@@greedypoet my understanding is a 100 watt tube amp is twice the perceivable volume of a 20 watt tube amp. Rather that's true or not, I don't really know. I've never tested that theory and don't know how you could prove it, by ear. All I know is I had a 40 watt Blackstar tube amp and it did not move near as much air as my Friedman BE-50DLX. That was clearly observable.
To be fair, you were not making the rock face with the Fender like you were with the Mesa and Marshalls. The rock face added at least 20 dB. It’s a known fact. Thanks for sharing!
That’s true. Dude I was cracking up over the rock face. I had to idea I was doing it when I was playing. That boogie was so damn loud it scared the hell out of me. But it didn’t project quite like the plexi. It was intimidating the way that thing was hissing. I was prepared to die. Lol. 😂🤟🏻
hahahaaa...I was ready for you this time, braced for action and garden furniture strapped down. The first sign was a parting of the clouds followed by an eerie silence and then all the birds fell out of the sky and the church bell starting to resonate leaving villagers agog in anticipation of the second coming. \m/ . The Champ sounds sooooo good, I never really go down the Fender road but that sound was a peach ... lol...it's unbelievable that the stack can project all that way! Road works and pneumatic machinery don't carry sound that far....it was a good job you had The Skipper at the helm, at some point the Feds will be round to investigate.
I’m not gonna lie man… I was a bit nervous and anxious all at the same time when this amp hissed the way it did when I cranked it all the way up. In person it moved more air than the plexi but the plexi barks and cuts better (scientifically proven). Next test is the Friedman BE100. With the Skipper of course.
Thanks man! I am glad people like them. They crack me up too, so we’re all having fun together. And yes, The Skipper is a fundamental piece of the puzzle! 😁🤟🏻
Awesome vid for science , I did this too a few years ago with my EVH 5150 EL 34 amp with a full stack , and had my neighbor who is also a bass player go 1/2 mile away around our loop , he wanted to see how loud it was . So I had to do what every respectable scientist does and Turn it Up !!! I think I played hot for teacher , it was awesome he heard every note I played as well as all my neighbors a mile away !!! Great stuff
Haha that would be a trip beautiful place where you live I have two friends of mine who grew up with me in Detroit who live in Tennessee just beautiful!
Another awesome experiment in the name of science!! (A side note, without the smoke, it wouldn't be scientific at all.). Maybe for the next one, have Skipper turn the car off? (Just a suggestion) 😁
This is way cool! You must live in the boonies. I would have spent the night in jail had I attempted this in my neighborhood. Interesting note, the second guitarist in my band gigged with a Fender Champ. We miked it up an ran it through the PA. Sounded awesome especially on Iron Maiden tunes for some odd reason.
Yeh. I’m kinda buried in a ruralish area. My neighbors are chill too. Man the Champs are great. They are all over famous recording! Joe Walsh played em innJames Gang and Eagles records I believe.
@@0megalul309 true, but you can add all the mids you want and it won’t have the same character as that plexi. And vice versa. The two amps are voiced totally different.
All of a sudden to both men's surprise!.. the amplifier blows up like a bomb!. (Taking the whole back porch off into pieces.).. As both men go flying up in the sky there pants have been torn off .!!! as they still have there guitars in there hands. On the other side of the property the neighbors see two naked men go splashing in their pool.!! Unfortunately by accident the neck of one of the guitars makes its way up one of the man's arcse ! "Oh Ouch ! Take the handle out of my.....Oh ouch what the heck dude"!!!!
I turned my DC-5 combo's master volume up to 5 on the dirty channel once in my apartment "for science". I had the manager knocking at my door in under 60 seconds, he said 3 people had called with noise complaints. I explained it by saying I was testing something (how long I could get away with it!). It now lives hooked up to a Tone King Iron Man II attenuator, even though I live in a house. Even my 5 watt Valve Junior goes through the Iron Man now, and my ears are still functional. I have enough spare tubes to fry for a while.
