This amp is pretty damn impressive. There is one at my local music store, and it amazes me how good it sounds for what it is. You can pretty much do anything with it. Its ideal for recording.
I just played through one of these at a local music store. I'd never seen one before and thought it was just a head and the sound was coming through the 4x12 speaker cab it was sitting on. I was amazed when the guy showed me it was just the THR and wasn't connected to anything else! It sounds much bigger than it looks.
It's a Yamaha SG (or SBG in the USA) - the specific model is an SG1820LTD. The Yamaha SG shape has been around since the 70s but this latest version has been available since 2009.
best video I could have seen to make me want to buy this amp. well done. Excellent tutorial and demo and I like your final point about NOT being distracted by mountains of gear..very valid. May have to go to my music store very soon
That's a compressor that's permanently wired on a split from the guitar input in the control room, but it's not in the signal chain - the only thing between the guitar and the THR was cabling.
i have the THR10X, and yes he's right. with all the plug ins and patches you'll be spending more time searching what sound your looking for rather than making your music. downloading the programs like the SSD (steven slate drums) that is too complicated to do and/or bias effects by positive grid. it's nice to have all that luxury, but i'm old school and i like simple. what he says at the end of the video hit the nail right on the head.
Damn, I only stumbled across this as I reinstalled Cubase to use with the THR10. Great stuff! Would've loved to have had a opportunity to download those demo files. Very inspiring video-well done :)
it would be so cool just to know the basic how connect thr30iiw to the cubase ai freely included with it, because I can't by any mean make it to work in a windows 10 laptop, i installed everything even the drivers for steinberg yamaha and when choose the drivers in cubase a message pops up telling couldn´t use them, nothing like spending 550 euros or 600 including the relay g10T from line 6 and being not able to record I am getting a bit of reworse
Yes - the laptop is running Cubase as a multitrack recorder, so you're playing back the tracks you've already recorded and adding a new one on top. Cubase then uses THR as it's audio-output so all of the tracks are played back through the THR.
Here's Marc explaining why the DBX compressor is active - "The compressor is actually only used on the talkback mic on the Neve console (you can see the talkback mic on a gooseneck attached to the console) so it is picking up all the noise in the control room, that's why you see the meter changing. It is not in the guitar signal chain at all. The video is guitar plugged directly to the amp."
YamahaTHR will you continue to do updates on these units? Also is there anything in the works to make a bigger head version with all 4 into one, with a cab out as well? :]
I don't understand, I have this amp and run it through Cubase and when I try do stuff like covers, the guitar part always skips somewhere along the way?! This video is cool though, but how come mine jumps..could someone help?
In Garageband you should have an option for 'Input Source' - select only 'Stereo 1/2' (this is the amp sound of THR). 'Stereo 3/4' is the dry DI signal from THR.
It's a BB2024X - top of the range made-in-Japan model. The BB1024X or BB424X models look almost the same but have different specs to hit different price points,.
So just to clarify, if you use USB out, it doesn’t force you to use simulators on the computer, right? I can record exactly my amp sounds, and make adjustments on the amp still?
That's a lot of different tones to fit into such a short song, but it's done very tastefully and the arrangement really blends in the end! That's a rare talent among guitar players, especially when demoing gear on youtube ;)
THR needs 2 things to compete these days. First, it needs a way to add a boost on board (tubescreamer and maybe a super overdrive type). Second, it needs to combine the brown modes into the THR10. Having 3 different types of THR's creates a type of decision paralysis as you want ONE go-to amp but find that each amp lacks some great sounds from others. Amps like the Katana are great all the way around.
Just checked it out. SSS means 3 single coil pickups. The guy in the Andertons demo is playing a guitar with a humbucker in the bridge position just like every other video.
I have a Fractal Axe FX and to be honest, I don't think the THR would replace it. However, this surprisingly sounds very good, and much prefer the tones of this unit than any Line 6 product.
