Friedman JEL-20 20w amplifier

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11 ай бұрын

Friedman JEL-20 20w amplifier
All guitars recorded through 412 cabinet SM57 V30, SM57 Greenback 50/50 blend
Guitars used: Shabat Lion & Les Paul R8 (Lollar Pickups) & Lollar Lynx (strat)
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✔JEL20 at Sweetwater - sweetwater.sjv.io/PyVEX6
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@SpinandThrowDiscGolf 11 ай бұрын

It's just gotten silly at this point. You're playing is just getting better by the week which is insane and everything you play through just sounds amazing

@BigHairyGuitars 11 ай бұрын

Thanks Spin! I'm trying 🥵. It's hard trying to keep up with the Pete's and RJ's of the world 😭 (key word is 'trying')

@reereelization 11 ай бұрын

Dunno man, love all the names, but, your number one slot in my humble opinion. …listening to you read Guitar magazine issues is like being told a Christmas story on Christmas Eve, lol! Best. Ever.

@z1g 11 ай бұрын

I couldn't agree with you more. Really fantastic playing and tone. Reminds me of Pete Thorn where he can play any style of guitar brilliantly and get an amazing tone appropriate for the style with any piece of equipment. If I were selling gear I would want Michael to demo it for sure.

@Jay-sy5yf 11 ай бұрын

Honestly none of the youtube guys are even close. They're guitarists. Michael is a musician. There is a difference.

@SlimeyGuitarStrings 11 ай бұрын

@@BigHairyGuitars I feel like you, Pete, and RJ should get together and do an album.

@sonicfrog1 11 ай бұрын

I'll be honest, for the most part I watch your videos for your opening music. I know the gear reviews help pay for your time putting these together. But it really is such a joy to hear these songs you're putting out. You should collect them all together and release them as album, I'd surely buy it. Thanks so much!

@itsjohnnymillion 11 ай бұрын

Your playing is fantastic. Full length instrumental album has been required for some time now. Second, the top end on most Friedmans is absolute gold. This sounds badass.

@BigHairyGuitars 11 ай бұрын

Thanks! I'm working on it (slowly)

@DirtyBlues8 28 күн бұрын

I know that the JEL-20 has been out for a little while now. This video actually convinced me to buy this amp next. Thanks, Micheal. Keep on rocking 🤠🎸

@hexxcfh835 11 ай бұрын

Been waiting for this one

@yngzaklynch 11 ай бұрын

Great job as always. Killer little amp! Dave does it again 🤘

@NikolausBrocke 9 ай бұрын

Great song idea and riffs. It put a big smile on my face.

@javivinasgtr 11 ай бұрын

Killer playing and tone Michael!!!

@TheMorty56 11 ай бұрын

Been looking forward to your demo of this!

@badmacbassandbass8118 11 ай бұрын

As always great video and killer demo song!! I ordered a jel 20 at 4 am this morning. Very excited.

@pbgas3434 11 ай бұрын

Thx for a great review Michael, as always! Amp sounds and looks fabulous! Dave always is coming up with great new ways to make a great sounding amp! BTW...that Shabat Tele is awesome!

@basementguitarguy 11 ай бұрын

Amazing!!!! This amp sounds so incredible!!! And the playing🤯🤯🤯

@MrTroyBettis 2 ай бұрын

Oh man this sounds so incredible!! Your original compositions are amazing....love listening to them! This amp sounds killer!!!

@stevengoodman3498 11 ай бұрын

Slammin opening track Michael. Hope it's on your album/cd when it comes out. Great demo of this sweet amp. Rock on my man!

@jwn1211z 11 ай бұрын

I've watched this 4 or 5 times now and just ordered one because it sounds so good.

@fasteddievh2072 11 ай бұрын

Opening cut was truly inspiring. This demo checked all the boxes. Channel 1 tone sold me. 🔥🤘👍

@evanmiller2579 11 ай бұрын

Great video. Love the tones and the color.

@PhillipMcKnight 11 ай бұрын

Amazing video, killer playing and tones!

@leftyzappa 3 ай бұрын

You always play with taste and passion man. It is inspiring. You sell the amp without saying words. CHEERS!

