Tele into a matchless is the clean tone I have in my head. I spent a long time messing with fender amps thinking something was wrong with me. First time I plugged into a vox, I was blown away. And matchless just took it to 11
I went on that same Fender-to-Vox journey and will never go back. I unwittingly kept trying to get Vox tone from a variety of vintage blackface and brownface Fenders for well over 10 years before I finally found what I was looking for ;)
I too took the same journey from fender to vox 20 years ago. I had a 63 non top boost . now have a gand wired ac 30 and ac 15 hw . both have 68 fender band masters big box exstention speaker cabs. Simi open back . One has celestion blues and the other 66" silver bell alnicos . i run sylvainia and amprex el84s and late 50s mullard long black plate 12 ax7 s ans 1 50s long black plate rca in in v 1 . Its hard to get a bad sound out of it. Clean dirty or fat lead tone..... It does it all in Royal style!
Best topic for weeks guys, loving it. Not knocking the guest episodes at all, they’re great as an occasional change of pace, but for me this kind of stuff is what you’re about. 2 effortlessly likeable blokes in a room, experimenting and educating with guitar gear. Love it.
I felt awe hearing the tones of the Victory and the Matchless. I've concluded that the TPS shines in greatness due to several strong pilars: experience in seeking best gear, positive humor and tangents, Simon's hard work, Andertons support, yet IMHO the strongest power of TPS is the exquisite choice of notes, melodies and sensitive playing that prove that Mick and Dan are indeed musicians with the biggest mojo soul. Inspired you are both good sirs and keep the joy of schwang alive. Live long, keep rocking and prosper. Thanks a million for being part of making us gear nerds happy.
@@ThatPedalShow will be getting some of your pedal board tape off your site soon. Love brian May's tone and use it myself with the correct gear. The ac30 cranked with a treble booster is just magic. I am still waiting for part 2 of this?
It will be a sad day when the show ends! A lot of us look forward to each weekly episode. Thank you Dan and Mick (and crew) for all of the hard work you put into each episode! We love your playing, knowledge, and hearty laughs!
Love this channel. Never feels like they’re selling anything. Always feels like two friends having fun while productively answering the questions any guitar player would ask and experimenting in interesting ways.
You guys are unbelievable. You make hour long videos and for the most part, I watch most of it. This never happens to me. Well done. It's like if Anderton's Captain and Rob Chappers had an actual personality, were not insufferable, were down to earth, and provided actual useful information. LOL. Thanks for the work you guys do. Very informative.
Love that moment when you switch from the close mic on the AC15 to the room mics. Really demonstrates the difference from what you hear in most amp demo videos to what you're going to actually hear in person when you get one home.
For sure. I love the sound of guitar amp in a room and really don’t like the close mic sound. Never have it in my in ears, use an ambient mic for monitoring instead
Sweeping through the master/gain controls on the AC15 from roughly 10:15 forward for a couple minutes is one of the most illuminating things I've seen in many, many (many) hours of watching TPS. SO instructive!! Thanks for doing that.
I've seen almost every episode of TPS but outside of ones with special guests, these are the best tones I've ever heard from you guys! I was a Fender-style amp only guy for a long time, then came across a modded master volume AC30 built to Thom Yorke's specs by my local amp guy and I fell in love. Rented it for a few gigs and had to buy it before someone else did. EL84 amps are simply magical!
I love Dan’s World! His playing at the very beginning was heavenly and worthy of shedding a tear. Also, what Mick played on the Strat at a little over the hour mark was sublime. Great video lads!
Dan I am amazed, the Matchless HC 30 with their 2 X 12 Cab is my favorite amp. I was blessed to get a Mark Sampson made version brand new. Also, I have a Fender Custom Shop Tele new old stock just like yours and it is my favorite Tele. I chose it because it feels amazing in your hands and plays like butter, the neck felt perfect and the frets have an excellent finishing job, it has fantastic sound, and the candy apple red is so beautiful. Muddy Waters played an original 1960’s model. I met his son in my home town at a festival, Little Walter, Muddy’s harmonica player was raised here until he moved to Chicago. Our past time mayor of the town was really into good music and the city would fund the Little Walter Festival. It is amazing we are oceans apart and have real similar taste in musical gear. I love ya’lls show. Thanks for the video. Wishing you and Mick the best. GOD bless ya’ll. Play on Jimi !!! 🎸👍👏🙏✌️😎
GuitarVaultStore I was thinking exactly the same thing, even against the Matchless. I’ve never played a Matchless or a vintage Vox, but I couldn’t imagine the sound being that different between these and the Vox AC30HW2 (or AC15HW1 that I own) to justify the HUGE price variance.
@@joetoe9207 I had that experience playing matchless amps too. I have to say, one thing I love about the ac30 (why I am going back to playing one soon) is that they are more focused in the mid range> Matchless tends to have more low end and more way up top (from the ones I played) I am also super curious to hear the black star hand built amps. I know people turn their noses up at those, but they seem to be fairly faithful recreations.
I love these more amp focused episodes! Something that I think is long overdue is an episode on preamp overdrive vs power amp distortion, the differences in inherent sound characteristics and how it may or may not affect the way you want to set up your pedalboard. Quite often when you talk about "gainy amps" it isn't specified whether you're pushing the preamp or the power amp which might lend people to assume that a certain pedal is going to work just as well into their amp's distortion channel as it does into your Marshall Plexi. I haven't looked back since I got my attenuator and could rely on power amp breakup at any given volume level, and it certainly has saved me a lot of money trying out different distortion units. If one could dream further, you should get Johan Segeborn aboard for such an episode.
Beautiful tone inspires us in our playing. Discovering how, and what we play, what tone inspires our style(s), and how to achieve that sound with the gear we have...or realizing there is a straighter path with different gear can be maddening? Seeing Dan’s face in the happy place playing the Matchless was priceless!
I absolutely couldn't agree more. I'm doing that for alternative hard rock and it's such a unique sound for the genre these days, I can't believe more people don't do it.
Germanium fuzz,a klon type thing and if you want to use a lot of natural tube gain some kind of germanium treble booster will get you all the flavors. Nothing with too much bass. Forget about tube screamers, OCD and the like. At least that's my experience. You want something that will control the flabby lows and boost the highs.
