Can I just say that among all the amazing aspects of your show, one thing that goes underappreciated is that with all the leaning over you guys do to tweak amps and pedals, I've never seen so much as a hint of butt crack. Your control over this sad reality of mandom is truly inspiring and gives me a target to shoot for. Keep on fighting the good fight!
Dudes, I’m sitting here in my home just north of San Francisco, CA, USA. We’re surrounded by thick smoke from countless wildfires amidst a global pandemic. It’s warm inside but we can’t open the windows. No air conditioning. Band can’t rehearse. No end in sight. Feels like the End Times. But then, through the smoke, like a mighty LED from the heavens, 53 brand new minutes of TPS. The show is a total escape to a world I love. I look forward to it every week, but this week... it just feels different. It means more. It’s a freakin beacon of hope. A reminder that the flow state and good times will come again. Thanks, guys, I needed that.
Ah man, Eric - truly all the best to you and yours and everyone there. That sounds really scary. Stay well please, and with any luck we’ll be past all the crap before too much longer. Thanks for being with us!
@@hatepaste yeah quite a few of them do and the real sleeper is that little 50 watt in the wooden box, smoking little amp in a small package totally light it's a little 45/Bassman.,... Oh what am I saying no no it's it sucks it really sucks... Awful little amps, just ignore them.
Best sound of the show: The Jazzmaster through the vintage Vox. Sheesh that sounded great. Kinda sad you brushed over the Tone King Lead channel. I run mine with the volume at around 3 and the mid-bite around 2 and it sounds amazing on that channel.
Dan demonstrating that the four guitars every guitarist needs are a Telecaster and, uh, maybe a spare Tele? and... yeah, I think you know where I'm going with this.
If guitar tracks recorded with that AC30 show up to a mic engineer it’s “Right then...job done. Onto the keys.” It’s an already mixed sound. Sits perfectly, no flubby low end to high pass and EQ out. Just breathtaking!
Trust me, Mick, there was bass before 1972, but not from AC30s, it came from bass players with 15 & 18 inch speakers in enormous cabs driven by valve amps. ‘‘Twas awesome! ( and sounded great on the way home from gigs with the van’s (valve) radio plugged into the bass cab!) Happy days!
"Big Chopper" means something quite different in Australia. Not a person you'd want to meet in a dark alley. Thankfully, he's either deceased or close to it.
I can honestly say this show has shown me the road to good tone. I invested in my Victory Kraken, a good power soak, and a plethora of good pedals and it has blown my tiny little mind. My bank account may be severely dented, but my musical soul is bursting with joy :-D Thank you.
That Vox/Jazzmaster combo actually unintentionally comes up with a really good bit of advice, if you are finding your amp too bright and harsh you can just get enough gain to get the treble to overdrive rather than simply turning down the treble controls on the amp!
I love you blokes.......surrounded by hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of kit and Dan has pink tape holding his glasses together.....👌 Viewer survey.....Q. How many seconds could Mick function for with only tape to fix his glasses ? ? ? Answers on a postcard to That Pedal Shed, The Farm, UK
The Two Rock was way ahead of the pack in my opinion, but that Mesa surprised me! 😳😳 currently saving for the Two Rock Traditional Clean myself though 🥴😩
Good the Supro Black Magick got a mention. “Would have made the list of it had reverb” They new one does Mick! Anyway so many fantastic amps, so little money 🙁😊
You guys are on a HOT STREAK! Guitar arsenal, music videos, now top 10 amps - SPECTACULAR! Got to get a Magnatone Twilighter or Panoramic Stereo and a Fender Princeton hand-wired in the Room with you gents. Love you guys and what you do! Cheers 🍻
Those are some great sounding amps. My favorite was the Two Rock Classic Reverb. I just love the sound of it pushed hard i guess cause I love some SRV/John Mayer pushed tube amp tones! But all the amps sounded killer! Thanks for all the great content you guys put out!
Sir.Dan . Im so serious when I tell you this you make me laugh so much.From my hart and soul your such a kindred soul .I would so love and hope to gosh that our paths meet so I can give you a hug mate . Your so funny .when mick plays you just sit and know with emphasysm more milk more i just love you guys and all you do for us .thanks tim from london ontario 🇨🇦
Hey guys, loving the video as always. I've got a question for Dan. Do you have any model of telecaster that you would recommend looking for that isn't custom shop? Looking for something with a nitro finish which will age with me over time. Thanks in advance!