@Skoora 11 ай бұрын

6:35 throw on some chorus and 1986 will see you in court….😂

@Timconnorsis 11 ай бұрын

Anytime you pop up in my feed I’m genuinely excited to watch the video. Also extra point for the tonetalk shirt🤘🏻

@RICO_SUAVE21 11 ай бұрын

Man this might be my favorite sounding Friedman!!! It has a internal load for silent recording and a presence knob as well!

@BentTom 11 ай бұрын

Jesus H Christ that intro was insane. Do you lay down those crispy lines and those fat beat every day man. Thank you again for these bits of musical dinner with all the marbled beef included. That funky vibe à la Nuno, and those crazy pinch harmonics dude you nailed that thing. Sick

@bluesmanable 11 ай бұрын

Great Amp ,great playing..Badlands style and tone

@staggs5034 5 ай бұрын

Really dig your playing Michael. Always look forward to your videos.

@BigHairyGuitars 5 ай бұрын

Much appreciated!

@weirdlysawbones8547 9 ай бұрын

I’m very impressed with your exciting and skillful playing from the very start of the video. You’ve created an instant fan fine sir. All the best.

@pepisoul1 11 ай бұрын

Awesome musical playing!

@FredMoore-3 11 ай бұрын

I really like your playing. Thanks for that demo !

@BigHairyGuitars 11 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@jwn1211z 11 ай бұрын

Sounds great!!

@DylanHutto 11 ай бұрын

Holy hell this amp sounds phenomenal!

@MoreMeRecording 11 ай бұрын

(as usual) came for the riff; loved the amp!

@rtaylor1105 11 ай бұрын

Michael's slaying it!

@AlanScottBand 10 ай бұрын

It’s so refreshing to hear something different than the classic be/hbe circuit for mid to high gain from Friedman. I just played this amp in person and the JEL is just different in a really cool way. It has its own thing going on. And the presence control is so powerful on this amp as well. As far as I know, this is the only Friedman amp with sat capability on the plexi channel! This and the Twin Sister are just so badass for rock stuff. Also it is more than loud enough to gig with for me!

@michaelwashere 11 ай бұрын

It sounds like a killer amp, and Jake deserves all the kudos he can get. He had a huge impact on me.

@davidaddington5900 11 ай бұрын

... Outstanding

@CHAINDRIVENOFFICIAL 14 күн бұрын

I just bought one. Cool demo!

@wrentcht 6 ай бұрын

Sound like an amp that would be irresistible to CRANK UP ! Great review ! Cheers brother , great playing too BTW , you always sound KEWEL !

@divebomb99 3 ай бұрын

Mikey- you hit for the cycle, slugged a moonshot, and stole home base with that intro song. Magnificent.

@vextract4662 11 ай бұрын

MN productions are the best which makes sense since he's a producer for cinema and video games but the guitar playing is just as masterful. I love that and your product reviews, hats off to you.

@markcarter5438 11 ай бұрын

I love your reviews !! Your JJ Jr review convinced me I couldn't live without one. Please do a JJ Jr verses the JEL-20 review !!!!

@gabrielstevens41 11 ай бұрын

I knew you'd have video on this. That sat switch sounds like it might have some Jose inspiration behind it

@BigHairyGuitars 11 ай бұрын

Yeah, I agree. The SAT always gives me a bit of that Jose thing.

@ianmartens5286 11 ай бұрын

Must have indeed. Great playing as always

@JeffHesterDesigns 11 ай бұрын

That crunch!!!!

@sgt.grinch3299 Ай бұрын

I like the JEL20. A great amp for my teenage grandson.

@Greg-rd8qr 11 ай бұрын

Wow! Killer, smokin riffage Mike!

@tonywhyte2523 10 ай бұрын

SICK !!!!!! 😮

@Bairov 11 ай бұрын

A lil 🔥 breather!

@bbmade 11 ай бұрын

Good Lord….Uffda…. Wicked song and playing. 👍💪

@MrCecilbag 11 ай бұрын

Thank you good sir. This sounds much less gainy than I assumed. I had seen other reviews where it seemed more wide open plexiglass/jcm800. This seems to not get there without a boost. I'll wait and see how they sound on some live vids. Much appreciated sir

@RomanRotten 11 ай бұрын

Into is fu..in’ amazing man!!!

