Victory Kraken VX Mark II - METAL LETS GO

Trying out the new Victory Kraken VX Mark II. I like to think they added a presence knob because of my earlier videos, but who knows. Anyhow, kickass metal amplifier with no need for an overdrive.

DISCLAIMER: Victory Amps did send me this amplifier for me to demo, but I'm sending it back as soon as the demo has been made. I'm not getting any money from trying gear, mainly to stay as unbiased as possible.

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[OlaEnglund]

As a side note, I was using both presence button settings in this video. It made a bit of difference but I wish it was affecting higher frequencies. Still sick!

[RabeaMassaad]

Thanks for checking it out man! Although I think you missed out a few bits that would’ve helped you out in your tone search.

Firstly the presence shift would’ve given you the higher sizzle you were after. We offered two areas of presence depending on what guitars and tunings you’re playing. You needed to engage the presence shift to get that sizzle.

Secondly, you had the bass focus pushed in which acts as a high pass filter, therefore in a standard tuning it’d sound less bassy. That’s why your bass control was on full and you felt it needed more.

With it disengaged it has more than enough low end to compliment the high end.

Either way. Glad you liked the tone.

Note: seen you found the shift switch. It’s worth saying we don’t really want to recreate the same fizzy presence that a lot of other high gain amps feature. We wanna offer something different but still in the same ball park.

Personally not a massive fan of the super fizzy presence in a lot of high gain amps.

Either way. Tones in your video were great man.

[andygreen]

Sounds awesome. The Purple light really ties the tone together.

[supergoat]

Got that signature Lee Anderton heavy tone.

[rycardoantunes]

i know that's a modern metal amplifier tight af but even knowing this doesnt need a boost pedal i would like to see this boosted, because yes

[roryodwyer]

reading up on it, there's a presence switch at the back that you can engage to up the frequency of the presence knob.

[greham]

When Ola says the presence could be higher, it means to me it's at the right spot. Ola always dials greats sounds but always a tad too much sizzle, almost fizzy to me. So I started questioning if had didn't have some hearing loss in the treble that made him dial so much trebles it sometimes sounds metallic.

[USDAselect]

Forget the amp, that guitar Ola's playing is something else. Look at that subtle wood grain pattern. The tasteful thickness of it. Oh my God, it even has a hardtail.

[petercarparelli]

Ola with the Bolt Thrower shirt...the man gets it.

[OddoRocket]

The kraken is probably my favorite amp victory makes. Rabea did a great job designing this amp with the team at victory

[jetblack]

I think with the shift button on the back you can add a little broader presence

[Lefthandpath]

That’s a great sounding amp. Makes me wish i was a kid again just starting out. Back in my day you had two choices: get a Marshall (and know someone that knew how to hot rod it) or get a Boogie. That was it. Now there’s a gazillion amps out there. Good time to be out and killin it.

[Turbo-D]

biggest improvement is the clean channel apparently, the original kraken pedals and amps are just insane high gain guitar heaven for me. my old rectifier is just used as a poweramp for the v4 kraken pedal since i have it and i prefere it over the mesa preamp. cheers 🎸🎸

[siggycertified]

Loved the co-owned by Lee joke, on point.

[matthewg]

loved the subtle mention of the KDH outing Capt'n Lee as the co-owner! Great!!!! lol

[yarick]

Oh shit, this is the most middy crunchy sweet and biting amp ever, and btw the presence is really amasing, MORE MIDS!!!)

[dougappel]

Just read on the Victory site that there's a Presence Shift switch control to change the focus of the presence control to give more "sizzle"...

[TobyKBTY]

It sounds awesome and incredibly ballsy, but I can't blame your critiques! They are personal preferences, I understand and a lot of players would find this a plug-and-play type of tone...but after owning 5150s, presence and resonance knobs in general are super helpful for that final tweaking.

[laurentreymond]

Yeah, thought of you when I saw the presence knob added, remember it was your only gripe with the Kraken before. This amp looks promising, instant competitor to EVH 5150 50W line I guess.

[JN-qjgf]

Sounds awesome. Adding a T75 might make the highs a bit more piercing.