1:40 My man not only has an invisible pick, he also has an invisible trem. Next thing you know Andy's gonna learn to coil split by snapping his fingers
@j77 I mean, if I had time travel -- you can forget all the "let's change history" options. I'd just keep going back to listen to PF playing a concert for dead people. It would never get old.
I’ve owned a DR-103 since the 80’s. They are very stiff, glassy, ice picky, sterile, at lower volumes. They are actually painful to listen to, UNLESS, they are pushed to their sweet spot, then they become why they’re known as one of the best amps ever made. An attenuator is a must, unless you play in an incredibly loud band.
@@mattthrun-nowicki8641 -no argument here, I think they’re misunderstood and not that popular because most players won’t be able to play at the volume required for them to sound good, me included, hence the attenuator and it’s double duty as a bass head sometimes.
@@mattthrun-nowicki8641 - I’ve never tried that attenuator, I owned a THD Hotplate and Dr.Z Airbrake, but settled on a Ho’s Electronics unit that is actually a reamper/attenuator but works and sounds the best for me. There’s so many options nowadays, I’d love to try the Fryette and some of the newer ones that have come along.
Hiwatt: huge headroom, it's kinda like a clean of a Fender and the Drive of a Marshall blended together Mesa Boogie: tends to be a little mids-scoop with whatever gain/drive setting and volume, which helps a lot those who are looking for distorted tones still able to distinguish each individual note in a full and complex bar chord with all extensions, also giving a great sustain while mantaining clarity Orange: Huge mids-hump, which allows to use just a little bit of gain, and sound like the amp was cracked and blowing up of so much drive/dirt
The previous Marshall, Vox, Fender demo had more info on why they were different than this presentation did. Kind of lacked the fact that Mesa pioneered the cascade gain stage. Or didn't exactly cover why Oranges have that distinct sounding fizzy breakup. Definitely need to do cover Soldano and their SLO circuit.
Only Rockerverbs get fizzy and it’s easy to control with the eq knob. Just a dumb generalization. My O50 was very well balanced tonally and had a good EQ. A bit fuzzy on the third gain stage but that’s what the amp was made for. But you just set the knobs all at 12 and you can play any classic rock song out there. I love Mesa amps but i just wish they’d release a MKII head for good.
Boogies are great when they work right. But if any repairs are needed Lord help you. That's why the only Boogie I want and got are old Mark 1 or S O B's. Not as quite cramped and messed up inside. Not perfect by any means. My S O B is only 7 knobs so not so twisted inside. But not like an early Fender amp either.
I have had Mesa amps for a long time. I have heard the hot rodded fender statement before. It does have a sustain and singing lead tone like no other amp I’ve played. The muddy sound I was hearing from the demo is nothing like any Mark amps I have used. To his defense if you are used to other brands setting up a boogie is a different animal. The knobs have 10 on them but you should never get past 7 on anything. If you know you know. 🤓
Oh by the way. Dude I am really impressed with your guitar playing. i always find it interesting to see a finger style guitar player really be able to cut it up. Hell of a style you have there.
Yea and Acoustic 120 was also a Sweet sounding Old School Solid State..........problem is the capactors need to be replaced every so many years. And the GMT solid state lead amp that Santana used in 69,.
I used to use Kustom heads with a distortion pedal. My band used to play out with bands who had Boogies and were known to be the heaviest and best band around. Well I get done with my set and some dude comes up to me saying "holy shit your tone fucking blows theirs away". And yep capacitors kept bowing out.
Orange is my first amp I enjoyed when I played it with the micro terror. I moved on since then. But when I see an orange amp I play it and just enjoy the awesome tone these amps push out.
D C The class a amp doesn’t really sag. According to “the last word in class a” by Aiken amps. It’s always running right at its limit on the high tension line. But very very dynamic actually and holds itself together unbelievably well; no farting out. Frighteningly loud too. I don’t know why they used a rectifier; maybe to smooth it out slightly when cranked all the way. Should be the same with ss rectification.