@jimbotski 11 ай бұрын

Yeah bro, that was fkn sick

@TheBhannah 11 ай бұрын

You are a monster player Michael !

@draper858 11 ай бұрын

Wasn’t planning on buying an amp this year….. then this happened!! I gotta get one

@kennethdileo6578 11 ай бұрын

Badass!!

@These_go_to_eleven_1959 10 ай бұрын

While it is no secret Friedman makes great amps this particular model really impressed me the most! 20 watt tone monster for under 2K! 👍 at times i would swear it was a old late 60's Plexi i was listening to! 🤘

@francescobaraldi8220 8 ай бұрын

Great play man as usual 🔝😎 Friedman amps is the Best Beast ever

@phillamoore157 11 ай бұрын

This sounds VERY similar to the Marshall SC-20 (to my ears).... I love that clean channel! Would like to hear this amp on a lower-gain, plexi "super-crunch" setting....or maybe even the clean channel pushed, depending on how Dave designed this circuit. When this circuit get's pushed it loses articulation, and punch, and get's fizzy. It could be that with the gain dialed back a hair this cleans up beautifully. On another note, I'd love to see a 20watt version of the SS100 V2. I absolutely love my Little Sister. But, IMO the kind of the lower wattage hot-rodded plexi, Marshall circuits is the SLO-30. As always, killer video, love the playing!

@ricopaxton 11 ай бұрын

Siiiiiiick intro!

@nicolasrivera5310 11 ай бұрын

Killer demo!

@LavaMan60 11 ай бұрын

Killer!

@GuitarsAndSynths 9 күн бұрын

This would be my favorite all around small Friedman amp for the music I play. On wish list unless Line 6 releases a profile for HX stomp.

@michaelmitchell5909 10 ай бұрын

Beginning song was bad ass man...

@dwb131313 10 ай бұрын

Just ordered mine today with the cab. I can’t wait. I have the 20 watt JJ combo already and totally love it, but I think I’m going to like the JEL even better. From what I can tell it does seem a bit tighter and more percussion which is what I want. Plus the Plexi channel is exactly what I want for my cleaner tone, AND it has its own gain and master. I mean how could I not order it right? I might sell my JJ but maybe not. It’s a fantastic amp too. Without fail every show I play I have people who are musicians and ones who aren’t telling me the sound is amazing. Friedman really makes the good stuff. And he actually responds personally if you have a question or something. I’m way excited to get my amp if you can’t tell lol. Bad news is everyone else wants one so I have to wait for them to come back in stock at Sweetwater which is about 4-5 weeks. Oh well.

@Terry_Aki 11 ай бұрын

Burning fingers and mind...Awesome!

@tonedover 11 ай бұрын

Yay!!

@BtR76 11 ай бұрын

Watched the Sweetwater demo of this amp earlier and thought “meh”. Now I think “want”! Damn you Nielsen! 😉

@BigHairyGuitars 11 ай бұрын

haha. thanks !!!

@guittarwizzrd 10 ай бұрын

That first channel nails the free paul kosoff tone

@garyatkins4479 11 ай бұрын

🤤🤤🤤🤤 oh boy … love this

@marclehmann1940 11 ай бұрын

We all should appreciate, love and respect Mister Jake E. Lee for his awesome playing in Ozzy and Badlands. But we also give a big shout out to his current band Red Dragon Cartel. Because they are awesome, too. 🤘🤘

@jahjah67 11 ай бұрын

After spending some time with this amp, I have to say it’s great. As soon as I saw Friedman’s social media announcement, I called my sales engineer and told him to put me down for one. You never know if you’re going to love something even if Michael, Pete or Ben make it sound great. Well, it’s great. One thing that has really surprised me is how much I love the Plexi channel. This amp is more versatile than my other amps which are all Friedman modified and those amps are great. I love them but this amp is fantastic. Can’t recommend this amp highly enough if you love late 70’s and early to mid 80’s rock tones. It excels at it. Bottom line: I’m impressed