Just did something similar this year. Boss TU3 -> MXR Compressor -> 18v (1990s) Danelectro Cool Cat Chorus -> Univibe -> Spark Boost -> Timmy -> Blues Driver -> Strymon el cap -> Strymon big sky -> Ditto X2. Probably going to drop the chorus because I never use it. The Spark Boost -> Timmy -> BD combo gives a crazy amount a versatility, and I switch between a gretsch and tele. And I run all that into an AC15 (though after this vid, I want to try a Matchless)
The 30 is the holy grail. The 15 is a more compressed deal I know it came 1st. I’ve had both. The 30 is heavy and all the usual complaints. It still remains the holy grail. Just sounds amazing
I really love it when you really get into a specific piece of kit and explore its history and workings. Could you do similar episodes on other famous amps? Bassmen and their derivatives, maybe?
I have watched every TPS and I basically never comment but I had to pause at the two minute mark to say this. Dan - your playing on the intro is inspirational, and I love that Gretsch it sounds beautiful. Keep up the amazing work guys!
Oh yeah...after working a normal 14 hour day on the railroad, I come home to have a couple beers and slip into guitar & gear geek heaven. Exactly where I belong. Great review of gear gents. Hailing from Nebraska USA.
Super exciting realisation that Mick and Dan now both own their dream amps, it was a journey (and will continue to be) but you made it fellas! Now just for those Strat pickups to complete the final piece of the puzzle 👀
The Pearly Gates story, if I remember correctly, goes something like this; ZZ Top had an aspiring actress friend who needed to travel from Texas to Hollywood to audition for a role. The band borrowed her their car, she made the trip, auditioned and got the part. The car was subsequently named Pearly Gates, because it had brought her good luck, as if it had “divine connections”. Later the actress friend sold the car and sent the money back to Billy, who received it just as he found out about a certain ‘59 Gibson Les Paul whose owner was willing to part ways with it. Because the guitar was bought with Pearly Gates money, and sounded so heavenly and was so inspiring to play, as if it had “divine connections”, it was named Pearly Gates.
As much as all of us here delight to hear any and all intros, outros and everything in between from such fine players as yourselves, what we REALLY yearn to hear is the 2 of you in a band setting, just really digging in and producing incredible music. While that might not always fit within the parameters or format of the show, still I wish (we wish) you could occasionally figure out a way to do it. Consider it showing real world applications of the things you weekly discuss.
49:22 is some of the best playing that's ever been on the show, beautiful. Also I love how emotional Dan gets over hear a moving guitar tone. I've only ever felt that way once over a tone and have never been able to repeat it.
Me too, and ironically it was on my AC30. Literally 10 seconds later the sound guy at the gig said "and you can turn that fucking thing down for a start". 😢
Hi Dan & Mick, Thanks for this video. I use the Matchless C-30 and a Two Rock CRS in stereo and it's the best platform for effects in stereo. You guys never did do a follow up to this video with Morgan AC20 or Dr. Z or others. (Top Hat, Bad Cat, Magic Amps) so I'm wondering if you guys ended up getting some of those other amps and just found them to be not as good as the Matchless or original Vox and decided in the end that it wouldn't be worth doing another Vox style amp video?
The lesser known Tonebottle fly. Tone appreciation spans all of God’s creatures, very large and very, very small… particularly it seems when there’s cranked Vox amps 😎
Thanks for doing this video! I love my VOX AC15 C1! I would love to have a AC30, but too heavy and loud for doing shows today. The sound guys always want low stage volume and the AC 30 has a sweet spot and that spot is too loud for most situations. I also have a AC10 which is a great sounding amp cranked for recording. I have done gigs in small bars with the 10 and have had so many people come up and tell me that the sound coming from the amp , was epic! Great sounding amp Dan with your 61 Vox! Keep rocking boys!
Guys, I look forward to your videos each and every week...I enjoy your playing and your excitement which shines through...can you do show on Fender Tone Master Twin Reverb?
Sublime tones in this episode, excellent job chaps. Makes me miss my AC15, but after spending almost the value of the amp on repairs just out of warranty it was time to say goodbye. 😞 Everytime that Beano Boost is brought in the gates of heaven open.
THAT Strat through THAT Matchless (around the 50:00 mark) = as good a clean sound as I have ever heard. Feel free to have a shootout where anyone tries to better that. P.S. And thanks for demoing the Vox style amps with that Gretsch. That's a good marriage too.
Amazing show, as always. I recently got a Matchless SC Mini on a trade. It is basically a 6W version of the C-30 series, and it is based on the second channel (EF86), it has the 6 positions rotary tone switch, a volume, a Master volume, and the cut control. It has a 12" Celestion Heritage G12H30. I am curious if you ever tried it ? I find it awesome but I never tried the real deal. Cheers guys !
Nothing beats the vox midrange. As much as I love the matchless, having all the extra bass and treble makes it something totally different. in some cases it may work better, but the thing I love about the AC30 is how well it slides into a mix precisely because its all midrange
While I am learning just about everything I currently know about amps and pedals from your channel... I have only had a guitar and amp for about 6 or 7 weeks now and teaching myself something new as I go through the wrong side of my 50’s . The “Victory” sounded noticeably flat when you first started playing there. That “Matchless” seemed to have a depth unlike all the others.. amazing. I am learning so much from you all. I am trying to learn about my little 57 champ reissue... so far it seems to be getting better as I learn new cords. One day I am going select a pedal to pair it with. Love the channel,
Haven't tuned in for a while. Videos are kinda long and I'm time poor. But drinking rum and staying up late tonight, watching "That Pedal Show". Rawwwwkkkkkkk!!!! Hello from Australia!
Nice video & sound. Love EL 84 tubes (and 6V6) for any guitar rythmn & lead tones any style music. I run American made in Mississippi, TWO Peavey Classic 30 HEADS in stereo. I added some small seperate DC fans for each to keep things cool. I use different cabs and speakers for recording, room or outdoors. 8 EL 84's purring along quite nicely too. Pushed or clean, stereo rules. And, it didn't kill my wallet. Cheers.
I've recently grown to love the Vox AC-sound, especially with my Fender Cabronita and I've been looking into that Victory and then this comes along… Music to my ears! If you do a follow-up, how about including the Orange TremLord 30? While not just a Vox-amp, it definitely has some of that embryo, with 4xEL84, high headroom and a speaker by Lavoce (meaning The Voice, from the Latin word "Vox"). It's also touted as a amp for use with pedals, which feels appropriate.
I seem to be settling to prefer EL84 amps vs. the rest. There's just something about playing rhythm with an over-driven EL84.. it just rocks, and then you have the clean chime. Winning.
Hi guys thanks for the show! I LOVE VOX AC AMPS.. I've only got an AC10 at home at the moment because I live in a small space and it's totally loud enough for it. (Also gigged with it a few times and it was also very much sufficient) There is just something amazing about these amps. I call it plug and play. It just sounds great the moment you plug in and almost no need to tweak it. And if you do wanna change something the knob actually does what it says it does. AND does it from 1-10 in an up going scale... Unlike most Fender amps and Marshall amps that you have to go to amp college to get a decent sound.
