basskit_case Posted Friday at 09:33 Posted Friday at 09:33 I got given one of these, just the unit, no power supply and no idea if it works at all? Does anybody have any knowledge about these? The psu for these appears to be a bit old school so I don’t have one that Is it worth getting a power supply to see if it works? if not does anybody want it, door stop, paperweight? Quote
Elfrasho Posted Friday at 09:47 Posted Friday at 09:47 I didn't have this exact thing but i had an amp head that had this built into it... probably about 20 years ago. It was a bit shit, even for back then. Your version is an obvious rip off of the line 6 pod from around the same time! not sure id spend the money getting a power supply for it, but id also probably keep a hold of it incase I find one going free! Quote
mcnach Posted 20 hours ago Posted 20 hours ago Well, I liked mine I still have it and use it sometimes, there was a handful of guitar amp models that sounded pretty decent. FX are not very good. Quote
MacDaddy Posted 13 hours ago Posted 13 hours ago I had the bass version, because it also had guitar amp sims. The Marshall sim was particularly good. I thought some of the FX were excellent, the chorus, delay, and the simple but effective compressor. Quote
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted 12 hours ago Posted 12 hours ago I had a blue v-amp ii. It was pretty good for its time, but that was 23 years ago. If you can find a psu for well under a tenner (and assuming the unit itself still works) it might be worth a play, but I wouldn't spend more than that to get it working. I recall it has a weird din-style plug on the psu for some unknown reason. Quote
mcnach Posted 9 hours ago Posted 9 hours ago One thing that catches people at times is that there is a little internal battery, same as computer motherboards have. It was not even mentioned in the manual! The battery lasts a few years and when it dies, so does the V-Amp. It stops being able to save/recall presets and things just generally do not work well. Really easy to replace, if you're aware there's a battery inside in the first place. 2 Quote
songofthewind Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago I had the Version 1. It was okay I suppose. You could buy an EPROM online for a few quid, that updated it to the V2. That was fun to do. Quote
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