One Song, 33 Amps! (amp collection tour/walkthrough added!)

UPDATE:
It's here: the BIGGEST guitar amp demo video in human history! 'One Song, 33 Amps!'. I've worked on this project for over a month and I'm so excited and relieved to finally be sharing this with the world. I sincerely hope that you get enjoyment out of it and perhaps also some new knowledge about guitar amps and their tones in a recording/studio setting.

All the amps can be heard with clean, crunch, rock, solo lead and boosted metal tones and I've included detailed timecodes in the description for easy skipping between the amps. Enjoy and ROCK!




UPDATE 2:
Check out this new amp collection tour where I talk about all my amps. What I like about them, what sounds they do well etc.




Hey everyone!

I'm starting a new thread here based on my new YT amp demo/comparison/versatility-test series: the 'One Song, One Amp' series!

This whole concept originated from when I was trying to come up with a cool idea for a new epic amp comparison with 32 amps or so. The basic idea was that I'd write one song that does a good job of testing the versatility of an amplifier by going through multiple genres and tones with a bunch of different guitars. I realised that the final video will take a looong time to complete and it will be a very long video so I figured I'd release each individual amp video seperately. In the end when all the individual episodes are done I'll make one big compilation video that will be called something like 'One Song, 32 Amps!'. I'll post new amp videos here regularly. I will also be adding some bonus videos such as the Axe Fx III and Helix etc.

These are the tones/guitars that are featured in the 'One Song':

-Clean (Telecaster neck pickup & bridge pickup)

-Crunch (LTD Elite Eclipse-I with SD JB)

-Heavy Rock (Fender Jim Root Tele with EMGs)

-Solo Leads (Ibanez RGT320Z with Dimarzios)

-Heavy Metal (PRS SE277 Baritone with Dimarzios)

For that last segment I'll likely use a boost pedal in front of most of the amps, just to see how well they perform when boosted. I know a lot of guys who play the heavy genres like to boost their amps. For unboosted high gain rhythm tones just reference the 'Heavy Rock' section.

The first amp that will be featured in this series is the Marshall JVM410H:



It's a great amp! I got this amp second hand a year or two ago and it instantly was a favorite. It's just such a versatile amp! The cleans on the clean are nice but I actually prefer the crunch channel for my clean tones as it's nice and bright/chimy, so that's why I went straight to the crunch channel. The tones on the regular clean channel are a little too dry for my taste most of the times. Not bad at all, I just prefer the crunch channel. upload_2020-9-23_19-46-19.gif

Love the crunch tones as they sound very organic and have that nice 'pillowy' saturation. This channel is very versatile as it can do a lot of classic Marshall tones in one!

The heavy rock tones on this amp are great! Love the OD1 channel on the orange voicing for rock and heavier stuff.

The lead tones also came out quite nicely. Plenty of saturation with nice compression but clear pick-attack. Not bad!

The boosted metal riffs also sound great! A little noisy with the staccato parts but the way I record my tracks inherently introduces some noise with such guitar parts. Anyway, this sound is thick, punchy and gnarly but still with that full sounding Marshall frequency spectrum. My new Laney Steelpark does a great job at boosting the amp. The PRS SE277 can get a little muddy on the lows so this pedals helps to make everything sound more angry and tight.

Overall impressions of this amp in this particular test are very good! It's a modern Marshall with many options and plenty of gain where you need it, but it doesn't lose it's classic organic Marshall tone!

Ok, that was the first amp! 31 to go! upload_2020-9-23_19-46-19.gif What did you think of this amp? How well did the Marshall JVM410H do in this test?

Oh yeah. I'm in

Just when I was thinking, "Should I buy a JVM?"

Hell yeah? Keep em comin!

3x as many knobs as I can handle, but it sounds great. I've seen some local bands use these and they always sound great.

MatrixClaw":9k5e9g95 said:

Just when I was thinking, "Should I buy a JVM?"

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Well, you should! JVM's are so much fun! Even a 210H should be amazing!

inyarak74":9k5e9g95 said:

Hell yeah? Keep em comin!

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Will keep 'em coming for sure! Stay tuned!

Cool video!

Have the list of other 31 amps?

Luca79":39shgm50 said:

Have the list of other 31 amps?

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Mesa: Mini Rectifier, Dual Rectifier & Mark V 35
Marshall: DSL50 JCM2000, SC20H, SV20H, 2525H, JMP-1, DSL20HR & JVM410H
Peavey: 6505 & 6505 MH
Orange: Tiny Terror, Dual Terror, Jim Root Terror, Brent Hinds Terror, OR15, Rocker 15 Terror & TH30H (the TH30 will be delivered soon...)
Laney: IRT60H & IRT Studio
Wangs: HD-15H
Hughes & Kettner: Grandmeister Deluxe 40, Black Spirit 200 & Tubemeister Deluxe 40 (the Tubemeister will arrive here shortly...)
ENGL: Fireball 100, Fireball 25 & Ironball
EVH: 5150 III EL34 50W & LBX
PRS: MT15

Maybe also a Blackstar HT50 Club soon but I'm not a 100% sure....

First of all great playing and tone as always
Love your other comparison videos
I recognize some of the song parts from one of your other comparos
Typically I'm not a big fan of the JVMs but you certainly know how to get good tones
An idea for future would be to tape together all these amps doing one riff
Same guitar, same riff, 8 or 12 measures or whatever

Looking forward to the rest. I can't imagine how much work these are but thanks for sharing.

311splawndude":19y56oij said:

First of all great playing and tone as always
Love your other comparison videos
I recognize some of the song parts from one of your other comparos
Typically I'm not a big fan of the JVMs but you certainly know how to get good tones
An idea for future would be to tape together all these amps doing one riff
Same guitar, same riff, 8 or 12 measures or whatever

Looking forward to the rest. I can't imagine how much work these are but thanks for sharing.

