Great Guitar Tone on a Tight Budget - Can it be done?
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- Interview and Guitar Amp demo with Aleksander Niemand. Played using a 2013 Gibson SG Standard Aged and a 1972 Marshall 4x12 Model 1935A with Pulsonic Celestion Greenbacks G12M25 55Hz
Did he say bitches? LMAO
+cast390 I'm afraid so :-)
Love your vids,keep 'em coming....
+cast390 Thanks :-) I will
It's a play on another popular youtube channel.
21:16 - "We were the first boutique makers, because nothing was available" - Out of necessity, grows innovation. Bravo sir!
Thank you Johan this is like Christmas morning to hear the great man talk about his approach, when there is much misinformation and confusion out there amongst the self appointed gurus. You should be awarded a medal for your video and auditory curation of such wonderful things over the time you have been running your channel.
+PoJoWo Thanks man, yeah it's always a humbling experience to discuss amps and sound with Aleksander.
How nice to hear "Mr Zagray!" elaborate about tube amp engineering! Very cool! Thanks!
+Mats Frånlund Thanks Mats! :-)
His lead dress looks better than a PCB amp from the major manufacturers! This guy is a real treasure, looking forward to more videos.
+Matt Fields Thanks Matt!
You haven't seen my PCBs ;-)
GREAT video!! Thank you so much for making this interview and also for uploading the whole thing and not just a cut down 2 min highlights/popular version. That goes to both of you, Johan and Aleksander. Keep it up. Looking forward to hearing more about Aleksander's work and his own amps. Cheers,
+AA1969 Thanks, glad to hear that!
your playing just keeps getting better and better.
+moss1transcendant Thanks man!
YOU KNOW THIS IS GONA BE GOOD WHEN THE LITTLE OLDER GUY SAYS HELLO BITCHES, I CRIED A LITTLE I WAS LAUGHING SO HARD, OK ON WITH THE VIDEO
+MB215 hahahaha! Cheers my friend :-)
Johan Segeborn GOT A QUESTION JOHAN, ANY PLANS ON EVER DOING VIDEO'S ON AMPS THAT SOUND LIKE MARSHALL AMPS? MAYBE A SHOOTOUT OR COMPARISON VS A REAL MARSHALL, I KNOW OF A FEW AMPS THAT WERE MADE TO SOUND LIKE MARSHALL AMPS, I COULD LIST A FEW IF YOU EVER NEEDED ANY TO TRY
+MB215 Which would you list?
Johan Segeborn I CAN THROW A COUPLE OUT THERE, IN THE END IT'S UP TO YOU BECAUSE HAVE TO FIND THE AMPS BUT MAYBE A PEAVEY GYM WHICH WAS BUILT FOR A GUY IN A BAND WHOSE NAME I CAN'T REMEMBER AT THE MOMENT WHO WAS PLAYING NODDED JCM800'S AND PEAVEY WANTED HIM ON THEIR ARTIST ROSTER SO HE SAID COPY MY MODDED JCM800 AND THAT'S WHAT THEY DID WHICH IS WHY IT HAS ALL THE DIP SWITCHES AND ALL, THESE JUST POPED INTO MY HEAD BECAUSE I SAW A VIDEO WHERE A GUY CALLED THE TONE KING COMPARED A JCM900 TO THE BUGERA 1990 AND THE DRIVE CHANNELS SOUNDED IDENTICAL AND BUGERA DO 2 MARAHALL CLONES, THE 1990 AND THE 1960 WHICH IS A COPY OF A MODEL 1959 PLEXI, I'LL ADD MORE BY NAME AS I REMEMBER THEM
Thank you, Johan, great clip, great interview.
+Michael Pukmel Thanks Michael!
This knowledge is GOLD. Wise people that want to build great sounding amps will listen :D. I'm surprised there's only one EZ81 supplying all that power to 4 el84's. Usually you will see a GZ34 like a vox ac30, but I guess thats his secret to getting power amp distortion. The power supply can't produce enough juice to the output tubes and they saturate.
+SGspecial84 Thanks! :-)
theres no sweetest sound on this planet than a roaring power amp. Love it :)
+MagneticWhistler I second that :-D Cheers Johan
WOW.I waited all day to watch this one and it was brilliant. Thank you both
+Chris Doyle Thanks Chris, I'm so glad to hear that! Cheers
again thank you for all your work demonstrating the very things I am researching.
+Dean Mobley Thanks Dean, great to hear it.
Great interview, great amp, great playing, great people. Thanks!
