Epiphone Valve Junior - Clean

[JONHWAR]

beatiful tone

keep rocking



[gabe32194]

Is there an output on the amp? Like for plugging in headphones and sending the signal to my computer etc. Thanks!

[theoriginaldimi]

Nice warm & cozy sound

[punkeratheart]

I always loved P-90s. I like single coils, but I like high output, and I love the tone of mahogany, so a Les Paul with P-90s is perfect for me. Too bad I am a strat man, but I will also have a mahogany body/neck next month, and GFS "Dream90s" are going on that.

[golfandguitars]

That really is a good chord progression man. Nice strumming there.

[punkeratheart]

Eh?

[BURGRKNG]

Beautiful tone, beautiful progression. I keep playing this, it's so nice.

[littlefury]

Many Thanks! The song is mine! I don't know shit about theory, can't name the chords, sorry.

About the Epi Valve Junior: although it's a nice little amp, I beleive the Fender champ 600 beats it all the way. The first thing anyone should do is to replace the tubes with good NOS tubes from the 60 sor 70s, it improves the sound dramatically. Don't pop in expensive tubes, the amp is not worth Mullards and all.. Just find some good old Sylvanias or Genereal Electric ones.

[euronegative]

Very nice sound and playing.

Now could you solve the mistery and tell us what song/chords are you playing?

[imalways]

This thing is my secret weapon.

I swapped my stock tubes for a Mesa EL84 and a EHX 12AT7.

Stock strat on the neck pickup, full tone and volume. Boss EQ with staggered settings, boosting individual frequencies, volume up. Amp at 10 o'clock.

[SecretAgentS76]

Gibson Les Paul, right?

[JFPhil]

what was that you just played?

[lexist7]

what are the settings on your amp and guitar? i've heard les pauls distort the sound earlier than single coiled guitars would.

[littlefury]

Amp: vol = 4

Guitar: vol = 9 ; Tone = 10

[DaanJM]

Yes, you're right. Humbuckers distort the amp earlier than single-coils.

[chriscoooley]

yes, thats because humbuckers have higher output

[athemilkman]

depends. texas specials are higher then most "vintage" or paf humbys

[wuchak]

Wouldn't be the case here since he has P-90's in this guitar which are fat single coils and they have a sound all their own. They are some of the best sounding pickups ever made IMHO.

[punkeratheart]

I was just about to post how much I love them, then I noticed that someone already did. I like the single coil tone, but I also like a little extra treble response, and a good amount of output to really kick my little 18 watt monster in to mean mode. P-90s are what I prefer for almost everything. For warmer, softer tones on the rhythm guitar track for a couple of my borderline ballads, I use vintage underwounds on a strato-partscaster, but everything else, P-90s all the way. Best pickups ever!

[LeviMan2001]

@lexist7 That is a single coiled guitar, with the P90 pickups.

[flyhead2]

Nice posting. I get a glassy ringing noise from mine when it's cranked up a touch. I don't know if this comes from the valve's guts or the valve housings. Has anyone had a similar problem, and if so, could they please inform if they found a remedy?

[littlefury]

One of your valve must be microphonic. Basically, it has a defect. Try to swap them for other.

[flyhead2]

Merci bien, sympa. J'ai changé la valve de puissance en JJ EL84 (sans amélioration!) et ai reçu un couple des valves ECC83 aujourd'hui. J'essayerai ces derniers dehors demain.

[flyhead2]

Le son est beaucoup amélioré et le dissonance a disparu complètement avec la nouvelle valve de préamplificateur. Je joue toujours comme une connard.

Pourriez-vous fournir le conseil sur ceci aussi ? :-)

[kdc300z]

Very, crisp. Nice sound! How do you like the P90 pickups?

[arcanis494]

That has a nice chimey tone! Nice clean playing too!

[ltron90]

really nice melody man. It sounds so familiar. I liked it so much that I had to watch over and over but i think i finally know the first few chords... it seems to be played a half step down with E C#m G#m F#m E leaving the high e string open on the C#m and F#m and playing the G#m and F#m with the fifth in the base

[BURGRKNG]

Could you send me a tab of the chord voicings? I'd figure it out for myself but I'm too lazy.

