Great Friedman Jake E. Lee Amp Review

[romanianreaper]

This amp seems pretty cool when I saw some of the other video reviews but this one finally sold me on it. I always dig this guy's reviews on pedals and amps. He did a review of one of Robert Keeley's pedals and I bought it that night. LOL. Anyway, thought this guy was able to capture the tones:

 

[PBGas]

That was a great review of a really, really nice sounding amp!

 

[braintheory]

Rabea is a great player and I’m still curious to hear this amp in person, but honestly didn’t think the amp sounded any better in this video than it in Michael Nielsen’s video. It seems like although it finally has that brightness and toothiness of a Marshall, it’s still filtered sounding. It’s kinda like this Friedman is a from concentrate version of a Marshall and a 70’s/80’s 2203 is the fresh squeezed version

 

[Purpleibby]

Honestly, I don't really dig it....more power to ya if that's your thing, respectfully. BE100 suits my taste a lot more.

 

[hatrick00]

Sounds so good!!! I imagine blending this with a JJ100 would be sick on a recording.

 

[romanianreaper]

Honestly, I don't really dig it....more power to ya if that's your thing, respectfully. BE100 suits my taste a lot more.

I'm with you on that because the BE100 is "my" tone but the Jake seems to capture more of the 80s Marshall tone in my opinion. The BE100 is more low-mid focused (my favorite) whereas this has a different mid range. I guarantee this thing would do a great early EVH tone with some effects and EQ tailoring.

 

[JTyson]

Sounds great, got a bit more toothy attack in the notes than the BE DLX and the mids are a bit more out front. Seems perfect for Jake's tones, which a lot of the time are less gain than people think. I love Rabea's vids, he can really find the sweet spots and utilize them well

 

[jape23]

Sounds great, got a bit more toothy attack in the notes than the BE DLX and the mids are a bit more out front. Seems perfect for Jake's tones, which a lot of the time are less gain than people think. I love Rabea's vids, he can really find the sweet spots and utilize them well

Yep, all the Rabea demos I've seen are well done. He's a terrific player who just knows how to dial things in.

 

[romanianreaper]

Sounds great, got a bit more toothy attack in the notes than the BE DLX and the mids are a bit more out front. Seems perfect for Jake's tones, which a lot of the time are less gain than people think. I love Rabea's vids, he can really find the sweet spots and utilize them well

Yep, it is crazy how so many of us use a good amount of gain (I know I do, LOL) but really you listen to old recordings and the gain was not that high. I guess a nice cranked amp with sweet tones can make that challenge easier.

 

[MetalHeadMike]

Sounds good to me.

 

[Purpleibby]

Honestly, I don't really dig it....more power to ya if that's your thing, respectfully. BE100 suits my taste a lot more.

I'm with you on that because the BE100 is "my" tone but the Jake seems to capture more of the 80s Marshall tone in my opinion. The BE100 is more low-mid focused (my favorite) whereas this has a different mid range. I guarantee this thing would do a great early EVH tone with some effects and EQ tailoring.

I hear what you're saying about the 80's Marshall tone, but from what I hear it's missing some squish....you could probably hit it with a boost and it would be there. I've been able to get 80's metal tones out of the BE100 np, hell that's what I bought it for. I'm more than happy with my 2014, really I think it's my ideal BE100.

 

[Marshalll]

Damn,thats a great sounding amp,4000 euro here in eu

 

[milkchickenbomb]

Great lower gain tones...thought the strat sounded awesome. Not really digging the higher gain stuff...sounds a bit wooly. Rabea kills it the whole way through. What a great player.

 

[sytharnia1560]

Yep, it is crazy how so many of us use a good amount of gain (I know I do, LOL) but really you listen to old recordings and the gain was not that high. I guess a nice cranked amp with sweet tones can make that challenge easier.

exactly ... adding gain gives the illusion of "those tones" but the reality when it comes to the great tones of the 80's is volume .. or better still run stereo amps at lower volume and gain..that will get you there without annoying the family to much

 

[romanianreaper]

Yep, it is crazy how so many of us use a good amount of gain (I know I do, LOL) but really you listen to old recordings and the gain was not that high. I guess a nice cranked amp with sweet tones can make that challenge easier.

exactly ... adding gain gives the illusion of "those tones" but the reality when it comes to the great tones of the 80's is volume .. or better still run stereo amps at lower volume and gain..that will get you there without annoying the family to much

It is crazy, when I do recordings and tame the gain a bit I always get great tone. I'm always pulled toward wanting to crank the gain. When I was in high school in the 80s, I never could have enough gain. It wasn't until I grew up a bit and heard real tone, I realized that the "Metal Zone" pedal isn't the holy grail.

I remember when I was stationed in Virginia in my early 20s and we went to this restaurant and this blues/rock band was playing. This guy had a JMP-1 into a Marshall power amp and a Marshall 4x12. He started playing a solo and I realized what I wanted and needed. My Fender M-80 with a boost pedal wasn't going to work.....haha....