Amp building knowledge like this will someday sadly be replaced with digital emulation that will only replicate an artificial concept of what tone actually is, and why.
Thank you for the reminder, sir !
Dont worry man! Im 26 and im building amps. I suck but learn more everyday. Itll carry on
Så mycket kunskap. Grymt att du fick till en intervju, ser fram emot nästa. Som alltid fantastiskt lir!
+Carl Berg Tackar så mycket! Jag ser också fram emot nästa intervju
Now you have topped yourself!! Informative and easy going.
+Bo Segeborn Thanks Dad! :-)
That is a completely ballsy tone. I love it.
+pedraw Great to hear that!
Thanks Johan and Aleksander, excellent video. Explains a lot from both theoretical and practical viewpoints!
+Kees Groen Thanks!
A treasure of knowledge is presented here, many thanks!
Great video, thoroughly enjoyed the breakdown of the amp by the creator. Obvious attention to detail
+Jonathan Campagna Thanks!
Switch to 1.25 speed if you're good at english ;)
What follows here are just random things that I noticed while watching the video.
3:20
Screw that fernandes sustainer...
Also at 4:20
An amp builder searching for the tone :D
Very interesting interview, thanks for posting!
Btw. My first project is a Sunn Model T with some tweaks (working on it right NOW), but Its OK, because I do it as a school project. I've got people who know their stuff to help me ;)
+Das TIER Thanks :-) Let me know how the Sunn turns out. Cheers Johan
It always amazes me how you're vibrato is almost Paul Kossoff a like! Very cool!
+roeletti You make my day!! :-)
Johan, such great videos you make. I took a Blues Jr and did the BillM modifications and those mods really made the amp much better. I have a custom built hand wired Bassman amp by Michael Clark that I put Mullard, Tung-Sol and RCA tubes in it and that made such a difference in the tone. Seems we are all chasing the tone monkey and can't catch it. The topic of how all these circuits work is very interesting and takes years to learn it. Kind of like trying to learn the fretboard. This gentleman is a wonderful source of information. Thanks.
Thanks. I’m really glad to hear that!
Excellent video. The gentleman is a truly a master
+Fahim Inaam Thanks, yeah Aleksander is one of the greats
Awesome Johan - probably my favorite video of yours - Mr. Neimand is great!!
LOVED the tone of that amp! Wish you could post a schematic / parts list , etc for an amp that could get that tone. Would love to build that amp. Thanks !
+Tricko Thanks! Maybe we'll have the opportunity to take a closer look at it later on.
Very cool. Love the minimal aesthetic front panel to boot!
+Matt Evans Thanks :-)
I''ve heard a lot of amps on you tube through these little laptop speakers and the quality of yours was immediately apparent.
+heartofodds Thanks! Glad to hear it!
Love the Ace Frehley licks your the king of that love to hear this was a strat as well
Wow that man has great amp building skills, really interesting video. Thanks!
Thank you Johan and Aleksander! I some day wish to build an 18 watt kit, but I want it to be a gain monster with a MV. Nice knowing I don't have to go broke doing it, or have to spend extra for big name parts.
+Kris Ford Thanks Kris!
Sounds amazing. I have a homebrew 18 watt that I've tweaked over the years. It's my favorite amp!
+grizdeluxe Thanks :-)
And I really appreciated the knowledge shared by your amp building friend.
goddamn that sounds nice, wish i had such a nice sound with my epi sg and vox hybrid amp
+You Piter Thanks! :-)
Cool amp, cool mister...... Congratulations.
+PureToneAmps Thanks :-)
great video, you should build and amp with him to your liking!
+Carlos Reyes Thanks man! All his amps have been to my liking so far, especially the Zagray! Cheers Johan
There are three types of passive tonestacks common to guitar/bass tube amps... The blackface plate feed stack sitting between the first gain stage and second gain stage,, In stock form (TB) it has a small value mid resistor scooping out a lot of frequencies around 500Hz. Also if you lower the TMB pots in a blackface the sounds dissapears..
THen we have the fender bassman/marshall cathode follower tonestack,, the controls do slightly less and more midrange is built into the tonestack and the mid scoop if you decide to lower the mid pot to 0 sits higher around 800Hz.
The VOX top boost looks to my eyes when looking at a schematic like a cathode follower one but has slightly different values in the tonestack.. Its scoops the mids much more than a bassman/marshall stack but the center frequency is rather similar at around 800Hz.
