Is Palomino V8 worth $159?

drssyoon · March 11th, 2008, 04:27 PM

These are on sale at GC. It is $10 more than Epi Valve Jr combo. What do you guys think?

Thanks.

Rumble · March 11th, 2008, 06:15 PM

I'd get a used V16 for about $225 instead. They're pretty easy to find at that price and you can actually use one live with a drummer.

markw51 · March 11th, 2008, 06:26 PM

I bought a V8 (not the drink) just to try one out and it was really a lousy sounding amp. Its tough to make a lousy sounding tube amp but they did. Bad sounding solid-state preamp. Its not all tube. The tone control is really lousy. Try something else.

toadman · March 11th, 2008, 06:34 PM

i grabbed one two weeks ago because i had a small venue gig and wanted a low watt combo. not a very good amp! i played it witht he tone knob all the way down and the guitar tone knob rolled off about 25%.
i honestly never intended to keep it. bought it on friday, returned it on sunday!
i thought the epi VJ sounded a lot better.

March 11th, 2008, 04:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
drssyoon TDPRI Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Atlanta Posts: 29	Is Palomino V8 worth $159? These are on sale at GC. It is $10 more than Epi Valve Jr combo. What do you guys think? Thanks.

March 11th, 2008, 06:34 PM	#4 (permalink)
toadman Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: andoverandoverandover,ct Age: 46 Posts: 1,040	i grabbed one two weeks ago because i had a small venue gig and wanted a low watt combo. not a very good amp! i played it witht he tone knob all the way down and the guitar tone knob rolled off about 25%. i honestly never intended to keep it. bought it on friday, returned it on sunday! i thought the epi VJ sounded a lot better. __________________ toadman the plank spanker www.slugnickel.com www.zydecohogs.com "The ultimate result of protecting man from folly is to fill the world with fools" Herbert Spencer

March 11th, 2008, 06:15 PM	#2 (permalink)
Rumble Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Georgia Age: 37 Posts: 1,013	I'd get a used V16 for about $225 instead. They're pretty easy to find at that price and you can actually use one live with a drummer.

March 11th, 2008, 06:26 PM	#3 (permalink)
markw51 Tele-Meister Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: rockville, md. Posts: 426	I bought a V8 (not the drink) just to try one out and it was really a lousy sounding amp. Its tough to make a lousy sounding tube amp but they did. Bad sounding solid-state preamp. Its not all tube. The tone control is really lousy. Try something else.