My Top 5 Favorite Amplifiers!

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Thanks for watching my video on my top 5 favorite tube amplifiers! Let me know your thoughts in the comments below! Cheers!
Lichtlaerm Audio Prometheus review:
• This Amp Is SPECIAL! (...
Revv Generator 120 MKIII Rev B review:
• Revv Generator 120 MKI...
RedSeven Leviathan review:
• The CRAZIEST Amp In Th...
ENGL SE FE review:
• What Makes This Amp SO...
Soldano SLO 30 review:
• Are Soldano's Really T...
Victory Kraken MKII review:
• Victory "FIXED" The KR...
Driftwood Purple Nightmare review:
• Is This The ULTIMATE M...
Diezel VH2 review:
• Do DIEZEL Amps Live Up...
Mesa Single Rectifier review:
• Best Mesa I've EVER Pl...
Gear used in this video:
- Lichtlaerm Audio Prometheus
- Revv Generator 120 MKIII Rev B
- RedSeven Leviathan Joker Edition
- Soldano SLO 30
- ENGL Special Edition Founders Edition
- Orange Rockerverb 50 MKIII
- Diezel VH2
- Driftwood Purple Nightmare
- MESA/Boogie Single Rectifier
- Victory Kraken MKII
- ML Drums by ML Sound Lab
- Cubase 13 Pro
- OwnHammer Impulse Responses
- RedSeven Amplification Amp Central reactive load
- ENGL 4x12 XXL Cab
- Klotz Cables & DI Box
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An original song of mine with me on vocals: • My First Song w/Vocals...
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Disclaimer: this video can be considered sponsored because I got some of these amps from the companies but as always all thoughts and opinions are 100% my own!
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@SonicDriveStudio Ай бұрын

Thomann Affiliate: www.thomann.de/intl/index.html?offid=1&affid=3210 Sweetwater Affiliate: sweetwater.sjv.io/k0mGvx My personal Thomann recommendations: thmn.to/thocf/cv37zixo68 My webstore for Captures, presets etc: ko-fi.com/sonicdrivestudio

@CS-ru4xd Ай бұрын

Hey John! Any Bogners in your collection? If not..why is that? Just curious. Thanks and cool vid!!

@jerjabs Ай бұрын

Loved it. Each had their own voice. Were the guitars quad tracked?

@vadimchalpankoron709 Ай бұрын

Friedman BE100, SLO30, Diezel VH4, Diezel Hagen, Omega Granophyre, Mezzabarba🤘😎

@SonicDriveStudio Ай бұрын

@jerjabs double

@nick6505 Ай бұрын

5150 block letter/6505 1992, ac 30 , diezel Herbert, engl powerball , Marshall afd 100 😏🔥

@riverstone5994 Ай бұрын

This list feels like “my most recent amps” 😂

@jameslatham2655 Ай бұрын

I have to admit you have really opened my ears to the engl amps. All the engl's I've heard have been on your videos and they sound fantastic. They seem to have a very even split across the lows, mids, and highs. Giving a massive tone. They seem to have no weak areas when it comes to their tones. So well rounded.👍🏼

@frankenstein4106 Ай бұрын

Love my SLO-30! Such a versatile amp, but the sound it puts out is always great!!

@lockedowng Ай бұрын

Great list. As a long time viewer, I almost expected the ironheart or just five helix models. Next please do five favorite amp models across all digital platforms.

@sean3465 Ай бұрын

Nice review Jon! We have got to get that Engl tone of yours captured for the QC!

@tylerjames460 Ай бұрын

Great video Jon! It seems with all your new acquisitions we are about due for a “1 riff on 100 different amps” type comparison maybe using the badass Engl 4x12?? 😎 can’t wait for more man!

@billyhughes9776 Ай бұрын

The Engl for kind of style you presented, IMO, sounds so good. It has the aggression and toothy mid-forward thing with a full but tight bottom. That and the SLO-30 are my favs of your top 5.