My brother bought a Hiwatt Custom 100 in the 70s from Kalua Music in Scarborough, Ontario. They brought 'em in, straight from England...in fact, my big bro got the first one out of the crate! But Kalua had an English techie guy who would mod them before they even hit the sales floor. So....Normal channel still gave you clean tones up to insane volume levels but the Brilliant channel would give overdrive into white noise regions! Still to this day, the most impressive amp I've ever heard.
My first religious/spiritual experience was playing through an old Hi Watt stack back in 83'. I was 15 years old. I have never had that experience since. There is nothing like the feel of pushing all that air. It makes you play different in a good way, and it feels amazing!!! I have only gigged with Fender combo amps over the years, and they are awesome, but NOTHING compares to that fateful day in that guy's garage trying out his HI WATT at full volume with my 335!!!!!
Had an early Mesa Boogie, and that had one Altec in it along with a on Altec extension. That amp could get a wide range of tones. Before I built the Koa Wood cabinet for it as a combo, the original speaker top head was used with a 4 - 12" celestion cabinet. That sounded great. If you can only have one amp (I had two) the Mesa covers a lot of territory.
That's exactly what I thought!! I thought for their brand name that they were some kind of modern metal amp, and I never bothered to search for them, now I want one as a pedal platform!!!
They are quite expensive - and unlike amps like Marshall they haven’t really been copied or inspired many other amps, meaning fewer people has gotten close to a Hiwatt-like sound early on. And the need for super high headroom clean amps went down a lot of when we didn’t need as high stage volume and while they probably could get a revival today as pedal platforms, we’ve started to see dedicated boutiqe pedal platform amps taking such a place. But I love the sound of a pushed Hiwatt: just listen to Live at Leeds. The only cheaper amp I’ve heard getting into that territory has been the Laney Lionheart, incidentally the amp I own!
Some suggestions for future amp roundups: The Grails/unattainables: Trainwreck, overdrive special, steel string singer, etc. high gain monsters: engl, diezel, soldano, Friedman Boutique trailblazers, mid 00-to 10s boutique trends: Dr z, bad cat, divided by 13 Cult classics: matamp, cornford, krank
@aNtiDIsEsTabLisHMenTaRiAniSM StRuCtuREd aGaiNSt yOu yeah it was like at 2 and it was crazy loud. And the worst part is you can't even overdrive the clean channel because high headroom technology and so I can't drive it super loud and overdriven like I can a Fender Blues Deluxe or a Marshall JTM45. But that makes it great for layering like a Klon clone into a Tonebender clone or like running a TS9 into a Rams Head Muff. Its just loud and clean, and since I roll the treble low my clean tone is rather muddy but I like that. Just the best overall for me.
Kevin Sandstrom they had little rig models for Pete Townshend and Jimmy Page, that were based on the SSP and SSJ. The Little D was based on the SSD, which had one normal input, one bright input and one linked input. The SSP had 4 different channels with their own independent volume controls, thus sacrificing the middle and presence controls. The SSJ had two regular inputs and an input for an XLR footswitch that turned on or off the balance control. Now however there is just the Hiwatt Little Rig, which is basically the Little D.
As a former multiple boogie owner and a former boogie employee I caught that subtle dig at Boogie for the “tone tweaker” nature of their amps and I think it’s hilarious.
Dallas Myers IM FORTUNATE TO OWN THE 84 MKIIC PLUS COMBO LOADED! ANDWITH A VARIABLE VOLTAGE TRANSFORMER.IM ALWAYS HAMMERED WITH PEOPLE WHO WANT THIS AMP.SIGNED BY MARK BINDINELLI AND RANDALL SMITH
I have 3 , 60 watt boogies. Late 70s which I guess became the mk I and 2 early 80s mk III. Have a 80s Marshall 2-12 combo and a 70s twin. I use the mk I almost exclusively for gigging. I can get almost any sound I need. Love boogies
Great amps. I’m not bagging on them. But they’re definitely for tone tweakers. Especially the current Mark series. I’m from where they’re made and still have friends that work there. Mike Bendinelli is a mad scientist. He was talking about retiring even when I worked there in the late 90’s early 2000’s but I don’t think he’ll ever leave. They have several other really talented techs but any time a snakeskin mk 1 comes in or something from the early days Mike is still the tech on those. At least he was then. I used to have THE prototype for the heartbreaker. That was the amp that got away for me. Different rectifier setup. It was definitely supposed to be something different than what came out but the final product was awesome too.