@adamswanson8216 Ай бұрын

Getting ready to purchase this head want to use it this summer for the gigs I have scheduled and also getting rid of my silver jubilee. This seems like the ideal upgrade to the silver jubilee I can get rid of a few of my boost pedals and really this is basically to me a modified silver jubilee but just a way big improvement as usual. I also use a dirty Shirley but truly this is a beast in my opinion for a 20 W amplifier. I just don’t see how you could put much more into a 20 W head for invoicing From Dwayne Allman to slayer you can pretty much get anything you want here truly amazing stuff. Great great video my friend. I truly look forward to playing this. I am curious about the responsiveness of the amplifier and also as I know it’s assembled in the USA and has custom wound transformers, that’s the only description so I didn’t know if the PCB board design was import and then assembled Darren California as Maya boogie has done with like the Mark five series 25 seems like some of the smaller heads the PCV boards are imported same with the black magic ampprobably spelled that wrong again 7:35

@ScottyBrockway 11 ай бұрын

It sounds like a good hot rodded plexi, I think the "sat" mode is a Jose mod. I love how it looks, but I'd like to hear it through different speakers. Part of me wants it really bad, and part of me says "I want more upper mids". Good playing as usual, thanks Michael.

@asianaxeman 10 ай бұрын

Fantastic.. Can you summarise the differences you find between the JEL and the JJ Jr? Are they different enough that you would by both or prefer one over the other

@guittarwizzrd 10 ай бұрын

After spending a long time trying to figure out what new amp I was going to buy I just ordered me one of these today

@Mujcanal 11 ай бұрын

great demo as always ! would this little beast be too loud for home ?

@IamtheActionman 11 ай бұрын

Sounds very plexi ish but on steroids. So many El84 amps in the Friedman 20 watt range that it's becoming a hard to tell them apart on YT at least. Awesome playing dude!

@peterschaefer1665 11 ай бұрын

Damn!

@6Stringers 11 ай бұрын

nice. sounds great! Maybe you could talk to Dave and see if a 20 watt Steve Stevens amp would have a future?

@Terry_Aki 11 ай бұрын

Bingo!

@BigHairyGuitars 11 ай бұрын

That would be cool!

@MRxr400 11 ай бұрын

sounds massive and amazing. Great tune. twin little sister with two channels would still be my choice.

@MRxr400 11 ай бұрын

oh, it's two channels. got excited with comment too early. the opening tune got me excited. also like how the 20W amp goes to 11. nice touch of humour. Dave makes amazing amps.

@JoeHeisler 11 ай бұрын

If you had to only choose one small Friedman amp which would you go for? I liked the JJ Jr with the 1x12 that I briefly got to try but I haven’t been able to try the PT v2 or obviously this one.

@reereelization 11 ай бұрын

….WOAH!!! 💪😎👍

@AlexandreCriado 11 ай бұрын

DANG

@jodylowe8476 10 ай бұрын

Oh great, just what I need, another piece of gear I cant live without. When will it end?

@ProfVonW 11 ай бұрын

I really want to know about that green guitar in the intro.

@trixlee5102 11 ай бұрын

Wow, so many great compact heads coming out these days. You also had the 3rd Power Dirty Sink 6VEL. Do both amps cover much of the same territory?

@BigHairyGuitars 11 ай бұрын

The JEL and 6VEL cover the same gain range, but come at it from different sides. The JEL is more aggressive and sharp percussive and 'nasty', the 6VEL is smoother and 'nicer'.

@edwardgrassel872 Ай бұрын

I was a denier of this amp - boy was I wrong. It still doesnt have that LOW that big iron and big glass gives you, but it sounds great, especially the plexi channel boosted with a klone.

@JorisGriffioen 11 ай бұрын

1:13 the look of a man who knows what he's doing. Pure filth, love it.

@mattcrumbley6923 11 ай бұрын

Caught between “I don’t have $1,700 to spend” and “starting next week these will be back-ordered forever” haha

@BigHairyGuitars 11 ай бұрын

The good news is that these aren't limited runs like the 100 was.

@christopher.k.guitar 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for your comparison. I tried really hard to get hold of a 100watt JEL but couldn’t… There is also none on the used market here in Europe. Having them both side by side do you feel I‘d be missing something with the 20watt?

