Hi Sasha: thank you for the demo. Fact is, it reminds a lot of the Bluguitar AMP 1... Some different features alright, but still, looks to me like a metoo from BlackStar. Nevertheless, the choice of voices, tube modeling, etc. are interesting. I must say, since I discovered and use the BluGuitar AMP1, it has changed my (musician's) life. It is light, versatile, powerful, super well sounding and the fact it has the corresponding NanoCab, it makes a perfect solution for travelling. The fact it incorporates a real tube makes it sound like the real thing: VOX, JCM 800, Fender, etc. My rig is now made of 6 amps (tube, solid state, modeler), 2 1x12 Celestion cabs (Alnico Cream and G12M65 CreamBack) and a wide choice of guitars (acoustic, bass, electrics - humbuckers, single coils, P90) for each sound I can think of. The BlackStar Amped 1 seems like an interesting alternative for the musician who wants a kind of swiss knife amplifier that performs with quite a lot of possibilities. Regarding the Kemper, I share your views: great modeling preamp/amp, but with an immediately recognisable voice that won't completely substitute a real amp system. Cheers !
This new age of amps is fascinating to me. This definitely sounds very good. I’m in a play right now and am using a UA dream 65 and is cool. But that said any gig that is mine I would always use a real amp. The idea that some day in my lifetime almost no one will be using tube amps depresses me. Just a (relatively) quick anecdotal experience/food for thought. Years ago I saw the Aristocrats and there were two bands that opened up for them. Both the opening bands guitar players used modelers and the sound was ok but there was an emptiness to the feel in the room. The guitar player in the second band was pretty darn good too. The second Guthrie played a note out of the Friedman he was playing in a half stack it finally felt like a rock gig. Tube amps have a physicality that is probably impossible to replicate. Regardless of Govans musicality and skill the difference of sound and feel in the room was profound. I have never forgotten that day and that difference was always painfully apparent to me at every gig, festival, ect. That I’ve played at or went to since. If it’s your gig bring a plexiglass shield, let it rip, and embrace one of humankind greatest creations. Rant over, and again I must say this pedal sounded fantastic and I am not outright anti-modeler/non-tube amp.
Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts, Miles. Personally I think the two kinds of amps will live side by side for quite some time to come. Look at the most popular guitars of the day. Basically unchanged since the 1950's. I think it's very exciting to see where this is going. I don't think amps like these will replace tube amps at all. Maybe 200 years from now but not in our lifetime. Amps like these give us even more options to experiment and explore. And for some it will work as their main amp and for some it will not. Just like with tube amps or modellers. And if it's your gig.... Leave the plexiglass shield where it should be. In the front of posters at the bus stop. First row at own risk 🤣
@@SashaIvantic haha love that last bit about the plexiglass! And hopefully you are right about them living side by side. I must reiterate again that I am grateful and interested in this new frontier of amps. I can’t imagine how I’d do my current day gig without a modeler. Also would definitely love to see a shootout with this and the Victory!
I pretty much agree. The new gadgetry is really good for recording but playing live is a sort of temperamental thing when it comes to getting that inspiring sound characteristic. Nothing seems to accomplish it quite as well as a great tube amp and the way the guitar and amp talk to each other, so to speak
Sims and IRS and all is greatly improved and for the recording it is there sure. Though playing and having fun playing nothing ever feels when playing as good tube amp. When it interacts with your guitar amd everything. I own really good studio monitors and can play over two different interfaces and even when loud it does not have same feel. No matter what. Tubes create harmonics that are not happening naturally in the semiconductors. This gives character to a tone. 12" guitar speakers play that signal differently than full range 2/3/4 way speakers. No matter how good the speakers are they do not respond same as guitar cabinet does. There is no replacement for displacement comes from the cars but is true to the cabinets as well. Some will say 4 cylinder turbo car can have same amount of power as V8 and if the V8 is NA that is so true. But if that V8 is turbo it van go 4000 to 5000 HP as in Steve Morris racing engines. Digital recording is there and it is there to stay to. It made possible that producers with 10K budget can produce music. Cheap microphones, cheap interface cards with mic prees are here and they are good enough. Good enough. Though good room, epic mics, Neve console, great monitors and Great studio people (mixers, trackers, producers) can still make analog magic. Sure it all costs a fortune and limits people capable to do the job but it is what it is. Impulse responses already simulate, quite good to, Cabinets and microphones and microphones position. But playing true it does not feel the same. Some people are very sensitive to lag to and even smallest amount of lag will kick them out of the groove and kill the mood. When your pant's legs start to shake from the Volume then you know you are having fun. People who never experienced playing loud great guitar in the great amp will not get it until they experience it.
