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Post #5 Bunch of Videos

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We took some videos of Friday night and an audience member took one on Saturday. The other guitar player in the band uses an H&K TubeMeister 36. It's a different guitar player on Saturday but he's using the same amp. I used the Victory V130 for both nights and a total of 4 guitars across the two nights. More info on that can be found on Post #4. This post is all about the videos... 20th Century Boy into 7 Nation Army https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja8f43fRtqw David Bowie's Heroes (Friday) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l2WHUq1Wt4 One Way Or Another https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEXk-ieRJj8 Walk Like An Egyptian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk5tZMSCD0Y   Rebel Yell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifeCdoZReQ4 Should I Stay Or Should I Go https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiNUtQFTj4w David Bowie's Heores (Saturday) https://www.facebook.com/BreakCover/videos/1459616037447335/ More info at Victory Amps http://www.victoryamps.com/v1...

Post #4 Second gig of the weekend

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Saturday 30 September Now we are getting there. I'm getting used to the settings, the volume and Gain of the amp. Sadly, I will need to wait a little longer for the High setting. But I am really enjoying the 30 watt setting at a decent volume. Two different guitars today. An Ibanez RGHRG1 and a Musicman Luke II with EMGs. The Musicman is a dream to play and with the EMGs has a massive amount of punch. Because of the switching options with the single coils you get a massive start sound with tremendous punch. Th Super Countess loved this. The bridge pickup was not a million miles from the Revernd's Rail Hammers but with perhaps a bit more edge to the delivery. Positions 2 and 4 sounded amazing and the neck single coil was massive. Perhaps even too much. The Reverend's P90 was definitely calmer. Set 2 and I switched to the Geiger. "Insert rude word here". This thing is made for the Super Countess. The tones!! Everything was bigger, clearer and just bett...

Post #3 First Gig.

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Friday 29 September:  The Super Countess's first gig is a village pub gig. Perhaps a bit simple for what this amp is capable of but these fun live music pubs are our bread and butter. First off, these Heritage Series amps look really nice atop a Victory vertical 2x12 cab. I have the grey VG212 purchased for the Kraken but it's the same guts as the black one - 2 x Celestion Vintage 30s. I always take 2 guitars, one as a back up in case of catestrophic failure or a mid song string break. I deliberately took 2 very different guitars and played them both tonight. Front and centre is a Reverend Bayonet with a Rail Hammer P90 in the neck and a Rail Hammer humbucker at the bridge. The white guitar is a PRS Starla. From a load-in perspective the Heritage series are, as you would expect, not as portable as the Compact series, obviously. What is continuously amazing is the quality and volume of noise you can get from a Kraken and a 1 x 12 which is stunning considering you can ...