Katana.. 50 watt and an old Peavey with solid state preamp and tube power amp.. I can't remember the model, but it has a huge 15" speaker. I use my Boss ME 70 thru it now for fun and it sounds great especially if you crank it to get the power tubes cranking.. The ME series effects are killer.. I love them. Might have to get the ME90 after seeing your demo and use your IR's.. They always sound great.. Be well sir! Tim
Using a Katana 50 MKI that i got for $180 new and is pretty cool but i believe this amp would serve me better. This HO tone amp has a lot more going on for me.
@@These_go_to_eleven_1959 Katana's rock I think. I can't tell the difference in sound at all. I know people say they can and I can feel the difference a little, but I've not used the software to change the bias and it would probably fix that. I just love the tones. I don't use effects except a tad bit of reverb and a little delay to sweeten it up. I need to buy the Eventide pitch pedal so I can do the 80s thing like Steve Vai did on the movie crossroads. God that was killer tome. Now you don't have to have the rack. We live in such a great time to be a guitar player. Rock and roll brother and be well my friend..
Hey guys! I could not find it in the manual, but is it possible to bypass internal DSP/modeling and use it just as a cab with Helix or Tonex for example? I know there is Aux In jack so technically it should be possible, but wonder if the sound is good enough this way..
The looper would be a big plus to me. the other two i could take or leave. Not really sure why HO tone left out the 90 second looper the ampero's have?
I love the wave of these companies, hotone, mooer,spark amp...the amount of features on offer now is quite insane..love the addition of the touch screen...it looks like the Yamaha desktop amp had a baby with the spark amp.
I totally love my PULZE! It immediately replaced my THRII 😊 So glad I have one. Great tones btw. The stereo spread is crazy right? Have an awesome day Leon.
Just got this ,very impressive and the best sounding desktop amp I have had (which is most of them ) . Not a fan of the small touchscreen so the app is essential but sound wise it is fantastic .
Sounds absolutely bad ass.. how have you recorded the DI? I can’t figure out how to plug the amp into my interface as well as plugging the interface into the computer? Or do you just go straight from the amp into the computer? Cheers..
Have you played through a boss gt1000? They sound Fn amazing, but it's also the feel that is amazing. It feels very natural, snappy, and responsive under the fingers. This is supposedly where the extra strong "computing power" comes into play... Either way it looks like those Yamaha lunchbox amps have some legit competition.
Hi Leon, There seems to be an overlap from “Practice amp” and “Portable amp”. This is a PG Spark 40 competitor me thinks and seems to be more expensive. For condos I think like the Spark it will be too loud. I looked at PG Mini Spark, Nux Mighty Space and Mighty Air and ended up with the Mighty Air which does more or less what this does, but at lower volumes with 3 tiny speakers. I have a Katana, too loud on 2.5w got complaints day b4 yesterday and 1w Laney Iron Studio. The Nux I dont get complaints and it sounds quite good and loud sat right in front. Moreover, these guys are IOS and Android, whereas Hot tone is Mac or Windows so you need a computer, where a phone is sufficient for the Nux. Plus they are battery rather than power driven. Price wise its close to the Katanas and I know which I would prefer!
Very Cool, Thankyou Leon. WOW, interesting unit. Sounds Amazing, and Looks cool, too. That "Space" sounded awesome as did the other Effects. All the Best. Cheers
Nice for practice, but for composing and creativity i don't know. Do they think how we can conect a looper in it and have all the effects just for the guitar we play ? Can we take out all the sound we have programmed and take them out in a daw or i don't know, i use 3 diferents loopers and can i get this sound in and get back and use just the sound modified for the guitar solo ? Do they have a send and return inside ?... I think they miss all this part... For me we are close to the graal amp but just miss a looper part inside to be really complete. And it's akways the same problem with this amp modeling type. Maybe one day they one constructor will took the Rubicon to be really complete. That's what i'm looking for. Nice video anyway good job done 😉👍
Hi Leon. Greetings from Scotland. This is a really great sounding amp amongst some very stiff competition! Do you know if you can make and share presets within the app/cloud?
LT. I bought the Pulze after watching your presentation. So far, I love it. Question. I hv downloaded the app, but I can't get it to connect. What am I doing wrong? Thx
Good stuff I just got one and I was wondering does your headphone output jack work? Everyone’s using a microphone. I know it sounds great, but if you’d like to go to a mixing consul doesn’t work.
How would this amp for a beginner who lives in an apartment with neighbor's and wants to learn metal. Metalica, Testament, Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax, and rock from the 80's
While i do think this is a incredible practice amp i am disappointed that there is no Looper? The ampero's all have a 90 second looper so i am surprised they Omited it for this amp? Other than that it is killer!
