VHT Pittbull Ultra-Lead - Amp Tone Profile, Specs & Settings
VHT Pittbull Ultra-Lead - its tonal profile, specs, and how to recreate its sound on the gear you already own. No catalogued songs use this amp yet, but ToneMirror can translate its voicing to your rig in under a minute.
- mid-forward
- high-gain gain
- premium tier
Dial the VHT Pittbull Ultra-Lead sound in on your own rig
Three-channel, KT88-powered high-gain head of around 120 watts from Steven Fryette's VHT, introduced in 1993. Tight, aggressive and heavily saturated, it is the amp Slipknot's Mick Thomson has been quoted naming for Iowa and Vol. 3 before he moved to Rivera.
- Type
- Amp
- Brand
- VHT
- Production
- 1993–present
- Price tier
- Premium
- EQ voicing
- Mid-forward
- Gain structure
- High-gain
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Common Questions About the VHT Pittbull Ultra-Lead
What does the VHT Pittbull Ultra-Lead sound like?
Three-channel, KT88-powered high-gain head of around 120 watts from Steven Fryette's VHT, introduced in 1993. Tight, aggressive and heavily saturated, it is the amp Slipknot's Mick Thomson has been quoted naming for Iowa and Vol. 3 before he moved to Rivera. The most common knob positions across the songs in our catalog are summarized above.
What are the VHT Pittbull Ultra-Lead's key tonal traits?
The VHT Pittbull Ultra-Lead is characterized by mid-forward EQ, high-gain gain. ToneMirror uses exactly these traits when it translates a tone you pick onto your rig - or the VHT Pittbull Ultra-Lead's sound onto whatever you own.
When was the VHT Pittbull Ultra-Lead made?
The VHT Pittbull Ultra-Lead has been in production since 1993.
Do I need a VHT Pittbull Ultra-Lead to play these songs?
No - that's the whole point of ToneMirror. Each per-song page describes the sound on the record, and our match engine translates it to whatever amp you actually own. Different EQ curve, same recorded result.