Is This The ULTIMATE Metal Amp!? (Driftwood Purple Nightmare)
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- Опубликовано: 15 июл 2024
- Thanks for watching my in-depth review and demo of the Driftwood Purple Nightmare tube amp! This amp is so unique and it sounds amazing! Let me know your thoughts in the comments down below! Thanks!
Driftwood amps: driftwoodamps.com/
Gear used in this video:
- ESP LTD Phoenix Black Metal (Seymour Duncan Nazgul)
- Gibson Les Paul Standard 60s (Seymour Duncan JB & 59)
- Gibson Les Paul Custom
- ESP LTD EC401B Baritone Eclipse
- ESP LTD Phoenix Arctic Metal (EMG81)
- ESP LTD SC-607B1H Stephen Carpenter signature (Deftones)
- Ibanez M80M Meshuggah 8-string
- Schecter Damien Platinum 9 9-string
- ESP LTD NW-44 Neil Westfall signature
- Driftwood Amplifiers Purple Nightmare
- RedSeven Amplification Amp Central reactive load
- OwnHammer Essentials impulse responses
- Steven Slate Drums 5.5
- Cubase 12.5 Pro
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Timecodes:
00:00 Introduction
00:33 Passive Metal Demo (LTD Phoenix Black Metal)
02:04 The Tone
02:33 The Purple Nightmare
02:53 Signal Chain For The Demos
03:04 The Looks And Customization
04:03 The Features
07:22 More Tones!
07:49 Clean Tones (LTD EC-401B Baritone w/EMGs)
09:21 Thoughts On The Clean Channel
10:09 Dialing In & Tweaking The Ch.1 Controls
12:42 Crunch Tone Details
13:02 Crunch Tones (Gibson Les Paul Standard 60s)
15:11 Heavy Rock Tones (Gibson Les Paul Custom)
16:52 Thoughts On The Heavy Tones
18:07 Active Metal Tones (LTD Phoenix Arctic Metal)
19:44 Thoughts On The Tone
20:43 7-String Baritone Tone (LTD SC-607B1H)
22:34 8-String Metal Tone (Ibanez M80M Meshuggah)
25:04 9-String Metal Tone (Schecter Damien Platinum 9)
27:35 Dialing In & Tweaking The Ch.2 Controls
30:30 Conclusion
Disclaimer: this video is not sponsored but I got a discount for the amp which I purchased myself by my own initiative. As always all thoughts and opinions are 100% my own!
What do you guys think?? Pretty insane and unique amp right?
Wow!
meh ... not impressed tbh better option out there
@@YsAbTonesits pretty unique perfect sounding amp for me
Sounded killer! 🔥🔥🔥🔥Nice job! Handled those low tunings like a complete champ.
You should make a NAM profile and video of some of these amps.
How you managed to sound like Fear Factory, Meshuggah, Gojira, and Mastodon all at once, and like none of them, all at the same time, is mindbending. Well done, good sir, well done.
Thanks so much!
Hahaha agreed!! great job man. Your riffs are inspiring af
My goodness. The savagery from this amp!! Then it it hits you with a very nice clean....AND...really nice crunch. Very versatile amp. Great studio solution. And those riffs!!!!
Thanks man! It's really an amazing amp for sure!
I think this amp is probably one of the best High Gain amps on the market for Metal. Sounds absolutely killer. 🤘💀🤘
Hell yeah!
Best demo of one of the best amps I've seen so far!
Absolute bucket list amp, such a clean and refined sound 🔥
Holy moly!!!! That's a very huge sound!!! That riff was pretty good to test it out. Thanks for your work, amazing youtube channel
Thanks!
Great video. Great demo. That’s my favorite clean tone riff you’ve done by far. ❤
Absolutely insane! Thank you so much for bringing the best amp overviews on RUclips.
I’ve gone so back and forth on this amp and love what im hearing because there hasn’t been a quality mixed review out there that hits the SDS standard
I’m so close between JCM 800, Dual Rec, VH2, and EVH stealth and now I have to add this one!