My early 70s 130 watt Orange Amplifier was a lot like a HighWatt. I was running 8 - 12" Altec speakers too. It was hard to push that amp hard enough to break up ... without hurting anyone in the audience.
How about doing this test, but, playing the same parts on each amp so that you can really hear the difference compared to different parts that are optimized specially for each amp? The Who fan in me would like to hear how licks by The Who would sound on the Orange Amp, and to a lesser degree, the Mesa Boogie (because Pete Townshend may well have recorded some things with his, unaware to us).
For amp suggestions for a video, what about a comparison of a few small, lesser known "boutique" amps in a variety of price ranges? I happened upon the Fender pawn shop series today (was looking for the pawn shop mustang bass) and was intrigued what was up with those little pawn shop amps that look so cool. It seems every famous studio has a few weird, old tiny amps so I figured it must be about unique tone but an expert could make a great video on some of these.
Add to that an EVH 5150. Pristine cleans on the red channel, higher gain but old school rock/metal on the blue channel, and then ridiculous gain on the red channel.
Keep doing these until you're scraping the bottom of the barrel. You've still got some big names though. Ampeg, Soldano, Valco, Laney, Traynor, Sound City, Peavey. Just don't stop!
Josh Feierman My first real amp was a Sound City 50 Plus with the multi coloured knobs. Two channels with no master many many years ago! If I remember correctly, you had to really run it almost flat out to get any decent break up, usually too loud for the rest of the band! Sold it for £50 I think, wish I kept it, going for big money these days! But unfortunately that’s true of most of the gear I sold, A 67 SG with factory Maestro unit, a 70’s Les Paul Custom, an early 80’s Strat Elite....If only I knew then what I know now!☹️
@@ces69 Man, i can relate ! Had a 70's Gibson Flying V going through a Marshall Master Volume JMP Mk 2 100 watt head and Marshall vintage 4-12 cab (chequered grill, greenbacks). Sold the whole rig cause i desperately needed the money. Biggest mistake of my life ! Damn
1:40 My man not only has an invisible pick, he also has an invisible trem. Next thing you know Andy's gonna learn to coil split by snapping his fingers
Looks like Andy is Timelord or something like that ...
He's pulling the bridge up lol
He's playing with his fingers and pulling the bridge, how can you not see that?!
that's not the bridge it's the head
@@MikeTappokone it is the bridge. the head is where the tuning knobs are.
Admit it Andy. This video exists so you could play Echoes through a Hiwatt. I'm saying this out of pure unbridled jealousy.
@j77 I mean, if I had time travel -- you can forget all the "let's change history" options. I'd just keep going back to listen to PF playing a concert for dead people. It would never get old.
@j77 Or... the best music video of all time
He even broke out an outboard RE20
Seemed to me he couldn't hide his joy at the Orange.
It’s the truth!
Man, I never really hear a hi-watt in isolation. So beautiful with those cleans
Y’all gotta do Sovtek, Supro, and Ampeg next!
Yes! And maybe throw in the ehx mig 50 for good measure...not too many good demos of that one...
Yeah I third that
Ampeg v4 / v2 / vt22 / vt40. One amp to rule them all.
60s fender bassman is the best amp ever without a doubt
Mizrahy Aquino ampeg Reverberocket for the win!
that Hiwatt may be one of the best sounding amps i've ever heard
I’ve owned a DR-103 since the 80’s. They are very stiff, glassy, ice picky, sterile, at lower volumes. They are actually painful to listen to, UNLESS, they are pushed to their sweet spot, then they become why they’re known as one of the best amps ever made. An attenuator is a must, unless you play in an incredibly loud band.
