Finally got my 4x12 back...........

[Riffmeister]

I finally got my V30 loaded 4x12 back and got to run my valveking combo through it. It totally blows away the stock speaker in the combo!!!

I have got to say, for me at least, cause I have in no way tried as much stuff as most of you guys, but for 359.00, and a few preamp tube swaps, this thing sounds as good as my DSL50 did with all the hundreds of dollars of mods I did to it. It's probably just that it sounds so good to me for SO MUCH LESS than I paid for the Marshall. It does have a Differnt sound, but it is better than ANY solid state amp I have tried in the same price range.

It has thick smooth gain, and it reacts differntly based on how hard I hit the strings and reacts to changes with the vol. knob. One thing I do have to say for SURE though, the clean channel on this valve king blows the DSL 50 away!! I have been told that is due to the 6l6 tubes as opposed to the el34s.

[DonP]

That's nice.

I'm sure there are a lot of people who choose a ValveKing over a DSL.

I'm just not one of them.

[Spivonious]

The only thing that would worry me about the VK is that it's made in China and might not be as durable as an amp made in England. I did like the sound when I demoed it in Guitar Center. I liked the Windsor too, but that's a different sound.

[Riffmeister]

Don,

It's us people who are strapped for cash that choose the Valveking

Well, since I had three of them and had problems with the first two, I will totally agree with worrying about the reliability issues

[VitaminG]

there was a lot of talk about reliability issues with the JCM2000s when they came out as well, although who knows how much was legit or just the internet rumour mill. I remember the same talk about the Carvin Legacy when it was new. You only need a couple of real instances of a faulty switch in that initial batch and before you know it, it's all over the internet that every single one of them is about to burst into flames