Tone Monk Ankh Preamp

[cheesedude5050]

I think I just might have to get this

[DecemberSean]

Is it me, or are the white fuzzies becoming more and more distracting on burgs... black cloth.

[MillerCaster0]

So nice.

[TheAzurefang]

Wow, impressive pedal, great playing. I've gotta say, I may like this guy better than Andy. Blasphemy, I know.

[Bloodbarn]

ten years gone, great song to demo this...

[jude924]

Never mind, Ten Years Gone

[gugaporta26]

28 guys and/or girls didnt understand what this pedal does !!!! but that is ok :)

[thecompletejake]

lame pedal

[spreadthepanicful]

damn i want this right now

[ultimateguitarwizard]

It does sound good, but no monk is going to have the scratch for these pedals.

[dhenry531]

This thing sounds awesome!

[NeutralSnap]

Burgs, your amazing dont get me wrong, but use more than 1 guitar on your demos! i know you switch around for some, but on others (like this one) you use the same guitars. great reviews and killer sound though!

[Burgerman666]

@NeutralSnap Noted, fair point. Thanks for the kind words, I'm always into improving. :)

[jude924]

@Burgerman666 What is the song around 3:40. I can't think of it. Thanks

[kevmilla]

@jude924 ten years gone by led zeppelin

[CrimsonFlagg]

So what it does is make you slightly louder with out breaking up the amp sound?

[greatnjproperties]

Using this little with some outstanding Les Pauls right into a great Mashall is very different. It does adds a little something to the richness of the sound (which I'm sure I could get it by eq's and a bit more volume). Since I already have a ton of sparkle and body to begin this effect is way too subtle for live use. Switching to a medium gain crunch tone (nothing else in the chain) this pedal sucked the highs out of the tone. A Demo through a fatter toned guitar would leave people unimpressed.

[mymusicjeter]

It's pre-amp for guitar that record direct to computer

Interesting !

[EVHfan78]

Not to nitpick, but wouldn't it make more sense if the input and output knobs be switched around?

[coolramone]

very good guitar playing!

[okamasphere]

"Not that extra "something" it puts in"

LOL, you couldn't have said it any better.

[JerseyJenn79]

nice job pgs!

[lilnetty2]

Im still not sure what it actually does that is beyond simply turning up....the sound is good,its way better with it on,but the before sound is not to my taste....nice playing btw.

[uhgvitybvouv]

what's the difference between a preamp and a graphic equalizer? sorry but i really dont know, i suppose the equalizer has more settings..

[Chilllaui]

I really do not like this Hiwatt amp Burgs uses or his settings! (nothing against Burgs!) It just sounds not very well and without power, hard to discribe, that's my opinion.. But comparing Andy's demos with Burg's there is a big difference in the 'freshness' or power and pressure of the sound.. just saying..

Greetings

[harro333]

I gotta have more cowbell!

[javadude54]

I would have liked to hear the the A/B comparisons at the same volume.

[jomarthegreat1]

don't see what all the dislikes are for. this sounds better than the 1923407174821394 distortion pedals out there.

[bloodySunday77]

@jomarthegreat1 (a) A little secret: this is not a distortion pedal, (b) the same effect could be achieved with a boost - coloured or not, an eq or just a cheaper EP preamp pedal (which by the way does far more than actually nothing).

[jomarthegreat1]

@bloodySunday77 heh. (a) I know this isn't a distortion pedal; I was being smug. (b) I do know about all of that. Mostly, my comment was in reference to the number of people bellyaching about the price and its functions; the distortion part was my way of saying that this does much better things for your tone than a distortion pedal could.

[bloodySunday77]

@jomarthegreat1 I see what you mean and sorry for being ironic. But the truth is that a distortion pedal and a preamp pedal that colours the tone and can also provide a boost do completely different things... I don't think you can really compare them.