My favorite all time combo amp of mine was a Mesa Boogie DC-2 Studio Caliber, (2x EL84 Dyna-Watt power section) imho, one of the greatest amps they ever made!
I had Boogie 20/20 power amp ("Dyna-Watt"); the loudest 22 watts/per channel known to mankind! (IME of course), but that was a sweet power amp. I had it paired with one of their 2X12 3/4-back tuned cabinets.
Great Show guy's, hey Dan, I too recently traded a guitar I wasn't using for a Matchless HC-30 combo.I have to say it is the best all around amp I have ever owned/and probably the heaviest,but it's got that thing going on. Like it so much, gonna order a Head Cab from Matchless and Plug for the 2x12 combo cab it sits in to make it more easier to handle. Congrats Dan on this Amp, All the Iron in it is soooo worth it.!!! P.S. I tried My HC-30 into a Jackson 1x12 Duel ported cab with a WGS ET-65 speaker in it at 16 ohms and couldn't believe how well it sounds with a closed back cab as well .Also I found that any pedal I through at it shines so well and can't find a bad tone in it. My 69 Tele never sounded so great, just could do without my arthritic hands...LoL. This amp though makes and inspires me to play and practice more and can't say that for most amps I played thru in the last 40 years of giggin and picken...All the Best to ya !!!
I think so too. And i guess the different speakers play a big role in the differences between those two amps, especially in the midrange. I own a AC30 CC2 and i always found the overdriven tones too fizzy, because i had the vintage AC30 tone in mind as a reference. It was an alright fine amp and i came to the conclusion that the reissues just sound way different than the old ones. After years i decided to try to change one speaker and put a midrange pronounced Vintage 30 in it (after all an attemp by Celestion to recreate their old AlNiCos with ceramic magnets), left the other speaker in it, which is the rather unspectacular stock "Wharfdale". The difference was remarkable and the midrange response totally changed. Much more pronounced, much more focused, a lot more like old AC30s sound. Sooner or later i will change the second speaker also i guess, but for now i´m already satisfied with how much the character of the amp changed.
That intro was heavenly Daniel, oh my! Ok I need to go back and revisit owning an AC30 😅 so heavy, but tone comes at a physical and financial toll that is well worth it
Hey Dan! One of my clients that comes to rehearse at my studio surprised me when he showed me his pedalboard. It was a gig rig! I was shocked, it was the first one I ever saw! We wired it up through my Fuchs and my Messa Boogie and my oh MY Did it sound BONKERS! Just wanted to let you know, cheers from NY 🗽
When I've had Matchless amps in the past, I've always felt it was a best of both worlds between Vox and great Fender amps with something special that gives it more depth. Such incredible amps
First time I’ve watched this I forgot to comment on the cathode resistor thing. You keep on watching and enjoying the video and forget to share the information. So now before I forget again let me share. Reason Dan mention is the proper one, old tubes could/can handle more current. But it all comes from the current voltage in the mains. During 60’s, when best amps where made, mains voltage was hardly hitting the spec of 110V and 220V depending on the Country. I remember that even in the early 80’s net was challenged to keep up. Now days mains is well over 120V and between 230 and 240V. Higher the Voltage they get better efficiency and less issues so distributors went up. Considering that amps DC voltage is always higher then mains that bump of 10% on the primary side is getting important. For example old amp with cathode bias like Vox AC30 was designed and biased with 220V coming into the amp. DC rail first node would hit for example 320 volts. 50 Ohm resistor would be good enough to bias the tubes. Now if you put in 240V your first node would hit 350V. You feed the output transformer with the first node and it feeds the plates of the output tubes. Hence plate voltage gets 30V higher. This means that tubes get like 330-340V plate voltage. First that is out of the spec for most new tubes. Some old tubes can handle it though. But now comes the even bigger issue. Raising plate voltage will rise the plate current and that results in higher plate Power. If that power figure is bigger than what tube can handle tube will get into the major issues. It might fail to balance it self and it will keep on rising the plate current until something gives up or it is going to be stable but way to hot and red plate. First one can take tubes out or output transformer or the power transformer or start the fire or all of the above. Red plating and or to hot tubes and amp will chew true the output tubes rapidly. Now some NOS tubes can take it and sound awesome when under such scrutiny. Most modern tubes give up though. Therefore people change cathode resistors to higher values to bring back the biasing to a normal position. One uses 80 Ohm in 4x output tubes amps, 150 Ohm in 2x output tube amps and mostly 240 Ohm in single ended amps. This in the most of the cases tames the amps. This numbers are depending on the amp and it’s voltage. Amps that make higher DC voltage will need higher values. Changing the output tubes in cathode biased amps is simple compared to same thing in the fixed adjustable bias amps but one needs to check basing from time to time. If not every change than check biasing when going to new tube brand or batch of the tubes. Always check at least for red plating. Turn the amp on with no signal and look at the tubes (dark condition). Tubes should glow up and down but plates should not glow. If they do turn off the amp immediately and you might save the tubes. Leave it and something will go wrong. In doubt look for good amp tech. Most of the cathode biased vintage amps need higher value cathode resistor even with NOS tubes. Currently produced ceramic power resistors are not bad and should not change the sound of the amp. They need to be high power handling. I use 10 Watt resistors mostly. For some amp I use two. Like two 150 Ohm in the parallel. This is overkill but they do not go as hot as single resistor does. When checking old amps I do check filter Caps and at least output tubes coupling caps. If ESR value is off, as it mostly is replace the filter caps. If the coupling caps leak the DC you will not be able to bias the tubes even with the higher value if the resistor. So if the positive voltage is leaking into the grids it will send the tubes into the warp. Remember that leak does not mean that the have 0 Ohm for DC. If the coupling caps leak just 10% of the rail voltage it will negate the negative grid voltage created by the delta made by the cathode resistor and will kill the tubes. Same happens in the fixed adjustable bias amps. Leak over powers the negative supply and tube grid looses needed negative bias voltage. So often coupling caps need to go as well. I try to keep as many original parts in as possible but what needs to go needs to go. You keep the original parts for collectors value. Anyways one single resistor and still so important.
