End of the Europa land - End Land. Say it quick many times: End Land End Land End Land... enland - England. En land - for easy speaking. That what is England - End Land. Oh, and Englund = England. For words and languages such changes is not critical.
Yep..correct..I had the ID 60 and ID 30 watt combos..both ISF's were USA to the left and British to the right.. I think this one sounds damn good like their other ones.
Coming from someone who's owned many expensive high gain amps, judging from this clip, this amp sounds significantly better for high gain than many of the more expensive high gain amps you've tested.
Blackstar "Response" knob is a tube emulator. Its a brilliant feature and never seems to be discussed in reviews. Each tube setting is like a custom overdrive pedal! Each tube has a distinct character, such as saturation (or lack off), and they have their own tonal EQ curve etc. EL84's have a chimy clean and super saturation, EL34's light on bass focused mids and crunchy saturation. The 6V6 have that Fender Deluxe Reverb tonal sound and a lighter breakup (bluesy type), 6L6 are super clean and have lots of low end, used for that Fender clean sound or with high gain settings for New Metal styles of music. Kt88 have a thick full midrange and low mids and are great for Strats with single coils. So change tubes to get different overdrive break up and tonal EQ curve. Knowing about tubes helps. Throw a tube screamer or other drive pedal on the front to boost the amp (Katana has built on overdrive pedals for added boost). Also the amp responds well to pick attack, play light and it cleans up, pick hard and it breaks up more (very tube like).
My guess is Variable slope resistor. Fender value on the 5f6a bassman was 56k. Marshall value on the JTM's was 33k. So basically a 25k pot added in. I think the 'Sweep' knob on the Krank Revolution was the same as well.
I love this amp. Sounds much better than a Katana in my opinion. I traded this in for a Line 6 Pod Go after hearing how great the Line 6 is supposed to be. One day later I went back to get my Silverline back.
Well no one else said it so despite being a year late, but he got the ISF switch backwards. The side he thought was the British side was the American and vise versa. The American side is more modern and slight mid scooped on heavy tones. The British side pushes the mids higher making the sound more even, but muddy. It's usually best to put in someplace in the middle on that dial to get a happy medium between the two.
I’ve just spent a couple of hours playing with this amp head it’s good. Ola missed a trick with this amp because some effort has been spent on the power section he needs to gun the master volume and use the channel volume to control the loudness and it will behave like a tube amp. It does need tweaking in software to get the built in noise gates to trigger when you want them to the current presets lean towards high gain settings so quite aggressive. I haven’t played with the EQ section yet much apart from the mids. I used the resonance instead of bass (even at bedroom volume through a 2x12 this will make the room shake) and presence instead of treble. This amp is the first amp I have used where I like pretty much all the voices. I’m really fussy about high gain tone this is the first amp where I actually liked them. The bright clean setting is pretty cool too manage to achieve blues and unbelievably surf tones as well. It’s not perfect set it wrong and it will sound shit and digital set get it right and it will reward you with some very expensive sounding tones.
For a "can do everything" modeling amp I like it. Bang for the buck there's a little love to hate thing from boss that I like more, but I think they did pretty well on this thing for a first take on a serious SS/modeling amp
Blackstars are fantastic! I have a bunch. The little 10 watt or 20 watt they make are the best little amps in my opinion! Built in effects and they are very good sounding. They have a handle for carrying em also.
I played the 100w 1x 12 in the store on Super Crunch setting gain only about halfway. Think 70's Michael Schenker. Just love this this thing. So fun especially at low volume.
I really really dig the sound of this amp. I can't tell what's wrong with it tbh, and probably 90% of the people watching you playing live won't either. Just my 5 cents.
@@WildChildMcCloud Oof, it's been a year now. I changed my views, so VSTs all the way. Planning to get rid of my tube thing, although I will be missing that 12" speaker rumble. I'm blending VSTs now haha.
Maybe some of your critiques were more apparent in the room and less so once on youtube but I am really impressed with how this sounds, and the price is great too.
I'm sure someone has pointed this out by now, but what he's telling us about the ISF knob is backwards. Fully counter clockwise is American, and fully clockwise has a British characteristic. He didn't care much for the British side. Not that that's a deal breaker or anything. And seriously man, I ain't hatin' on anyone. This is a very good demo for anyone considering this amp. He does a great job of pointing out why you watched in the first place. WILL IT CHUG? I think the answer is yes. How well it will chug is totally subjective.
