Awesome comparison video... I wish all comparisons were presented as well as this! Rabea is definitely one of the best TH-cam gear demonstrators working right now.
Hahaha, I have one lurking under my Xmas tree. My wife bought it for me, forced myself to leave it under the tree, but not long now until I get to try it out. The Kraken will be released.
this video and the V4 Kraken video just sold me on one for my hughes and kettner for a 3rd and 4th channel. just ordered one a few hours ago. I have zero regrets
They ARE, *very* close. Spring, 2021 here. The amp, well, I can always hear a amp’s output transformer. It gives some depth & headroom. By ~8:20, that’s the 1 difference. A decent light compressor in the loop to open up some air, & I’m just going to buy the floor box. THX, Rabz!
It sounds like the preamp has a much more defined low end but at the cost of some of the higher frequencies, I think I prefer the preamp personally, didn't think I would. Excellent video!
I think the Preamp with something like the Precision Drive infront of it would be killer. Roll off the low end and maybe bring out a bit more of that high mid bark
Both sound great. There's a bite to the pedal that the amp doesn't have. I mainly just hear it when a chord decays. There's a harshness in the pedal decay that in the amp sounds better.
Victory V4 Kraken Preamp & Two Notes Torpedo CAB M added into the seperate loops in the Kemper would be worth trying too and then sent into a stereo power amp or active powered monitors/p.a./frfr speakers
Awesome comparison, this is the gold standard for A/B demoing! Like you and others have mentioned, the pedal sounds like it has more low end. The amp has more bite, and little more grind in the mids. Seems like this could simply be a difference in EQ...and it might take an EQ out front and/or in the loop to make them sound identical.
Hi bea! I would like to let you know that I absolutely love everything you have done so far and hope you will do Much more staff in the future..! I sometimes not interested at all to buy the product that you are demoing , but i just enjoy your videos because of your Guitar playing!!! And of course, all your demo was super useful when I looked for some pedals and stuff to buy. It was a plaisure seeing you and the guys from Toska in Koln last month, your playing was just a f**ing punch in the face!! Absolutely insane..!! Keep going bro! Absolutely love your music! Cheers from Belgium.
I think the amp sounds very slightly "smoother"...like every sound that comes out of it is more tied together... part of the same whole. While the pre-amp is slightly more grainy. But that's all very slight...and of course my ears are my own. They both sound excellent.
pedal is just a tiny bit congested. top end is squished, bottom end isn't as open. but given that it's a pedal, that's remarkably close. in a full band context you'd never know.
I think that the pedal needed a slight midrange push to obtain the clarity you say...I heard that too...but the sound is there...it needs just to be dialed in...
So the biggest difference I can hear is the responsiveness of the actual amp to pick or plectrum attack. The amp is also just a bit creamier. That pedal is absolutely brilliant though.
Amazing playing as always! Both sound great with very subtle differences. I was wondering if you have time in the near future if you would do a video on your own personal pedalboard. What you have on it, how you use it all. So on and so forth. If you have already done one, I’m sure I will find it after I submit this comment. All the best to you and yours!
The main tone in the preamp pedal is the same with the amp. The difference between them is in the Eq curve. If you use an EQ pedal through the kraken preamp , I bet that not even Bea would knew, which one is which. Killer sounds in both cases.
The Kraken V4 is the hugest game changer out there. It's just... better than all the other preamp pedals out there 😂 I'm waiting for the Apex from Horizon Devices. That will be the true battle...
Great video! Just got my kraken pedal and it looks a bit different (you got a prototype maybe?) in any case, both channels sound amazing, can"t wait to play it live)
1980s-2017: Bringing a pedalboard with a decent distortion pedal so you can get your tones through any amp, even a clean Fender from the venue 2018: Bringing your own god damn preamp to slave a clean amp. Wow we've come far. PS I honestly never got a Kraken because it didn't have a clean channel but always loved the distortion tones, and then eventually just decided to say F distortion amps because I never feel like dragging my own amps to gigs, so this sounds like it will solve all those issues - I'm assuming plugging this into a clean amp and then bypassing will give me the amp's original clean tones? I'd be getting it even if it was the same price as the kraken honestly, the fact its cheaper is just an even bigger bonus.
The pedal sounds good here but compared to the amp specifically listening to muted chugs, the pedal is less defined and lacks clarity. It's a lot of pedal for the coin though. I wonder why they couldn't make the actual 1 to 1 preamp of the amp? Maybe it would have cost more? They're Currently 299 quid, I think I'll pull the trigger
Great work Rabea!!Love your videos!!I would like a V4 Countess video from you also!I love mine but i would love to hear what you make of it!Also it would be nice to show us the settings you use for IR loaders and poweramp simulations..Thanks man!!
