VICTORY AMPLIFICATION DP40 The Duchess Head – Danish Pete Victory Amplification

“I’ve loved and played the V40 and the V40D since they came out.

I love the versatility of the volume and master which means you can get big clean sounds but also that slightly driven tone from the amp.

I always preferred the reverb in the Deluxe, so we tweaked the reverb so it has a slightly longer decay and slightly brighter sound.

It’s a mighty sound in a small box that’s brilliant on any 1×12, 2×12 cabinet or in the studio running through cab sims and IRs.

And now it is purple, so what’s not to love?!”

Peter Honoré

Single Channel & Voice Switch​

You can go from clean, ’60s Californian tones with single coils, through to a driven mid-’60s British overdrive all in one channel. Voice II strengthens the midrange subtly at the input for more punch and cut.

Mid Kick

This works in conjunction with the Middle pot to boost midrage frequencies in the EQ section. The more you push the Midde pot, the more it pushes overdriven sounds, especially with humbuckers.

Reverb

DP40’s reverb is tweaked slightly over the standard V40 to offer a little more brightness in the way Pete likes it. It sits somewhere between a plate and hall-type sound. It’s hard bypassable too if you want it totally out of the circuit.

Series Effects Loop

The hard-bypassable effects loop enables you to use delays, reverbs etc after the preamp section of the amp to keep them clean sounding. If they aren’t as clear as you like, try lowering the mix/output of the pedal, especially as you turn the amp master up.

Low Power Options

The front panel switch offers a low-power mode for around 7 watts. In addition, you can use the single-ended mode which selects to just one or other of the power valves in Class A operation (use them evenly to keep the wear roughly equal). Low power and single-ended mode together will take the output down below 1 watt RMS.

6L6 or EL34 Power Valves

V40 gives you the option of running either EL34 or 6L6 power valves. They offer subtly different tonal characteristics in terms of power stage overdrive and also overall frequency response. Notice we said subtle! There’s a bias range switch to get you in the right ballpark, but precise bias adjustment is also advised whenever you change power valves.