Ola, sorry it was blowing the s--- out of your ears! This is a FULL 700 watts guitar amp tone in a fly ready 6.3 lb package. That makes our power rating on the input on the back very confusing as @soad11dude pointed out earlier. Required testing at a certified lab is performed at the nominal power level, which for audio equipment is typically 1/8th of the maximum power of the unit. Our lab has interpreted the various World Wide regulations to only allow the actual test wattage be printed on chassis. Hence we have it list at 270W. the same thing applies to our pedal board sized PowerStage 170. We too think its confusing as s---! Hope this clears it up.
2019 has just begun and I’ve already destroyed my ears. Also sorry for it being in 360p. That’s TH-cam still working the video. You guys are just way too early, also I’ve heard 360p is more true for tones
I've never tried the Seymour Duncan amp, BUT I am a proud user of a Quilter Labs Tone Block 200! It's 200 watts of killer amplification! You should definitely check out their amps. They even have one for us metal heads!
Do you disengage the power tube modeling on the helix, when using the actual power amp? I'm just wondering it's possible to use this power amp while retaining the flavor of power tube Sims.
I'm using an AX8 with a SD Powerstage 700 in a 4x12 cab and it sounds killer for sure. Quality is here, like Matrix amps and in a same price range, but a little more warm than Matrix I guess. Matrix amps are much more neutral I guess, but they don't have 3 band EQ... :)
I use the powerstage 170 with my helix lt, that little thing is a beast, it can almost fit in a pocket, and can be heard with a full band, and sounds great doing it!
I have one of the ISP stealth power amps. I noticed it basically doesnt get louder past 1/3, it just breaks up. The treble and bass knobs will over saturate if turned up past 2/3's... over all its OK, and usable, but just not what I thought it would be. I'm wondering if it's just common with these small SS power amps?
I have this power amp- it does exactly as explained. The only issue I have with my powerstage is how hot it gets - regardless if is racked or not. It gets very hot above the metal case where the Seymour Duncan logo is located. I’ve also had minor issues where the volume would just drastically cut in overall volume. Overtime it naturally went away but it may very well be a factory issue. The hotness def doesn’t seem to be a factory faulty.
Hey there, Riley from Seymour Duncan here. Sorry to hear about the volume issue you're having -- you may want to reach out to our support team about that. As for the heat, PowerStage was designed to be able to run hot, with a very efficient heat sink. The fan will only turn on when it's absolutely necessary in order to keep the noise level down. Hope that helps!
The idea beyond the Powerstage (rack but also the pedal) is to give a nice, flat sounding, clean channel for pedals (specially the pedal version, 170watts) but also for modellers... So basically you have the 3 band eq for giving an extra (global) shaping to the tone without editing every single preset... If you have the chance try it with the Palladium preamp, it sounds amazing! Happy new year!
@@lyfeviv4490 True, but with the PS170 you get a pedalboard-amp that you can carry with you almost everywhere! Small, light, very convenient and with a huge sound, so not bad either, right? ;)
The fairest way to check a pedal is by using both a Marshall Origin 50 and a Fender Hot Rod... both sell for $800.00 USD so they are really entry level pro. They also represent both companys well. You get a basic Plexi sound from one and a classic Fender sound as the Hot Rod will give you a quasi Deluxe sound. Everyone is more or less a Marshall or a Fender guy because all tube amps start on the drawing board as one or the other then they are modded.
Make a video on your picking technique/ how you hold your pick , what picks you up, etc. Been trying to work on my picking hand and been looking at all my favorite players techniques. My picking hand has always been a struggle for me. Idk if there's a better way for me to hold the pick or whatever but damn it gets frustrating sometimes. Thanks for the rad video's my friend, making me fall in love with guitar all over again.
My guitarist has the 170 version and it totally blew us away. He runs the mxr 5150 overdrive pedal through it into his peavy cab. I'm looking at trying the same thing for my bass rig but using the mxr bass overdrive pedal and that 700 watt model in this video
I was not expecting the Fury 158 pedal! When I was playing in my first band I had this solid-state 90W 112 Fender amp which was plenty loud but didn't give me the crushing tones that I wanted. I remembered that my friend had a Rage 158 that had lots of distortion (but with a shitty, broken 8" speaker), so I asked if I could borrow it for a few days. I ripped the pre-amp circuit out of it and put it into a pedal. It sounded almost exactly like this "Peepers" pedal. I became known for that tone and told everybody that I had custom designed and built that dist pedal.
