It's THE most under rated amp out there IMHO.

@@BigHairyGuitars If you remember, version 1 could be found for as low as 800 used? You can't really ask for more than that. Almost makes the other amps seem overrated. Version 2 skyrocketed in price. If it is one amp I am jealous of not finding easily if at all in europe it's this one.

@@81giorikas The pricing was some catastrophic mess up with a European distributor. (or something like that). Destroyed the pricing market. It's hard to market a 1 channel amp these days, but quality-wise, it's up there with a SLO-100

Thanks for the feedback! Good to know!

The Synergy stuff I’ve heard is really good. Like all preamp based gear, it’s also very dependent on getting a killer power amp

I ran it through the UA OX for a load, and used a cab from Archetype: Nolly from Neural DSP (turning off the amp and pedals and fx)

@@BigHairyGuitars I swore I thought you miked up an actual cab! 😀👍

It's a 1974

@@BigHairyGuitars Thanks Mike, that's what I thought 1970-1975!! GREAT guitars. I have 2 1972 LPC's...one in Cherry Burst and one in Natural. They are heavy as hell at 10 to 11lb, but I believe tone and dense wood of days gone by they don't allow due to deforestation! Nice instrument!! :) :)

Friedman Triple D

I haven't tried it like that. I don't usually think of the BB Preamp as a tightener. I did a video with it before though kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e7eYiqqn19qlcX0.html

@@BigHairyGuitars thank you for the reply. I only ask cause one of my favorite bands Propagandhi swear by this

Not bad at all. The back is fully open.

Wizard MTL

Yeah. But I'm not really an expert on tight and grindy. I almost think software is better for the super tight modern sound. But the Fryette stuff is really punchy

@@BigHairyGuitars I would say that the new software is the best for that kind of thing too. I like something inbetween light rock breakup and classic heavy metal. I have talked to you before about my Splawn amps which wasnt your cup of tea. I love old Marshalls and my 5150 but Im alsway looking for that next "sound/feel"

@@DavidBrown-it9ig Did I saw anything bad about Splawn? I like Splawn. I played a few and they are cool. Kinda like Friedman / brown sound .

@@BigHairyGuitars Oh no...you were not critical , just that they were very "abrupt" with their attack etc. Your evaluation always find the good in the gear. Just like I wanted to love Orange amps and they do sound good for the music made with them , just not my sound. Love your channel, no complaints.

@@DavidBrown-it9ig OH YEAH! Yes. They have a quick / sharp attack. Thanks David!

Boosting an amp does sound cool with the right combos, esp for leads, but I do think it tends to mask the individual personality of the amp. At some point, boosted amps all start to sound the same to me. But when you get a great guitar --> amp combo with no boost, you can hear the tone of the amp better. That said, I like both sounds!

Marmalade Cream sure. I just think people really overlook the obvious ingredients to the good sound these days. Hands and the guitar itself being the most important things to begin with

@@kimseniorb a guy said something that rings true for me and it was "tone is in the guitar and clarity is in the hands", for me that's one hundred percent true because I can play something and it's kinda messy yet my son who is a way better guitarist than me can play the same thing and it sounds so much better even through the same rig with the same guitar and it's because he has the touch. I am probably better at drums first,bass second, and then guitar and my son is the opposite. The tone of the guitar and amp stay the same but the clarity of the music is what changes when my son plays,

@@marmaladecream2233 same, really like transparent drives to tighten it up without drastically changing the tone.

cast390 it sure dont

That was my tripping point too. every time i thought a pedal sounded great, i went back to the raw amp sound to compare... it sounded great too!

Alas, I’ll never know because it has gone the way of the Reverb

@@BigHairyGuitars Thats a pity, now you never know how good it is.

@@noudsmeets I'm sure it is. I've seen other guys use it to great results. I'm sure it's a bit too far into the tight metal than I need though. I don't mind a little saggy bottom.

Ha! Yesterday someone commented on another video “Sounds too compressed”

@@BigHairyGuitars The joys of most people not having a hot clue what they are talking about eh?

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The grind pedal works well on super down tuned stuff. That said, as much as I dig Meshuggah, I don't exactly covet that guitar tone

I have one and its incredible... but not a pedal that does well when jammin by yourself... Its designed for tracking and live... not bedroom players.

they roam around reverb used regularly so that's that, it's a tc electronic preamp clone with tacky graphics and a limited run to keep up the price tag. and that's from a Blade owner.

@@DanielGonzalez-mb9hg I have a 33 specifically to sound like that tight Grundy meshuggah tone for when I’m jamming along to the tracks with my 2228. For my own thing I prefer the 808x or my precision drive. The 33 does one thing and does it well but it comes at the cost of $233.33 to do that 1 thing although an mxr 10 band eq can achieve the same. If you didn’t notice I’m a meshuggah fanboy and I couldn’t control the urge to get one.... at least I can admit it, it’s the first step.