I Learned Something New About Amplifiers | BOSS DM-101

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  • I learned something awesome about amps While checking out the DM-101 from BOSS!
    Can’t believe I’d never done this before! In addition the DM-101 is a beast for ambient delays!
    Check it out: www.boss.info/de/products/dm-...
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    00:00 - Intro Playing
    01:30 - Pedal Overview
    03:21 - The Rig
    04:32 - Tones
    07:59 - Playing
    12:42 - Summary
    Video edited by John Hollingworth
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  • @atlien8510
    @atlien8510 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

    He is such a friendly, enthusiastic and talented musician! It's just fun and a lot of joy to watch him play the guitar. A true guitar hero - my guitar hero! I can't thank you enough for sharing the joy and fun of playing guitar with us!!!

    • @SpartanLaserCanon
      @SpartanLaserCanon 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Not only is he one of my favourite ambient guitar players, he also has made my favourite hard guitar picks. His picks have a very unique sound that is hard to describe and I have tried a lot of different versions of the Jazz III pick that exist. I like using thinner Animals as Leaders picks on my Hollow Body guitars for Jazz clean playing, but on my RG2228 I always like to use a Rabea pick.

  • @TheMrMulligans
    @TheMrMulligans 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    You had me at the intro. Sounded INSANE. Boss knows delay. One of the best effects they do. Nice Work to you and Matt!

  • @Cleeemoo
    @Cleeemoo 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Even without looking, just by listening the choice of notes, you would know that Rabea is playing! It is so good!

  • @sergioserramusic
    @sergioserramusic 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Man your tones (and your playing) are always an inspiration! 🤘

  • @RaddDadd29
    @RaddDadd29 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Wow! I absolutely love the tones coming from that thing! Boss just make some amazing gear! Thanks for demoing this Rabea. You make it sound just incredible! Cheers!

  • @biadman
    @biadman 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    You are one cool dewd Rabea, Rock on my man. And thanks for giving the guitar pics to both my sons last Monday in Utrecht. They had some cool Stories to share at school the next morning!

  • @davedavem
    @davedavem 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Duuuude! Hope the tour's going well, your videos are awesome of late! 🤘

  • @nowmonk
    @nowmonk 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Soul soothing waves man!!! 🤘😎

  • @ericvinson4628
    @ericvinson4628 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Absolutely unreal demo, Rabea! Been enjoying your videos for years and this one is one of your best in terms of the performance (I dare say you may have outdone yourself with this one). As it happens I have this pedal and yes it is absolutely glorious and dead simple to use. Worth every penny imho. Great work!

  • @kevinp_25
    @kevinp_25 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That sound starting at 8:40 absolutely sounds like a synth. Amazing. Love it.

  • @ericskinner7355
    @ericskinner7355 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Always dig your playing, tones, and use of effects...✌️

  • @Kevinjames0976
    @Kevinjames0976 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Rabea, I really enjoy all of your music but my favorite is when you play ambient guitar. It really showcases your versatile talent. You play with finesse and lots of emotion that translates to raw pure organic sound. I am fan.

  • @craigroode3449
    @craigroode3449 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fantastic! Finally a demo of the dm101 that shows a taste of its stereo capabilities. Be great to see a deeper video going thru all the stereo engines. Been watching hour playing since early Andertons days and you've grown into an incredible musician Rabea.... an inspiration to all us guitar freaks of all ages!

  • @goranmarinic2923
    @goranmarinic2923 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

    You should be doing movie soundtracks.

    • @pacovl46
      @pacovl46 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      He already does the soundtrack to yours and 366000 other people’s lives. Isn’t that enough? 🤪

    • @nedim_guitar
      @nedim_guitar 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@pacovl46 Some people are never happy 😂

  • @jordanburrill883
    @jordanburrill883 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Yes. He is so pleasurable to listen to. Because he is constantly learning, he is humble, personable and accessible! He's there, with his!

  • @mark.guitar
    @mark.guitar 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Inspiring stuff. Cheers Bea.

