Victoria Amplifier Co. Victorilux 310 Combo

This is a new 2-6L6, 3x10 Victoria Victorilux amp. It has two inputs, low and high gain, volume, bass, treble, reverb, and two tremelo controls. Its just a basic amp with no bells and whistles. Its hand wired and is a unique creation by Victoria Amps rather than a recreation of an older amp design like most of the other Victoria Amps.

I basically play medium volume traditional blues, swing and dabble in other rootsy music. I love tweed amps, and this was about the closest I've been able to find to a tweed with reverb and tremelo. I like traditional music and guitar tones, and no blues-rock kind of tones.

There aren't any missing features on the amp, its perfect in that respect. The power is about 35 watts. Its perfect for a medium volume rootsy band setup that I love. I would also love to have a lower wattage version of this amp. I preferred the 6L6 version of this amp over the EL84 version. I think the EL84 version would be more attractive to me in a 2x12 speaker setup or a 1x12/1x15 speaker arrangement.

The amp is perfect for the music that I love to play. I give it a perfect 10.

I use Fender Stratocasters with vintage style single coils. The amp growls, sings, pops and heaves just the way I like it. There is a wide range of traditional type tones available by adjusting the treble and bass knobs. The first thing I notice about 'boutique' type amps is that the tone controls generally are more responsive than those on PCB based amps.

The amp is very quiet in every environment I use it in. Single coil pickups of course tend to be noisy. I slightly disagree that the amp strictly sounds like a Fender Princeton Reverb. Although it apparently has a Princeton Reverb type pre-amp circuit, it has 6L6's, its a 3x10 setup, in a much bigger cabinet, and has Victoria's typical tweed circuit components save for the transformers I believe.

The amp does offer that traditional Fender tone that is reminiscent of a Princeton Reverb and even a Super Reverb, but more of a brown Fender midrange component. The tone controls offer a wide range of options that allow me to get it pretty close to a tweed kind of tone that I love. Its everything that I want in tone from one amp.

I would expect it to be very reliable for many yeras.

Lifetime warranty.

I've been playing for about 20 years. Have owned a variety of classic Fender type amps. I love the classic tone of this amp with the smooth midrange. I tried a variety of other tweed and boutique amps and settled on this one. If you're into classic type American amp tone, this one can't be beat, and is on par with all of the greatest. It'll be a classic.

This is a 2003 Victorilux 310 combo in brown tolex. One channel with vol, treble, bass, reverb, speed & intensity. Cabinet is solid pine and the amp is light weight compared to it's size. No effects loop, master volume or channel switching. This amp is designed for a person who is seeking great tone with onboard reverb and tremolo and no extra frills.

I use an American Std Strat, Les Paul Std, 52 Tele, all stock. This amp is totally different that the regular tweed amps that Mark builds. It has the sound of a Princeton Reverb only at 35 watts! The reverb is especially lush and can give a great surf sound if needed. The tremolo is vastly improved over any I have played before and can be set to be quite dramatic or barely noticeable. The tone of the amp is amazing, the notes sustain well and the amp has better headroom than I expected. The amp takes pedals well and I have found that a fulldrive 2 gives great tones for a ZZ top sound or if turned down a killer blues sound. This amp breaks up in a different way than my tweed deluxe, it still sound good just different. I can get just about any sound that I like fom the amp. I would describe it as "the best Super Reverb I've ever heard with just the right volume and headroom."

Victoria products are the best built amps you can buy, they are simple, easy to repair and Mark backs up his amps very well.

I've e-mail or called the company several times with timely answers and have been treat well.

I've been playing guitar for over 30 years and I find the Victoria amps to have the sound that I want coming from my guitar, their expensive but should easily last a lifetime, I am becoming a convert of the "less is more" group. I've owned Boogies, Fender, Vox and to many others to count and these amps are pure tone machines.

Stop reading this review. Run, don't walk, to your nearest Victoria dealer and buy this amp! As far as features goes, it doesn't have headphone jacks, it doesn't have channel switching, effects loops, thank God! This amp is fully equipped with the two standard inputs, Bass, Treble, Volume. It also has a reverb, intensity, and speed knobs for the two on-board effects. The reverb is a spring reverb, very rich verb, anything more than 1 or 2 and your are in to surfdom. The tremlo effect is operated by the intensity and speed, unless you crank everythin max, it is very subtle, and beautiful. I guess I could have given it an 8 for features, but from my perspective, anything more robs tone!

