I'm a huge Blackmore fan and I've been particularly interested in his Made in Japan tone. I've seen several videos on this. But so far, yours is the best video that captures that tone. Thank you.
Thank you! If you look up MGALBU’s channel you youtube you’ll find even better tones form these amps he makes. It has been modded further since and only got better.
Man sometimes I forget how great guitarist you are actually. I'm glad you are still finding time for standard tuning btw. I purchased a gretsch Alligator because of your videos and completely dived in open D tuning. After two months I came back to standard guitar with standard tuning once and discovered that it also sounds great, so I startes mixing both... Now I play Mike Dowling and flamenco in the same day.
That sounds like a great day. I am the same, sometimes I spend weeks playing just the resos in open D then just electric in standards for days. Point is to enjoy ourselves playing. BTW do you know about my new channel dedicated to acoustic blues stuff? th-cam.com/channels/1zl3_bl2wCk3w0rpyz9RnQ.html
@@DogwithtwoBones yup I'm subscribed basically from the day it came out - I was 50. subscriber or something like that☺ I'm now really stuck with electric, I bought a jazz hagstrom doublecut with fat vintage humbuckers and a bigsby, so quarantine isn't that bad
Great demo and playing, Congrats on great amp. Hope I'm not being a bummer but Blackmore mentioned many times in the studio especially MH he used a Vox AC30 non top boost with a treble booster..you're tone is still amazing.and sure sound Blackmore..now made in Japan.definitely sounds like the Majors.
Thank you. I believe the VOX AC30 on MH is a myth is debunked if by nothing else my tone in this video or all of Mgalbu's videos. If you have a source with a direct quote from Blackmore where he explicitly says he recorded on MH on the Vox please send me. Here's two interviews. In the Guitar World one he sets the timeline right, switched to his custom marshall in 1970. (www.guitarworld.com/artists/ritchie-blackmore-talking-tone-gear-deep-purple-years-and-a-rocking-rainbow-revival) In the Vintage Guitar interview he does mention the Vox but does not sound convincing: “I was using a 100-watt Marshall with four 12″ speakers in the cabinet. I probably would’ve also been using the Vox at that time. They would’ve been my primary amps.” www.vintageguitar.com/32424/ritchie-blackmore-3/ Bottom line is we will never know for sure but seems highly unlikely that Blackmore used the Vox on MH even though there is a VOX on the Grand Hotel photos. Maybe for one song, or maybe he wanted to use it but didn't. But I am sure about one thing, this amp I have provides the best Blackmore sounds I ever heard.
Another important aspect that gets really overlooked is the 100hz (i think it at 100....) Hi pass filter that was built into rb's later modded majors. That was really important after the switch to awia 1011....the treble booster naturally gives u the Hi pass. Fyi, I have been thru ALL the attenuators....including the ox. The weber Mass 200 is by far the most natural. And unbelievably the least expensive. And has a line out for hitting an IR of your choice....and u can bypass any power amp emulation in your IR as the line out is (obviously) post power amp.
I heard about the high pass filter, it would explain how Blackmore got the aiwa to sound so bright. Both pedals I tried have a dark sound but listening to rough mixes it seems to me that Blackmores studio tone was way darker than the mastered tracks so much of it has to come from the mixing.
@@DogwithtwoBones the hpf was to remove the blatty low end out of the sound to keep the bottom end tight. Also running marshall majors at that volume into 2 cabs of original greenbacks meant you were at the power handling limit of those speakers and the hpf would keep the speakers from over excurting and always blowing. 2 of his old gtr techs and 2 of the rainbow/dp foh guys are/were friends so I gleaned a lot of Intel from them. Sadly 3 of those 4 guys are no longer with us.
livingabovethe12th it is sad indeed, less and less people stick around from that era and with them part of it dies :( Thanks for the explanation, i dont really have a great understaning of these gears on an electrical or circuit level.
Thanks Andy! I figure I can still improve on these sounds but I am so muck closer than I was ever before. Also good observation, i was indeed paying attention to the vibratos.
Thank you! The good thing is, anyone can have an amp like this built, Max has a listing on reverb. This is the link for the 20W version: reverb.com/item/75217872-handwired-20w-marshall-major-with-blackmore-mods?
Looking back it is not that long indeed but it felt very long to make :D MIJ came out the best for sure. I really dig the BBC sound too but I will try to improve on that a bit.
