amp and VRC identical on all of 5 of these pedals? (Or did you have to tweak to any of them based on amp type) 2. Are the preamps for both the powered and non powered versions of these pedals identical or did you have to alter/tweak the preamps in some way for these new V4 versions? Thanks!

[@VictoryAmps]

The VRC and power amp are the same across the range, the preamps have the same valves but the circuits are different. These versions are power amp versions, the VRC makes some changes to the circuits compared with the preamps. Thanks

[@Whizzinby777]

@@VictoryAmps Thanks for the reply. I’m asking because chaining a couple of these (powered w/ a non powered pedal) could be a cool setup, but I was wondering if there are some differences in the preamp sections based on whether its a powered or non powered version. Ex. You have a powered version of the Jack. If you ran a non powered version of the Kraken in loop of the Jack, would the Kraken tones in this method sound identical to the stand alone tones of the Kraken powered version, or are their differences in the preamp (build, circuitry, tweaks) based on whether it’s a power or non powered version?

[@kylesmith5893]

@@Whizzinby777 it should act as if you were just using the class D power section from the powered pedal. im thinking of doing this too

[@workingnights84]

Really want one of these but will it be too loud playing in apartment if one to go through a 1x12 for example?

[@VictoryAmps]

There is a headphone out on the V4 range, also due to the power section being solid state you can have these at quite low volume. Thanks Victory

[@workingnights84]

@@VictoryAmps Thanks for replying 🤘🏻

[@adrianhjordan1981]

Is it possible to use the FX Send to run through the power amp of another amp? Sort of like you would with the more basic V4 preamp pedals? For example, you're playing a small outdoor gig and they provide a Hot Rod Deluxe as the backline, could you send the FX out from the Copper into the FX return on the Hot Rod?

[@alex-martins]

Yes you can. No problems.

[@kylesmith5893]

@@alex-martins sold

[@kylesmith5893]

@@alex-martins are you sure?

[@toufichawly]

Is it only me then that finds the Duchess V4 extremely noisy ?

[@truthfactreality6814]

Class D isn’t digital lol

[@Rich6Brew]

Too much widdling for me to get past 4 minutes. A shame, as I'm interested in the amplifier(s).