Hello Ola. Waving a hand hello from Missouri, USA! Amp sounds cool through Mesa amp this is way above my head old school headbanger! LOL, It chugs to me! You play well and funny and a good dude man! Thanks for making me laugh! A big fan knew your talent for years, your different bands! Cool guitar Solar awesome they sound and look great! Found you by chance like your channel its cool! Times and sounds from the late 70`s sure have changed I'm old! LOL, Old Fender too, Randalls Bass & Guitar then practice amps Crate! My 10-watt crate practice amp chugs so loud! to My half-stack Marshall Play VSS 100 Amp for guitar, bass SWR 4004 amateur DOD foot pedals, and Crybaby Wha pedals! So a full studio in the house still jamming! Shaking the house and wood floors on-farm rural areas crank it constantly! So myself amateur bands for years now 41 years jamming guitar, bass! British, American sounds for sure they have the sounds down in amp! Cools riffs Ola! Man nice studio free equipment to test lucky dude! Good review sounds cool! I say it chugs! Take care, Jonathan
I tried the blackstar silverline deluxe combo yesterday and it was badass had a ton of features sounded like a tube clean channel was really nice the distortion only kept getting better had the mesa marshall oramte dark series built into and i hate to admit they even told me it had fender in it i cant stand fender or gibson but the amp was badass i have to say i plan on buying it maybe today or tomorrow cause it def will chug
I like what you've got going on with the studio right now. Also, watching you over the years, what you've got going on right now is what I always wanted Guitar World to do for it's more metal focused gear, or even just someone with a more defined metal style to review gear.
I dunno if OD2 was the best voicing to test the majority of the settings on. Crunch/Super Crunch or OD1 might respond better to the EQ/Presence tweaks. A voicing that can take the gain going above 12 o' clock before it goes to beehive territory would probably let this thing rip.
Had a ID260TVP combo when they first came out, got rid of it when i stopped playing in bands for a while. Got back into bands again and had numerous valve amps, the best being a bugera 333xl combo but it shit it pants pretty early on, now present day I've found myself with another ID260TVP and for the money it's really good as a 2x12 combo and I think it's built to run work with the Blackstar voiced speakers it has, maybe sounds a bit different with different cabs, but try one through the speakers blackstar intended it to work with and they're really good amps and the pub goers watching you play at your gigs couldn't give a shit if it isn't a £1500+ boutique valve amp
I'm wondering seeing all those 'Will it Chug" videos, what is your all time, ultimate, "don't touch nothing", desert island "that's my sound" chugging amp? My personnal favorite I've seen you reviewed were the Engl Savage II and the Soldano SLO 30 was a close second. I hate having expensive taste while beign poor, I guess it's related... Always good to see your stuff pop on my youtube feed keep it up love your style!
@@jdcusic7427 Thank you!!! He played that same riff in "Will it chug? - Orange Micro Dark" and it drove me insane that I didn't know the track, and how to find it. That riff literally made me pick up my guitar again after a 3-4 year hiatus, and in the past few months I have reunited with my playing and practicing every day! 😄
Ola tests a Blackstar and it passed the "CHUG" approval test. 👍🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻 I love my Blackstar S1-100 head. Sounds great. Would I prefer to have a Mesa Triple Rec or a Diezel Herbert MK3? Absolutely, but I don't have that kind of money floating around.
Im just watching your vids so I can literally bang my head on your riffs. I think its best to have like a “riff off(of) the day” segment sir. rocknroll
I have one of these heads and would recommend bunging a tube screamer in front for heavy stuff. Takes OD pedals like a tube amp would. I use a little EQ as well in the loop and sounds great. Still great demo Ola!
The ISF knob isn't designed to be used full chug. For heavy tones, at 0 all the way. For country or blues tones it can be useful to fill out the frequency range which creates "honk" when the sound is too saturated
Hey Ola, greetings from the states. I'm no professional, but something really sticks out about this tone that I really dig, even with the room mics. It made me think that you should do some kind of tutorial to use room/lavaliere mics in heavy guitar mixes. I think that would be epic.
when you turn up the channel volume its like turning up the power on a tube power amp. the actual master volume is just controlling the real volume but wont give you that power tube roar like the channel volume will.