@@DogwithtwoBones A nice challenge is also the tone of "Woman from Tokyo" and the Burn era... Live in Munich in Rainbow era... also Perfect Strangers has a very nice tone... Blackmore has always a very good tone in his hands!
Unforunately all of the blackmore tones are extremely hard to get. But I do have an alright burn and I am planning something with the Rainbow sound in august. I have also plans for who do we think we are, it should be right up the alley of this rig. I am focusing on another project now and will travel in august but have a few videos done but I will it up in september hopefully. Problem is whenever I have another thing to focus on I kepp distracting mself with the Blackmore stuff cause that’s what I like the most :D
Haha indeed. I have one but prefer the malmsteen because of the 9 and a half radius. Also my blackmore signatire has the lace sensor golds on them and for these tones I needed the cs69 pickups. I have a cover of Difficult to Cure on my channel, i use the blackmore in that one for example.
@@DogwithtwoBones I just saw some videos on that white strat. Wow that will be my next guitar after I finish paying off the les paul and the chapman baritone
carlos casabianca those sound great! I’d urge you to check out thr malmsteen too, it has bigger neck and deeper scallops. Also the pickup might be better too but it all comes down to preference of course just saying give it a try if you can.
They are custom made by a guy who’s youtube channel is MGALBU. You might have seen his machine head covers but he has a couple of more videos about the amps, check those out.
Wonderful job !!! You are a great guitar player ! Congrats !!! I love how RB sounds on "Rainbow on Stage" mainly on. "Mistreated". It was so powerful and deep. How did he get that sound on "On Stage"? There is so much echo and depth it seems he is playing inside a gothic cathedral. On the second part of Mistreated, when only the guitar sounds, its so fat. Do you know what gear he used on "On Stage" ? Well, congtratulations for your artistry and please keep the excellent work !
Thank you! Well I think the sound is so big and cathedral-y because of the live venue and mixing mastering. I'd attribute the fatness to his amp, the aiwa tape recorder and the 2 4x12 cabinets blasting super loud. In 75 he most likely still played stock fender pickups so you don't need anything special in that department, a cs69 set should be great. But since 74 he used the aiwa tape recorder as a preamp and delay you most likely will need a pedal that can replicate that aiwa drive sound. What kind of amp do you have? If you have a marshall major style circuit probably the BSM Galaxy is the best bet. But if you don't have a major there are a couple of other BSM pedals that can help you get close to the sound. For example the "studio and live 75" which was created to replicate this era of rainbow tones. I recently made a demo of it, I think it is a pretty cool pedal: th-cam.com/video/cXyXoWKX5fE/w-d-xo.html Also GuitarSlinger makes another great option for this aiwa drive pedal: th-cam.com/video/DPxN9kQysnY/w-d-xo.html
Great demo !.....when using the TB on I'm a Leo lead tone at the end on the bridge pickup, how come your tone is darker,.......did you roll back the tone knob and how did you set the TB knob ? Great playing btw
Thanks! The TB doesnt have a tone knob just one overall knob which you can think of as sort of a preamp gain. But the difference you think of is the speakers. The h55 is way darker than the h55pvc, i think I have a video about it on my channel. Also i am using different amp settings for the different songs.
Thanks for the info, good to know. For now I am happy with the scumback but might try the weber at some point. But it would be best to go for the vintage originals but they are very expensive :D
The only reason I bought both speakers is I wasnt sure which one to choose. In retrospect I’d only go for the PVCs, that’s better for the sort of sounds I am looking for live made in japan, live at bbc so live stuff. The H55 is beter for machine head but there is only a small difference you are good with ny of them I belive.
You can find him on youtube as MGALBU but he has a reverb listing too: 200W Marshall Major 100W Build with "Blackmore" Factory Mods.reverb.com/item/20365910-200w-marshall-major-100w-build-with-blackmore-factory-mods?
It was hand made by my friend Max (th-cam.com/users/mgalbu) as I mention in the video. If you're interested in getting one I can give you his email, just write me (dogwithtwobones) on Facebook.
Congratulations on your amp and great playing! The sound is very similar but to me seems unusually dull. I can't tell if it's the recording or something else. Anyway, I recommend to check out mgalbu's channel, he just nails the sound to perfection like nobody else does IMHO. Here's an example: th-cam.com/video/at0mDdpqdA8/w-d-xo.html.
Mgalbu made me this amp. And you are right it is dull, you’ll find a later video where it turns out it was the UA OX box that made it dull. Since I am using the rockcrusher like Max it is better but I still dont have the origibal vintage speakers.