I'm a drummer, but I collect amps as a hobby. Garnet amps are my favorite. Our guitar player traded me a Traynor Bassmaster for a Mann (Garnet stencil, made for Canadian retail shops) 212 2 6l6. It's the best amp we've ever heard. These are fine hand wired Canadian amps. Garnets and Traynors can be had for pennies on the dollar to old Vox, Marshall or Fender amps. Don't know if many crossed the pond.
I was looking at that Memory man (dun-duh-dun-da-duhn :O) when I realised that I had a question about ALL "Tap-Tempo" delays. Do some, or all of them, allow you to tap in the tempo BEFORE activating the delay? On the down-side, apparently now I need at least 3 new amps, a guitar with filtertrons, another boost pedal, a Tele (I'm not really into them, but apparently....) a semi-acoustic, a patterned red carpet, some clangy stools (not in the digestive tract way) and there's probably a pear tree outside your building which has a partridge sat in it :O)
After watching your episode with Greg Koch I feel as if that is an amp that could have fit in this line up. I can do so much, but any one of those areas of it's tone could stand on its own as well in this Top 10. But the harmonic trem, reverb, and multiple built in gain stages seems to a pretty killer package.
The V140 Super Duchess sounds like the perfect Blackface without the flaws to me… Maybe a substitute for my sometimes cumbersome Super Reverb…? Opinions? Should pull off SRV style tones nicely, shouldn’t it?!? 🤔
Since I'm clearly not above a little flag-waving... I'd be curious whether the TPS guys' gear travels have brought them across any amps from the Great White North? Traynor, Revv, Garnet, Texosound, Kingsley (I know Dan already loves their pedal work), Wizard... I could go on.
FOR STUDIO/HOME PA PA PA PLAYAS..... lazy j 10 tweed tones, mesa mark 5 indica hi gain tones, audio kitchen big chopper el 84 Brian may overdriven epic 1981 when people used to have sex tones, park 18 Marshall tones, black volt 6v6 overdriven bad ass rock n roll style tones, sundragon please bring back anyone who can play like jimmy page in an old supro tones, tex amps ef 86 nasty black keys tones, Magnatone twilighter I hate John mayer cleans but I kinda like them tones, Victoria electro king with built in attenuator by your local amp guy overdriven vintage old School Gibson pair with your Les Paul or sg tones, and swart atomic junior every pa pa pa playa must have a I am the champ Ali tones.
Beautiful tones out of the Matchless and the Two Rock! But you know what.. the (vintage) vibe came from the Vag... sorry Vox AC30 and surprisingly cool the Mesa California - instant LA Lukather tones jumped out there.. my two favorites of that battle show! Great - thanks - cheers, party on Mick, party on Dan!
I have noticed,, with budget amps. Its always easy to go try one at a music store. But the high end ones,,usually you can't find them to try then out. And if you wanna order one. The best you can do it youtube LoL.
Boeing 707 or DC-8 aircraft at one nautical mile (6080 ft) before landing (106 dB); jet flyover at 1000 feet (103 dB); Bell J-2A helicopter at 100 ft (100 dB). 8 times as loud as 70 dB. Serious damage possible in 8 hr exposure.
Gents, show idea: practical guide to getting a decent live sound when using mics into a mixer + pa. A bit of *soundcraft* if you will. Some mixmanship. Miking up and getting everything to sit nicely in the mix without sounding dead and while still maintaining dynamics, balancing acoustic guitars with electric etc. Keep up the amazing work! Working title "Of Mics and Men"? ;)
I like that, how to get a good tone going direct into a soundboard and pa speakers, that’s the kind of situation my church has, also going between different systems without constantly changing pedal settings
Love it or hate it, but isn’t that “horrible bright cap” what makes the amp a Marshall, essentially? Remove it and the amp sounds dull and dark. Anyway, that one was my favourite of the bunch. Cheers, guys!
It gets progressively less effective as you turn it up. So when it’s cranked it makes no difference. At low volumes is where it’s horrible. We think it was actually a mistake in spec. Sounds soooooo much better with a smaller cap.
"If we owned them, a Deluxe Reverb, Princeton Reverb, tweed Deluxe and tweed Bassman would be in the list. For reasons we can’t explain, we don’t own any of these amps." Does that mean you both sold the 5e3 clones you built?
