Damn! This might be the sleeper of the Friedman lineup, you never really hear people talking about them. But maybe that's because they're $4k. Sounds incredible!
Love your videos bro! We hear the actual amp, Not over edited and processed garbage that would make any amp sound good. The fact that you buy your own gear and sell it to fund the next product to get your channel off the ground is awesome. A lot of these channels dick ride all day to get the #TeamFreeShit and want everything handed to them for free. Mad respect for your hard work!
I'm glad that you recognize that, and appreciate you for it! Free stuff is always nice, won't like about that, BUT I enjoy not being obligated to provide anything other than my honest and transparent opinion
Even before listening to the whole video, I gives thumb up after you saying E standards riff. Nowadays, only a handful of youtube demo uses that tuning.
@@belligerentamateur That's one of the big reasons I subbed too. So much stuff that's so downtuned that the low(er) strings sounds like jaw-harps haha (not that tuning down is wrong, I just prefer A440 e-standard or E flat if I'm getting my Hendrix on hehe)
i use this amp in all myplaying, i first heard it on my first amp playing which was the fluff ampedroots, all the amps didnt have the frequency that reached its highs and lows, the other amps on fluff sims were muddy frequency but this amp stood out with sound, love it and when i found out the friedman amp on ampedroots was butterslax i looked at the real amp price and saw it was same as soldano price, now i understand why its so expensive, the sound is unbeatable
Own both the Slax and a modded JJ. The mods on the JJ should have really been done as factory standard. Both are great fun to play. The slax on channel 3 is borderline out of control. Great review Kyle 😁😁😁🤘🤘🤘
It's so good that there is your Chanel, so mine has at least a super insight about the amps that are so expensive :) Thanks for your content, very cool!
OMG I love the rasp of this amp. I would buy a pedal or tube preamp of this thing so fast. Odd to say perhaps but this would be amazing for grindcore and the like. It's not a polished gain it's all spit and bile. Awesome. :d
Amazing review, the amp sounds amazing. I guess the other two Friedman amps suited for really heavy tones are the Naked and the Custom 50 that Rezamatix asked for. I especially really liked that Custom 50.
Always wanted to try a friedman amp like the JJ or Butterslax, or maybe a BE but the price has always made me pinch myself back to reality. Got a EVH stealth on order....hope it gives me the tones I crave for the more reasonable price. Lol.
I had one of those. Not a fave of mine of Dave's stuff but it had the brute's for sure. Hey Kyle, please check out Mastodons cover of AIC "Again" live. That's a real bitch to pull that song off live, even for AIC. I hope you are good dude!
The settings in the intro sounds a lot like my Laney VH100R, but with a slightly improved low end. EDIT: On further listen, this amp is so close to my Laney VH100R that I'd suggest it as a cheaper substitute for people who don't have the $$.
@@belligerentamateur You could! I have a video demo on my channel. It's based on a modded Marshall JCM800 just like the Butterslax, so I wouldn't say your missing out on much, but if you are curious then why not? The GH100L is also a worthy contender.
So far this is my favorite heavy sounding Friedman amp but EXPENSIVE. I prefer the tone of the Diezel amps and would rather get a Diezel VH4 or Herbert amp for a little more cash and has better MIDI features. Just me though. Or get this amp and the Diezel VH4 pedal.
Talking money is a bit tacky but at this I’ve got to ask how you’ve acquired roughly 6-figures in amps. If you had a store I think you would have mentioned it. Amazing job? Inheritance? Are you great at flipping for a profit?
Had a good paying job for a while and used every bit of expendable income to invest in making more money! Once you have even just a little bit of capital to invest, your money grows quickly, depending on how hard you want to work at it!
He mentions selling the amp again around 7:00 , probably he's got a steady rotation. It's not uncommon that adults with decent jobs end up accumulating a lot of $$s of gear over time.
@@belligerentamateur Nice. Thanks for the answer. I’ve only just started investing in index funds and that’s gone well so far. What sort of investments have worked best for you?