I play through an HXStomp but always to the fxloop return of an amp. I agree on the volume thing. In my opinion, modellers should never be played silent or through FRFR if you want to “feel the real thing”. The real thing is volume and speakers moving air. The Amped, an HxStomp and a great cabinet on stage will sound amazing and are easier for managing FOH and in-ears. 😉
Awesome playing as always! This unit sounds so good and everything seems so well thought out. With that in mind I can't understand the decision to put the XLR out on the right side of it, making it hard to fit at the end of a pedalboard. Why?
This thing is definitely on my list. It's a great time to be a guitar player that isn't married to valves. It's tough to find just a decent SS power amp at this price. The fact that it has all these features could really shake up the whole category. As an aside, has anyone ever heard a reviewer say that a particular amp DOESN'T take pedals well? 😁
I'd be interested in someone trying to use this for an electric and an electro-acoustic rig. So run a pup equipped acoustic through it too and switching presets between.
Sounds great for a modeller! BluGuitar have been doing almost the exact same features on their (completely analog, besides the reverb, which is digital) Amp1 for a couple of years now though and it sounds a little better...i use that one myself, so maybe I'm a little biased ;) The IRs with variable mic/positions are a great feature. Kind of like a stripped version of the DynIR thing two notes features on their cab m+ etc! (Which does have the option to blend 2 mics/external IRs)
It’s just as nuanced as through a cab. If you switch IR’s the difference is huge. When switching power amp responses I found the difference to be a pinch of salt here and there. Pedals acted a little different!
Got to correct you on something. At 4 minutes you say the victory v4 amps can’t run a preamp into the power section , or just be used as a DI. They can do both
Off topic--totally respect your opinion on the SM57, but it's my understanding that a healthy amount of every one of my favorite recordings is just an SM57 on a dimed tweed or blackface. Perhaps there's a placement you have missed or else we need a video on cabinet micing so we can hear what you are hearing. Thanks for this excellent demo!
Thanks Brandon! The SM57 is a mic that provides a blank canvas for a sound engineer to work their magic on. With the right post production and in a mix it can sound incredible. Fact is that I have no clue what I’m doing. Nor do many sound engineers. So the SM57’s potential is lost on me. I much prefer to cut out frequencies than add something that isn’t captured in the first place.
Clean headroom depends on which kind of preamp you're using. It can stay clean a long time on the USA preamp. It'll break up soon on the UK preamp. As for volume, they're both loud af
Excellent demo; I'm very interested in this product and surfing around for a release date... One question: does increasing the master also increase the actual volume of the XLR/TRS out, or is that volume only controlled by the small side dial?
The problem with your reviews is they don't tell us anything. You could plug into a baked potato and sound like John Mayer. I could plug into a Two-Rock and still sound like dogshit. I don't really know what the AMPED1 sounds like. You're too good.
There is not enough bits to replicate analog period. You'll sacrifice tone when you rely on apps to get your sound. If the music you are playing is not sonically rich then apps will be your choice and you'll never hear the difference. Love your videos Keep up the good work.
While this looks like yet another nice take on the pedal board amplifier, it is insulting to me that Blackstar felt it necessary to steal the name, marketing (100 watt amp in a box), shape, chassis, and whatever else from another man's product. Would it have killed them to come up with an original name?
Sorry, but I don't even want to watch further. The name is pretty close to a product of Thomas Blug. "AMP1". Why? Actually his product (I don't own it) has a real "russian" tube inside and analog technology. Blackstar should just name it differently. That is my critique.
the first thing that comes to mind when i see this is someone has been looking at thomas blug and his amp1 and decided to copy it the amp1 is muuuuuuch better then this
Does not matter if I am real amp or simulation, you actually said a quiet stage with in ears. Live music should come from the musicians not a computer. Live music keeps getting sadder....modern musicians, like yourself are helping. Any one could record with a tape player in the 60's...doesn't mean they could play.