@@regortex3364 Hiwatts are designed to be pushed, hence why they're built like tanks!
@@mattthrun-nowicki8641 -no argument here, I think they’re misunderstood and not that popular because most players won’t be able to play at the volume required for them to sound good, me included, hence the attenuator and it’s double duty as a bass head sometimes.
@@regortex3364 Agreed. Thank heavens for a Fryette PowerStation!
@@mattthrun-nowicki8641 - I’ve never tried that attenuator, I owned a THD Hotplate and Dr.Z Airbrake, but settled on a Ho’s Electronics unit that is actually a reamper/attenuator but works and sounds the best for me. There’s so many options nowadays, I’d love to try the Fryette and some of the newer ones that have come along.
There is something magical about Hiwatt ... I get that special Pink Floyd vibe instantly ...
Soldano, Peavy and Bogner would make a good hi-gain amps video.
That would be a fun one!
Laney, Engl, Carvin? Three brands associated with virtuoso players
Not so much on the Peavey though.. Unless there's a magical Peavey I don't know about..?
@@Mesa3077Boogie everyone with a beard and a metal neck guitar is jacking it hard for Peaveys these days.
Mesa3077Boogie 5150
matamp, sunn and sovtek would be really awesome
Hiwatt: huge headroom, it's kinda like a clean of a Fender and the Drive of a Marshall blended together
Mesa Boogie: tends to be a little mids-scoop with whatever gain/drive setting and volume, which helps a lot those who are looking for distorted tones still able to distinguish each individual note in a full and complex bar chord with all extensions, also giving a great sustain while mantaining clarity
Orange: Huge mids-hump, which allows to use just a little bit of gain, and sound like the amp was cracked and blowing up of so much drive/dirt
I love my hiwatt. Great clean sound, but once you put some gain in it’s a pure rock machine.
Mesa actually tends to have more kids IMO. Many scoop it, because they have to.
@@Art-zs6sl
Compared to a Fender, yes, Mesas have more Mids. Compared to most British amps, Mesas have a lot less Mids.
never thought i would see complex and bar chord in the same sentence
i feel like you might have a preference for mesa boogie lmao
Definite props for playing Echoes with that Hiwatt, one of my favourite Floyd songs/riffs and it just works so damn well
This song is my favorite too 😍
Thumbs up for "Echoes" PF riffs!
I could listen to Andy play Who songs on that HiWatt all day
Mark Knopfler plays Pete Townshend songs, basically
Hiwatt is my choice and I don't play Guitar but if I did, because of it's sound and the style of Music I write - this would be my Amp of Choice !
The previous Marshall, Vox, Fender demo had more info on why they were different than this presentation did. Kind of lacked the fact that Mesa pioneered the cascade gain stage. Or didn't exactly cover why Oranges have that distinct sounding fizzy breakup. Definitely need to do cover Soldano and their SLO circuit.
Insightful info here! Spot on!
Only Rockerverbs get fizzy and it’s easy to control with the eq knob. Just a dumb generalization. My O50 was very well balanced tonally and had a good EQ. A bit fuzzy on the third gain stage but that’s what the amp was made for. But you just set the knobs all at 12 and you can play any classic rock song out there. I love Mesa amps but i just wish they’d release a MKII head for good.
Boogies are great when they work right. But if any repairs are needed Lord help you. That's why the only Boogie I want and got are old Mark 1 or S O B's. Not as quite cramped and messed up inside. Not perfect by any means. My S O B is only 7 knobs so not so twisted inside. But not like an early Fender amp either.
Soldano's something of a late-comer...I'm wondering why there's no love for ampeg, they came along well before mesa/boogie even
Andy knows his gear . Guitars amps and pedals. He is a great resource.
This series is awesome!! Laney, Matchless and Sovtek next, please!
No love for the Mesa boogie? That thing was sick!
Agree!!!