@@lordgraga I’ve got a lot of gear over the years but he had a video of his amp room recently and there are a lot of keepers. I know a few guys that are always flipping but never have more than a few of anything at any give time.
@@belligerentamateur Thanks, next time I get out to Guitar Center I'll bring a guitar and give one a try. FYI I thought Friedman was Megadeth's Marty Friedman. Saw a video of the Friedman that actually makes them...not the same.
I finally got a Friedman BE 100 & it can go from sparkly bright clean to super saturated, compressed, high gain metal with a smooth, high end. BE 100 covers multiple sounds and tones for me with its two channels, 3 modes (clean, BE, HBE) and a multitude of dip switches. However, the Butterslax just seems to do just one narrow spectrum of sound with its 3 dedicated channels: not very clean to really sharp, brash gain, to just too much gain. Yet, both amps cost exactly the same new: $4K each. Easy to see which is the better value.
There's a high end market for everything. Here, you're talking about a company that operates in California, making hand wired amps (very labor intensive) with top shelf components. Of course there is a markup, as they exist to make money as one of their primary reasons. You also have to consider, the market dictates pricing as well. If nobody paid $3,900 for this amp, Friedman would be forced to lower their prices to sell amps, or they would go under. If they're still here, it means people are buying them
@@belligerentamateur Very true. A big part of it is country of manufacture. I like buying US or Canadian built amps for that reason. We get slammed buying German amps, although I have bought a few, and paid for it, lol.
Its all about setup, this is a single 57 in front of the speaker. Also worth mention when you buy cheap amps is how they are built. Cheap amp is also built in a cheap way. This one is point-to-point wich means that they are much easier to service and maintain.
$6k AUD for this thing. They can shove that amp. lol. I honestly didn't think it sounded that great either. I don't know why ANYBODY would buy this over a 6505 etc for far cheaper.
No processors and no post processing as mentioned. Any pedals that are on are mentioned in the video. Just shows you how much the player matters in the overall tone footprint
Damn! This might be the sleeper of the Friedman lineup, you never really hear people talking about them. But maybe that's because they're $4k. Sounds incredible!
One of if not the best amp channel on youtube for demos. you and Dave Simpson are the best!
😂 the rant about the presence knob. Amp sounds great man! 🤘🏼🤘🏼
Haha! Thanks dude!
Presence Authentic! :D appreciate the rant also
Love your videos bro! We hear the actual amp, Not over edited and processed garbage that would make any amp sound good. The fact that you buy your own gear and sell it to fund the next product to get your channel off the ground is awesome. A lot of these channels dick ride all day to get the #TeamFreeShit and want everything handed to them for free. Mad respect for your hard work!
I'm glad that you recognize that, and appreciate you for it! Free stuff is always nice, won't like about that, BUT I enjoy not being obligated to provide anything other than my honest and transparent opinion
This is RAW ! I love it. Channel two seems fantastic.
Even before listening to the whole video, I gives thumb up after you saying E standards riff. Nowadays, only a handful of youtube demo uses that tuning.
MY MAN!
@@belligerentamateur That's one of the big reasons I subbed too. So much stuff that's so downtuned that the low(er) strings sounds like jaw-harps haha (not that tuning down is wrong, I just prefer A440 e-standard or E flat if I'm getting my Hendrix on hehe)
Channel 2 sounds absolutely sick. Nice playing my man!
Thank you!
Absolutely love the butterslax, but one more reason I prefer the BE-50DLX is the response feature that gives you more control over shaping those mids.
Yes, that is also why the 50 Deluxe is a favorite for me!
It’s very simple…I get a notification that you posted a new video.. I click like 👍
An I appreciate you! Lol
I got the BE-50 Deluxe, never gonna sell it. Friedmans are fantastic amps!
Agreed!
i use this amp in all myplaying, i first heard it on my first amp playing which was the fluff ampedroots, all the amps didnt have the frequency that reached its highs and lows, the other amps on fluff sims were muddy frequency but this amp stood out with sound, love it and when i found out the friedman amp on ampedroots was butterslax i looked at the real amp price and saw it was same as soldano price, now i understand why its so expensive, the sound is unbeatable
I traded in/up my JJ jr toward the BE-50 Deluxe.