Who wants a comparison with the Victory V4?
everyone...
Nah........
Okay maybe....
Do it now
I do, i do!
And the Milkman and the Peace Hill if only to ease my mind hahaha
I want thattt!!
Hi Sasha: thank you for the demo. Fact is, it reminds a lot of the Bluguitar AMP 1... Some different features alright, but still, looks to me like a metoo from BlackStar. Nevertheless, the choice of voices, tube modeling, etc. are interesting. I must say, since I discovered and use the BluGuitar AMP1, it has changed my (musician's) life. It is light, versatile, powerful, super well sounding and the fact it has the corresponding NanoCab, it makes a perfect solution for travelling. The fact it incorporates a real tube makes it sound like the real thing: VOX, JCM 800, Fender, etc.
My rig is now made of 6 amps (tube, solid state, modeler), 2 1x12 Celestion cabs (Alnico Cream and G12M65 CreamBack) and a wide choice of guitars (acoustic, bass, electrics - humbuckers, single coils, P90) for each sound I can think of.
The BlackStar Amped 1 seems like an interesting alternative for the musician who wants a kind of swiss knife amplifier that performs with quite a lot of possibilities.
Regarding the Kemper, I share your views: great modeling preamp/amp, but with an immediately recognisable voice that won't completely substitute a real amp system. Cheers !
"AM-bee-en(t)s" unless you wanna be fancy, then, "aam-bee-yonse" 🎩 Thanks for the video! Looks useful, especially with stereo options.
Fancy. Always fancy. Thanks man ❤️
Enjoyed your appearance on Andertons - hope you join them again!
Thanks man! That might happen ;)
This new age of amps is fascinating to me. This definitely sounds very good. I’m in a play right now and am using a UA dream 65 and is cool. But that said any gig that is mine I would always use a real amp. The idea that some day in my lifetime almost no one will be using tube amps depresses me.
Just a (relatively) quick anecdotal experience/food for thought. Years ago I saw the Aristocrats and there were two bands that opened up for them. Both the opening bands guitar players used modelers and the sound was ok but there was an emptiness to the feel in the room. The guitar player in the second band was pretty darn good too. The second Guthrie played a note out of the Friedman he was playing in a half stack it finally felt like a rock gig.
Tube amps have a physicality that is probably impossible to replicate. Regardless of Govans musicality and skill the difference of sound and feel in the room was profound. I have never forgotten that day and that difference was always painfully apparent to me at every gig, festival, ect. That I’ve played at or went to since.
If it’s your gig bring a plexiglass shield, let it rip, and embrace one of humankind greatest creations. Rant over, and again I must say this pedal sounded fantastic and I am not outright anti-modeler/non-tube amp.
Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts, Miles. Personally I think the two kinds of amps will live side by side for quite some time to come. Look at the most popular guitars of the day. Basically unchanged since the 1950's. I think it's very exciting to see where this is going. I don't think amps like these will replace tube amps at all. Maybe 200 years from now but not in our lifetime. Amps like these give us even more options to experiment and explore. And for some it will work as their main amp and for some it will not. Just like with tube amps or modellers.
And if it's your gig.... Leave the plexiglass shield where it should be. In the front of posters at the bus stop. First row at own risk 🤣
@@SashaIvantic haha love that last bit about the plexiglass! And hopefully you are right about them living side by side. I must reiterate again that I am grateful and interested in this new frontier of amps. I can’t imagine how I’d do my current day gig without a modeler. Also would definitely love to see a shootout with this and the Victory!
And now Guthrie has gone Fractal.
I pretty much agree. The new gadgetry is really good for recording but playing live is a sort of temperamental thing when it comes to getting that inspiring sound characteristic. Nothing seems to accomplish it quite as well as a great tube amp and the way the guitar and amp talk to each other, so to speak
This is so very, very tempting! Great demo!