I have had Mesa amps for a long time. I have heard the hot rodded fender statement before. It does have a sustain and singing lead tone like no other amp I’ve played. The muddy sound I was hearing from the demo is nothing like any Mark amps I have used. To his defense if you are used to other brands setting up a boogie is a different animal. The knobs have 10 on them but you should never get past 7 on anything. If you know you know. 🤓
Bc they are thrash amps amp the demo didn’t give u the scooped chuga chuga goodness
Oh by the way. Dude I am really impressed with your guitar playing. i always find it interesting to see a finger style guitar player really be able to cut it up. Hell of a style you have there.
First: great explanation and you seem a very nice guy. Then: your playing style is top notch, fingerpicking to the highest level!
Please do a vintage combo series with: Fender (Tweeds, Harvard, Champ, 5E3 circuit), original Gibson amps, and the original Supro/Valco combos
T H I S
Oh god I was so into Fender Hot Rods but these HiWatts are starting to convert me
LOVEU ANDY FOR PLAYING ECHOES FOR THE HIWATT DEMO
I don't care about the amps, honestly. I just came to see Andy play.
classic old-school solid state...Lab Series, Kustom and Roland JC
Sunn as well. And Acoustic!
Yea and Acoustic 120 was also a Sweet sounding Old School Solid State..........problem is the capactors need to be replaced every so many years. And the GMT solid state lead amp that Santana used in 69,.
I used to use Kustom heads with a distortion pedal. My band used to play out with bands who had Boogies and were known to be the heaviest and best band around. Well I get done with my set and some dude comes up to me saying "holy shit your tone fucking blows theirs away". And yep capacitors kept bowing out.
Also those great old SS Sunn and Acoustic amps
Had a Lab Series L7...so loud and punchy, it would knock the fillings out of your teeth.
I'd love to see an amp roundup of some boutique brands--Tone King, Carr, Dr. Z., Benson.
Megawatt too
I don't need it; I'm all over Tone King!
Boomer amps
Carr!
Dr. Z are the best sounding amps I’ve ever played.
Orange is my first amp I enjoyed when I played it with the micro terror. I moved on since then. But when I see an orange amp I play it and just enjoy the awesome tone these amps push out.
What do you use now?
What you play now?
tell us Emmanuel pls
For the love of God tell us we need to know
What are you waiting? Must know NOW!!
That was a tasty "Echoes" riff on the Hiwatt
Simply a beautiful series where everyone can clearly see the diffrenceses between those amps. Thank you Andy. Hope to see more of this.
Great to test that Hiwatt with Echoes and Can't Explain. Next comparison should be Laney vs Peavey vs Dual Rectifier (80s generation)
Like the fact you are using a REVEREND GUITAR - Nice!!
The Orange sounds insane. I’ve never heard an amp with so much sag, but also extreme clarity.
D C yep.......my fav ROCK amp! 😎😎😎👍
D C The class a amp doesn’t really sag. According to “the last word in class a” by Aiken amps. It’s always running right at its limit on the high tension line. But very very dynamic actually and holds itself together unbelievably well; no farting out. Frighteningly loud too. I don’t know why they used a rectifier; maybe to smooth it out slightly when cranked all the way. Should be the same with ss rectification.
Orange is underrated. And its surprising how well they cut in the mix
My brother bought a Hiwatt Custom 100 in the 70s from Kalua Music in Scarborough, Ontario.
They brought 'em in, straight from England...in fact, my big bro got the first one out of the crate! But Kalua had an English techie guy who would mod them before they even hit the sales floor. So....Normal channel still gave you clean tones up to insane volume levels but the Brilliant channel would give overdrive into white noise regions! Still to this day, the most impressive amp I've ever heard.
The Hiwatt can make use of reverbs, the Marshall, not so much.
Andy, how do you find your invisible pick?
Andy is a wizard. We thought everyone knew this.
Andy is never late, he arrives precisely when he means to
@@Reverb He is the Chuck Norris of the guitar world! Just sayin'
It floats trough the air. He grabs it when he needs it. 😂
Magic and a lot of Boogie. That’s how
That last tone at the end of the video played through that Fred Flinstone looking guitar was amazing
Even though it's now the Etsy Tone Report, Andy still rules!