@@PeterDad60it is a valid solution. Specifically for home use. Bit annoying when you gig. One more thing you need to carry and should not forget. Best variac's are the old once. Second hand and cheap. Oversized. Heavy buggers but can provide proper power. Some people think any variac will do while it is only a XX Watt amp. But that is only output power. Tube amps pull often 5x more power from the mains than their rated output power. Some Class A amps draw even 7x more than their rated power. Lucky most of the old once can deliver few hundred Watt's. Good solution. But adapting amp to current power delivery has it's merits as well. You can ug it anywhere and do not need to carry one more thing around and do not need to fear you will forget to bring it with you. Not a problem for some people but might be an issue for some. I see why would manny of players want to use the Variac. No need to touch the amp and no need to risk modifying it or giving it to someone that could potentially ruin it. Specifically if you do not know good amp tech. Playing home it is the great solution. I would have to say though only Variac's are goid for this use. Auto transformer single winding kind. Avoid modern electronics switching power regulators. Most of the cheap once are not true sinusoid output and deliver chopped power that is hard for the amp. Power transformer gets hot from it and filters have hard time coping with it. Really good power conditioner that do work good cost nice chunk of money and are pretty chunky. Mostly 2 HU rack mounting units. If you are a touring Superstar that is already having racks of equipment carried by the roadies sure again a valid solution. If not again OK solution for stationary use but costs money and one more thing to carry around. Old Variac does a tric cheaper and in true sinusoidal wave fashion. Professional Power conditioner keeps power fluctuations and spikes away and keeps steady Voltage and that ensures perfect bias to. It is a overkill fir most of the people.
Db meter hits102. ‘Can I get a bit more hair?’ Haha. Nice Family Guy reference. Great ep guys! Your patience for long in dept videos are the best. I absolutely like the more further/wider view of the room. It makes it look bigger. I must say, I really really liked the 61 + fuzz.
I bought an ac10 lovely little amp Fantastic digital reverb sweet sound but too loud for home not enough headroom for gigs and it hated all my drive pedals, so I sent it back, shame I couldn't afford to keep it for my collection, it's so pretty!! I have a boss katana now, it suits my needs, covers all situations well, very versatile and only cost £150!
I love this! Would love some more valve amp family/amp type deep dive videos in the future. I'd much rather hear you guys play than read hearsay on forums.
Boss has done it with that dd200. All the sounds of the 500, much more pedal like and friendly to use. Highly recommend it. Unless you need ton's of midi settings, you'll be more than happy and never go back after you discover and fall in love with dual and pattern mode. I rid of all of my delay pedals after learning my 500. It's settings are deep, but you can get any delay sound and tone dreamable with it. Good luck. Delay makes guitar fun always.
I saw a Long Island rock n roll cover band, and their guitarist had the full Brian May bit. AC30, Rangemaster, the repro guitar, even used a sixpence as a pick. It was very weird hearing the exact Brian May tone on everything from The Beatles to Cheap Trick to Iggy Pop.
This video should get no negative feedback...just like a VOX!
Nicely done sir. :0)
Careful with that one, it's an antique
Theres always going to be trolls and thin skinned @#&%….
@@ThatPedalShow a comparison between Dan's 1961 vox ac30 and the vox ac30 heritage.
kkkk awesome comment!!!
Tele into a matchless is the clean tone I have in my head. I spent a long time messing with fender amps thinking something was wrong with me. First time I plugged into a vox, I was blown away. And matchless just took it to 11
I went on that same Fender-to-Vox journey and will never go back. I unwittingly kept trying to get Vox tone from a variety of vintage blackface and brownface Fenders for well over 10 years before I finally found what I was looking for ;)
I went with 2 genz Benz black pearls just sounds like Vox and matchless had an illegitimate child just love em
Same. Bad Cat Cub for me. EF86 goodness.
I too took the same journey from fender to vox 20 years ago. I had a 63 non top boost . now have a gand wired ac 30 and ac 15 hw . both have 68 fender band masters big box exstention speaker cabs. Simi open back . One has celestion blues and the other 66" silver bell alnicos . i run sylvainia and amprex el84s and late 50s mullard long black plate 12 ax7 s ans 1 50s long black plate rca in in v 1 . Its hard to get a bad sound out of it. Clean dirty or fat lead tone..... It does it all in Royal style!
The Genz Benz Black Pearl 30 cranked is glorious!
Best Mick quote ever: "...for what it is...this is what it is." Best way to start a comparison/demo. Most comments INSTANTLY answered. Love it!
Best topic for weeks guys, loving it. Not knocking the guest episodes at all, they’re great as an occasional change of pace, but for me this kind of stuff is what you’re about. 2 effortlessly likeable blokes in a room, experimenting and educating with guitar gear. Love it.
Dan's wearing his tone pants again - better look out. Intro was absolutely stunning!
Holy mustard pants Dan!!!!!
They hurt my eyes!
Paul Berger I was trying to figure out if they were also leather. Tone pants - that’s too funny!
Dan and Mick should name their band Tone Pants
I felt awe hearing the tones of the Victory and the Matchless. I've concluded that the TPS shines in greatness due to several strong pilars: experience in seeking best gear, positive humor and tangents, Simon's hard work, Andertons support, yet IMHO the strongest power of TPS is the exquisite choice of notes, melodies and sensitive playing that prove that Mick and Dan are indeed musicians with the biggest mojo soul. Inspired you are both good sirs and keep the joy of schwang alive. Live long, keep rocking and prosper. Thanks a million for being part of making us gear nerds happy.
Ah, thanks Rolo, really appreciate it
@@ThatPedalShow will be getting some of your pedal board tape off your site soon. Love brian May's tone and use it myself with the correct gear. The ac30 cranked with a treble booster is just magic. I am still waiting for part 2 of this?
It will be a sad day when the show ends! A lot of us look forward to each weekly episode. Thank you Dan and Mick (and crew) for all of the hard work you put into each episode! We love your playing, knowledge, and hearty laughs!
Love this channel. Never feels like they’re selling anything. Always feels like two friends having fun while productively answering the questions any guitar player would ask and experimenting in interesting ways.
You guys are unbelievable. You make hour long videos and for the most part, I watch most of it. This never happens to me. Well done.
It's like if Anderton's Captain and Rob Chappers had an actual personality, were not insufferable, were down to earth, and provided actual useful information. LOL.
Thanks for the work you guys do. Very informative.
Love that moment when you switch from the close mic on the AC15 to the room mics. Really demonstrates the difference from what you hear in most amp demo videos to what you're going to actually hear in person when you get one home.
For sure. I love the sound of guitar amp in a room and really don’t like the close mic sound. Never have it in my in ears, use an ambient mic for monitoring instead
Intro guitar was one of the best pieces of guitar I’ve heard in a while!
@@markhammer643 So will a Dan.
@@nolarocks If you love him so much, why don't you just marry him already.
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I got some real Jeff Buckley vibes from it.