When I actually get the chance to turn up my Blues Jr at home (small children in the house) I hear hints of amazing tones that surprise me. That being said, I can't even imagine what it's like to be in the room with the amps and sounds in this video. The physical nature of sound just doesn't translate to RUclips.
I know we're talking amps today, but I've come from a rewatch of the "money no object" video, and Blue is now so very nearly just as lovely as the 61. 49:07 is so (with apologies to Blackstar) The Sound In My Head. I kept expecting Mick to break into Love Struck Baby.
@@adamricard9410 It sounds great, but it is REALLY quiet. You can hear your strings over the amp if you strum hard. I usually play it on the second lowest setting at home. It's loud enough to feel good, but not so loud that it will upset the neighbors (unless you live in an apartment). I've turned off the attenuation and run the amp at full volume before and to my ears, it doesn't sound any better than when it is attenuated. Tone King killed it with the Iron Man II.
Divided by 13 CCC 9/15 is still the best amp I’ve ever played. Sounds cool on it’s own, absolutely shines in a mix and takes pedals great. Love the California Tweed and Two Rock as well.
Agreed - I must also say that evrytime I hear one of those T.Kings I try to imagine how it would sound paired with my fav guitar : a reverend Crosscut. On the neck pickup, volume around 20%, bass control at 0, tone open just by a tiny 20 -30 % gives a small awsome galaxy of sweet spots I discoverd just recently on a Laney Super Cub 12! ( Volume 2-3 Treble = 0 - Middle = 9 - Bass = 0 - Gain = 5 )
A 1987x !!! Killer!!! If you can not live with it and be happy ...you do hot play Rock ...you play around with it ...but you do not play it! I thought I new better twice ...and now at 73 I have my third!!! It is not broke and it doesn't need to fixed. All those high priced amps merely put audio cosmetics on a sound that doesn't need makeup to be beautiful. It already is beautiful!
Epic!! I didn’t hear a bad sound. I could easily live with any of these amps. Was surprised you never mentioned the Laney 30bl. As always guys great episode thank you!!
I think I've watched this episode like 5 times..already.. I come back to it, every once in a while.. It is one of my favourite ones. The Two Rock sounds amazing.. And loved the Tone King. But that AC30.... Bloody hell...! PS: and paired with a Twin Reverb... It's heaven. I can't thank you enough for this. I really really like this channel...and this episode rocks. 😉 Kudos from Portugal
I just watched the first 3 minutes of this with the playback speed at 0.75x by mistake. Everything seemed fairly normal except that Dan appeared drunk.
@@TheEchelon They are. But the amp architecture itself is solid state, same as a Randall, Jazz Chorus, or Peavey Bandit or Lab Series etc. The issue is that everyone describes the Katana as a digital or modelling amp, which it is not.
@@whatwouldhousedo5136 Mostly because they don't understand the nuances between digital and solid-state. People often overlook the fact that most pedals have transistors in them, the same things solid-state amps have in them. It's an odd world, that of a guitarist.
Yeah I think I like the AC-30 the best. It DOES surprise me a bit I guess. I love mine but I also LOVE my JCM-800 but tonight? That Vox with Mick is just stellar. Bravo
Seen one of the new HiWatt Custom 20s? Saw Rhett Shull rocking one recently and they do sound pretty spectacular. Not quite up to a vintage 100W job of course but maybe a little more of the Hiwatt "thing" only usable.
I like the Marshall and Hiwatt the most for my type of tone but also love the AC30 and Matchless HC30 about the same for my second fav type of tone. Also liked the Dutchess and Imperial.
I have my own favourite amp. Admittedly it's because I paid $20 for it and it works.. But a Peavey Bandit Silverstripe is a damn good amp for just about anybody.
Awesome post guys!! THANK YOU!! I’m waiting for my California Tweed to arrive as I ordered a different colour and wicker front. I haven’t even tried it but its a Boogie and Im confident I wont get any complaints from my #1 (1992 SRV strat). This was the BEST Demo so far and after watching all of the RUclips posts it captured the sound I wanted to hear. GREAT WORK AS always and some great choices there with the other amps you selected👍👍👍👍
One year and three months ago I went to Charlie Chandler's and bought an awesome 2001 Fender Custom Shop Strat. The service was so great and the guys there were so nice, I'm not sure I would want to go anywhere else to get gear, repairs and set-ups. I'm really glad you guys have gone there too because its an awesome store and Charlie is the best!