My first religious/spiritual experience was playing through an old Hi Watt stack back in 83'. I was 15 years old. I have never had that experience since. There is nothing like the feel of pushing all that air. It makes you play different in a good way, and it feels amazing!!! I have only gigged with Fender combo amps over the years, and they are awesome, but NOTHING compares to that fateful day in that guy's garage trying out his HI WATT at full volume with my 335!!!!!
Andy, I want you to demo an Ampeg VT-22 or VT-40. Those QOTSA riffs of yours deserve it!
Hell, we'll settle for an early-model V4.
I could listen to Andy play all day, world class player!
Had an early Mesa Boogie, and that had one Altec in it along with a on Altec extension. That amp could get a wide range of tones. Before I built the Koa Wood cabinet for it as a combo, the original speaker top head was used with a 4 - 12" celestion cabinet. That sounded great. If you can only have one amp (I had two) the Mesa covers a lot of territory.
I'm loving my ORANGE Rocker 30 at the moment!
I also love my early 90's Marshall JCM 900...I guess it just depends on what I'm playing.
I seriously didn't knew about hiwatt. Why this brand doesn't come in disscussions more often? This amp kicks ass.
Gilmour used a lot for all I know.
That's exactly what I thought!! I thought for their brand name that they were some kind of modern metal amp, and I never bothered to search for them, now I want one as a pedal platform!!!
They are quite expensive - and unlike amps like Marshall they haven’t really been copied or inspired many other amps, meaning fewer people has gotten close to a Hiwatt-like sound early on. And the need for super high headroom clean amps went down a lot of when we didn’t need as high stage volume and while they probably could get a revival today as pedal platforms, we’ve started to see dedicated boutiqe pedal platform amps taking such a place. But I love the sound of a pushed Hiwatt: just listen to Live at Leeds. The only cheaper amp I’ve heard getting into that territory has been the Laney Lionheart, incidentally the amp I own!
Some suggestions for future amp roundups:
The Grails/unattainables: Trainwreck, overdrive special, steel string singer, etc.
high gain monsters: engl, diezel, soldano, Friedman
Boutique trailblazers, mid 00-to 10s boutique trends: Dr z, bad cat, divided by 13
Cult classics: matamp, cornford, krank
Love this! Let’s go with silvertone, Supro, and maybe some other odd ball brand?
Sovtek? Soldano? Alliteration nation.
Oh Hell yes! Sovtek!
This example of alliteration should be used in a English classroom
A vintage Gibson GA-5.
the AD30 is one of the best amps I’ve ever owned, does its thing like no other.
negativeland totally
It doesn't seem to be very popular, but I've been pleased with my Orange Rocker 32 combo.
The history of Peavey would make a good video!
I was surprised at how good the orange sounded.
You should play some when you see them!
Orange rocks. Like, really.
As a former AD30 owner, I 100% agree. If you want an Orange-in-a-box pedal, the Monarch by EarthQuaker Devices is superior to anything else.
I use an Orange Crush 35rt in my home and it is great. Who ever thought that a 35 watt would be sooo loud. 100% recommend.
@aNtiDIsEsTabLisHMenTaRiAniSM StRuCtuREd aGaiNSt yOu yeah it was like at 2 and it was crazy loud. And the worst part is you can't even overdrive the clean channel because high headroom technology and so I can't drive it super loud and overdriven like I can a Fender Blues Deluxe or a Marshall JTM45. But that makes it great for layering like a Klon clone into a Tonebender clone or like running a TS9 into a Rams Head Muff. Its just loud and clean, and since I roll the treble low my clean tone is rather muddy but I like that. Just the best overall for me.
Andy, your love of reverend guitars makes me smile.