I play mainly strats, my primary pickups are Virtual Vintage Blues. I play classic rock, and blues rock music. Spanky clean highs and resonant lows, its all you need to knows. I have to admitt, I wasn't sure if I had my guitar or someone else's the first time I played this amp. It brought out tone I have never heard.

Haven't owned it long enough to need service.

No problems, the only communication I have had to make with the company is information on buying my next Victoria.

I have been playing about 9 years. I have owned a 70's Fender Bassman, 50's Gibsonette, Marshall JCM 2000 TSL, and several modeling amps. I am selling everything else except the Bassman amp. This amp is incredible. Do yourself a favor and check out Analog Man's website (www.analogman.com). I use his effects in my signal chain, they are quiet and requisit for great tone. If this amp was lost or stolen, I would buy two more.

3 x 10" speakers, combo unit with EL84 tubes. Revebr and tremola built right in. Tweed covering. Wonderful to look at, incredible to listen to. Basic tone knobs and volume. If you even look at a Vicky, you better know that less is more. All the features you need are here.

I am a huge fan of 6V6 tubes ... I prefer them to any other tube, even though I am a part time hard rock guitarist. When I heard this amp had EL84s, I figured the tone would be bright and jangly, and not something I would enjoy. Wron. The tone is very warm, like with 6V6 tubes, but stil has some of that EL84 presence. Very easy lead work and chord riffing from this tone .. and the reverb is top notch. It will do extreme surf tones if you bring it up over half. The tremola is subtle ( as it should be) and stays in the background . You could leave it on all the time to put an excellent flavor in your playing. I loved the tremola ... wish I had a separate unit that sounded that good.

These are so clean and well made, that they should be the standard by whcih other amps are judged. Top of line components and craftsmanship.

Never dealt wth them.

I tried this at Alpha Audio in Mystic CT. Andy (great guy) plugged this great amp in for me to demo, and with a Tom Anderson Classic the tones melted into my ears. Man, it does NOT get any better than this. It is definately a unique take on the EL84 sound. Makes you want to play for hours ... definatley no jangle here, just warm and defined clean tone without that dry sterile feel that some other boutique amps give you. You can wail blues licks too ... creamy overdrive if you crank it. Great model from Victoria amps!

I have the 2002 Victorilux 3X10 combo. It's got 4-EL84 tubes. Reverb. Tremolo. Kind of Fendery in concept - we all know Victoria as a company that makes great knock-offs of tweed Fender amps. This one is a bit different - mainly due to the Vox style output tube compliment. Also, this one has a full sized reverb tank and built in control - rather than Victoria's usual add on box. It also has a great tremolo - another thing you don't usually find on Victoria's amps. So we have a basic Fender vibe with a bit of Vox thrown in. I give it a 7 for features because there's no Master Volume or multiple channels - not that you'd want that in this amp!

I play mainly single coil guitars. My styles are blues, blues-rock, and rock, with a touch of jazz. This amp is perfect for all those. The 4 - EL84s give the amp a creamy Vox-like break-up at higher volumes and a sound that is 2/3 Fender - but without Fender's unpleasant distortion and flabby bottom end when you play Fenders flat out. I used to use a 1967 Vibrolux 2 X 10, and this amp has all the sparkle and steely harmonics, but without the limitations. The reverb is lush and deep. The Trem is absolutely addictive. I have 3 Matchless amps and have gone through a pile of amps over the years. This is a keeper!!! I don't find this amp to be super clean, but this amp is about richness, harmonics, and beautiful breakup...so it seems perfectly voiced. I can run at a volume equal to my 15 watt Matchless and it sounds great. But it does have more juice if you need it. For those who find Super Reverbs to be too damn loud when you get them to sound decent, this is a great amp. I did have a 35310 Victoria and sold it to get this. I AB-ed them and found the 35310 to be a little more touch sensitive, a little cleaner, and a little harsher. The Victorilux is creamier, more breakup, very sweet sounding, and a bit tighter. More my cuppa tea. I'd own both if I won the lottery. For what it does, I give this a perfect score.

It's too new to be thinking about a breakdown, but I had the back off this and the workmanship is like a work of art. From what I understand, these amps are like tanks - and I know I'd get full support from Mark Baier at Victoria on this one. My last Vicky was very reliable. I couple of tube issues, but the amp was not a problem.

Victoria has responded to all my emails and I can't imagine them not standing behind what is, i know, a labour of love.

I've been playing about 25 years and owned lots of guitars and amps - vintage and newer. I have 7 amps and if I could only keep two, I'd keep my Matchless Lightning 2 X 10 and the Victorilux. This amp "out-Fenders a Fender".