I love the hotrod britsh sound Friedman offers.
I stay on the HBE channel.
Own both the Slax and a modded JJ. The mods on the JJ should have really been done as factory standard. Both are great fun to play. The slax on channel 3 is borderline out of control. Great review Kyle 😁😁😁🤘🤘🤘
I love my Butterslax!!!
It's so good that there is your Chanel, so mine has at least a super insight about the amps that are so expensive :) Thanks for your content, very cool!
Glad it helps man! Thank YOU!
You never dissapoint
Appreciate you!
Damn, channel 2 of this amp is fantastic.
It really is
That thing is just gnarly...
OMG I love the rasp of this amp. I would buy a pedal or tube preamp of this thing so fast. Odd to say perhaps but this would be amazing for grindcore and the like. It's not a polished gain it's all spit and bile. Awesome. :d
same here would love to see Friedman release a pedal version of this amp for those who do not have 4k for a new amp!
Yes, $4K amp to play grindcore / power violence / death metal at really sketchy venues … seems about right.
Great sounding amp. Would make a nice addition to Fractal's AxeFX/FM3 along with the JJ. 👍
this blows away the other Friedman amps for metal.
Though the mids are smoothed out a bit, I bit it makes for an incresible lead tone.
Got a real Mastodon thing goin on there! Nice work
sounds raw………and that’s a good thing
Really great demonstration!!
Amazing review, the amp sounds amazing.
I guess the other two Friedman amps suited for really heavy tones are the Naked and the Custom 50 that Rezamatix asked for. I especially really liked that Custom 50.
that bk is an incredible guitar
Always wanted to try a friedman amp like the JJ or Butterslax, or maybe a BE but the price has always made me pinch myself back to reality. Got a EVH stealth on order....hope it gives me the tones I crave for the more reasonable price. Lol.
I will still take my EVH stuff over any Friedman for my personal tastes!
Sounds much better with the Explorer 🤘
Agreed!!! Sounded a ton better with the explorer👍🏾
I had one of those.
Not a fave of mine of Dave's stuff
but it had the brute's for sure.
Hey Kyle, please check out Mastodons cover of AIC "Again" live.
That's a real bitch to pull that song off live, even for AIC.
I hope you are good dude!
Will do man, you as well!
Does it still have the characteristic Marshall mid-grunt keraaaaang ? Or is it voiced more like an EL34 5153?
The settings in the intro sounds a lot like my Laney VH100R, but with a slightly improved low end. EDIT: On further listen, this amp is so close to my Laney VH100R that I'd suggest it as a cheaper substitute for people who don't have the $$.
I need to look into that one!
@@belligerentamateur You could! I have a video demo on my channel. It's based on a modded Marshall JCM800 just like the Butterslax, so I wouldn't say your missing out on much, but if you are curious then why not? The GH100L is also a worthy contender.
So far this is my favorite heavy sounding Friedman amp but EXPENSIVE. I prefer the tone of the Diezel amps and would rather get a Diezel VH4 or Herbert amp for a little more cash and has better MIDI features. Just me though. Or get this amp and the Diezel VH4 pedal.
Hi Kyle Bull I'm waiting for you to review friedman BE 100 deluxe.
Is the cab you're using the Friedman 412/15 or just 412?
sounds nice. The evh 100w el34, i think you'lle like that amp also.
It’s based on a JCM 800, as that was one of his favorite amps.
It's actually based on the Friedman JJ100.
Every high gain amp since the 1980s has been based on a variation of the JCM800
Ready 4 this!
Talking money is a bit tacky but at this I’ve got to ask how you’ve acquired roughly 6-figures in amps. If you had a store I think you would have mentioned it. Amazing job? Inheritance? Are you great at flipping for a profit?
Had a good paying job for a while and used every bit of expendable income to invest in making more money! Once you have even just a little bit of capital to invest, your money grows quickly, depending on how hard you want to work at it!
He mentions selling the amp again around 7:00 , probably he's got a steady rotation. It's not uncommon that adults with decent jobs end up accumulating a lot of $$s of gear over time.
