Soldano vs. Vetta 2

[jgcable]

question.. do vetta patches work with the guitar port/UX2 or are they sold as being specifically tailored to the hardware with essentially the same sounds?

You need a Vetta to use Vetta patches.

[Mikernaut2]

ok so got any tips while trying to create/dial in tones so it doesnt turn into canned ass?

[Twisteramps]

ok so got any tips while trying to create/dial in tones so it doesnt turn into canned ass?

Turn off all the effects, use ONE amp model at a time and start with the controls centered like you would any 'real' tube amp. Then add effects to taste. If you look at it like you're dialing in an amp and then adding effects, it's a lot easier. Or you can take an existing patch (preferably one you downloaded from somewhere else... the stock vetta patches aren't real great) and tweak it.

I had three sets of patches:

1) sets for bedroom playing
2) sets for recording direct
3) sets at gig volumes

I set up my 'bedroom' ones first, then tweaked them for recording at home, and tweaked at practice for gig volumes. The amp sounds different the louder you crank it, just like a tube amp.

One other thing - not all tube amps are easy to dial in either. An SLO sounds good with a lot of settings, but most mesa Mark series amps are minefields to dial in properly. So is a Dual rectifier. Just my opinion.

Pete

[khabibissell]

Rectos are easy... Dime the Bass and Mids, turn down the treble and presence, go easy on the gain and crank it. Piece of cake!

[thebisch]

No, actually I'm not kidding.

I'll say it again, how much are AX2's worth nowadays? It is inevitable. When the next model comes out the previous model is worth less.

Modelling or tubes or whatever you say? Someone who bought a new SLO 10 years ago could sell it today and not "take a bath". They hold their value pretty well.

I'll go as far as to say that someone who bought a SLO-100 10 years ago will break even or make a few bucks if sold today...

[thebisch]

"Are you kidding me??? A new Vetta is $1699.00
A used Vetta is $1000-$1100"

$1000!!!! Are you kidding me????

http://www.daddys.com/t_content/thegear/thegear.php?gear=u&q=vetta

[danastas]

Vetta 2 = $1000-1100

That's the market. I scoured through EBAY for about 2 months. That's what they're going for. I saw about 30 go off at that price, and then when a clean one popped up there, I hit the BIN.

[Guitardude86]

This one has a crack at the bottom, see pics, but the price hasn't hit the roof just yet..

http://cgi.ebay.com/Line-6-Vetta-II-Guitar-Amplifier-2x12-Inch-2x75-Watts_W0QQitemZ230091435241QQihZ013QQcategoryZ10171QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Guitardude86]

Here's an upgraded head. Still like you said, around $1000 I guess.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Upgraded-to-2-50-Line-6-Vetta-II-HD-Amp-Line6-amplifier_W0QQitemZ300080983289QQihZ020QQcategoryZ43374QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[danastas]

one thing to take into account with the older Vetta models is that you need to buy the card to upgrade it, so that $700 price needs to account for the $100 card and the $50 midi cable to download 2.5. When you add it all up, at $1k you're getting a newer amp for 150 more.

[RacerX]

...which very nicely proves the resale value theory...

[quakana]

Here is a thought....if you have to spend hours with a Vetta and another amp to figure out which one is better....there cant be that much of a difference right...not to mention throw the other amp away and then put yet another amp beside the vetta and do the same thing...take days to figure out which one sounds better? Then there cant be that much of a difference again. Not to mention you just made the vetta sound just as good as two different amps with two totally different sounds....that in my mind says the vetta is the amp that can sound just as good or maybe better than multiple amps out there without the expense of buying many different amps. What other single amp can you buy that gets that kind of results? Tend to think that if a vetta and lets say a Soldano were up on stage at the same time you would be able to tell the difference between the two. In my mind versatility wins....the Vetta is King

[danastas]

If it's total money expended, then you also take into account the price of retubing, biasing (need a tech?) etc. Over the 10 year life of the Vetta, how many tubes do you go through? Need a tech to retube the thing?

[Sanctuary]

one thing to take into account with the older Vetta models is that you need to buy the card to upgrade it, so that $700 price needs to account for the $100 card and the $50 midi cable to download 2.5. When you add it all up, at $1k you're getting a newer amp for 150 more.

Just make sure your Vetta I already comes with 2.5...like I did.

[Sanctuary]

If it's total money expended, then you also take into account the price of retubing, biasing (need a tech?) etc. Over the 10 year life of the Vetta, how many tubes do you go through? Need a tech to retube the thing?

True. Don't forget the spare set of tubes you need to carry around just in case. But anyway...