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Thanks! Yes that's what I did a year ago or so, this time I wanted to take this one step further and do a whole song
I'll add timecodes to the final compilation though, for easy navigation between the various segments.

Last one was clean/rock/metal/clean/rock/metal/repeat no?

If you get bored some day do a metal/metal/metal/x32 non stop

Here's the next episode! This one features the ENGL Fireball 25, a new amp from this legendary German brand. The Fireball 25 is based on it's bigger brother, the Fireball 100 and it does a great job of recreating that sound in a smaller package! The FB25 has 6L6 power tubes unlike a lot of other small amps and this does help to give the amp a little bit more headroom.

There are some features missing from the larger head. The bright and bottom switches are gone, possibly to save space, and there are no seperate master volumes this time. It does feature the excellent noise-gate, just as it's big brother, and that is a HUGE plus! The power scaling and soak are very cool as well.

Here's episode 2 with the ENGL Fireball 25:



What do you guys think? Sounds pretty sick huh?

I got a couple of Laney Black Country Customs pedals recently and they turned out to be really good! So I figured it would be fun to feature these pedals in this little 'pedal platform' edition of the 'One Song' show with the IRT Studio amp. I'll do a dedicated 'normal' amp demo version of this series for the IRT Studio in the future but I figured this would be a good amp to demo these pedals on. 15 watt amps are popular these days and a lot of pedal platform guys like those sorts of amps, or so it seems! The overall character of the Laney IRT amps is very suitable for pedals anyway (not very scooped etc. but nicely balanced).

So the pedals in this video are:

-Secret Path reverb (spring, plate and hall with optional modulation/shimmer)
-Spiral Array chorus (analogue, digital & tri stereo chorus)
-Monolith distortion (3 classic distortion modes)
-Steelpark boost (upper mid boost/neutral boost/low mid boost)

I didn't really know what to expect but I'm super impressed overall. The Steelpark alone is one of my favorite boost pedals right now and you'll be seeing that one more in future 'One Song' episodes and more! Anyway, here's the video:

I should have never sold my JVM410HJS. It was a great amp!
That is one I really regret. However, it weighed as much as a 212 cab @ 60lbs. For whatever reason, mine weighed much more then what they advertised.

Was not fun to carry to a gig.

Ok guys, here's the next episode! This one is all about the Orange TH30H!

I've wanted a TH30H for a while now. I already have 6 of the smaller ones (Tiny Terror, Jim Root etc.) and I really wanted to have a TH30 mainly because it was the most affordable large Orange head and also because the tones I heard in demos were quite promising. I used to own a Dark Terror but that one was not for me (too scooped) so I was a little bit weary to try the TH30 since that also has that 'shape' control on the drive channel. Luckily the TH30H sounds MUCH better than my old Dark Terror did, so I couldn't be happier!

The clean channel is very simple with only volume, treble and bass controls but it's more versatile than you might think initially. The bass and treble controls have plenty of range so you can make the amp sound bright and scooped or more dark and middy etc. I also takes pedals really well so that's cool!

The dirty channel sounds absolutely huge and I do think it's mainly a high-gain channel. Having said that, I think the amp also has very nice crunch tones as you'll hear in the demo. It does have that classic round and fuzzy sound but it definitely is more aggressive than the Rocker 15 Terror for example. This one is more modern voiced overall.

Since I REALLY am enjoying this amp I also ordered a Rockerverb 50 MKIII. It should be here soon. That's actually a dream amp of mine so I figured I'd just pull the trigger while I'm still alive. lol

So here's the demo video. I think the amp did great with all the styles!



What did you guys think? Are you an Orange fan or do you not like the tones? I think the TH30 is quite popular so I imagine there must be some guys here who have one...

Ok, here's a new one. I had made this video just before Eddie's very unfortunate passing I figured instead of being sad about it, why not celebrate music and gear and just release this episode of One Song, so here it is, with the Peavey 6505 (previous 5150 as you all probably know).

This amp sounds absolutely huge in the mix and really holds it's own! 120 watts of power does help in this case! What else can I say? Fine cleans, but mostly very good driven tones!



What do you guys think?

RIP Eddie Van Halen!!

Hey everyone!

Here's the next episode! This one is all about the Mesa/Boogie Mini Rectifier Twenty-Five. I've had this amp for a couple of years and I think it's still my favorite amp, just so good! It's also definitely one of the smallest amps I own. When I first got it in the mail I was really surprised at how small it is haha! It's quite cute though and it feels very solid. The sound is THERE too! Sure, it probably sounds a little bit tighter than a big Dual Rectifier but that's probably good for the mix to be honest.

I know a lot of people love these but there are also people who dislike them (which is always to be expected though). Most of the people who dislike the amp just aren't fan of EL84 tubes. And I totally get that when you really like to crank your amp for live gigs etc. However, at 'medium' levels this thing absolutely sounds like a Rectifier imho!

Here's the vid, I wonder what you guys think!

so far...man i realy like the mesa mini-rec... it holds up very well to the PV6505 and the JVM. 6505 sounds a little better to me than the jvm, or something about it i like better. i think i'd have to hear side by side by side to really hear the diff...

the Engl sounds pretty damn good too.

orange..not for me

excellent videos btw...must take a truck-load of time to put all this together.

Definitely a lot of work.

So far I like the Mini Recto the most too.

When I compare quickly back and forth - I immediately jump to the metal section (4:00) because for me - that's where I judge how an amp is going to hold up (for my tastes).