Lastly you have the James tonestack or Baxendale tonestack you find on amps like Ampeg that reacts a bit different on the pots than either the bassman/marshall or the blackface tonestack..
The treble is the most interesting knob on the FMV stack, acting as a blend and giving control of the mid freq notch.
James stacks are a little more intuitive boosting highs and/or lows.
Go Aleksander! He's a legend.
This is the problem we have not being native English speaking people. Only 50 k subscribers. The best and the most complex show in the gear world on the planet. A channel like yours it would've had 1million subscribers if you where an american. That's a pitty !! There is nothing about gear like this. Not even close. It needs one more thing to be perfect thou.Two guitar set up videos. A strat style guitar and a Gibson style one. Not just another set up video. The way you like your guitars set up. Some tips and secrets. Thank you for your amazing videos sir !!!
Thanks, It's so good to hear that! Cheers Johan
Johan Segeborn beside the idea with a set up video I have another one that I think it will be very aprecieted by viewers. One about the difference in construction between a Squire strat or telecaster and an USA strat or telecaster. Not about the woods or hardware but about the neck length the way the frets are distributed were the neck starts relative to the bridge etc. Becoes somehow they look different. There is something weird about the Squire. They have the same scale but you can achieve the scale in different ways longer neck or longer distance from the bridge to the neck and shorter neck. This is something that NOBODY talks when they are comparing Squire and Usa Fender. Mexico strat looks more like Squier. So the construction leyout. Lenght of guitar in total, neck Lenght, where the neck is mounted relative to the bridge etc. I hope you will understand and like my idea. A Lott of people have Squiers me included. A classic vibe 50' and it is not good at all. Sounds very good but weird playability. And we wonder. Thank you !!
What a great video. I hope to build some amps someday. It must be quite different feeling to play through an amp built by oneself. It would be interesting and fun to experiment with different circuits and components.
+Dennis GarryOwen Thanks man! Yeah, it's very much part of the expression of the electric guitar player. Cheers Johan
Love your playing Johan, nice hard rockin style and u always got the super clean tone, even ur dirty tone is clean as hell which is awesome. This is coming from a bass player by the way, but I love your videos
Thanks! I'm really glad to hear that!
The amp sounded AMAZING!!
+Mattias Söderlund Thanks man, great to hear that! Cheers Johan
Dude I love your videos, keep rocking the good rock!! you're way underrated imo -_-
+Kev ”RootsAndRadioheads” Musicluva Thanks Kev!
So great to see and hear you both! Look forward to the Zagray review! What a great amp! Love the angle on transformers. By the way I think the gray Leo considered the pick up as part of the chain... endless quest!
+e. tienne Endless Quest indeed! :-) Cheers!
Hi Etienne! How are you getting along with your Zagray? Hope it behaves. :-)
vacuumvoodoo sooooooo great, this is one piece of engineering for sure but really conceived by a musician!
VacuumVoodoo is my online nickname. / Aleksander ;-)
And I know why! (Don't why, TH-cam added your nickname in front of my answer)
Thanx Johan... Aleksander Niemand is surely one of our precious amp wizards.
I was interested to see his choice of the EZ 81 in a design this powerful...
Did you find that the "sag" was musical (and usable?) ? Thanks again
for this and Cheers
For a while now I been considering to learn to make my own guitar amps. As a fan of Vox AC15 amps. I always wanted to make my own version where there the powered amp stage is in stereo, and have not one effect loop like with the Vox AC 30, but two. One effect loop is for the left speaker, and the other effect loop is for the right speaker. Also I like to have a signal boost as found on the Vox Pathfinder 15R.
Having said that, nice video and keep up the good work. From Adelaide, Australia
+My Urban Exploration Thanks, let me know how the amp turns out! Cheers
Very cool, thanks both of you! \m/
~ Michael
+Frau Kapitaen Thanks Michael!
Thanks for feeding my Brain.....very informative!
+HeROsiNhEaVeN Glad to hear that!
Nice design Utilizing lower gain tubes + EL-84's are sensitive so no need for hi Mu dual triodes. The 4 EL-84's can show the potential for dynamics and tone without being subdued with so much preamp gain/compression. Additionally the 'James' tone section isn't as signal sucking as a traditional TMB cathode follower design.
Nice too this kind of talking in this channel too. :) That Fender part shows how important part speaker is.
And about stuffs.. Sure it can be done, just have to make right choices, and to know your gear is the key too. :) Today it's much more easy to get great music stuff cheaper than old days i think, solid-state or tube if it's amp.