That’s incorrect. Channel volume controls pre amp, Master volume controls power amp. Driven power amp is what most players crave but don’t know it. Try maxing the master and controlling the loudness with the channel volume. I bet it will make you smile 😊 have fun now.
If you read the manual it explains you get power amp distortion by turning up the channel volume. Remember that this is a digital amp. Turning up the channel volume (paraphrasing)"simulates overdriving the power section of a tube amp"
Found it verbatim: . Volume This controls the preamp volume. Turning it clockwise increases the volume. High levels of volume will introduce the effect of valve power amp distortion and compression, depending on the TVP (9) setting you have selected. This setting is saved when you store a patch.
I got that head and for me it really chugs like a monster specially with the 6l6 setting...and even with the EL34 setting. I use it with my Kustom jr 4×12 with 4 celestion 65w speakers witch produce a lot of bass and creats a lot of bottom end...it also can produce som good classic rock tones pretty well. I like that amp....it doesent have to be far too loud either to sound good....cause it is.... digital.
A lack of sounding "real" was also my biggest criticism of the TVP series. I really tried to get into the 60 and 100 heads, but they really felt two-dimensional to play through.
The Silverline needs to have the master volume maxed and it sounds incredibly real. The only caveat is you need enough volume to get the speakers to move properly. Don’t do that and it will sound as you describe.
Blackstar amps: *makes ISF knob Ola: "Blackstar is British company and obviously, they would make British sounds better and American sounds..." Blackstar amps: "Yikes"
Ola your channel never fails to entertain. 🤘🤘I play on a Blackstar ID260. Has the same knobs and settings as this silver. They are pretty nice with all of the features.
"Ola Englund" You have the ISF backwards. While facing the amp turn ISF to counterclockwise or left is American clockwise or right is British while facing the amp. So you liked the American side! I don't know why but Blackstar always has the full British sound too muddy! When you did the Blackstar HT-1 "will it chug review? You said it perfectly, You said: "Sounds like you put a blanket over it". However, if you put it almost to the middle a hair past noon on Brit side it takes some of the mid-scooped tone out, especially on the HT-1
Im not a huge fan of the sound of this. It does however seem to have a sort of stereo sound. If you know what I mean, like a super short delay left and right. Sounds huge, I just find it a bit waspy.
All BlackStar amps from the 3 I have owned really Shine and give you what your looking for when you use the Insider Software !!! Just like the Boss Katana's just get even more badass sounding when you use the Boss Tone Studio !!! Same with the Yamaha THR Series !!!
@@Sandman60077 satchel from Steel Panthers rig rundown had a good one. "you turn this knob this way and you sound like Dimebag. Turn it this way and you sound like van halen"
the last gig I played was run on a generator and my tube amp was pulling too much power so I had to use someone elses head. So yeah I'm in the market for a good solid state to use as a backup. I was considering the Blackstar ID core series, what do you guys think?
Little late but I have an ID: 150 head and while it doesn't quite have a massive amount of overdrive like the silver line, it sounds damn good. I'm impressed. $200 for a 150 watt head. No complaints here.
I have older version of this amp and I completely agree what you think about it. In my opinion this might one of the best solid state amps cause its also so cheap
Maybe you could display a " spectrum analyzer" on screen , like you did with the db SPL on screen display , so that the viewer will be able to identify your audio frequency references.
Not bad. But I'm very interesting about Yamaha TH100. A few years ago Ola tastes TH10x and it's sound good. TH100 is more function modeling Amp but...??? Is it good choise in this time?
I'm glad tone is subjective because this sounds fucking great to me man. You can get a ton of different sounds on it and for the price its a freaking steal. \m/
Jesus, I never noticed how much of a giant Ola is. Even sitting down he's like towering over that cabinet. Now, granted those things have gotten smaller over the years but Christ Almighty man.
Oi oi oi! What is that riff at 3:35?? That's the same riff that you played in the end of "Will it chug? - Orange Micro Dark", and that riff made me pick up the guitar again after a 3 year hiatus ❤️
Have a great Friday everyone!
You too
You too! 🙏🏽
You too Ola 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
Have a great Ola Friday!
\m/
After saying „british“ all the time his name is now Ola England
In fact when I discovered this channel I thought his surname.was England......
