Thoughts on the Friedman Phil X?

[Bad.Seed]

Has anyone owned or had extensive experience with the Friedman Phil X?

I've been interested in them for a while, but don't seem to hear much about them. I'm a set it and forget it type of guy. I dial in one tone and go, so I don't need cleans, and I don't need many options.

I'm a thrash metal guy, and most of my favorite tones are based off of Modded 800 circuits. How does the Phil X do in this regard? Is it more open and raw than most of the Friedman offerings?

 

[ClintN667]

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I never hear anything on this or the SS100. I'm pretty much the same. I dont change channels and if I need to change my tone its that way for the entire time I'm playing.

 

[Racerxrated]

I'm under the impression that this and the Dirty Shirley are the 2 most open, straight up Marshall toned Friedmans. The X more like a NMV (with a MV) and the Shirley more 800 ish.

 

[braintheory]

I used to own a Phil X. It was definitely the most open sounding of the Friedman’s. None of the Friedman’s are raw really though. They all sound comparatively polite, smooth and filtered sounding next to Marshall’s and imo the Phil X is no exception although it is more open and more revealing than the other Friedman’s. I remember it having a similar amount of gain on tap to a jcm800 and taking boosts well. It was also not as growly or hairy sounding as other Friedman’s, it stayed smoother sounding on chords. I mostly liked it for its tight, defined palm mutes, but my ccv that I got later was way better in that regard, so it became obsolete for me

I honestly don’t really see the Phil X doing much that you couldn’t already get with the other in your sig, but maybe worth trying just to see for yourself. I don’t see any Mesa Marks, Wizards or Engl SE’s in your sig and imo those would be more worth looking into

 

[RedPlated]

I replied to your thread in the Friedman forum as well... but yes, Phil X is the most uncompressed sounding of the line.

This is a short clip I made a while back with the X and a Two Notes Torpedo...you can hear how it sounds less compressed