Sweeping through the master/gain controls on the AC15 from roughly 10:15 forward for a couple minutes is one of the most illuminating things I've seen in many, many (many) hours of watching TPS. SO instructive!! Thanks for doing that.
Ah coooool! Glad it was useful. We should do more stuff like that as standalone short videos maybe. Cheers!
@@ThatPedalShow Brilliant suggestion! You've got so many "nuggets" like this. Hope it happens!
I've seen almost every episode of TPS but outside of ones with special guests, these are the best tones I've ever heard from you guys! I was a Fender-style amp only guy for a long time, then came across a modded master volume AC30 built to Thom Yorke's specs by my local amp guy and I fell in love. Rented it for a few gigs and had to buy it before someone else did. EL84 amps are simply magical!
13:50 This is by far the coolest way of showing, that a doubling of power equals a +3dB increase. TPSS: "That Pedal Science Show"!
We're so lucky that we get to listen to Dan rip through a Vox amp so often. Beautiful, beautiful guitar tones. Cheers gentlemen!
I love Dan’s World! His playing at the very beginning was heavenly and worthy of shedding a tear. Also, what Mick played on the Strat at a little over the hour mark was sublime. Great video lads!
That intro playing is the best tone I've heard on this channel that wasn't from a guest, damn.
You two are blooming genius’s that are apart of my love for the guitar and for that mates I thank you🙏
Loved Dan's clean tone on the Gretsch into the AC30 at the beginning. And the playing was on point too. Very nice , Dan.
I don’t hear enough clean demos on vox amps
Dan I am amazed, the Matchless HC 30 with their 2 X 12 Cab is my favorite amp. I was blessed to get a Mark Sampson made version brand new. Also, I have a Fender Custom Shop Tele new old stock just like yours and it is my favorite Tele. I chose it because it feels amazing in your hands and plays like butter, the neck felt perfect and the frets have an excellent finishing job, it has fantastic sound, and the candy apple red is so beautiful. Muddy Waters played an original 1960’s model. I met his son in my home town at a festival, Little Walter, Muddy’s harmonica player was raised here until he moved to Chicago. Our past time mayor of the town was really into good music and the city would fund the Little Walter Festival. It is amazing we are oceans apart and have real similar taste in musical gear. I love ya’lls show. Thanks for the video. Wishing you and Mick the best. GOD bless ya’ll. Play on Jimi !!! 🎸👍👏🙏✌️😎
Loving Dan's facial expressions playing through that Matchless, pure enjoyment and tone. Great sounding amp.
I just have to say, your joy while playing always makes me want to go play my guitars. I can’t say that for any other guitar shows. Thanks!
As a huge Vox fan, I would live to see the new AC30HW2 vs. Dans AC30 shootout style.
GuitarVaultStore I was thinking exactly the same thing, even against the Matchless. I’ve never played a Matchless or a vintage Vox, but I couldn’t imagine the sound being that different between these and the Vox AC30HW2 (or AC15HW1 that I own) to justify the HUGE price variance.
@@dannyharvey7398 got em both and similar but even across the matchless line, differences. Appreciate what you are saying. Just so many variables.
@@joetoe9207 I had that experience playing matchless amps too. I have to say, one thing I love about the ac30 (why I am going back to playing one soon) is that they are more focused in the mid range> Matchless tends to have more low end and more way up top (from the ones I played)
I am also super curious to hear the black star hand built amps. I know people turn their noses up at those, but they seem to be fairly faithful recreations.
Everyone: So how's the midrange on that amp?
Dan & Mick: Very specific
I love these more amp focused episodes! Something that I think is long overdue is an episode on preamp overdrive vs power amp distortion, the differences in inherent sound characteristics and how it may or may not affect the way you want to set up your pedalboard. Quite often when you talk about "gainy amps" it isn't specified whether you're pushing the preamp or the power amp which might lend people to assume that a certain pedal is going to work just as well into their amp's distortion channel as it does into your Marshall Plexi. I haven't looked back since I got my attenuator and could rely on power amp breakup at any given volume level, and it certainly has saved me a lot of money trying out different distortion units. If one could dream further, you should get Johan Segeborn aboard for such an episode.
Wow Dan that's impressive. You are a wizard. Thank you for that magical intro. Mattia from Italy.
Dan’s beard did grow fast since monday
Thats his spare beard he keeps down under
A big muff
@@elonmush4793 If EHX doesn't make a Dan themed Muff we know this timeline can't be salvaged
EL-84's put hair on your face! This is proof! 🎶🎸
@@elonmush4793 Big Muff Pi Face
I love this show and watching you guy so much, its like I'm in the room with you having blast. You guys kill it, thanks.
The tone at 44:45 was some of the best Dan tones I’ve ever heard. I’m always amazed at how well this show is mixed/engineered. Keep it up gentlemen!
I believe you meant 17:23.
Beautiful tone inspires us in our playing. Discovering how, and what we play, what tone inspires our style(s), and how to achieve that sound with the gear we have...or realizing there is a straighter path with different gear can be maddening? Seeing Dan’s face in the happy place playing the Matchless was priceless!
Theres absolutely nothing like the sound of p90s or darker pickups through a chime amp. Its like peanut butter and jelly. A match made in heaven.
I absolutely couldn't agree more.
I'm doing that for alternative hard rock and it's such a unique sound for the genre these days, I can't believe more people don't do it.
I really like it when you have Guests in the Show, but "my" TPS is when you 2 talk Gear. Awesome interesting Show, thx Guys :o)
I have a late 90’s Vox Ac30tbx and its been my main amp for 10 years. (Built in the Marshall factory as Mick mentioned) What fantastic amplifiers.
Amazing show guys, the love and enthusiasm for what you do is totally contagious! Keep up the good work.
Oh f.... That intro by Dan just blew my mind! Phenomenal!
Wow- great intro Dan! I love it when your first few minutes of the video are so captivating!! Well done sir.
This is perfect.
I just bought an AC15 yesterday and I’m currently figuring out a pedalboard situation for it. Cheers!
do yourself a favor , and try: Boss Blues driver, boss od3, way huge saucy box, proco rat, sabbadius mr white and an op amp big muff.
th-cam.com/video/Ggi4Nkwmkf4/w-d-xo.html They did a show on the VoxAC15
And a good quality treble booster!
Germanium fuzz,a klon type thing and if you want to use a lot of natural tube gain some kind of germanium treble booster will get you all the flavors. Nothing with too much bass. Forget about tube screamers, OCD and the like. At least that's my experience. You want something that will control the flabby lows and boost the highs.