😂😂😂😂
End of the Europa land - End Land. Say it quick many times: End Land End Land End Land... enland - England. En land - for easy speaking. That what is England - End Land. Oh, and Englund = England. For words and languages such changes is not critical.
ISF all the way to the left is “American” and right is “British”
Yup, was gonna write that too
Was only listening to the audio and thought the "British" side sound very Mesa mark-ish
Yup
I generally prefer it at around 2 o'clock. At least, I do on my HT-60, with a little clean boost in the front.
Yep..correct..I had the ID 60 and ID 30 watt combos..both ISF's were USA to the left and British to the right.. I think this one sounds damn good like their other ones.
Coming from someone who's owned many expensive high gain amps, judging from this clip, this amp sounds significantly better for high gain than many of the more expensive high gain amps you've tested.
I agree. I like it more than he does
Blackstar "Response" knob is a tube emulator. Its a brilliant feature and never seems to be discussed in reviews.
Each tube setting is like a custom overdrive pedal! Each tube has a distinct character, such as saturation (or lack off),
and they have their own tonal EQ curve etc. EL84's have a chimy clean and super saturation, EL34's light on bass focused mids
and crunchy saturation. The 6V6 have that Fender Deluxe Reverb tonal sound and a lighter breakup (bluesy type), 6L6 are super
clean and have lots of low end, used for that Fender clean sound or with high gain settings for New Metal styles of music.
Kt88 have a thick full midrange and low mids and are great for Strats with single coils. So change tubes to get different
overdrive break up and tonal EQ curve. Knowing about tubes helps. Throw a tube screamer or other drive pedal on the front to
boost the amp (Katana has built on overdrive pedals for added boost). Also the amp responds well to pick attack, play light
and it cleans up, pick hard and it breaks up more (very tube like).
Blackstar: It can sound British OR American and even blend them!!
Me: It’s literally a mid control with extra marketing.
Exactly what i thought too lol
My guess is Variable slope resistor. Fender value on the 5f6a bassman was 56k. Marshall value on the JTM's was 33k. So basically a 25k pot added in. I think the 'Sweep' knob on the Krank Revolution was the same as well.
Yep it's a mid sweep pot a la Krank for example , good thing is it's very easy to add to pretty much any amp. I add them on to my amps sometimes
Yea ... there are solid state Fender blackface style amps with a 'contour' control which is basically a mid scoop dial like this one sounds.
@@riffsnreviews do you have a video showing how you add the mid sweep pot on your amps? I'd really be interested in that.
I love this amp. Sounds much better than a Katana in my opinion. I traded this in for a Line 6 Pod Go after hearing how great the Line 6 is supposed to be. One day later I went back to get my Silverline back.
I think you got the ISF wrong, fully anticlockwise is the American setting, fully clockwise is British... :)
Lol you mean counterclockwise
@@nebularvoid4669 Indeed I do, apologies, English is not my native language, appreciate the correction! :)
Steve Langdon counterclockwise is an English word my dude
@@nebularvoid4669 No, it's anticlockwise
@@nebularvoid4669 You were right the first time; it's anticlockwise. 'Counterclockwise' is an Americanism.
That amp sounds surprisingly good
Chugin' is my bussines and bussines is good!
I'm not usually a big fan of modeling amps, but this is better than most of the ones on the market, like the Marshall Code and Fender Mustang series.
Thise arent even the same thing as this those are such a lower tier than this thing. I just got mine in and it sounds like it should cost thousands.
@@nick-dm3ifYeah, that's because of the Shark dsp chip they used in this amp. They weren't messing around when they designed this thing.
This amp sounds BEAUTIFUL !
I love my 20w Silverline combo. Awesome little metal amp!
Very impressed with it. A quality cab makes a huge difference. If you were a kid or somebody on a budget, or needed a backup amp the price is right
I always wait for the burp. So, when the video began with a bigass one i felt vert satisfied
Old anthrax riff at 7:15. Lol
Among the Living!
Well no one else said it so despite being a year late, but he got the ISF switch backwards. The side he thought was the British side was the American and vise versa. The American side is more modern and slight mid scooped on heavy tones. The British side pushes the mids higher making the sound more even, but muddy. It's usually best to put in someplace in the middle on that dial to get a happy medium between the two.
