all sounded great, fireball for me with low tunings and what suits me for what I do,, brutal, balance and clarity, I'm so glad I got a FB 😏 great video🤘
I'm fascinated by that massive chord in the middle where you've got like seven fingers covering eleven strings or something. The amps all had strengths, and some that sounded great in some parts had major weaknesses in others. All-around, I liked the Engl best. It didn't have the best great sounds, but it had the fewest weaknesses (IMO) overall.
I feel like with your videos I usually find it hard to pick but despite all of them sounding good in their own ways, the Engl is the clear choice for me here. It just hit that sound perfectly. Deep, thick, crunchy but still extremely clear. Amazing!
Man, it never ceases to amaze me just how much of the tone is in the cab/ IR! Back in 2013 when I got my first proper amp (JCM 800 Kerry King 👌) I matched it with a bog-standard Line 6 Spider cab and it took me about a year to figure out why I just couldn't get the sound I wanted 🙄😂 Really appreciate the comparison at the end! For my money, the Victory and JVM (although I may be slightly biased 😉) take the cake. I just adore that full-fat "British" midrange and sizzly highs with the nice chunky bass response. The ENGL sounds fucking incredible isolated though! Top-notch work as always 😁
As always, incredibly amazed by the Iridium. I have a soft spot for the EL34 EVH but the iridium my be the best sounding here... Actually pleasantly surprised but the performance of the JVM as well.
wonderful video as always! they all sound great and have their own individual voice which I like. If I had to choose one the Marshall JVM was probably my fave.
My favorites in order were the Engl, BluGuitar, and EVH. I thought was Engl was by far the best, due its clarity, tight sound, and overall balance. It sounded good across the sonic spectrum, and didn't hype any frequencies. The clear winner for me. 😎
Oh man, I was about to drop some coin on a Victory but I think I’ll go for the Engl now. It sounds killer, as does your playing. The Marshall deserves special mention too. It would be an extremely close second.
Awesome video Jon! You always get awesome 8-9 string sounds. Found myself liking the Fireball the most here , sounds "pissed off" in the best way possible.
Engl and EVH sounded the best for me. Rest of the amps are more or less similar. Was definitely expecting more from Bluguitar considering the hype. Badass and very informative video all the way
Nice video as always, Jon! Fireball is a beast, 5153 is hard to beat. The rest is good except Kraken. It's sounds like a cheap plugin for me. Also it's a shame that IronHeart wasn't included in this shootout, I'm sure it'll slay! Can't wait for another version WITH BOOST PEDAL! Cheers!
Engl and Marshall imho. Other are also great amps, but i have a thing for that fireball 😎 and JVM.. nice mean machine. Cheers and thanks for comparison!
I never gave the BluGuitar much of a thought other than the rad videos people out on them. If I was a gigging guy, I’d buy that thing in a heartbeat. Awesome video brother!
18:23 ENGL Fireball 18:30 Victory VX100 Super Kraken 18:37 Bluguitar Amp-1 18:44 EVH 5150 18:51 Mesa Boogie Mark V 18:58 Marshall JVM 410h Here we can see the huge difference in clarity on ENGL Fireball. There is no "shhhh" (hiss noise) on background, while you can hear a lot of hiss and clustered noise on other amps. The Mesa Bogie Mark V is the second on clarity, but wayyy less agressive compared to Fireball Dam god, there is a tone inside a mix, and a tone isolated. Its incredible how things change bewteen "in a mix" vs "isolated". Best: Fireball for the clarity. High notes riff: 19:05 Fireball 19:19 Kraken (sounded like having small headroom, but equilibrated, maybe "weak") 19:33 Blu 19:47 EVH (the most "rough", "sharp", almost a pain to my ears) 20:01 Mark V (the second most "rough", "sharp") 20:15 JVM (the most equilibrated, sounds like Fireball) Funny that if I was going to a blind test on this part, I would say that JVM is Fireball because is the most equilibrated. You can cleary hear the separated notes and the chord. The best for me is therefore the JVM. Low notes rff: 19:11 Fireball (consistent) 19:26 Kraken (strange background noises) 19:39 Blu (also with strange background noises) 19:55 EVH (almost with background noises, but good) 20:07 Mark V (consistent like fireball, but less "agressive") 20:21 JVM (consistent like fireball and mark v, with the a little bit of that marshall characteristic cranked marshall tone. Mid-term in aggressiveness between Fireball and Mark) Here Fireball, Mark V and JVM won bucz the lack of background noise. The best is up to you, Fireball more agressive, Mark more equilibrated, JVM more characteristic if you like Marshall tone) The MONSTRUOS ninth-string chord: GHOOUL 20:29 Fireball (sounded a little shaky) 20:34 Kraken (sounded more conssitent than Fireball. The most equilibrated) 20:39 Blu (woahh a desperate or/and enraged demon screaming. Amazng!) 20:44 EVH (sounded old, too much "grrrrr" sound) 20:50 Mark V (sounded "restrained") 20:56 JVM (sounded "restrained" and a bit vintage) Best: Kraken for the equilibrium and Blu for the agressivines and for "frightfulness"
I'm amazed at your preferences and being backep up in the comments. The Blue had more noise, but sounded ok, but the Victory sounded the worse of all by far to me.