+Rämpyttäjä Thanks :-)
great video. I'm building amps and this is helpful
+Dan Holzrichter Thanks! Glad that hear it!
4 notes into the first riff and I knew this was going to be great.
Sounds good, really good 👍
+Silky Johnson Glad to hear it!
Johan. I love your videos there some of the best on TH-cam. Could you do a video on all your gear? Like a behind the scenes? Do you own a music shop or is it just from your private collection? Im really interested. Sorry if it's too personal. Anyway hi from Australia and keep up the good work.
Let go!!
+lilipearl1 Thanks, I'm afraid I borrow quite a lot of the stuff.
At the end it says stay tuned for part two but i can't find it in your video section on your channel, if it's not too much to ask would you mind posting a link in your reply if you have the time?
I'd love to hear more from this man and his views on tube engineering.
+FraJa1980 Hi! I'm sorry we haven't recorded that one yet, but I hope we will soon. Aleksander is one of the greatest.
sounds great just like a boutique amp. of course its not about expensive components, but component selection and circuit knowledge. there is a huge markup on marshall and boutique amps, we know this becuse we pay for the name to look "pro" on stage and in the studio
+blablabla Yeah there are so many myths about amps, it's easy to forget that a talented designer can sculpt any tone with a conscious design and tight tolerances, and not just trial and error using unpredictable but sometimes cool components.
Cheers Johan
This thing sounds wonderful. After hearing his story I'm imagining this man back in 1966 had created this incredible sounding amp, like a mid 80's JCM 800 on Godzilla steroids, absolutely amazing OD and then someone say's to him ," NO! This small Russian power transformer is WRONG!!" Imagine Excalibur being thrown back into the lake, lost forever. hahahaha!! What a great story ahead of it's time no doubt all by accident.
+leftyfusion88 hahaha! :-)
World Class indeed!
Great info here. Thanks!
+Jj Jones Thanks Jj
i bet if that would have been my first amp, id still have it,, i needed a amp just like that for my first amp, less is MORE!! now with other components can he make this sound more like your favorite amp?
Great interview Johan. Is there anywhere online we can buy his amplifiers? I couldn't find anything...
Ok, Just to clarify: VacuumVoodoo is my screen nickname I use online in audio related discussion.
So to answer your question:
1. I build all my amps myself, no labor is outsourced. Each is made to individual order.
2. I don't have distributors or dealers
3. I am a one man band. This means my production is limited to maximum 12 amps/year.
4. Just google my name or amp name, you'll find info. Reviews of my amps are online in the PremierGuitar magazine
5. Contact me by email address listed on my( almost defunct) anacon-tech.com website.
NOTE: the amp used in this video is a one off custom/prototype. The Zagray! 2017 batch is in preparation.
Thanks for watching & listening.
Aleksander Niemand
Hello bitches - just classic
Apart from the squealing feedback and it being a tad loose in places , I like this -
well done on taming that feedback - I could hear you fighting it every step of the way - that takes some skillfull playing!
It's what makes Hendrix even MORE amazing
+Conrad Kriel Thanks man :-)
sounds fantastic
+Eddie Thanks man
i love this video. so much informative and useful. i guess $450 is standard price for making clone amps... that's why bugeria 's price are about 500-700$ for their marshall amps clone ... :-P probably they get 50-150 dollar nett profit LOL
+rangga aditya Thanks man :-)
rangga aditya The Bugera 1960 Infinium (Plexi clone) is only $400
Comparing consumer price of an amp manufactured in large volumes in a low labor cost country against parts cost of a "one off" full custom commissioned design. In all honesty, it makes no sense.
Should an design like this be put through a "tailor made" manufacturing process the selling price would easily exceed 4-5 times cost of materials. There's a similar amp on the market, as far as number of tubes, generic components and labor intensity goes, with a selling price of just below 2000 U$. The label says "handmade in USA" which compared to Sweden is a low manual labor cost country.
It is also the main reason I sell only directly to end user, no dealers, no distributors, no middle man.
Is there a way I can get in contact with this absolute legend? I love the sound of that amp and it's definitely in my price range.
as usual amazing video and channel. I follow all the time. However I'd like to suggest a clearer micing and better video closeups etc as it had room reverb and base noise. Otherwise give us more pls :) \,,/
great video. lots to learn on where and how tone comes from.
+Mark Gilson Thanks Mark!
Johan Segeborn when is the next episode...?
+Mark Gilson within a couple of weeks!