What if you would replace strings onto thicker ones (10-52 for instance) and tune the guitar in D? I did that and new sound was really closer to Dime's tone. And then nothing will weak your aggressive right arm.
I feel dumb for asking but Could I not achieve the same thing by hooking up a solid state bass amp head to my cabinet? Plus I could use the EQ on the amp to color my sound a bit more.
@@TonyPepers Ah I remember playing on the old Peavey Rage 108 but I also used the Rage 158. Fun little amps. The pedal doesn't sound half-bad, but definitely a 80's kinda metal sound that to me sounded great for doing stuff like Slayer covers. But probably not the best for tighter "chuggier" (if that's a word) metal tones required for the heaviest types of metal. The other pedal he tested before it to me sounded better for those tighter metal tones. Still not bad, but then again the Peavey Trans-tube circuits were always fairly good. The bigger the amp/cab that you play them through, the better they sound.
@@edvonrattlehead2135 Hey man.CHEERS. This is a re-creation of the gain stage of the teal Rage 158 which is pre-transtube and uses a JRC4558 opamp running at 27V; Which is exactly what my pedal does. I have also added a trimmer inside which can be cranked right up so it can used as a preamp into a power amp. When I send this to Ola I set it to half output (pedal into front of amp setting)
Hey Ola, great video! An A/B comparison between the powerampsection of the satan and the seymour duncan (with neutral eq settings) would be very interesting.
I know how you feel Ola, I just got my Jackson JS32RM a few weeks ago and I beat the HELL out of the strings on it even though it's got a floyd but it still has great freakin sound!!! I just wish I had the right sound for it though.
I used to played exclusively through egg salad sandwiches. Then one day I started playing through chicken salad sandwiches (on WHEAT toast) and never looked back.
@@alengregorin8366 Hi Alan, Power Stage puts out 700w at 4 ohms, 350w at 8 ohms. But yes, it's still a bit risky to run it through that cabinet - especially cranking the level control like Ola does around the 9 minute mark!
Hey there, Riley from Seymour Duncan here - the speakon outputs you see on Power Stage are actually combi-jacks, so they can be used with quarter-inch speaker cables as well - hope that helps!
You don't have experience with a Peavey Rage? That's when I start to feel old. Man, everybody had Peavey Rages when they started out, at least in my area. :-)
The 700 will be arriving at my house this Friday to pair with my Helix Rack. I'll definitely be demo'ing the whole rig on my channel. By the looks on Ola's face, I should have gone with the 170. 😆
Ola, sorry it was blowing the s--- out of your ears! This is a FULL 700 watts guitar amp tone in a fly ready 6.3 lb package. That makes our power rating on the input on the back very confusing as @soad11dude pointed out earlier. Required testing at a certified lab is performed at the nominal power level, which for audio equipment is typically 1/8th of the maximum power of the unit. Our lab has interpreted the various World Wide regulations to only allow the actual test wattage be printed on chassis. Hence we have it list at 270W. the same thing applies to our pedal board sized PowerStage 170. We too think its confusing as s---! Hope this clears it up.
thank mr. seymour duncan
how does amp manage not to blow up speakers?
2019 has just begun and I’ve already destroyed my ears. Also sorry for it being in 360p. That’s TH-cam still working the video. You guys are just way too early, also I’ve heard 360p is more true for tones
I can definitely hear the 360p trueness
Has some of that "black metal production" feel. Appropriate coming from a Swedish metal machine.
You've all heard of the infamous "tonewood"... now let me present you with... ToneRez!
I've never tried the Seymour Duncan amp, BUT I am a proud user of a Quilter Labs Tone Block 200! It's 200 watts of killer amplification! You should definitely check out their amps. They even have one for us metal heads!
Only 240 or 144p are trve!
I have the smaller version of this and I use it at every show! Absolutely love it. My entire rig (minus cab) fits in a backpack.
What are you using for a preamp?
@@Icipher4 Helix LT
Your guitar fits in a backpack, wtf, does it fold?
Do you disengage the power tube modeling on the helix, when using the actual power amp? I'm just wondering it's possible to use this power amp while retaining the flavor of power tube Sims.
Man if it included your cab, that's a thicc backpack
That was awesome you giving a small pedal builder a try.
I would like to see that seymour duncan powerstage with the fractal ax8...