I think for this shootout the Engl wins. JVM second. EVH third. That said, looking at the settings on the JVM for example, I would have boosted the Res and Pres and dialed in a bit more gain but overall it's a Marshall which always has that heavy mid thing. Surprise was the Blu although fairly bright. The Kraken is last place for me in this particular exercise.
Evh and jvm sounded almost exactly the same to me, evh ever slightly more so compressed with a little more top end. I think it comes down to features which are pretty similar. The el34 has a much better true clean channel too. Truly a toss up
Impressive. Never seen a 9 string guitar before, and it is so beautiful. Anyway I love bas (I study them), my dream guitar is a PRS SE Paul Allender, I would love to have this 9 with bats inlays, although I admite the visual without inlays are way better, minimalist, perfect. Although too I would not have money to afford the buy of strings sets xD
The Engl with an active pickup is where its at. I was surprised with the Mark V. I think on a 7 string with passive pickups and a boost pedal it may win. But here it didnt perform well. Interesting video as always. Would love there to be a revv generator and Diamond in the bunch as well. But very good!
The ENGL and the JVM killed it! for me! Both sounded perfect. Both had clarity but still sounded dark and thicc! Both wins IMO The Mesa and the Victory weren't doing it for me. Hearing the Kraken reminded me why I got rid of the 50watter in the first place. Flat, lifeless with nice grunt. LOL I own a Mesa mini Recto, and it's one of my favorite amps ever, and the Mark was on my radar for my next amp... was on my radar. While the Blu sounded solidstate-y I preferred it the most (when by itself) and seems like it would feel good to jam out with bedroom style. But I wouldn't use it for live or recording, more like a cool toy. But would more than likely use it more than other setups I have because of ease of use and its good tone! This is now my next amp to get. I loved it's solid state top end, sounded perfect! I love tube and SS tone, idk why other trash talk SS type tone so much. The EVH and Mesa had this high end thing going on that I don't like, and why after owning six different 50watters, I'll never own an EVH again. HOT TAKE, I hated the Stealth the most of all 3 different types of EVH's. I'm yet to try a 100watter. IDK what it is, but once I get good clear tone out of the EVH, it has that high end annoying sound that never goes away, just like in/on Krank amps. More than likely it's user error on why I've come to almost hate the EVH 50watters. But what ever. I've moved away from dark congested tone.
As always, John, epic video! I've always loved how you do your back to back amps at the end with out backing tracks. Great stuff! keep these videos coming, bruv!
New Intwine sounding sick bro! Jokes aside, I think the Kraken sounds the burliest of all, and sounds like it would really fit well in a heavy mix with ease!
Awesome video!! Such a hard thing to choose. They all sound so great!! I guess if I had to pick one it'd either be the EVH or the Victory. 🔥 You should check out a Revv Generator or a Revv G20 one day. I recently got the Revv G20 after owning Peaveys mainly and man.... Probably the best amp I've ever owned. Such a clean distortion if that makes any sense at all.. hahaha From the tones I hear on your videos it seems like you and I favor similar tones in a lot of ways. I play mainly 7 string guitars more than I do 6 strings and those Revv amps pair wonderful with 7 strings.. I think you'd dig it. 🤷♂️ Again, awesome videos. I really like your amp review videos. Cheers! 🤟😁
Nice showing. Should’ve included the Diavlo and the Invective as well, because I am biased, but also because they are very tight amps that could’ve provided an interesting contrast.
I didn't heard anyone showing the second pickup sound of Schecter Damien Platinum 9 only one or two youtubers said that the second pickups sound a little bit like vintage.