@sisyphushappyband Ай бұрын

I've pared down my amp collection quite a bit, but my 5 favorites are: 1.) Monomyth Skeleton Key 2.) ENGL Savage mkII 3.) EVH 5150 50w 4.) Peavey JSX 5.) KSR-modded Mesa Boogie Rev. G Dual Rectifier

@ianlahaye9476 Ай бұрын

I guessed half right! Silly of me not to consider the last two! D'oh! 🤦🏻‍♂️Great video, buddy!

@Nintendude2013 2 күн бұрын

“Don’t make me choose don’t make me choose” has been living in my head for like two weeks 😂😂😂

@TobyKBTY Ай бұрын

You have one of the sickest collections around. I haven’t owned nearly as many amps, but thankfully I’ve owned enough to know what I love I’m a simple chug monkey, I tend to love a good ol EVH 5150 and my Orange MKIII RV100 so im glad you gave your Rockerverb a mention!

@JoseHernandez-zu7qf Ай бұрын

Wow! What an amazing amps collection!! Omg! I only have 5 amp sims and i think is a great gear for me😅. Cool video, greetings from México

@jessedelaney77 Ай бұрын

Nice video mate. Your riffs and songs are excellent. See if you can get your hands on a Boogie IIC+ or Mark IVB.

@scottykomer9992 Ай бұрын

Gotcha! Such a good tone. I like the “dryness” or something. What OwnHammer would you use for it in a pinch?

@jarredbaca8112 Ай бұрын

Yo! Could you do a series or a video about popular amp blends? (Like dual rectifier with JCM 900) (vox with fender etc) that would help us who don’t have so many amps learn about blending in recording songs etc. anyway, big fan of this channel and love seeing how many videos you e put out recently! 🤘🏼

@boblong101 Ай бұрын

i Downsized from 8 amps to 2, one of them being the ENGL SEFE670...so imma go with that :D

@ronnymilianowicz5228 Ай бұрын

1. My modded Marshall Silver Jubelee 1987. 2. My Mesa Rectifier Multiwatt 3. My EVH 100 Stealth or any of my Engls.

@kikyosnail1464 Ай бұрын

Sounds like a sick collection! Who did you get to mod your Silver Jubilee?

@SluggerStark Ай бұрын

Hmm....keeping it to one/brand: 1) Wizard w800 100w: An incredible combination of clarity, punch, tighness and great feel. Worth the hype. 2) Friedman SSV2: Might be the nicest feeling/easist playing "big" amp I have owned. Gorgeous clean channel and has massive range on the gain channels. Voiced so so well! 3) 1996 Bogner Ecstasy 101b: Has alot of the qualities I love about the Friedman, but not as much range. Was my #1...until I got a Wizard. 4) Fryette Pittbull Ultra-lead: Tight, clear and punishing. Best metal amp I have owned. 5) Mesa Boogie mkivB: Last of the "classic" Mark style amps and one of the very best: can really bridge vintage and modern so well. Tougher to dial in than my other listed amps. Honorable mention: Hughes and kettner triamp mk2. This amp is criminally underrated. It can do crystal clean, to Uberschall-ish (that is what ch3b reminds me of) mayhem and does it all well amd with great clarity and feel. My other amps do specfic things better, but if you are looking for a do-it-all channel switcher....give one of these a chance. Especially for what they can be had for now.

@Tanax13 Ай бұрын

Haha I was just gonna say the Driftwood, then it came at the end :D Personally, my current top 5 wish-list is (in no order): - RedSeven Leviathan - Driftwood Darkest Nightmare - Lichtlaerm Prometheus - Marshall JCM800 - Mesa Boogie Mark VII I already have the ENGL Savage 120 Mk2 and Fireball 25 so I think I'm all set for ENGL sounds! I'm also just really curious what RedSeven will release next, they teased a lot in the FB group brand feature about upcoming amps so it will be very interesting to follow them :) As for Soldano sound, I think I'm more interested in getting like a Mezzabarba MZero OD (OD version or Eric Steckle) but that's just me!

