Driftwood Purple Nightmare VS Mesa Boogie Badlander
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024
- Very RARE shootout!
See how these two compare in a full mix and outside of a mix. I also compare the clean channels.
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Great video! FWIW, the sounds in this video are very similar to what I'm getting with my Purple Nightmare. It's a crazy good amplifier, I'm very happy with mine. Marek's really great to work with, too!
Thanks for commenting. So thing. Sorry for the late reply. I'm glad you are enjoying the amplifier. It is such a beast!
Watching this video awaiting my purple nightmare via UPS right now. Not regretting my decision to get the Driftwood over the Mesa after watching this. Thanks for putting this vid up brutha.
Congratulations on your new amplifier! I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
Please let me know what you think of it after you play it for a few hours.
Purple Nightmare is a killer amp. Great choice
@@TONEWARSgearshow I got it. Earlier version no sizzle mod. Best amp Ive ever heard and or played. I have a bunch of stuff, all the usual suspects, SLO100, Rockerverb, Dual Rects, etc.
@@zxexrxox thank you. I'm really digging it
@@spawnvonhauskeith congratulations!! No Sizzle mod? I'm sure it sounds great, but man, that Sizzle mod really adds some sweet mojo. Hopefully you can have it installed
Just bought a very slightly used Purple Nightmare thanks in part to your videos. Can't wait for it to arrive!!
Congratulations!!!
Wow....the clean channel at the 15:49 when switching back to the Badlander was like taking a pair of massive old school Cerwin Vega 3 way home speakers and unplugging the woofers. I now have it narrowed down to the Splawn Nitro and the Driftwood. Thank you for this EXCELLENT evaluation!
Great comparisons, thank you. There's no need for the cheesy background music while you're speaking. It's distracting and we like it better when you're just talking. Great content here and very thorough!
I love that he said he still likes Mesa amps. That's one of the reasons I really like Brian Wampler also, he never talks down on other brands.
Mesa amps are still very good of course. Neither of these amps are bad.
@@jb_50w78 I've always wanted a Mesa, them, 5150 and ENGL are probably my favorites
seems like unboosted the badlander does a better job in a mix because the soundguy won't have to cut hardly anything at all while the Driftwood has so much low end anything below 80hz will be cut anyway and a crowd is not going to notice what you hear alone at home.
Completely agree about the nightmare having more texture and frequency and I just got Badlander a few months ago. Not sure if you saw Tremonti's MT100 but damn that thing looks and sounds incredible I think it's going to the next big Amp.
Excellent demo! 🤘
Thank you!!
will you compare the nightmare to the revv?
Absolutely!
This is a really good comparison and you did a great job with it. I can tell you put a lot of work into the video and it really shows the differences between the amps well. To my ears, I can tell that the purple nightmare has more low end than the Badlander. Honestly, to me, the purple nightmare sounded a lot more muddy without the overdrive and the Badlander sounded a lot tighter and more focused with a little more clarity. I could hear that even with the overdrive for rhythm and leads. Even before I saw the end of the video I was going to comment that the purple nightmare sounds more similar to the dual rectifier and I think you would hear similar differences when comparing the Badlander to the dual rectifier. I cannot really say which is better, they are just two different tastes. I think I enjoy the tighter focused sound of the Badlander, but for rhythm parts the big low end of the purple nightmare could work very well.
It is interesting that the purple nightmare was really inspired by the dual rectifier, and Driftwood and Mesa basically expanded on that design in different ways to make more modern sounding amps.
To me I still like the Badlander a lot and I actually like that focused sound, but it seems that you definitely like bigger sounding low end frequencies (I know you like 2x12 cabs best and I think they have bigger low end). In the end it is just different tastes. That’s why you need to have different amps for different sounds!!
By the way, the power tubes make a difference in the Badlander. With 6L6 it sounds more balanced and less bright especially on the clean channel. You get a little fuller sound on clean with the 6L6 and leads sound more fluid with high gain. I think Mesa went with the EL34 to get that more focused and tight sound but it sounds good with 6L6 too.
Thank you so much for the kind words. I really appreciate this a lot.
Yes, I put a lot of time and effort into this video. I hope everyone enjoys it.
I had some audio issues and I had to re shoot some of the parts many times to get them right. It was very frustrating at times.
Also, thank you for your detailed comments and insight. When I get a chance, I'm going to switch my Badlander to 6L6 tubes and see what it sounds like. Cheers!
@@TONEWARSgearshow yeah you should try 6L6 in the Badlander when you have the chance. There aren’t too many good videos on it except for Ola’s. I think you could do a great video on it. Honestly you have the best guitar channel and your amp review and shootout videos are much better than many others.
You’d have to be scientific about it and make sure everything stays the same though. One good thing about Mesa is that you don’t have to adjust the bias, you can just swap tubes and you just have to change the switch from EL34 to 6L6 in the back.
(EL34s use a much higher bias current that could damage 6L6 tubes and possibly the amp when the tubes fail).
