Marshmello "The One" by Ossie Ahsen @ 3 monkeys. Review by Martin Smith.
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@pvdmac5 ай бұрын
That Amp sounds Incredible…It definitely does sound like “The One”….absolutely VanTastic..
@Arkoudeides.4 ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@johnmarshall39035 ай бұрын
Ossie really has researched the brown sound in great detail. He's been very generous with his knowledge as well.
@AndyK.235 ай бұрын
Sounds killer! Great playing of course helps! When Friedman called his BE amps "Marsha", Marshall sent him a friendly "quit it" letter! Can't imagine they would like "Marshamello" either.
@martinsmith41235 ай бұрын
yeah, it's not a production line item so should be ok as a one off! 🤘
@chandlerclement13655 ай бұрын
So cool! Awesome to see Ozzie’s work finally getting some love and acknowledgment. Amp sounds wicked. Really looking forward to experiments with the DI sound.
@bunsenn506426 күн бұрын
I think the built-in variac/attenuator is part of that weird slinky sound Eddie has. He used to set his Variac fairly low, and around the 89V mark is where Plexis start to get this swampy, dark attack.
@martinsmith412326 күн бұрын
@@bunsenn5064 completely correct. This amp has it built-in 🤘🤘
@Mossy51504 ай бұрын
Sounds killer, better than most clone topologies I've heard
@plexidust51015 ай бұрын
Well Done Mate ! Nailed it, Tone , Vibe, Swing all set to Stun.
@iandavidson48525 ай бұрын
Martin - that didn't disappoint. The second you plugged in and turned up to 1 it sounded magic but then as you opened up the gas it turned to sonic heaven. A beautiful piece of amp-craft. Thank you for sharing what is something very special.
@martinsmith41235 ай бұрын
Thanks for your kind words Ian 🤘🤘🤘
@jonathangreen48335 ай бұрын
Ossie is brilliant! So glad you picked this "one" up!! Sounds incredible as expected!
@PurposefulPorpoise14 күн бұрын
This is the single best replication of Eddie's tone on the entire internet. I will forever reference back to this from now on. Its like im listening to the isolated VH1 tracks. All the nay sayers are deaf.
@martinsmith412313 күн бұрын
🤘🤘🤘
@DANTHETUBEMAN4 күн бұрын
Dave Bray makes a good 50 wat tube rectifier VH amp sould also
@RobSchauland19115 ай бұрын
New open G trick unlocked! Never thought of that. Thanks, bro.
@paulburton51505 ай бұрын
Sounds incredible. Nailed my favourite VHII tone. Lovely stuff
@-KingOfKhaos5 ай бұрын
17:46 - That Epiphone with the 70’s in it slaved into that Surh is just such a buttery good sound!
@wstks-fmworldwide53905 ай бұрын
Yep. Very, very close to the first two albums. Love it!
@meljohnson55795 ай бұрын
Wow....even through my crappy Android phone speaker, I can here "The Sound". You definitely made a great investment !😊
@timokeefe5265 ай бұрын
Sounded great Martin!!! It's a hell of an amp and Ossie is about as good as they come!!!
@kuhboom225 ай бұрын
This is fast becoming my favorite KZfaq channel. Love this content!
@martinsmith41235 ай бұрын
Thank you very much 🤘🤘
@rikshredder5 ай бұрын
@@martinsmith4123 Martin maybe I missed it, can the amp be used in a traditional form just using a real cab? Sounds fantastic.
@martinsmith41235 ай бұрын
@@rikshredder thanks man 🤘 yes you can power a cab, the max output would be ok for a moderate band practice I’d say!
@rikshredder5 ай бұрын
@@martinsmith4123 So the tone remains the same even when using a real cab?
@martinsmith41235 ай бұрын
@@rikshredder absolutely the tone is all locked in 🤘🤘
@jimmcadams99245 ай бұрын
Sounds incredible! Great playing. I want one !
@danriley58485 ай бұрын
This amp sounds amazing!