“Testing something”. Classic!!! The DC-5 is crazy loud man. Great story. I did something similar in my dorm at college a long time ago. Had to tell the resident RA something similar. 😂
Made me laugh...a full stack compared to a small amp? I've set my full 5150 stack up on a loud loop riff...and walked outside in my neighborhood at 11 o clock to make sure it wasn't too loud. The things we do....👍
Man I had one of those LTD 602 hammets I love that guitar it was heavy and would sustain for days and the guy I got it off of had a original Floyd german on it and original german nut instead of the junk they put on and had a block in springs put on and it was just great and I had to sell it split up with my ex and I had to have a place to live you know what I mean I'm trying to come up with some cash or get me something that'll stay in tune but we have some more interesting guitars and amps and ideas and I I want to get back into practice and get me a little practice gone though cuz I live in an upstairs apartment and we'll have to wear earphones but I killed for something just to stay in tune pretty good sound all right and something to practice with something I go do everyday man be thankful for what you got all you guys out there I got more desire to want to practice and learn and play then many but can't express myself cuz life y'all got good stuff cherish it practice enjoy it cuz I wish I could
You got that right man, this guitar is super super heavy. It’s pretty stable too. Not totally in love with active pickups but I like them in this guitar. Thanks for the comment man. ☮️
Finally catching up on this awesome episode... love the Skipper!! Science and music ... working together... like z ebony... ivory.. living in perfect... lol... sorry.. had to go there! Lol 😆 😎🤘🎸
Yesssss! Cool (humhmhmhmhm Beavis & Butthead laughing hmhmhmhuhuhuhmhmh)..... Way cool, Marty. I loved the smoke too, when you were about to launch. I thought maybe you blew it up already. Yess!!! This is high-level guitar nerdery at it's finest. I dig it!
@@Ranch5150SkinWalker All you need is a RCA to 1/4 converter. Champ is 3.6 ohm, will run any guitar speaker ever. You'd be surprised how much more sound a Champ makes with the right speaker box
While the Champ didn’t cut through it held together and sounded damn good with the guitar you were playing. The Mesa was struggling. Once again, Cool vid!! Thanks….
Science! (In Thomas Dolby voice) Man, I don’t know about the Jeans. Some pair I got at a Marshall’s I believe. Slim fit (not skinny) so they aren’t so droopy looking since I have no arse. 😂
Thanks man! I only ran pedals on with the champ for some gain and wah wah. That was all boogie. I wanted to break up the variety a little with this setup just for fun. 😎☮️
Excellent fog effects!!! Definitely a requirement. Agreed, Marshall Plexi is my choice. What part of the country , looks peaceful, besides the dimed out AMP.
I knew it before you plugged it in the plexi had it from last time , overdrive eats up tone compressed signal but that’s the circuit, plexi rhythm/ mesa dc5 lead tone my vote , great shootout
Hilarious! A 50 watt amp would be twice as loud as 5 watt amp! In this example the Mesa would be 4X as loud as the champ! SPL science, however how far can the fog be seen! Lol! Also consider running the champ through one of the marshall cabinets!
I feel bad for the lefties out there! :(. I have not had a chance to play the striped series. I would like to get one, just hasn’t been in the cards. I would suspect they are very similar. The legendary angled humbucker debate may prove to be a factor. I need to get my hands on one. I do know that I love the Frankie. I am a fan of a good relic’d guitar and how they feel. I am starting to thjnk it plays a role in the tone. Never thought I’d be on that band wagon, but I believe I have fully climbed aboard.
A more realistic comparison would have been to plug the Fender Champ into the two Quad boxes, one small speaker isn't really going to propagate as much sound as eight 12 inch speakers would, so it's not a fair comparison.
I can't understand why you used a Tele with the Champ, the Tele's single coil pickups are not as loud as the humbuckers in the Kirk Hammett LTD, so an unfair advantage for the Mesa Boogie! Ha ha...
Legend has it that every Squirrel in a 3 mile radius is STILL running for his life!! 🐿🤣🤣
It does wonders keeping the vermin away for about a week. Haha!! 🙌
So far science has proven the Marshall Plexi to be far superior than the Boogie in the sonic boom category! 😆 Well done...keep em coming!
I agree. That plexi just projects!!!
@@Ranch5150SkinWalker wasn't that a 100w vs. 50w here?