  • @CoolPabloDeTodo
    @CoolPabloDeTodo 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    we love your noodling with delay :) and kind regards from Wrocław

  • @kirkbuffington6820
    @kirkbuffington6820 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    You're such an incredible musician dude.

    • @michaelfowler3187
      @michaelfowler3187 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Don't reduce him to that, he's a god damn human being!
      Jk yeah he's so natural and honed into his own style, there's an emotion or an aura of some kind that is really consistent for me when I listen to his playing, even if he plays a wide range of stuff, there's something central or signature to him that I dig

  • @LucasMastropasqua
    @LucasMastropasqua 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Sounds huge man! Really liked the sound of the DS1 also. The DS1 was my first pedal I bought back in the late 80’s which I had modified back before modded pedals were common place. If only I knew there would be a market for that later on. 🤘

  • @OliverDungey
    @OliverDungey 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wonderful, tone at its finest

  • @doppler55
    @doppler55 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Rabea, stereo analog makes my day. Thanks for the journey

  • @UncleBill732
    @UncleBill732 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Sweet jams Rabea.

  • @MRxr400
    @MRxr400 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    what a beautiful opening to your video. massive tone.

  • @adamkollarSOOT
    @adamkollarSOOT 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Tone-ality was great!!!! Great vibes golden hand!

  • @NOKnova
    @NOKnova 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Have to say, the progression starting at around 8:10 gave me massive Interstellar vibes. I wonder how well that delay would work with synths? Amazing.

  • @NUNUA
    @NUNUA 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    You are a great inspiration. I think Analog Man’s ARDX20 Analog Delay is also stereo and has independent sides.

  • @just-in0287
    @just-in0287 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I thought there wouldn't be a difference in analog to digital delay....WOW! Sic vid bro

  • @crazybillshobbiesandstuffd7652
    @crazybillshobbiesandstuffd7652 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have said it before. I can listen to you all day and I do. Looking forward to the new release.

  • @chrisdaviesguitar
    @chrisdaviesguitar 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love this stuff.

  • @GitShiddy
    @GitShiddy 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Every time I hear this pedal it twists my ear in a really joyful way. The price point and my satisfaction with my current board has kept me from actually getting one. But I am trying to justify it.

  • @Sergo50011
    @Sergo50011 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fantastic!!!

  • @Dukeofvampires1
    @Dukeofvampires1 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    that stuff at around 9:15 is amazing

  • @WhatsUpWhitey
    @WhatsUpWhitey 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fantastic!

  • @kurtshetler9719
    @kurtshetler9719 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It's impossible to translate the in-the-room feel of a stereo (or wet/dry/wet) rig. It's something that must be experienced. You can't put it on tape, you can't put in headphones, you can't replicate it with the PA. It's like a pinpoint moment in time that is just for you that'll never exist again. It's glorious! Wish I could sit in the room with you. I love my digital rigs, but there is something primal about a full analog rig. If you really want to blow your mind get put a stereo harmonic trem on the board.

  • @jeffallen3382
    @jeffallen3382 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I have never been a fan of ping pong delay... But through my studio monitors that sounded awesome!

  • @M3dicinePYT
    @M3dicinePYT 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great tones. The quality of sound out of Boss has been great when I have used Boss products. On occasion, I have used Boss stuff, but my experience with boss support really gives me pause in considering anything Boss.
    Stereo analog and switchable delay is a neat trick…. Going to have to think about this one.

  • @Fittkins
    @Fittkins 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    okay I didn't realise what was going on with the amps until 4:23 but then it hit me, by running the preamp into the other you can control all the eq from one amp while still using the power section of both for that stereo sound. This must be insanely useful not just for studio but live as well.

    • @iamnumber4
      @iamnumber4 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I still don't understand it completely, if you wire one preamp via I presume the effect loop out into the other amp's main input, then effectively the first amp's power section is bypassed, no?

