Victory The Duchess 40watt Lunchbox Head

The elusive vintage driven clean and drive sound you love, from blues to roots to rock n' roll This single channel all-tube amp delivers maximum sound with minimum clutter, all in a compact, lightweight and portable body. Voice 1 gives you a warm and clear mid-60s American tone. Voice II is a little stronger, with more of a 50s character. Turn up the gain and enable the mid-kick feature, and the V40 takes on a more British 60s sound, delivering a timeless blues-rock tone. The V40 is ready for your guitar and for you - It's for players that feel the music they play.

Features

• Single Channel & Voice Switch You can go from clean, ’60s Californian tones with single coils, through to a driven mid-’60s British overdrive all in one channel. Voice II strengthens the midrange subtly at the input for more punch and cut.
• Mid Kick This works in conjunction with the Middle pot to boost midrage frequencies in the EQ section. The more you push the Midde pot, the more it pushes overdriven sounds, especially with humbuckers.
• Reverb V40 The Duchess uses a digital reverb section which sits somewhere between a plate and hall-type sound. It’s ‘smoother’ and more ‘modern’ sounding than a traditional spring reverb. It’s hard bypassable too if you want it totally out of the circuit.
• Series Effects Loop The hard-bypassable effects loop enables you to use delays, reverbs etc after the preamp section of the amp to keep them clean sounding. If they aren’t as clear as you like, try lowering the mix/output of the pedal, especially as you turn the amp master up.
• Low Power Options The front panel switch offers a low-power mode for around 7 watts. In addition, you can use the single-ended mode which selects to just one or other of the power valves in Class A operation (use them evenly to keep the wear roughly equal). Low power and single-ended mode together will take the output down below 1 watt RMS.
• 6L6 or EL34 Power Valves V40 gives you the option of running either EL34 or 6L6 power valves. They offer subtly different tonal characteristics in terms of power stage overdrive and also overall frequency response. Notice we said subtle! There’s a bias range switch to get you in the right ballpark, but precise bias adjustment is also advised whenever you change power valves.

Specifications

FORMAT: Single channel head POWER: 42 Watts, Low Power: 7 Watts, High Power Single-Ended: 1.5 Watts, Low Power Single-Ended: 0.5 Watts VALVES: 3 x 12AX7, 2 x EL34 as standard PRODUCT SIZE: (mm): 342(w) x 185(h) x 185(d) including handle, feet & controls PRODUCT WEIGHT: 8.2kg / 18.1lbs EXTRA FEATURES:

• Two-position Voice switch
• Mid Kick switch
• Footswitchable digital reverb with hard bypass option
• Series effects loop with hard bypass
• Power valves switchable to 6L6
• Single-ended mode
• Skeletonised metal case with rubber handle
• Padded carry bag included
• Single-button footswitch for reverb on/off included