Sims and IRS and all is greatly improved and for the recording it is there sure. Though playing and having fun playing nothing ever feels when playing as good tube amp. When it interacts with your guitar amd everything. I own really good studio monitors and can play over two different interfaces and even when loud it does not have same feel. No matter what.
Tubes create harmonics that are not happening naturally in the semiconductors. This gives character to a tone. 12" guitar speakers play that signal differently than full range 2/3/4 way speakers. No matter how good the speakers are they do not respond same as guitar cabinet does.
There is no replacement for displacement comes from the cars but is true to the cabinets as well. Some will say 4 cylinder turbo car can have same amount of power as V8 and if the V8 is NA that is so true. But if that V8 is turbo it van go 4000 to 5000 HP as in Steve Morris racing engines.
Digital recording is there and it is there to stay to.
It made possible that producers with 10K budget can produce music. Cheap microphones, cheap interface cards with mic prees are here and they are good enough. Good enough.
Though good room, epic mics, Neve console, great monitors and Great studio people (mixers, trackers, producers) can still make analog magic.
Sure it all costs a fortune and limits people capable to do the job but it is what it is.
Impulse responses already simulate, quite good to, Cabinets and microphones and microphones position. But playing true it does not feel the same.
Some people are very sensitive to lag to and even smallest amount of lag will kick them out of the groove and kill the mood.
When your pant's legs start to shake from the Volume then you know you are having fun. People who never experienced playing loud great guitar in the great amp will not get it until they experience it.
I play through an HXStomp but always to the fxloop return of an amp. I agree on the volume thing. In my opinion, modellers should never be played silent or through FRFR if you want to “feel the real thing”. The real thing is volume and speakers moving air.
The Amped, an HxStomp and a great cabinet on stage will sound amazing and are easier for managing FOH and in-ears. 😉
🔥
a digital bluguitar amp1 ripp off ,,whod have thought
Love your playing style! You need to put on a 20 to 30 min. RUclips show, where you play your axe!
Sounds annoyingly fantastic
Right?
Man that sounded awesome
Heerlijk gespeeld!! Leuke review!! Wou dat ik zo spelen kon!! Thnx for share!!
Great demo. I will definitely consider purchasing this product. 👍🏼🎸
Wow, nice playing, love your touch
you should try the bluguitar amp1
I will!
This sounded surprisingly good. Nice demo!
love your playing man and that strat is killer
Nice, good job Sasha 😊
Loved It!!
(Playing and Product)
Very good demo, sounded nice 👍
Awesome playing as always! This unit sounds so good and everything seems so well thought out. With that in mind I can't understand the decision to put the XLR out on the right side of it, making it hard to fit at the end of a pedalboard. Why?
This thing is definitely on my list. It's a great time to be a guitar player that isn't married to valves. It's tough to find just a decent SS power amp at this price. The fact that it has all these features could really shake up the whole category.
As an aside, has anyone ever heard a reviewer say that a particular amp DOESN'T take pedals well? 😁
Me! Me! I think any 6V6 amp is picky with pedals!
If you’re not married to valves then this doesn’t seem like a good choice for you considering the responses and amp voices are based off of tubes.
I'd be interested in someone trying to use this for an electric and an electro-acoustic rig. So run a pup equipped acoustic through it too and switching presets between.
crazy.. had my mind on the upcoming revolt by two notes and now this?!
sounds amazing to me.
Sounds great for a modeller! BluGuitar have been doing almost the exact same features on their (completely analog, besides the reverb, which is digital) Amp1 for a couple of years now though and it sounds a little better...i use that one myself, so maybe I'm a little biased ;)
The IRs with variable mic/positions are a great feature. Kind of like a stripped version of the DynIR thing two notes features on their cab m+ etc! (Which does have the option to blend 2 mics/external IRs)
How noticeable are the power tube differences in the room? I always find circuit and speakers matter 10x the tube choice.
It’s just as nuanced as through a cab. If you switch IR’s the difference is huge. When switching power amp responses I found the difference to be a pinch of salt here and there. Pedals acted a little different!
hey sasha - you don't happen to know how much it is? cant seem to find anything online
The direct out should have been in the back or on the left side.
Why are so many RUclipsrs acting like pedalboard amps never existed before?