From an artistic standpoint I understand the question but it is much more complex than that. First of all coping Blackmore on a okay level is better than what I can come up with. I made piece of the fact that I am not special and do what I enjoy - which is mostly playing Blackmore. Also playing cover gigs bought me quite a few guitars while my original song based bands were always to an audience which I could count on 2 hands. However this youtube channel is only one aspect of my musical life. It is meant to go to 11 regarding Blackmore simply because I enjoy it and people are more interested then in my original music. Which I write and record in many different style. It is not to say that I don't take inspiration from other people but regarding acoustic and country music, my influences are more balanced and I try to put something on top that is me. Here's a bunch of links, let me know what you think: Acoustic blues and country western and little western swing album of mine: open.spotify.com/album/5rwYHwSQRkAvUTDcHLm90L?si=teqwOMa8RKSCuaJyvkUSiA&nd=1&dlsi=0713d37e6a6741d2 Here's a guitar instrumental country western short album: open.spotify.com/album/0eUnOC5xtxUgma2KSyPXej
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I'm a huge Blackmore fan and I've been particularly interested in his Made in Japan tone. I've seen several videos on this. But so far, yours is the best video that captures that tone. Thank you.
Thank you! If you look up MGALBU’s channel you youtube you’ll find even better tones form these amps he makes. It has been modded further since and only got better.
Man sometimes I forget how great guitarist you are actually. I'm glad you are still finding time for standard tuning btw. I purchased a gretsch Alligator because of your videos and completely dived in open D tuning. After two months I came back to standard guitar with standard tuning once and discovered that it also sounds great, so I startes mixing both...
Now I play Mike Dowling and flamenco in the same day.
That sounds like a great day. I am the same, sometimes I spend weeks playing just the resos in open D then just electric in standards for days. Point is to enjoy ourselves playing. BTW do you know about my new channel dedicated to acoustic blues stuff?
th-cam.com/channels/1zl3_bl2wCk3w0rpyz9RnQ.html
@@DogwithtwoBones yup I'm subscribed basically from the day it came out - I was 50. subscriber or something like that☺
I'm now really stuck with electric, I bought a jazz hagstrom doublecut with fat vintage humbuckers and a bigsby, so quarantine isn't that bad
Great demo and playing, Congrats on great amp. Hope I'm not being a bummer but Blackmore mentioned many times in the studio especially MH he used a Vox AC30 non top boost with a treble booster..you're tone is still amazing.and sure sound Blackmore..now made in Japan.definitely sounds like the Majors.
Thank you. I believe the VOX AC30 on MH is a myth is debunked if by nothing else my tone in this video or all of Mgalbu's videos. If you have a source with a direct quote from Blackmore where he explicitly says he recorded on MH on the Vox please send me. Here's two interviews. In the Guitar World one he sets the timeline right, switched to his custom marshall in 1970. (www.guitarworld.com/artists/ritchie-blackmore-talking-tone-gear-deep-purple-years-and-a-rocking-rainbow-revival) In the Vintage Guitar interview he does mention the Vox but does not sound convincing: “I was using a 100-watt Marshall with four 12″ speakers in the cabinet. I probably would’ve also been using the Vox at that time. They would’ve been my primary amps.”
www.vintageguitar.com/32424/ritchie-blackmore-3/
Bottom line is we will never know for sure but seems highly unlikely that Blackmore used the Vox on MH even though there is a VOX on the Grand Hotel photos. Maybe for one song, or maybe he wanted to use it but didn't. But I am sure about one thing, this amp I have provides the best Blackmore sounds I ever heard.
Dude. Killin it.
Thanks man!
Another important aspect that gets really overlooked is the 100hz (i think it at 100....) Hi pass filter that was built into rb's later modded majors. That was really important after the switch to awia 1011....the treble booster naturally gives u the Hi pass. Fyi, I have been thru ALL the attenuators....including the ox. The weber Mass 200 is by far the most natural. And unbelievably the least expensive. And has a line out for hitting an IR of your choice....and u can bypass any power amp emulation in your IR as the line out is (obviously) post power amp.
I heard about the high pass filter, it would explain how Blackmore got the aiwa to sound so bright. Both pedals I tried have a dark sound but listening to rough mixes it seems to me that Blackmores studio tone was way darker than the mastered tracks so much of it has to come from the mixing.
The weber mass sounds great too, i will sell the ox az some point, will need a cheaper and better soluion, i will keep the weber in mind.