Smokin' demo. Like this guy, too. Can't do what he does, but would like to someday. I even have a lefty (old) SBG2000 and SG500 already, just can't play them like him, sadly!!! Thanks a lot for showin' me what's possible. -Al
You can use the headphone out as an analogue DI output - most of the videos I've recorded have been done that way, but for this video we wanted to showcase the 'out of the box' USB solution.
Only manually - there's no footswitch option. And no, it doesn't have a speaker output - the full range speakers are a key part of the sound so the only outputs are line outs (either via USB or the headphone out).
The SG series are great guitars.I started playing on mine (SG 2000) after I saw Carlos Santana use one,and get some of the best sustain (almost better than a Les Paul).These guitars are really good,and the build quality is good.
Sometimes that's all you really need. It's kind of like playing horn in a Sousa march--the style calls for a boring part, and such is your curse. I don't think it says so much about the individual player as it does about popular bassists and their influence on modern rock styles.
there's definitely some outboard gear being used, whilst he's recording some of the VU meters start lighting up, it looks like a little compression and maybe eq?
hi i also have a yamaha thr i hve connected it with my studio one presonus however the recording quality is not good. how u recorded the video ans the audio together in ur video
at 9:40 is this really the thr10 overdrive sound or is there any guitar padel. i have the same thr10 but mine dose not produce such a great overdrive sound. it sounds realy fat like a tube amp btw: can someone tell me how i get such a nice scratch tone like in 10:38 right before the solo begins ? thanks a lot :-)
Id say One of two things are happening there... ONE _ Your hearing the processed signal or EQ from within Cubase... Or he might even have a guitar plugin effect in Cubase running.. Id guess a Tube Screamer SIM???? There are many variables that we don't know, Ive owned this amp and I have the THRX, and I can get pretty close to this. But this is a commercial for Yamaha, so Im guessing we are hearing the mixed down Mastered signal.. But the moral of the story holds true... You CAN record great music with this amp... And a Good DAW... Cheers!!!
David Ullery Jr There's no plugin running on top of the THR signal - there is a little EQ, but it's not heavily processed or mastered, just recorded and mixed well. Thanks for your 'moral of the story' finisher - that's exactly the point. Can you make it sound like Marc Van Gool does here, maybe not. Did he get this tone with just a THR and Cubase, absolutely. There are lots of conspiracy theories about the flashing light in the rack and the cable not going directly into the THR, but I recorded the video and I can say 100% that it's genuine. Despite all that gear, none of it's being used to create the signal you can hear in this video. If you're interested, the Cubase project is available for download so you can try it and see exactly what's happening...
i ran out of space. give me some reasons as to why i should buy this amp over a similarly powered valve amp? (also, ive never felt the need to compress my talkback...)
Amazing sounding. I had a chance to mess around with one at a store and I wanted to buy it on the spot. I'm getting one soon, and after seeing this, I want one of those guitars, too!
How do you set up your input level into the DAW, mine is very low! if I go the USB OUTPUT on the THR software and turn it up, it starts sounding very digital and bad! how do I solve this? I need a good input signal before recording. Please let know. using THR10II
I live in the mountains and my electric goes out alot in crappy weather. I have a generator but it runs my fridge and lights and a few plugs in the house. We had a bad storm last winter and I would have went nuts if I didn't have this thing and some batteries and alot of beer!
the cable connected to the guitar is red and is not going to the thr and the cable connected to the thr is green and not connected to the guitar is there a processor or a pedal in between?
DjinnGSXR . I have a thr10 and the first connection on the front is the guitar connection is definitely a green cable connecting to the guitar input of the thr and definitely a red cable connected to the guitar. the amp is awesome though I really love it I play with it every day
I watched this video way back in 2012 and I really wanted one of these amps so bad. I couldn't ever talk my wife into letting me get one, but last night I played my gigging rig at gig volumes in my basement and my wife sad that I needed to figure some way to play without being so damned load. I talked to her about this amp and she finally said yes. Nothing like 5 years of patience and a loud practice session to butter up the wife for new gear. But even after 5 years this thing is only selling at $50-$100 less than it did new. Must be awesome.