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Can I just say that among all the amazing aspects of your show, one thing that goes underappreciated is that with all the leaning over you guys do to tweak amps and pedals, I've never seen so much as a hint of butt crack. Your control over this sad reality of mandom is truly inspiring and gives me a target to shoot for. Keep on fighting the good fight!
Yes I agree excellent crack management. Nobody got time for that.
Builders labourers cleavage is out of fashion in Australia
Lol! I thought this the other day when I watched the Fender Hot Rod Deluxe segment.
😂
It’s on pay part of thier channel then u get. Pant views
Dudes, I’m sitting here in my home just north of San Francisco, CA, USA. We’re surrounded by thick smoke from countless wildfires amidst a global pandemic. It’s warm inside but we can’t open the windows. No air conditioning. Band can’t rehearse. No end in sight. Feels like the End Times. But then, through the smoke, like a mighty LED from the heavens, 53 brand new minutes of TPS. The show is a total escape to a world I love. I look forward to it every week, but this week... it just feels different. It means more. It’s a freakin beacon of hope. A reminder that the flow state and good times will come again. Thanks, guys, I needed that.
Ah man, Eric - truly all the best to you and yours and everyone there. That sounds really scary. Stay well please, and with any luck we’ll be past all the crap before too much longer. Thanks for being with us!
Stay safe dude!
Stay safe & well sir.
Thanks all!
Be safe dude. I’m in Santa Rosa and the fires about 10 miles away. Pray for low winds....
Thanks, RUclips, for the "0.25x playback speed" feature, allowing me to steal all of Mick's blues licks.
I know this is 3 years old but blues Guitar World on YT is a gold mine lol
Millions of wallets suddenly cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced. Great show lads as always.
Sovteks rule. I have a mig 100h. Slightly tweeked inside and nothing compares.
Read this comment right at the start of the video and nearly closed the video buuuuuut I’m not a quitter and I have an addiction to maintain.
hahahahahaha
Ben!!!
@@hatepaste yeah quite a few of them do and the real sleeper is that little 50 watt in the wooden box, smoking little amp in a small package totally light it's a little 45/Bassman.,... Oh what am I saying no no it's it sucks it really sucks... Awful little amps, just ignore them.
Y'all ever notice Dan is Mick's biggest fan. Every time Mick starts playing a tasty riff, you can see the enjoyment on Dan's face.
It could be a one-armed orangutan sat there chumming on a £20 Argos guitar and Dan would be the same. Hahahah!!!!
@@ThatPedalShow touche'
@@ThatPedalShow
"Ouch..."
- Dan
Best sound of the show: The Jazzmaster through the vintage Vox. Sheesh that sounded great.
Kinda sad you brushed over the Tone King Lead channel. I run mine with the volume at around 3 and the mid-bite around 2 and it sounds amazing on that channel.
That natural 335 into the Californian tweed was KILLER
Highly agree. Was my favorite tone in this video. And giving me serious G.A.S. for a natural ES335.. Ugh.
Dan demonstrating that the four guitars every guitarist needs are a Telecaster and, uh, maybe a spare Tele? and... yeah, I think you know where I'm going with this.
Yep! Mick here. If he wasn’t here, it’s probably what I’d be playing these days. On my own. In a bed sit. In the dark.
Truth! :)
The HiWatt finally gets dusted off and put to good use. That's a like and .. oh wait I already do the other stuff. Can't wait.
If guitar tracks recorded with that AC30 show up to a mic engineer it’s “Right then...job done. Onto the keys.” It’s an already mixed sound. Sits perfectly, no flubby low end to high pass and EQ out. Just breathtaking!
That matchless is amazing. All those preamp options and power scaling. No wonder they are so expensive.
You know you're in for a treat when you're under a minute in and Dan's got his Big Chopper out
Trust me, Mick, there was bass before 1972, but not from AC30s, it came from bass players with 15 & 18 inch speakers in enormous cabs driven by valve amps. ‘‘Twas awesome! ( and sounded great on the way home from gigs with the van’s (valve) radio plugged into the bass cab!) Happy days!
Ew.
"Big Chopper" means something quite different in Australia.
Not a person you'd want to meet in a dark alley. Thankfully, he's either deceased or close to it.