“...to something super HEAVY.” Yessir, I’ll drink to that. 🤘🏼🍺
Out of the 6 demonstrated amps so far, Fender still takes the lead... Great videos btw. :-)
Supro, Mad Professor and Victoria would be great! And thanks for this one! ☝️
fucking incredible info and playing as usual, echoes was a nice surprise
That hiwatt sounded awesome. I wonder if they make a midwatt version..🤔
DR 508, fifty watter
The dual rectifier is prolly one of my favorite amps to ever be made as well as the or120 cause you always need to be able to doom
They say you can't make a HiWatt to break up...
Andy accepted the challenge.
That Mark iii is capable of so much more.
Might as well start doing bass amps as well
Hiwatt should make a 0.5 watt version
"Halfwatt"
They do, I have one called Hiwatt Little D, 20/0.5w version of David Gilmour's Hiwatt.
then it would be a Lowatt. They can't do that.
@@kevinsandstrom5833 That's the most ironic amp and I love it
Kevin Sandstrom they had little rig models for Pete Townshend and Jimmy Page, that were based on the SSP and SSJ. The Little D was based on the SSD, which had one normal input, one bright input and one linked input. The SSP had 4 different channels with their own independent volume controls, thus sacrificing the middle and presence controls. The SSJ had two regular inputs and an input for an XLR footswitch that turned on or off the balance control. Now however there is just the Hiwatt Little Rig, which is basically the Little D.
Ampeg, Supro and Laney please! Excellent show BTW
I'd love to see a Dumble or Dumble type amp in the mix!
Dumble, Soldano, and Ampeg would be super interesting!!
Andy = great guitarist! THANKS for showing me that a Hiwatt can be effectively used with finger style!
I like your style of playing with no pick its fantastic shows that a pick just gets in the way lol
I love that color of strat... really stands out beautifully
As a former multiple boogie owner and a former boogie employee I caught that subtle dig at Boogie for the “tone tweaker” nature of their amps and I think it’s hilarious.
Dallas Myers IM FORTUNATE TO OWN THE 84 MKIIC PLUS COMBO LOADED! ANDWITH A VARIABLE VOLTAGE TRANSFORMER.IM ALWAYS HAMMERED WITH PEOPLE WHO WANT THIS AMP.SIGNED BY MARK BINDINELLI AND RANDALL SMITH
I have 3 , 60 watt boogies. Late 70s which I guess became the mk I and 2 early 80s mk III. Have a 80s Marshall 2-12 combo and a 70s twin. I use the mk I almost exclusively for gigging. I can get almost any sound I need. Love boogies
Great amps. I’m not bagging on them. But they’re definitely for tone tweakers. Especially the current Mark series. I’m from where they’re made and still have friends that work there. Mike Bendinelli is a mad scientist. He was talking about retiring even when I worked there in the late 90’s early 2000’s but I don’t think he’ll ever leave. They have several other really talented techs but any time a snakeskin mk 1 comes in or something from the early days Mike is still the tech on those. At least he was then. I used to have THE prototype for the heartbreaker. That was the amp that got away for me. Different rectifier setup. It was definitely supposed to be something different than what came out but the final product was awesome too.
ampeg V-4B reissue with guitar running through a 2x12! Would love love to hear that
It doesn't sound good, the 7027A power tubes were the real shit.
My early 70s 130 watt Orange Amplifier was a lot like a HighWatt. I was running 8 - 12" Altec speakers too. It was hard to push that amp hard enough to break up ... without hurting anyone in the audience.
Please do a bass amp comparison like this, cheers!
How about doing this test, but, playing the same parts on each amp so that you can really hear the difference compared to different parts that are optimized specially for each amp? The Who fan in me would like to hear how licks by The Who would sound on the Orange Amp, and to a lesser degree, the Mesa Boogie (because Pete Townshend may well have recorded some things with his, unaware to us).
That Hiwatt is just beautiful !!
Gorilla, Crate, and Rogue please!
Chris McKinney the “speaker on my phone does the amp perfect justice “ video? Lol
NOW yer talkin' !