I’ve just spent a couple of hours playing with this amp head it’s good. Ola missed a trick with this amp because some effort has been spent on the power section he needs to gun the master volume and use the channel volume to control the loudness and it will behave like a tube amp. It does need tweaking in software to get the built in noise gates to trigger when you want them to the current presets lean towards high gain settings so quite aggressive. I haven’t played with the EQ section yet much apart from the mids. I used the resonance instead of bass (even at bedroom volume through a 2x12 this will make the room shake) and presence instead of treble.
This amp is the first amp I have used where I like pretty much all the voices. I’m really fussy about high gain tone this is the first amp where I actually liked them. The bright clean setting is pretty cool too manage to achieve blues and unbelievably surf tones as well.
It’s not perfect set it wrong and it will sound shit and digital set get it right and it will reward you with some very expensive sounding tones.
Looks like a rehash of the Blackstar ID series. I still have an ID 15 practice amp, and it’s fantastic !
Thats what I was thinking as well.
I've got the ID 60W head, still love it but will eventually move to Kemper
@@anthonymonterosso7472 Wish I could afford one! I reckon a BOSS Katana is my next one, bit more affordable haha
@@VikingMiguel I wish I could afford one now too lol it's gonna be at least 5-10 years until I can afford one lmao
Those ID amps sounds digital as fuck
Silverline actuality is beyond my expectation. It sounds great.
For a "can do everything" modeling amp I like it. Bang for the buck there's a little love to hate thing from boss that I like more, but I think they did pretty well on this thing for a first take on a serious SS/modeling amp
Blackstars are fantastic! I have a bunch. The little 10 watt or 20 watt they make are the best little amps in my opinion! Built in effects and they are very good sounding. They have a handle for carrying em also.
that standard E had me flashing back to the 80's
I played the 100w 1x 12 in the store on Super Crunch setting gain only about halfway. Think 70's Michael Schenker. Just love this this thing. So fun especially at low volume.
I really really dig the sound of this amp. I can't tell what's wrong with it tbh, and probably 90% of the people watching you playing live won't either. Just my 5 cents.
Idk, sounds absolutely good for me, I'm getting this.
I'm sure this amp combined with a real tube one will make for a badass blend.
Blackstars version of a Line6 Spider Valve? I'd be into that!
That's what I was thinking. One guitar with this and the other with a 5150 would sound badass.
@@WildChildMcCloud Oof, it's been a year now.
I changed my views, so VSTs all the way.
Planning to get rid of my tube thing, although I will be missing that 12" speaker rumble.
I'm blending VSTs now haha.
Maybe some of your critiques were more apparent in the room and less so once on youtube but I am really impressed with how this sounds, and the price is great too.
Testing the Silverline with the Silver guitar... well done
The design of the silverline style is just beautiful. They should make all the amps look this beautiful
I'm sure someone has pointed this out by now, but what he's telling us about the ISF knob is backwards. Fully counter clockwise is American, and fully clockwise has a British characteristic. He didn't care much for the British side. Not that that's a deal breaker or anything. And seriously man, I ain't hatin' on anyone. This is a very good demo for anyone considering this amp. He does a great job of pointing out why you watched in the first place. WILL IT CHUG? I think the answer is yes. How well it will chug is totally subjective.
Love those new Solar Guitars!
They are sick especially that natural one
Hello Ola. Waving a hand hello from Missouri, USA! Amp sounds cool through Mesa amp this is way above my head old school headbanger! LOL, It chugs to me! You play well and funny and a good dude man! Thanks for making me laugh! A big fan knew your talent for years, your different bands! Cool guitar Solar awesome they sound and look great! Found you by chance like your channel its cool! Times and sounds from the late 70`s sure have changed I'm old! LOL, Old Fender too, Randalls Bass & Guitar then practice amps Crate! My 10-watt crate practice amp chugs so loud! to My half-stack Marshall Play VSS 100 Amp for guitar, bass SWR 4004 amateur DOD foot pedals, and Crybaby Wha pedals! So a full studio in the house still jamming! Shaking the house and wood floors on-farm rural areas crank it constantly! So myself amateur bands for years now 41 years jamming guitar, bass! British, American sounds for sure they have the sounds down in amp! Cools riffs Ola! Man nice studio free equipment to test lucky dude! Good review sounds cool! I say it chugs! Take care, Jonathan
I love this comment. You rock man.