Same here!
mark holocomb did a demo of exactly that. think it's on Seymour Duncans channel
I'm using an AX8 with a SD Powerstage 700 in a 4x12 cab and it sounds killer for sure. Quality is here, like Matrix amps and in a same price range, but a little more warm than Matrix I guess. Matrix amps are much more neutral I guess, but they don't have 3 band EQ... :)
@@vanalhalen I use a AX8 with a powerstage 170 and I'm preety satisfied with that. Just wanted to hear Ola playing the 700 with the AX8.
@@kazuki561 It's with an AXE FX II.
I use the powerstage 170 with my helix lt, that little thing is a beast, it can almost fit in a pocket, and can be heard with a full band, and sounds great doing it!
Do a power amp comparison between the Randall Satan and the Powerstage with the G3 as the preamp. That would be cool. \m/
was about to say the same! would be cool indeed
Exactly what I need!
Humm.......
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Behind the times! (As per normal!!) V⚡
Im using the powerstage 170 with my HX stomp on tour so my rig fits in a small gun case .LOADING WIN ! It also sounds amazing .
Same! Easy walk in. Always get looks, like that Can't sound good? Then kill it! Lol
I love my powerstage 170, it takes whatever I can throw at it.
I have one of the ISP stealth power amps. I noticed it basically doesnt get louder past 1/3, it just breaks up. The treble and bass knobs will over saturate if turned up past 2/3's... over all its OK, and usable, but just not what I thought it would be. I'm wondering if it's just common with these small SS power amps?
Love Pepers pedals. Have 2 on my board and another on order. He's a Indy pedal maker in NZ.
I love my Powerstage 170. I'm pairing it with a Fractal AX8. It's my new live rig and I couldn't be happier with it.
I use a Powerstage 170 with an unpowered Kemper and it sounds absolutely fantastic. Great product!
The Fury was instantly my favourite sound.
I wish I had that Peavey pedal. My first amp when I was 12 (1992) was a Peavey Rage 108 lol.....
Well I have them in stock....... for now
I have this power amp- it does exactly as explained. The only issue I have with my powerstage is how hot it gets - regardless if is racked or not. It gets very hot above the metal case where the Seymour Duncan logo is located. I’ve also had minor issues where the volume would just drastically cut in overall volume. Overtime it naturally went away but it may very well be a factory issue. The hotness def doesn’t seem to be a factory faulty.
Hey there, Riley from Seymour Duncan here. Sorry to hear about the volume issue you're having -- you may want to reach out to our support team about that. As for the heat, PowerStage was designed to be able to run hot, with a very efficient heat sink. The fan will only turn on when it's absolutely necessary in order to keep the noise level down. Hope that helps!
The idea beyond the Powerstage (rack but also the pedal) is to give a nice, flat sounding, clean channel for pedals (specially the pedal version, 170watts) but also for modellers... So basically you have the 3 band eq for giving an extra (global) shaping to the tone without editing every single preset... If you have the chance try it with the Palladium preamp, it sounds amazing! Happy new year!
Palladium + Powerstage 700 with a properly rated 4x12 is the lick.
@@lyfeviv4490 True, but with the PS170 you get a pedalboard-amp that you can carry with you almost everywhere! Small, light, very convenient and with a huge sound, so not bad either, right? ;)
The fairest way to check a pedal is by using both a Marshall Origin 50 and a Fender Hot Rod... both sell for $800.00 USD so they are really entry level pro. They also represent both companys well. You get a basic Plexi sound from one and a classic Fender sound as the Hot Rod will give you a quasi Deluxe sound. Everyone is more or less a Marshall or a Fender guy because all tube amps start on the drawing board as one or the other then they are modded.
When you are so early only 360p is available
Indeed..... feels bad...
it still is only 360p :(
@@Sagerydian it hurts!
at last, been waiting for this! thank you Ola!
I love my popwerstage 700!!! My helix sounds great through it.
Both those pedals sound amazing.
aaahhhhh please do some of those mooer preamps on this :D
I second that.
01 Gas Station (Diezel Hagen) is KILLER!!!
I never add as much treble as you are using, sounds good on your tones.
Make a video on your picking technique/ how you hold your pick , what picks you up, etc. Been trying to work on my picking hand and been looking at all my favorite players techniques. My picking hand has always been a struggle for me. Idk if there's a better way for me to hold the pick or whatever but damn it gets frustrating sometimes. Thanks for the rad video's my friend, making me fall in love with guitar all over again.