When I go testing amps, I want to be able to play this as my gold standard of tone.

[duvetdude]

that tone is amazing but why did you play the les paul clean and the rickenbacker obverdriven? shouldnt it be the other way round?

[cendolbubuk]

i think p90 pickups has a really nice clean sounds, so i think it doesn't really matter whether he plays clean/overdriven with his les paul

[Mvguitar99]

I agree with cendolbubuk, p90s sound great both ways

[derektheduke]

Like wise lovely chords can i get them.

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[djmr2]

dood, this song is awesome! would u mind posting the chords?? thx a bunch.

[martian18]

have you ever tried the epiphone valve standard?

[amarr1]

do you know if the halfstack comes w/ a speaker cable?

[conrad1992]

No it doesnt as the speaker cab is sold seperate to the head.

[timoconnor6]

Got news for Ya all. The Gold Top with the P90's is talking tone, just listen....

[peterm3964]

fuckin beautiful now wash your fuckin stinkin smelly feet

[DangerousBastard]

Whats that you're playing man? Those are some nice changes.

[littlefury]

Thank you. It's just a little fooling around.

[newerthien]

hey man, what song are you playing?

if you made it up what chords are they?

[littlefury]

Hi, I've got no idea what the name of these chords are. I don't know much about musical theory. Sorry..

[penneyduk]

If you show me a tab I should be able to name the chords for you? No strumming pattern needed of course so hopefully wont take too long.

[PitxiYo]

So Cute! :)

[lasprind]

nice mellowy sort of sound its filled with soul

[jrnuss]

hey people, i'm either getting this or the ltd version, which do you think is better?

[eljamesgarci]

beautiful!

[Fredmullegun]

nice gitfiddle

[guitarbootcamp]

Have anything with the amp cranked ?

[byrnelegend]

i am gettin alot of feedback of my epiphone amp wen i av the vol up high and the gain at abou 5 can any one help. nice song very gud

[andreasxiv]

what song is this btw

[andreasxiv]

i saw this same guitar at guitar center and thought of this video. i love it.

[insecureshoe]

how high is the volume on?

[whoseurgranny]

i love my valve junir....cant be beat for the price range

[cloudsnstuff00]

hmm i believe you can get find it for 120....have you modified it in anyway?

[littlefury]

I just replaced the 12AX7 tube by a 5751 General Electric one. The difference is that you get better clarity and presence, but a little less gain.

[ericlymanmusic]

did you have to rebias, or was it just a quick tube swap. looking for these features, but don't have time/money to take to the local amp repair... thanks...

[littlefury]

Hi, the Valve Junior doesn't need to be rebiased, since it has only 1 power tube (single ended amp). It was just a quick tube swap. Besides, the amp is so simple that anyone should be able to fix it.

[A7X36]

Seems a wee bit outta sync yeah, but i still think its amazin :D good stuff my friend, how much is that amp?

[mattyyyy]

It's 140$

[davisdavisdavisdavis]

i love the playing

[aussieskater]

is it just me or is there sumthin fishy going on here....

u seem to be moving ur hands aimlessly, or at least not in sync with wat is being played anyways

[scottishguyiam]

quite often youtube has a problem with the timing of the videos and the sound

[bush555]

really good man

[blakeb903]

green days Billie Joe uses a les paul junior 1958 signature series guitar with a revamped neck for more of a crunch tone.

[rootbeersoup]

He doesn't really play his signature guitar. He plays actual juniors from the 50's.

[reyreydude]

wow!!hey i was wondering if the guitar has a p90 pickup,will it make it sound better.and is les paul juniors good for green day songs?

[glpjunior]

omg that was amazing...great tone man..!

[tenebrae654789]

good tone ! il love these small epiphone amps ! they kicks ass

[alexstrat]

Wonderful clean ;-) maximum for U

[ihatetrends]

i love your tone!

what song are you playing?

[Franciscobelgium]

Great natural tone.