Can a 50€ amp sounds like Brian May?
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- Опубликовано: 8 июл 2024
- I have this small cheap amp in my house...
It's a amp my Fiancee used to practice guitar years ago...
So I tried connecting a Fryer Treble Booster and my Red Special to it...
Well, it sounds like this.
What do you think? 
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At this point, I’m pretty sure you can make a toaster sound like Brian May
Brilliant ! :D
Not to brag, but I can make a 600$ amp sound like a 50$ amp easily 😏
You could make a dust bin sound like Brian May
Este hombre lleva tanto tiempo tocando a Brian May que tiene su sonido tan interiorizado como el mismisimo❤.
Perfection! Even at a practice amp level. More proof that tone is mostly coming from the fingers - the gear helps for sure but you've got the touch too. Bravo!
From my personal experience if you have the right sound in your head, you can roll it in with almost any gear that has volume, gain and at least one tone control (from bright brittle sound to dark bassy sound)
And let's not forget, that Brian uses to these days the 'Deacy amp" which was made by John Deacon from the parts somebody'd thrown away and he made it to be a bass practice amp... And eventually it became suitable for Brian's use with TB and red special giving an incredible cutting tone with a lot of sustain.
Small cheap amps are very good for recording, you don't hassle a lot to adjust the microphone in front of the small speaker, almost at any place of the speaker you get the needed spectrum.
Remember the Pignose 7-100 practice/busking amp? It's cheap af but legendary bands recorded albums with it.
In many studio situations you need the rowest and driest guitar tone, that cuts not only thru the mix but also thru concrete. And small cheap amps are very good at it.
Great demonstration as always, you made this small affordable thing sound big
But Marco, the sound depends most on its guitar player and I must say, you are damn good!!
Sounds good...so many cheap ways to get the BM sound in a small amp these days...pathfinders, MV50AC and a few others i've seen demo'd like this but can't remember the names of...one being a small Harley Benton practice amp.. The RS + TB + sixpence is the big start point of the sound. If you can play BM style then the amp can be many different types n sizes. Always good to see this stuff though.
😎👌
I remember an old video where Brian May was interviewed for some local radio in the USA.
There was a cheap guitar and amp kit lying around in the studio.
He took it, tweaked a few knobs and sounded pretty much like himself.
Tone is mostly in the fingers, and yours have long captured what makes BM sound like that.
Plus the specs of the Red Special, its pickups and its wiring definitely help. The punch/articulation combination stands out.
I was surprised to hear how well this small amp cleaned up. Of course it has to do both with the picking and the phenomenal dynamic range of the pickups and wiring, but still impressive on such a cheap amp.
Did you sound exactly like Brian May playing through a pair of AC30? No, but you sounded very close to what Brian May would sound like through the same rig.
the original deacy amp was made with even cheaper components iirc anyway
Definitely a usable sound
Marco, are you sure you're not playing through AC30 here?)
Sounds like pf10 i think, really good
Thanks for that mate. So I can no longer claim that I would be able to play like BHM if only I had a stack of AC30s to go thru 😅😅
If you can play like Brian yes
Great test, i wanna buy a cheap amp for my brother
ive got a cort guitar with blues amp
a bit more distortion, blanket on the amp to mute strange sounds
Great video Marco!! Which manufacturer made your Red Special?
Ferrari Guitars
not bad
Question:
Did you leave the settings as neutral as possible, or did you tweak them to be as close as possible?
Just rolled down the treble a bit
@@MarcoGDiMarcoalright and thank you!
wonderful playing! can you tell me the settings for the amp?
Everything’s up full except the treble which were slightly rolled down.
Clean channel on the amp.
@@MarcoGDiMarco thanks
Does all the distortion come from the treblebooster or is it using drive from the amplifier?
Amp is on clean channel…but it distorts in this way with a TB in front.
@@MarcoGDiMarco Well, I didn't know that the TB delivered so much distortion on its own.
@@AntonStratocaster 31dB gain
Maestro
Me puede regalar una de sus BMG que no utilice para mí?
Soy de Ecuador
But it yourself
I saw a Red Special at my local pawnbrokers for $1000 AUD..... shame it was a lefty.
Better than the old Vox pathfinder 10? ;)
It sounds a bit like Brian's sound, but I think the sound is too harsh and the overdriven sound (like in Tie Your Mother Down) it has too many edges, it is not round enough. That is in my opinion, that you can drive an AC30 easily to its max sound. But nevertheless, for home use it is useable.
Suono eccellente. Come hai equalizzato l'amplificatore?
Tutto al massimo, ho solo tirato via un po’ di alti.
(canale pulito)
hi Marco! Can i ask what value do you have for your tone capacitor?
22nF if I remember correctly
@@MarcoGDiMarco thanks!
No, your hands are the only thing that are getting close to BM.
a bit further, you miss a bit of treble
So .. what is the little amp ??
Not sure, but it really looks like a Rocktile Secream 15. It was my first amp, i bought it on amazon for 50€😂
Yeah…a Rocktile Scream 15…
Pickups and fingers …
The short answer is: NO! Unfortunately, it's REALLY ALL about the fingers, the guitar, and ALL THE REST!
The rest being a red special, metal pick and a specific amp and pedal board. "All in the fingers" is true for the playing not for the pure sound.
@@onha-3904 ......... Fortunately... I HAVE ALL OF THAT!!! 😸😺
@@onha-3904 It all depends on how exact you want to get! And who you know, you can guide you to that!
Superb Marco!