Friedman Butterslax Bill Kelliher (Mastodon) 100-Watt Hand-Wired Head
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
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Bill Kelliher (Mastodon) Signature 100-Watt Hand-Wired Head
Bill Kelliher’s guitar playing is rooted in metal, infused with rock 'n' roll, progressive rock and sprinkled with bits and pieces of thrash, punk, and psychedelic-ness. So, when it came time for Mastodon’s guitar player to design the ultimate amp to cover the complexity of his playing, Bill decided to team with long time friend and respected tone guru, Dave Friedman.
The result of this collaboration is the new Friedman Butterslax, a 100w, three channel beast powered by 4 x EL-34s with gain, more gain, extreme gain and some more gain to top it off. But “high-gain” is an over simplification of the Butterslax - what Dave andBill created is a super high gain, ultra tight amp that delivers deep, rich, low-end that will make your pants rattle. Yet, the Butterslax delivers detailed midrange and singing highs that capture every drop of each articulated note.
The Butterslax features three channels. Channel one with gain, master, bass, middle, and treble takes you from a versatile clean to a slightly overdrive tones and ending up at a sultry hard rock tone. Channel two, with the same controls takes you to where most “metal” amps leave off. The third, fire breathing channel, takes you 100 miles past the extreme , to gain heaven - or hell, deepening on your perspective.
The Butterslax features an ultra transparent effects loop, Baltic Birch construction, black tolex and checkered grille cloth. So if you’re looking for a clean amp to play, this is NOT your amp. But if you want a tone machine that measures on the Richter Scale, plug into the Butterslax and enjoy the ride.
The Butterslax is hand-wired in the U.S.A. using hand selected components. You can buy this amp with confidence because Friedman Amps are designed and built to last a lifetime. We guarantee it!
• 100-Watt all tube head
• Three channels
• Hand-wired in the USA
• 4 x EL-34 power tubes
• 4 x 12AX7 preamp tubes
• Global: Presence and Thump controls
• Ch 1 - Gain 1, Master 1, Bass, Middle, Treble
• Ch 2 - Gain 2, Master 2, Bass, Middle, Treble (shared with ch 3)
• Ch 3 - Gain 3, Master 3, Bass, Middle, Treble (shared with ch 2)
• Channel select switch
• Line out with level control
• Ultra transparent series FX loop
• 4, 8 and 16 ohm Impedance Selector Switch
• Custom USA made transformers
• 2 button footswitch with LED’s included
• Limited lifetime warranty
• Dimensions: 9" (D) x 27.25" (W) x 11" (H)
• Weight: 42 lbs
$ 3,899.99
Special Thanks :
Bill Kelliher
Filmed by - Ray Espinoza, Bryan Yasuhara
Filmed Edited - Bryan Yasuhara
Executive Producer - Ray Espinoza
Glad to see he's using an LTD because that's all I will afford when I buy my butterslax
And a signature one!
Cheaper but better performance.
I really want to like Gibsons, but the only ones I have played that I like more than a good LTD copy are stupidly expensive.
I bought a cheaper Gibson 70s Tribute and liked it better than the Studio and Standard right next to it at the shop. I also played the Halcyon Les Paul at Chicago Music Exchange and didn't care for that either lol
I actually love Gibson/Epiphone Les Pauls and this guitar feels more solid than them. And that's no exaggeration. I also like the volume pots they used, this thing cleans up gloriously. Everyone has a personal taste and this guitar that he made, is one of my favorites. If you have a chance give it a go!
Such a sick player, probably some of the tightest rhythm playing I've heard in any band ever.
Bill is in the Iommisphere. He is a riff lord.
sounds super thick and ballsy, but totally defined and zero flub. When it sounds this good through laptop speakers it must be epic in the room with the cab
Exactly what I was thinking. Can't wait to snag one of these!
Could we pleeeeaaaase have a smaller version of this? Perhaps a Margarineslax?
I can't believe it's not butterslax
Dave can call it "I can't believe it's not Butterslax"
There is a smaller version of a similar one it’s called a jj junior 20 watt
Catches the tone of Mastodon perfectly
Yeah, I couldn't imagine anybody else getting the same sound out of that
Satyajeet Prabhu Tone coming from somebody's hands is bullshit. Get the same guitar, same amp, same settings, and strum a g chord. It will sound the fucking same. Play a Pentatonic scale, it will sound the same.