How could you stay maried? My wife is always buying all kinds of things for her and for the kids, so she better say next to nothing when I come home with gear...
@neilmacmusic I have about ten amps.. 65 Fender Bandmaster Pre CBS... 65 Ampeg Gemini II, and other cool gear... But after 5 minutes with this amp I KNEW I had to have it... AMAZING is putting it mildly!
Terrific overview and demo. Have had a THR 10ii for couple of months ... so impressed with the overall build quality and stellar sound. Added it to my other amps based soley on portability, battery option and built-in wireless ... grab and go outside with zero cables. But again the full and big sound in tiny form factor is a knockout IMO. Have never got in to recording and so if I had actually read the manual I would have realized that it can evidently be an effective interface as well ... look forward to trying it out, although I now realize that I didn't hang on to the documentation that provides download for Cubase. Nevertheless, great informative video, thanks.
This amp is pretty damn impressive. There is one at my local music store, and it amazes me how good it sounds for what it is. You can pretty much do anything with it. Its ideal for recording.
This guy makes creating an awesome sounding track seem like child's play! Fantastic demo
That is an amazing studio
I just played through one of these at a local music store. I'd never seen one before and thought it was just a head and the sound was coming through the 4x12 speaker cab it was sitting on. I was amazed when the guy showed me it was just the THR and wasn't connected to anything else! It sounds much bigger than it looks.
It's a Yamaha SG (or SBG in the USA) - the specific model is an SG1820LTD. The Yamaha SG shape has been around since the 70s but this latest version has been available since 2009.
best video I could have seen to make me want to buy this amp. well done. Excellent tutorial and demo and I like your final point about NOT being distracted by mountains of gear..very valid. May have to go to my music store very soon
I own the THR10 and it is by far the best purchase I have made. Truly enjoyable experience. This guy however needs a thesaurus.
+HankCScorpio
That was pretty cool.
I'd swap a large vocab for his guitar playing any day!
hey man, can you tell me how much time of playing it can provide with bateries?
+André Silva about 2 hours
Have you compared the tones with those app based like Bias FX? I'm thinking of getting one, I see some second hand , now cheaper online.
wow dude, that has some seriously great tone! I love the sounds you are getting out of it, especially the rhythm guitar over the chorus!
That's a compressor that's permanently wired on a split from the guitar input in the control room, but it's not in the signal chain - the only thing between the guitar and the THR was cabling.
That's right - apart from the drums, everything on this track was recorded using only the THR connected to Cubase via USB - no line ins, no mics.
i have the THR10X, and yes he's right. with all the plug ins and patches you'll be spending more time searching what sound your looking for rather than making your music. downloading the programs like the SSD (steven slate drums) that is too complicated to do and/or bias effects by positive grid. it's nice to have all that luxury, but i'm old school and i like simple. what he says at the end of the video hit the nail right on the head.
Yamaha really needs to get a proper website for its guitars
That clean electric is so Billy Duffy the guitar starts playing "She sells sanctuary" on its own!
This video has sold me on this amp. I will be buying one today. Thank you Yamaha.
Damn, I only stumbled across this as I reinstalled Cubase to use with the THR10. Great stuff! Would've loved to have had a opportunity to download those demo files. Very inspiring video-well done :)
yeh but can u use the Pod anywhere with speakers....?
it would be so cool just to know the basic how connect thr30iiw to the cubase ai freely included with it, because I can't by any mean make it to work in a windows 10 laptop, i installed everything even the drivers for steinberg yamaha and when choose the drivers in cubase a message pops up telling couldn´t use them, nothing like spending 550 euros or 600 including the relay g10T from line 6 and being not able to record I am getting a bit of reworse
Thats a problem I want to fix before I buy it. Reply if you get your answer please.
Great review of the amp, great video man.