What a great little practice amp. We live in such a good time as guitar players. Great demo my friend.. Very cool, and it sounds great.. The tones we can get today are just amazing compared to when I started back when the dinosaurs were humping in the night.. 😛.. I'm as old as dirt, but still cat nip to the ladies.. 😛 Great demo my brother.. As always on this channel! Very cool. Be well and be safe my friend.. God speed Tim
Young guitarists are so spoilt for choice with amazing tech that really delivers now at affordable prices. When I was starting out a treble booster or a wah pedal was the height of tech.
I have the thr30ii and it’s not going anywhere however!!…if you can only have one I’ve seen several comments on different videos that suggest this over the thr. This will have more options…but the thr is classic sounding…very pure and operational with built in battery too.
Probably better than the THRII but the THR10 MK1 with the 2.0.4 firmware... I don't know, using properly you can achieve good sounds with it and plays well with pedals. For me the first generation of the THR is not a bit better, but so much better than the THRII
Another nice toy for home. Something like Blackstar which is also stereo. I like that there is a touch display. Nice sound. I have a Positive grid Spark mini at home and it plays very similarly. In the hands of Leon, the sound of fantasy. I wonder what will happen in 10 years. There's always something new. You can't even watch it. Too bad we can't have everything. Very good review. Great product.
Cool amp! You should deifinitely check out the NUX Mighty Space which has even more bells and whistles as this one (looper, included wireless and a footswitch and serves also as a 40w guitar amp head!
These days they slap a usb audio interface on almost anything. these chipboards must be very cheap for the manufacturers. could it be that every audio device in the future would also function as an interface? if so let's hope the driver quality catches up
thats pretty neat and its packed with features...............but the touchscreen is TINY. My fat fingers would not agree with it. So its a naw f'me dawg.
No looper. Sux. No battery. Sux. I am keeping my Nux Mighty Space. I don't care about the 4" touch screen, my phone touch screen is 6" and I use it for preset editing.
I was a Spark40 preorder-customer, had Bluetooth issues with it ever since but yesterday it stopped working. Only creates loud hissing. There is a video on RUclips of a guy who has the same Spark40 problem and there are TONS of comments from users that have the same problem. PositiveGrid just did bad engineering with the first releases of the Spark40... if the repair cost me more than 100€, i won't spend the money into this piece of junk and buy the Pulze instead.
What's everyone practicing at the moment?
LZ acoustic songs. The Rain Song, Bron yr Aur,
Katana.. 50 watt and an old Peavey with solid state preamp and tube power amp.. I can't remember the model, but it has a huge 15" speaker. I use my Boss ME 70 thru it now for fun and it sounds great especially if you crank it to get the power tubes cranking.. The ME series effects are killer.. I love them. Might have to get the ME90 after seeing your demo and use your IR's.. They always sound great..
Be well sir!
Tim
Adding new chords to my staples
Using a Katana 50 MKI that i got for $180 new and is pretty cool but i believe this amp would serve me better.
This HO tone amp has a lot more going on for me.
@@These_go_to_eleven_1959 Katana's rock I think. I can't tell the difference in sound at all. I know people say they can and I can feel the difference a little, but I've not used the software to change the bias and it would probably fix that. I just love the tones. I don't use effects except a tad bit of reverb and a little delay to sweeten it up. I need to buy the Eventide pitch pedal so I can do the 80s thing like Steve Vai did on the movie crossroads. God that was killer tome. Now you don't have to have the rack. We live in such a great time to be a guitar player. Rock and roll brother and be well my friend..
I've had the Pulze a few weeks now. What's impressive is how many of the pre sets are actually cool. Especially the Ambient Delays and Reverbs
Hey guys! I could not find it in the manual, but is it possible to bypass internal DSP/modeling and use it just as a cab with Helix or Tonex for example? I know there is Aux In jack so technically it should be possible, but wonder if the sound is good enough this way..
Nice. Already waiting for version 2 with a foot switchable looper, wireless receiver and rechargable battery.
The looper would be a big plus to me. the other two i could take or leave. Not really sure why HO tone left out the
90 second looper the ampero's have?
I love the wave of these companies, hotone, mooer,spark amp...the amount of features on offer now is quite insane..love the addition of the touch screen...it looks like the Yamaha desktop amp had a baby with the spark amp.
I totally love my PULZE! It immediately replaced my THRII 😊 So glad I have one. Great tones btw. The stereo spread is crazy right? Have an awesome day Leon.
Yeah the stereo spread is hard to capture but sounds massive in the room!