Just did something similar this year. Boss TU3 -> MXR Compressor -> 18v (1990s) Danelectro Cool Cat Chorus -> Univibe -> Spark Boost -> Timmy -> Blues Driver -> Strymon el cap -> Strymon big sky -> Ditto X2. Probably going to drop the chorus because I never use it. The Spark Boost -> Timmy -> BD combo gives a crazy amount a versatility, and I switch between a gretsch and tele. And I run all that into an AC15 (though after this vid, I want to try a Matchless)
I'm at 1:42 and i'll stop now and say thank you for an awesome show. inspired playing, Dan!! can't wait to see where all this goes!!!!
The 30 is the holy grail. The 15 is a more compressed deal I know it came 1st. I’ve had both. The 30 is heavy and all the usual complaints. It still remains the holy grail. Just sounds amazing
I really love it when you really get into a specific piece of kit and explore its history and workings. Could you do similar episodes on other famous amps? Bassmen and their derivatives, maybe?
That matchless just sounds epic!
I have watched every TPS and I basically never comment but I had to pause at the two minute mark to say this. Dan - your playing on the intro is inspirational, and I love that Gretsch it sounds beautiful. Keep up the amazing work guys!
Ah, thanks so much Chris :)
Oh yeah...after working a normal 14 hour day on the railroad, I come home to have a couple beers and slip into guitar & gear geek heaven. Exactly where I belong. Great review of gear gents. Hailing from Nebraska USA.
Hello fellow Nebraskan! Are you at UP?
@@kolbyisawesome Nope, BNSF.
All the live long day even?
Super exciting realisation that Mick and Dan now both own their dream amps, it was a journey (and will continue to be) but you made it fellas!
Now just for those Strat pickups to complete the final piece of the puzzle 👀
The Pearly Gates story, if I remember correctly, goes something like this;
ZZ Top had an aspiring actress friend who needed to travel from Texas to Hollywood to audition for a role. The band borrowed her their car, she made the trip, auditioned and got the part. The car was subsequently named Pearly Gates, because it had brought her good luck, as if it had “divine connections”. Later the actress friend sold the car and sent the money back to Billy, who received it just as he found out about a certain ‘59 Gibson Les Paul whose owner was willing to part ways with it. Because the guitar was bought with Pearly Gates money, and sounded so heavenly and was so inspiring to play, as if it had “divine connections”, it was named Pearly Gates.
Thank you!
As much as all of us here delight to hear any and all intros, outros and everything in between from such fine players as yourselves, what we REALLY yearn to hear is the 2 of you in a band setting, just really digging in and producing incredible music. While that might not always fit within the parameters or format of the show, still I wish (we wish) you could occasionally figure out a way to do it. Consider it showing real world applications of the things you weekly discuss.
We’ve done a few band/jams recently. Would be cool to do more for sure!
We need a "our guitars and gear" video about the matchless. Spectacular amp.
Intro = goosebumps. literally. Dan! Wow. Right there again proved why I am aligned to the Vox character too.
49:22 is some of the best playing that's ever been on the show, beautiful. Also I love how emotional Dan gets over hear a moving guitar tone. I've only ever felt that way once over a tone and have never been able to repeat it.
Me too, and ironically it was on my AC30. Literally 10 seconds later the sound guy at the gig said "and you can turn that fucking thing down for a start". 😢
Hi Dan & Mick,
Thanks for this video. I use the Matchless C-30 and a Two Rock CRS in stereo and it's the best platform for effects in stereo.
You guys never did do a follow up to this video with Morgan AC20 or Dr. Z or others. (Top Hat, Bad Cat, Magic Amps) so I'm wondering if you guys ended up getting some of those other amps and just found them to be not as good as the Matchless or original Vox and decided in the end that it wouldn't be worth doing another Vox style amp video?
Hello Bob. One of those things we just never got around to! If you have the Matchless and the TR, hard to see where you’d go from there!
@@ThatPedalShow Yes, it is hard to believe there could be better, but you know how the tone hunt goes for the curious 😉
That fly on the pedalboard at 16:40 🤘😎
The lesser known Tonebottle fly. Tone appreciation spans all of God’s creatures, very large and very, very small… particularly it seems when there’s cranked Vox amps 😎
I was wondering if anyone had commented. 🤣
Thanks for doing this video! I love my VOX AC15 C1! I would love to have a AC30, but too heavy and loud for doing shows today. The sound guys always want low stage volume and the AC 30 has a sweet spot and that spot is too loud for most situations. I also have a AC10 which is a great sounding amp cranked for recording. I have done gigs in small bars with the 10 and have had so many people come up and tell me that the sound coming from the amp , was epic! Great sounding amp Dan with your 61 Vox! Keep rocking boys!
Guys, I look forward to your videos each and every week...I enjoy your playing and your excitement which shines through...can you do show on Fender Tone Master Twin Reverb?
Sublime tones in this episode, excellent job chaps.
Makes me miss my AC15, but after spending almost the value of the amp on repairs just out of warranty it was time to say goodbye. 😞
Everytime that Beano Boost is brought in the gates of heaven open.
THAT Strat through THAT Matchless (around the 50:00 mark) = as good a clean sound as I have ever heard. Feel free to have a shootout where anyone tries to better that.
P.S. And thanks for demoing the Vox style amps with that Gretsch. That's a good marriage too.
I agree. Matchless is just in it’s own league.
Much love to you guys for your production as a VOX AC15CC1 owner in Ho Chi Minh City Viet Nam!
TPS with a Gretsch in the thumbnail = immediate click!
Brilliant show!!!! Love Matchless Amplifiers!!!
Amazing show, as always.
I recently got a Matchless SC Mini on a trade. It is basically a 6W version of the C-30 series, and it is based on the second channel (EF86), it has the 6 positions rotary tone switch, a volume, a Master volume, and the cut control.
It has a 12" Celestion Heritage G12H30.
I am curious if you ever tried it ? I find it awesome but I never tried the real deal.
Cheers guys !
I already love this video before i even pressed play!! You guys at TPS smashing it out the park as always!!
Nothing beats the vox midrange. As much as I love the matchless, having all the extra bass and treble makes it something totally different. in some cases it may work better, but the thing I love about the AC30 is how well it slides into a mix precisely because its all midrange
While I am learning just about everything I currently know about amps and pedals from your channel... I have only had a guitar and amp for about 6 or 7 weeks now and teaching myself something new as I go through the wrong side of my 50’s . The “Victory” sounded noticeably flat when you first started playing there. That “Matchless” seemed to have a depth unlike all the others.. amazing. I am learning so much from you all.
I am trying to learn about my little 57 champ reissue... so far it seems to be getting better as I learn new cords. One day I am going select a pedal to pair it with. Love the channel,
My God that Matchless sounds heavenly!