Yes - the laptop is running Cubase as a multitrack recorder, so you're playing back the tracks you've already recorded and adding a new one on top. Cubase then uses THR as it's audio-output so all of the tracks are played back through the THR.
Can I use the A1 Cubase / Steinberg for this type of recording ? And what Yamaha model guitar is that ? Thank you
Here's Marc explaining why the DBX compressor is active - "The compressor is actually only used on the talkback mic on the Neve console (you can see the talkback mic on a gooseneck attached to the console) so it is picking up all the noise in the control room, that's why you see the meter changing. It is not in the guitar signal chain at all. The video is guitar plugged directly to the amp."
This amp sounds good with acoustic guitar?
YamahaTHR will you continue to do updates on these units? Also is there anything in the works to make a bigger head version with all 4 into one, with a cab out as well? :]
I don't understand, I have this amp and run it through Cubase and when I try do stuff like covers, the guitar part always skips somewhere along the way?! This video is cool though, but how come mine jumps..could someone help?
In Garageband you should have an option for 'Input Source' - select only 'Stereo 1/2' (this is the amp sound of THR). 'Stereo 3/4' is the dry DI signal from THR.
It looks like the audio was taken out of the THR10 through the Phones out (vs USB). Was that the case? Thanks.
The sole vid that sold me on this magic box. Still need to get one.
It's a BB2024X - top of the range made-in-Japan model. The BB1024X or BB424X models look almost the same but have different specs to hit different price points,.
That's pretty cool. Everything's pretty cool.
So just to clarify, if you use USB out, it doesn’t force you to use simulators on the computer, right? I can record exactly my amp sounds, and make adjustments on the amp still?
There's no noise reduction or extra processing used - the whole thing was just guitar-THR-Cubase...
But there's a different patch cord plugged into the guitar than into the THR. Any ideas what's plugged in between the two?
Kind of like a JamVox but with all the customization happening on the hardware itself rather than in a software program. Pretty neat.
That wall of amps is amazing, all those classics. Gotta say I'm digging the THR
That's a lot of different tones to fit into such a short song, but it's done very tastefully and the arrangement really blends in the end! That's a rare talent among guitar players, especially when demoing gear on youtube ;)
THR needs 2 things to compete these days. First, it needs a way to add a boost on board (tubescreamer and maybe a super overdrive type). Second, it needs to combine the brown modes into the THR10. Having 3 different types of THR's creates a type of decision paralysis as you want ONE go-to amp but find that each amp lacks some great sounds from others. Amps like the Katana are great all the way around.
This sounds like the breakdown from shoot to thrill by acdc. Funny he should mention them.
That's exactly what I thought!
Just checked it out. SSS means 3 single coil pickups. The guy in the Andertons demo is playing a guitar with a humbucker in the bridge position just like every other video.
Can we put other instruments than Yamaha instruments?
If i want to play bass on it,will it be ok??
enolys van de kerchove Yes
I have a Fractal Axe FX and to be honest, I don't think the THR would replace it. However, this surprisingly sounds very good, and much prefer the tones of this unit than any Line 6 product.
Smokin' demo. Like this guy, too. Can't do what he does, but would like to someday. I even have a lefty (old) SBG2000 and SG500 already, just can't play them like him, sadly!!! Thanks a lot for showin' me what's possible. -Al
the drum loop wasn't made using the THR...
He addressed that right at the beginning of the video!
i agree with this statement where is the red cable going to when the cable going to the yamaha is a 2 tone job lol!!!!
Very cool !!! Great Playing Marc
You can use the headphone out as an analogue DI output - most of the videos I've recorded have been done that way, but for this video we wanted to showcase the 'out of the box' USB solution.
No wonder Phil sounds so good !!! Is there a subscription involved after purchase of the THR ???
if i get a studio like this some day, i will never see the sun again :P
Good question. Red cable from guitar and black cable going to the THR, Whats up with that???