@JRP3music5 ай бұрын
I pretty much do this with using my Two Notes Torpedo Captor 8 to drive my stereo section of my board. The stereo outs return to a stereo pair of Two Notes Torpedo Cab M plus IR boxes, which go to PA/console and a stereo power amp and cabs.
@donaldyoung98385 ай бұрын
Awesome job Martin eddie is definitely smiling
@ossieahsen67325 ай бұрын
Great Job Martin!
@jamiegustkey25735 ай бұрын
Oss- the postman might be ringing more than twice...
@jamiegustkey25735 ай бұрын
Thank you Martin…. 👏🏻♥️
@michaelfessenden86015 ай бұрын
That's how modern heads should be made. That was nailing the sound. I'm wondering if the bass guitar would fill in the missing bass
@Amp_Expert4 ай бұрын
SPOT ON!!! Does this have vintage 6CA7s, modern 6CA7s, or EL34s in it?? Oh, and Ed was a bullshitter. He had the 50k pot on the mid which bumpped the mids as well as the EQ settings you pointed out. He always tried to deceive people (use Variac, but turn it UP) and unlike other players that would give by teaching, or having training articles in Guitar magazine....Ed did none of that! He was sorta an Introvert!!
@stjepanherceg73655 ай бұрын
The Marshmello sounds amazing, no doubt about that, but I personally prefer your Bray Coco tones. I have a 4550 Deluxe by Bray so I'm a bit partial :D Nevertheless, Ossie makes some GREAT amps/preamps, just slightly different flavors of brown. Could you show us what you do in your DAW exactly? You mentioned the sunset revert by IK, I'd love to hear more details about your mix level, and pan settings.etc. Your greenback only approach is also interesting, as many claim that JBLs are the secret ingredient, but I have to say you nailed it perfectly, so you're probably right about the speakers. Do you use any IRs in the box if you have to use them instead of a real cab? Anything out there that comes close to the cab tone you're getting here? Thank you once again for your great videos! You've got another subscriber for life in me!
@DANTHETUBEMAN4 күн бұрын
Eddy would sould exactly like Eddy on both those amps, my 2 favorite so far. I hope players start fighting there own good music in these amps. 😊
@sleggarri5 ай бұрын
Sounds great, Martin!
@ralph_clay2 ай бұрын
That amp sounds phenomenal!
@jjcollins5 ай бұрын
Sounds absolutely phenomenal!
@martinsmith41235 ай бұрын
Why, thank you 🤘🤘
@OnTheFritz6025 ай бұрын
Sounds brill, and excellent playing!
@jegauss5 ай бұрын
Nice work as always, Martin! It's a cool concept. Way back in the early 80s I had a 50 watt / 4 holer with an ohmite load resistor built in. Looking forward to your future deep dives! Signed, your fellow tone chaser on the other side of the Atlantic 😉
@martinsmith41235 ай бұрын
That’s very kind, thankyou! On this side of the pond we could only dream of buying an ohmite load resistor. Keep pumping out the jams brother 🤘🤘🤘
@5150show5 ай бұрын
Sounds incredible mate
@CentaurusRelax3145 ай бұрын
By George, he’s done it. Wish this could be made commercially-available. Any chance he would partner with someone to get this into production? I love the fidelity to the VH tones, but other amps can do that, like the Bray 4550. But this one has all the contemporary tech incorporated. Noice.
@_kunkle4 ай бұрын
If you throw a phaser in line, it will round off those sharp stringy highs. I always run it in the chain wether its on or off
@buzzedalldrink91315 ай бұрын
It’s the ONE to me. Ossie nailed it here. Everybody needs one of these amps!!!!
@JockeLundgrenTV5 ай бұрын
Wonderful! Great job. Thank you very very much!! ❤
@satchrules1015 ай бұрын
Killer! I’m really pumped about getting the SV 20 watt plexi head .. can’t wait love the d see sound of the plexi !