I can honestly say this show has shown me the road to good tone. I invested in my Victory Kraken, a good power soak, and a plethora of good pedals and it has blown my tiny little mind. My bank account may be severely dented, but my musical soul is bursting with joy :-D Thank you.
Hoooray! This is all good news. Including the bank bit. Money buys you choices, not happiness. :0)
Please wear hearing protection D: edit: also cheers at including the Mesa. Amazing amps
If this video taught me anything it's that I love Telecasters and open position rock chords. 🤟
That mesa boogie California tweed spits and sputters just like a tweed. Nice!
Still waiting for a Tweed Bassman on the show guys
yes
So there was an episode on dec 2018 where they played 5 vintage amps. The first one was a late 50s tweed 4x10 bassman.
I would love to see you guys revisit this video and give us your 2023 favorite amps!
I assume the line 6 spider will be top of Micks list!... 😂
you probably never touched one 😂😂
Spider II, they’re not savages!
@@keithmanning7521 spider IV and after are great bedroom amps
Crate 10W Solid State FTW :D
@@mattgilbert7347 PEavey Bandit
Matchless HC30 really stood out from the pack to my ears.
This video could be called 10 amps I could never afford
I bet that damn Two Rock CRS that haunts my dreams is still Mick’s favourite amp?😆
15% of the tone comes from Mick's pink Converse
Love your show. Bought a Mesa Cali Tweed. Great amp. What setting are you using on the Cali Tweed ?
All of them! Here I think maybe one attenuation down from max. Cheers!
“No gravy, just chewing” - Mick Taylor 2020
Also just watching how loud the hiwatt was made me cringe with you guys 😂
Now there's a t-shirt right there - "TPS - No gravy, just chewing."
I'd buy that in every color lol
That Matchless takes number 1 in my book.
That Vox/Jazzmaster combo actually unintentionally comes up with a really good bit of advice, if you are finding your amp too bright and harsh you can just get enough gain to get the treble to overdrive rather than simply turning down the treble controls on the amp!
I love you blokes.......surrounded by hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of kit and Dan has pink tape holding his glasses together.....👌
Viewer survey.....Q. How many seconds could Mick function for with only tape to fix his glasses ? ? ?
Answers on a postcard to That Pedal Shed, The Farm, UK
Iain Vine zero.
Man that Hiwatt sounded absolutely amazing to me. I loved the harmonics and sustain. You guys have awesome amps!
That tone king though❤️❤️❤️
The Two Rock was way ahead of the pack in my opinion, but that Mesa surprised me! 😳😳 currently saving for the Two Rock Traditional Clean myself though 🥴😩
The trad clean is my main amp and a superb pedal platform. Dont use the fx loop! Cheers
@@neve4020 why not?
@@felipefarias7654it’s passive & it makes the amp sound dull!
Cheers
@@neve4020 I had no idea, never tried mine without using the lopp. Gonna check that out
You know, guitars make you feel good, but amps, ooh amps, they make you jump on your bed and windmill like Pete Townshend!
EXACTLY!
I love the Hiwatt, though I have no business owning that much amp.
At about 48min:
Dan: *looks at decimeter*
Decimeter: *reads 105*
Dan: *looks away*
Decimeter: *reads 110*
😂😂
Oliver Lauridsen
trombonist: adds another 5dB to that
That Jazz master through the vox definitely one of my favorite moments. That sounded ridiculous!
My that 87 Marshall, shew.. sounded so classicly awesome.
I have never seen a good amp....come tho think about it ...I have never played through an amp I thought was any different
Good the Supro Black Magick got a mention. “Would have made the list of it had reverb” They new one does Mick! Anyway so many fantastic amps, so little money 🙁😊
You guys should try out some Dr. Z amps if you get a chance, I’ve got a Carmen Ghia and it’s my favorite amp I’ve ever played.
Great amps, played a great many of them. We should get some in the show!
Oh the Sovtek on input 2! Slightly Joshed and ear worrying 😂😂
48:03 when Dan goes to look at the dB meter and somehow the universe knows so it drops from 111 to 105 until he turns away lol
Nothing goes “KARANNG!” like a Vox
This is one of my favorite TPS vids. I love the joy that shows through. The reason we play!! Well done.
You guys are on a HOT STREAK! Guitar arsenal, music videos, now top 10 amps - SPECTACULAR! Got to get a Magnatone Twilighter or Panoramic Stereo and a Fender Princeton hand-wired in the Room with you gents. Love you guys and what you do! Cheers 🍻
Those are some great sounding amps. My favorite was the Two Rock Classic Reverb. I just love the sound of it pushed hard i guess cause I love some SRV/John Mayer pushed tube amp tones! But all the amps sounded killer! Thanks for all the great content you guys put out!
