The Victory Amplifiers V50 The Earl is an amplifier. Close alternatives include the Mesa Boogie Lone Star Head and the 2002 Fender Hot Rod Deluxe II Combo. It pairs well with the Carl Martin Crunch Drive and the Origin Effects DCX Boost.
Victory Amplifiers V50 The Earl
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Victory Amplifiers V50 The Earl is a 50/15-watt two-channel tube head with 4x12AX7 preamp, 1x12AT7 phase inverter, and 2xEL34 power tubes. The hand-wired construction and EL34 tubes deliver rich cleans with dynamic overdrive, spring reverb, and flexible impedance switching for versatile cab pairing.
- rich
- spring reverb
- warm
- smooth
- clean
- tube
- boost
- rhythm
Good for
- Live
- Studio
Genres the Victory Amplifiers V50 The Earl is commonly used in
- Metal
- Blues Rock
- Rock
- Blues
cited
Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag. - Classic Rock
cited
Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag. - Alternative
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Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag.
Pedals that stack with the Victory Amplifiers V50 The Earl
Carl Martin Crunch Drive
Carl Martin
19% matchInto Victory Amplifiers V50 The Earl, Carl Martin Crunch Drive is right at home: it's built around a clean amp's front end
Origin Effects DCX Boost
Origin Effects
17% matchThe transparent tone has headroom to spare — Origin Effects DCX Boost gives it low gain to fill it with
EarthQuaker Devices '- Speaker Cranker
EarthQuaker Devices
16% matchEarthQuaker Devices '- Speaker Cranker's low gain fills in what this transparent tone doesn't make on its own
TC Electronic Stereo Chorus Flanger
TC Electronic
10% matchKeep TC Electronic Stereo Chorus Flanger after Victory Amplifiers V50 The Earl in the signal chain, clear of Victory Amplifiers V50 The Earl's own gain stage
Pigtronix Philosopher's Tone Micro
Pigtronix
8% matchPigtronix Philosopher's Tone Micro's own sustaining character is the real reason this is worth trying
Strymon El Capistan
Strymon
6% matchPut Strymon El Capistan in Victory Amplifiers V50 The Earl's effects loop, clear of Victory Amplifiers V50 The Earl's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Strymon blueSky Reverberator
pedal
6% matchKeep Strymon blueSky Reverberator in Victory Amplifiers V50 The Earl's effects loop, clear of Victory Amplifiers V50 The Earl's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Tone City Dry Martini
Tone City
tonal matchTone City Dry Martini's own voicing points at a clean amp's front end, and Victory Amplifiers V50 The Earl delivers it
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Questions people ask
What are good alternatives to the Victory Amplifiers V50 The Earl?+
The closest matches in character are the Mesa Boogie Lone Star Head, the 2002 Fender Hot Rod Deluxe II Combo, the Port City Pearl Head.
What pairs well with the Victory Amplifiers V50 The Earl?+
Strong matches from rig and tone-complementarity evidence: Carl Martin Crunch Drive, Origin Effects DCX Boost, EarthQuaker Devices '- Speaker Cranker — Into Victory Amplifiers V50 The Earl, Carl Martin Crunch Drive is right at home: it's built around a clean amp's front end.