@@DogwithtwoBones the hpf was to remove the blatty low end out of the sound to keep the bottom end tight. Also running marshall majors at that volume into 2 cabs of original greenbacks meant you were at the power handling limit of those speakers and the hpf would keep the speakers from over excurting and always blowing. 2 of his old gtr techs and 2 of the rainbow/dp foh guys are/were friends so I gleaned a lot of Intel from them. Sadly 3 of those 4 guys are no longer with us.
livingabovethe12th it is sad indeed, less and less people stick around from that era and with them part of it dies :(
Thanks for the explanation, i dont really have a great understaning of these gears on an electrical or circuit level.
Good stuff, the tones keep getting better, also your vibrato is improving greatly as well. Keep it up and I look forward to the next installment.
Thanks Andy! I figure I can still improve on these sounds but I am so muck closer than I was ever before. Also good observation, i was indeed paying attention to the vibratos.
Excellent tone and performance. Greetings from Brazil.
Thanks!
Everythings great Very happy for you No prying intended how much $$ was that amp
Thank you! The good thing is, anyone can have an amp like this built, Max has a listing on reverb. This is the link for the 20W version: reverb.com/item/75217872-handwired-20w-marshall-major-with-blackmore-mods?
The video is not too long: we need more Blackmore music! 😁 Excellent work, you nail the tone, especially Made in Japan IMHO
Looking back it is not that long indeed but it felt very long to make :D MIJ came out the best for sure. I really dig the BBC sound too but I will try to improve on that a bit.
@@DogwithtwoBones MIJ it's like an holy grail for Blackmore lovers!
@@Vigilius60 Definitely! Machine head tone too but wouldn't gig with that. This MIJ will be my go to live sound for years to come.
@@DogwithtwoBones
A nice challenge is also the tone of "Woman from Tokyo" and the Burn era... Live in Munich in Rainbow era... also Perfect Strangers has a very nice tone... Blackmore has always a very good tone in his hands!
Unforunately all of the blackmore tones are extremely hard to get. But I do have an alright burn and I am planning something with the Rainbow sound in august. I have also plans for who do we think we are, it should be right up the alley of this rig. I am focusing on another project now and will travel in august but have a few videos done but I will it up in september hopefully. Problem is whenever I have another thing to focus on I kepp distracting mself with the Blackmore stuff cause that’s what I like the most :D
Hi..Whats the brand of your pickups? Thanks
Very good video now all you need is the Blackmore signature strat
Haha indeed. I have one but prefer the malmsteen because of the 9 and a half radius. Also my blackmore signatire has the lace sensor golds on them and for these tones I needed the cs69 pickups. I have a cover of Difficult to Cure on my channel, i use the blackmore in that one for example.
@@DogwithtwoBones I just saw some videos on that white strat. Wow that will be my next guitar after I finish paying off the les paul and the chapman baritone
carlos casabianca those sound great! I’d urge you to check out thr malmsteen too, it has bigger neck and deeper scallops. Also the pickup might be better too but it all comes down to preference of course just saying give it a try if you can.
Nice job.good sound.
Thanks!
Magnificent...where can I purchase one of those great amps?
They are custom made by a guy who’s youtube channel is MGALBU. You might have seen his machine head covers but he has a couple of more videos about the amps, check those out.
@@DogwithtwoBones Thank you, I have seen those videos and they were great. Great work from you guys, hats off!
Ihab Amer thank you!
Wonderful job !!! You are a great guitar player ! Congrats !!! I love how RB sounds on "Rainbow on Stage" mainly on. "Mistreated". It was so powerful and deep. How did he get that sound on "On Stage"? There is so much echo and depth it seems he is playing inside a gothic cathedral. On the second part of Mistreated, when only the guitar sounds, its so fat. Do you know what gear he used on "On Stage" ? Well, congtratulations for your artistry and please keep the excellent work !
Thank you! Well I think the sound is so big and cathedral-y because of the live venue and mixing mastering. I'd attribute the fatness to his amp, the aiwa tape recorder and the 2 4x12 cabinets blasting super loud. In 75 he most likely still played stock fender pickups so you don't need anything special in that department, a cs69 set should be great. But since 74 he used the aiwa tape recorder as a preamp and delay you most likely will need a pedal that can replicate that aiwa drive sound.