You need an old magnatone in your collection. Incredibly unique amps.
Agreed!
A 109
Sir.Dan . Im so serious when I tell you this you make me laugh so much.From my hart and soul your such a kindred soul .I would so love and hope to gosh that our paths meet so I can give you a hug mate . Your so funny .when mick plays you just sit and know with emphasysm more milk more i just love you guys and all you do for us .thanks tim from london ontario 🇨🇦
Ah, cheers Tim 🤓👍
That Matchless was amazing sounding... Harmonic content indeed. Good show boys.
Hey guys, loving the video as always. I've got a question for Dan. Do you have any model of telecaster that you would recommend looking for that isn't custom shop? Looking for something with a nitro finish which will age with me over time. Thanks in advance!
I'm a drummer, but I collect amps as a hobby. Garnet amps are my favorite. Our guitar player traded me a Traynor Bassmaster for a Mann (Garnet stencil, made for Canadian retail shops) 212 2 6l6. It's the best amp we've ever heard. These are fine hand wired Canadian amps. Garnets and Traynors can be had for pennies on the dollar to old Vox, Marshall or Fender amps. Don't know if many crossed the pond.
I have Garnet Revolution l from 1971 and a Traynor YGM 3 from 1969 - these are great amplifiers
I used to own a Traynor head with Traynor 4X10 cab. Don't remember model number. Magnificent amp!
Much love. Have a great day!
I was looking at that Memory man (dun-duh-dun-da-duhn :O) when I realised that I had a question about ALL "Tap-Tempo" delays. Do some, or all of them, allow you to tap in the tempo BEFORE activating the delay? On the down-side, apparently now I need at least 3 new amps, a guitar with filtertrons, another boost pedal, a Tele (I'm not really into them, but apparently....) a semi-acoustic, a patterned red carpet, some clangy stools (not in the digestive tract way) and there's probably a pear tree outside your building which has a partridge sat in it :O)
After watching your episode with Greg Koch I feel as if that is an amp that could have fit in this line up. I can do so much, but any one of those areas of it's tone could stand on its own as well in this Top 10. But the harmonic trem, reverb, and multiple built in gain stages seems to a pretty killer package.
The V140 Super Duchess sounds like the perfect Blackface without the flaws to me… Maybe a substitute for my sometimes cumbersome Super Reverb…? Opinions? Should pull off SRV style tones nicely, shouldn’t it?!? 🤔
Yep! And overdrives more easily if you want that.
Great, thanks for you insight 🙏🤗
LOL, next do 10 favorite pedals and see if you can keep it at 10
I think Dan actually secretly likes amp overdrive
We all do!
Since I'm clearly not above a little flag-waving... I'd be curious whether the TPS guys' gear travels have brought them across any amps from the Great White North? Traynor, Revv, Garnet, Texosound, Kingsley (I know Dan already loves their pedal work), Wizard... I could go on.
I would love to hear you two jam together on TPS....just sayin....
26:50-32:15 - I love my AC302CX. I also love this quote. "A little part of me was yearning for a small amount of compression, which never happens."
FOR STUDIO/HOME PA PA PA PLAYAS..... lazy j 10 tweed tones, mesa mark 5 indica hi gain tones, audio kitchen big chopper el 84 Brian may overdriven epic 1981 when people used to have sex tones, park 18 Marshall tones, black volt 6v6 overdriven bad ass rock n roll style tones, sundragon please bring back anyone who can play like jimmy page in an old supro tones, tex amps ef 86 nasty black keys tones, Magnatone twilighter I hate John mayer cleans but I kinda like them tones, Victoria electro king with built in attenuator by your local amp guy overdriven vintage old School Gibson pair with your Les Paul or sg tones, and swart atomic junior every pa pa pa playa must have a I am the champ Ali tones.
Beautiful tones out of the Matchless and the Two Rock! But you know what.. the (vintage) vibe came from the Vag... sorry Vox AC30 and surprisingly cool the Mesa California - instant LA Lukather tones jumped out there.. my two favorites of that battle show! Great - thanks - cheers, party on Mick, party on Dan!
I'd love to see a favorite budget amp video! This is killer though!!