@@BillyE5150 my “plexi” is actually a 50 watt. Which is pretty much the same as the 100! 😎
@@greedypoet my understanding is a 100 watt tube amp is twice the perceivable volume of a 20 watt tube amp. Rather that's true or not, I don't really know. I've never tested that theory and don't know how you could prove it, by ear. All I know is I had a 40 watt Blackstar tube amp and it did not move near as much air as my Friedman BE-50DLX. That was clearly observable.
Having 8 speakers helps. But yeah boogie 50 watts aren't as loud as marshall 50 watts. Lot less treble and high end
To be fair, you were not making the rock face with the Fender like you were with the Mesa and Marshalls. The rock face added at least 20 dB. It’s a known fact. Thanks for sharing!
That’s true. Dude I was cracking up over the rock face. I had to idea I was doing it when I was playing. That boogie was so damn loud it scared the hell out of me. But it didn’t project quite like the plexi. It was intimidating the way that thing was hissing. I was prepared to die. Lol. 😂🤟🏻
hahahaaa...I was ready for you this time, braced for action and garden furniture strapped down. The first sign was a parting of the clouds followed by an eerie silence and then all the birds fell out of the sky and the church bell starting to resonate leaving villagers agog in anticipation of the second coming. \m/ . The Champ sounds sooooo good, I never really go down the Fender road but that sound was a peach ... lol...it's unbelievable that the stack can project all that way! Road works and pneumatic machinery don't carry sound that far....it was a good job you had The Skipper at the helm, at some point the Feds will be round to investigate.
I’m not gonna lie man… I was a bit nervous and anxious all at the same time when this amp hissed the way it did when I cranked it all the way up. In person it moved more air than the plexi but the plexi barks and cuts better (scientifically proven). Next test is the Friedman BE100. With the Skipper of course.
@@Ranch5150SkinWalker Awesome mate
I love these outdoor deck shootouts ! They wouldn’t be complete without the fog, or The Skipper !
Thanks man! I am glad people like them. They crack me up too, so we’re all having fun together. And yes, The Skipper is a fundamental piece of the puzzle! 😁🤟🏻
I love it!! Lol.. good stuff 🤘🤘
The background music during the setup sequence is pretty good, great tone. And both amps sound very good.
Thanks so much. 😎🥂
I love these outdoor Amp off's....quality :)
Thanks! One day I hope to catch my neighbors outside so I can get some live interaction and commentary!
Wish I could do that with my Marshall 2203 half stack but oh no not were I live the neighbors would flip out I think the Plexi is king 🤘
You never know until to try! Do it man🙌
The smoke machine was louder than the Champ. Mesa’s cool. Team Plexi here. Nice playing cool video
It was lol! Thanks Steve I appreciate the compliment. Thanks for checking out the video and my channel. 😎🥂
@@Ranch5150SkinWalker right on brother. Love your vids
Awesome vid for science , I did this too a few years ago with my EVH 5150 EL 34 amp with a full stack , and had my neighbor who is also a bass player go 1/2 mile away around our loop , he wanted to see how loud it was . So I had to do what every respectable scientist does and Turn it Up !!! I think I played hot for teacher , it was awesome he heard every note I played as well as all my neighbors a mile away !!! Great stuff
Keeping the faith in science. I appreciate that. Seriously man.. great story! 😎🙌
The hiss alone will be louder than that little practice amp 😆
That’s true lol!! 😂
AH YES, PERFECT BEDROOM PRACTICE AMP
On the left
Exactly man! Lol
Marty: I'm pretty sure I seen big foot flipping you off from the tree's! Must not have been he's favorite song? Lol!! Thanks!
Maybe the skipper will get attacked one day from the distance testing station. 😂
@@Ranch5150SkinWalker according to tv camercial I think big foots name is Darrell? Lol! Later!
Haha that would be a trip beautiful place where you live I have two friends of mine who grew up with me in Detroit who live in Tennessee just beautiful!
As long as its not throwing its underwear at you...
@@gibsonexplorer8777 it really is. It turns into a tropical rainforest pretty much by mid summer. Lol. But we need rain badly now. Very very dry.
