Vernet FLV45

[bluesbrother]

At last my new amp!!!
It is built in the same size and colour as the vintage modern
It is a handwired JTM45 with a tubebuffered FX-loop (with send and return mix controls) and
a mastervolume PPMIV.3x 12ax7 1xgz34 2xKT66 >>> everything is the same as a original.
This is very different from a reissue marshall JTM 45 which has other powertubes(5881 i believe)

Both are great amps.The rectifier gives so much sag that even for a reverb junkie like me it already
sounds very bluesy. I think the flv45 has nicer clean/semi clean sounds, For rock sounds i prefer the
high range of the vm over the flv45+overdrive pedal. Output is 30watt rms and the vm 37 RMS so that is
about the same.Both are great amps and special for me.....
I bought this amp for a specific bluesdrive which this amp delivers in spades......

Enough talk: you want pictures off course...
:D


everything is dark purple but this is hard to shoot in a dark room...
It looks so hot ... i smile whole day when i look at it... a major G.A.S. attack is stilled :lol:

[slowpokerhino]

Very cool. I bet it sounds amazing. Congrats!

[DeanM]

that looks like a nice setup!!

[bluesbrother]

Thanks,
It sounds amazing but so is the vintage modern.
They have alot in common and the VM is definately a spring off of a JTM.

The rectifier and probably other things make the notes on a vibrato really sing.
For blues i gues this is the ultimate amp .The VM is more loose and has more crunch
with a fuzzy topend that sounds amazing.
I know most people buy a marshall and a fender amp to have different flavours but the way
these amps work really stole my heart....I really understand why this is JIM MARSHALL favourite amp.
I wish everybody a happy christmas :D

[classic rock]

is your VM black? Im starting to find that I dont linke the VM so much for blues and I use my bassman for blues now. VM is great tho for Zep and Jimi.

[bluesbrother]

My Vm is dark purple and the Vernet is also exactly the same dark purple.
Hard to make a picture of it at night.......
A JTM is based on the circuit of a bassman,
For blues on the VM i use a EHX holier grail reverb and the difference is like night and day.
On low range it becomes very fenderish this way with a strat.
With high range and a les paul and the volume on the guitar around 3 i get a bb king kinda sound.
The balance between the bass/mid and highs with a KT66 powertube is just perfect i simply would
not want anything else... :lol: :lol: thats why i have 2 now

[classic rock]

The JTM is based off the bassman so they say but my 65 Bassman sounds nothing like a JTM or a VM. You can easily hear the difference in tone. I just feel for clean blues the VM just doesnt do it. I dont understand how you are getting a BB sound in the high dynamic. Anything I get in the high dynamic is way to much gain, like hard rock and 80s metal. Even if I roll back the volume pot on the guitar it doesnt get BB King clean, it just loses its oomph. What are your exact settings on the amp? I love the VM in low range cranked with just a little bit of push from an OD pedal for that marshal growl and zep tones and then fuzz face for hendrix.

[bluesbrother]

Hi,
I am talking about the circuit not the sound.Jim marshall attached his own flavour to it.
It was original a amp for basplayers but guitarist found out it sounded great on electric
guitar also.That is why the amp is so bas heavy......i have the bas on zero.

I have the same les paul and pickups .The pickups have a very high and bright topend which is
good for a bb sound.I have body on 4 and detail on 5.To make it sing you definately need a good
reverb.I set my reverb : spring reverb, long trail.
With volumeguitar on 3 in high range i get a light crunch with very little drive.Not so clean as bb gets it
on a fender twin but i simply like to have a very light crunch to the sound.If you want totally clean on
high volume get a fender twin.
On you tube gary moore plays "thrill is gone " together with BB
gary plays a les paul and a JTM. Sounds fucking great,but it could have been done on a VM aswell.....
Good luck.