    • @qfz2112
      @qfz2112 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@iamnumber4 The trick is to use a pedal that has a mono in and a stereo out. So one amp's preamp goes in, and two signals come out, which you can then plug into two different power sections.

    • @TheBsclod
      @TheBsclod 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I’m guessing he’s going into amp 1, then effects send to delay, then the delay has stereo outputs. One goes to effects return of amp 1, the other goes to effects return of amp 2. I don’t think you need an additional splitter pedal other than the stereo delay (which acts as the splitter). Does that sound right?

    • @ralflofstad
      @ralflofstad 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@TheBsclod Yes.

  • @ChrisB-lt6hp
    @ChrisB-lt6hp 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That look on your face about 7:13 sums it up, total fun. It is double clear and transparent.

  • @donbishop6994
    @donbishop6994 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The big mean orange stompbox. My absolute favorite distortion/overdrive of all time. The tone circuit is amazing and very sensitive. It can go from a rectifier on steroids to a edge of breakup fender bassman tone with just a slight tweek of the tone and gain knobs. Probably the most versatile distortion pedal on the planet.

  • @Paulieb1078
    @Paulieb1078 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Upgraded my computer speakers recently, z623, dm-101 sounds massive at volume.

  • @seansixfive
    @seansixfive 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thoroughly immersive!

  • @pablomusicgear7288
    @pablomusicgear7288 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    my car is levitating right now! 😮 Great tone!!

  • @harshtruth9148
    @harshtruth9148 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    great lead sound

  • @MarkFeaGuitar
    @MarkFeaGuitar 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Lovin that!! Bit of Post Rock there?!

  • @florisbackx1744
    @florisbackx1744 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Rabea channeling is inner Karnivool, love it!

  • @brendongreen4302
    @brendongreen4302 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That's a good looking control panel.

  • @joybuzzer
    @joybuzzer 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    your rig sounds especially awesome today.

  • @eyyomama
    @eyyomama 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    those distorted swells remind me so much to limp bizkits song called „boiler“! daamn i love it

  • @rb032682
    @rb032682 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    cool stuff

  • @t.a.d.m.a55
    @t.a.d.m.a55 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You gotta have a follow up video to tell us what those secret pedals are once they let you!

  • @alessiomeoni7703
    @alessiomeoni7703 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Bravo

  • @IStabz
    @IStabz 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    immersed!!

  • @live2shredguy
    @live2shredguy 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    If you keep playing with a setup like this (I love it) maybe later you would want those extra eq options on the other amp

  • @1siriuswolf
    @1siriuswolf 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So very wicked

  • @therewasascene
    @therewasascene 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love how that waza ds -1 is working for you into the kraken. Need a little clarification on the routing - preamp of one = it’s in the fx loop of the other? And then how is stereo achieved? Trying to picture the cabling is hurting my brain.
    Ooh when the trails feed back a little bit then fade… MM
    My favorite.

  • @viking93270
    @viking93270 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    je vous ai vu a paris vous etes PHENOMENAAAAAAL

  • @jwstout007
    @jwstout007 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That feedback is something I want to hear all the time, dang!

  • @gregmican
    @gregmican 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I bet this would sound awesome going into the stereo front end of a JC-40

  • @ivanflanzala6691
    @ivanflanzala6691 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Could you put extended cuts of your gear noodles on an album? You could do your own ambient playlist for Pete's sake! Think about it.

  • @elkuervojuarez1890
    @elkuervojuarez1890 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You my friend have just sold one of those delay units ... thats how you sell a fucking pedal! Loved it

  • @EJH-jn6mo
    @EJH-jn6mo 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    FYI Suhr discovery is also stereo analog delay and has been out longer then the DM101

  • @chrisstewart7078
    @chrisstewart7078 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Tone in the age 🤘