There's a lot more bass in the pedal! I heard that 5k stuff but just for a moment, so I guess it won't bother me at all.. BTW, sounds equally good but in a different way. My question is: is having shared eq really a limitation? In case you need two different sounds other than more or less gain, would you hook up a separate distortion pedal, or just an eq? This thing is really limitating to my experience (looking for changing my mind though!)
Same difference I hear between my Bogner Ecstasy head and Ecstasy Red pedal; the pedal having that slightly grating (but subtle)high end thing going on, a little stiffer and just a touch less soul than the amp. Overall, really close though considering the physical differences! Nice comparison
Ayup Bea. Very impressive test. Any plans to do a video of it through a solid state (not digital) amp? I prefer old 70s solid state amps for their flat response with weird pedal combos but the kraken preamp sounds like it could give me the best of both worlds. Cheers Kelvin
One thing you could do with the Kraken pedal is pair it with the Seymour Duncan PowerStage 170, and have your entire amplifier setup on your board. No need to have an amp head. You can plug your pedalboard directly into your cab, and you are good to go. Better still is that setup only costs half what a Kraken head costs.
I know I'm way late in commenting.. but, I have the Kraken v4 pedal and powerstage 200 and orange pedal baby, and trust me, the pedal baby is far better match and sound wise than the powerstage
No worries on being late. Although the intervening time does mean we now have the second generation, which has a direct-out, so we don't need a power unit at all anymore. Just go directly into the mixing board. Anyway I had exactly the same results with all the various preamp pedals in my collection running into my Orange Pedal Baby versus running into my Electro-Harmonics 44 Magnum. Yes, the 44 Magnum does allow my pedalboard to power my speaker cab, but it being a Class D means it does not sound as good as the Class A/B Pedal Baby. The 44 Magnum is definitely the way to tour, but the Pedal Baby is definitely what you want living in your studio. That is if you don't have a mixing board. Thanks to many preamp pedals now having a direct-out, I have since completely eliminated the power unit altogether. The less you need to bring makes touring that much easier.
Great demo! Sounds to me like the amp has a bit more sparkle and "chew", but that is a fantastic sounding pedal....Also 12:35 did you just say you refinished your designed-to-look-worn guitar because it was getting some wear? :D
Kraken is the be[a]st! Thanks for this comparison. Really shows off that these V4 pedals don't just "kinda" do the thing the original does, but are really dang close indeed.
I mostly see those preamp pedals going into the power section of an (expensive) tube amp. Does it sound different/worse when the power amp is transistor/ solid state based like a Harley Benton GPA-400? From my understanding the power amp is only amplifying the signal that comes out of the preamp and it should not make a difference.
@RabeaMassaad when you play in your videos you hear yourself from your studio monitors only? So as to know if we hear exactly the same or not! I don't see any cabs that is why I ask.
How does it compare to distortion boxes on the market though? I mean, the thing sounds absolutely amazing in this demo, but I wonder if the sound difference makes the price worth it over buying a high end distortion pedal.
Man those dark sounding chords sound sick around the 14 to 15 min mark, what tuning were you in for this buddy? Im really digging that whole vibe and want to mess around with that sound
What ever happened to the super kraken? On the riff city website it said summer at first, then fall, and now fall is leaving us, so what's up with that?
I wonder how it sounds on one of the more common amps people tend to have like the boss katana, marshall dsl, line 6 spyder blues jr or the ever popular joyo mini heads
Rabea I love your use of notes! Long time player and considered lessons if you still do that??? But you've convinced me along with Andertons videos I need a Victory Amp or Pedal board and Actually I'm building my dream effects Rack with 80's pieces like a Eventide H9000, which Victory for a rack would you maybe suggest?? Pedal preferably, but a head might be nice. I have a Mesa Triple Rec 150 Watt and a Soldano moded out hotrod 50 also, but I love having a few amps for more of a stereo like sound. Thanks for any tips and thanks for your always helpful videos.
both sound great, but the amp is nastier :) Also on down tuning i felt that the pedal lost it some how, on standard tuning the pedal is a competitor to the amp, but on down tuning and i expect also on 7 strings, the pedal has no chance infront of the amp
hey Bea, I made a post on reddit a couple of days ago with questions about the V4. Maybe you can answer them best! How much will the power tubes in my amp (Hughes & Kettner 18twelve (2 x el84)) effect my tone vs the VX kraken amp? Because my high gain tones from the amp itself are just to muddy or fuzzy when I try to dial it in.
