High End High Gain Blindfold Amp Challenge! - Andertons Music Co.
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I love how Lee had a mini panic attack at being asked to adjust the Kemper.
LikeMikeSIKE LOVE that band!
17:10
and after he does he's still not sure he did it right
I'm not sure he even adjusted it at all. I think he just pretended to. :D
10:42 When he gave away that the amp had an EQ because it was a Mesa Mark V
I loved the 5150 III sound!!! Never would have thought that I like an amp with EL34s :) Thumbs up!!!
Im surprised i liked the Friedman the most. Thanks for doing this video 😊🤘
Hey fellas! These videos are great! Thanks for all the work you put into them. Makes me wish I lived in the UK. Cheers!
Love this challenges. They are so much fun.
Bring them on.
Great job, guys! These blindfolded vids are a lot of fun. My top two were the EVH and the Friedman.
I feel like robs playing has getting better at guitar especially compared to some old videos
I'd like to see an amp demo where a baseline tone is engineered and the goal would be to see if the amps featured could dime it. Reason being is it's very likely every single amp featured here could give Chap the tone he likes with manipulation of each head's EQ options. Even the ridiculous gain of the EVH could have been turned down and it's likely he might have given it a higher score. With as much options as the Kemper and Boogie have, it's limiting to set everything at 12 and judge from that alone, albeit it creates a fun video to watch, no doubt. For me, the EVH's gain was right in my wheelhouse and the Victory/Friedman wasn't far behind but if given a choice for a freebie, I'm choosing the Kemper.
the friedman impressed me the most and i havnt heard many friedmans before! need to check those out!
the whiteboard is a great addition.
Great video! Would love to see a blindfold test of kemper vs helix vs axe fx.
Best day ever!
EVH
Victory
Boogie
Friedman
Kemper
H&K
i now want a freidman amp
I thought Rob sounded the best with the EVH but I guess it may sound different if you were in the room live.
why is there no peavey 6505 beast there!?
The EVH 5150 with the Tube Screamer going through it sounded awesome.
That was so brutal is made Lee make a stank face. There's a reason it's my favorite amp.
I love my 5150. It's absolutely brutal!
Yes it did!
@@kennycarpenter7782 Me too. I just got the 6L6 one and I love it. Sounds so good and you really don't even need a boost pedal cause channel 3 is so much gain.
@@manicmurph i have the same 6L6 as well. It's not just brute force gain but I love the tone too. Watch out for channel one. Mine had a connection issue and needed repair. Works great now.
Should've put in the Roland Blues Cube again just for kicks
A blindfold challenge with Amp-in-a-Box pedals vs the real Amp would be great. E.g. there are a lot Plexi and Soldano type pedals out there. You could also include cheaper similar / copied Amps like the Jet City for Soldano tone
14:19 Lee's 'High-Gain Approval' face is one of my favourite parts of this channel
Oisin McPhillips time for a meme
LOL, as seen on the Action Lee-play! XD
on point
more like he is miffed and embarrassed!
And for the 5153 no less. Rob didn't care for it, but that was the best amp. That thing has all the tightness
Love these videos so much I keep forgetting that they are advertisements. If I could have one wish come true it would be to travel to England and shop at Andertons.
Andertons is an advantage to living in England
Dr JT what do you mean don’t need a person can never have too many instruments
They're only about an half hour down the road from where I live...and yes the shop is as good as it sounds :)
I live nearby and have spent WAY too much money there...
If she went for it. she is a keeper.
That EVH was my favorite by far. Sound was insane. Can't believe Chappers didn't like it. 😭
Vormalowitz the Friedman Runt OWNED all those amps...with perhaps the exception of the Victory.
tomulator I liked the Boogie. Sounded really good to me.
Dude there’s something about those evh amps that are magic
I’ve owned and gigged both the EVH and the Runt 50...quickly sold the EVH. Still gig the Runt.
Kemper imo
The EVH was immense. I'm honestly shocked Rob thought it was the worst one.
well its a question of taste really. the EVH has a certain high mids - treble bite or hiss to it that you just have to like I guess - and thats obviously not Robs cup of tea. I guess I wouldn't enjoy playing one on itself - but I imagine its killer in the band, as I find myself regularly dialing in this kind of frequencies. Also a friend of mine plays one live and I really like his live tone.
