My Favourite Friedman Amp... | Little Sister Head

My Favourite Friedman Amp... | Little Sister Head | Gear Corner

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This might as well be my favourite Friedman amp. It's perfectly gigable and works even at home.
It has a "next generation modded plexi" vibe but it's unquestionably a full-on Friedman amp.
Enjoy the video and leave a comment below!
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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:19 Intro Track
1:49 What is this amp?
3:09 PLAYING | Strat and LP | Clean
3:59 The specs
4:27 PLAYING | Strat and LP | Crunch
5:20 PLAYING Strat and LP | Distorted
6:40 Super versatile with just one channel
7:57 PLAYING | Tele | Bright switch settings
8:32 PLAYING | Tele | The 3 gain structure settings
9:15 Does it take pedals well?
9:53 PLAYING | Tele | Low gain pedal and delay
10:24 PLAYING | LP | Hi-gain pedal and delay
10:41 My thoughts on the amp
Gear used in this video - my signal chain:
(the Bitly links are Thomann affiliate links)
-Fender Telecaster CS '53 bit.ly/2KFVJld
-Gibson Les Paul CS '58 bit.ly/3FN08OR
-Barocsi "Frankenstrat"
-PJD Carey Apprentice: www.pjdguitars.com/carey-apprentice
-Cornerstone Imperium: bit.ly/3W6Uhcg
-Soldano SLO pedal: bit.ly/3FyRcwj
-Wampler Metaverse delay: bit.ly/3NIPzwR
-REVV Dynamis 7/40 head: bit.ly/3C8MfbE
-Universal Audio OX BOX bit.ly/2IyOeuj
-Two Notes Captor X: bit.ly/33FPfcW
-One Control Agamidae switcher: bit.ly/2YZgiib
-Evidence Lyric cables: bit.ly/3QJHQ40
-Evidence Audio patch cables: bit.ly/2Ixylo1
-DR Strings: bit.ly/3QcKUon
Other gear I use in my videos:
-Harley Benton Fusion-II Roasted SSP bit.ly/31FVawf
-Gibson Les Paul CM 2015 - heavily modified "Junior"
-Barocsi Troublecaster - Custom built T-style
-UAFX Golden Reverb: bit.ly/3vS36JN
-UAFX Astra Modulation: bit.ly/3ycxXFu
-Xotic Super Clean: bit.ly/36fsHka
-J Rockett Uni-Verb: bit.ly/3OglswM
-Kasleder Vintage King: bit.ly/3bPU0sN
-Kasleder Toxic Twins: bit.ly/2VJRDiO
-REVV Tilt overdrive: bit.ly/3PtrWdv
-VS Audio Royal Flush bit.ly/3CYRtFK
-VS Audio Pandora Fuzz bit.ly/3twBaN2
-Honey Bee Double Trouble: honeybeeamps.com
-Kasleder Time Trap delay: bit.ly/3jQkha6
-Walrus Audio D1 Delay: bit.ly/3G228iP
-Empress Effects Compressor bit.ly/3BAubVe
-Analogman King of Tone analogman.com
-Tate FX Raise the Dead Ge: tatefx.co.uk
-J Rockett Archer overdrive: bit.ly/2Ges1z8
-Morgan 1x12 cab Twilight: bit.ly/2KFihDq
The speech mic:
-SENNHEISER MKH 416: bit.ly/2w1EAMP
Audio Interface:
-Audient iD44: bit.ly/2Jo73zN
Check out the Thomann Music channel for some wicked guitar videos:
/ musikhausthomann
Cheers,
Kris

Пікірлер: 96

@Mujcanal Жыл бұрын

Fantastic tones and playing

@alexc2680 Ай бұрын

Bro - I loved your video and detailed info so much, I just bought the Friedman Little Sister!! Appreciate you and subscribed to the channel. THX 😎

@nandoholgado3050 2 ай бұрын

It's astonishing when you realice how much a pedal compress the sound, thnaks to having a really open and wide sounding amp. I own a JJ jr that sounds terrific and this one will be my next amp for sure!

@johnnysabino2779 11 ай бұрын

Great player, great demo of the amp!

