Is This The Ultimate Rock Amp - Friedman BE50 Deluxe
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Күн бұрынIn today's video, Paul Drew and James Ivey from The Studio Rats check out James latest purchase the Friedman BE50 Deluxe.
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Here is What Friedman say about the BE50 DELUXE.
By combining the tonal pallet of his BE and HBE circuits, as well as the sparkling cleans of the Buxom Betty in his all-new BE-50 Deluxe amplifier head, Dave Friedman is unleashing his most flexible design yet.
THREE CHANNEL - 50 WATTS - HANDWIRED
Independent volume and gain for each channel
DAVE FRIEDMAN IS UNLEASHING HIS MOST FLEXIBLE DESIGN YET.
Friedman’s tonal pallet of his BE and HBE circuits, as well as the sparkling cleans of the Buxom Betty in his all-new BE-50 Deluxe amplifier head.
BUXOM BETTY-LIKE CLEANS
The clean channel of the Friedman BE-50 Deluxe is directly inspired by the chime, glassy top end, and full body of the Friedman Buxom Betty amplifier.
The Studio Rats are core band members Paul Drew on guitar/production/mixing, drummer James Ivey and Dan Hawkins on bass. They collaborate with singers and musicians to produce radio-ready songs.
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@djt6546 10 ай бұрын
One of the coolest points to note about Friedman amps is that if you e-mail them for support, Dave Friedman answers. His answers are short and direct as clearly he is very busy, but he is ALWAYS answering the e-mails. Another cool point to keep in mind… I liked the Small Box for it’s channel 1 Plexi tone and feel, but I preferred the overall Flexibility of the BE50 Deluxe, even though it comes with a Buxom Betty clean channel which I don’t care for. So I asked Dave if he could do me a custom BE50 Deluxe with channel 1 Plexi (like it’s bigger brother BE100 Deluxe). Dave said yes and charged me $300 up charge. Quite reasonable I thought and he didn’t mind having to squeeze/drill an extra socket for the gain control in triangle formation below treble & mid EQ knobs. The point I’m trying to make is, if you have an idea based on an existing platform of his and it is reasonably practical for Dave to customise, he will do it for you. The guy is one cool dude and will accommodate where he can for a relatively modest up charge. Try asking Gibson to customise a product for $300. I reckon it would be $3,000+ ☺️
@TrevorrNourse 10 ай бұрын
Yes, Dave Friedman has made it very clear it is always him. Always gets back to me regardless the question. Another amazing amp is his Twin Sister.
@djt6546 10 ай бұрын
@@TrevorrNourse Funny you should mention the Twin Sister which I also owned. When the new Marshall ST20H and ToneKing Royalist mkiii came out recently I decided it was time to compare. I preferred the Marshall to the Twin Sister and then the ToneKing blew them both away. I was amazed that the ToneKing could be rich and yet open. Not arguably too dark or arguably too bright. The Royalist mkiii is just incredibly well balanced and crucially exciting to play. I swear that ToneKing have also done a better job of tuning the two attenuators in their new amp this time around and they included a subtle HF comp switch which can add a little more brightness/openness to attenuated tones. Needless to say the Twin Sister went in part exchange for the ToneKing. IMO the ToneKing is in another league in terms of tone and feel despite it’s lower price tag. I encourage all fans of Marshall style amps that don’t want the pitfalls of an original Marshall to try the ToneKing Royalist. It’s that good IMO. 🙂
@TrevorrNourse 10 ай бұрын
@@djt6546 You know Friedman and ToneKing are made at the same Boutique Amp Distribution in LA California. I will have to check this out, I almost went for one. I really appreciate your feedback!!
@djt6546 10 ай бұрын
@@TrevorrNourse Yep the BAD group are rather GOOD in my book 🙂 I’ve had a lot of help from both Friedman and ToneKing over the years. Some great products and they’ve always been quite a relaxed bunch of folks when I’ve needed support. Enjoy test driving the amp sometime. Cheers 👍
@superderv 8 ай бұрын
I bought a Buxom Betty a few years ago and I had a valve question. I had an early run with different than advertised valves. Dave answered himself, offered advice about attenuation, offered to send new valves. I asked, is that Dave? and he said yes, I was amazed! Still love my amp too
@IamMusicNerd 10 ай бұрын
I finally realized about a year ago that Friedman’s are basically a better version of Marshall in almost every way.