I had the THR10X and i did not care for it. I am really hoping this does what i wanted from that THR amp?
Can one get the stereo spread sound using headphones? @@LeonTodd
Can you use it on battery?
Just got this ,very impressive and the best sounding desktop amp I have had (which is most of them ) .
Not a fan of the small touchscreen so the app is essential but sound wise it is fantastic .
Dang. You could almost gig with that thing. That Marshall tone was stellar.
The Ampero tones are really awesome hey. They've got a "pro" modeller coming soon I'll be checking out too.
Yeah the Marshall Model was impressive no doubt! They even got the slight flub in the low end right when set to higher gains.
Sounds absolutely bad ass.. how have you recorded the DI? I can’t figure out how to plug the amp into my interface as well as plugging the interface into the computer? Or do you just go straight from the amp into the computer? Cheers..
This sounds really good! How well does it work as a recording interface? Is it class compliant?
We are going to be seeing amazing things from Hotone. Their products bring the most value to people and keep the big dogs on their toes.
Have you played through a boss gt1000? They sound Fn amazing, but it's also the feel that is amazing. It feels very natural, snappy, and responsive under the fingers. This is supposedly where the extra strong "computing power" comes into play...
Either way it looks like those Yamaha lunchbox amps have some legit competition.
Hi Leon, There seems to be an overlap from “Practice amp” and “Portable amp”. This is a PG Spark 40 competitor me thinks and seems to be more expensive. For condos I think like the Spark it will be too loud. I looked at PG Mini Spark, Nux Mighty Space and Mighty Air and ended up with the Mighty Air which does more or less what this does, but at lower volumes with 3 tiny speakers. I have a Katana, too loud on 2.5w got complaints day b4 yesterday and 1w Laney Iron Studio. The Nux I dont get complaints and it sounds quite good and loud sat right in front. Moreover, these guys are IOS and Android, whereas Hot tone is Mac or Windows so you need a computer, where a phone is sufficient for the Nux. Plus they are battery rather than power driven. Price wise its close to the Katanas and I know which I would prefer!
I've got a Mighty AIr and it's pretty darn handy! Being battery powered is definitely nice.
Would you say the sounds sit between the Ampero generations, or is geared closer to the newer Ampero effects line?
Very Cool, Thankyou Leon. WOW, interesting unit. Sounds Amazing, and Looks cool, too. That "Space" sounded awesome as did the other Effects. All the Best. Cheers
Sounds fantastic in the video! 🤏
Glad you like it!
Nice for practice, but for composing and creativity i don't know. Do they think how we can conect a looper in it and have all the effects just for the guitar we play ? Can we take out all the sound we have programmed and take them out in a daw or i don't know, i use 3 diferents loopers and can i get this sound in and get back and use just the sound modified for the guitar solo ? Do they have a send and return inside ?...
I think they miss all this part...
For me we are close to the graal amp but just miss a looper part inside to be really complete. And it's akways the same problem with this amp modeling type.
Maybe one day they one constructor will took the Rubicon to be really complete. That's what i'm looking for.
Nice video anyway good job done 😉👍
Does the pitch shift detune and not suck for using one guitar standard tuned..?
Hi Leon. Greetings from Scotland. This is a really great sounding amp amongst some very stiff competition! Do you know if you can make and share presets within the app/cloud?
Pretty sure you can!
LT. I bought the Pulze after watching your presentation. So far, I love it. Question. I hv downloaded the app, but I can't get it to connect. What am I doing wrong? Thx
Sounds great …. Like a more modern Spark 40 ….. would you say better tones ? ….., or is that just your playing and your IR 😊
I much prefer the tones on this. The Hotone stuff is fantastic.
I played with you on that Jam Track. I like it very much. Can't you post a link to it?
thanks mate! it's up on my Patreon
How do you update the firmware, use with laptop? I am 66 I don’t know how to do this stuff. Please help.
Good stuff I just got one and I was wondering does your headphone output jack work? Everyone’s using a microphone. I know it sounds great, but if you’d like to go to a mixing consul doesn’t work.
Yeah headphones work here
Great job as always! What song did you start playing at 10:44ish? It's killing me not remembering it....
Ragdoll - Heaven Above
@@LeonTodd oh man, I'm so glad you saw this, as it was killing me trying to identify it! :) Great riff!
How would this amp for a beginner who lives in an apartment with neighbor's and wants to learn metal. Metalica, Testament, Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax, and rock from the 80's
I wonder what all the countries are you writing Leon's comments from? I from Czech Republic. What is your most popular product? My JMP-1.
that dimension effect is sick.. like EVH or Boston even..
sounds amazing
While i do think this is a incredible practice amp i am disappointed that there is no Looper? The ampero's all
have a 90 second looper so i am surprised they Omited it for this amp? Other than that it is killer!