Victory was in my opinion the most interesting amp with a huge amounts of growl and overall great clear response. Amazing amp for extended range djent sticks.
Awasome video again. Love amp tone. Jon i have Orange Dual terror, tiny terror, jim root terror, Laney ironheart 15 single channel, Blackstar ht1, Bugera V5 combo, Boss Katana 100 mk 2. Should I buy Laney ironheart 60 212Combo.
Hey John! Love your channel! My Damien Elite 9 arrives on Wednesday and I'm so stoked on it! With that being said, what are the measurements needed for that site to order fretboard stickers for it? Thanks so much!
ENGL FB 100 wins I think, just has the mids and the frequency width that suits the guitar and music style. Some of the other amps like the BluGuitar and the EVH sound pretty good in the comparison with all the same cabs, much closer to the quality of the FB.
The Engl and the Amp1 Iridium sounds best to me. I watched this video because I'm searching for a new amp for my baritone and my 8 string guitar. To make it very useful and compact I will buy the Amp1 Iridium and put it on my pedalboard. I have already ordered a customized cabinet from Barefaced Audio, an Upsizing 2x12 with a Celestion BN12-300S in the bottom and a Thick Boy from OverTonez on the top position. I think it will sound great...
I will take a while. The speaker is still on the way from OverTonez to Barefaced Audio... I think it will be about by the end of October that Barefaced Audio will send the cabinet to me...
Iridium modern channel seems to be modeled on the mess amp, it’s very closed to that sound. When isolated, I don’t really like any of them, but in the mix they are good
yes all sounded good in a way and shows how much influence from the cab. Which real cab do you think works best with the iridium? I have a marshall 1960 with celestion G75T but sound is a little bit dump
Put a crown on that ENLE for this sound..all the others sound great the best for the money is that damn BLUG amp..Proud of my 5150 el34..But i have a sneaky suspicion that the Marshal wins for overall sounds...oh and that victory gets the poopy award YUCK!
Personally, I prefer the Fireball, but they all sounded good! Though personally, for the Mark V I woulda dialed the pre-gain treble back a bit, and the gain up a tad, as well as bumping the master up a bit to give it some more girth ;)
Hwy John, you have tons of experience with amps and tones. I have a question that I am just stuck with. It comes with a bit of backstory. I have an EVH 100 watt el34. This is a beast of an amp and I'm in love with the tone... sort of. Some days the amp sounds amazing. I'm getting everything I want. Great highs perfect mids perfect lows. Great saturation. And then some days it seems just dark and lacking. Uninspiring tone. Muffled. I just don't understand. Is there something that tube amps do that would cause tone to change from day to day without changing any settings? Or do I need to get my ears checked? Both? Lol. I have just put new preamp tubes in it and the power tubes have many miles left on them. This amp hasn't been pushed very hard. I've cranked it real good one time ever. And I'm using an early 2000's engl 4x12 loaded with the original v30's. So I can't imagine its the cab. Thank you for your amazing content! Also I found the blue guitar and the fireball the best for the 9 string. Wouldn't have expected that pedal amp to sound so good. But ir's are really important. I think I liked the top end of those the most. I still did like the evh tho. I didn't care for the Mesa that much. And the Marshall kinda just had a strange voicing for this tuning for my ears but I could also hear that all of them could have a place even with the low tuning. You never know what the next project might call for. Maybe you would need the Mesa for such a low tuning for a specific reason.
@@SonicDriveStudio lol omg I just watched this video. Lol unfortunately didn't really get the info I needed from it. Thanks for looking out tho for sure!
I noticed you went from a „boost every amp“ to a „I like the un-boosted character of the amp better“ guy over the last year or so. What was it that made you change your mind about boosts?
with the iridium have you experienced any unwanted noise? i bought one 2 years ago but i've sent it back as it was noisy on higher master settings even on the clean channel with guitar volume down. i liked the sounds that i got out of it but couldn't use my delay in the loop as the delay picked up the noise and the repeats were too much. i've read another review on thomann about this issue but haven't seen it discussed anywhere else. i get that it's a compact package with high wattage but this seemed like a big problem. it sounded really good in your videos and you would have probably pointed it out if it caused any issues with recording.
@@SonicDriveStudio yeah that would have been the move. i thought it wasn't a faulty model and it just had a higher noise floor than i expected. might try or buy one in the future.