I'm still wishing we could hear things like this through an altogether independent power amp source. Something solid state even. Like a Katana or SD PowerStage, but with the same cabinet. Isn't that how most people would use this type of preamp? For selfish reasons, of course. That's why i'd be interested in the V4. // They both sound great, though.
Another excellent job Rabea, comparing the two. I never seriously considered getting this pedal until I saw this video. 🤔 I’m just mainly a bedroom player, do I need a full blown Kraken amp or just the pre-amp??? I think the pre-amp would be perfect for what I need. Thanks Rabea and Victory!
Amazing tones as usual, just wondering how you could use the kraken preamp in a stereo rig with two amps? Can I run it into the effects loops of both of the amps?
Hey Bea, I'm finding that I need to run the master volumes on my Kraken pretty low compared to where you have them...right around 9 or 10 o'clock. Any more than that and it gets way too loud. I keep the master on my V40 right around 12 o'clock. Am I missing something?
hoefbert I’ve just got one and used it into a helix with impulse responses. Very impressed so far. Seemed to respond better to pick dynamics/guitar volume the the models in the helix. But I’ll see how it goes after the newness has worn off
They're so close. What an immense job with that pedal.
It’s 2:36 am but watching Bea play makes me wanna pick up my guitar and riff ! You’re an inspiration bro !
Awesome comparison video... I wish all comparisons were presented as well as this! Rabea is definitely one of the best TH-cam gear demonstrators working right now.
THE.BEST.
Hahaha, I have one lurking under my Xmas tree. My wife bought it for me, forced myself to leave it under the tree, but not long now until I get to try it out. The Kraken will be released.
A Christmas Kraken. Terrifying, yet strangely warms the cockles of the heart...
Mmm lovely. It'll blow the socks off..... the socks you didn't want 🤔🤔😁😁
I ordered today from Thoman 😀
this video and the V4 Kraken video just sold me on one for my hughes and kettner for a 3rd and 4th channel. just ordered one a few hours ago.
I have zero regrets
Thanks for releasing the comparison video. I think a lot of us wanted to hear just how close they are, which seems to be pretty damn close.
They ARE, *very* close.
Spring, 2021 here.
The amp, well, I can always hear a amp’s output transformer.
It gives some depth & headroom.
By ~8:20, that’s the 1 difference.
A decent light compressor in the loop to open up some air, & I’m just going to buy the floor box. THX, Rabz!
It sounds like the preamp has a much more defined low end but at the cost of some of the higher frequencies, I think I prefer the preamp personally, didn't think I would. Excellent video!
I think the Preamp with something like the Precision Drive infront of it would be killer. Roll off the low end and maybe bring out a bit more of that high mid bark
To my ear the pedal sounds a bit more compressed, which probably lends for better recording. I like it! Great work as usual.
Both sound great. There's a bite to the pedal that the amp doesn't have. I mainly just hear it when a chord decays. There's a harshness in the pedal decay that in the amp sounds better.
That Gain 2 Tone on both...My Gosh !!!!!! immense !
The amp sounds better (but only just)! There's one of these preamps going for £250 close to me: very tempted...
I feel like the pedal got more low end, but man are those close!! Great video as always, keep it coming 👌
Victory V4 Kraken Preamp & Two Notes Torpedo CAB M added into the seperate loops in the Kemper would be worth trying too and then sent into a stereo power amp or active powered monitors/p.a./frfr speakers
Very close indeed!I am getting the pedal 1st week in August 2022!!
IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO FOR A LONGGGGGGGGGGG TIME.
I use my Kraken preamp with a Magnum 44 poweramp and it sounds glorious! 😁
Oh, great input!
Similarly, I use mine with a Mooer Baby Bomb 30 power amp. Sounds awesome.
Awesome comparison, this is the gold standard for A/B demoing! Like you and others have mentioned, the pedal sounds like it has more low end. The amp has more bite, and little more grind in the mids. Seems like this could simply be a difference in EQ...and it might take an EQ out front and/or in the loop to make them sound identical.
Paper writing, writing, writing, *Bea posts video* Watching, watching, watching...Dammit.
me too haha
That...
these machines are fantastic!! thanks for the demonstration!
Hi bea!
I would like to let you know that I absolutely love everything you have done so far and hope you will do Much more staff in the future..!