Ola is the freak'n man! Love his honesty and how he keeps it real! Gracias amigo!!!!
when you're so early it looks like it was filmed with a toaster
lmao!
Hey Ola!, you should have tried the AX8 with the Power Amp. Great video as always!
sorry Ola, the entire video, I have been staring at your Dean CFH guitar, such a beauty sitting on your lap!
Sounded amazing from the start, great synergy between all those pieces of gear. Foundation of a reasonable rig.
My guitarist has the 170 version and it totally blew us away. He runs the mxr 5150 overdrive pedal through it into his peavy cab. I'm looking at trying the same thing for my bass rig but using the mxr bass overdrive pedal and that 700 watt model in this video
That sounds damn nice with the Revv!
Thank you for testing more than one pedal in a video!
I’ve been waiting for your review on this, Ola. I’m thinking about getting one of these an rethink my entire rig. Thanks!!
Damn, i love that Revv G3
Demonetized in the first 5 seconds. 😂😂😂
Sorry to ask but how can you (or someone else) tell? I'm coming from a place of technical ignorance.
Shit!
@@mazklassa9338 Because youtube doesn't like to pay if you say Fuck.
subbed..
I was not expecting the Fury 158 pedal! When I was playing in my first band I had this solid-state 90W 112 Fender amp which was plenty loud but didn't give me the crushing tones that I wanted. I remembered that my friend had a Rage 158 that had lots of distortion (but with a shitty, broken 8" speaker), so I asked if I could borrow it for a few days. I ripped the pre-amp circuit out of it and put it into a pedal. It sounded almost exactly like this "Peepers" pedal. I became known for that tone and told everybody that I had custom designed and built that dist pedal.
Awesome! Pretty stoked at how these turned out. What started as a joke between me and another guy turned into a pretty awesome sounding dirt pedal.
Can I run my emulated line out of my Marshall MG 15 Watt into the Power Stage and into a cab?
i've been using the ISP stealth for a couple years, and have had very similar experience. sounds incredible.
4:23 Best part of the video!!! LOL
Ola, try testing Quilter amps!
New Year's resolution - 360p
That thing is awesome love the sound and the compact size
Really love the background!!!
The best channel on TH-cam!
with 360p this reminded me of old guitar world videos.
What if you would replace strings onto thicker ones (10-52 for instance) and tune the guitar in D? I did that and new sound was really closer to Dime's tone. And then nothing will weak your aggressive right arm.
Last time i clicked so fast, the blondie in the video was feemale and 19...
" It's very nice, I like the front of it " I like your style my man.
Willbthe 700 blow out a 4x12 guitar cab?
i am waiting for this cool thank you Ola
Hi, have someone prove this poweramp in a concert direct yo the line? With analog pedals.
Love seeing the new dean
I feel dumb for asking but Could I not achieve the same thing by hooking up a solid state bass amp head to my cabinet? Plus I could use the EQ on the amp to color my sound a bit more.
This is great.. I have to buy duncan powerstage 700.. And I already have revv g3
At time 4:18 how did u do that whammy bar trick
the peavey pedal sounded pretty good. Not sure what kind of rage that's based on.
Ethereal when I started playing in the 90s I rocked a rage 108!!! I remember it sounding like shit.
Ethereal it's based on the pre-transtube teal coloured Rage 158
@@TonyPepers Ah I remember playing on the old Peavey Rage 108 but I also used the Rage 158. Fun little amps. The pedal doesn't sound half-bad, but definitely a 80's kinda metal sound that to me sounded great for doing stuff like Slayer covers. But probably not the best for tighter "chuggier" (if that's a word) metal tones required for the heaviest types of metal. The other pedal he tested before it to me sounded better for those tighter metal tones. Still not bad, but then again the Peavey Trans-tube circuits were always fairly good. The bigger the amp/cab that you play them through, the better they sound.
however ola failed to unleash the true power of the shitty peavey transistor preamps, he had to dime every knob but the mids on that thing
@@edvonrattlehead2135 Hey man.CHEERS. This is a re-creation of the gain stage of the teal Rage 158 which is pre-transtube and uses a JRC4558 opamp running at 27V; Which is exactly what my pedal does. I have also added a trimmer inside which can be cranked right up so it can used as a preamp into a power amp. When I send this to Ola I set it to half output (pedal into front of amp setting)
This Dean from Hell😍😍
Hey Ola, great video! An A/B comparison between the powerampsection of the satan and the seymour duncan (with neutral eq settings) would be very interesting.