  • @compucorder64
    @compucorder64 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hey Rabea, I'm sure you have the ears of someone at Boss/Roland. Since you're kind of like an unofficial AmBossador ;) I had this idea, why might be rubbish, but I wonder what people think... Was thinking, maybe Roland/Boss should do a modular JC50/100. Where the head can detach from these monopod cabs, lego style. And also maybe could have monoblock power amplifiers, so maybe basic model could be a 50 watt monoblock, that snaps into a single 1x10". But you can snap together two 50 monoblock heads, and two 1x10" speakers to get a stereo JC 100 (a fixed electrical contact rather than cables). Then maybe do the speakers in 8", 10" and 12" size for practice/recording, rehearsal and larger gig. And with different flavours of speaker too. Maybe a modular snap in chorus too, that can be a CE or a Dimension. Snapins for spring reverb tank, friedman style tube preamp snapin would be be ace too. Sort of like the API lunchbox format, or eurorack modular but for guitar amps. Make any sense?

  • @dabuhr3343
    @dabuhr3343 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    wait a second. Just the dm101, no reverb? What? That's an insane wall right there. I love it.

    • @tonoselectricos
      @tonoselectricos 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There's an UA Reverb there.

  • @mathiasplihal1242
    @mathiasplihal1242 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    RABEAAAAAAA!!!!

    • @tomasotreasaigh111
      @tomasotreasaigh111 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Press 'Translate to English', it's grand!

  • @nicolasrivera5310
    @nicolasrivera5310 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    @Rabea where is your demo of the Friedman IR-X?

  • @Raijin-RyuX24
    @Raijin-RyuX24 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What’s the special pedal though? I really like those whale swells. Good stuff.

  • @mattyh2180
    @mattyh2180 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What sort of scales and chords are you using, they sound awesome.

  • @KRayxKodessA
    @KRayxKodessA 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So you're slaving one of the heads? Sounds great.

  • @poesybeat
    @poesybeat 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Gaaaaawd

  • @waynedoherty7758
    @waynedoherty7758 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Still can’t decide between this or the strymon brig 😂

  • @pacovl46
    @pacovl46 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    488 Euros? Come on, Boss!

  • @TheStringDojo
    @TheStringDojo 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I can't believe this the only real stereo delay to be out there, really, there must be something else.

    • @RabeaMassaad
      @RabeaMassaad  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Apparently it’s the only true stereo Analogue delay pedal out there

    • @TheStringDojo
      @TheStringDojo 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@RabeaMassaad sound so amazing, and well, it's you! making it better, thanks Rabea

  • @RyanWreckcrow
    @RyanWreckcrow 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just to be clear cuz I got lost.. you're pluged in into kraken 1, and then fx loop out into the pedals and split, back into fxloop of the kraken 1, and the other signal straight into fxloop return of kraken 2?

  • @FakeGlasses
    @FakeGlasses 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It's a nice piece of kit, but the Suhr Discovery was better for me. The screen, the filters, and the sound are more useable. It's mono, but other than that outshines the DM-101 for me.

  • @p3rcey
    @p3rcey 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I understand that one amp is using just the pre-amp, driving into the power-amp section of the other amp, but i'm struggling to understand the benefit - can someone enlighten me?
    (great video as always)

  • @elliotttampa
    @elliotttampa 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ya need to keep that intro for one of your songs

  • @ey870
    @ey870 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Almost wish I didnt get the RE202 now sigh

  • @soundscape5650
    @soundscape5650 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If Drew or Hos from @karnivoolaus are ever too crook to play, you'd be the dude to fill Bea! Sick tones!

  • @nycshelbygt500
    @nycshelbygt500 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    BOSS released 3 #HolyGrail Delays in one year. WoW!!!
    BOSS RE-202 Space Echo Echo Echo
    BOSS SDE-3000EVH Dual Digital Delay
    BOSS DM-101 Delay Machine

  • @dividedbytimestudios
    @dividedbytimestudios 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ernie Ball seems focused on lead guitar with the tiny necks, they need to expand the lineup and give some new profiles,

  • @RobertFisher1969
    @RobertFisher1969 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Yeah…it’s been really annoying for those of us who run stereo rigs to find so many delays that are either just mono or mono in and stereo out. It’s just taken all the analog options off the table if you wanted something like a stereo chorus before the delay. That said, I’ve been happy with many of the digital options. But this new Boss delay is tempting for that reason alone.