I sometimes not interested at all to buy the product that you are demoing , but i just enjoy your videos because of your Guitar playing!!!
And of course, all your demo was super useful when I looked for some pedals and stuff to buy.
It was a plaisure seeing you and the guys from Toska in Koln last month, your playing was just a f**ing punch in the face!! Absolutely insane..!!
Keep going bro! Absolutely love your music!
Cheers from Belgium.
To my ear the pedal had more low mids but the amp had more upper mids. The overall gain structure was almost identical, though.
The pedal has a bit more Gain and a brighter EQ curve. Sounded great on both!
I’d love to try one of them into my H&K
I prefer the cleaner tones of the preamp but the high gain tones of the pedal. Both sound great though. Great video too!
I think the amp sounds very slightly "smoother"...like every sound that comes out of it is more tied together... part of the same whole.
While the pre-amp is slightly more grainy.
But that's all very slight...and of course my ears are my own. They both sound excellent.
pedal is just a tiny bit congested. top end is squished, bottom end isn't as open. but given that it's a pedal, that's remarkably close. in a full band context you'd never know.
The pedal does have more low end, but there is a certain clarity that the amp has.
I think that the pedal needed a slight midrange push to obtain the clarity you say...I heard that too...but the sound is there...it needs just to be dialed in...
@@tatatis1986 yeah agreed. It does sound pretty spectacular though!
So the biggest difference I can hear is the responsiveness of the actual amp to pick or plectrum attack. The amp is also just a bit creamier. That pedal is absolutely brilliant though.
I'm preferring the amp. Both sound great, but I think I'll save for the real deal. Amp has a less box delivery, more focus sound to me.
What you did there @5:03 - 5:15 sounded very beautiful
Amazing playing as always! Both sound great with very subtle differences. I was wondering if you have time in the near future if you would do a video on your own personal pedalboard. What you have on it, how you use it all. So on and so forth. If you have already done one, I’m sure I will find it after I submit this comment. All the best to you and yours!
Id love to see Toska opening for the Devin Townsend Project. And just to drive the point home, play blindfolded. Really just blow them away.
The main tone in the preamp pedal is the same with the amp.
The difference between them is in the Eq curve.
If you use an EQ pedal through the kraken preamp , I bet that not even Bea would knew, which one is which.
Killer sounds in both cases.
The Kraken V4 is the hugest game changer out there. It's just... better than all the other preamp pedals out there 😂 I'm waiting for the Apex from Horizon Devices. That will be the true battle...
Better distribution channels as well compared to others like kingsley
you never heard of Kingsley have you
Great video! Just got my kraken pedal and it looks a bit different (you got a prototype maybe?) in any case, both channels sound amazing, can"t wait to play it live)
Both sound great , buy my ears perk up when you switch to the amp!
That intro was properly metal.
Reminds me of an old proverb my Guitar teacher Phil McKraken used to tell me. Aw Shucks, I forgot what he said.
1980s-2017: Bringing a pedalboard with a decent distortion pedal so you can get your tones through any amp, even a clean Fender from the venue
2018: Bringing your own god damn preamp to slave a clean amp.
Wow we've come far.
PS I honestly never got a Kraken because it didn't have a clean channel but always loved the distortion tones, and then eventually just decided to say F distortion amps because I never feel like dragging my own amps to gigs, so this sounds like it will solve all those issues - I'm assuming plugging this into a clean amp and then bypassing will give me the amp's original clean tones? I'd be getting it even if it was the same price as the kraken honestly, the fact its cheaper is just an even bigger bonus.
For the bypass thing... yes. Is basically having 2 amps in one. Wonderful isn't?
The pedal sounds good here but compared to the amp specifically listening to muted chugs, the pedal is less defined and lacks clarity. It's a lot of pedal for the coin though. I wonder why they couldn't make the actual 1 to 1 preamp of the amp? Maybe it would have cost more? They're Currently 299 quid, I think I'll pull the trigger
I was going to purchase the PRS MR15 for his killer distortion and cleans but now that this thing exist, I might want to give it a try.
Still holding out for a video on the Super Kraken, fro' s and riffs man!
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Great work Rabea!!Love your videos!!I would like a V4 Countess video from you also!I love mine but i would love to hear what you make of it!Also it would be nice to show us the settings you use for IR loaders and poweramp simulations..Thanks man!!
There's a lot more bass in the pedal! I heard that 5k stuff but just for a moment, so I guess it won't bother me at all.. BTW, sounds equally good but in a different way. My question is: is having shared eq really a limitation? In case you need two different sounds other than more or less gain, would you hook up a separate distortion pedal, or just an eq? This thing is really limitating to my experience (looking for changing my mind though!)
