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K_G_1:
I picked up a ADA Viper at a pawn shop about 8 years ago when I also bought my first electric guitar. I could find very little information about it, but the sound of it was awesome, so I bought it for a little over $200, thinking that I'd upgrade later. Long story short, I still have it and have yet to find anything for less than a grand that I like significantly better.  Clean tone is beautiful, and actually works quite well when amplifying my acoustic as well.  Red channel has a fantastic range of distorted sounds as well. 

Anyway, it's a great amp that looks mint, and everything on it works great, except the "varicab" cabinet emulation feature.  When I press the button for that feature, there is no sound except a very quiet hum.  Does anyone know if the cab emulation was any good? Is it something worth worrying about, or should I just continue to enjoy the amp as is?

Harley Hexxe:
Hi K_G_1,

    First of all, welcome to the Depot :wave:

    Those amps are pretty rare, and the only person I can think of who could answer your question would be Kim. He had one but sold it to a friend of his. I think the Vari-cab would come in handy if you were recording with the amp, but it could also come in handy if you're mic'ing the amp in a live situation too. It all depends on your application.

  Harley 8)

Iperfungus:
You can find the manual here:

http://adadepot.com/index.php?topic=129.0

or here:

http://adadepot.com/manuals/ADA-Snake-series-manual.pdf

Maybe there's some useful info about the Varicab...

rnolan:
Hey K_G_1, Welcome to the depot  :thumb-up:

(When I press the button for that feature, there is no sound except a very quiet hum.), there should still be sound coming from the internal speaker (unless you are in standby mode). There should also be signal at the record out jack (line level) and the Fx send jack, if not seems something's wrong in the Varicab circuit, definitely worth fixing  :thumb-up: ADA cab emulation is very good. And, as far as I can see from the manual, it should make the very small combo seem ALLOT bigger  >:D

Kim:
Hi and Welcome!   :wave:

When I had the Viper I left the VariCab on nearly all the time I played it.  The amp sounds good itself, but the WOW factor when the VariCab was engaged really surprises you.  Almost like when you bypass it, it feels like something is missing.....I didn't get to try any recording with the amp though.

Speaking of surprises, I was really impressed with the Crunch setting on the Green channel and the Drive all the way up.  Such a sweet singing sustain....

As for the question "Is it something worth worrying about, or should I just continue to enjoy the amp as is?"  the answer is YES.   ;)

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