I think it's a cultural thing. American and English amps tend to sound noticeably different.
I just listened to the video without watching. 5150 stood out as by far away the best to me. It wasn't close
Should have snuck a Katana in there when Rob mentioned it.
Almost everyone I know that uses Mark Vs don't really have them set at 12 o'clock.
They're the sort of amp with a million features and settings, but most people find a dirty tone they like and a clean tone and then never touch the knobs again
cup exploding behind the whiteboard made me giggle.
The mugs constantly breaking and reappearing brings me much more joy than you would logically think possible. Love that it's a running gag on this channel.
Matt Kettmann I was praying they wouldn’t forget the sound effect and when I heard it I screamed
I love the part when Rob said that "it's a Kemper" the dramatic sound effect goes in sync with Lee putting down his mug.
the EVH sounded like zeus screaming.... thats a holy amp
Rob trying to find the tuners on that reverse headstock blindfolded reminds me of my first time I makin' it to third base with a girl....I know it's around here somewhere, just keep feelin' lol
The editing on these videos has stepped up over the past year and it really adds to the entertainment value! You guys are the Top Gear of guitar gear as far as I'm concerned!
I like the whiteboard - very helpful. Another fun blindfold challenge. Thank you. Oh, and I preferred the Victory in this context, though they all sounded pretty good in different ways.
Agreed on the whiteboard and that they all sound good for different applications. I think my personal favorite was the Kemper to be honest which to be fair is a silverback patch. I wasn't personally feeling the actual victory this time around though compared to everything else.
Anyone that has ever played an EVH previously would recognize the pre-amp hiss instantly :)
That EVH sounds unreal here. The first chord he played through it sounded absolutely brutal.
The redundancy of listening to high quality guitar amplifiers and greenback speakers through my little phone speaker in mind, the Friedman amp sounded delightful. Like it was stubbornly refusing to play heavy metal shredding without adding a touch of classic rock.
The mark v really comes into its own when it’s set up properly , especially the EQ, it’s hard to dial in for most , so 12 oclocks dont di it justice .
totally agree, ive the markv35 and with that setting is not his tone .. plus they could have use the other sounds of the channel 2.. plus without the eq it doesnt sound right
Exactly my thoughts. Boogie fooked straight away as they need dialing in right. I have the 25w version an settings on noon just dont work like a lot of amps :(
Compared to the old Marks like the II or III it's a breeze to adjust, to be honest, but agreed it's definitely not a "set everything to noon and go" type of amp.
MY exact same thought. You need to KNOW how to dial a Boogie Mark series to make it sound awesome. With everything at 12 o'clock it will sound like shit.
I would have laughed at the settings on my Mark IV before I owned one. Seriously bass at 1.5, mid 3, treble 5.5. Graphic or not but at noon I wouldn’t use a mesa
Yeah, I always thought the HK Meister amps sounded like a guitar pedal. There's something up with the distortion that I really don't like.
The 5150 sounds huuuge
You should have picked the Silverback instead of the V130, just to put Rob on the spot.
YES
He'd have recognised it INSTANTLY, given he co-designed it!
Well, he mostly uses the RD1 these days, and he didn't recognize the Kemper profile of it
He did say it sounded like a Victory so he gets half credit. Those Kempers really do sound pretty damned good when you dial it in right.
All EQ's at noon, just a little bit of reverb.
Adam Yo Well played!!
XD
precisely how to NOT set up your Boogie high-gain channel :D
Would have loved the JVM 410 in there since it's one of Marshalls flagships for a couple of years now but still a lot of fun anyways :D
Best evidence yet that guitarists do in fact hear with their eyes.
Look up Johan Segeborn. There is an example of truly using your ears. In some instances he has favored $100 amps over $5000.
*These* two guitarists are being salesmen first and foremost, remember.
And Rob is Rob, pros and cons. Some of his noticings are eerie, and some are woo-woo that anyone is susceptible to.
Can you do a blindfold series of idk Strats or les Paul or custom 24 but instead of giving chappers or lee different guitars, you give em the same guitar over and over and see his reaction
Obviously this is just a characteristic of Rob’s personality, not that it’s a bad thing, but I think his attempt to guess each amp brand instead of just judging each one by its high gain sounds kind of throws off the “blind” aspect & overall purpose of this test
Please consider to include Boss Katana Head on your next test. I want to hear the Katana compare or compete with the others.
