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- Page 1 P a g e VICTORY V40 Deluxe ‘The Duchess’ All Valve 40 Watt Guitar Head User Guide...
- Page 2 P a g e Thank you, and congratulations on acquiring a Victory Amplification V40 Deluxe. This amp is proudly designed and built by our committed team of engineers and craftsmen in the We value simplicity in operation, flexibility in use and absolutely no compromise in tone.
- Page 3 P a g e FRONT PANEL Power Lamp with Jewel When lit, this indicates that mains power has been applied to the amplifier. It houses a 6.3V 10mm bayonet filament bulb which can be replaced by unscrewing the jewel from the front.
- Page 4 P a g e The Master Volume control is positioned after the phase splitter valve and so turning up the Input Volume control allows for overdriving the first part of the power output stage. Reverb Volume The V40D has a built-in valve-driven Spring Reverb and this control varies the amount of Reverb added to the guitar signal.
- Page 5 P a g e REAR PANEL Footswitch socket TREMOLO/REVERB. Connect the supplied dual latching footswitch here to select TREMOLO On/Off and REVERB On/Off. Effects Loop The V40D has an effects loop, which is a simple, low impedance, series loop. The By-Pass switch completely disables the Effects loop for ‘True-Bypass’ Please ensure this switch is in the up, ‘ON’...
- Page 6 Posidrive uses an 8-Blade screwdriver which allows for more precision and higher torque. Please try to use Posidrive Screwdrivers when working on a Victory amplifier. These are readily available from all good tool suppliers. We recommend having a No.1 and a No.2 point Posidrive screwdriver.
- Page 7 P a g e Always ensure a speaker is connected to the amplifier before powering up or damage to the output transformer may result. Never unplug a speaker when the amplifier is ON as this is even more likely to damage the transformer and the output valves. The output transformer in the V40D has 3 separate secondary windings;...
- Page 8 Valves: 4 x ECC83, (12AX7), 2 x 6L6 Notes on output volume and speaker attenuation: Victory amplifiers are designed to be played loud with gigging and rehearsal in mind. It can be difficult to get suitable volumes and tones from the V40D at home or ‘bedroom’...
- Page 9 Please contact your local dealer if you have any issues with your Victory product. Victory are setting up Official Service Centres around the world so please check on the Victory website to see where your nearest centre is located.
- Page 10 10 | P a g e contracting may become a bit ‘loose’ and not hold the valve pins as tight as they should. This can lead to noise and more commonly, sudden drops in volume or complete lack of sound. It is an easy task to re-tension the valve sockets and this can be done with a small flat blade screwdriver such as this: Important! Please ensure the amplifier is not plugged into the mains and has been off for...
- Page 11 11 | P a g e Pre-amp valves: Poweramp Valves:...
- Page 12 A note from Team Victory We’ve built your Victory Amplifier as a professional, no-compromise musical instrument, with a great deal of pride and an absolute commitment to tone. We encourage you to learn to get to know it by experimenting with all the controls, in order to discover its vast array of tonal combinations.
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