@chrisjones85925 ай бұрын
When you get your new head replace the stock tubes with JJ e34l power tubes and the preamp tubes to the JJ gold pin 12ax7. It makes a HUGE difference. You will love this head.
@tomkehoe63925 ай бұрын
Always fun exploring these guitar tones with you!
@brooklynsoundgarage4 ай бұрын
Wild! The epiphone sounds very sharp but the other guitar through the other power amp was very smooth and more classic sounding. Impressive amp due to its rear panel features.
@JRP3music5 ай бұрын
I do think this amp does the job. Great playing examples. Very cool.
@PurposefulPorpoise14 күн бұрын
BTW the VH1 pickup on the Franky was the zebra "Super Stud" Mighty Mite 1800. Good luck finding one though, they stopped making em, but its basically a 1300 with all stud poles.
@martinsmith412313 күн бұрын
This is a contentious point, do you have any evidence for the mighty mite? 🤘🤘
@PurposefulPorpoise13 күн бұрын
@@martinsmith4123 Only anecdotal, from people who have seen Ed back in the day during that time, BUT theres pics, u can find online, "Eddie Van Halen sunburst strat zebra" should do it, its not very common so u have to dig a bit, but its there. Supposedly what happened was after VH1 he went back to blackie (b&w) and THAT guitar is the one that got the overwound PAF. THAT guitar does indeed have the PAF from the 335 like he said. Here's what i think : 76-77 Ed is still working out how to make a humbucker-in-a-strat work (chisel angle, position, pickups ect.)He is using one of the strats that he had in his arsenal as a tester (NOT the Boogie Bodies strat). Remember he said he ruined alot of guitars to get it right.What would have been THE pickup to have as a scrappy young player in that time? Dimarzio Super Distortion. Phil Collen who is about the same age as Ed, said he finally got his SD in 1976. So if u are a young hot shot that wants a little extra kick, thats what u got, and there wouldn't have been any reason not to. If u are in CA u got the Mighty Mite. Now imagine Eddie seeing one of the SD clones is called the "Super Stud", lol i mean thats just completely conjecture from me but that makes so much sense when u have the anecdotes AND the pictures of that sunburst with the zebra bucker (u can zoom in on the pickup it looks like pure studs) in that time frame. So he uses that guitar with that pickup cus its what all his heroes and serious players are using, and its his first official album so he wants to make sure everything is nice and easy to play (he has mentioned many times how he wants to make it easier, not harder to play, in regards to guitars/amps) and he is caught up with the SD vibe, BUT, after the dust settles and the record is a big success, he has time to sit down and listen/pick apart his tone and realizes he doesn't like the SD tone, so he goes back to the PAF for VH2 and on. Franky got all the fame, but Sunburst did all the work, imho.
@@martinsmith4123 I think the Sunburst with the 1800 was what was working for him live in the clubs at that time and he didn't put much thought into it until after they recorded the first album. Once he settles on B&W Franky with the PAF, he talks only about that guitar in reference to the first album, because he DID use it for the tour of the album, but leaves out that it was Sunburst that did the strat tracks on it, cus he wants his sound to be associated with an old school PAF. "I dont like Super Distortions, they are too distorted" + he never liked the sound of the first album = he used ceramic SD style for VH1, then switched to PAF after. 1800 MM = VH1. Duncan 78 = PAF as it came to Seymour from Ed. Duncan Custom SH-5 = The PAF as overwound by Duncan and given a smaller ceramic magnet for less output than a Super D but more punch than PAF. Then u have all the official pickups released by Ed later on. The 1800/1300, a Dimarzio SD, Duncan 78, Duncan Custom, Frankenstein Humbucker, are all technically correct i think, just different eras/evolutions. \m/\m/
@eddiejr5405 ай бұрын
Well done Martin…sounds fantastic 👍
@craigcornell27525 ай бұрын
Glorious! Well done Martin🎉
@JWCFB5 ай бұрын
So glad I discovered this channel this guy rocks!
@brownsfan77535 ай бұрын
Sounds great!! Great playing also!!