I tried the blackstar silverline deluxe combo yesterday and it was badass had a ton of features sounded like a tube clean channel was really nice the distortion only kept getting better had the mesa marshall oramte dark series built into and i hate to admit they even told me it had fender in it i cant stand fender or gibson but the amp was badass i have to say i plan on buying it maybe today or tomorrow cause it def will chug
I would love to have that versatility in a real tube amp.
That would be a very very large amp your roadie would need a forklift truck to put on stage 😎
3:58 love the bleed rhythm
I like what you've got going on with the studio right now.
Also, watching you over the years, what you've got going on right now is what I always wanted Guitar World to do for it's more metal focused gear, or even just someone with a more defined metal style to review gear.
"And over here in Britain...it's like super awesome. And over here in America...it's not that good." You said it Ola :-)
I dunno if OD2 was the best voicing to test the majority of the settings on. Crunch/Super Crunch or OD1 might respond better to the EQ/Presence tweaks. A voicing that can take the gain going above 12 o' clock before it goes to beehive territory would probably let this thing rip.
3:36 is that riff just something of Ola's, or is that from a song? Cause damn that's sick
I wonder too. Late part of that riff sounded like old Megadeth from Marty times.
It’s "Trespass" by the Haunted
@@Schmeerenburgh thank you good Sir
The Haunted - Trespass
Had a ID260TVP combo when they first came out, got rid of it when i stopped playing in bands for a while. Got back into bands again and had numerous valve amps, the best being a bugera 333xl combo but it shit it pants pretty early on, now present day I've found myself with another ID260TVP and for the money it's really good as a 2x12 combo and I think it's built to run work with the Blackstar voiced speakers it has, maybe sounds a bit different with different cabs, but try one through the speakers blackstar intended it to work with and they're really good amps and the pub goers watching you play at your gigs couldn't give a shit if it isn't a £1500+ boutique valve amp
I think it sounds amazing. It’s crystal clear
I'm wondering seeing all those 'Will it Chug" videos, what is your all time, ultimate, "don't touch nothing", desert island "that's my sound" chugging amp?
My personnal favorite I've seen you reviewed were the Engl Savage II and the Soldano SLO 30 was a close second. I hate having expensive taste while beign poor, I guess it's related...
Always good to see your stuff pop on my youtube feed keep it up love your style!
That The Haunted riff never gets old 😎👌
Which track is it from?
@@TommyViny if you're talking about the riff he plays at 3:35 it's the song Trespass by The Haunted on the "Made me do it" record
@@jdcusic7427 Thank you!!! He played that same riff in "Will it chug? - Orange Micro Dark" and it drove me insane that I didn't know the track, and how to find it. That riff literally made me pick up my guitar again after a 3-4 year hiatus, and in the past few months I have reunited with my playing and practicing every day! 😄
@@TommyViny Ola wasn't around back then but he now plays with that band The Haunted. I love that riff too!
Can't like this video enough for Among the Living
Oh yeah, that stood out to me too. Love hearing a shoutout to the 'Thrax
It's a shame you didn't use the KT88 settings! They are by far the most open/versatile settings you can find on this amp.
Watches (TH-camr) : That's cool
Watches (TH-camr) : That's neat
Watches (TH-camr) : That's aight
Watches Ola : Immediately gets out of TH-cam and plays guitar.
yeah, suddenly i wanna have cool gear to play with and chuggggg alittle myself. alltho theres not that much chugging in prog ;)
@@bunnlose you dont have to play a single genre constantly
@@bunnlose if you want to chug, but you play prog, just play djent. It’s basically prog timing, but with constant 0-0-0-0-0.
@@nigel7779 thats totaly correct =)
Accurate.
If you’re doing a Metallica tribute on a budget, this may be the way to go
Have you used this?? That’s basically the tone I’m going for while still saving space
7:18 AMONG THE FUCKING LIVING! I love you Ola
Ola tests a Blackstar and it passed the "CHUG" approval test. 👍🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻 I love my Blackstar S1-100 head. Sounds great. Would I prefer to have a Mesa Triple Rec or a Diezel Herbert MK3? Absolutely, but I don't have that kind of money floating around.