I wish they made a lunchbox badlander! We need a modern recto
Great review! My new Driftwood Mini Nightmare should arrive at any moment now :D Really nice explanations, and everything you said is 100% that i heard in this video, i can only imagine being there in the room how it sounds! It would be great if you could compare Driftwood Purple Nightmare with your KSR Ares, i am really interested in that comparison, since i am in the market for the KSR Ares and i am really curios about the sounds, despite the 100W vs 50W. Keep doing great reviews!
Hard to beat the Purple Nightmare.
thanks 🙏
Thank's for video - it's awesome ) What you like more: Engl vs Diezel vs Driftwood?
Thanks so much for commenting. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
Where is a really hard decision lol. I would put them all very close to each other. Depending on my mood and what I was cravingon a particularday, I would pick one over the other.
I know that sounds like a cop out answer lol. I really have a hard time deciding between those 3.
The savage will always have a special place in my ears and heart
Engl Savage my favorite that you've reviewed.
Badlander is great! If you like Rectifiers, look for an older BFG Amplification modified Dual or Triple Rec. Best Rectifier you will ever play. Unreal. Brian from BFG is amazing.
Sorry for the late reply. The older dual recs definitely sound bigger but I like the voicing of the badlander better.
@@TONEWARSgearshow Agree. I love that wi h the old Dual Recs, I get thr big, larger than life tone, but with a pedal, I can shape and sculpt it to my desire. Mine is sort of a one of a kind because it's modified by BFG Amplification. I live what Brian did to the amp.
@@Bognerman14 I really want to get a recto and have Kyle Rhoads mod it for me. That would be really cool
@@TONEWARSgearshow Yep, so many great modders out there. A recto is a great platform for a killer mod. My recto has the vintage mode sounding a lot like hot British amp meets rectifier. It's really nice, plus he really did a number on Modern to make it tighter, cleaner, bigger, etc. The clean on this modded rectifier is one of my favorite and fattest cleans.
Go get your mod, bro.
purple nightmar eis liek my dream head i wish i had one lol
Hey jared is a used evh 100s stealth a good deal at 1,200 dollars. guy says tubes are a little used😕😕😕😕😕😕???
I would say yes. Non Stealth 100 models get listed around that most of the time
Great deal! Get it
Jump on it, if it's too much I'll trade you the 50 😁
Dean Harkness i got it should be in mon ill check it
TONE WARS thanks bro i just get nervous when i get up to a thousand..
ENGL SE 120 MKII FTW
The older Dual Recs were better! Roadster is better too. I love my older DR modded by BFG.
Metal dude seems bent on selling to his audience the idea that the Nightmare is so much superior to the Badlander; it's highly annoying at times, even if done for a good, noble cause.
I liked both amps, don't think any of them is that superior to the other (at all); prefer the Badlander (has more bite), the Nightmare's tone is fuller (agree).
(Cool, heavy riffs by the way. Great for this type of comparison. Keep it going, J)
Ever heard a PN played live before?
The Nightmare seems to lack low end that bothers me about the Nightmare. A few friends had one and sold it for that reason. Did you find lows issues?
Trust me, it has tons of great low end and fullness. In the Room it sounds huge. There is absolutely no lack of low end in this amplifier at all
@@TONEWARSgearshow it sounds like it from clips. A few guys I trust bought one but ended up returning due to not working in a live setting. But, I can't imagine why. I still want to try one, but I decided on the Savage or Revv, instead. :)
@@Bognerman14 the Savage MKII and Revv MKIII are both sure bets. Can't go wrong with either.
The Driftwood can be a bit of an acquired taste
@@TONEWARSgearshow Got it, I appreciate your input. I notice my taste is very similar to your taste based on your playing and the things you say about amps. I'm down to the Revv and Engl, but I don't have any midi experience and I like amps that just have a more simple foots witch, lol, hence the Revv pulls me that way. Although I don't want that to be my deciding factor.
Any chance you would do a Revv vs Engl Savag demo? :)
Thanks again bro. Great show.
@@TONEWARSgearshow I bed I'd like the Red better than the Purple but does the Red have enough low end? I read and can hear the Purple has more lows and highs! Red seems thicker, more saturated but less lows.
Badlander more tight.
The music playing while you’re talking sounds like it’s from a medication commercial haha. No offense of course 🤘🏻
Great
Awesome review of two killer amps…. I don’t know if it was me but the music underneath while you were talking was very distracting
I wouldn't say it was distracting to me but it seems out of place for metal amp reviews.
Dude what's up with the wimpy ass break my little heart background music? Dude it was making me sick and I really struggled to make it through the entire video because of it.besides that I don't know what makes you think that you need it? You have a great voice that is not annoying and we understand every word that you say crystal clear 👍.so what's with the silly background music? Please explain ❤️
Haha. I'm just trying to enhance my vids a bit. The music is royalty free so I thought I'd give it a try. If you guys hate it that much I'll stop using it. Or, I'll find some better stuff