Great job as always
Thank you!
The Amp sounds incredibly good. The Viewers who recommended that you demo this Amp sure knew what they were talking about. 👍 As always, great demo/video, and I enjoyed the tour of what the knobs can do at the end. 😎
Dude that intro trem picking riff was insane! Had my death metal ass hyped! Killer vid man
Glad you like it!
One of the top 3 amps that I’ver heard on your channel! 🤘🏽 Great job as always!
Very well done as always. Love the tones here, it’s so nasty but clean at the same time…. but those riffs masterfully played just kill!
Thanks a lot!
That clean jam is dope af man
Nice versatile amp great clean and I love the crunch!!!
It's got like a mix of the warmness of a randall thrasher and the high frequency grit of a dual rect. Awesome
Great demo
Nice!! Sounds great dude 🤘🤘
Thanks!
I need this amp in my collection, 2 channels, sounds awesome, not complicated & all in one!
What a beast! Sounds gnarly and delicious!
Yeah!
I'm only a few mins in and the tone of this thing has my jaw on the floor. I can definitely hear the similarities with a Rectifier alright, just way tighter. I just wish they made this in a 3 or 4 channel version.
For the Mighty Alogorithm 🤘
Excellent demo :)
Much appreciated!
I love this amp's voicing. No idea how it feels to play but it sounds killer. Sounds like it would sit really well next to a Fryette amp in a mix.
Yasss, new riffs!
I think this is your best sound what i have heard. At least in my opinion :)
Awesome, cheers!
Truly lives up to the “Nightmare” name 😍
love this amp!
By far the best amp I ever tried. It does everything and all of it better.
John! I've just noticed that your pinky on your left hand has 'swan neck deformity'. I have this with my ring finger, but only when I fully straighten it out, it doesn't normally happen while playing.
This amp is seriously sick, I want one a lot. As always, sick tones, thorough reviews and fantastic writing too. Keeps me coming back for more!
Thanks! And yeah, I'm definitely a mutant! ;)
Great demo, this amp is beyond amazing 🤩
Would you consider doing a capture for the ToneX? 😌🤞
Big fan of your channel, in fact... I have you to thank for my small tribe of LTD phoenix's (3) including the Black metal used in this video.
Keep up the amazing content 🤜🤛
The black machined knob option on their website looks so damn clean.
SICK! Now to search for captures for my QC :)
Don't care about gear, here for the riffs! 🤘💪
Ooooooooooooooooof!
Sounds sick!
That Riff at @26:12 is fantastic.
I love it
Sick.
Your riffs is so good. Make a solo album ❤❤❤❤
Thanks! :)
Finally!!!
Just got 44 seconds into this video and had to comment on how brutal this amp sounds…. Now on to the rest of the video
Thanks! Enjoy the rest :)
Massive. That is the word that comes to mind when I hear this amp. I am really intrigued about the 6L6 + KT88 set up, seems to add a certain something that isnt offered from 6L6 alone. It feels like it has that usual 6L6 powertube sound, but with just a touch of something extra and it sounds real nice. I have always thought that 6L6 in high gain setups sounds somewhat sterile (maby that isnt the right word), perhaps dry sounds to my ears, and this amps seems to fix that for me. Modern metal sound, with a hint of sweetening.
5150s use 6L6s and are some of the least dry sounding high gain amps you can get.
Driftwood amps are the shit man!!!!!!!! Badass all the way. Got a Mini Nightmare and that thing slays!
I have an idea for a video - run multi effects' amp sims through the fx return of an amp and mic up a real cabinet. I run an AMT pedal through the fx return on amps at our live shows and have always wondered how things like the Helix and cheaper Chinese brands would sound using the same method.
the 9-string with the NEIN Oh NEIN pickup :D
21:59 brings out my stank face. disgustingly awesome bro
IMO sounds much better than the Red Seven and offers way more.
Hey man! I love your channel!