@christosfragias5925 ай бұрын
That sounds so awesome. Eddie's Brown Sound will forever remain iconic in rock. At 15:15 Drop Dead Legs! ❤❤❤❤🤘🎸🎸🤘
@artytoney20575 ай бұрын
I wonder why one of the deep pocket companies hasn't built a low variax style amp like this with a built in sep power amp to push it and market it as brown sound , even tho without Eddie driving the bus it's never gonna be complete , great amp development tho would love one
@martinsmith41235 ай бұрын
Yes, so many avenues Ed found are still rarely explored. Thanks 🤘🤘
@jimc23845 ай бұрын
Great stuff brother.. Cheers from across the pond...!
@martinsmith41235 ай бұрын
Thank you kindly 🤘
@flashy51505 ай бұрын
I’ve read that Ed used to put a frown face on the eq that he used to put between the amp and the speaker, that would deliver more mid range to the speaker, not sure if it’s true.
@matsandersson88575 ай бұрын
The signal from the amp is too hot to put an eq berween amp and cab. You need something to get the signal to line level. Eddie didn’t use any eq but they did post eq-ing in the studio.
@martinsmith41235 ай бұрын
The first head gets reduced to line level to feed the eq before going on to the second head. 🤘🤘
@matsandersson88575 ай бұрын
@@martinsmith4123 Eddie didn’t start slaving until like 1984 when he started using the H/H power amps. The MXR 6-band eq Eddie had was likely used as a buffer with the Univox echo since it has a very low input impedance. Later he got the Boss 10-babd because of signal loss with long cables. A frown curve eq sounds nothing like Eddie. You get a very nasal almost cocked wah wah tone.
@DANTHETUBEMAN4 күн бұрын
WET/DRY is the best sound i ever got,, All in the mix for you now, How close can you get? 🤔
@danielelise73485 ай бұрын
I wonder if Marshall has patened their amps appearance ie the piping and gold/black?? Anyone know?🤔
@metalfather81395 ай бұрын
sounds really good man
@Tolbiny5 ай бұрын
Brilliant. More videos please!
@damianval46265 ай бұрын
Ed was such an enigma and so was that "sound".. Listening to the drum overhead mix of eruption makes me question the volume of the VH 1 super lead amp Hardly quiet
@PeteNTone5 ай бұрын
Great sound! But don't we all know EVH used not only one 100 Watt head, but also the variac AND a graphic EQ to shape and boost his frequency response heavily? Why do it all with the amp all alone? So it wasn't only Ed's Amp that did the brown sound imo.
@matsandersson88575 ай бұрын
According to his guitar tech Rudy Leiren he used no eq on VHI. He used it for bad sounding guitars and rental gear. They did some post eq-ing and added the echo chamber. The MXR 6-band eq was most likely only used with his Univox echo since it had a very low input impediance. On VHI he used a cab with a mix of 2 Greenbacks and 2 JBL speakers. He had a mic on one of each and the blended them for the sound.
@stinkystubin3 ай бұрын
Of all the Marshall copycats I have never heard one that has that top end glass that a Plexi has.By the way “Hang em High” sounded great.!!!
@Steve4108115 ай бұрын
I get the brown sound with the friedmal JEL 20. On the plexi channel to 10. With a ibanez tube screamer hand wired all to 10. Tone 12:30. Lower the volts to 115-118v. Telecaster with a stacked humbucker. Phased. Thats it sounds great
@axiom92445 ай бұрын
Beautiful sounds!
@bruceniblett9595 ай бұрын
So true. Power tube compression
@mikesullivan52195 ай бұрын
So some similar features to my london power Aurora amplifier, no load needed and protected.......can use any ohm speaker to any ohm load output....pull cable out of 4ohm and plug to 8 or 16 òhm....for gain and variety, while amp is on.....power scaling for power tubes, and torroidal transformers......
@eddaymusic5 ай бұрын
Really appreciate this. Thanks!
@ericskinner73555 ай бұрын
Smart design. I think Ed would approve.