The katana drive section is analog, this is a modeller. They are very different types of amps
Im just watching your vids so I can literally bang my head on your riffs. I think its best to have like a “riff off(of) the day” segment sir. rocknroll
THE BEST VIDEO INTRO EVER!
I REALLY like the finish on that guitar you are using Ola!
I was thinking this vs katana. I sticked to Katana and I am very happy :)
Tested both: silverline definetely sounds better, but katana is a better product, delivers more for the budget.
Tried both and the Katana sounds so cheap and plastic compared to thr silverline.
Nah, if you deal a little with the katana, it can sound awesome
@@vitasopera that is it!
@@vitasopera I really tested both. Silverline sounds better, really. But like I said, katana is a better product, delivers more for the budget.
I have one of these heads and would recommend bunging a tube screamer in front for heavy stuff. Takes OD pedals like a tube amp would. I use a little EQ as well in the loop and sounds great. Still great demo Ola!
I'm still waiting for the video where he turns it on, starts to chug, it chugs, and he says, 'Will it chug? Yes." roll credits.
That will be the boss Metal core pedal video.
The ISF knob isn't designed to be used full chug. For heavy tones, at 0 all the way. For country or blues tones it can be useful to fill out the frequency range which creates "honk" when the sound is too saturated
Hey Ola, greetings from the states. I'm no professional, but something really sticks out about this tone that I really dig, even with the room mics. It made me think that you should do some kind of tutorial to use room/lavaliere mics in heavy guitar mixes. I think that would be epic.
3:34 WHAT IS THIS RIFF ITS SOOOOO GOOOOOOOD
The Haunted - Trespass
Good review, accurate. Do you ever plan on doing a review of the Laney Ironheart head?
Never mind I found it from a few years ago! It chugs!
when you turn up the channel volume its like turning up the power on a tube power amp. the actual master volume is just controlling the real volume but wont give you that power tube roar like the channel volume will.
That's what i was thinking the whole time, The channel volume was extremely low, may of been crippling the punch?
Actually, the channel volumes affect the preamp.
The master volume affects the power section.
That’s incorrect. Channel volume controls pre amp, Master volume controls power amp. Driven power amp is what most players crave but don’t know it. Try maxing the master and controlling the loudness with the channel volume. I bet it will make you smile 😊 have fun now.
If you read the manual it explains you get power amp distortion by turning up the channel volume. Remember that this is a digital amp. Turning up the channel volume (paraphrasing)"simulates overdriving the power section of a tube amp"
Found it verbatim: . Volume
This controls the preamp volume. Turning it clockwise increases the volume.
High levels of volume will introduce the effect of valve power amp distortion and
compression, depending on the TVP (9) setting you have selected. This setting is
saved when you store a patch.
I got that head and for me it really chugs like a monster specially with the 6l6 setting...and even with the EL34 setting. I use it with my Kustom jr 4×12 with 4 celestion 65w speakers witch produce a lot of bass and creats a lot of bottom end...it also can produce som good classic rock tones pretty well. I like that amp....it doesent have to be far too loud either to sound good....cause it is.... digital.
Boss Katana 100 MKII is $180 less and I think is a lot better sounding. Plus it gives you an option of 3 different wattages.
I actually really want one of these now dang :)
Sounds pretty good to me. It's nice to hear some Anthrax too.
A lack of sounding "real" was also my biggest criticism of the TVP series. I really tried to get into the 60 and 100 heads, but they really felt two-dimensional to play through.
The Silverline needs to have the master volume maxed and it sounds incredibly real. The only caveat is you need enough volume to get the speakers to move properly.
Don’t do that and it will sound as you describe.
Awesome! Love the Anthrax riff.
ola playing an anthrax riff..where on earth that manifest form lmao fk yes
Blackstar amps: *makes ISF knob
Ola: "Blackstar is British company and obviously, they would make British sounds better and American sounds..."
Blackstar amps: "Yikes"
Hahahha and the fact that the "better" sounding side was the American one (left-0)
@@user-tb8zt7wg4p I commented the same,don’t see how Ola confused,definite mid frequency difference
Ola your channel never fails to entertain. 🤘🤘I play on a Blackstar ID260. Has the same knobs and settings as this silver. They are pretty nice with all of the features.
This is funny. One of your best shows Ola. Keep it up.
