Starfield VT-50 combo
By
Krisztian, in Guitar Amplifiers
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General Comments
I would recomment it to anybody who wants to use their own pedals or modeling effects. It serves them very well.
As I mentioned, I have already modified this combo, so now i am happy with its distortion (I am a guy from the 80s
I think I would but it again. This was my first tube combo, and I have learned many things during maintaining, tube changing, biasing this combo. I often use it when test/try preamp tubes.
It is rare, and it is cheap.
The only thing I miss so far (except I have already modified that this combo were an open-back type. I do not like closed cabinets in general, but it is a matter of taste. Of course I could open it, modify it, but due to its construction, it would require some extra protection for the circuits (eg. power amp is in the bottom of the box, so avoid to drop anything into it
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Like ALL older units like this, designed to work at 220V or 240V (switchable). Actually in EU there is 230V for many years, so you have to think about it. I recommend to set such units to 240V. Tubes will be a bit underheated (5.9V instead of 6.3V) but it is still better than overheating... as an extra, you can get closer to Brown Sound of Eddie van Halen