What kind of amp do you have? If you have a marshall major style circuit probably the BSM Galaxy is the best bet. But if you don't have a major there are a couple of other BSM pedals that can help you get close to the sound. For example the "studio and live 75" which was created to replicate this era of rainbow tones. I recently made a demo of it, I think it is a pretty cool pedal: th-cam.com/video/cXyXoWKX5fE/w-d-xo.html
Also GuitarSlinger makes another great option for this aiwa drive pedal: th-cam.com/video/DPxN9kQysnY/w-d-xo.html
@@DogwithtwoBones Super thanks !!! I do have a marshall, but I have no idea where to buy the BSM Gallaxy .... Do you have the links ? Thanks a lot.
Fernando Pisani de Azevedo you can find Bernd’s contact info on treblebooster.net. Tell him I sent you!
Great demo !.....when using the TB on I'm a Leo lead tone at the end on the bridge pickup,
how come your tone is darker,.......did you roll back the tone knob and how did you set the TB knob ?
Great playing btw
Thanks! The TB doesnt have a tone knob just one overall knob which you can think of as sort of a preamp gain. But the difference you think of is the speakers. The h55 is way darker than the h55pvc, i think I have a video about it on my channel.
Also i am using different amp settings for the different songs.
@@DogwithtwoBones Thank you !
Fyi....you can order Weber 1225s (The weber greenback) with the pre-rola option. And they are just $125.
Thanks for the info, good to know. For now I am happy with the scumback but might try the weber at some point. But it would be best to go for the vintage originals but they are very expensive :D
Weber built the scumbacks for a supplier.. There was great falling out between the two companies a few years ago.
Hi bro. Can you mention the title of the song that you played in this video? Thx a lot..
I play 4 Deep Purple songs in this video in this order: 1Pictures of Home, 2 Lazy, 3 Space Truckin, 4 Maybe I am a leo.
DogwithtwoBones thanks bro ! Masterpiece
Great playing! Now if I want to chase the Blackmore tone dragon, and I had a 4x12 than you'd recommend loading it with 2 H55 PVCs and 2 H55s?
The only reason I bought both speakers is I wasnt sure which one to choose. In retrospect I’d only go for the PVCs, that’s better for the sort of sounds I am looking for live made in japan, live at bbc so live stuff. The H55 is beter for machine head but there is only a small difference you are good with ny of them I belive.
Awesome friend !!! 👍👉👍
Thanks man. You are a great Blackmore style guitarist as well!
@@DogwithtwoBones Thank you so much !!
Hello, which treble booster do you use in the demo ?
It’s a hornby skewes treble booster replica made by the same guy who built the amp.
@@DogwithtwoBones Thanks
Who built this
You can find him on youtube as MGALBU but he has a reverb listing too: 200W Marshall Major 100W Build with "Blackmore" Factory Mods.reverb.com/item/20365910-200w-marshall-major-100w-build-with-blackmore-factory-mods?
Where did you buy it dude?
It was hand made by my friend Max (th-cam.com/users/mgalbu) as I mention in the video. If you're interested in getting one I can give you his email, just write me (dogwithtwobones) on Facebook.
Congratulations on your amp and great playing! The sound is very similar but to me seems unusually dull. I can't tell if it's the recording or something else. Anyway, I recommend to check out mgalbu's channel, he just nails the sound to perfection like nobody else does IMHO. Here's an example: th-cam.com/video/at0mDdpqdA8/w-d-xo.html.
Mgalbu made me this amp. And you are right it is dull, you’ll find a later video where it turns out it was the UA OX box that made it dull. Since I am using the rockcrusher like Max it is better but I still dont have the origibal vintage speakers.
Never understood why you are not trying to get your own sound instead of copying someone else.
From an artistic standpoint I understand the question but it is much more complex than that.
First of all coping Blackmore on a okay level is better than what I can come up with. I made piece of the fact that I am not special and do what I enjoy - which is mostly playing Blackmore. Also playing cover gigs bought me quite a few guitars while my original song based bands were always to an audience which I could count on 2 hands.
However this youtube channel is only one aspect of my musical life. It is meant to go to 11 regarding Blackmore simply because I enjoy it and people are more interested then in my original music. Which I write and record in many different style. It is not to say that I don't take inspiration from other people but regarding acoustic and country music, my influences are more balanced and I try to put something on top that is me. Here's a bunch of links, let me know what you think:
Acoustic blues and country western and little western swing album of mine:
open.spotify.com/album/5rwYHwSQRkAvUTDcHLm90L?si=teqwOMa8RKSCuaJyvkUSiA&nd=1&dlsi=0713d37e6a6741d2
Here's a guitar instrumental country western short album:
open.spotify.com/album/0eUnOC5xtxUgma2KSyPXej