Only manually - there's no footswitch option. And no, it doesn't have a speaker output - the full range speakers are a key part of the sound so the only outputs are line outs (either via USB or the headphone out).
Good video , nice playing & tones.
Back in 2012, that kind of technology was special !
That is one Gear Full Studio.... Heaven in a Room .
The SG series are great guitars.I started playing on mine (SG 2000) after I saw Carlos Santana use one,and get some of the best sustain (almost better than a Les Paul).These guitars are really good,and the build quality is good.
almost..but not
I had an sg 2000 for 15 years. great sustain, super guitar but it was very heavy, man.
Yes - both THR5 and THR10 ship with Steinberg Cubase AI for Mac and PC. This track was recorded using that software...
Sometimes that's all you really need. It's kind of like playing horn in a Sousa march--the style calls for a boring part, and such is your curse. I don't think it says so much about the individual player as it does about popular bassists and their influence on modern rock styles.
I love these little amps. I have to get one.
i personally felt that the track was perfect in its own at 4:37 after he added that delayed guitar part
there's definitely some outboard gear being used, whilst he's recording some of the VU meters start lighting up, it looks like a little compression and maybe eq?
I, thank's for the vídeo, if I do THR to Interface than interface to computer?
Intro is really great
I LOVE TOAD AND Blackstone Cherry, this dude´s a beast.
你好 我买了这个THR30的音箱 可是内录的时候只有干声 没有了任何的效果 是哪里的链接或设置出了问题呢？
我已经找了各种方法了 还是没能解决，希望详细指导一下，谢谢
I'm getting ready to buy one..
You sir, there is the amazing Yamaha SG guitar, which is used to record most of the records in Turkey, it is not the amp but guitar.
Sounds great - be interested on how the THR/Mac signals got to the video (I could see the radio mic for the vox) ?
Wonder what he uses for the drum loop? Snare sounds REALLY good.
How come that the red guitar cable is going elsewhere than the THR Amp??
anyone know how loud these are? seriously considering using one live, but mic'd up, could this work?
hi i also have a yamaha thr i hve connected it with my studio one presonus however the recording quality is not good. how u recorded the video ans the audio together in ur video
can't find the drum loops in cubase. where are they????
great lil amp. I have the thr5, only problem with it is that the ac power jack tends to move and turns the amp off sometimes.
u can get them in any yamaha music school, or online!
at 9:40 is this really the thr10 overdrive sound or is there any guitar padel. i have the same thr10 but mine dose not produce such a great overdrive sound. it sounds realy fat like a tube amp btw: can someone tell me how i get such a nice scratch tone like in 10:38 right before the solo begins ? thanks a lot :-)
Id say One of two things are happening there... ONE _ Your hearing the processed signal or EQ from within Cubase... Or he might even have a guitar plugin effect in Cubase running.. Id guess a Tube Screamer SIM???? There are many variables that we don't know, Ive owned this amp and I have the THRX, and I can get pretty close to this. But this is a commercial for Yamaha, so Im guessing we are hearing the mixed down Mastered signal.. But the moral of the story holds true... You CAN record great music with this amp... And a Good DAW... Cheers!!!
David Ullery Jr There's no plugin running on top of the THR signal - there is a little EQ, but it's not heavily processed or mastered, just recorded and mixed well. Thanks for your 'moral of the story' finisher - that's exactly the point. Can you make it sound like Marc Van Gool does here, maybe not. Did he get this tone with just a THR and Cubase, absolutely. There are lots of conspiracy theories about the flashing light in the rack and the cable not going directly into the THR, but I recorded the video and I can say 100% that it's genuine. Despite all that gear, none of it's being used to create the signal you can hear in this video. If you're interested, the Cubase project is available for download so you can try it and see exactly what's happening...
what guitar u using?
gibson les paul 1958 R8 2011. thanks for your reply
Thanks Julian
Oh my... Look at that studio, looks like an audio store:)
How does this compare to the THR10C for jazz, blues, soul stuff?
this amp work's fine with acoustic guitar?