ENGL won this by a long margin IMO. The others didn’t come close. That ENGL is NASTY. This isn’t the first time I’ve been more than impressed with that amp. Do you have a 9 string video on your Dual Rectifier yet?! …Boosted of course.
@@guitarpunkcovers I liked that one next up. Better in the high frequencies. Are you using speakers with a sub to listen to this? I’m listening on my home entertainment audio system w/ Jamo tower speakers and a Samsung 1k Watt sub and that ENGL was professional.
I’m planning to get a brand new amp for my Damien platinum 9, honestly in your option what is the best for it? I’m willing to pay any price, im just in desperate search of a great amp. There’s so many choices lol but I need the best choice so what better of an opinion then someone who has them all!:)
I liked the engl the most. After that, actually the amp1. When using the same cab, I still prefer the engl followed by the marshall I am a bit suprised how similair the amp1 and evh sound when using the same cab!
ENGL, Blu and then the Kraken. You made them all sound pretty damn good. Any two would sound great together in a mix, stereo rig or two guitarists in the same band.
The engl took it. It's big and ugly and it has the most character and it just works. Maybe the Marshall in 2nd and the mesa or victory in third. I'd combine the engl with the Marshall and call it a day. Good call on the greenbacks, that was fun. 👍
all sounded great, fireball for me with low tunings and what suits me for what I do,, brutal, balance and clarity, I'm so glad I got a FB 😏 great video🤘
I like the Victory Super Kraken more every time you feature it, it sounds amazing.
I'm fascinated by that massive chord in the middle where you've got like seven fingers covering eleven strings or something.
The amps all had strengths, and some that sounded great in some parts had major weaknesses in others. All-around, I liked the Engl best. It didn't have the best great sounds, but it had the fewest weaknesses (IMO) overall.
This channel is seriously underrated. Great job!
the ENGL's ridiculously-tight/compressed sound usually isn't my first choice but for the 9 string its perfect
why dont u like it for 6 and 7 strings?
The BluGuitar definitely has the most string character and pick sound which is crucial to tuning this low. The winner for me!
I feel like with your videos I usually find it hard to pick but despite all of them sounding good in their own ways, the Engl is the clear choice for me here. It just hit that sound perfectly. Deep, thick, crunchy but still extremely clear. Amazing!
Man, it never ceases to amaze me just how much of the tone is in the cab/ IR! Back in 2013 when I got my first proper amp (JCM 800 Kerry King 👌) I matched it with a bog-standard Line 6 Spider cab and it took me about a year to figure out why I just couldn't get the sound I wanted 🙄😂 Really appreciate the comparison at the end!
For my money, the Victory and JVM (although I may be slightly biased 😉) take the cake. I just adore that full-fat "British" midrange and sizzly highs with the nice chunky bass response. The ENGL sounds fucking incredible isolated though! Top-notch work as always 😁
Great video , amazed how the tiny Amp1 can compete with those monsters !
As always, incredibly amazed by the Iridium. I have a soft spot for the EL34 EVH but the iridium my be the best sounding here... Actually pleasantly surprised but the performance of the JVM as well.
The Engl and JVM for me in this shootout. Great vid like always, now I gotta get me 9-string mewo!! \m/
I saw your smile on ENGL :). In this demo it's my favorite too!
This is my new favourite TH-cam channel. That is all.
Engl sounded real nice to my ears. Good comparison as always!!
wonderful video as always! they all sound great and have their own individual voice which I like. If I had to choose one the Marshall JVM was probably my fave.
My favorites in order were the Engl, BluGuitar, and EVH. I thought was Engl was by far the best, due its clarity, tight sound, and overall balance. It sounded good across the sonic spectrum, and didn't hype any frequencies. The clear winner for me. 😎
Evh gonna be mine eventually!!
Oh man, I was about to drop some coin on a Victory but I think I’ll go for the Engl now. It sounds killer, as does your playing. The Marshall deserves special mention too. It would be an extremely close second.
very intresting test. I like the EVH most. please do this test also with software amps same riff and guitar
I enjoy the reviews but I also just listen to the amazing riffs, great job!
Awesome video Jon! You always get awesome 8-9 string sounds. Found myself liking the Fireball the most here , sounds "pissed off" in the best way possible.