So if you slave a Roland Jazz Chorus do you have the world's best clean and the world's best heavy in one package?
Only one way to find out, I suppose
Ya except with a solid state power amp..
Dammit! I only kinda wanted the preamp pedal before, looks like this answers what piece of gear to save for next.
Same difference I hear between my Bogner Ecstasy head and Ecstasy Red pedal; the pedal having that slightly grating (but subtle)high end thing going on, a little stiffer and just a touch less soul than the amp.
Overall, really close though considering the physical differences! Nice comparison
amp has a tighter and focused bott butt the ped has a cool top may sit better in a mix, with a tiny but of subtractive eq, need one
Ayup Bea. Very impressive test. Any plans to do a video of it through a solid state (not digital) amp? I prefer old 70s solid state amps for their flat response with weird pedal combos but the kraken preamp sounds like it could give me the best of both worlds.
Cheers
Kelvin
What IR's are you using? They sound killer with the V4!!!
I seriously considering exchange the savage 120 with the victory Kraken amp, but probably just the pedal would be enough, I don't know 🤔🤔🤔
Trying to decide on either the Kraken pedal or a Peavey 6505 MH....
I think that Dave should try a Kraken pre-amped DarkGlass bass head. That might be sexy.
One thing you could do with the Kraken pedal is pair it with the Seymour Duncan PowerStage 170, and have your entire amplifier setup on your board. No need to have an amp head. You can plug your pedalboard directly into your cab, and you are good to go. Better still is that setup only costs half what a Kraken head costs.
I know I'm way late in commenting.. but, I have the Kraken v4 pedal and powerstage 200 and orange pedal baby, and trust me, the pedal baby is far better match and sound wise than the powerstage
No worries on being late. Although the intervening time does mean we now have the second generation, which has a direct-out, so we don't need a power unit at all anymore. Just go directly into the mixing board.
Anyway I had exactly the same results with all the various preamp pedals in my collection running into my Orange Pedal Baby versus running into my Electro-Harmonics 44 Magnum. Yes, the 44 Magnum does allow my pedalboard to power my speaker cab, but it being a Class D means it does not sound as good as the Class A/B Pedal Baby.
The 44 Magnum is definitely the way to tour, but the Pedal Baby is definitely what you want living in your studio.
That is if you don't have a mixing board. Thanks to many preamp pedals now having a direct-out, I have since completely eliminated the power unit altogether. The less you need to bring makes touring that much easier.
Great demo! Sounds to me like the amp has a bit more sparkle and "chew", but that is a fantastic sounding pedal....Also 12:35 did you just say you refinished your designed-to-look-worn guitar because it was getting some wear? :D
More low end for the pedal, more tight for the amp :) But they are clearly comparable and working with the EQs should really reduce that difference.
Hey bro theses amp are toys to my fender twin reverb goin' threw clean chanel with a cmods brownie distortion.
Kraken is the be[a]st! Thanks for this comparison. Really shows off that these V4 pedals don't just "kinda" do the thing the original does, but are really dang close indeed.
I mostly see those preamp pedals going into the power section of an (expensive) tube amp. Does it sound different/worse when the power amp is transistor/ solid state based like a Harley Benton GPA-400? From my understanding the power amp is only amplifying the signal that comes out of the preamp and it should not make a difference.
I would love to see/hear a demo of the countess pedal through the Kraken. I have a kraken but sometimes I miss having a something a bit more clean.
am i releasing Cthulhu if i use the victory kraken and the kraken pedal ?
@RabeaMassaad when you play in your videos you hear yourself from your studio monitors only? So as to know if we hear exactly the same or not! I don't see any cabs that is why I ask.
The pedal sounds to me like it has a bit more presence, whereas the head has a bit more bottom end. They’re very close though, what a pedal.
The pedal sounds a tad boxier which is expected from its format. They are REALLY close. I wonder how the feel differs in the flesh
Curious how an HX Stomp with a Kraken V4 in front would sound? 🤷🏽♂️
How does it compare to distortion boxes on the market though? I mean, the thing sounds absolutely amazing in this demo, but I wonder if the sound difference makes the price worth it over buying a high end distortion pedal.
Man those dark sounding chords sound sick around the 14 to 15 min mark, what tuning were you in for this buddy? Im really digging that whole vibe and want to mess around with that sound
What ever happened to the super kraken? On the riff city website it said summer at first, then fall, and now fall is leaving us, so what's up with that?