@marvinrockon Ай бұрын

Appreciate all your work you do and the videos are always top notch. Thank you for the channels existence! As an owner of the Laney IRT Studio, do you still like it? Would you record with that or was there something you didn't liked about it? I can't afford one of the amps of the dreams RN and I wonder how it compares to the big guns and it looks like you're the only person I could ask.

@SonicDriveStudio Ай бұрын

It's a pretty rad amp man, especially for the money!

@user-sx6ht9iq5n Ай бұрын

amazing beautiful amps!

@LateNightYinzer Ай бұрын

That Soldano sounds killer. It's really got the mids right, not too scooped or too pronounced in kind of weird frequencies but still very present, and it's tight but not quite tight as a termite's ass, it's still chunky. They're not super well known for metal but SLO was used on killswitch engage's album and it really does kick huge ass when used the right way.

@ILikePeeps 12 күн бұрын

YESSS, I came here looking for the ENGL FE SE. I have the 6L6 as well, and holy cow... the best metal amp I've probably ever played on!

@robertdonosobuchner3129 Ай бұрын

There are so many wonderful amps, for me it's impossible to choose only 5 or 10 amps. It also depends on the music styles. For my taste, I really enjoy the Archon 50, the Orange 50w mk3, the Laney Ironheart 60w, the Amp1 Mercury, the JPTR FX Titan 250, Bogner Überschall Ultra...

@ejw3006 Ай бұрын

The ENGL SE FE is definitely my favorite amp I’ve heard online recently

@AndiKravljaca Ай бұрын

I'm a simple man, I see Soldano, I click, and I like! Agreed with you - this amp is incredible.

@tallamariachi Ай бұрын

Would be nice to see a comparison between Diezel VH2 and the Orange Rockerverb

@dantahoua Ай бұрын

You have to try a BRBS... I have the Vintage Class 3+ and it's killer! :)

@nomad100hd Ай бұрын

On the Barbie amp, does the two-notes reactive loud sound better than the one in the Captor X?

@chrisgonzales5880 Ай бұрын

you should do a video on your top brands of pedals. and what makes each of the brands offer as far as certain type of pedal as well as at least one pedal that would be like there "Flag ship" of the brand.

@OnyxSkiesXIX Ай бұрын

Controversial opinion, but I think my favorite amps that you have are the Wangs amps. They are the perfect Marshall clone and every time you have one on it sounds incredible.

@SonicDriveStudio Ай бұрын

They are great!

@user-ij5ny6uc9f Ай бұрын

What do you think about the amps modules that Synergy are coming out with? Do they compare with the real heads?

@SonicDriveStudio Ай бұрын

I honestly don't know...

@KreativeDevices Ай бұрын

🔥

@Frankcruzmusic Ай бұрын

Prometheus so good in the right hands you won't beat it. I played the behemoth of amps the megalith beta Wizard Hell razor and Prometheus is right up there with those

@TomatePasFraiche Ай бұрын

Damn, ENGLs are just the only ones for me, that growl they have just gives me instant goosebumps!

@MRxr400 Ай бұрын

interesting you didn't like pushed mode on single rec. i leave channel 1 on pushed all the time. low gain, low bass. gives me a nice strong mid forward edge of break up tone that sits nicely in a mix. i have the 2nd version though. all those amps sounded great, i really liked the ivory and red wood amp, it was a solid tone and not too many switches, which is why i like the single rec over other mesa's.

@solarfallmori Ай бұрын

Do you find the savage more aggresive than the SE with the 6L6? I think that all the amps of the list are great, just a matter of taste or use 🤘🤘

@SonicDriveStudio Ай бұрын

Comparison coming soon!