@mikaelstrom11145 ай бұрын
Sounds awesome!
@ROOKTABULA5 ай бұрын
This amp company seems _really_ intent on a legal battle with Marshall based on those aesthetics!
@martinsmith41235 ай бұрын
It’s not a production amp, more of a one off. 🤘
@ROOKTABULA4 ай бұрын
@@martinsmith4123 I know but we all know that corporations tend to be litigious AF. Long as he doesn't put Darth Vader or Mickey Mouse cuz Di$ney will nuke his shop. >:)
@antilaw99115 ай бұрын
I had one of ozzies amps. 100 watt head. Bloc....d. was a jose mod amp. When i sold it everyone like... this thing is Sic! Why you selling it? I just wanted try something else. Had 3 way asymmetrical knob and preamp gain mod in front.
@ScottyBrockway4 ай бұрын
Sounds great, good playing, might work on that pick slide tho.
@josephwojtkowiak99695 ай бұрын
I love my Marshmello from Mr. Ahsen. I think I purchased the one he produced just before yours. I purchased it in Dec. of 23. Enjoy!
@martinsmith41235 ай бұрын
🤘🤘🤘
@jonahtompke52105 ай бұрын
Your videos are amazing!
@martinsmith41235 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!🤘
@bradkillingsworth41375 ай бұрын
Dude it’s uncanny how much you favor Richard Wright from Pink Floyd. Wow
@jimc23845 ай бұрын
Also may have missed this. What is the cab and mics used? Or was this direct outs on both amps?
@martinsmith41235 ай бұрын
A Marshall greenback cab with two 57’s, one dead on the other with a Landee tilt. Thanks 🤘
@denmut5 ай бұрын
Pete Thorn would love to follow your channel!
@mikeloper1005 ай бұрын
Brown sound , that sounds about right.
@zandig6665 ай бұрын
Necessity is the mother of invention
@SteveBrownROCKS5 ай бұрын
Great stuff man 🤟🏼⚡️
@MarkPritchardGuitar5 ай бұрын
Sounds mega!! Ossie knows his stuff!
@mattnagy25655 ай бұрын
Marsh, yes .... mellow, not always ;) Bloody ripper, mate! Thank you very much once again.
@crunchchannel93914 ай бұрын
The first part of the video he mentioned a change in gain when the amp was in the different ohms setting is this a normal thing? Ive never heard of this before but i guess it could mess with the sag and stuff in the power section. Ive never thought of this though
@matsandersson88575 ай бұрын
Eddie’s tone isn’t just the amp and variac. It’s also some post eq-ing and especially on the first album reverb. Also on the first album he used a 4x12 with a mix of 2 Greenbacks and 2 JBL speakers.
Ah unfortunately none of that is evidence Ed used a JBL to record VH1 although I think in my second video I make compelling case that there is no JBL speaker in the mix.
What an AMAZING tone (The GREAT playing helps too!!!!!!!!!!) & every note is clear,fat,sweet & angry at the same time!!!!!!!! I myself have a few (well lots!!) of old mk2 Marshall superlead heads,I prefer the 50 watters & they do it all for me & all you need for more umph is an old Boss DS1 but old Marshall's are great!!!! I have gone back too using 25 watt GREENBACK'S (Celestion) & they just sound great (for a while I was using 75 watt celestion like YJM & they're good too!!!!!) I don't like newer Marshall's but some do!!!! But Martin Smith,your amplifire is good but your playing is 99% the reason for AMAZING tone!!!!!
@mikeyn36115 ай бұрын
The marshmallo slaved into the badger is freakin awesome!
@danielelise73485 ай бұрын
Just like a chocolate milkshake only CRUNCHY!!🤌
@BatFan14 ай бұрын
Goddamn! It has the sizzle that Ed's tone had back then.
@UP-Engineer-No.40915 ай бұрын
this is the best EVH sound i’ve ever heard wow, also what’s the song at 18:27?
@Tolbiny5 ай бұрын
On Fire.