@chrisdiceart 11 ай бұрын

Michael plays, I want... Friedman has the marketing figured out! LOL!!! 🤣Staying with my BE100D but tempted! 😎

@DavidLee07 11 ай бұрын

Great demo, Michael. Also, how dare you make my JJ Jr. feel like it might have to get sold to be replaced by this. Amps have feelings, too! 🙂

@BigHairyGuitars 11 ай бұрын

haha. The JJ is quite different though. So sadly, my recommendation is to have both. 😈

@DavidLee07 11 ай бұрын

@@BigHairyGuitars 😁

@KenStOnge-vg4fi 11 ай бұрын

Great lead in tune! What’s your green tele? It’s gorgeous.

@BigHairyGuitars 11 ай бұрын

Thanks!!! The guitar is a custom Shabat shabatguitars.com

@Twobarpsi 11 ай бұрын

My next amp has to be a Friedman! I own a Marshall and a Mesa. Oh yeah and I need a SLO100!

@Utubewrk123 11 ай бұрын

Beautiful guitar. Enjoy it Mike!!! And the Friedman’s imo are the best amp’s out there. Is the neck a shorter scale? Re the JEL amp I think it’s based on the smallbox. I traded up to Wildwood Guitars spec’d Smallbox with the micro amp for a 3rd ch with extra, perfect gain. So plexi, regular gain and extra gain. Off white. It’s perfect. Mike, any way we could get a video on that Shabat guitar?

@BigHairyGuitars 11 ай бұрын

Thanks! Congrats on the WW spec SB! Those are great. The Smallbox and JEL are more firmly rooted in vintage Marshall lineage than the some of the others…so they may sound more related in that way. This Shabat is standard scale. Love it. I have a black p90 Shabat that is actually Gibson scale. Also so great! I’ll do a video on them as soon as I can

@Faydit212 10 ай бұрын

Obviously at the moment the holy grail of tones! Sounds to me like an Arreddondo modded EVH or Vai modded Plexi. These tones are more than 40 years old, but even today simply awesome. Sell your Rectifiers and 5150's! Only a Savage 120 comes close with the right setting in my opinion.

@jnh73 11 ай бұрын

Shut. The. Front. Door. That's awesome! Also, how could you not love an amp where everything goes to 11? ;)

@adamswanson8216 Ай бұрын

As I am just watching your video again, I ordered this along with a 2 x 12 Friedman ens eon cab. Can’t wait to get this no doubt like I said your tones are fantastic and I am sure it has nothing but goodness to offer based on everything I have heard, however my question is specifically do you think the cream back is the best speaker for it and is the 2 x 12 cream backFriedman choice or do you think this would do better on the bottom and 2 x 12 cabs? Just curious considering changing the order I really wonder about the two 1 x 12 thanks.

@BigHairyGuitars Ай бұрын

The Creambacks are really nice. I mostly prefer V30 or Greenbacks for 2x12 or 4x12, but in 1x12, I've really liked Redbacks and Creambacks.

@adamswanson8216 Ай бұрын

Well, my amp is finally going to be here Monday. I think I’ve watched a video for five times cents thanks for your feedback on the speakers. Is this more a printed circuit boards similar to the front design? I know that with the Cantrell 20 W head I can tell you that mine is pretty much hand wired. I have not seen inside of this yet since I don’t have it and I know it has custom transformers which I’m sure I required to get the boldness And tone no doubt however I wonder about the boards in these even the description reads different than any other Friedman thanks I mean by it saying assembled in the USA nothing more every other Friedman amp even the 20 W heads including Friedman run have a deeper description curious to know about what you think about the internals of this amplifier no doubt the sound is there is this the same quality as The Cantrell head at least again would be surprised because of the ad versatility and size but I am not an app technician however I’m trying not to have to put one on. Thanks again. 7:42 7:49

@nickdownard2672 11 ай бұрын

Hi Michael, I don't play in a band or gig anymore. I currently own a runt 50 but have been looking at getting a different friedman. Do you think it would be worth it for me to sell the runt 50 and get a the JEL 20?