Crate V-Series V30 Head and Cab - Medium Gain

- V30 Head
- V30 2x12" Celestion Cabinet
- Gibson '58 Reissue Les Paul (Rio Grande BBQ humbucker in bridge)

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• Crate
• V-Series
• V30
• Head
• SgtThump
• Chris
• Snider

[johnheik]

Hey! What tubes are in there? I got V3112 combo and it sounds very dark and unclear(?). Do you know how i could get the sound more clear and bright and less gain. It has sovtek el84 tubes now and celestion 70/80 speaker. help mee.

[SgtThump]

It's definitely a "dark" amp. I no longer have it, but gigged with it a few times and always had the bass down real low. Like 10:00 or 9:00 o'clock. I had JJ EL84s in it and I forget what preamp tubes. But dialing the lows way back always did it for me.

[SgtThump]

Oh, and dialing the gain back helped clear it up too.

[Jkminek]

do u think the head would be to small to put on a flexwaves series cab? i thot it might look a little out of proportion

[SgtThump]

Ehhh, it may look a little funny. But people use the Mesa Mark series heads and other small heads on big cabs, so it's not the end of the world. :)

And yes, people will tell you "it only matters how it sounds." I agree that the sound is the most important, but I'd be lying if I said looks didn't play SOME role in it too.

[hangersonguitarist]

would u recomend the Crate V100H and a MXR 10 band EQ for a slash gain/tone? (slash as in guns days sound)

[SgtThump]

Well, I haven't heard the Crate V100H. I've only heard this V30H I have and the combo version once in the store. These Crate amps CAN have a "Marshall-like" tone, but it's much thicker than Slash's typical tone. But yeah, I think if you roll the bass back alot, punch up the mids, etc... you can probably get kinda close.

I think a good inexpensive way to get the Slash tone is to check out the Marshall AVT50 head and some sort of closed-back cab with Celestions.

[mrflip321go]

great 70s 80s tone:)

[qwertyofasdf]

I usually run my bass at like 8 o clock... its such a bassy amp.. Do you find it to have a harsh midrange when overdriven?

[qwertyofasdf]

On my V30 I run the bass on 0... those are bassy amps!

[bluesderek]

I own the V3112T combo with the Tone Tubby 40/40 ceramic speaker and with my I vintage reissue strat I set the controls like this: overdrive gain 5, treble 3, middle 10, bass 0, overdrive level 4-6, reverb 0 (I use an analog delay in the effects loop instead) and it's the greatest sound I ever had :-)

[bluesderek]

If you're willing to invest a bit: Change the speaker! Celestion G12H30 or Alnico Gold will help to get more definition. Important: Any speaker will need about 20hours or of loud playing to break in.

If you want to go all the way, swap the output transformer for a good quality AC 30 type OT

[bluesderek]

I thought the V3112 sounded kind of muddy until by accident I stumbled on the solution: TURN THE MIDRANGE ALL THE WAY UP! Anything below a 3/4 setting lets the amp sound undefined. The midrange sweep is pretty broad, so you won't get a nasal or honky sound, either.

Also try a 5751 or 12AT7 preamp tube in position V2 to reduce gain.

[johnheik]

ok!