Should have become a scientist too 🤪🤸 rockstar mode on
I know Right!?! Isn’t that kind of what Rush did? Lol
For Science! i love it
Thanks man!! 😎🤟🏻
Eight speakers are louder than one who knew. Thanks for the 8 minute equipment moving montage really high quality video content bud.
Thanks so much! Just trying to take everyone ride! 😎🙌
If I lived out in the country I'd do the same great playing 👏👏👏👏👏
Thanks Neil! I appreciate the kind words man. It was a blast! 😎🥂
And this was awesome with my coffee this morning! Thanks man, Cheers!
Awesome! Glad you enjoyed it! ☕️☮️
Another awesome experiment in the name of science!! (A side note, without the smoke, it wouldn't be scientific at all.). Maybe for the next one, have Skipper turn the car off? (Just a suggestion) 😁
Dude I busted his chops about that later. Lol. 🤷
@@Ranch5150SkinWalker 😂🤷🏻♂️
That Champ sounded so good!
Thanks! That little thing is a sweet amp. It never lets me down.
Now we need to know what science has to say about the Friedman.......
I agree! That’s next!
I love these videos! Would be awesome to hear 5150 or Highway to Hell over the trees 😆😆 I bet Gilmour's Time solo would carry pretty well too!
Soon! The Friedman will be next.
This is way cool! You must live in the boonies. I would have spent the night in jail had I attempted this in my neighborhood. Interesting note, the second guitarist in my band gigged with a Fender Champ. We miked it up an ran it through the PA. Sounded awesome especially on Iron Maiden tunes for some odd reason.
Yeh. I’m kinda buried in a ruralish area. My neighbors are chill too. Man the Champs are great. They are all over famous recording! Joe Walsh played em innJames Gang and Eagles records I believe.
The wood floor inside looks to be in much better shape than the wood on the deck. Fun video!
Yeh. Amazing what TN weather can do to lumber!!
It may not be as loud but I like the Champ.
I like it too! It’s a great little amp. Loudness ain’t everything. 😎🥂
didn't expect to hear the Fender what was a surprise was how little I heard the MB it was there but not as much as I expected
I was shocked too. The boogie just doesn’t have the mids. That little champ just couldn’t project (no surprise) but it sounds good though!
You add mids in the geq
@@0megalul309 true, but you can add all the mids you want and it won’t have the same character as that plexi. And vice versa. The two amps are voiced totally different.
All of a sudden to both men's surprise!.. the amplifier blows up like a bomb!. (Taking the whole back porch off into pieces.).. As both men go flying up in the sky there pants have been torn off .!!! as they still have there guitars in there hands.
On the other side of the property the neighbors see two naked men go splashing in their pool.!! Unfortunately by accident the neck of one of the guitars makes its way up one of the man's arcse ! "Oh Ouch ! Take the handle out of my.....Oh ouch what the heck dude"!!!!
What a visual. Lol. 😂☮️
No comparison but was there any doubt LOL these are funny man need to do a video on that tele wouldn't mind getting a closer look at it
Thanks Kenneth! I could do a closer look of the Tele. This is one I stained and assembled. It has Bareknuckle Flat 52’s in it. I love this one! 😎🤟🏻
Yeah that’s what I was thinking too .
Yes!!! That tele is friggin' gorgeous!!!
@@MainPrism thanks Byron! 🙌
@@Ranch5150SkinWalker thank you for the awesome videos!!!
Science rocks. 🙃
I wish it was this fun back in school. 😀
Seems that the higher frequency tones from the Mesa cut well through the trees!! The trees obviously didn’t like the Fender amp
Lol. Yeh the trees swallowed the champ up!
Kick ass background music! 👍
Thanks so much bro! 😎
MARTY 5150 YOU ARE CRAZY MY BROTHER!!! THANKS FOR SHARING THE LOVE 🙏
Dude it was too hot to be doing this but man it was fun! Thanks so much for the comment and support!
Stunned.
Thanks for watching man! I was pretty intimidated with the power of this boogie. Not gonna lie. 😎🤟🏻
Yeah that's just awesome. Maybe I need to take my 100 watter outside and see how many people call the cops lmao
I think you need to do it man!!