@joshuaenyart5570 Ай бұрын

I wish one of my guitar playing buddies had such a natural ability to play cool riffs! :-)

@SonicDriveStudio Ай бұрын

Thanks!

@Leychen Ай бұрын

For me it's relatively easy to choose a favorite because i don't have a collection that huge. I'd take my Engl Fireball 25 because it's very practical for bedroom aswell as band use, and i actually don't need my huge 4 channel amp. I'm curious about that Lichtlaerm, but the homepage does not provide any information.

@SonicDriveStudio Ай бұрын

Their site will get a product page soon. If there's any info that you can't find in reviews, just email him

@johnfinlay4963 Ай бұрын

I just want to hang in that room for 1 day, okay a week . I will bring my own couch . 🤘🏻🤘🏻

@LonelyRocker Ай бұрын

I'm so sorry Powerball II!!!! Quite the list though!!! Cool video!

@SonicDriveStudio Ай бұрын

We both know how awesome that amp is! ;)

@TheOtherJohnBrowne Ай бұрын

@@SonicDriveStudio Powerballs are sick y'all

@SonicDriveStudio Ай бұрын

@TheOtherJohnBrowne of course but would you have chosen that over the SE FE?

@JohnWiku Ай бұрын

@@SonicDriveStudio Savage MK2 120

@scottykomer9992 Ай бұрын

What IR were you using for the Leviathan?

@SonicDriveStudio Ай бұрын

That was my ENGL Cab!

@GregMerritt-ws8tq Ай бұрын

It just hit me that there's a large amount of amp brands that have a distinct signature sound available these days.

@lt-kw5fv Ай бұрын

Please tell us what your top 5 speakers are

@SonicDriveStudio Ай бұрын

In general V30s

@TheOtherJohnBrowne Ай бұрын

Amps are fun

@SonicDriveStudio Ай бұрын

Two Bamps!

@svenhanke3251 Ай бұрын

The Engl Savage MK II is missing…😉

@Daniel-gj3su Ай бұрын

miss the diezel vh2

@SonicDriveStudio Ай бұрын

It's in the video though, top 10 isn't bad either ;)

@07dhiraj Ай бұрын

No mesa mark series -- IIc+ , mark v , mark iv etc etc 🤔🙂🙂✅💐💐

@funways Ай бұрын

Surprise you don’t have the Recto in your Top five?!😮

@gergelyboros8138 Ай бұрын

Which is your desert island amp?

@SonicDriveStudio Ай бұрын

ALL

@strangelet4588 Ай бұрын

@@SonicDriveStudioI mean, if you’re on a desert island with no electricity, the obvious choice is the Revv Generator. ;)

@bugeyedmudafuka2 Ай бұрын

No Orange? Seemed like that was your fave for a long while.

@SonicDriveStudio Ай бұрын

It's one of the runner ups

@YsAbTones Ай бұрын

if i had to choose i would go for the powerball

@MaxPowersTastyTones Ай бұрын

Between all these amps that would be a poor choice. The SE FE for example is superior in every category. ENGL in general kick ass of course. ♥️

@kendallh5037 Ай бұрын

@@MaxPowersTastyTonesit's all subjective don't think it's a poor choice at all powerball is awesome

@perpetualgrimace Ай бұрын

My man likes his amps with lots of knobs 😂

@SonicDriveStudio Ай бұрын

I do!

@smeemusic Ай бұрын

No EVH?! Not even in the apology?! I see how it is. Lololol but for real I’ve noticed the hype dying down on the EVH amps and I kinda gotta wonder why. I think mine is just infinitely incredible. But hey if people forget about it, maybe I’ll have a “unique tone” lolololololol

@heut4384 Ай бұрын

"There's no order" of your 5 top amps.... Lol. You're a true good reviewer (or at least, you're not going to tell your supporters or companies). I do understand. Lol. However, we do know that we all have our own ONE "favorite" amp (or sound) for sure - not a few. 😅

@thanos4480 Ай бұрын

All the cool amps but non of them can beat Peavey in the mix)

@SonicDriveStudio Ай бұрын

Peavey backstage 30?