Yes yes! Comparison
The British to USA is a perfect transision.meaning it feels real.
Got to correct you on something. At 4 minutes you say the victory v4 amps can’t run a preamp into the power section , or just be used as a DI. They can do both
Sounds like an Origin Revival Drive killer ;-)
How does this compare to the quilter superblock us?
Do you have any tones mic'd through a real cab?
Could this replace an orange baby 100 as a more useable power amp
Hi Ivan It seem really nice ! van is noisy ?
How does this compare to the two notes revolt???
Off topic--totally respect your opinion on the SM57, but it's my understanding that a healthy amount of every one of my favorite recordings is just an SM57 on a dimed tweed or blackface. Perhaps there's a placement you have missed or else we need a video on cabinet micing so we can hear what you are hearing.
Thanks for this excellent demo!
Thanks Brandon! The SM57 is a mic that provides a blank canvas for a sound engineer to work their magic on. With the right post production and in a mix it can sound incredible. Fact is that I have no clue what I’m doing. Nor do many sound engineers. So the SM57’s potential is lost on me. I much prefer to cut out frequencies than add something that isn’t captured in the first place.
That's a good balanced response. Thanks! I'll keep tweaking my SM57 hoping to get what I can out of it. Can't afford a Royer anyways!
Dude, I love this amp. Is it true bypass? Does it come with a hardshell case? Asking for a friend
Suppose it was true bypass, where would you bypass it to? 😜
So, is this thing actually running on tubes like the victory one, or is it just didgital? thx
It’s digital.
Do I take it you prefer the amped 1 over the duchess v4?
This is new and exciting. I still have to a/b them properly. Video coming soon ish.
How does the clean headroom and overall volume compare to the duchess v4?
Thanks.
Clean headroom depends on which kind of preamp you're using. It can stay clean a long time on the USA preamp. It'll break up soon on the UK preamp. As for volume, they're both loud af
@@SashaIvantic great. Thanks for the reply.
Can I assume this will also work on a Bass?
You can't fool Sasha, bu t wait.. you were fooled It must be good..
Excellent demo; I'm very interested in this product and surfing around for a release date...
One question: does increasing the master also increase the actual volume of the XLR/TRS out, or is that volume only controlled by the small side dial?
The problem with your reviews is they don't tell us anything. You could plug into a baked potato and sound like John Mayer. I could plug into a Two-Rock and still sound like dogshit. I don't really know what the AMPED1 sounds like. You're too good.
Haha! Thanks man. Well then there's just one option: UNSUBSCRIBE 🤣
@@SashaIvantic But I don’t want to miss your amazing playing :( :(
@@SashaIvantic he was complimenting you. I agree, you are really good and show us the potential of this units you demo.
@@rgarcia4412 I know, I was only kidding. Please don't unsubscribe. I'll be sad
There is not enough bits to replicate analog period. You'll sacrifice tone when you rely on apps to get your sound. If the music you are playing is not sonically rich then apps will be your choice and you'll never hear the difference. Love your videos Keep up the good work.
But can it djent
While this looks like yet another nice take on the pedal board amplifier, it is insulting to me that Blackstar felt it necessary to steal the name, marketing (100 watt amp in a box), shape, chassis, and whatever else from another man's product. Would it have killed them to come up with an original name?
Sorry, but I don't even want to watch further. The name is pretty close to a product of Thomas Blug. "AMP1". Why? Actually his product (I don't own it) has a real "russian" tube inside and analog technology. Blackstar should just name it differently. That is my critique.
the first thing that comes to mind when i see this is someone has been looking at thomas blug and his amp1 and decided to copy it
the amp1 is muuuuuuch better then this
It’s the milkman in steroids. But I’ll keep the milkman. What about you?
I think the Milkman is still king through a cab. If XLR, headphone or line out is preferred then get this or the V4.
less panning please
turn off the crappy reverb
Does not matter if I am real amp or simulation, you actually said a quiet stage with in ears. Live music should come from the musicians not a computer. Live music keeps getting sadder....modern musicians, like yourself are helping. Any one could record with a tape player in the 60's...doesn't mean they could play.
You forgot to mention bluguitar amp 1 and soon to be released amp X