nightlight
Well-known member
I think it's commonly accepted on the forums that no one has captured a Wizard amp in all its glory. Or at least, I haven't seen people posting definitive clips, most of them sound pretty similar to the other high gain amp clips that do the rounds.
Despite that, so many people swear by them on Rig Talk.
I've never even been in the same room with a Wizard, the closest was the Wizard cab half stacks (wasn't sure if they were using Wizard heads as well) at a Foo Fighters concert. Couldn't tell much at that distance.
So are there any clips people can say, "Yeah, that sounds like a Wizard"? How would you convey the sound to someone who is quite keen to separate facts from hype?
I mean, let's face it, not a lot of us want to buy an amp that no one can even mic up. And if there's pants flapping in the room, is that really the metric we want to judge our amps by, or is it tone?
Here is the infamous Reza doing a recording of the MTL MKII:
He's a pretty established Youtuber, but the tone sounds like it's farting out on the settings he's raving about at the start.
In comparison, when I hear all the descriptions tossed about on the forum like moving air and thump, I think of this clip captured with a simple cellphone:
Feel free to beat me up about that clip of a Sig:X, but I found it better than Reza's MTL demo and quite a few others of Wizard amps. Does anyone else find it close or comparable to what owners talk about?
Just wondering how to bell the cat, from the perspective of the "words don't do justice" argument.
Despite that, so many people swear by them on Rig Talk.
I've never even been in the same room with a Wizard, the closest was the Wizard cab half stacks (wasn't sure if they were using Wizard heads as well) at a Foo Fighters concert. Couldn't tell much at that distance.
So are there any clips people can say, "Yeah, that sounds like a Wizard"? How would you convey the sound to someone who is quite keen to separate facts from hype?
I mean, let's face it, not a lot of us want to buy an amp that no one can even mic up. And if there's pants flapping in the room, is that really the metric we want to judge our amps by, or is it tone?
Here is the infamous Reza doing a recording of the MTL MKII:
He's a pretty established Youtuber, but the tone sounds like it's farting out on the settings he's raving about at the start.
In comparison, when I hear all the descriptions tossed about on the forum like moving air and thump, I think of this clip captured with a simple cellphone:
Feel free to beat me up about that clip of a Sig:X, but I found it better than Reza's MTL demo and quite a few others of Wizard amps. Does anyone else find it close or comparable to what owners talk about?
Just wondering how to bell the cat, from the perspective of the "words don't do justice" argument.
