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jack in a vox:
what do you have to say about a Carvin VL100 head? its a Steve Vai signature head?

good amp? bad amp?

i havent tried it.. what kind of music is it suited for?

would it suit me? hard rock/alternative/classic rock

i'm looking at you CA boys to spill the beans!

markflo:
it's perfect for your music dude...ok siya...rock amp talaga...the clean's a bit on the darker side...not yer typical fender cleans...but it's great for jazz...i don't own one so i can' say much about reliability...that would be phil's department.

back to you phil...

:)

Phil:

--- Quote from: jack in a vox ---what do you have to say about a Carvin VL100 head? its a Steve Vai signature head?

good amp? bad amp?

i havent tried it.. what kind of music is it suited for?

would it suit me? hard rock/alternative/classic rock

i'm looking at you CA boys to spill the beans!
--- End quote ---

I own one...yes it's the Vai signature amp....it's a lead players amp.
Really smooth, creamy, and warm. ...for me it's one of the best lead guitar amp. It doesn't have that Fendery clean...but still it has that glassy midsy type classic clean tone....the dirty channel is phenomenal.

... hard rock/ alternative/ classic rock?  hell yeah. :wink:

Here...listen for yourself.....these are done by fellow Legacy owners.

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/songInfo.cfm?bandID=465137&songID=3629773

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/songInfo.cfm?bandID=465137&songID=3524371

http://www.myspace.com/kwollenberg

http://www.ivanromero.com/mp3files/Full%20Legacy.mp3

www.ivanromero.com:/mp3files/LLJ.mp3

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/songInfo.cfm?bandID=389019&songID=2786823

and of course...the master

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/songInfo.cfm?bandID=389019&songID=3493117

BTW...it's a LOUD amp....volume 1 is already loud.....since it's a tube amp ...you might want to crank the amp to 5 and up so you can really here this amp sing like a violin.

stratman1:
I was just doing my usuall window shopping here at the local guitar row (sunset strip). I went in SAM ASH MUSIC STORE and it just so happends that they have a Legacy half stack on the floor. I plugged an Ibanez Prestige neck-thru with a thick flame maple top (first time I've seen this model). Tried the amp and the guitar out. Now, the only Carvin I've had owned was the old X100B. That was a good amp but I tell you this Legacy was better. You can tweak the channel well enough to get a good clean and distorted sound. The reverb helps a lot too with the overall sound. Like what Phil said, this amp is a good lead amp, I think it's also a good rhythm amp. I was able to get a nice creamy bluesy sound to a nasty nu metal grind. The only thing that I noticed, and this is not a negative thing, is that the RIVERA M-100 that was beside the Legacy, to me have a cleaner more controllable clean sound. But hey, that's just me. All in all I would say that this amp is a nice overall amp to have in your collection. Now, next time I'll go to Carvin and try their CTM model through the Legacy and the V3 and see how much blown away I can get my self into, hehe. And that concludes my report.

Your local music auditor,
STRATMAN1 :lol:

Al_Librero:
buti pa sa inyo, madali kumuha ng Carvin. inggit ako.  :(

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