@@belligerentamateur Nice. Thanks for the answer. I’ve only just started investing in index funds and that’s gone well so far. What sort of investments have worked best for you?
@@lordgraga I’ve got a lot of gear over the years but he had a video of his amp room recently and there are a lot of keepers. I know a few guys that are always flipping but never have more than a few of anything at any give time.
awesome amp, love mine!
MY MAN
I want a Friedman in my collection. I want a naked mk 2 . But I may never see one
Me too. Naked or JEL
@@adamstaysick that red JEL inspired me to make my wizard red . The JEL does seem amazing
Sounds great but I'd think it needs to be too loud for in the house for it to sound good.
Thanks man! Gotta disagree through Friedman specifically states he voices his amps to sound good at all volumes.
@@belligerentamateur agree, its doesnt need to be cranked
@@belligerentamateur Thanks, next time I get out to Guitar Center I'll bring a guitar and give one a try. FYI I thought Friedman was Megadeth's Marty Friedman. Saw a video of the Friedman that actually makes them...not the same.
Hey Kyle I sent you a DM with a question about amps! This sounds a lot like boosted JCM 800.
Where at, my man?
@@belligerentamateur I sent it to your instagram account, my handle is @x.still_cold.x thanks for the reply!
I finally got a Friedman BE 100 & it can go from sparkly bright clean to super saturated, compressed, high gain metal with a smooth, high end. BE 100 covers multiple sounds and tones for me with its two channels, 3 modes (clean, BE, HBE) and a multitude of dip switches.
However, the Butterslax just seems to do just one narrow spectrum of sound with its 3 dedicated channels: not very clean to really sharp, brash gain, to just too much gain.
Yet, both amps cost exactly the same new: $4K each. Easy to see which is the better value.
Kyle you have no self control lol that's why I watch
Not digging this amp today. Saw another test and it sounded rad but here just sounded so so..
Its all about setup. In this case a single 57 in front of the cone...
Butterslax. What my wife gets when I turn on the charm. 😂
WTF she wearing slacks for?!
@@belligerentamateur Well, the amp isn’t called “Butterpanties” so I had to go with what I had to work with. 😂
this is nice! i think im still debating on getting the ceriatone version which is the leviathan or the AH Deluxe 100
If my shit dont got a scratchy pot i dont want it 🤷💪
Nice, nice amp. I just don't agree with amps costing more than about $3000. Doesn't make sense.
There's a high end market for everything. Here, you're talking about a company that operates in California, making hand wired amps (very labor intensive) with top shelf components. Of course there is a markup, as they exist to make money as one of their primary reasons. You also have to consider, the market dictates pricing as well. If nobody paid $3,900 for this amp, Friedman would be forced to lower their prices to sell amps, or they would go under. If they're still here, it means people are buying them
@@belligerentamateur Very true. A big part of it is country of manufacture. I like buying US or Canadian built amps for that reason. We get slammed buying German amps, although I have bought a few, and paid for it, lol.
This vs the BE100 deluxe
That would be great, wouldn't it?
@@belligerentamateur
I would watch that
@@belligerentamateur I wanna see that fr
the hot mod video i just listened to destroys this thing to my ears
Do a shootout with a Leviathan.
Man I'd love to but tracking both down at the same time will be tough
I'd be curious to see how well Nik cloned it.
To me, there are many other cheaper amps that sound better than this one.
Its all about setup, this is a single 57 in front of the speaker. Also worth mention when you buy cheap amps is how they are built. Cheap amp is also built in a cheap way. This one is point-to-point wich means that they are much easier to service and maintain.
$6k AUD for this thing. They can shove that amp. lol. I honestly didn't think it sounded that great either. I don't know why ANYBODY would buy this over a 6505 etc for far cheaper.
Not worth the pricetag. Nothing special about it.
all your videos sound the same
its hard to tell which amp is god or bad or for what you must be using pedals or processors?
No processors and no post processing as mentioned. Any pedals that are on are mentioned in the video. Just shows you how much the player matters in the overall tone footprint