The Duchess is a powerful and ultra-compact amplifier. It has four valves on the front, a 180 watt power section, reverb and tremolo. Now it has been updated to include DynIR virtual cabinet technology integrated with Two notes audio engineering Torpedo, a headphone output and our Valve Response Circuit VRC (™) technology.
The Duchess is all about vintage-style American cleans and British breaking. It's a perfect single-channel amp in a small booth or desk, or for touring musicians who need a reliable, great-sounding pedal amp.
Volume and master
Balance the gain of the front preamp with the overall output volume. It will slightly overdrive the preamp if desired, but the main goal is to achieve higher tones and power.
Three-band equalizer
Powerful bass, mid and treble controls to shape your sound. These also have an effect on the gain character and drive levels - just like in any tube guitar amp.
Reverberation
Lush-sounding digital reverb gives you ambiance galore. Set it low for a subtle feeling of space, or max it out for a washed-out, splashy fullness!
Tremolo
From slow and pulsing to fast and staccato, we're suckers one of the oldest effects in the book. Turn it on/off on the chassis or remotely.
Serial effects loop
Places between the preamp and the power amp. Run your time-based effects here for maximum clarity.
Two-note technology
Two Notes Audio Engineering DynIR Virtual Cabinet technology built into Torpedo is on board the Duchess. The Cab Sim XLR allows you to easily take your Victory virtual speakers anywhere. The presets were created by Pete Honore for the Duchess.
The two-note booth simulation signal can be routed to line output and XLR or only to XLR.
Balanced line output and headphone output
Send direct feed to a separate speaker simulator, at the front of the house or wherever you choose. Can be used with or without a connected speaker. The built-in headphone output makes silent practice quick and easy.
9V DC power output
Want to power additional pedals and stick them to your board? We have included a center-negative 9V DC output which will provide a maximum of 500mA. This is more than enough for the vast majority of analog drives, fuzzes and delays etc.
TWO NOTE TECHNOLOGY
We've teamed up with the incredibly talented people at Two notes Audio Engineering to integrate their incredible technology into our V4 Duchess Guitar amp.
Right out of the box, you get access to six presets created by Victory artist Pete Honore. These were specially created by Pete for the V4 Duchess guitar amp. There are ten virtual Victory speakers included with the amp and a collection of microphones and positions to choose and create your own presets. All of this is accessible by plugging the V4 Duchess guitar amp into your computer, via Torpedo Remote (downloadable for free from the Two notes website) - this is also where you access power amp modes, parts, studio quality equalizer and audio amplifier. . Register your device with Two notes to access two additional Two notes DynIR booths.
THE HISTORY OF V4 AMP VALVES!
The V4 amps have interesting tubes, to be precise 3 CV4014s and 1 EC900. The CV4014s were manufactured in 1981 at the Mullard factory in England, then stored in a climate-controlled atmosphere deep underground, the depot was part of a Cold War nuclear bunker! They stayed there until we decided to design products based on them!
The EC900s were manufactured by EI (Elektronska Industrija) in the former Yugoslavia under license from Phillips and Mullard, they were produced to an incredibly high standard, so much so that we included a 2 year warranty on the V4 amps .
UPDATE V4 DUCHESS
The Duchess V4 amp was launched in 2020, then in 2022 we updated it with two onboard notes, a headphone output and a valve response circuit (VRC), this was timed with the launch of the V4 Copper, V4 Jack and V4 Sheriff.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
FORMAT:
Guitar amp head
PREAMP VALVES:
1 EC900, 3 CV4014
POWER OUTPUT:
180 W at 4 ohms (approximately 90 W at 8 ohms, 45 W at 16 ohms)
POWER REQUIREMENTS:
CIS sector
SIZE:
225(w) x 175(h) x 100mm(d) feet and knobs included
LESTER:
1.7 kg (3.75 lb)
ADDITIONAL FEATURES:
Aluminum chassis
Reverberation
Two notes Cab Sim technology with 6-position preset control
Three-band equalizer
Serial effects loop
Balanced DI output on 6.3 mm TRS jack
Additional 9V DC power socket for pedals etc. (maximum total current 500mA, center-negative)