@@Ranch5150SkinWalker well I'm off Tuesday and the wife has to work all day... 🤣🤘🤷♂️
I turned my DC-5 combo's master volume up to 5 on the dirty channel once in my apartment "for science". I had the manager knocking at my door in under 60 seconds, he said 3 people had called with noise complaints. I explained it by saying I was testing something (how long I could get away with it!). It now lives hooked up to a Tone King Iron Man II attenuator, even though I live in a house. Even my 5 watt Valve Junior goes through the Iron Man now, and my ears are still functional. I have enough spare tubes to fry for a while.
“Testing something”. Classic!!! The DC-5 is crazy loud man. Great story. I did something similar in my dorm at college a long time ago. Had to tell the resident RA something similar. 😂
Made me laugh...a full stack compared to a small amp? I've set my full 5150 stack up on a loud loop riff...and walked outside in my neighborhood at 11 o clock to make sure it wasn't too loud. The things we do....👍
That’s pretty ingenious man! Did you hear it at all?
Man I had one of those LTD 602 hammets I love that guitar it was heavy and would sustain for days and the guy I got it off of had a original Floyd german on it and original german nut instead of the junk they put on and had a block in springs put on and it was just great and I had to sell it split up with my ex and I had to have a place to live you know what I mean I'm trying to come up with some cash or get me something that'll stay in tune but we have some more interesting guitars and amps and ideas and I I want to get back into practice and get me a little practice gone though cuz I live in an upstairs apartment and we'll have to wear earphones but I killed for something just to stay in tune pretty good sound all right and something to practice with something I go do everyday man be thankful for what you got all you guys out there I got more desire to want to practice and learn and play then many but can't express myself cuz life y'all got good stuff cherish it practice enjoy it cuz I wish I could
You got that right man, this guitar is super super heavy. It’s pretty stable too. Not totally in love with active pickups but I like them in this guitar. Thanks for the comment man. ☮️
Finally catching up on this awesome episode... love the Skipper!! Science and music ... working together... like z ebony... ivory.. living in perfect... lol... sorry.. had to go there! Lol 😆 😎🤘🎸
Thanks! I need to get Skipper a lab coat! Haha. Maybe for the next one. 😂
Yesssss! Cool (humhmhmhmhm Beavis & Butthead laughing hmhmhmhuhuhuhmhmh)..... Way cool, Marty. I loved the smoke too, when you were about to launch. I thought maybe you blew it up already. Yess!!! This is high-level guitar nerdery at it's finest. I dig it!
Thankfully I didn’t! These boogies have some weird ohm outputs. I thought it would be a 50/50 chance. Haha!
Would it have been possible to feed the Fender through the 4x12 cabs? Science ya know, gotta reduce the # of variables.
Not stock wiring. But I bet you could rig it that way with some mods!
@@Ranch5150SkinWalker All you need is a RCA to 1/4 converter. Champ is 3.6 ohm, will run any guitar speaker ever. You'd be surprised how much more sound a Champ makes with the right speaker box
While the Champ didn’t cut through it held together and sounded damn good with the guitar you were playing. The Mesa was struggling. Once again, Cool vid!! Thanks….
Thanks man! I thought the champ sounded really good too. It’s pure and clean. Leo knew what he was doing!
Im. Pretty sure that bird was beak tweeting moshing tweeting to enter sandman ...
Haha! Probably 😂. It was so hot I think all the animals were just miserable. Then I did this to make their day even more enjoyable.
So much fun!!!
Thanks! 🥂😁
The Champs are such great little amps
They are! I think the sweet spot is about “7”.
@@Ranch5150SkinWalker that’s really where the amp shines for sure!
The Champ sounded terrific! Sure the Mesa was louder but I love the telecaster/champ combo. So much clarity.
I love science! Also, what are those jeans you’re wearing, dude? They rock, too. I’m always looking for good jeans for good old guy fits.
Science! (In Thomas Dolby voice)
Man, I don’t know about the Jeans. Some pair I got at a Marshall’s I believe. Slim fit (not skinny) so they aren’t so droopy looking since I have no arse. 😂
@@Ranch5150SkinWalker how about a brand name?!?! it's in the jeans... that's what I'm asking.
Nice!!!
Thanks man!
