Redefining The Sound Of A Rock And Roll Guitar Amplifier

A notable entry into the crowded field of musician-built guitar amplifiers arrived on the German rock-and- roll scene in the mid-1990s. Peter Diezel was a guitarist performing with rock bands in Munich, Germany during the 1980s and early 1990s. His dissatisfaction with the Marshall amps that he favored for his rig drove him to modify his gear to better match the sounds and tones he was seeking.

Incorporating midi tone-modeling technology, Diezel crafted his first signature amplifier for the German market in 1994. Dubbed the VH4, it modeled four distinct guitar tones in a single cabinet, and each tone could be easily accessed through a simple channel-switching configuration designed for ease of use onstage. Despite its hefty price tag, the Diezel VH4 became a hit among the guitar crowd in central Europe, which quickly came to appreciate Diezel's intense commitment to product quality.

Several years after the VH4's success had been established in Europe, a single VH4 found its way to a studio in Los Angeles, California, where it caught the attention of several prominent music acts that ended up recruiting its services when they booked that particular facility. By the early 2000s, Diezel Amps were penetrating both the American market and American airwaves. None other than Journey, Guns n' Roses and Metallica were rocking with Diezels during that period.

Peter Diezel spent much of the decade of the 2000s developing a series of follow-up products to the VH4, focusing his efforts on expanding beyond the rock guitarist  market to genres such as jazz, blues and country andwestern. Today, every Diezel product maintains its creator's overriding principles of quality: performance, functionality and durability.