Vellocette Opinions?
Goux
think? Does it do a good clean sound, or is it more for distortion? Can
you compare it to any other amps? Thanks, GouxMan
DRCopeEGI
>think? Does it do a good clean sound, or is it more for distortion? Can
>you compare it to any other amps? Thanks, GouxMan
Bought one recently sound unheard, based on the reviews in Harmony Central and
discussions here. ($300 from Music Go Round.) Very clean, rich sound. Have no
idea what it would sound like overdriven -don't want to go that loud! Seems to
be very solidly (physically) built. Can't vouch for the circuitry.
Had tried Fender Pro Jr, Blues Jr, new Marshall 20 watter (whose # escapes me).
The Fenders sounded a little too thin too suit me. The Marhsall sounded great,
but not worth twice the price of the Velocette. (This was all with an EPI LP
Std, by the way.)
gregc
into a great overdriven sound. I have one with a vintage 10 in it (Celestion)
It's a real good combo. I think it's loosely based on the Vox AC-15.
greg
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JStai13764
Maranata73
Called the Gibson G-15,G-15RS (reverb) and they make a 30 watt one also. The
G-15 lists for $869.
I'm sure you can still pick up the Vellocettes. There is a shootout in the
current Guitar Player with this amp.
marc
FolkEraIan
The current Guitar Player looks at the new Gibson, not the old Trace Elliot.
The old Trace Elliot's seem to all be getting sold off at Music-Go-Rounds (it's
a chain) at various places around the country at prices in the $220-$350 range
(at least that's the range I found in Chicago's west suburbs.
With no master volume, but a great clean compressed tone, I'd say the amps
better for clean sounds - at least thats how I have to play it in my apartment.
I'm sure when I'm someplace I can crank the volume some, I can get a nice
distorted tone. I suspect it still won't be a 'metal' or 'hard-rock' amp
though. The Vox comparison seems apt. It's got that kind of vintagey-chimey
warmth. Very bright tone.
Personally - I'm delighted with my purchase, and mean to review it in Harmony
Central one of these days.
Ian
DEidelberg
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Not in the current Guitar Player, but in Guitar magazine.
Mike Pritchard
>From: folke...@aol.com (FolkEraIan)
>Subject: Re: Vellocette Opinions?
>Date: 27 Jul 1999 01:37:50 GMT
>>Gibson owns Trace Elliot and makes the Vellocette under their own name now.
>>Called the Gibson G-15,G-15RS (reverb) and they make a 30 watt one also. The
>>G-15 lists for $869.
>>I'm sure you can still pick up the Vellocettes. There is a shootout in the
>>current Guitar Player with this amp.
>The current Guitar Player looks at the new Gibson, not the old Trace Elliot.
>The old Trace Elliot's seem to all be getting sold off at Music-Go-Rounds (it's
>a chain) at various places around the country at prices in the $220-$350 range
>(at least that's the range I found in Chicago's west suburbs.
>With no master volume, but a great clean compressed tone, I'd say the amps
>better for clean sounds - at least thats how I have to play it in my apartment.
> I'm sure when I'm someplace I can crank the volume some, I can get a nice
>distorted tone. I suspect it still won't be a 'metal' or 'hard-rock' amp
>though. The Vox comparison seems apt. It's got that kind of vintagey-chimey
>warmth. Very bright tone.
>Personally - I'm delighted with my purchase, and mean to review it in Harmony
>Central one of these days.
>Ian
I tried one of these out this past weekend. I agree...not a rocker amp, but
not a bad bluesy tone. However, a couple of places I was at (also in the
Chicago area) were blowing these amps out at $199. If you like them, shop
around. There are some good deals to be had!
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Filet O'Fish
me for the truly chump-change price of $199 (no sales tax) + $15 shipping. Thanks large for the tip.
May I be able to return the favor someday.
Listen to this guy, folks, he's one of the good ones. All together now! "Whatta guy, whatta guy,
whatta guy, whatta guy, whatta guy, whatta guy, whatta guy, whatta guy..."
And they say there's nothing but a**holes on the usenet these days,
FoF
Filet O'Fish
badge-work (the metal trim around the speaker grille is an especially high-class touch), and extremely
well finished and executed throughout, it just sits there, exuding the high-quality vibe of a fine,
hand-built British auto. I doubt I've ever had an amp make a more satisfactory first impression.
Sound. Well, set to around 4 or 5 and with humbuckers, it certainly is bright and clean, and nicely
tube-y warm. I didn't even have the bright switch on, and the tone control, which is supposed to be like
a treble and midrange knob on one shaft going in opposite directions (that is, as you turn it up, treble
rises and midrange falls) was set about middle, as well. I rolled the tone back a touch more, and it was
acceptably F&$*#rish, in an old Princeton kind of way. Somewhat louder, though, which is certainly not a
problem, I guess. With the bright on, well, I'll just say that while it was extremely bright, it wasn't
in any way harsh, which is a neat trick. Not an every day tone, to be sure, but still a sound that could
be useable at some point. There's a Celestion Vintage 10 in there, and no doubt that contributes to the
bright. I've often heard a Marshall 4x12 would get a more balanced tone out of it, not to mention lots
more push. Let's face it... if you were going to gig with it, you wouldn't do it with its internal
single 10 anyway, although it does seem to have the nuts for a small club if your drummer isn't too much
of a psycho.
I wasn't in a room where I could crank it and judge the raunch, but it sounds very very good clean, with
a great pop off the pick dynamics. When I really dug in, it was just starting to dirt up with
humbuckers. With coils tapped, it was just under breakup, and sounded very "2/3 up BF Princeton
non-reverb." (Princetons without reverb are not much capable of dirt, even on full.) I still had half
the volume knob to go, though. Looking forward to checking out the other half.
Since the tubes are very easy to get to (the chassis is in the floor of the combo, by the way) I then
pulled the Teslas that were in there for a couple of Philips EL-84s I had laying around, and it was even
better, more transparent and a bit warmer. I suppose that this will help the sound more when it's
running balls-out, so I'll try it both ways next weekend. Overall, I'd place the clean tone between a
F&$*#r and a Vox (which is no bad place to be) and it nails the F sound rather better than my Vox, not
that I go trying for it much, since it's not an improvement on the Vox's native tone.
I can tell I'm going to like it a lot for casual jams, and it certainly carries easier than a couple of
Voxes, which is basically why I wanted one. The tone control coupled with the bright switch gives a
remarkably wide range of voices, though, and I am looking forward to recording it.
All this for.... $200 N.O.S. in factory carton???? Maybe I *will* order a second one.
FoF