Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Thanks for watching my review & demo of the Diezel VH4 amp! Let me know your thoughts in the comments below! Cheers!

Gear used in this video:
- Infinia Guitars Ceres
- Schecter PT Black Ops
- Diezel VH4
- Celestion Vintage 30
- Grossmann Fatbox iso cab
- Shure SM57 and Sennheiser MD421 Kompakt mics
- Cubase 13 Pro
- Toontrack Superior Drummer 3
- Klotz Cables & DI Box
- Kreative Devices Laptop
- IK Multimedia iLoud MTM Precision studio monitors

An original song of mine with me on vocals: youtu.be/xoD41LVyN2g

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Timecodes:
00:00 Diezel VH4 intro riff on channel 3
00:29 About the Diezel VH4
01:02 Signal chain and gear details
01:45 This amp is WEIRD!
01:57 Let's start on channel 3 with high-gain
02:38 The attack / envelope is very unique!
04:13 Let's try a more metal tone with channel 3
05:06 Let's try the middle eq control
05:53 Let's try a boost pedal with channel 3
08:03 Let's try a phaser up front
08:31 Let's try the wah wah
09:15 Let's try the bass control
10:00 Let's try the treble control
10:47 Lead guitar licks on channel 3
11:12 What happens if we turn down the gain for a crunch tone?
12:20 Let's compare channel 3 to channel 4
13:39 Lead licks on channel 4
13:57 Let's lower the gain...
14:32 Clean tones with channel 1
15:50 Let's try the bright switch
16:06 Cranking the gain on channel 1
16:47 Let's try channel 2 for crunch tones
17:07 With the bright switch
17:32 JCM 800 ish tone?
18:14 Let's try the depth control
19:22 Let's try the presence control
20:32 Let's try an active pickup in drop-c
22:25 Final thoughts and conclusion