Johan Segeborn great, looking forward to it...!
Thanks Johan
+lilipearl1 cheers!
Hey Johan what kind of hearing protection are you using??
EZ81 is a little bit weak for a 4 x EL84 Power amp. I´d prefer a GZ34. Also a choke is missing.
Nice Johan, on a side note even the Marshall MS4 should sound great in your hands :)
+Sylvain Alain hahaha, Thanks my friend!
Sounds great !!!!
+Kelster Von Shredster Thanks! :-)
I don't the sag on this amp comes from the power transformer,, That one looks massive and I would presume that it can deliever a lot of current without much voltage drop.. No the sag comes more likely from the use of a EZ81 rectifier.. I have seen this rectifier in a 15-18 watt 2 x EL84 amp where it is pretty stiff.. But in this amp it has to feed 4 EL84 tubes which typically run pretty hot in a guitar amp (hot bias),, the max current at around normal EL84 voltages in a guitar amp (300-350VDC) is 150mA with a 50µf first smooting cap (not choke).. I think that the 4 EL84 tubes and two 5171/12ax7 and the slightly higher curent 12ay7 tube will draw more than 150mA when you push the amp giving you a voltage drop across the Ez81 rectifier..
+dansk björn Its certainly bold to second guess Aleksander Niemand. :-) Especially just by looking at the Power Transformer.
However I appreciate feedback, we'll adress it in the next clip.
I don't guess, I measure. ;-) Load regulation, as I explained. BTW oversized PT can actually exhibit worse efficiency and load regulation than standard 10% due to higher iron losses than in optimally designed transformer. It's possible to compensate additional iron losses by using thicker copper wire to reduce resistive losses the windings. This makes the transformer significantly more expensive which negates the idea of a tight budget. FYI. The size of transformer used is optimal for the application. Considering that the amp consumes total of close to 90W, transformers efficiency ca 90% result in a minimum 100VA rated transformer. Mains voltage can deviate 10% each way from nominal which calls for a worst case margin of 20%, you end up with a 120VA rated power transformer for optimal operation of the amp. Yes, it does sag, about the same amount as the EZ81 rectifier. At low volumes - not a lot of sag, just enough to introduce a little slow compression.
Peace!, darlings.
Johan Segeborn
if you want no sag on a 32-50w tube amp but want a tube rectifier the gz34 is the tube. rated at 250mA at 350VDC.
Who inspired you to have that really fast vibrato?
so is a amp similar to this for sale? If so how much? because it does sound very good
At this time I have no plans to put it into production. This was a one off commissioned job.
Hi, Yohan! Could Aleksander build me one of these heads?? I'm willing to pay for it obviously (lol) This is the best sounding amp I've ever heard, better than the real McCoy!!!
Hi Paul, you can contact him here
www.anacon-tech.com/gpage.html
Cheers Johan
Thank you so much!
Good tone is only cheap when you get a deal or steal it. I just paid $1500us for a Mesa dual recto and a Marshall 1960B lead cabinet with g12-75. I'd say I got a deal
sounds like a JCM800 to me! very cool :)
+Moltisanti Thanks! A creamy JCM800 then?
my ear for the different flavour of Marshalls isn't as good as yours :) it sounds very dynamic and punchy like an 800 to me
Hey, were you thinking of using good quality acoustic in-ear plugs? They cost about 20-25 Euros and you keep almost flat characteristic, much better than cheap ones. I use them in rehearsal room, also some concerts that I know my hearing will be exposed to loudness for longer time
+Kuba Hi these blue ones are actually both ear defenders and headphones. I use them for tracking
Cool! They are wery similiar to ones that were in my rehearsal room... they didn't work good - that's why I asked! Anyway, Johan, I am big fan of your videos almost since the channel started! And Marshall Lead 12 is monster. I have combo, I would like to get head, but they cost like 400 EUR now... Have you ever tried Marshall Mosfet 100? 3210 or 3310? I was considering them as good 'touring' amp, because there's no much to break in it and it seems to be sounding as good as Lead 12, but I never had chance to play it
+Kuba I'm really glad you're following the channel! :-) The MOSFET 100 is a great amp too, but I have limited experience of it. I'll demo it here on the channel first chance I get. Cheers Johan
Great! Thanks!!! If I ever been to Stockholm, would be cool to meet you, drink something and talk about Marshalls!
+Kuba Let me know if you're in Swedens and we'll down a few cold ones! Cheers
love This!
+Jon Morris thanks Jon!
