Video demo: The new Victory V4 Duchess is a valve head… at your feet!

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Guitarist magazine tries out the latest innovation from the British amp company

We're big fans of Victory's V4 preamp pedals, but its new Duchess takes that idea further – its a power amp too. A fully-fledged head in pedal form.

We first heard it at NAMM when Victory artist and our 2019 blues poll winner Chris Buck gave us a quick tour of its features. 

Guitarist magazine has reviewed it in its latest issue on sale here, and its demoed here for them by Richard Barrett. 

Rob Laing
Rob Laing
Reviews Editor, GuitarWorld.com and MusicRadar guitars

Rob is the Reviews Editor for GuitarWorld.com and MusicRadar guitars, so spends most of his waking hours (and beyond) thinking about and trying the latest gear while making sure our reviews team is giving you thorough and honest tests of it. He's worked for guitar mags and sites as a writer and editor for nearly 20 years but still winces at the thought of restringing anything with a Floyd Rose.

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