Just got one .I guess I'll have to get a studio full of gear now .Boy is that's going to cost me.!
daaaamn, duuuude... he comes up with all these riffs and things... I'm amazed :DDD
Studio of my dreams!
Anyone knows why the volume is so weak in logic? Like when I record and play back, I can hardly listen to it
When i record i can't get any effects or amp modulations for example the high gain channels, i only get the clean sound when im recording.
Fredrik Carlsson use the other digital input
if its not in the chain, then why is it responding to the sound?
Hey buddies of yamaha! I'd like to know if u can share the multitrack session, it is no longer available in the link :-(
i ran out of space. give me some reasons as to why i should buy this amp over a similarly powered valve amp?
(also, ive never felt the need to compress my talkback...)
Amazing sounding. I had a chance to mess around with one at a store and I wanted to buy it on the spot. I'm getting one soon, and after seeing this, I want one of those guitars, too!
that sounds very much like kickstart my heart.
How do you set up your input level into the DAW, mine is very low! if I go the USB OUTPUT on the THR software and turn it up, it starts sounding very digital and bad! how do I solve this? I need a good input signal before recording. Please let know. using THR10II
I live in the mountains and my electric goes out alot in crappy weather. I have a generator but it runs my fridge and lights and a few plugs in the house. We had a bad storm last winter and I would have went nuts if I didn't have this thing and some batteries and alot of beer!
Ordered my Classic today!
He's got a lot of Yamaha's. That's a good company to be endorsed by. They make damn near everything.
Even motorbikes!
Great Lead Guitar
the cable connected to the guitar is red and is not going to the thr and the cable connected to the thr is green and not connected to the guitar
is there a processor or a pedal in between?
DjinnGSXR . I have a thr10 and the first connection on the front is the guitar connection is definitely a green cable connecting to the guitar input of the thr and definitely a red cable connected to the guitar. the amp is awesome though I really love it I play with it every day
DjinnGSXR . check minute 1:24 is very clear green is from guitar red is from headhone output looks like a planet waves connecton
Its going through the tuner on the console.
Reminds me of Rollin On by Black Stone Cherry, which happens to be my favorite song! Cool stuff.
I watched this video way back in 2012 and I really wanted one of these amps so bad. I couldn't ever talk my wife into letting me get one, but last night I played my gigging rig at gig volumes in my basement and my wife sad that I needed to figure some way to play without being so damned load. I talked to her about this amp and she finally said yes. Nothing like 5 years of patience and a loud practice session to butter up the wife for new gear. But even after 5 years this thing is only selling at $50-$100 less than it did new. Must be awesome.
HAHAHAHAH awesome story man, and congrats
id have fucked the wife out onto the street
You're so hen-pecked :)))
Steve L it is a great little amp. I bet you're loving yours.
How could you stay maried? My wife is always buying all kinds of things for her and for the kids, so she better say next to nothing when I come home with gear...
how do you monitor the session while using it as an interface?? i don't get it
That thing is so impressive!!
please settings of this sounds
Just staring at those Marshall heads in the background and drooling.......
whats the white head called ?
Will it be good an do the same with garage band trying to make a little song?
@neilmacmusic I have about ten amps.. 65 Fender Bandmaster Pre CBS... 65 Ampeg Gemini II, and other cool gear... But after 5 minutes with this amp I KNEW I had to have it... AMAZING is putting it mildly!
Terrific overview and demo. Have had a THR 10ii for couple of months ... so impressed with the overall build quality and stellar sound. Added it to my other amps based soley on portability, battery option and built-in wireless ... grab and go outside with zero cables. But again the full and big sound in tiny form factor is a knockout IMO. Have never got in to recording and so if I had actually read the manual I would have realized that it can evidently be an effective interface as well ... look forward to trying it out, although I now realize that I didn't hang on to the documentation that provides download for Cubase. Nevertheless, great informative video, thanks.