I set my stop watch when I watch these too!
"Ola Englund" You have the ISF backwards. While facing the amp turn ISF to counterclockwise or left is American clockwise or right is British while facing the amp. So you liked the American side! I don't know why but Blackstar always has the full British sound too muddy!
When you did the Blackstar HT-1 "will it chug review? You said it perfectly, You said: "Sounds like you put a blanket over it". However, if you put it almost to the middle a hair past noon on Brit side it takes some of the mid-scooped tone out, especially on the HT-1
Im not a huge fan of the sound of this. It does however seem to have a sort of stereo sound. If you know what I mean, like a super short delay left and right.
Sounds huge, I just find it a bit waspy.
I know what u mean, the distortion sounds fast, serrated, buzzy and waspy
Stereo sound caused by mic that Ola is using. I believe it's Beyerdynamic M160.
@@nickcollins9893 is that the stereo room mic or is that a different one?
I got a Katana Air and mfer it chugs!! So happy with it.
All BlackStar amps from the 3 I have owned really Shine and give you what your looking for when you use the Insider Software !!! Just like the Boss Katana's just get even more badass sounding when you use the Boss Tone Studio !!! Same with the Yamaha THR Series !!!
Aside from getting the ISF backwards... Epico! I slapped like!
nice guitar Mr.Ola...the black star is sounds amazing
Hello from New Zealand, love your channel man, thank you
so good to hear a bit of Anthrax being played by Ola! :)
I wasn't aware Drop C and D Standard was tuning low (this has been my obligatory core kid comment)
Super demo, nice amp! Ola, I am ordering a A2.6 in yellow, thanks for making such a cool instrument.
5:21 "And then all over here in America, it's not that good." Ola speaking the truth.
Except he has it backwards, the knob turned to the left is American style and to the right is British style. :)
@@Sandman60077 satchel from Steel Panthers rig rundown had a good one.
"you turn this knob this way and you sound like Dimebag. Turn it this way and you sound like van halen"
Was that The Haunted? Awesome. I haven't heard that song in years!
When working your ISF knob you must work in conjunction your presence and depth knobs. Love my HT100 Stage with Tung sols.
i forgot to leave a link to the pedal... sorry
www.zoom-na.com/products/effects-preamps/guitar/tm-01-zoom-tri-metal
the last gig I played was run on a generator and my tube amp was pulling too much power so I had to use someone elses head. So yeah I'm in the market for a good solid state to use as a backup. I was considering the Blackstar ID core series, what do you guys think?
Little late but I have an ID: 150 head and while it doesn't quite have a massive amount of overdrive like the silver line, it sounds damn good. I'm impressed. $200 for a 150 watt head. No complaints here.
@@bobbyburke4594 I ended up with a boss katana mk2 head and I love it
I have older version of this amp and I completely agree what you think about it. In my opinion this might one of the best solid state amps cause its also so cheap
Maybe you could display a " spectrum analyzer" on screen , like you did with the db SPL on screen display , so that the viewer will be able to identify your audio frequency references.
I have the original HT-100 and it is insane with 2 HTV212 cabinets.
ola!! the dumbledore of METAL!!!! 🤘💪🔥🔥🔥
Not bad. But I'm very interesting about Yamaha TH100. A few years ago Ola tastes TH10x and it's sound good. TH100 is more function modeling Amp but...??? Is it good choise in this time?
I desperately want to see you try and chug with a Vox AC amp! Would be fun with great tones.
Just an FYI, the BlackStar HT5's are a Preamp tube only, a single 12AX7, and a SS Power section.
Blackstar makes awesome amps
I have a HT club 50 head
I'm glad tone is subjective because this sounds fucking great to me man. You can get a ton of different sounds on it and for the price its a freaking steal. \m/
Jesus, I never noticed how much of a giant Ola is. Even sitting down he's like towering over that cabinet. Now, granted those things have gotten smaller over the years but Christ Almighty man.
Perspective also!
Hi Ola, I have said this before but I love that AB 1.6 guitar. Happy Friday my friend!
New will it chug is the best thing to wake up to in the morning!
Oi oi oi! What is that riff at 3:35??
That's the same riff that you played in the end of "Will it chug? - Orange Micro Dark", and that riff made me pick up the guitar again after a 3 year hiatus ❤️