@mikkonurmi5201 9 ай бұрын
Out of curiosity what are the things that Marshall does better than Friedman in your opinion? 😊
@superderv 8 ай бұрын
I guess they make budget stuff and fridges 🤐@@mikkonurmi5201
@sonnyseabury4051 8 ай бұрын
@@mikkonurmi5201Not a damn thing. Friedman is like that rare Marshall Amp you come across that you think is the best Marshall Amp you ever heard. Only, with Friedman Amps, They're All Consistently That Good. I own a Friedman BE-50 Deluxe Amp, a Friedman Twin Sister Amp, and a Friedman 20 watt Jake E. Lee Amp. As far as other Friedman Products, I own a Friedman Noho 24 electric guitar, in Candy Yellow, built by Dave Friedman and Grover Jackson, a Friedman Smallbox Pedal, a Friedman 2x12 Speaker Cabinet with 2 UK Made Greenbacks in it, and a Friedman 4x12 Speaker Cabinet with 2 UK Made Greenbacks on Top, and 2 Vintage 30 Speakers on the Bottom. Friedman Is The Way To Go! Friedman blows Marshall out of the water, Any and Every Day Of The Week! No Comparison.
@steveymoon 8 ай бұрын
What did you think Friedman did before you had that realisation?
@benforsey 8 ай бұрын
I think the Marshall sound does have a bit more bite to it, whereas Friedman is a bit smoother generally. But the flexibility of Friedman amps and the way they take pedals is why I personally would choose one over a Marshall.
@notlikeNeo 2 ай бұрын
Tried one of these a month ago. This video sounds sick aaaand still video doesn't do it justice! The Amp is a tone monster!!! - stellar job guys :))
@user-pe4sq1ti1l 10 ай бұрын
That was my amp on the video! Sounds great - good demo.
@Superjet113 10 ай бұрын
I've never heard anything bad sounding from Friedman, good stuff. Guitars too!
@Parariddle 10 ай бұрын
Great video gents and I purchased the Tonex pack based on it alongside the Two Rock pack, great work and awesome content gents!
@nabilcharbel4136 10 ай бұрын
Awesome sounding amp that makes you live the glory of the eighties and beyond
@baldybonce29 10 ай бұрын
Love your guys enthusiasm,its one of those great things in life...New Gear Day!!😎
@philipdesailles5286 5 ай бұрын
Awesome amplifier i sold my one and got myself a Friedman Jake E. Lee 20 Watt amp and two cab's sounds awesome.
@TheStudioRats 5 ай бұрын
Very nice!
@SuperCMO79 3 ай бұрын
Daang that strat is slammed low ....looks fantastic..me wants that action!
@MRxr400 10 ай бұрын
channel 1 is glorious. driven channels are amazing. that's one incredible toneful amp.
@Ibanezguy2007 7 ай бұрын
That clean is OUTRAGEOUS
@truthfactreality6814 10 ай бұрын
No. It’s the be100 deluxe. Also you guys need to demo the Friedman IR-X. I have one and it’s incredible. Can’t stop playing it. It’s on my board !!
@ianmartens5286 10 ай бұрын
I would keep that Friedman and the Bassman! Thanks for another great video! Cheers from Canada!
@truthfactreality6814 10 ай бұрын
You guys need to try the joe satriani jvm Marshall. That’s a great amp. I’m lucky enough to own one.
@Warming0829 10 ай бұрын
I think your guitar tuning is perfect. Can you tell m your guitar tuning tips plz???😂😂
@JohnPerryMusic 4 ай бұрын
I usually LOOOOOVE all your vids, but I must admit this was 95% talking and 5% playing and showing the tones. Not the right ratio for me. But I did enjoy the 5% when I eventually got to it…😂
@joejohnson8966 10 ай бұрын
10:28 yes. A valid point. 12:00 best way to say it
@Phil-Dean-Guitar 9 ай бұрын
BE50DLX owner here, you needed the SAT switch on if you wanted more gain ! Also the response up full was a surprise, were you playing into a reactive load or a cab?
@shorerocks 10 ай бұрын
"All I say is 'drummers'." ha ha, you got me here. (With all respect, but...) spot on.