  • @danielsaturnino5715
    @danielsaturnino5715 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Awww man, now I'll have to listen some more Bea riffage...

  • @CraigCrider
    @CraigCrider 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Effing MASSIVE.

  • @JKM395
    @JKM395 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Guys, if you are listening to this with crappy phone speakers, please go get some headphones. You really will thank me later.
    Have a wonderful day, all.

  • @chepad1
    @chepad1 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Headphones = 👌

  • @jackattack8044
    @jackattack8044 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hey, the boss is cool but it's no Sending. Check that one out if you can.

  • @coffeedudeguy
    @coffeedudeguy 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Delay Machine? More like Delay Monster!

  • @aldito7586
    @aldito7586 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    There are great players - and there is Rabea.

  • @Derrick_Evans
    @Derrick_Evans 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That intro was nasty

  • @jeremyfiorito3594
    @jeremyfiorito3594 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    So if I understand correctly the signal chain are : 1 kraken send into the delay pedal in "mono" and the two out of the delays goes into the return of the two kraken ?
    so the second kraken is just use as only a power amp ?
    can someone confirm that ?

    • @jeremyfiorito3594
      @jeremyfiorito3594 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      with a setup like that it doesn't matter the type of the second amps ? If rabea put the second out of the delay into the return of an another amp such the 5150 it gives him the sound of the kraken in stereo but without the need to have two kraken ?

    • @charliekrengel1344
      @charliekrengel1344 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@jeremyfiorito3594You can use a different amp or a standalone power amp, yes. Just as long as you are aware that power sections do have a tonal character, and some you may like more/less than others

    • @jeremyfiorito3594
      @jeremyfiorito3594 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you for your response :)

  • @joeywilder9708
    @joeywilder9708 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    It would be so awesome if boss would make some of these killer pedals available in plugin format

  • @fairmonttech-nmedia
    @fairmonttech-nmedia 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Signal chain again? DM-101 infront of the amps??

  • @Mezzier
    @Mezzier 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Can you compare it with the space echo ? Do I need both ? after buying the RE-202 and earing you, I feel like I bought the wrong pedal :/

  • @shuno_music
    @shuno_music 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What exactly is going on with the amp setup here?

    • @andrewpartington7274
      @andrewpartington7274 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Guitar > One Kraken Pre > Delay > Stereo Kraken Power sections

    • @shuno_music
      @shuno_music 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@andrewpartington7274 ahhh, I see. The pedals have stereo outs and are going to both power sections.. gotcha. Duh. That makes complete sense. Thanks. 🤘🏼

  • @Atttuner
    @Atttuner 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If we can’t see the settings we can’t follow the story you’re telling 😵‍💫 #settingscam

  • @GuitarGearGyan
    @GuitarGearGyan 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Don't know why, but honestly all the stuff you played on your Chapman Guitars was on another level. The new guitars don't sound as good, just my personal observation tbh. Still the playing is wonderful and love all your tones.

    • @kaivalentine9664
      @kaivalentine9664 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      🧢

    • @josearjona3728
      @josearjona3728 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      That´s nostalgia, nothing else

    • @tomasotreasaigh111
      @tomasotreasaigh111 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Is that you Chappers?

    • @willcarter1210
      @willcarter1210 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That’s just the DS-1 talking!!!

  • @smokymack
    @smokymack 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    to be fair...letterkenny

  • @DavidMadeira29
    @DavidMadeira29 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That we could forgot about trains and scaled down modeling, am I right?! But you wouldn't wake up any earlier than 7 O'clock in the morning if you'd lived in front of schools, you wouldn't get 🆙️ at 5 O'clock to load the fish bowls and/or at 6 am to water the magic plants. Namastè.

  • @mrbungle8493
    @mrbungle8493 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What Fuzz pedal do you use at the end?