Damn I had a horrific scare at the show the other night. Somehow my VHT half-stack randomly fell over and crashed on the stage while I was setting up. I was ready to cry. I thought not only the show was toast, but my beloved rig which I could not afford to replace as well. Miraculously, the amp was fine, and the only issue was the speaker cable got jammed into the cabinet input, but it works fine. I'm very thankful for Ari (WarriorOfMetal) and my drummer Dan for fixing it while I was losing my mind.
Alls well that ends well, the tone sounded better than ever (first gig w/ the Warpig equipped Vixen). I did have an issue tonight at rehearsal though, I was getting no sound. Of course I assumed it was the cab, but wasn't. Turned out my V1 Tung Sol 12AX7 was not lighting up (toast). I'm not sure how that happened as like I said I played the show 2 nights prior without any tube issues. Oh well, I was scared to death, I'm glad it ws just a $15 tube and not something major (which would be understandable, the amp took a horrible dive to the floor).
So, I threw a spare JJ ECC83S in V1 and everything was cool. Although, the tone was not nearly as nice with the JJ in V1 in place of the Tung Sol. I need to order another one ASAP.
Hooray for VHTs for being built like fucking tanks, and thanks again to Ari for getting the cabinet issue fixed in time so we could play a full set.
