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FRYETTE D60: based on Fryette Deliverance 60H
Steven Fryette founded VHT Amplification, a well-known amplifier brand (guitar amps and power amps). He sold the brand name in 2009 and continues to design and sell products under his own name. The famous VHT power amplifiers are now Fryette power amplifiers.
The D60 models are based on the VHT, eh, Fryette Deliverance 60H amp (Mk I). It’s a 60 watts head, running on KT88 tubes. The Deliverance is capable of delivering (bad um tss…) tight, dry, aggressive high-gain tones, especially popular with metal players.
Back in the Axe-Fx Standard/Ultra days, the Fryette model was one of the really high-gain models, and quite popular too. In those days it also was a very bass-heavy model, which is no longer the case.
Fryette:
The amp has these controls: Gain I (voicing), Gain II (overdrive), More/Less switch, Master, Treble, Middle, Bass, Presence, Depth,
Fryette:
We’ve got two models of this amp, based on the Less (3 gain stages) resp. More (4 gain stages) modes of the amp. Personally I’m not particularly fond of the Less model. The More model rocks, although it’s easy to make it too saturated, and it has a slightly sterile sound to my ears.
Fryette:
Fryette uses custom speakers: Eminence P50 and Fane F70G speakers. We haven’t got those among our stock cabs, so make your own choice. You might like the Uber IRs (#50, #51, #52), or Mesa (#73).
FRYETTE D60: based on Fryette Deliverance 60H
Steven Fryette founded VHT Amplification, a well-known amplifier brand (guitar amps and power amps). He sold the brand name in 2009 and continues to design and sell products under his own name. The famous VHT power amplifiers are now Fryette power amplifiers.
The D60 models are based on the VHT, eh, Fryette Deliverance 60H amp (Mk I). It’s a 60 watts head, running on KT88 tubes. The Deliverance is capable of delivering (bad um tss…) tight, dry, aggressive high-gain tones, especially popular with metal players.
Back in the Axe-Fx Standard/Ultra days, the Fryette model was one of the really high-gain models, and quite popular too. In those days it also was a very bass-heavy model, which is no longer the case.
Fryette:
“As with all Fryette amplifiers, the Deliverance Sixty amplifier beautifully accentuates the inherent qualities of any instrument. It breathes and dynamically responds to your playing technique exactly the way a great guitar amp should. And as stomp boxes have gained more widespread appeal, you will find Deliverance amps to be pedal friendly and ultra-responsive to the many colors pedal effects produce.
The Deliverance preamp section has a broad dynamic range, which accounts for its extra touch-sensitivity and excellent guitar volume response. In addition, clean and overdriven voicings can easily be dialed up on the Deliverance Sixty using the unique GAIN I / GAIN II structure, tone controls, presence and depth. From there, just a little tweaking on your guitar volume and tone controls will yield a surprising amount of control.
The D60H power amp section is designed for big round tone and dynamic response at low to medium guitar volumes and a rapid but smooth transition into saturation, turning rich and thick at full guitar volume. This combination of preamp voicing and power amp response enhances the unique character of any guitar and pick-up type.
Specially designed, precision wound power and output transformers produce optimum performance, reliability and stability, delivering excellent power tube response and just the right amount of natural output transformer saturation and compression.”
The amp has these controls: Gain I (voicing), Gain II (overdrive), More/Less switch, Master, Treble, Middle, Bass, Presence, Depth,
Fryette:
“The Input Sensitivity of an amplifier, commonly referred to as GAIN, determines how much overdrive and sustain your guitar will produce. Tonal balance, which we refer to as VOICING determines how the amp will respond to your playing style and sound with a particular guitar. Like all amplifiers, the D60 has tone and gain controls, but unlike any other amplifier the D60 gives you total control over VOICING and GAIN. This GAIN I / GAIN II / MASTER VOLUME configuration is the key to dialing in the Deliverance sound and volume to your specific requirements.
GAIN I increases the gain amount as you rotate the knob clockwise. As the gain increases, the tonal balance is shifted from a treble and upper mid emphasis, which produces an up front sparkling tone, to a lower mid and bass emphasis, which produces a thick meaty tone.
GAIN I / VOICING – Sets the amount of overdrive in the second gain stage. This first gain control also serves as a tone shaping control, counter-clockwise for crisp and articulate, clockwise for thick and saturated
GAIN II increases the gain amount as you rotate the knob clockwise but with no alteration of the tonal balance. Different combinations of GAIN I and GAIN II settings, will have a dramatic effect on the response of the amplifier and the personality of your instrument. It is easy to get familiar with the action of these controls and you’ll be amazed with your ability to make any guitar sound mellow, fat, soulful or aggressive.”
GAIN II / OVERDRIVE – Full frequency gain boost or cut. Sets the amount of overdrive in the third gain stage. Works in conjunction with Gain I to dial in the perfect overdrive/sustain amount for your guitar and pick-up combination."
We’ve got two models of this amp, based on the Less (3 gain stages) resp. More (4 gain stages) modes of the amp. Personally I’m not particularly fond of the Less model. The More model rocks, although it’s easy to make it too saturated, and it has a slightly sterile sound to my ears.
Fryette:
"This switch selects three stages or four stages of tube preamp gain depending on the amount of overdrive required. LESS = 3 stages, MORE = 4 stages. When using stomp boxes or active pick-ups, four stages of gain are often unnecessary and generate undesirable levels of background noise, so the ability to defeat the additional stage is a real plus."
The MORE / LESS switch activates or defeats a tube gain stage. The interesting and often overlooked benefit of this switch is that you can use it in conjunction with the gain controls to tailor your tone as well as distortion amount. For example, set GAIN I, GAIN II, MORE/LESS and MASTER VOLUME as shown in the photo above and play for a few minutes. Now set these controls as shown in the photo below. Notice that the overall amount of overdrive is approximately the same as it was but the tonal balance has shifted markedly from full and warm to crisp and spanking."
Fryette uses custom speakers: Eminence P50 and Fane F70G speakers. We haven’t got those among our stock cabs, so make your own choice. You might like the Uber IRs (#50, #51, #52), or Mesa (#73).
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