@paultaylor2968 10 ай бұрын
Dave Friedman is the godfather of amps . They are designed and built to NASA standards. A Friedman is what all rockers aspire to own . Check out the Tone talk channel. He's an encyclopedia of everything and anything guitar and amp related.
@alien4422 10 ай бұрын
Clonefather since he copies Mashalls and sticks a few noughts onto the price tag.
@1148bucknasty 10 ай бұрын
@@alien4422compared to vintage it's a steal
@alien4422 10 ай бұрын
@@1148bucknasty I live in the UK so real Marshalls are very affordable. Also, Friedmans are not actually made by Freidman.
@superderv 8 ай бұрын
I'm in the Uk and a Marshall hand wired is as expensive and not as good as a Friedman. I've owned both and the Friedman is way better. Van Halen never liked standard Marshalls and Dave Friedman was his amp guy. All amps are based on a handful of originals including Marshall but loads of companies do Marshall better than Marshall these days. @@alien4422
@lynyrddeville 10 ай бұрын
T did just post a recommendation to try the Smallbox out, but then I finished watching the episode and found out that you are quite familiar with it as you have either owned or do own one already. I guess the moral of my story is, watch the WHOLE episode before making recommendations I guess... Cheers fellas, you've got a great channel!
@TheStudioRats 10 ай бұрын
cheers fella.
@preciseaudioblog 9 ай бұрын
Man that sounds crazy good!
@progpogs 10 ай бұрын
Best amp of all time to me.
@BrandOdyssey 5 ай бұрын
Great sounds. Totally in control overdrives. Super expensive of course but good stuff costs a lot. Small wattage amps are not fit for gigging unless you have a good sound engineer who knows how to mic up an amp and put it through fold back without it killing everything else. Better off just controlling the sound yourself with a bigger cleaner higher headroom amp. And don’t forget your attenuator of course.
@Funkybassuk 10 ай бұрын
Sounds superb!
@Abutado 10 ай бұрын
Dang that strat sounds so GOOD! So does the amp 😅
@Panthersfan89 10 ай бұрын
Sounds fantastic have you guys ever tried the Bogner Ecstasy and do you plan to make a video on one in the future? Thanks
@johnwebb2562 10 ай бұрын
HI Rats, Is your Amp hand wired on turret board for 3.7k pounds ?. for easy maintenance. Marshall say it takes about 2 hours labour to poulate and wire a board by one of their lovely ladies. John.
@Javier-qk7ms 14 күн бұрын
Question: If I get this your Friedman capture and disable the CAB part of it, does the remaining sound still include the power amp saturation / harmonic content? I ask because I already have a clean and loud power amp from ISP and a pair of guitar cabs with Celestions. I don’t want to throw them away but at the same time I want it have the best tone possible from a ToneX one.
@Bognerman14 9 ай бұрын
It's not a Boost channel. It's channel 3. The pedal board is borrowed from another amp. The amp has more than enough gain.
@WATCHMANNPC 10 ай бұрын
Gents, try a King of Tone in front of that amp. I use it on my Smallbox 50 and it is absolutely magical (and then put out a ToneX capture of it ;)) Cheers!
@bryondelk9856 5 ай бұрын
Have you guys tried the Steve Stevens signature Friedman (SS100 V2)? It's killer! Really wondering how it compares to the BE amps. Awesome vid guys!
@TheStudioRats 5 ай бұрын
We haven’t, although there is the Friedman Phil X amp vid coming next week.
@wingee 10 ай бұрын
I think you guys forgot about the saturation switch at the back. Great review though!
@TheStudioRats 10 ай бұрын
Cheers wingee! Yes looks like we did.
@craigstratton4794 10 ай бұрын
@thestudiorats I don't use Facebook so can't see if you have advertised any of the other amps you mentioned, I'd be very interested in the Laney Ironheart 60 - it'll stop me from selling some vital organs to buy a Friedman BE50 Deluxe 😂
@TheStudioRats 10 ай бұрын
Hi Craig send a message via our website I’ll put you in contact with James who still has the ironheart.
@matthewrobinson5511 4 ай бұрын
So I'm actually considering buying their ToneX pack for this amp. Can anyone comment on if it is good or not? Can't seem to find any better forum to discuss this. Thanks in advance.