Man the EVH has such a distinct and recognizable tone. I love those amps.
Best part...exploding cups. Got to keep that as a feature for the remainder of this channels life
That EVH is just a monster. Other amps sound so polite next to it. :D Not saying that it's better or worst. It's just beastly monster. :D Love it.
That 5150 with the TS9 was so incredibly heavy 🤯
Vintage 30 speakers would have been a little better for this comparison than greenbacks. They let through more of the personality of the amp, rather than just making all the amps sound like greenbacks. also a little bummed there wasn't even an attempt made to EQ the Mesa
Great fun and good on Rob for putting himself out there for very difficult challenge :-)
What I find interesting is that usually Rob gets most things right and even guesses details correctly... on guitars. Now this amp demo he got basically everything wrong. That's interesting.
The Friedman killing it! It sounded so good. The Friedman and the 5150 were my favorites!
Friedman and EVH for me, H&Ks to me sound very sterile but come loaded with features which are a pain in the ass for techs, I don't think this Victory or Friedman are the right choices though. Imo should have been the full Mesa Mark V 90w, EVH 5150 Stealth, Victory Super Kraken, and a Friedman JJ or Butterslax for high gain. Throw a Marshall JVM and Peavey 6505+/Invective in there which don't cost as much but imo set the standards.
Setting everything on a Mark Series Boogie to noon and expecting it to sound great is pretty dumb.
you guys need an Ampete switchting system!
3:44 6:43
8:12 9:56 (w/ TS) 11:06 (after EQ, no TS)
12:02 13:57 (chugging)
16:20 17:16
19:48 21:25
23:53
Funny that the Mesa sounded like Petrucci and the EVH sounded like Eddie. I'm surprised Rob didn't catch that.
Funny how that works😂
VX84 not really as the amps weren’t eqd properly
Loved this video. Mythos pedal sounded great on all amps.
Will you ever be selling ENGL? Would love to see them in a shoot-out like this
The 5150 III sounds awesome. Completely blew the others away for me. The Victory second. The rest either were flubby or had a horrible grainyness in the highs or upper mids that hurt my ears.
'all controls at noon"...
Usually doesn't sound the best.
I’d like to see Rob do a blindfold challenge with actually pointy guitars (Vs, Explorers, Warlocks, etc)
I thought Rob was about to play Unchained when he tuned down on the EVH 5150
Would have been interesting to see a marshall silver jubilee on the gain channel, some heavier artists do use them for “metal tones”
dannysnow46 Like Gary Holt
Matthew Sengul yeah i know lee malia from bring me the horizon has been using them on tour as well and he has some pretty heavy tones for metal core kind of stuff
What were the Boss settings for that "beautifully engineered reverb?"
25:37 "let me recap" as he puts the cap back on his marker...
IT'S A KEMPER!!
**dramatic sound effect**
I couldn’t believe that but it is a blind test.. and no setup with the EQ whatsoever so..
kemper was my pick as for fuzz.... and the more i hear the H&K's - im wanting to pair that up with some of my vintage 80's b.c.rich guitars and some 80's metal pedals to get that king diamond sound- Andy LaRoque ???
I love the fact you still made the coffee cup shatter/disappear even behind the whiteboard. Bravo.
Anime betrayal: The Ghostfret in this vid was also a Kemper.
I wouldn't call the H&K or the Evh a boutique amp.
The mug explosions are on point
Who ever edited the video, you deserve love!
That would be Rory. He is the best
Yess idk why but i LOVE the blindfold challenges, maybe cause I close my eyes and play along :D
too bad this one sucks :(
I am just watching this for the disappearing coffee mugs !! 😆
Did Captain say " Blindfolded To See " in the beginning of the video?
yes and Capt gave him the middle finger at the beginning as well to which rob replied immediatly with a middle finger as well even though blindfolded.
The Friedman sounded righteous! Was my favourite too
‘I’m a hard rock/blues guy’ only plays legato and drop d
When is part two coming out? All of these are way out of my price range and would not go down well with the neighbours. I wonder if they watch these back to see all the hand gestures being flicked around while the blindfolds are on. More exploding mugs please, p-ss myself everytime!
I'd probably get a Hughes & Ketner for it's looks, a Mesa Boogie for it's features, and a Kemper can be any of those amps, so a Kemper for functionality.