@phillamoore157 Жыл бұрын

I just picked up this amp with a Buxom Boost, and it's one of the best amps I've ever played through, and it cleans up REALLY well....which is why I bought it. The PT V2 doesn't clean up at all (IMO). But, a KZfaq channel by the name of "Cragginshred" just did a demo of the PT V2 that sounds absolutely jaw dropping......just an FYI for those wondering which one you prefer. But, I digress.....GREAT video, brother. You nail the "Sister" sound.

@MarkPritchardGuitar Жыл бұрын

Great demo Kris. I remember seeing a video years ago of a Friedman Buxom Boost going into a Dirty Shirley and it sounded awesome, instant 80s metal tone 😊👍🏼🤘🏼

@KrisBarocsi Жыл бұрын

Thanks Mark! Ohh yeah, indeed! 🤘

@bernsh09 Жыл бұрын

I use the Dirty Shirley Mini as my main amp. But I had to modify it to get a little bit tighter at the low end frequencies... Seems like Dave fixed this with the switch. 👍

@massimos6863 Жыл бұрын

Awesome playing Awesome amp ❤ 🎸

@BakisProductions Жыл бұрын

Great demo man. Amp sounds amazing. It would be really useful to have the option of a footswitch to change the gain structure (3 settings).

@oldskoolz8509 Жыл бұрын

This review sold me on this amp! Thanks!

@KrisBarocsi Жыл бұрын

Aww man, this thing is awesome. And in case you’re wondering, it’s TOTALLY giggable too. Lots of volume on tap when needed. 💪

@jameswilson3554 Жыл бұрын

Sounds really good great demo. I still like the soldano slo mini 30.. it's much cleaner and much heavier... merry Christmas kris to you and family hope it is a good one.

@cutittaierau3128 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for review 😊

@kowpow2259 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for playing a mix of lead AND rhythm styles. Im tired of the shred only 'reviews' plaguing KZfaq now.

@djHypnotik3dc Ай бұрын

Why don’t you make your own?

@rottalmusik6563 Жыл бұрын

The little sister is definitly on my list of flexibel home usable amps😍

@stanislavmigra Жыл бұрын

I was waiting a long time, to hear you playing Plexi stype amp. And maaaan, do you sound super sweat on it. Dave Friedman is a hero of mine. Great guy producing awesome amps.

@KrisBarocsi Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much man! Yeah Dave really understands that modded plexi vibe and managed to make his amps sound unique. They have a really nice feel too. Zero fight, just effortless pleasure. :)

@paulcowart3174 Жыл бұрын

Hey Chris I've had one for a week now Great amp(finally have an amp w gain) and I normally don't like EL84's so Dave really knows how to make great amps Maybe if I start some serious gigging again I will get the DS40 but this amp checks all the boxes Great cleans if you so choose Loves pedals Great FX loop and several speaker out options Selling my Tone King and not looking back Cheer's Chris Happy Holidays

@SaturnVoyager11 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful plexi tone!!! 🔥🔥🔥 Although missed the low end, maybe the mic you used to record the amp?

@charlesycoker Жыл бұрын

I have been loving my DS40 for about 7 years. The Lil Sister would be awesome. Plenty of volume for any club...

@AntmanFelix 7 ай бұрын

A great amp and great playing to go with it. I want to downsize my rig and this amp and a 1x12 seems to be something i would go with down the line.

@mars-tronic Жыл бұрын

Great video! How are you finding the Carey Apprentice? I love that colour. It’s got my Treblemaker treble bleed circuit inside as well so it’s exciting to these guitars out there!

@anthonysilva5312 Жыл бұрын

Dude that amp is the shit! And your English is awesome too! Merry Christmas

@KrisBarocsi Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Anthony! Merry Christmas!

@bpsychoz 6 ай бұрын

Kris u rock!

@the92project Жыл бұрын

I own the big brother Dirty Shirley 40 watts and this amp is definitely a single channel amp that needs to be played with the guitar volume controls in order to control the gain amounts. If you are not that kind of player that likes to use your volume knob I’d suggest you steer clear of it. Friedman has other killer multi channel amps to choose from.

@erikr968 Жыл бұрын

Nice demo! Really dig this amp! One minor issue though - demoing anything with a pedal, without a snipped of the tone with the pedal bypassed, is a cardinal sin...