Saw this at the shop yesterday and assumed it was just a Yamaha THR knockoff but dang this thing really looks like a cut above
yeah it's pretty darn stacked!
does this work with Android tablets and phones?
I guess spark ii will be coming soon.
What a great little practice amp. We live in such a good time as guitar players.
Great demo my friend.. Very cool, and it sounds great.. The tones we can get today are just amazing compared to when I started back when the dinosaurs were humping in the night.. 😛.. I'm as old as dirt, but still cat nip to the ladies.. 😛
Great demo my brother.. As always on this channel! Very cool.
Be well and be safe my friend..
God speed
Tim
🤣
It has a Boogie! I gotta get one of these :D
Impressive hey!
That sounds bloody dam good 😲😲😲😲
It’s got the Yamaha THR look ?
Yeah it's a verrry similar format
When they realesed in italy leon??? This thank you
Should be available now
@@LeonTodd thank you 🌞🌞🌞🌞
They have been out for a few weeks now
How about YAMAHA THR?
Great units! This adds a lot of really useful features the THR currently don't have
Young guitarists are so spoilt for choice with amazing tech that really delivers now at affordable prices. When I was starting out a treble booster or a wah pedal was the height of tech.
Right?!
has some features I wish the QC had tbh
Likewise!
Awesome
Hot One. Ho Tone.
It could be either 🤔 but as a shredd obsessed nutcase... every time I see it I see "Hot tone"🤣 every dam time.
The company said it is "HO' TONE" HO is a Asian name so they went HOtone
Yamaha thr10ii or this ? Anyone please
I have the thr30ii and it’s not going anywhere however!!…if you can only have one I’ve seen several comments on different videos that suggest this over the thr.
This will have more options…but the thr is classic sounding…very pure and operational with built in battery too.
Just got thr10ii recently like it better than spark 40. I might try your amp tho@@pbosche
How does this compare to the Yamaha THR? Those are the the best sounding small portable practice amps and nothing comes so far comes close to them.
That would be a fun shootout!
Probably better than the THRII but the THR10 MK1 with the 2.0.4 firmware... I don't know, using properly you can achieve good sounds with it and plays well with pedals. For me the first generation of the THR is not a bit better, but so much better than the THRII
@@szveszs I have the THR10X first Gen and yes the first Gen to me sounds much better ;)
Another nice toy for home. Something like Blackstar which is also stereo. I like that there is a touch display. Nice sound. I have a Positive grid Spark mini at home and it plays very similarly.
In the hands of Leon, the sound of fantasy. I wonder what will happen in 10 years. There's always something new. You can't even watch it. Too bad we can't have everything. Very good review. Great product.
Cool amp! You should deifinitely check out the NUX Mighty Space which has even more bells and whistles as this one (looper, included wireless and a footswitch and serves also as a 40w guitar amp head!
I just received mine today and I cannot find the app for it. Do they have one for Android or are they all on iPhones?
These days they slap a usb audio interface on almost anything. these chipboards must be very cheap for the manufacturers. could it be that every audio device in the future would also function as an interface? if so let's hope the driver quality catches up
USB C interface vapes and smart watches next?! 🤣
Copied the vibe of the Yamaha THR and added more features..
❤
I was just about to buy a Spark 40w then this happened.
thats pretty neat and its packed with features...............but the touchscreen is TINY. My fat fingers would not agree with it. So its a naw f'me dawg.
Just bluetooth it with the app on your phone or tablet. Tablet screen has got to be large enough for those sausages !
No looper. Sux. No battery. Sux. I am keeping my Nux Mighty Space. I don't care about the 4" touch screen, my phone touch screen is 6" and I use it for preset editing.
Hot One Pulzé (pronounced Pull Zay)
I thought it was pronounced "HO' tone Pulse"
@@These_go_to_eleven_1959 it's definitely pulzé. Like pull pronounced like hull, then zay. Pulzé.
Oh how French !
I was a Spark40 preorder-customer, had Bluetooth issues with it ever since but yesterday it stopped working. Only creates loud hissing. There is a video on RUclips of a guy who has the same Spark40 problem and there are TONS of comments from users that have the same problem. PositiveGrid just did bad engineering with the first releases of the Spark40... if the repair cost me more than 100€, i won't spend the money into this piece of junk and buy the Pulze instead.
I also had a problem with the Bluetooth on it sometimes, when I run too much Delay and Reverb the preset just stop.
add a built in rechargeable battery and im sold. and possible line6 wireless receiver.
Awesome