Engl and EVH sounded the best for me. Rest of the amps are more or less similar. Was definitely expecting more from Bluguitar considering the hype. Badass and very informative video all the way
Which Peavey? :)
@@SonicDriveStudio haha my mistake meant the EVH
Great video, thank you! IMHO for this riff ENGL 1, Kraken 2, and EVH 3.
Nice video as always, Jon!
Fireball is a beast, 5153 is hard to beat. The rest is good except Kraken. It's sounds like a cheap plugin for me.
Also it's a shame that IronHeart wasn't included in this shootout, I'm sure it'll slay! Can't wait for another version WITH BOOST PEDAL! Cheers!
Most of us play with our 6 and Jon pulls his out and plays with his 9 and shows off the girth! DUDE!!!
Engl and Marshall imho. Other are also great amps, but i have a thing for that fireball 😎 and JVM.. nice mean machine. Cheers and thanks for comparison!
To my ears and out my speakers the Marshall sounds ridiculously heavy and unique I love it so much
I never gave the BluGuitar much of a thought other than the rad videos people out on them. If I was a gigging guy, I’d buy that thing in a heartbeat. Awesome video brother!
18:23 ENGL Fireball
18:30 Victory VX100 Super Kraken
18:37 Bluguitar Amp-1
18:44 EVH 5150
18:51 Mesa Boogie Mark V
18:58 Marshall JVM 410h
Here we can see the huge difference in clarity on ENGL Fireball. There is no "shhhh" (hiss noise) on background, while you can hear a lot of hiss and clustered noise on other amps.
The Mesa Bogie Mark V is the second on clarity, but wayyy less agressive compared to Fireball
Dam god, there is a tone inside a mix, and a tone isolated. Its incredible how things change bewteen "in a mix" vs "isolated".
Best: Fireball for the clarity.
High notes riff:
19:05 Fireball
19:19 Kraken (sounded like having small headroom, but equilibrated, maybe "weak")
19:33 Blu
19:47 EVH (the most "rough", "sharp", almost a pain to my ears)
20:01 Mark V (the second most "rough", "sharp")
20:15 JVM (the most equilibrated, sounds like Fireball)
Funny that if I was going to a blind test on this part, I would say that JVM is Fireball because is the most equilibrated. You can cleary hear the separated notes and the chord. The best for me is therefore the JVM.
Low notes rff:
19:11 Fireball (consistent)
19:26 Kraken (strange background noises)
19:39 Blu (also with strange background noises)
19:55 EVH (almost with background noises, but good)
20:07 Mark V (consistent like fireball, but less "agressive")
20:21 JVM (consistent like fireball and mark v, with the a little bit of that marshall characteristic cranked marshall tone. Mid-term in aggressiveness between Fireball and Mark)
Here Fireball, Mark V and JVM won bucz the lack of background noise. The best is up to you, Fireball more agressive, Mark more equilibrated, JVM more characteristic if you like Marshall tone)
The MONSTRUOS ninth-string chord: GHOOUL
20:29 Fireball (sounded a little shaky)
20:34 Kraken (sounded more conssitent than Fireball. The most equilibrated)
20:39 Blu (woahh a desperate or/and enraged demon screaming. Amazng!)
20:44 EVH (sounded old, too much "grrrrr" sound)
20:50 Mark V (sounded "restrained")
20:56 JVM (sounded "restrained" and a bit vintage)
Best: Kraken for the equilibrium and Blu for the agressivines and for "frightfulness"
Marshall for me, just opens up beautifully, just so rich.
ENGL < BluGuitar < EVH III < Marshall (if it had a boost pedal)
Great video, definitely the content I subbed for 👍👍
I really liked that smooth Boogie tightness.
I'm amazed at your preferences and being backep up in the comments. The Blue had more noise, but sounded ok, but the Victory sounded the worse of all by far to me.
Love your shootouts!
I liked the Bluguitar best to my surprise , especially when you started using the same IR it really stood apart.
I think it sounds similar to the 5150 though both killer
Sounds absolutely INSANE!!!! 💪😃
That is such a sick guitar. Schecter is amazing. I currently play an LTD EC1000 and I love it but Im dying to get a Schecter too. 🎸🤘🏼🔊
The BluGuitar Iridium sounds freaking insane!
It really does!
I loved it!
love this channel...amazing content and reviews. proud owner of a Mark V 35 but the ENGL takes it
Great work, I enjoyed all of the amps with the exception of the Super Kraken. Something about that one feels dull and lifeless.
We need a link to your music, always immense great riffs..awaiting your input on the iridium vs bs200 vs kraken..!