@DistrictSoundLab Жыл бұрын

Sounds amazing. Do you feel like it lacks a bit of the bite of a Marshall? I’m thinking about getting one but hoping it can really nail all those classic Plexi tones with a strat and Les Paul. I know it’s JTM45 based with a tube rectifier and it has the Friedman sound so I’m wondering if it comes close to those sounds but doesn’t exactly nail them? On it’s own it sounds amazing but I wish I could hear it next to a marshall Plexi. Featuee wise it’s amazing just wanna make sure it can nail those classic Plexi tones. Thanks

@humbucker1414 Жыл бұрын

Timely video, as my Little Sister head and matching 2x12 cab are supposed to be delivered on Thursday. I hope I can make it sound as nice as you do!

@KrisBarocsi Жыл бұрын

Ohh don't worry man, you will! Enjoy that beast!

@szymonszymanski3 Жыл бұрын

Love Friedman stuff ❤ Great tones and really versatile. Btw, any chance you can demo any Laboga amps?

@KrisBarocsi Жыл бұрын

Thanks man, yeah killer amps! If Laboga reaches out to me I’m sure we can arrange something. I’ve tried a Laboga many moons ago and I liked it a lot. 👍

@ToddH76 Жыл бұрын

Saving for one at the moment. I don't have a cab currently and given the price for the friedman 1x12 it seems like the combo will save me a few hundred dollars. Am I misunderstanding something in thinking this way? Great demo, can't wait to buy one!

@sleepingatsea3420 Жыл бұрын

I was SO close to getting a Dirty Shirley or Twin Sister but ended up getting a Suhr Badger 18. Have you tried one of these? Such a versatile amp!

@avispasentuass Жыл бұрын

Nice amp i like pink taco v1 handwired,and i own jj jr

@mrnorbotron3308 Ай бұрын

It sounds like a JTM studio ready

@TheRockinmac Жыл бұрын

Im looking pretty hard at getting this to pair with my swart ast. Will this do allman brothers type stuff pretty well? Is the singing type low gain lead stuff? Thanks great demo.

@tonedog2020 Жыл бұрын

Hi Kris. Why do you like better in the Little Sister than the Pink Taco V2? I am in the market for one of the two amps and can really decide. I cannot try them as there is no store that carries Friedmans. Have you tried the Pink Taco V2 with single coils?

@goldenboy8167 Жыл бұрын

I have a Twin Sister. It's incredible! I could sell all the other amps and be fine.

@KrisBarocsi Жыл бұрын

And I totally get it why. These are incredible. 🙌

@flavionovaes363 Жыл бұрын

The Twin Syster is the 2 channel Dirty Shirley. And what is the difference between the Little Syster and the mini Dirty Shirley ?? Is there a sound difference between them?

@hcrockso1 Жыл бұрын

will you demo the Pink Taco v2 as well?

@Danny-mn8nm Ай бұрын

You almost had me ready to go and buy this amp. I thought of all the smaller wattage amps, this one could cover a little bit of everything. I love everything it does, but in your opinion, will this clean channel not be good enough to do Country?chickinpickin/Rocka billy styles of music? I am looking for an amp head that will do a lot of what this amp will do, but still get some of that blackfaced clean tone. Any suggestions?

@marklahargoue3426 Жыл бұрын

Friedman amps have the vintage tone of a Marshall and the high fidelity of a Mesa Boogie.

@shovington67 Жыл бұрын

Like commenter #1 , I like the tone and less than driven sounds, but the chugs are a little lacking. Its really unfortunate that there isn't a more economical amp, in a smaller wattage package, that has enough gain without pedals, diodes, and artificial signal generators to produce a high gain tone. I've had the first iteration of the small PRS, but it was noisy, and the overall tone was not what I expected. I bought a HK 40 watt Grandmeister, which has great features, cleans and tones, but the high gain uses a diode, and I dislike that sound. People say the EL84s are difficult to get a more acceptable high gain sound from, I'm not sure i believe that. All I know is I never should have sold that 1989 Carvin XV112E combo with the EV12L Proline speaker back in the day. For $799, it was a beast, I was stupid. Sometimes you don't realize what you got, until its gone....

@joejohnson8966 Жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear that, my man. Hope you find a great amp soon.

@PooNinja Жыл бұрын

Have ya checked out the REVV stuffs those lil D and G20’s are pretty sweet.

