VOX AC4TV played through a VHT Special 6 Speaker Cabinet

I was setting up to jam with friends the other day and I found out how useful my new VOX AC4TV10 amplifier is when playing with a band.  We were just practicing, but my son was playing a full set of drums and my friend was playing a keyboard and/or guitar along with my vocal and guitar.  I set up my VHT Special 6 head and VHT speaker cabinet.  I was mixing my guitar amplification before the guys arrived and I realized that I wasn't getting enough break up for a true overdrive sound at a low enough volume.  The VHT is an amazingly great sounding, low watt tube amp, but it is best clean.  It breaks up beautifully but must get loud to do so.  Not a bad thing, but best if performing in a medium to larger venue for that purpose if you are going to utilize tube distortion.

The VOX AC4TV was purchased for individual practice and distortion at low volume levels.  I decided to stack my VOX AC4TV on top of the VHT Special 6 closed back speaker cab with the 12 speaker and run the VOX through this larger speaker output.  The AC4TV has an output jack to plug into a 16 ohm speaker, which is exactly what the VHT Special 6 Speaker Cabinet requires.  Perfect match, and, wow, what a difference. 

With this set up, I was able to put the VOX AC4TV on the 1/4 Watt setting, turn the volume and tone levels up to the half-way point, and was getting great overdrive sounds through my VHT Speaker cabinet.  It was plenty loud-- as a matter of fact it was almost too loud, so I had my Strat on 7 or 8 and any louder would have overwhelmed the band and been too loud for the neighbors.  I loved this combination of the VHT Special 6 Speaker Cab paired with my VOX AC4TV 4 Watt tube amplifier.  The tones were great and we played everything from rock covers to old time blues and it was a great guitar sound that I was able to produce without being much too loud for everyone concerned.  -- Guitar Man

My Blue Strat - The New Year

Thank you to all who have taken time to visit and read my "My Blue Strat" blog. 

I am a long time blogger, having started out writing in 2006 about Parkinson's Plus syndrome.  Over the years, I became interested in expanding my topics and have found writing about my love of music quite enjoyable.  I certainly got more hits as a blogger on the topic of "Movement Disorders.'  My old blog received an average of 1,000 hits each month. I am now averaging 100 per week, up from 50 each week when I began this blog in the summer of 2011.  I am looking forward to getting more visitors and readers in the coming year.

The blues are a relatively new area of music for me.  I began to play the guitar at the age of 7 years with the instruction of my father, a great musician to this day at 82.   Over the years I played country, folk, rock, Contemporary Christian, pop and now BLUES.  The blues have taken hold on me due to the heartfelt lyrics, and particularly because of the soulfully played guitar style.  I work hard trying to master new techniques in the blues arena, while practicing both licks as well as learning to sing and play historic blues songs, such as "Texas Flood," "The Sky is Crying" and "Three O'clock Blues."  Most recently, I have been writing my own blues songs, including "Parkinson's Blues" (You Tube) and "How Time Does Slip Away," also available on You Tube.

I hope that you find my blog both informative and inspiring.  I plan to put even more energy into these pages in 2012.  Again, thanks for all of your visiting and reading-- December was my biggest month since I began, "My Blue Strat."  By the way, when you search for My Blue Strat, be sure you are using my address:  http://mybluestrat.blogspot.com/ .  There were other sites with a similar name that were already out there and I wasn't aware of that fact when I started.  I want to see the day my blog comes up first on a search.

Just think of this as the Blues Blog written by the Guitar Man with a form of Parkinson's Disease.   I plan to "bring it" in the coming year!  -- Guitar Man