+Generic Name go onto Johan Segeborn's youtube channel and watch one of his les paul+marshall videos, then watch his video of him playing the epiphone 100$ starter pack amp and guitar combo. You'll see that its really the same tone because of his hands.
Generic Name I agree. Of course their is a huge component of feel and individuality, but at a certain point, it's gonna sound the same
listen to Eric Johnson playing zakk Wyldes rig.
Amazing sounding amp. It's like a screaming choir of unholy angels. And that High Road riff makes me want to take a sledgehammer to a brick wall.
This and the JJ are the best sounding high gain amps on the market. Period.
Unlike competing products, that just focus on the frequency and consistency of your stool, Butterslax enhances the entire bowel movement experience. X-out Ex-lax; Butterslax will give you the best dump you've ever had. It's like butter!
How is this not the pinned comment?!
Great amp!!! love how much clarity the drive has almost like a clean signal is underneath distorted tones!!!
Damon Stewart It's how overdrive should sound, and the funny thing is that Tony Iommi has been doing this for all those years.
+MrShadowofthewind true
This amp sounds absolutely incredible. Thunderous, defined low end...brutal and crisp
Hands on ..The Music , THIS Man (and B. Hinds) has written is SO DEEP , so Inspiring , so Fabulous , the Chords of "Asleep in the Deep" are GENIAL !
Bill Kelliher ..Damm
This is how an amplifier should sound
Bill is easily my favorite member of Mastodon
Asleep in the Deep ♥
For those wondering why channel 1 has so much grit to it look at the video from NAMM 2016? Bill States he prefers an amp with some gain in the clean. When artists get a chance to design an amp with a company they design it around their preferred tone. I think it gives this amp some balls and a wide range of diversity to it.
Would love a "mini" version with a 3 way voicing switch like the DS20.
I just started listening to Mastodon and they are amazing. This band is Impeccable; from the singing to the drums and guitars, they play beautiful heavy metal and if you don't know what that means look it up.
OMG @ 1:42 when it switched over to channel 2? Holy Crap that was heavy!! it paints Motherlode in a totally different way!!
Great playing and great tone Bill. One of my favorite guitarists.
Once more round the sun had some killer riffs
Just bought one, such an incredible amp with an amazing feel and response.
Wow... what a amazing massive and clean sound... And amazing playing by Bill... Could listen more, so much more...
These amps are amazing and have to be experienced to “get it”. I always was intrigued, but assumed they would be overrated in person. I decided to bite the bullet and buy a used “custom order” (has an added resonance knob and a 3 channel mod from the factory) JJ100 that popped up locally, and now I’m legit considering selling all my other amps for more Friedman amps. It’s that good.
You are not helping with my Friedman GAS. Excuse you?
Mastodon have some very musically interesting riffs...
I've been trying to learn Asleep in the Deep but he plays it entirely different than I am
svfutbol20 You are probably learning brents lead parts.
You stole my thoughts here
you mean 'you' are playing it entirely different to how he does hahaha
also, maybe you're in a diff tuning.
Learn a good Mastodon song then
this amp is a KILLER BEAST ....
Sorry Blackstar but that's the sound in my head!!
Eeeeh......not he same cost in pesos hombre....
Ember city playthrough in there sick
2:08 damn I wanna go listen to "Tread lightly" now haha
A Man who writtes and Play such Brilliant Stuff has to be a GUITAR HERO
Gonna see Mastodon in Julyyyyyy :-D,
Amazing note definition even with the gain up!
well if you guys notice, the volume n the tone knobs at the real guitar n in the guitar picture on the website are in the different possition :D
Billy K. ...one of my Guitar Gods ...
Didn't even know about this amp until I heard about it on Fluff's channel! Sounds amazing :D
Glorious!
He Plays Great Stuff too , i mean Mastodon are the BEST Metal Band !
So fucking ballsy. I can smell the sweat and the beers already. Love it!
It's been a long time since I've listened to Mastodon. I only recognized Oblivion and The Motherload. What other songs did he play in this video? Thanks.
Reminds me of a Rockerverb with a little more clarity and less mud.
Im getting almost a Diezel VH4-vibe....but its still unique. Good job.
To my ears this is probably the most un-Marshally Friedman amp, I also thought it sounded like a VH4 or a Boogie Mark. Id love to hear it through its matching cab
Sweet amp and cool Boba Fett tattoo!
Sounds reallly good...