I think for this shootout the Engl wins. JVM second. EVH third. That said, looking at the settings on the JVM for example, I would have boosted the Res and Pres and dialed in a bit more gain but overall it's a Marshall which always has that heavy mid thing. Surprise was the Blu although fairly bright. The Kraken is last place for me in this particular exercise.
Evh and jvm sounded almost exactly the same to me, evh ever slightly more so compressed with a little more top end. I think it comes down to features which are pretty similar. The el34 has a much better true clean channel too. Truly a toss up
The fireball always does it for me.
Impressive. Never seen a 9 string guitar before, and it is so beautiful.
Anyway I love bas (I study them), my dream guitar is a PRS SE Paul Allender, I would love to have this 9 with bats inlays, although I admite the visual without inlays are way better, minimalist, perfect. Although too I would not have money to afford the buy of strings sets xD
The Engl with an active pickup is where its at. I was surprised with the Mark V. I think on a 7 string with passive pickups and a boost pedal it may win. But here it didnt perform well. Interesting video as always. Would love there to be a revv generator and Diamond in the bunch as well. But very good!
Bless you, sir
They all sound great but i like the evh because the tone stack is all down the middle, so easy to dial in a sound with that thing
The ENGL and the JVM killed it! for me! Both sounded perfect. Both had clarity but still sounded dark and thicc! Both wins IMO
The Mesa and the Victory weren't doing it for me. Hearing the Kraken reminded me why I got rid of the 50watter in the first place. Flat, lifeless with nice grunt. LOL I own a Mesa mini Recto, and it's one of my favorite amps ever, and the Mark was on my radar for my next amp... was on my radar.
While the Blu sounded solidstate-y I preferred it the most (when by itself) and seems like it would feel good to jam out with bedroom style. But I wouldn't use it for live or recording, more like a cool toy. But would more than likely use it more than other setups I have because of ease of use and its good tone! This is now my next amp to get. I loved it's solid state top end, sounded perfect! I love tube and SS tone, idk why other trash talk SS type tone so much.
The EVH and Mesa had this high end thing going on that I don't like, and why after owning six different 50watters, I'll never own an EVH again. HOT TAKE, I hated the Stealth the most of all 3 different types of EVH's. I'm yet to try a 100watter. IDK what it is, but once I get good clear tone out of the EVH, it has that high end annoying sound that never goes away, just like in/on Krank amps. More than likely it's user error on why I've come to almost hate the EVH 50watters. But what ever. I've moved away from dark congested tone.
As always, John, epic video! I've always loved how you do your back to back amps at the end with out backing tracks. Great stuff! keep these videos coming, bruv!
In ENGL amp I realy like that all frequencies are so well balanced and there is no that high frequencies which sound like constant background noises.
In the mix, the blu hands down
New Intwine sounding sick bro! Jokes aside, I think the Kraken sounds the burliest of all, and sounds like it would really fit well in a heavy mix with ease!
EVH.......love to get that amp.
Awesome video!! Such a hard thing to choose. They all sound so great!!
I guess if I had to pick one it'd either be the EVH or the Victory. 🔥
You should check out a Revv Generator or a Revv G20 one day. I recently got the Revv G20 after owning Peaveys mainly and man.... Probably the best amp I've ever owned. Such a clean distortion if that makes any sense at all.. hahaha
From the tones I hear on your videos it seems like you and I favor similar tones in a lot of ways. I play mainly 7 string guitars more than I do 6 strings and those Revv amps pair wonderful with 7 strings.. I think you'd dig it. 🤷♂️
Again, awesome videos. I really like your amp review videos. Cheers! 🤟😁
Nice showing. Should’ve included the Diavlo and the Invective as well, because I am biased, but also because they are very tight amps that could’ve provided an interesting contrast.
Sounds so good
I'm starting to think the actual thing I like is your ear and the way you dial in tones
I didn't heard anyone showing the second pickup sound of Schecter Damien Platinum 9 only one or two youtubers said that the second pickups sound a little bit like vintage.
Victory was in my opinion the most interesting amp with a huge amounts of growl and overall great clear response. Amazing amp for extended range djent sticks.
Yeah it sounds really mean and growly!
the victory really caught my attention, and the Engl too
Really cool and unique amps! Check out my full demo and review if you're interested!
Dude, awesome as always!!!! i fall in love with the bass sound!!! any chance sharing the magic you did with the Bass? thanks for the great content!!!!