Follow the science. 😂
How about the Diezel Herbert dimed? 180 watts of tube power. Great series, my wife is asking me why I have this huge grin on my face.
That would be fun. I would need to get my hands on one!
@@Ranch5150SkinWalker I have one and trust me….it’s loud. No way master goes above 2 or 3 in rehearsals. 🤣
Would have been nice with the same guitar as with the Plexi and without pedals which suck some tone, but anyway awesome job dudes.
Thanks man! I only ran pedals on with the champ for some gain and wah wah. That was all boogie. I wanted to break up the variety a little with this setup just for fun. 😎☮️
Excellent fog effects!!! Definitely a requirement. Agreed, Marshall Plexi is my choice. What part of the country , looks peaceful, besides the dimed out AMP.
Thanks man! And yeh the plexi is my choice too! I live in Tennessee. 😁
I knew it before you plugged it in the plexi had it from last time , overdrive eats up tone compressed signal but that’s the circuit, plexi rhythm/ mesa dc5 lead tone my vote , great shootout
Thanks Kenneth! Good observations man. Next up in a couple weeks is the Friedman! 😎🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻
@@Ranch5150SkinWalker awesome
It's obvious that the mesa was going be better than little practice amp
lol! You got me on that one man! 😂😂😂
My heart is aching for the poor little baby speaker in the Champ! 😭
It’s built for it man! Lol 😂
That's it I'm buying a full stack
Awesome man. If you’re married, just explain that it’s for science and the grant money will pay for it eventually. Haha!
Hilarious! A 50 watt amp would be twice as loud as 5 watt amp! In this example the Mesa would be 4X as loud as the champ!
SPL science, however how far can the fog be seen! Lol! Also consider running the champ through one of the marshall cabinets!
Lol, speaker out the champ to at least one of those cabs and redo the test.
Good idea! Spring is coming and on are the science experiments!!
First great stuff man
Thanks!
Miss my dc3
I love the Boogies man. 😎🙌
Man, i wish they made the Frankie in a left handed model. How do you think it stands up against the red/white striped series?
I feel bad for the lefties out there! :(.
I have not had a chance to play the striped series. I would like to get one, just hasn’t been in the cards. I would suspect they are very similar. The legendary angled humbucker debate may prove to be a factor. I need to get my hands on one. I do know that I love the Frankie. I am a fan of a good relic’d guitar and how they feel. I am starting to thjnk it plays a role in the tone. Never thought I’d be on that band wagon, but I believe I have fully climbed aboard.
You should do your Friedman outside
I’m going to! 😎🙌
Yes but u should have used the same guitar
I thought about it. But the difference in amps was so ridiculous I decided to go full on Metallica vs Nashville
A more realistic comparison would have been to plug the Fender Champ into the two Quad boxes, one small speaker isn't really going to propagate as much sound as eight 12 inch speakers would, so it's not a fair comparison.
That’s true. That would be really interesting to hear. I bet it was be marvelous. I may have to try that. 😎
Is that a '72 champ?
1974 I think!
OR100 enters the room
Tell the dude to turn off the car or whatever the background noise is down the road!
I told him later I was dude…. You left your car on man! 🤦
Only $700 on reverb lol
I can't understand why you used a Tele with the Champ, the Tele's single coil pickups are not as loud as the humbuckers in the Kirk Hammett LTD, so an unfair advantage for the Mesa Boogie! Ha ha...
Just for the fun of it. I knew the champ would get wrecked for volume so I thought why not make it even more ridiculous. 😂
And a cheezy little amp, with a sign on the front that said fender champ
You could clearly hear the Mesa boogie but not the champ
Yeh the champ really had no chance. It was like a scooter next to a jet engine. Lol
you people and your dern gitfiddlin. Im tryin to sleep here. groovy tasty original though
Lol. No time to sleep man!
@@Ranch5150SkinWalker Love It ...Doing a great job with the channel man. Continued success
what the hell are you trying to prove???? if you use the same cabs do you really expect a different result....this disappoints.
Absolutely nothing. It’s just something to do man. But I understand if it’s not your cup of tea. It’s really just for fun. ☮️
Hum bucker to single on top
Freak
On a leash! 🤓