I really like Mastodon's music in studio, unfortunately the lack of a solid singer shows in live shows
yep, thats true. it seems like they are really struggling when singning, any of them, without exception.
The drummer is the best singer, have heard him nail it several times. Brent has the most interesting voice but the last few shows I noticed they just keep his vocals inaudible. The bass player takes on challenging signing lines but he just needs a bit more of formal training to pull off live what he does in the studio (which sounds great.) In all this, they're like the Rolling Stones, a bit loose but there's an unwieldy magic there.
Watch their Rock in Rio show from last year, they have improved a lot
Live at the Aragon was pretty legit. Vocals as a whole have lightened up over the years. I'll always love mastodon but my heart lives in their earlier work
Troy has a fanstastic voice
Me: This sounds really good. Me on Sweetwater: Oh, I can't afford this at all.
amazing
Great sounding amp but out of the price range of most guitar players.
Ok I heard they invented this thing called a TRANSISTOR. It's like a tiny tube. Now you can make this tiny, right? TY in advance.
What song is that riff at 2:24 off of? Bad ASS.
tread ligthly from once more round the sun
Great amps, Beautiful sound. But no way i could ever afford that. Easiest way to get the tone is a ona kemper profile or Bias head.
Nice!
The tone couldn't be better. In any way.
Ah, but what were his 'Thump' and 'Presence' settings?
amazing amp !
Speakers on the cab?? are they v30 or....?
“Clean channel”
Amazing amp, shit price. Friedman's are good but the cost is absurd.
Many people who own it will agree the price is totally justified and worth it.
TheGearFiles yep never need another amp They are that badass !!
Of course anyone who buys it will say it’s worth the cost they have an insane bias because dunnn Dunn Dunn they bought it retards.
I used to think that. Then I bought a BE 100 and all of the sudden the price became totally justified. Incredible amps.
But it cant tour at all. Its a forever at home amp
Does anyone hear know an amp that could achieve the tones in the outro witch is more affordable than this one ? By more affordable I mean something like 1500 € (1620 USD). Need something loud enough to gig with a drummer. Well, if it's just in the playing then feel free to show me tutorials ! It's the tone I've been digging since I first heard Iowa by Slipknot.
pideuh weuh Engl powerball
Please bring out a 5-20watt version!
Bill is the fucking man
Song at 2:45 ??
Shorty song is Black Tongue if you haven't found it already
I want this
Searching this guy coz of his comment about satch and vai. God damn it, his confidence let him pass thru..
I dunno why Bill and Brent intentionally trolls the metal community this much. First Brent says he doesn't like "metal" and this
Anyone know the song at 3:05?
Nvm its ember city
Ember CIty
But does it go up to 11???
Great sound. Great player. I’m new here. Is all he’s playing during this entire video just “Asleep in the Deep”?
I recognize the intro song from the radio
He starts out with high road, I think he plays tread lightly in here as well, and obviously asleep in the deep
There’s a bit of Black Tongue and Ember City in there too.
Bad Ass!
Song at 1:15? It's on the tip of my tongue but I cant think of it
I also would like to know ;-)
@@LaplaceTra Motherload
Which tuning is he in? ;) Great amp and player!
D standard, Drop C and then the 6th dropped to A
What tuning does he typically play in?
D standard but sometimes 6th string is dropped to C or A.
Sounds nice and spongey....i wish i had 5000 exposable dollars.
Just back here for my 600th view of the video lol
3 channel amp: ch1 = Gain, ch2 = more gain, ch3 = even more gain. ????
The guitar is tuned in Drop C,right?
High Road is in drop A...
Nope, D standard with the 6th string dropped to A
Drop A (on a 6-string) already assumes all strings are down a full step
kdragon7 drop A is B standard with the 6th string dropped 2 freta down, the tuning Bill uses is D standard with 6th string dropped 5 frets
Depends on the song. They're always in D standard, and occasionally drop the low D down to C, and sometimes A(mostly on remission)
just intros himself and goes straight to work... all business bill...
what tunning is he using?
David Caneira Probably AGCFAD
David Caneira To me it sounds like B Standard.
David Caneira High Road: AGCFAD, Tread Lightly: CGCFAD, Asleep in the Deep and Ember City: DGCFAD
How does Bill magically not have tunnels anymore..?
they cut the bottom out and sew a straight line in the ear.
Oh yeah?? I didn't know that. Cheers
This thing sounds like it hates everything.
This thing is like a JJ on roids
still like the JJ better.