Super tight tones. When are you demoing a Mark Vii? Have you had a chance to play one? Any thoughts? Thanks!
Don't have one and no plans... would be great but I don't see it happening anytime soon
Crikey that thing effing slaps 😳
It does!
Need that for the tonex 😜
I have this in plug in format in the STL tones Lasse Lammert....I was never a fan but after seeing this video I need to go back and take another look, try to find something because this sounded great and nasty.
I haven't tried that plugin so I can't comment on that but the real amp sounds amazing!
@@SonicDriveStudio playing it now. I understand that T/s section now. Sounds great. Thanks.
is fantastic! can you compare with victory kraken?
I want one of these. I got approved for the pedal version for credit on Reverb but I do not want to pull the trigger on that I would like to save for the amp and cab setup.
Any chance of a ToneX capture 😭? It sounds so good but I dont have $3000
Does the power section distribute the use of the tubes based on channel selection or are you able to bias the tubes, or how does that work? I was just talking to a friend the other day before I bought my Fireball, and I came to the conclusion that as much as I loved my old Uberschall with a KT88 mod, it was just too much for certain tones which lacked versatility. I'm not an EL34 guy, and I know they have a pure 6L6 version, but if you're getting an Uber (which is comparable to this amp in many ways) then you need KT88s to get that STOOOPID HIGH OUTPUT tight low-end chunky rhythm tone. But having a 6L6/KT88 combination is comparable to having one super hot latina wife and another super hot Thai wife who get along with each other, leave me alone unless I speak to them lol.
Probs best metal amp on the planet for metal tbh
Listen John, I'm going to need you to stop. You make this gear sound too damn good and now I need a 9 string and a damn amp for some reason 😂
Can I have your opinions on built-in effects on guitar amps, like on this amp and the invective?
It looks convenient in a way, but in the other I would prefer to use my favorite booster/OD to have better control rather than using any effects built into the amp, but then I never owned any amp like that, so I would like to get your opinion on that;
I really like these features and I don't see why they couldn't be beneficial. However, of course you can always turn them off and use something else
Channel 2 sounds better with the gain dialed back; it's just a lot tighter that way.
Great tone. I want one. Is the mini nightmare pretty good?
I've heard great things about it
It is. I have the 100watt version and a 45 watt version, and its essentially the exact same amo, minus the wattage, but 35 from it is huge. If your interested, I have them for sale, let me know and I'll show u specs n pics n links. Good luck
@@rnr2k349 cool, thanks, got to save a little for this one.
One of my very few grail amplifiers.
Better start saving up!
@Sonic Drive Studio , don't I know it. This past year, I have bought an MT15, a 50 watt Stealth and a Super Crush 100. I need to stop looking at amp videos.
@@BazonBlades there's always room for more
@Sonic Drive Studio , there's just so many really good high gain amps out there to try. That's why channels like yours are such a great tool to guitarists like me that don't have access to many of them. I've been playing for 35 years. I've never even seen a Driftwood in person. It's crazy.
Sounds great man. You can send it to me when your done with it and I'll do a video then send it back to ya.
lol😆
Damn..🤟...it's almost too brutal..if that's possible
Can you compare with RED SEVEN AMP LEVIATHAN ? There are big difference ?
I'll compare them eventually
Love this amp but don’t have the budget to get one
How does this amp compare with your Rockerverb?
Very different
It sounds like a bad dream 💭
This all sounds realy dark. Killer guitar man and amp is for black stuff!!!
Rectifiers sounds the way they do and they are more iconic than this boutique amp will ever be. That being said, it sounds pretty good.
Gibsons are iconic too, far better guitars out there, Iconic means nothing, every model rectifier sounds different, and they need help to sound any good....
Ахуенный звук 👍
Don't know what that means but YEAH! :)
@@SonicDriveStudio Gorgeous head sound and chic instrument skills 🔥
@@SHvayger thanks!
Tonepocalypse 💀
This amp sounds like a NUKE for sure!