I have noticed,, with budget amps. Its always easy to go try one at a music store. But the high end ones,,usually you can't find them to try then out. And if you wanna order one. The best you can do it youtube LoL.
Boeing 707 or DC-8 aircraft at one nautical mile (6080 ft) before landing (106 dB); jet flyover at 1000 feet (103 dB); Bell J-2A helicopter at 100 ft (100 dB). 8 times as loud as 70 dB. Serious damage possible in 8 hr exposure.
Gents, show idea: practical guide to getting a decent live sound when using mics into a mixer + pa. A bit of *soundcraft* if you will. Some mixmanship. Miking up and getting everything to sit nicely in the mix without sounding dead and while still maintaining dynamics, balancing acoustic guitars with electric etc.
Keep up the amazing work!
Working title "Of Mics and Men"? ;)
🤣
I like that, how to get a good tone going direct into a soundboard and pa speakers, that’s the kind of situation my church has, also going between different systems without constantly changing pedal settings
30:50 Regarding the AC30 -> "Treble is overdrive" - Mic.
I just figured out why Brian May's sound works so well... Mind blown.
Yay!
Nobody notice the Victory's reverb stopped working as Mick plays?! Listen from 37:30(ish) to 37:42
Oooooh that Matchless! I remember looking at them back in the 90’s and it was just to much $. Why you make me desire such lovely pricey gear?
Happiness split over many years of enjoyment is money well spent. Hard up-front, but I’ve made it a long term medical, stress relieving, decision.
Love it or hate it, but isn’t that “horrible bright cap” what makes the amp a Marshall, essentially? Remove it and the amp sounds dull and dark. Anyway, that one was my favourite of the bunch. Cheers, guys!
It gets progressively less effective as you turn it up. So when it’s cranked it makes no difference. At low volumes is where it’s horrible. We think it was actually a mistake in spec. Sounds soooooo much better with a smaller cap.
I enjoyed this episode though I have to say that you two can make ANY amp sounds good! Great playing.
"If we owned them, a Deluxe Reverb, Princeton Reverb, tweed Deluxe and tweed Bassman would be in the list. For reasons we can’t explain, we don’t own any of these amps."
Does that mean you both sold the 5e3 clones you built?
Nope, but neither of them work properly!
@@ThatPedalShow Soldering issues?
They noted there was soldering issues in a recent episode.
jkdbobby do you know which episode?
Jorgen van de Burgt the last vcq episode
California tweed ruled the other amps - out!
What a lovely bunch of coconuts!! The Matchless lives up to its name.....
Top 10 amps. Number 3 will shock you. If you open it up and touch the components. Always remember electrical safety
When I actually get the chance to turn up my Blues Jr at home (small children in the house) I hear hints of amazing tones that surprise me. That being said, I can't even imagine what it's like to be in the room with the amps and sounds in this video. The physical nature of sound just doesn't translate to RUclips.
I know we're talking amps today, but I've come from a rewatch of the "money no object" video, and Blue is now so very nearly just as lovely as the 61. 49:07 is so (with apologies to Blackstar) The Sound In My Head. I kept expecting Mick to break into Love Struck Baby.
I'm fortunate enough to own the combo version of the Imperial MK II and it is incredible. I really don't deserve an amp this good haha
How is it on its quietest setting attenuation for home use?
@@adamricard9410 It sounds great, but it is REALLY quiet. You can hear your strings over the amp if you strum hard. I usually play it on the second lowest setting at home. It's loud enough to feel good, but not so loud that it will upset the neighbors (unless you live in an apartment). I've turned off the attenuation and run the amp at full volume before and to my ears, it doesn't sound any better than when it is attenuated. Tone King killed it with the Iron Man II.
I got a Blues Jr and I'm just starting to love that one and now this episode drops. Great!
OK, so it's at 105 dB that Dan and Mick put one finger in an ear... At 106 dB (with much high-end), Dan added the second finger (different ear)! 🙉
Divided by 13 CCC 9/15 is still the best amp I’ve ever played. Sounds cool on it’s own, absolutely shines in a mix and takes pedals great. Love the California Tweed and Two Rock as well.
The Tone King Imperial sounded so incredibly musical !!
Agree 100%!