Victory V4 Kraken Preamp & Two Notes Torpedo CAB M vs Victory VX Kraken Amp & Two Notes Torpedo Live is a decent comparison
Excellent Sound! Hey Rebea you have blocked tremolo ???
I am also curious like a few others.... what IRs are being used
Min 8.15. It sounds so close to the final chord of the test that stumped them all
Bravo both amps rule! Now saving for both!
Why do you need both, they are the same
@@danielschafhautle1691 using it as a pre amp or a back up amp.
Has anyone tried this in a solid state like the Powerstage or Pedalbaby?
I wonder how it sounds on one of the more common amps people tend to have like the boss katana, marshall dsl, line 6 spyder blues jr or the ever popular joyo mini heads
Rabea I love your use of notes! Long time player and considered lessons if you still do that??? But you've convinced me along with Andertons videos I need a Victory Amp or Pedal board and Actually I'm building my dream effects Rack with 80's pieces like a Eventide H9000, which Victory for a rack would you maybe suggest?? Pedal preferably, but a head might be nice. I have a Mesa Triple Rec 150 Watt and a Soldano moded out hotrod 50 also, but I love having a few amps for more of a stereo like sound. Thanks for any tips and thanks for your always helpful videos.
Can I use this in the effects loop of my orange brent hinds terror
Rebea, that is an awesome pre-amp/pedal!! Go check out Pete Thorn’s demo - He gave you a couple of shout outs!
both sound great, but the amp is nastier :)
Also on down tuning i felt that the pedal lost it some how, on standard tuning the pedal is a competitor to the amp, but on down tuning and i expect also on 7 strings, the pedal has no chance infront of the amp
Works great for me, was designed with baritones/extended range in mind.
hey Bea, I made a post on reddit a couple of days ago with questions about the V4. Maybe you can answer them best! How much will the power tubes in my amp (Hughes & Kettner 18twelve (2 x el84)) effect my tone vs the VX kraken amp? Because my high gain tones from the amp itself are just to muddy or fuzzy when I try to dial it in.
I'm still wishing we could hear things like this through an altogether independent power amp source. Something solid state even. Like a Katana or SD PowerStage, but with the same cabinet. Isn't that how most people would use this type of preamp? For selfish reasons, of course. That's why i'd be interested in the V4. // They both sound great, though.
I've got a Kraken and a Countess V4 running through a SD170. Sounds pretty good to me as a gigging musician.
@@markcooper9497 Thanks, Mark. Appreciated.
@CentaurusRelax314 Totally agree. A demo with the Quilter 45 would be great too.
The Kraken preamp pedal sounds great with a Magnum 44 poweramp too.
The pedal sounds just a hair raunchier to me. I want one SO BAD.
I want to run the Kraken V4 into my Katana Head, think that would be a good shout?
Is there way to adjust the sensitivity of the pedal? It sounded a little thinner on gain 2 as well.
what IR your using Rabea Massaad ??
Another excellent job Rabea, comparing the two. I never seriously considered getting this pedal until I saw this video. 🤔 I’m just mainly a bedroom player, do I need a full blown Kraken amp or just the pre-amp??? I think the pre-amp would be perfect for what I need. Thanks Rabea and Victory!
I'm also a bedroom player and will use it in my Laney TI 15 to get the Marshall + 5150 vibe
Does the effects loop still work if you bypass the kraken ?
Great comparison! Can you do another video with the Sheriff and Countess amps and pedals as well?
The pedal sounds a lot darker to my ear. Still great, but a lot darker.
For some reason i want to see what happens if you run a bass through that
Do they have a smaller Kraken stomp box?
Will it chug with lead
Amazing tones as usual, just wondering how you could use the kraken preamp in a stereo rig with two amps? Can I run it into the effects loops of both of the amps?
Nasty gear combination
what rack case do you use? I just bought a powered Kemper rack and dont know what rack case to buy for it.
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Will it chug
Hey Bea, I'm finding that I need to run the master volumes on my Kraken pretty low compared to where you have them...right around 9 or 10 o'clock. Any more than that and it gets way too loud. I keep the master on my V40 right around 12 o'clock. Am I missing something?
Anyone tried Kraken and Two Notes CAB M with Headphones? During Corona-Time I'll need an absolute silent practicing solution.
hoefbert I’ve just got one and used it into a helix with impulse responses. Very impressed so far. Seemed to respond better to pick dynamics/guitar volume the the models in the helix. But I’ll see how it goes after the newness has worn off