@-KingOfKhaos5 ай бұрын
I’m new to your channel and just subbed 👍🏻👍🏻. For those of us not familiar with your gear… can you share what that first guitar was? Was that an Ibanez Destroyer? Love it! The sound was killer! And that amp is do die for! 👍🏻👍🏻 Disregard: You answered my question at 17:11 … it’s an Epiphone 😂😂
@martinsmith41235 ай бұрын
🤘🤘🤘
@hatchtambu5 ай бұрын
was that opening guitar music from a van halen song, if so what was it'sname!! please!!
@martinsmith41235 ай бұрын
Heya, I wrote that for the video. Thanks for watching 🤘🤘🤘
@S7Adam4 ай бұрын
Absolutely awesome sound! Are they standard pickups in the Korina guitar? Great vids on the brown sound 😁
@martinsmith41234 ай бұрын
Thank you! The bridge pup is a vintage Ibanez super 70. 🤘🤘
@S7Adam4 ай бұрын
@@martinsmith4123 thanks for much for the reply! That pickup sounds unbelievably good. I can't believe it's 2024 and I'm still obsessed with the VH tone
@fc373cem5 ай бұрын
Martin how does this amp differ from the Bray Coco 50? Have you ever tried Kruse Amps Disruption Amp for the Brown Sound? Love the video’s and playing keep them coming!😎👍❤️
@martinsmith41235 ай бұрын
It’s a little tighter on the bottom end than the Bray and a bit more wild gain! Thank you 🤘🤘
@fc373cem5 ай бұрын
@@martinsmith4123 thanks Martin, love the videos and your playing keep them coming!😊
@patbusnello96585 ай бұрын
Final frontier, destination: brown sound! 🤎
@dustinrieseberg87074 ай бұрын
This thing sounds fucking insane. I must own one.
@edclark56825 ай бұрын
Your VH necklace is backwards! 😮 Amp is amazing!
@oldguyjammin97325 ай бұрын
would have been fun to see the gutz… pull that chassi and take us on a tour of the internals.
@geraldbayley57814 ай бұрын
Yeah get up in dem gutz 🥵
@johnhuyton79665 ай бұрын
Errrrrrrm, how do I get one of these. Class playing aswell! Subscribed BTW!!
@martinsmith41235 ай бұрын
Thank you kindly 🤘 hit up Ossie at 3monkeys.com
@genehushak72285 ай бұрын
WOW!! My jaw is still on the floor!! 😳
@EXMORr5 ай бұрын
WOW That's unreal The Holy Grail
@mikemello13135 ай бұрын
Question, do you use liner taper pots in your guitars or audio taper? I've been wiring all my guitars with liner cause it just makes sense if your trying to use the volume as your gain adjustment or output adjust. Was just wondering what your opinion is on this.
@martinsmith41235 ай бұрын
Hey, I use an audio taper bourns brand 250k in the strat. Same but 500k in the Epi. 🤘🤘🤘
@free_electron5 ай бұрын
Way too much gain for early Van Halen. George’s metroplex mk II nails it much closer.
@martinsmith41235 ай бұрын
Yeah, I think I may have to agree about the gain. It’s a long journey, not a quick trip.
@JimmyDevere5 ай бұрын
Yes too much gain. Maybe look at some different pups?? Or run it through the Ox Box and see if the mics are adding some gain.... Great playing and production. BTW, are you running this amp at 120v? Does it have taps for 120/220v AC?@@martinsmith4123
@helio10555 ай бұрын
When he slaved it into the Suhr it sounded perfect. Not too much, not too little gain.
@josephrusso70695 ай бұрын
Amazing!
@vintageampsguitars32525 ай бұрын
Killer 👊👊👊- where to buy ?
@dustinrieseberg87074 ай бұрын
Ossie is the man
@jerk_store5 ай бұрын
Mids sound awful in a bedroom environment to a solo player but you need them when in the context of a band or else the guitar is never going to cut through the mix. That is why Ed's live EQ is set the way it is in the pic.