Billy Blades Update

[midnightlaundry]

Sounds good though.

 

[charveldan]

Sounds good though.

 

[joepete77]

I heard that billy blades challenged freidman in a race skiing the k-12 to see who has the better amp.

 

[steve_k]

Not until Ceriatone copies an amp, do you have a real winner. There's your sign of success.

 

[guitarmike]

Not until Ceriatone copies an amp, do you have a real winner. There's your sign of success.

I thought Bugera copying your amp was the sign of success??

 

[rlord1974]

I love the amp, but I would get rig of the cup holder pronto! Not because it looks bad, but because it is extremely unsafe! Condensation can accumulate around the holder, and drip down into the amp. Conductive liquids have no business near a high-voltage/high-current drawing device like this.

For exactly the reasons you mention, I'm sure it's not even legal to sell an electrical product like this that has a cup holder built into it. It for sure wouldn't be allowed for sale in Canada.

 

[Moshaholic]

If I were going for early EVH tones, this would be a good choice. Aside from obvious influences, it also has a nastiness to it that reminds of a Boogie Mark IIC+.

I really don't know about anything that is going on with the saga of "Billy and the Gay Blade"...

But after reading this thread I now remember that I did see his booth at summer NAMM a few weeks ago.

That shredder guy in the video was there playing/demoing those amps for everyone.

 

[rlord1974]

^ did they sound as good in person as theydo in the clip? It is the clip benefitting from post?

 

[Kapo_Polenton]

The amp sounds great but looks like shit! I would be weary of the wiring inside but if Billy wasn't so stuck on "hand wired" he might have a good amp if he made use of pcb boards. It would certainly make it safer anyway.

Check out their facebok page, lots of cosmetically ugly amps around but they also have pictures with Michael Wagener.. guess he has one to add to his wall of amps now.

 

[Moshaholic]

^ did they sound as good in person as theydo in the clip? It is the clip benefitting from post?

The amp that was being played sounded "generic" to me in person as I walked by.

I really don't know what model it was...

To be fair the guy playing might like a different EQ setting than me though.

I did a fair amount of recording in the past and had a small brick and mortar project studio for a while and I can make almost anything sound better than it does in "the room" with some basic EQ and compression...

The video sounds better than what I remember hearing at summer NAMM

I wish I saw this thread BEFORE summer NAMM...

 

[Schaf]

I don't think I've seen charveldan as passionate about anything more than the topic of Billy Blades.

It's because his amps sound better than Friedman's. Dan is just in denial. He's all, "Billy Blades amps suck! Right guys! Right, guys? Guys? They totally sound bad. Please for the love of god someone tell me they sound bad!"

Charveldan would benefit greatly from professional counseling and treatment. I would respond to his comments, but doing so would be like making fun of a someone with Down Syndrome... He can't help the way he is.

I wouldn't say the Blades amp sounds better, but it is a great sounding amp. The question now is, can he handle building these amplifiers as a production item? Anyone with experience hand-wiring and soldering on a daily basis knows exactly what I'm talking about... I love a success story, and it seems Mr. Blades has gotten the attention of some major players in the business.

You are a Jackoff and Bant. I've tried to take the high road but ur either downs syndrome or drink a lot.
Eat shit, fuckoff and die Faggot.

Fascinating!

I find it hilarious that dipshitdan thinks he is banning you by putting you on his ignore list.. What an asshat.

What's a bant? And, I would say good things too if I got a free amp. Did Micheal Wagner and others BUY an amp? I doubt it.

 

[Joe-TX]

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Yep, Bill is a handy guy, not sure what at but it ain't his ampwork or tattoos, thats his personal skill level above.

That video is way over processed and i assure you is the amp does sound even slightly like the video Blades has nothing to do with it.

Get out. Is that really a tat he did?

That is a tat of Jose rising from the grave to seek vengeance on all those who've stolen...I mean borrowed his mods. Especially the ones who put cup holders and lightnin' bolts near his circuits.

Seriously, if that were my arm I'd have it surgically removed and just start playing drums in a Def Lep tribute band because that shitty tat don't look like it can be burned off.

 

[mooncobra]

haaaa!

And his amp covers all styles from the late 60's to Metallica. Here is the demo. After hearing this it is time to sell my Gower KK++ and Cameron Atomica to get the best amp in the world..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POSVnkloiLw

 

[Bob Savage]

And his amp covers all styles from the late 60's to Metallica. Here is the demo. After hearing this it is time to sell my Gower KK++ and Cameron Atomica to get the best amp in the world..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POSVnkloiLw

Dude's a good player and the video concept is very cool but I'd hardly say he recreated any of those tones. Different gain levels and different EQ, but it all sounded, well, like the amp he was playing, which isn't bad but...

 

[RG955TT]

Regardless that amp is super fugly....like the worst most amateurish nasty tasteless fugly.

 

[Bob Savage]

Regardless that amp is super fugly....like the worst most amateurish nasty tasteless fugly.

Just spray paint it black, that way it will look like 90% of all other amps.

 

[WizardSouth-JP]

Why did it take 7 pages for the term BALTIMORON to get tossed out there. There it is, I said it.

exactly - I was gonna post that I'd never buy an amp from a guy who:
a. sounds this moronic (Baltimoron to be more specific)
b. designs amps to look like Hot Wheels
c. runs his amp business out of a tattoo shop
d. has the name Blades in the name

on a side note, the clip of the guy ripping all the various guitars through it wasn't all that bad

 

[Bob Savage]

b. designs amps to look like Hot Wheels

That's not cool at all, unless you're talking about contemporary Hot Wheels. If you're talking about classic Hot Wheels, I'm comin' over there and beating you about the head and neck with a speaker wire.

 

[WizardSouth-JP]

b. designs amps to look like Hot Wheels

That's not cool at all, unless you're talking about contemporary Hot Wheels. If you're talking about classic Hot Wheels, I'm comin' over there and beating you about the head and neck with a speaker wire.

My bad, knockoff Hot Wheels haha

 

[projectx102]

yeah...whats wrong with Hot Wheels?