Haven't tuned in for a while. Videos are kinda long and I'm time poor. But drinking rum and staying up late tonight, watching "That Pedal Show". Rawwwwkkkkkkk!!!!
Hello from Australia!
“Why don’t you have a morgan amp in todays show?” - “because we haven’t received it yet”.
No comment.
Excellent episode guys! Y’all definitely have a great show! Cheers from Texas
Matchless HC-30 for the win. When I imagine THE sound of what my tone should sound like....nailed it.
I always comment on the recording, but it really is getting stellar! Closer and closer to the sound of an amp in the room!
I love my EL-84 Peavey Classic 30. One of the best < $1000 amps ever made.
Those really are great amps.
Nice video & sound.
Love EL 84 tubes (and 6V6) for any guitar
rythmn & lead tones any style music.
I run American made in Mississippi, TWO Peavey Classic 30 HEADS in stereo.
I added some small seperate DC fans for each to keep things cool.
I use different cabs and speakers for recording, room or outdoors.
8 EL 84's purring along quite nicely too.
Pushed or clean, stereo rules. And, it didn't kill my wallet. Cheers.
That Gretsch sounds phenomenal!
Great show guys, made me lust after another new amp .... I can't afford to keep watching your show!!!! The '61 AC 30 is gorgeous ....
I've recently grown to love the Vox AC-sound, especially with my Fender Cabronita and I've been looking into that Victory and then this comes along… Music to my ears!
If you do a follow-up, how about including the Orange TremLord 30? While not just a Vox-amp, it definitely has some of that embryo, with 4xEL84, high headroom and a speaker by Lavoce (meaning The Voice, from the Latin word "Vox"). It's also touted as a amp for use with pedals, which feels appropriate.
You guys have consistently made awesome videos but your last 5 or 6 videos have been outstanding. Cheers guys
Thank you!
I seem to be settling to prefer EL84 amps vs. the rest. There's just something about playing rhythm with an over-driven EL84.. it just rocks, and then you have the clean chime. Winning.
Hi guys thanks for the show!
I LOVE VOX AC AMPS.. I've only got an AC10 at home at the moment because I live in a small space and it's totally loud enough for it. (Also gigged with it a few times and it was also very much sufficient)
There is just something amazing about these amps. I call it plug and play.
It just sounds great the moment you plug in and almost no need to tweak it.
And if you do wanna change something the knob actually does what it says it does.
AND does it from 1-10 in an up going scale...
Unlike most Fender amps and Marshall amps that you have to go to amp college to get a decent sound.
New Christmas T-Shirt logo: " 'Tis the season to Schwang"....just sayin'
Isn't it amazing what two guitar amp and pedal nerds can create ;-) What a fantastic show. Love
My favorite all time combo amp of mine was a Mesa Boogie DC-2 Studio Caliber, (2x EL84 Dyna-Watt power section) imho, one of the greatest amps they ever made!
I had Boogie 20/20 power amp ("Dyna-Watt"); the loudest 22 watts/per channel known to mankind! (IME of course), but that was a sweet power amp. I had it paired with one of their 2X12 3/4-back tuned cabinets.
Great Show guy's, hey Dan, I too recently traded a guitar I wasn't using for a Matchless HC-30 combo.I have to say it is the best all around amp I have ever owned/and probably the heaviest,but it's got that thing going on. Like it so much, gonna order a Head Cab from Matchless and Plug for the 2x12 combo cab it sits in to make it more easier to handle. Congrats Dan on this Amp, All the Iron in it is soooo worth it.!!! P.S. I tried My HC-30 into a Jackson 1x12 Duel ported cab with a WGS ET-65 speaker in it at 16 ohms and couldn't believe how well it sounds with a closed back cab as well .Also I found that any pedal I through at it shines so well and can't find a bad tone in it. My 69 Tele never sounded so great, just could do without my arthritic hands...LoL. This amp though makes and inspires me to play and practice more and can't say that for most amps I played thru in the last 40 years of giggin and picken...All the Best to ya !!!
seriously though, you guys need a dr. z (or 12). Knowing what you guys are into, you will LOVE them
32:10
Long-Wheel Base Ford Transit.
Either all of it or pick a new name.
Epic, glorious, melodic, wonderful sounds, guys. Please never stop.
AC15 more than holds its own.
I think so too. And i guess the different speakers play a big role in the differences between those two amps, especially in the midrange.
I own a AC30 CC2 and i always found the overdriven tones too fizzy, because i had the vintage AC30 tone in mind as a reference.
It was an alright fine amp and i came to the conclusion that the reissues just sound way different than the old ones.
After years i decided to try to change one speaker and put a midrange pronounced Vintage 30 in it (after all an attemp by Celestion to recreate their old AlNiCos with ceramic magnets), left the other speaker in it, which is the rather unspectacular stock "Wharfdale".
The difference was remarkable and the midrange response totally changed.
Much more pronounced, much more focused, a lot more like old AC30s sound.
Sooner or later i will change the second speaker also i guess, but for now i´m already satisfied with how much the character of the amp changed.
@UCjDW39z1Jh8RhPlELH1y44A depends on the type of band IMO. for a hard rocking band with a loud drummer they are most probably too weak, that´s true.
Excellent presentation, spot on. Loved every minute of it.
I’m actually pretty impressed with the Victory in this demo
That intro was heavenly Daniel, oh my! Ok I need to go back and revisit owning an AC30 😅 so heavy, but tone comes at a physical and financial toll that is well worth it
Have I missed something? Where did this mysterious black strat come from? Or should I say long wheel base Ford transit..
You definitely have! The last two episodes have a couple of things on it
Hey Dan! One of my clients that comes to rehearse at my studio surprised me when he showed me his pedalboard. It was a gig rig! I was shocked, it was the first one I ever saw! We wired it up through my Fuchs and my Messa Boogie and my oh MY Did it sound BONKERS! Just wanted to let you know, cheers from NY 🗽
When I've had Matchless amps in the past, I've always felt it was a best of both worlds between Vox and great Fender amps with something special that gives it more depth. Such incredible amps
I'm dying to know what amp replaced it.
One of my favorite episodes of the year and I don't even own an EL84 amp!