@user-dr5tw7jc3n Ай бұрын
Is this as good as or better than the smallbox for blues rock? I know traditionally that the smallbox is more vintage voiced but wondering if this amp can also get into that same territory? I’m a blues rock player but like a bit of versatility.
@TheStudioRats Ай бұрын
I would prefer the small box for blues rock
@hampallen 5 ай бұрын
Would you take the BE50 over the ampliphonix and gain 50w? They both seem to be a master in clean and dirty.
@TheStudioRats 5 ай бұрын
They are very different, I’d have to think on that one.
@hootowl6354 4 ай бұрын
Few of these YT reviewers will answer that kind of question honestly, if at all. If they do, the risk pissing off the companies that send them equipment, and there goes their source of income.
@Bognerman14 9 ай бұрын
This amp actually does have the same amount of gain as the 100
@ILoveTeles 10 ай бұрын
Your recordings and tone are both impeccable. Do you put an attenuator in front of the OX?
@TheStudioRats 10 ай бұрын
Cheers, while I’m recording videos I can’t have an amp at the volume I’d like it so yes on vids I use a load box. My favourite is the Two Notes Torpedo studio.
@ILoveTeles 10 ай бұрын
@@TheStudioRats if I don’t use an attenuator and crank the master into the OX, I feel like it’s doing some soft flipping which adds some harsh distortion to the nice distortion. Now using an attenuator, it sounds so much better! Your tone inspired this investigation, and I’m so happy with the results, so thank you very much.
@shredx81 4 ай бұрын
Hi chaps! What pickups are in the fender? Cheers!
@ronmoes42 10 ай бұрын
8:35, that is not a reason to make a switch on the front side, you could easily solder a new conection with longer wires to the frontside and put a new 3 way switch there The only thing is maybe watch out when you service the amp if you are not going to cable manage the wires.... and you have to live with the fact that the amp will not be original anymore, but anyone who would buy it off you in time will not dislike the fact that you drilled a hole in the frontside of the amp to replace the switch.
@geneparmesan8827 10 ай бұрын
Don’t know if it the audio , buts something sounds muddled
@TheStudioRats 10 ай бұрын
That’ll be my playing.
@jonasirw1 5 ай бұрын
IMHO- you can certainly try to hear it but this kind of amp is just as much about feeling it hit your body at stage level volumes.
@andrewdevlin2255 10 ай бұрын
If you don’t mind sharing Paul? What are the pickups in that Strat🙏
@joskorivic 12 күн бұрын
I think its a stock custom shop
@rocker8692 2 ай бұрын
I made a doodoo
@leonbrownmusic 10 ай бұрын
Oooooo nice one!
@majorpentatonic2310 10 ай бұрын
Nice!
@strings2wood 10 ай бұрын
Keep the Bassman and go JMP. Dave makes great amps but you said it yourselves: “EL34’s”…”Marshally.” Re the names: Eventually even the kid who laughs at willy and poo poo moves on. 🤫
@dwftube 10 ай бұрын
Sounds great. What pickups are you using in the Strat?
@TheStudioRats 10 ай бұрын
They are ancho pablano
@dwftube 10 ай бұрын
Thanks@@TheStudioRats 🙂👍
@paulorr7471 10 ай бұрын
Does the Tonex do great tones thru an amp, or are they mainly for recording to a pc or plugged into a PA?
@markntexas8265 10 ай бұрын
I run mine through my katana sounds great
@jspic4907 10 ай бұрын
Paul, I just thought of a cool idea for a video from you. You've done great sound patches for the Katana. They sound amazing, but many have many effects/distorsion and I'm thinking about the Katana as a pedal platform (one of the many HX Effects users here). Could you do 5 patches for "clean at the limit of overdrive (not that crunchy)"? One for Fender, other for Vox, other for Vintage Marshall all with a Strat and two others for a Les Paul, all at the same perceived output levels if you change guitars between the first three ones and the last two? That would be AWESOME and insanely useful for so many. Cheers!
@Kasper911band 10 ай бұрын
No, but the Friedman BE 100 Deluxe is!
