About a month ago i got got my V back from Mansons with a shiney new pair of Warpigs in them, Cermic in the bridge Alnico in the neck voiced like a Cold Sweat and coil tapped (thanks to Tony Gibbson for mentioning this, the combination absolutly slays). Looking at getting two more sets like this for two more V's i have planned in the future.
I'm loving the set up, my guitar can pretty much do anything i need it to do now.
Also, i decided to bite the bullet and pour all of my savings into a new amp and cab.
Enter the Diezel Herbert, after trying this out with the new pickups i knew i just had to get one, 3 channels this head is sooo versatile.
Channel 1 - Clean, Gorgous cleans so much nicer than the JCM (obviously) everything is crisp and clear with tons of headroom.
Channel 2 - Gain, with out the gain boost switch on you've got a really great overdriven tone perfect from blues, flick the switch and your in gain heaven. One huge chunky rythm channel plenty of bass and wickedly tight, also works well as a lead channel (haven't decided how i'm going to use this yet)
Channel 3 - MORE Gain! As if channel 2 wasn't enough, this channel just slays, i've never heard anything like it, again huge amounts of bass and everything remains tight and articulate.
As for cabs, i tried out a Marshall hand wired 4x12, and Bad Cat 4x12 and an Orange 2x12 (as i had heard TO mentioning that these cabs were great new cabs to go for) after trying the Orange out i just had to have one, so i placed and order for a 4x12 and waited, the orange cab handles everything perfectly.
Can't express how happy i am with my sound now, i wont be changing my set up for a long time (appart from another cab).
I should be able to get some pictures soon when my sister gets back with the camera. As for sound clips, i'l be using this rig in the studio for the whole album, so you'l get a pretty in depth idea of how a Warpig in a Gibson flying V sounds in a full band set up, if your interested.
Cheers, Mikey