The Denim Demon.
+Crescient hahaha! Cool :-)
well, this is a massive chunk of iron for a quartet of el84. why didnt he fit a choke in, is there any reason? or did i miss a point in the video.
I've explained the reason for these transformer in an earlier reply, somewhere below....
Hi Aleksander.
I'm interested in purchasing a Zagray preamp- Do you still make them?
Hi Kelly,
Yes, the Zagray preamps are available. Just as the heads, they are made individually to order. I have hardware in stock for a couple of them. I am fully booked till early January 2017 so should be able to have one ready for you roughly by mid February. Pls email me for details and arrangements.
Thank-you!
that is a FAT sound, man. beautiful!
could you do a proper demo of the peavey windsor please?
Yeah, we can include that one in some future amp comparison clip. Cheers
Very interesting! Want to learn more about tube amps. I'm reading a book which have been very good, so far. Book is called "Valve amplifiers", by Morgan Jones. Taking a course now in analog electronics and while it's about transistors, filters and opamps, in my head, I try to see tubes and EQ stages :D
+Eric Öhman thanks man :-)
+Eric Öhman it's good to have as much knowledge of adjacent technologies as possible to be creative in amp design. Cheers
Do you know of a good source to buy parts to build and amp, including schematics? That ships worldwide?
+Carlos Reyes check out Ceriatone for instance. I'm gonna demo one of their amps next week actually
nice, thanks
how much do ceriatone typically charge for a kit? i've only seen complete and built prices on their site.
Does anyone make a replica of the pre-Rola?
IT sounds great. In dutch niemand means nobody. This guy is certainly not nobody.
and I would like to add that he certainly knows what he is talking about and not goes on telling the BS voodoo crap so many amp builders tell.
+Erwin Baeyens Thanks, yeah he is a great amp builder and a very kind man.
When will the Zagray be for sale somewhere? I hope he starts manufacturing this amp, it's solid :)
+ArielsSmartyPants He does build it, you can get them directly from him
The 2016 batch of Zagray! amps is sold out. I am gearing up for the 2017 batch. Being a rather lazy person and officially retired to boot, I limit each batch to 10-12 amps/year. So, if you're interested to acquire a Zagray! - now is the time to get on the list.
vacuumvoodoo put me in the list mr zagray - would LOVE to get the amp - or a kit to build ... sounded great!
Can you sell schematics or the small parts?
->Trico, Shoot me an email, look it up on anacon-tech.com
->Richard Highsmith, sorry. Not at this time.
awesome...
he scratched the shit out of your table lol looks good
that looks like a 61 les paul reissue!!!!
+Brett Kelly it's a 2013 SG Standard CS Aged
Aleksander looks identical to my grandfather. Strange comment, but it's uncanny.
So now I have 4 clones that I know of. Cool.
Damn that almost sounds as good as the offset
Thanks Sam, Yeah Aleksander knows his electronics :-)
You could make that a trainwreck amp if you wanted to
You seem to strongly favor Gibson guitars. Do you own any Strats or Teles?
+Ben Randolph I have one 73 Strat :-) Currently no Teles though
🤔 E=mc2... lol....Excellent!
+Mark B hahaha, yeah Aleks is an Einstein kind of guy :-)
Unfotrunately, bedroom players can forget about great guitar tone, for great guitar tone (especially with tube amps) has to be loud. Right? :)
+Gillette Wilkinson No, you can get a good tone at bedroom volume level wirh an attenuator too, but I won't sound as intense
We can get a very good sound with headphones too..but as you know, it just isn't the same feel. Some "interaction" between player, and speaker kabinet, and the "moving air" between is missing..
Gillette Wilkinson that's where a 1 watt Amp comes in handy. Also I've got a JVM 410c that sounds good at low volumes, but better when no one else is home and I can crank it.
Gillette Wilkinson loud certainly helps, but i have a vox ac4 i get great sounds out of at bedroom volumes. to get a good sound cheap you have to do low wattage.
No it can't. Great tone takes knowledge of different gear and how it works together. It certainly ain't a budget thing.
+haybalesandwhiskey if it ain't a budget thing, then for anyone with knowledge it can indeed be done?
Johan Segeborn Great tone takes knowledge of different gear and how it works together. Budget doesn't come into it, you keep spending...
I want to emulate your vibrato.
Accent is strong in this one.
+Nebojsa Nenadic Hi there Yoda, do you mean me, Aleks or the amp?
You! xD Love your vids, keep it up!