Your videos have made me a huge fan of Reverb the company. They should probably give you stock in the company
Didn't regret choosing the Orange Crush 20. For the CRUNCH
Eggman Smith had the #8 Mesa Boogie Hand Made
I'm not a fan of Strat but boi.. those Strat color combo is absolutely stunning 😍
For amp suggestions for a video, what about a comparison of a few small, lesser known "boutique" amps in a variety of price ranges? I happened upon the Fender pawn shop series today (was looking for the pawn shop mustang bass) and was intrigued what was up with those little pawn shop amps that look so cool. It seems every famous studio has a few weird, old tiny amps so I figured it must be about unique tone but an expert could make a great video on some of these.
Definition a Laney AOR or Iommi LA100, an HH 100, and a Musicman HD130. All good and individual toned amps.
Oh, this hiwatt with the bridge pickup, what tone!!!
That is a beautiful shade of blue on that guitar!
I used to have a100W Hiwatt in the early 90s. I sold it for a song man. I just ordered a T40 because i need the 12th amp at my house.
Bogner, Engl, Diezel. Modern high gain multi channel/mode amps!
Add to that an EVH 5150. Pristine cleans on the red channel, higher gain but old school rock/metal on the blue channel, and then ridiculous gain on the red channel.
I meant to say pristine cleans on the green channel.
Disney/Pixar present, "Andy and his amazing invisible pick".
Coming to a theatre near you.
Love the Emperor cab too, wish there were some more of them out there!
Holy shit, what a finger magic Andy produces.. Just amazing!
Great video! All the amps sounded killer. I'm living my EL84 powered Rocket-32 from Orange. The Stereo effects loop makes it VERY versital.
Hiwatts are my favorite. Best amp I've ever owned.. skylight era, nothing newer than 77 for me.
Nothing beats a 70's Marshall 50 watt or Hiwatt Custom 100 watt head. From personal experience, nothing !
@@rickleblanc8900 I see autocorrect burned me Hylight era.. geez
Very cool.....Andy does an excellent job explaining the history and demoing the sound of these amps......Bravo
Would like to see a demo of the Marshall Bluesbreaker.
I recall reading that the Rolling Stones hated using the Who’s borrowed Hiwatts for the Hyde Park concert in 1969.
Wow, that Hiwatt overdrive sounds so tasty.
Keep doing these until you're scraping the bottom of the barrel. You've still got some big names though. Ampeg, Soldano, Valco, Laney, Traynor, Sound City, Peavey. Just don't stop!
Josh Feierman My first real amp was a Sound City 50 Plus with the multi coloured knobs.
Two channels with no master many many years ago!
If I remember correctly, you had to really run it almost flat out to get any decent break up, usually too loud for the rest of the band!
Sold it for £50 I think, wish I kept it, going for big money these days!
But unfortunately that’s true of most of the gear I sold,
A 67 SG with factory Maestro unit, a 70’s Les Paul Custom, an early 80’s Strat Elite....If only I knew then what I know now!☹️
@@ces69 Man, i can relate ! Had a 70's Gibson Flying V going through a Marshall Master Volume JMP Mk 2 100 watt head and Marshall vintage 4-12 cab (chequered grill, greenbacks). Sold the whole rig cause i desperately needed the money. Biggest mistake of my life ! Damn
Gallien Kruger too
And old Gibson amps, some super underrated gems out there
Sunn vs. Acoustic!
Andy. Love your vids. Awesome playing! How do you keep any fingernails?!? Mine would be gone in a day w/o a pick while slamming chords.
Awesome video as always ! Considering buying a Mesa
BlackofAzur proud owner of a mark v 35 watt. Had it for a couple years and just love it. It really boogies!
Please talk about vintage Silvertones and why they're so damn popular - White Stripes, Alabama Shakes, etc
That strat is unearthly gorgeous!Model?
Alex Lifeson is my favorite Hiwatt DR103 user;
A Farewell To Kings thru Moving Pictures is his best tone IMO 🎸
Mesa Boogies and Oranges are my Amps of choice, along with a tiny Vox Mini 3 G2 amp.
Love those Emperor cabinets...
Love that classic orange crunch!
6:30 sounds very close to my Rectoverb I used to have. Glad I sold it.
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