@paulcowart3174 Жыл бұрын

Kind of wonder why he didn't use a single EL34 Might be a little more open 84"s compress more IMO

@shovington67 Жыл бұрын

@@joejohnson8966 , thanks Joe. On the bright side, a Carvin XV112E combo from the late eighties time period is about $400 - $500 used. But sometimes your buying someone else's problems at that age, and I bought mine new. I'd never played one, nor heard one, but the write up and endorsements were good, and they gave you the EX12L for $100, it had lots of push pull options, a 5 band eq (like the boogies), and a solid unfinished oak cabinet. I never needed an overdrive pedal, everyone wanted to know what it was, the cleans like a fender, the dirt of a modded Marshall, the eq gave you a depth ability. Two downsides: 1. Heavy as heavy gets with that EV12L 300watt proline speaker (but I instantly knew why heavy players swapped in that speaker) 2. Solid oak combo cabinets are also as heavy as they come, and although scratch resistant to a point, your careless idiot friends will scratch them and attempt using them as a bar top (dicks). Generally if those friends apologize in a less than sincere and heart felt way, you can aim your best shreddy guitar solo directly at their girlfriend, that can be endless fun....

@shovington67 Жыл бұрын

@@PooNinja , I will try my luck at searching one out at one of the cities music stores. Sounds interesting. I have looked but never touched one. Unlike some guitarists, I do enjoy the bells and whistles. I wonder if someone out there mods the H&K GrandMeister 40s Ultra channel, and gets rid of the diode before position #1 12ax7, and adds a 12ax7 gain stage? Im really hooked on a lot of the cleans, effects, the sweet noise gate, and the 40 Watts is a great compromise in volume plus tone sweet spot. Thanks for the heads up on the Revv! I'm currently running a horizontally ported oversized 2×12 Port City cab that I loaded with EV12Ls (old habits die hard), and they create more volume than 12" Celestions, so 20 watts may be loud enough.

@Esmith4422 27 күн бұрын

I couldn't decide so I just use Smallbox and Twin sister in stereo.

@mertmermerci218 8 күн бұрын

Great video and playing! Sort of irrelevant but, just saw a Palmer cab in the back; are you happy about it, how about the quality?

@KrisBarocsi 8 күн бұрын

@@mertmermerci218 Thanks! I love that cab, it’s one of the nicest sounding ones (including really pricy ones). The only 1x12 that I like more is the Morgan cab next to it. Btw the Palmer is an unloaded cab and I have a Celestion Creamback 75 in there.

@patshep68 Жыл бұрын

It’s so odd to me. I grew up on classic rock but always been a fender guy. Played jazz for many years but this amp speaks to me lol the cleans seem pretty darn good. Plus all the other stuff

@duderdudeedoo1984 Жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing

@fritzhieke7209 11 ай бұрын

it is a hot rodded JTM-45

@dananthony6258 7 ай бұрын

Les paul was my favorite guitar in this mix.

@Bobby_Digital37 Жыл бұрын

I bought amp and returned it. Really wanted to like this amp, but it just wasn’t my thing. It seems to be voiced a bit dark for my tastes a bit too much low mids that I just couldn’t dial out with the eq. I think this demo does it Justice, this sounds exactly the way I remembered. I also tried the previous version of this amp the dirty Shirley mini and liked it much better, seemed more open in the low mids 🤷🏽‍♂️

@paulcowart3174 Жыл бұрын

Seems to be working for me but only thing I would complain about is about using 84's instead of a single 34....Dave must have his reasons What kind of guitar do you use ?

@Stephen-zw8ho Жыл бұрын

The bright/tight switch didn’t help with the darkness? I was interested in this new version because of that switch. Thanks for any input!

@Bobby_Digital37 Жыл бұрын

@@Stephen-zw8hono, the bright on definitely sounds better than off, but I still didn’t like. I completely didn’t like it with the bright off 🤷🏽‍♂️

@Bobby_Digital37 Жыл бұрын

@@paulcowart3174I tried two different lp’s, tele, Strat, and a 335.

@paulcowart3174 Жыл бұрын

@@Bobby_Digital37 Hmmm yeah well haven't given it a good workout yet I don't have any Marshall type circuit amps so trying to get used to the gain So far running it fairly low with bass very low too My main amp I've used for gigging for years is an old 100 watt Fender Tonemaster but my grab and go combo is an old Silvertone 1482 and ANYTHING new I have tried that's not 3K both those amps blow them away Boutique Amp Distributors is assembling the Tone Kings and Friedman's Soldanos and whatnot that are PCB circuits so maybe that's an issue so who knows Getting an old amp and restoring it is probably going to be the. best bet Budget PCB's are going to fall short most ways you cut it IMO

@udr3005 Жыл бұрын

But no footswitch for the gain settings? Really bad. And are there volume jumps between the 3 settings?