Awasome video again. Love amp tone. Jon i have Orange Dual terror, tiny terror, jim root terror, Laney ironheart 15 single channel, Blackstar ht1, Bugera V5 combo, Boss Katana 100 mk 2. Should I buy Laney ironheart 60 212Combo.
Please reply
Can't go wrong with an Ironheart!
Engl for me. The victory was interesting as well
Hey John! Love your channel!
My Damien Elite 9 arrives on Wednesday and I'm so stoked on it!
With that being said, what are the measurements needed for that site to order fretboard stickers for it? Thanks so much!
What would u recomand for modern metal from engl fireball, iron all or powerball? Tks so much and keep the videos coming
ENGL FB 100 wins I think, just has the mids and the frequency width that suits the guitar and music style. Some of the other amps like the BluGuitar and the EVH sound pretty good in the comparison with all the same cabs, much closer to the quality of the FB.
Clearly between the ENGL and Amp1 for me. Surprised how little I liked the 5150 and how well the Marshall did.
ENGL and the Amp1
For me, Engl is the clear winner. The amp has punch and is
very clear and still has no sharp highs. The most well balanced amp for my ears.
Can't go wrong with that amp!
The Engl and the Amp1 Iridium sounds best to me. I watched this video because I'm searching for a new amp for my baritone and my 8 string guitar. To make it very useful and compact I will buy the Amp1 Iridium and put it on my pedalboard. I have already ordered a customized cabinet from Barefaced Audio, an Upsizing 2x12 with a Celestion BN12-300S in the bottom and a Thick Boy from OverTonez on the top position. I think it will sound great...
That’s a unique speaker combo. Id love to here how you like the barefaced for modern high gain. I’ve always been intrigued by there tech.
I will take a while. The speaker is still on the way from OverTonez to Barefaced Audio... I think it will be about by the end of October that Barefaced Audio will send the cabinet to me...
The Super Kraken just took the low end of that guitar to a new height, like none of the others could
Iridium modern channel seems to be modeled on the mess amp, it’s very closed to that sound. When isolated, I don’t really like any of them, but in the mix they are good
What are you tuned to here? Sounds mean!!
yes all sounded good in a way and shows how much influence from the cab. Which real cab do you think works best with the iridium? I have a marshall 1960 with celestion G75T but sound is a little bit dump
Put a crown on that ENLE for this sound..all the others sound great the best for the money is that damn BLUG amp..Proud of my 5150 el34..But i have a sneaky suspicion that the Marshal wins for overall sounds...oh and that victory gets the poopy award YUCK!
Personally, I prefer the Fireball, but they all sounded good! Though personally, for the Mark V I woulda dialed the pre-gain treble back a bit, and the gain up a tad, as well as bumping the master up a bit to give it some more girth ;)
13:38 Need to cut bass on eq so bass can be more audible.
Tough call but I'm gonna have to go with the ENGL on this one.
Hwy John, you have tons of experience with amps and tones. I have a question that I am just stuck with. It comes with a bit of backstory.
I have an EVH 100 watt el34. This is a beast of an amp and I'm in love with the tone... sort of. Some days the amp sounds amazing. I'm getting everything I want. Great highs perfect mids perfect lows. Great saturation. And then some days it seems just dark and lacking. Uninspiring tone. Muffled. I just don't understand.
Is there something that tube amps do that would cause tone to change from day to day without changing any settings? Or do I need to get my ears checked? Both? Lol. I have just put new preamp tubes in it and the power tubes have many miles left on them. This amp hasn't been pushed very hard. I've cranked it real good one time ever. And I'm using an early 2000's engl 4x12 loaded with the original v30's. So I can't imagine its the cab.
Thank you for your amazing content! Also I found the blue guitar and the fireball the best for the 9 string. Wouldn't have expected that pedal amp to sound so good. But ir's are really important. I think I liked the top end of those the most. I still did like the evh tho. I didn't care for the Mesa that much. And the Marshall kinda just had a strange voicing for this tuning for my ears but I could also hear that all of them could have a place even with the low tuning. You never know what the next project might call for. Maybe you would need the Mesa for such a low tuning for a specific reason.
Jeez i write damn books when I comment....
I recently saw this video that addresses that, check it out: th-cam.com/video/usFGWIGJXwQ/w-d-xo.html
@@SonicDriveStudio lol omg I just watched this video. Lol unfortunately didn't really get the info I needed from it. Thanks for looking out tho for sure!