Where's the Ax8 through the Powerstage?
How do you set up a Randall satan
Everyone complaining about the early video quality, you know Ola’s next video will now be in 360p. Maybe even 4:3 ratio.
Can you please do a comparison of the Revv G3 and G4. Your videos have been really helpful in finding the right gear. Thanks for testing shit
Ola I like that Dean Axe u got there allsome man . Troy Frost
Hey... howcome that strip on that Razorback is constantly shifting colours? :-/
Ola try the mxr 5150 with the Seymour Duncan powerstage
I know how you feel Ola, I just got my Jackson JS32RM a few weeks ago and I beat the HELL out of the strings on it even though it's got a floyd but it still has great freakin sound!!! I just wish I had the right sound for it though.
Oula my Boi! Could you pleeeease do Flyod rose set up video with that guitar? Cheers from Finlandia :)
Will you test this with your 7 sting please???
I play through an egg salad sandwich.
Taylor Senechal That must sound scrambled.
Your speakers must be fried.
I used to played exclusively through egg salad sandwiches.
Then one day I started playing through chicken salad sandwiches (on WHEAT toast) and never looked back.
Tried BLT yet? 😂
Phil Collins Hill what the hell am I thinking? Thats the kind of innovation I have been looking for.
That revv g3 sounds killer!! I must have😬
Any chance of using it with an Atomic Amplifire or a Fractal AX8?
Hi Ola, could you test the bugera t50 infinium?
Rock on 🤟
I second this id like to hear some demos on the more affordable amps. Though Bugera has a bad reputation when it comes to quality control.
You should do a series on the best Solid state amps or combos you've heard
But how will it sound with the Solar guitar I am buying?
Can we get that MT-2 in this bad boy?
That guitar 😻😻😩
Great tones!!
so, you plugged 700w into that HESU 2x12 150w power handling
Alen Gregorin if the Hesu is 16 ohms then it’s putting out 175 watts - at full power.
@@rileygiffin4660 still too much. But its 700w @8ohm
@@alengregorin8366 Hi Alan, Power Stage puts out 700w at 4 ohms, 350w at 8 ohms. But yes, it's still a bit risky to run it through that cabinet - especially cranking the level control like Ola does around the 9 minute mark!
WTF Ola, this is badass, with 360p quality, so great xD!
ola test old school solid state. try even the tube hybrids like the crate gt80 and mg marshalls.
Its not an distorsion/metal pedal but you should try out the ehx ocean 11
You were getting somewhere near the Ride the Lightning tone with the Rev there mate? Maybe try go full Lightning?
9:02 No sound effect censor for the f-bomb? k.
Why's there a piece of tape on the neck pickup? Anyone?
Davepotnoodle dime did that. Keeps the strings from catching when doing massive dive bombs
No noise gate needed?
You should do another video using the power stage to test the Friedman BE OD deluxe again I don’t think your last video didn’t do it any justice
Ola how did you output to the cab? I see it only has SpeakON and XLR connections
Hey there, Riley from Seymour Duncan here - the speakon outputs you see on Power Stage are actually combi-jacks, so they can be used with quarter-inch speaker cables as well - hope that helps!
Riley Giffin right on, thanks. Definitely helped, I've been looking for a flat response power section to use with my amp simulator. 🤘🏽
You don't have experience with a Peavey Rage? That's when I start to feel old. Man, everybody had Peavey Rages when they started out, at least in my area. :-)
Love the guitar got one to pretty bad ass
What song is that in the opening?
you recommend the S.D. Powerstage 170 (it's loud enough) to practice (Post-Metal) in a room of 5 x 5 meters?
What brand of shampoo do you use?
...I wonder if I could use this to make IRs...
The 700 will be arriving at my house this Friday to pair with my Helix Rack. I'll definitely be demo'ing the whole rig on my channel. By the looks on Ola's face, I should have gone with the 170. 😆
How did it work out?
@@colinmortimore218 too. Much. Power. Lol
This is a question for the next FAQ, what do yo think of the pod hd pro x nowadays ? Happy new year to you and your family ! :)
Ola when will you do a video reviewing your Randall rg100es from the 80s?
What makes this different from any other Solid State amp or tube amp with a great clean channel?
Oh shit lol I was just looking at this and the quilter stuff online.. cool.
Ola have you tested the 200? I want to get 700 for my rack but im digging the features on the 200