@thanos4480 Ай бұрын

@@SonicDriveStudio Even backstage can beat it XD

@CrustyBollox Ай бұрын

Apart from actually playing music, I think valve amps are the most fun thing about playing electric guitar.

@DerSilvano Ай бұрын

One amp per builder? Otherwise it would be 5 ENGLs :P

@muratmadenciler7459 Ай бұрын

Mesa Mark V rules.

@KahruSuomiPerkele Ай бұрын

No Orange Rockerverb 😢

@SonicDriveStudio Ай бұрын

Uhm, did you watch the whole thing?

@wickedmetalhead Ай бұрын

@@SonicDriveStudio surely he's talking about the top 5.

@SonicDriveStudio Ай бұрын

@@wickedmetalhead yeah, I could only fit so many amps in the top 5 :)

@MaxPowersTastyTones Ай бұрын

I own none of these (so far) so I‘ll leave a jealous comment. 😬

@SonicDriveStudio Ай бұрын

You have a couple killer amps my man!

@KaddysJamKave Ай бұрын

Those amps have got NOTHING on my old Gorilla tc-35

@CorrosiveMatter Ай бұрын

I think you suffer from the new amp honeymoon syndrome. Your top 5 are all of your newest amps :) I know this feeling all to well.

@stiman1 Ай бұрын

It will be the 5 most expensive, or he might throw in a token "affordable" one. That's my prediction before watching.

@KeepAnOpenMind Ай бұрын

No EVH, even though Soldano is there. :-(

@foggyblues13 Ай бұрын

Redundant.

@JohnWiku Ай бұрын

Peavey 5150 and Rectifiers carry Soldano DNA. The EVH amps are more of the same, in the end.

@MXP250 Ай бұрын

How are you able to afford all these amps?

@becominghuman3561 Ай бұрын

This is the question! My guess is he has an in demand full time job that allows him a fair amount of free time and a large budget. I mean he’s also a great mix engineer but even multi million dollar studios don’t have this many amps.. But what the fuck do I know!? Maybe KZfaq pays really well

@qead1zc Ай бұрын

THIS IS THE F.. QUESTION!!!

@marvinrockon Ай бұрын

@@becominghuman3561The reason 7 figure studios don't have that many amps, is most times because of 2 reasons: 1. The money also goes into monitoring, room treatment, outboard recording, mixing and mastering gear, servicing that gear, assistants/other engineers or freelancing work, top notch electronics. Plus, which a lot of people underestimate: Cables and cable management solutions. A cable not working is a huge problem, with the rates they ask for and can have a bad impact on the work of an artist, if they are standing or sitting there and need to watch the engineer(s) find the fault in their signal chain. Plus pristine drum kits in stellar shape, tons of microphones, huge expensive consoles. 2. People who are going into a studio like that most likely can afford their own high end gear and often (not always) bring that with them, because that's what they are used to, that's their sound. Studios often have the classics and a few more beside that, but that's it. He makes guitar type content and is a guitarist who loves gear. A huge and high quality console alone can easily cost more than double the amount of amps we see in the background here. It also helps working with brands, where they offer you a discount, too. And some little gear is free, I assume. And obviously he has a well paying job beside the KZfaq channel. Respect for everyone uploading quality content on a regular basis on the side of having a job.

@Sperzel Ай бұрын

Nowadays I suspect he gets most amps with a nice discount, or even for free if he’s doing a demo.

@jorismak Ай бұрын

I actually don't know if he's doing this fulltime or has another job next to it. Do you have kids, Jon? I know how much of my monthly pay goes to the kids and or my student loan 😉. But don't forget that his channel is probably a business, which means tools bought for the business can be tax deducted , which is 21% less for him. I think he's in the phase where money made from KZfaq is being put back into the channel .