I noticed you went from a „boost every amp“ to a „I like the un-boosted character of the amp better“ guy over the last year or so. What was it that made you change your mind about boosts?
hmmm quick judgement, id say engl or boogie sounds best to me
with the iridium have you experienced any unwanted noise? i bought one 2 years ago but i've sent it back as it was noisy on higher master settings even on the clean channel with guitar volume down. i liked the sounds that i got out of it but couldn't use my delay in the loop as the delay picked up the noise and the repeats were too much. i've read another review on thomann about this issue but haven't seen it discussed anywhere else. i get that it's a compact package with high wattage but this seemed like a big problem. it sounded really good in your videos and you would have probably pointed it out if it caused any issues with recording.
Hmmm I haven't been experiencing anything out of the ordinary. Have you considered contacting BluGuitar about this?
@@SonicDriveStudio yeah that would have been the move. i thought it wasn't a faulty model and it just had a higher noise floor than i expected. might try or buy one in the future.
Surprised how much like the JVM
Since the new meshuggah album sounds like it is on an Evh 5150iii, could you do the m80m on that and maybe try a riff from the new album
ENGL won this by a long margin IMO. The others didn’t come close. That ENGL is NASTY. This isn’t the first time I’ve been more than impressed with that amp. Do you have a 9 string video on your Dual Rectifier yet?! …Boosted of course.
100%. Time to replace the tubes on my Invader 100 :(
Engl was the worst for me in the mix. Actually surprisingly the AMP1 sounded the best in the mix
@@guitarpunkcovers I liked that one next up. Better in the high frequencies. Are you using speakers with a sub to listen to this? I’m listening on my home entertainment audio system w/ Jamo tower speakers and a Samsung 1k Watt sub and that ENGL was professional.
@@MrMann-gt1eh I’m using my Sennheiser HD 300 Pro headphones. Engl doesn’t sound bad, just sounds “least good” to me.
"i'm not going to play just the low notes" - proceeds to play the low notes,
i love this dude !!
my 9string is on his way and i can't wait
I wonder how different this Engl Fireball is to my Engl InVader 1 sound wise.
But all of these amps sound great.
Never tried an Invader
I liked the Marshall JVM the best I think. Had the most satisfying midrange. The Mesa and the ENGL weren't bad either.
I’m planning to get a brand new amp for my Damien platinum 9, honestly in your option what is the best for it? I’m willing to pay any price, im just in desperate search of a great amp. There’s so many choices lol but I need the best choice so what better of an opinion then someone who has them all!:)
ENGL is an easy choice!
sounds great, what are you using for the bass guitar for tunings this low ?
5 string bass with a weird tuning: B C# F# C# F#
I liked the engl the most. After that, actually the amp1.
When using the same cab, I still prefer the engl followed by the marshall
I am a bit suprised how similair the amp1 and evh sound when using the same cab!
Yeah. In comparison the EVH is a little bit more saturated
@@SonicDriveStudio can you please elaborate on why you've used the Torpedo Captor as a load box with the Amp1 instead of the RedSeven/Fractal?
I liked all, the ENGL the most followed by all the others and Victory and Mesa the least.
I'm a Mark guy, but I'm torn between the Kraken and EVH on this one. I usually don't even like the Kraken, but it definitely shines with low tunings.
The Marshall is the best for me. There is something special. The EVH 2nd.
ENGL, Blu and then the Kraken. You made them all sound pretty damn good. Any two would sound great together in a mix, stereo rig or two guitarists in the same band.
in this particular instance, the ENGL absolutely crushed everything else. Everything else sounds like fizz next to it.
Would FB25 be as good as FB100?
Not exactly the same but also very good! I still need to compare them
What tuning on that 9 string monster?
Standard tuning for a 9-string is C# F# B E A D G B E
That!
@@ericwinterspruce0110 nice, thank you!
Engl through a matching cab; Engl and EVH through the same cab.
EVH for me.
The engl took it. It's big and ugly and it has the most character and it just works. Maybe the Marshall in 2nd and the mesa or victory in third. I'd combine the engl with the Marshall and call it a day. Good call on the greenbacks, that was fun. 👍
Nice...if modeler i.r MPT or 48k ?
MPT only matters if you mix IRs
@@SonicDriveStudio Ok Noted n Thanks So Much