@konnektlive 9 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video, however, I'm pretty sure this demo is processed in the post. It has reverb, and a bit of compression happening that is NOT from the amp. Please let us know about the whole signal chain. You're cranking the amp in the clean and BE channels, and sitting in front of it? This amp is super loud (I own 4 Friedmans), so I suppose it's going through some sort of attenuators or something. Which attenuator is being used here? It sounds like the amp is being heavily boosted as well (just look up any other demo on the YT and none of them sound like this). So I assume it's either the super high output pickups on that Suhr, or there is a boost happening somewhere. Also, why not using a single coil pickup for this? They may sound a little bit underwhelming with this amp, but that would make it a more honest review... Frankly, I just really dislike processed demoes when it comes to amp/pedal demos for obvious reasons...
@konnektlive 9 ай бұрын
Also, another honest observation on your videos (subscribed for a while) is that, I don't mean anything bad, just that to my ears, most overdriven tones from almost any amp sound very very similar to one another. To my ears, sounds like some soft clipping, or compression happening on top of almost all driven sounds on your channel. I don't know if it's from post production compressor plugins or studio outboards, or from pedals. But I can hear this soft compression/clipping that makes every amp sound very mellow, soft and relatively compressed. Just look up your Matchless driven tone videos, and compare the video to this one for example. Other than the obvious difference in tone between the two amps, the overall sound has the same attributes and characteristics that I mentioned above, on all your videos. EDIT: I just saw the Fender SS strat as well. Yet my points remain the same.
@dver4624 10 ай бұрын
His naming conventions really make me cringe, but the sounds are superb.
@Adventuresingearland 10 ай бұрын
00:01: hedging my bets, the rolled back, clean on the verge of break up (TSR bingo right?) sound will be the best sound in this episode. It’s a noisy beast isn’t it?!?
@reverendg5937 9 ай бұрын
You completely lost me when you suggested getting rid of gear. Friedman is Good, definitely not the end all. Yes, I own a few Friedman amps. Runt C 50watt, Buxom Betty Head, the JJ Jr Head, a Friedman Guitar (an early one w/the Cert signed by Grover Jackson), and few pedals. Better than my Bogner? Nah!!!!
@MrMeik1970 7 ай бұрын
4000 Euro ? Never ever ...😅
@antonyedwardson9900 10 ай бұрын
Is anyone else slightly put off Friedman stuff due to the ‘edge of inappropriate’ names for his amps? Don’t get me wrong I’m not really in the boutique amps market but if I was I would probably avoid them simply on that basis!
@adamalexanderray 10 ай бұрын
Absolutely. Why do Friedman Amps have such sexual and objectively sexist names? Brown Eye? You can’t seriously name an amp after a bum hole can you? That’s so childish. A “Dirty Shirley”?!? Have you seen what that’s described as on Urban Dictionary? It involves sticking a finger up somewhere particularly unsavoury then putting it in their mouth. What a disgustingly overt sexual reference. A “Twin Sister” is when you tuck your penis in between your legs to make it look like you have a vagina. You can’t call it that can you? That’s got to be transphobic right? “Pink Taco”… Seriously? How can this mean anything other than a vagina? “Buxom” Betty? Obviously referring to breasts. A lot of this is overtly sexual and just normalises the objectification of women. Can we have a statement from Friedman amps on this?
@Plextortion 10 ай бұрын
The initials BE and HBE offend you? It'll be OK.
@truthfactreality6814 10 ай бұрын
Hahahaa. Get over it
@markntexas8265 10 ай бұрын
Yeah um no
@Ottophil 10 ай бұрын
Friedman no. But the one pedal company, yeah
@buckrandolph4260 5 ай бұрын
So let me get this straight you are giving up a Budda head for this over priced fancy marshall well I have demoed this very amp and at higher levels this amp losses almost all of these qualities you are talking about and after being on for extened times can become loose and flubby and a Budda will not I have three Budda amps and before you say anything I own a version one 45 watt super drive made by Budda and a super drive 80 made by Budda and super drive 20 made by Peavy/Budda and after playing ever amp in the so called Marshall range and I and have three Marshalls including a 1987x hand wired 50 watt reissue think the reall thing sounds deeper and way less fizzy wiith more headroom
@trekbsg 9 ай бұрын
That is the most horrible sounding amp I have ever heard. I am willing to take possession of it so that you never have to hear it ever again.😉 Just kidding, I am quite jealous.
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