NAD: Fryette Valvulator GPDI/IR

[deathbyguitar]

I am assuming the "power section" is just one notch beyond "hey; let's send the preamp signal directly to the cabinet!"

Back in college I used to hook my Rocktron Voodu Valve preamp directly into a cabinet. Sounded better to me than though the Mosvalve I had at the time, oddly enough. I'm definitely curious to see how this would fare into a 1x12 Recto cab or something.

 

[0XI0]

I am assuming the "power section" is just one notch beyond "hey; let's send the preamp signal directly to the cabinet!"

it's loud dude, I'll post a vid soon

 

[R590]

I still for no real reason or purpose want this thing

I picked one up for my headphone rig, which I really don’t need. A nano cortex works totally fine for headphone practice/noodling (or my QC, IR-X, IR-J, or TK preamp ), but it’s still a cool product!

Maybe I’ll use it to add a Fryette channel to one of my existing heads

 

[KingsXJJ]

Back in college I used to hook my Rocktron Voodu Valve preamp directly into a cabinet. Sounded better to me than though the Mosvalve I had at the time, oddly enough. I'm definitely curious to see how this would fare into a 1x12 Recto cab or something.

I wish I had tried that!

 

[la szum]

There are even some dirt/distortion pedals that have been known to drive a Cab.

People can do what they want, but I don't think it sounded great in 1W Mode, or was
all that loud. Come on. It's 1 watt. I think we can all do the math on the kind of headroom
that is going to offer up.

Not bagging on it. Just saying. For me it shines as a Preamp and Recording Interface. I
also think there is a TON of merit in adding it to an existing amp for another series of options
as a Preamp.

 

[Stratzrus]

I've been thinking of getting one to pair with my PS-100. Is that a good idea?

 

[KingsXJJ]

“Shut up and take my money! - Phillip J. Fryette

 

[0XI0]

I've been thinking of getting one to pair with my PS-100. Is that a good idea?

yes. I've had the GPDi/IR sitting on top of my gamma 25 for the last week just running it into the clean channel, I'm staring at my mesa inventory lining the walls, knowing intimately what they all sound like under the fingers and the pick, knowing what gain 1 and gain 2 do on the triaxis and studio pre and how they interact, knowing how raw the v-twin and rectifier and nomad modern channels are... and in a week of constantly flipping back and forth from deliverance to pitbull to clean, less to more, deep to tight, constantly swinging the voicing and saturation back and forth, constantly tweaking the dynamics knob... this fucking little lunchbox sounds to me like a VH4 to me, where Diezel hypothetically collaborated with whoever did the og Marshall DSL gain channel for the deliverance mode. pitbull got the rectifier/SLO top, deliverance got the middle, clean is NOT fucking clean unless it's off, clean is basically JVM green/red 1 "clean", if you know what i mean. what i mean to say is all 3 modes can be their own real clean channel, or a insane hair metal channel, without even using any fuckin boost.

u ever play something that works and sounds so good for you, you periodically just stop and stare at it? like wtf even is this.

People talk about the AFX3 making them literally sell all their real gear, well I'm a tube preamp fanatic and mesa liquid gain addict, and this VHT red pill tube preamp has got me about to firesale anything i own with power tubes in it. Not cause it actually sounds better than the OGs all in, it's just got the means somehow to do fuckin everything the OGs do with my palm mute requirements, while sounding like its self. I've played it for 8 hours a day for the past week and didn't turn it off for 6 days. the slots in the top are just barely too small to drop a pick in, but just large enough to hold a pick.

 

[Steinmetzify]

I had the 1st version of this twice and the only thing that stopped me from getting it when I assembled a truck rig was the lack of headphone out.

The idea that you can run 3 outputs simultaneously is so Fryette. This dude does things that nobody else even thinks of.

Savage little unit man, glad you’re still on it a year later.

 

[Hollowway]

There are even some dirt/distortion pedals that have been known to drive a Cab.

People can do what they want, but I don't think it sounded great in 1W Mode, or was
all that loud. Come on. It's 1 watt. I think we can all do the math on the kind of headroom
that is going to offer up.

Not bagging on it. Just saying. For me it shines as a Preamp and Recording Interface. I
also think there is a TON of merit in adding it to an existing amp for another series of options
as a Preamp.

Headroom will definitely be affected, but 100 watts is only like 2-3 times as loud as 1 watt, if what I’ve read is correct. I know that switching my Mesa from 90 to 10 makes shockingly little difference in terms of volume.

What I’m wondering here is how much like a deliverance this thing can get. I would be fine with 1 watt, as I already have a 50CL and UL for the power amps. But I’m not sure if it nails the Deliverance tone or is just an approximation.

 

[nightlight]

I'd definitely like to compare one of these to the GP3 I have. I think they'd be quite similar, but the GP3 has the almighty GEQ built in.

 

[OrganicZed]

I'd definitely like to compare one of these to the GP3 I have. I think they'd be quite similar, but the GP3 has the almighty GEQ built in.

I have the first version of the GP/DI as well as a GP3. The GP/DI is similarly flexible from a tonal perspective, but (obviously) the GP3 is better setup to accommodate use in a live rig. The GP3 has more range of gain before the onset of breakup on the clean channel, but it also doesn't sound as good as the "clean" setting of the GP/DI. I don't think the GP/DI does the really heavy tones as well as the GP3, but that is mostly because you can add a boost and the GEQ in the unit.

Both are awesome, but I gravitate toward playing the GP/DI more often. Something about its form factor encourages me to interact with it more freely. I have a tendency to set controls on the the GP3 in one spot and leave them there. When I play the GP/DI I can go either way; do everything from the guitar volume and tone knobs leaving the amp in one setting the whole time, or shaping the gain, volume, and EQ to suit each guitar as I move down the rack.

I think both are worth owning. I've toyed with getting the new version of the GP/DI so I can run it in stereo with the one I currently have.

 

[OrganicZed]

Headroom will definitely be affected, but 100 watts is only like 2-3 times as loud as 1 watt, if what I’ve read is correct. I know that switching my Mesa from 90 to 10 makes shockingly little difference in terms of volume.

What I’m wondering here is how much like a deliverance this thing can get. I would be fine with 1 watt, as I already have a 50CL and UL for the power amps. But I’m not sure if it nails the Deliverance tone or is just an approximation.

The perceived volume doubles with each log of power. A 100W amp should be 4x as loud as a 1W amp.

I don't have much experience with the Deliverance model. I played a D120 for about an hour in a local shop approximately 10 years ago. I remember really liking it. In contrast, I don't really love the Deliverance mode in the GP/DI. It sounds overly dark compared to the Pitbull mode. IMO.

In this situation (and only this situation) I'm 100% on team Pittbull.