First time I’ve watched this I forgot to comment on the cathode resistor thing. You keep on watching and enjoying the video and forget to share the information. So now before I forget again let me share. Reason Dan mention is the proper one, old tubes could/can handle more current. But it all comes from the current voltage in the mains. During 60’s, when best amps where made, mains voltage was hardly hitting the spec of 110V and 220V depending on the Country. I remember that even in the early 80’s net was challenged to keep up. Now days mains is well over 120V and between 230 and 240V. Higher the Voltage they get better efficiency and less issues so distributors went up. Considering that amps DC voltage is always higher then mains that bump of 10% on the primary side is getting important. For example old amp with cathode bias like Vox AC30 was designed and biased with 220V coming into the amp. DC rail first node would hit for example 320 volts. 50 Ohm resistor would be good enough to bias the tubes. Now if you put in 240V your first node would hit 350V. You feed the output transformer with the first node and it feeds the plates of the output tubes. Hence plate voltage gets 30V higher. This means that tubes get like 330-340V plate voltage. First that is out of the spec for most new tubes. Some old tubes can handle it though. But now comes the even bigger issue. Raising plate voltage will rise the plate current and that results in higher plate Power. If that power figure is bigger than what tube can handle tube will get into the major issues. It might fail to balance it self and it will keep on rising the plate current until something gives up or it is going to be stable but way to hot and red plate. First one can take tubes out or output transformer or the power transformer or start the fire or all of the above. Red plating and or to hot tubes and amp will chew true the output tubes rapidly. Now some NOS tubes can take it and sound awesome when under such scrutiny. Most modern tubes give up though. Therefore people change cathode resistors to higher values to bring back the biasing to a normal position. One uses 80 Ohm in 4x output tubes amps, 150 Ohm in 2x output tube amps and mostly 240 Ohm in single ended amps. This in the most of the cases tames the amps. This numbers are depending on the amp and it’s voltage. Amps that make higher DC voltage will need higher values. Changing the output tubes in cathode biased amps is simple compared to same thing in the fixed adjustable bias amps but one needs to check basing from time to time. If not every change than check biasing when going to new tube brand or batch of the tubes. Always check at least for red plating. Turn the amp on with no signal and look at the tubes (dark condition). Tubes should glow up and down but plates should not glow. If they do turn off the amp immediately and you might save the tubes. Leave it and something will go wrong. In doubt look for good amp tech. Most of the cathode biased vintage amps need higher value cathode resistor even with NOS tubes. Currently produced ceramic power resistors are not bad and should not change the sound of the amp. They need to be high power handling. I use 10 Watt resistors mostly. For some amp I use two. Like two 150 Ohm in the parallel. This is overkill but they do not go as hot as single resistor does. When checking old amps I do check filter Caps and at least output tubes coupling caps. If ESR value is off, as it mostly is replace the filter caps. If the coupling caps leak the DC you will not be able to bias the tubes even with the higher value if the resistor. So if the positive voltage is leaking into the grids it will send the tubes into the warp. Remember that leak does not mean that the have 0 Ohm for DC. If the coupling caps leak just 10% of the rail voltage it will negate the negative grid voltage created by the delta made by the cathode resistor and will kill the tubes. Same happens in the fixed adjustable bias amps. Leak over powers the negative supply and tube grid looses needed negative bias voltage. So often coupling caps need to go as well. I try to keep as many original parts in as possible but what needs to go needs to go. You keep the original parts for collectors value. Anyways one single resistor and still so important.
@@PeterDad60it is a valid solution. Specifically for home use. Bit annoying when you gig. One more thing you need to carry and should not forget. Best variac's are the old once. Second hand and cheap. Oversized. Heavy buggers but can provide proper power. Some people think any variac will do while it is only a XX Watt amp. But that is only output power. Tube amps pull often 5x more power from the mains than their rated output power. Some Class A amps draw even 7x more than their rated power. Lucky most of the old once can deliver few hundred Watt's. Good solution. But adapting amp to current power delivery has it's merits as well. You can ug it anywhere and do not need to carry one more thing around and do not need to fear you will forget to bring it with you. Not a problem for some people but might be an issue for some. I see why would manny of players want to use the Variac. No need to touch the amp and no need to risk modifying it or giving it to someone that could potentially ruin it. Specifically if you do not know good amp tech. Playing home it is the great solution. I would have to say though only Variac's are goid for this use. Auto transformer single winding kind. Avoid modern electronics switching power regulators. Most of the cheap once are not true sinusoid output and deliver chopped power that is hard for the amp. Power transformer gets hot from it and filters have hard time coping with it. Really good power conditioner that do work good cost nice chunk of money and are pretty chunky. Mostly 2 HU rack mounting units. If you are a touring Superstar that is already having racks of equipment carried by the roadies sure again a valid solution. If not again OK solution for stationary use but costs money and one more thing to carry around. Old Variac does a tric cheaper and in true sinusoidal wave fashion. Professional Power conditioner keeps power fluctuations and spikes away and keeps steady Voltage and that ensures perfect bias to. It is a overkill fir most of the people.
Great set! Awesome production! Super episode!!
Thx😁🙏🏼
When might we be able to purchase a copy of “The Joy of Schwang” from the TPS store?
Db meter hits102. ‘Can I get a bit more hair?’ Haha. Nice Family Guy reference.
Great ep guys! Your patience for long in dept videos are the best. I absolutely like the more further/wider view of the room. It makes it look bigger.
I must say, I really really liked the 61 + fuzz.
Also, I would LOVE to hear how the ac10 hangs with its peers!
I bought an ac10 lovely little amp
Fantastic digital reverb sweet sound but too loud for home not enough headroom for gigs and it hated all my drive pedals, so I sent it back, shame I couldn't afford to keep it for my collection, it's so pretty!! I have a boss katana now, it suits my needs, covers all situations well, very versatile and only cost £150!
I love this! Would love some more valve amp family/amp type deep dive videos in the future. I'd much rather hear you guys play than read hearsay on forums.
That delay sounds bloody good
Boss has done it with that dd200. All the sounds of the 500, much more pedal like and friendly to use. Highly recommend it. Unless you need ton's of midi settings, you'll be more than happy and never go back after you discover and fall in love with dual and pattern mode. I rid of all of my delay pedals after learning my 500. It's settings are deep, but you can get any delay sound and tone dreamable with it. Good luck. Delay makes guitar fun always.
very beautiful intro. you are extremely creative and express yourself wonderfully.
18:55 Mick’s inner Brian May came out lol. Never heard somebody actually get close to his tone.
I saw a Long Island rock n roll cover band, and their guitarist had the full Brian May bit. AC30, Rangemaster, the repro guitar, even used a sixpence as a pick. It was very weird hearing the exact Brian May tone on everything from The Beatles to Cheap Trick to Iggy Pop.
David Dyte I could imagine. Brian May’s tone is pretty particular to the Queen sound. Hearing it on covers of other bands’ music must’ve been weird.
Dan, that intro was beautiful. Good on ya.