If I could afford any of those amps that is...😂🤣
I recomend if there is a proper amp you really like to consider looking for used or financing. nothing is quite like having THAT amp you alwyas wanted. serious boost in morale and excitement to play.
Yeah I got my Kemper using 12 month payment plan from Zzounds. I could never drop that much money in one lump sum. There's no interest and doesn't affect your credit. I've done it through Sweetwater as well. I checked with a friend who works at my bank to see if it was affecting my credit since supposedly they pull your credit score to approve you. She said there's no signs of anything they do affecting my credit. Which is great! You just use your regular debit card.
Niranjan Bhat Badekila
How about for the most important reason....
The sound/tone?
Kemper for sound. You could have a midi switch and have everything from Vox to Mesa in one head.
Who buys an amp for looks? Apply yourself and get a descent paying job and learn how to manage your money! Then, go to a music shop and try out some amps instead of trusting your decision to a youtube video. Until then, your opinion equals shit!
Chappers plays better blinfolded than me when I can see what I'm doing.
Do a blindfold test of two identical tube amps, but one has the factory tubes and the other has had the tubes replaced with a different kind.
i guess its Anderton's tradition to have exploding mugs :P
Great video. I would like to see a more serious video of 1W amps. Compare them all like the distortion pedal video. Or amps that are switchable to less than 3W.
next time a blindfold AND a ballgag ,so rob cant do his neuro linquistic trickery
22:31 WTF was that Lee.. :)))
This is the best blind test I have seen in a while. A man who obviously has chops and pretty well knows the "feel" of how the various amps respond to his playing VERSUS the blind sound of the amps in a room. I expected him to recognize and love the sound of the Victory amp right away, since he is VERY familiar with that sound. No surprises there. And once again, the Kemper is clearly demonstrated to be the current pinnacle of modeling technology.
Mark V with gain and and treble at noon ... bad idea
These vids are genius first of all. And I can’t get enough of you guys. I would pay money to just sit and talk with you and listen to you guys play and give each other a hard time. Thank you a truly entertaining and informative gear review
I always come back during hard times to watch and listen to this video. Never gets old for some reason. I needed it right now and it was there too. Not sure what that means but just yeah. Thanks
Keep up the good work, Rory - the tumbleweeds were a stroke of creative genius!
The Kemper was easily spotted as solid state, next to the tube amps
I love when lee busts robs balls when he is already so vulnerable. And vice versa. Also Rory with the edits always killing it.
You guys are sitting in the wrong seats
Something about the first choice always getting a 7/10 kind of bugs me. Happens in nearly all of these videos, and it's kind of understandable since you haven't had something to compare it to, and everything after the first item will be pit against that one, and it's like concerts: the opening band isn't going to wow you and you're going to be comparing how much better everything was to that so you're just gonna give it a safe, non-committal score. Not a slight on your methods or anything, just seems to be the way blind tests like this always work no matter who's doing them.
But maybe to even out the playing field a little and not give one item in these blindfold tests an unfair disadvantage, perhaps next time you do a blindfold challenge, why not pick something kind of "generic", but not in the bad sense, but just something that serves as a really easy baseline comparison like, for the example of this video, a Boss Katana or Marshall DSL20 would have sufficed. Have the blindfolded person aware of that baseline item, and then everything is compared to some known variable as a baseline instead of to whatever the poor item that has to go first happens to be.
But also I'm just kind of peeved the H&K scored so low. :P
You can't have a Mesa or a Marshall with everything at 12, those eq knobs usually only bring in a frequency, rather than a boost/cut with middle being neutral. Bad form.
Get rid of the blindfold and make a cardboard hobo box that surrounds the player. At least then they can play some decent stuff. ROb did a great job but it would just make for a better vid.
It became more about guessing amps than which was his favourite which is a shame. Would have been nice to have someone like Pete / Joss for some more interesting playing rather than just investigative probing.
This just shows that the Friedman is the most amazing, in terms of sound, and the fact that it doesn't need a noise-gate as Chappers thought it sounded noiseless enough.
“Gain is really good at masking things”. Checkmate.
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Why use a TS in this test? Adding such a colour to the tone would make them all sound way too similar. I own a few TS and I know this to be all too true.
''Ahh everything's on twelve..'' I was waiting for the face right after Lee said that XD