Maybe I'm a snob but it sounded better with just camera audio and his Gibson
this man looks like Abraham from the walking dead
I am I the only one who tried to check his books?
Cool amp. Tiny neck guitar.
Butterslax, eh? Okay then.
That's his old band and his youtube handle.
Not enough distortion.
I'd like to hear it being played by a guy with a more melodic and articulate style. This type of playing sort of makes everything sound the same
Mister Tee he's the one that designed the amp. I really don't think there's a more perfect way to demonstrate an amp than to have it played on the same music and player is was designed for and/or by
His clean tone makes me sad
Omega-Tech aren't you from chappers channel?
That is one mean sounding amp. I didn't like the clean at all though
you see the settings? he had the gain at 6. It won't be clean with the gain that high
TheGearFiles in my mark IV you can set the gain up to 8 and still have a clean
Juan José Fonseca Godoy This is his signature amp he specificly asked for a 'clean' channels thats dirty... The other friedmans have a more traditional 'clean' channel, i believe the Steve Stevens one for example had a fendery voxish clean sound.
guitar is not even in tune..............G string is out...................rock on.............
Bad demo
Thing that is upsetting is. ESP outsources to Korea, & you really get a cheapted out guitar. My point is this, with no misunderstandings to be had.
If I were to price out the build for both LTD, & ESP Signature models as above. $400 to $600 for the LTD I'm sure. ESP, $1000+ guaranteed.
Are we getting quality parts & components? Really? for the ESP model, absolutely.
LTD, totally cheaped out Korean build. The body is a sound platform, just remove the junk, which besides the pickups, everything else. Rebuild it, & do it with quality made parts this time.
Sţëvë Bëţţčhëř, this particular LTD is listed with basically the same locking tuners, bridge, and tailpiece that's in the E-II Eclipses. The E-II has Gotoh tuners and bridge, the LTD has LTD locking tuners and a Tonepros bridge. IMO The Tonepros bridge is top of the line. Even better than the Gotoh. The LTD tuners are no doubt made by Gotoh under a different name, so I'm not sure what you're on about. The World factory in Korea is becoming very reputable. Korea is the new Japan, and Japan is the new USA. I've played the BK-600 next to an E-II, and I preferred the BK for its full thickness body. It's a stupid heavy solid piece of mahogany, beautifully and solidly constructed. I'm of the opinion E-II and high end LTD are pretty much the same. Virtually no difference in sound or playability. Labor costs are much cheaper in Korea, but not so sure the quality of the labor is very different.
But you said it, Korea, Japan build shops. ESP has a build shop in California. There's also 2 Epiphone shops, China, USA. Crap cheap input jack, volume/tone pots, and there are times where the literal "neck thru body" is the only part worth a crap. Literally throw everything else away, rebuild with quality parts and you've a great guitar.
the amp sounds badass but it seems like a glorified marshall. For the money you could buy a jvm and a fairly badass guitar. Plus Mastodon haven't made a decent album since leviathan
dominic parenti ex-fucking-scuse me!? Once More Round the Sun was gold all the way through! I listen to it nightly at work in its entirety.
I can't believe the comments i'm reading below about this demo . Friedman make great amps there is no doubt about that but how this guy could get a signature amp in his name is astounding . He can barely play .Do you people not ever scan youtube for great guitar players ! There are hundreds of amazing players out there.....eg.....Guthrie govan , Ian Thornley ,Jeff Beck ,...Joe Bonamassa who will show you how a Friedman should sound......the mind boggles.............
Bill can hardly play?
Sod off.
Sure his play style might be different to the other guitarists you named, but Bill is as far as I'm aware a rhythm player so he's not all about solos or showing off.
Maybe you have to scan RUclips to see more of his playing or listen to some of Mastodon's tracks and give them a full on listen.
some of the most ignorant shit ive ever seen in a comments section. the guy is possibly the best rhythm guitarist in modern metal and this amp captures his tone style perfectly
you must be over 60 years old and geared more towards blues and slow rock with nice pretty predictable riffs that everyone has heard a million times, which is fine, but extremely boring. Everyone one of those guitarist you mentioned are great players....but I personally don't want their amp sound, way to sissy for my taste. Bill's riff's I find to be refreshing and his own personal expression, and I respect that even if you don't....I think your jealous that your too old to understand these young whippersnappers of today. lol
bluesdads will be triggered
Song at 1:44?