Agreed - I must also say that evrytime I hear one of those T.Kings I try to imagine how it would sound paired with my fav guitar : a reverend Crosscut. On the neck pickup, volume around 20%, bass control at 0, tone open just by a tiny 20 -30 % gives a small awsome galaxy of sweet spots I discoverd just recently on a Laney Super Cub 12! ( Volume 2-3 Treble = 0 - Middle = 9 - Bass = 0 - Gain = 5 )
A 1987x !!! Killer!!! If you can not live with it and be happy ...you do hot play Rock ...you play around with it ...but you do not play it! I thought I new better twice ...and now at 73 I have my third!!! It is not broke and it doesn't need to fixed. All those high priced amps merely put audio cosmetics on a sound that doesn't need makeup to be beautiful. It already is beautiful!
Epic!! I didn’t hear a bad sound. I could easily live with any of these amps. Was surprised you never mentioned the Laney 30bl. As always guys great episode thank you!!
We don’t have one. If we did, it’d probably be in.
You guys forgot the Super Reverb and the Fender deluxe reverb.
OMG how beautiful is that Matchless! Bank balance is shaking in its boots....
I think I've watched this episode like 5 times..already..
I come back to it, every once in a while.. It is one of my favourite ones.
The Two Rock sounds amazing.. And loved the Tone King.
But that AC30.... Bloody hell...!
PS: and paired with a Twin Reverb... It's heaven.
I can't thank you enough for this. I really really like this channel...and this episode rocks. 😉
Kudos from Portugal
Morning coffee in the States with some TPS! I can dig it!
I just watched the first 3 minutes of this with the playback speed at 0.75x by mistake. Everything seemed fairly normal except that Dan appeared drunk.
Looks at my Kitana...
"We're still OK, Buddy."
Just kidding, I don't own a digital amp.....
your loss. Fripp and Bellew aprove them.
It's not a digital or modelling amp, it's solid state- there is a big difference. Not sure why everyone comments on Katanas as being digital.
@@whatwouldhousedo5136 Pretty sure all the built-in effects are digital..
@@TheEchelon They are. But the amp architecture itself is solid state, same as a Randall, Jazz Chorus, or Peavey Bandit or Lab Series etc. The issue is that everyone describes the Katana as a digital or modelling amp, which it is not.
@@whatwouldhousedo5136 Mostly because they don't understand the nuances between digital and solid-state. People often overlook the fact that most pedals have transistors in them, the same things solid-state amps have in them. It's an odd world, that of a guitarist.
My favourite sound of the video is the 335 into the Mesa. Translates into my budget as an Epiphone or Ibanez and a sub £1k tweed 🙄
I love that Mick and Dan's diffing tastes in tone is revealed all by Mick's facial expressions sometimes 😂🥴
.....Orange Rockerverb MK III 100 Watt............
The Strat + The Two Rock = tone heaven
I love my 1996 Matchless HC-30. Thanks for the video gents!!
Yeah I think I like the AC-30 the best. It DOES surprise me a bit I guess. I love mine but I also LOVE my JCM-800 but tonight? That Vox with Mick is just stellar. Bravo
Seen one of the new HiWatt Custom 20s? Saw Rhett Shull rocking one recently and they do sound pretty spectacular. Not quite up to a vintage 100W job of course but maybe a little more of the Hiwatt "thing" only usable.
I like the Marshall and Hiwatt the most for my type of tone but also love the AC30 and Matchless HC30 about the same for my second fav type of tone. Also liked the Dutchess and Imperial.
I have my own favourite amp. Admittedly it's because I paid $20 for it and it works.. But a Peavey Bandit Silverstripe is a damn good amp for just about anybody.
The mesa with dan's tele. That's just the tone oh man.
Awesome post guys!! THANK YOU!!
I’m waiting for my California Tweed to arrive as I ordered a different colour and wicker front. I haven’t even tried it but its a Boogie and Im confident I wont get any complaints from my #1 (1992 SRV strat). This was the BEST Demo so far and after watching all of the RUclips posts it captured the sound I wanted to hear. GREAT WORK AS always and some great choices there with the other amps you selected👍👍👍👍
One year and three months ago I went to Charlie Chandler's and bought an awesome 2001 Fender Custom Shop Strat. The service was so great and the guys there were so nice, I'm not sure I would want to go anywhere else to get gear, repairs and set-ups. I'm really glad you guys have gone there too because its an awesome store and Charlie is the best!
great episodes... now u only have to your top 10pedals (for each one of you..) 😉🤘🎸🙏