VHT Pitbull 45 EL84 - Custom Green - Pre-Owned

Pre-Owned - 2003 build in Custom Green finish. Please contact our Guitar team in-store on 02 6282 3199 for more information.

Overview:

The VHT Pittbull 45 is a 2 channel British style amp with a clean channel and a dirty channel. It allows either Class A or Class AB use via the rear panel switch.

Control overview with suggested starter settings.

INPUT HIGH– High sensitivity input (also has a brighter tone)
INPUT LOW– Low sensitivity input (also has a slightly darker tone)
GAIN– Amount of overdrive. Initial set-up: 2 O’clock
DRIVE– Toggles between Drive and Clean channel
VOLUME– Pre FX loop. Initial set-up: 10 O’clock
BOOST– Switches from low gain (clean to slightly dirty) to medium gain (crunch to medium overdrive)
TREBLE– Initial set-up: 2 O’clock
EDGE– Frequency dependent gain boost; gain increases as you play up the neck.
MIDDLE– Initial set-up: 10 O’clock
SHIFT– Shifts Treble, Middle, and Bass shelving down
BASS– Initial set-up: 12 O’clock
VOLUME– Gain and volume for Clean channel, pre FX loop. Initial set-up: 9 O’clock
BOOST– Gain boost for Clean channel
TREBLE– Initial set-up: 2 O’clock
BRIGHT– High frequency boost ( becomes less active as Volume increases)
MIDDLE– Initial set-up: 10 O’clock
SHIFT– Low midrange boost between Middle and Bass frequencies
BASS– Initial set-up: 12 O’clock
STANDBY– 1=operate , 0= standby
MAINS– Lovely emerald green, don’t you think?
REVERB– Initial set-up: 8 O’clock
EFFECTS MIX/LEVEL– Initial set-up: 5 O’clock (not provided on earlier models).
EFFECTS SEND– Send level set by preamp volumes
EFFECTS LOOP LEVEL– Sets overall level of loop (Out = 0dB, In = -10,dB)
EFFECTS SERIES/PARALLEL SWITCH– Sets loop for series or parallel operation (not provided on earlier models).
EFFECTS RETURN– Overall level adjusted by Hi/Low switch, then feeds to power amp
FOOTSWITCH JACK– 6Pin Din Connector
LINE OUT jack– Power amp line out
SPEAKER OUTPUT– Parallel wired
IMPEDENCE SELECT– 4,8,16 ohm
CLASS A/CLASS AB SWITCH– Sets operation of power tube to Class A or Class AB mode.
Forty-Five models only. Not available on earlier models.

About VHT:

VHT was an American guitar amp company started by Steven Fryette in 1989 and in Los Angeles, California.

Fryette moved from Seattle to Los Angeles in 1976 and started working at a repair technician at Valley Arts Guitar. He did repairs and mods for Eddie Van Halen, Steve Lukather, Duane Eddy, and many others.

His favorite guitar amps were Hiwatts. He owned a Hiwatt 50 watt amp, then traded it for a Hiwatt 100w amp that he modified to fit his own playing style and cover more tonal ground. Respected amp builders Paul Rivera and Randall Smith both offered him jobs but Fryette turned them down, saying he didn’t want to make amps for a living. Then the 2150 power amp prototype Fryette built got him many orders, and his amp making career began.

Fryette started VHT Amplification in January 1989. After the surprise success of his power amp he developed multi-channel guitar amps with the name Pittbull. Around 1994, Fryette released the Pittbull 45. The Pittbull 45 combos became one of their most popular models, but the head version was more rare with only 165 produced (JT’s was #23).

In 2009 Fryette rebranded his amp company as Fryette Amplification and sold the name VHT to another company who would make budget amps under the VHT brand. Fryette Amplification is the continuation of what was VHT in the 1990s and 2000s. The Pittbull 45 stayed in the lineup until around the time of the name change.