@SnehasishSanyal-xq5np 5 ай бұрын

Hello , can you please tell me thr eq setting at 3.13 minute when u play clean , and did u add any pedal or processing the sound ?

@KrisBarocsi 5 ай бұрын

Hi, the EQ settings are on screen. I didn’t use pedals here, just reverb from the OX which also provided the cabinet simulation (2x12 Alnico speaker sim). I was in the lowest gain setting on the amp. The only post processing was a low cut under 100Hz. Cheers!

@jeffhebert6549 Жыл бұрын

Can't decide between the Little Sister and the Runt 20 , Help Please..

@rocker8692 Жыл бұрын

Pretty sweet,they are expensive though

@BITESIZEJONES Жыл бұрын

What is the difference between the mini and little sister

@TheFeatalion Жыл бұрын

The Little Sister looks like half of the Twin Sister. It's funny.

@KrisBarocsi Жыл бұрын

Well that’s exactly what it is. Half of the twin sister. 👍

@stevealexander7772 11 ай бұрын

Technically, the Dirty Shirley is half of the Twin Sister (the Twin Sister is 2 x the Dirty Shirley). The Little Sister is 1/4 of the Twin Sister in that it is a single channel, 20 watt version. That's too much math!

@dividedbytimestudios 4 ай бұрын

Little Sisters Pink Taco 😂

@ricardofigueiras6453 Жыл бұрын

Knowing that you are connected with thomann and having access to a lot of material, I would like to see more alternative videos on how to use a multi-effects through a cheaper active speaker. EytschPi42 made one, but it was all too expensive. We know that life situation is not easy and many people just play as a hobby. For example, does a mooer ge200 sound good with a Behringer B105D active speaker? I think it might be interesting. Take care

@markusm.8302 Жыл бұрын

Please stop teasing me with something I‘ve already ordered weeks ago, and which probably still takes mo this to arrive… 🤪

@KrisBarocsi Жыл бұрын

Haha! What a timing, isn't it? Man, this one is really worth the wait. Have fun rockin' it!

@Sagerydian Жыл бұрын

Can it be played at home at a reasonable volume?

@MatthewTomich Жыл бұрын

Yes, absolutely

@matzer8846 Жыл бұрын

I am stunned 🤔 Why on earth would somebody who can't tell a CustomStopTele from a DoorStop care about an amp costing ~ 2 grands 🤣 On the other hand: this amp and the HarleyBenton is like 2 grand ... and it will sound great ... if you add another 1 grand for a decent box Wy wallet doesn't keep up with that ... even blindfolded 😎

@KrisBarocsi Жыл бұрын

Haha, shock of my life. Truth be told, my first reaction to my tele was „if that’s not my tele I quit“. Then I changed my mind… good job Kris. 😆

@matzer8846 Жыл бұрын

@@KrisBarocsi I do guess this "blindfold glitch" will haunt you for a while ... BUT it was great fun for us all and i would have done much worse than you ... Cudos! Next time you grill the strat guy!

@PooNinja Жыл бұрын

Sounds nice but I’m a Brown Eye 100 kinda guy.

@RollieFingers59 Жыл бұрын

As long as it’s not your sisters, right on bro

@joefarmer7727 Жыл бұрын

Perfect would be a 2 Chanel amp. Lol sister (dirty Shirley) and brown eye... Each with those 3 modes... Dies this exist already? Or at least a 2nd channel using the brown eye Mode in one mode.

@PooNinja Жыл бұрын

@@joefarmer7727 maybe doable with a synergy system? 🤘🏽

@mattarnold8371 7 ай бұрын

So is my boyfriend

@quadrogong1111 7 ай бұрын

Friedman is what Marshall should be

@mtm105 7 ай бұрын

Marshall is over. Almost died until Slash brought it back. The originals had that sound. Amazing Allman tone. But the era is over. To assume that Jim Marshall produced the only tone to own is naive. He took Fender and modified it. Friedman took Marshall and modified it.