[Silverb0lte]

@bloodySunday77 This really is a boost, in essence, though. People aren't seeing that. This does what a boost does, and maybe a little more. IDK, I find it pretty reasonable. Could be just me.

[vpundekgarcia]

First time I don't like the product people show on the PGS, and I mean the tone and sound, take the price tag out of the discussion.

Most products are boutique and priced like it. But this ain't something.

[Jacksonkellyfreak]

i cant get my guitars to get a good "cluck" tone in the 2 and 4 position. wtf?

[RapiDFingerS95]

Superstition^^

[portage600]

Think ill stick with my Boss CS3

[timelmore2]

Pre-amps are invaluable. It is a great way to go from a neck single coil sound to a neck HB sound mid song. It is a great way to shape tones for specific songs. It is a great way to push the front of a tube amp. Subtle pedals are much more musical and useful than a board of six u-vibes.

[acompres]

Erm, i'll pass.

[BiggSteve777]

Hey Brett... is that Sadie playing with a flashlight at 3:22 while your playing Ten Years Gone???

Nice shirt btw... I've got it in green.

Oh!!! and nice demo as always!!! :-)

[Halchemist15]

Nice shirt Burg' :D

[Thebluesandme]

Great boost..I use the Okko Diablo it can make a similar boost and also more gain if needed. Great box though.

[vileguile4]

haha you got discolights :D lovely playing and sound! Your clean has never sounded so good.. A bargain.. I'd love to hear more played through this, maybe with your other guitars :) .. Feels like a fairy poured silk in my ears while sleeping..

[theamartstore]

So this is really for digital recording?

[YourHomeWorkAteMyDog]

I dunno, I can definitely hear the thickness it adds. I think it may be worth 200

[CBrosAudio]

$200 might be a lot to a kid in middle school slamming away on a kramer guitar, but to a professional, it's a small price to pay for that amount of power. They could put this in a rack unit and sell it for $2000 to the studio guys and they wouldn't be able to tell the difference.

[Xberzerkerai]

@CBrosAudio But here's the problem...200 dollars roughly 10 pairs of strings for my bass. It could also be a new brass nut and brass bridge for my Spector. It could be a compression unit. Power conditioner. TUBES. It could be a lot of other things, this is way down in the list of things that you should get...not saying it's bad by any means, it just doesn't seem like it's worth what they're asking for it, you know?

[CBrosAudio]

I have been making a living running FOH sound for over 20 years and have used the Ankh for every application you can imagine over the last 2 years. I now own 2 of them actually. DI for Keys, Bass, Acoustic Guitar. Use it as an insert on a channel strip for vocals or even Kick Drum with the tone CCW. Or use it like a lead boost or just to enhance the sound. You can't plug a $50 boss pedal into a line in on a computer and make it sound like that.

[cheesedude5050]

The tone he has on ten years gone is amazing. I miss the old format, though.

[RobbyWheelerGuitar]

@cheesedude5050 Old format? This is just a different reviewer. Andy still does things the normal way.

[redlinecons]

This sounds amazing. If you have a good ear you can hear the ranges or voices this thing can actually give you. Listen to it, really. Besides, if you don't want it, you can always go and buy a better amp, no? XD

[DistortedV12]

This is the rich man's pedal. All others can move along.

[badhandtim1]

@DistortedV12 How is 200 bones a rich man thing? Sheesh....

[Guitarvirtuoso666]

@DistortedV12

occupy PGS! we are the 1%

[yutuubfreak]

@keithsa41 most people don't want their signal unnaturally compressed so a boost pedal is just what they need

[EMGmikey]

@Keithsa41

That does work but like someone else said its for on the fly boost, and with a comp. It can go from smooth to over the top grit which for some is unwanted, but I see where your coming from

[Bolation]

"I see trees of green..." reflecting in your beautiful strat.

[petroskar]

anyone knows what's the name of the first song? (if it is one..)

[egosmile]

@petroskar I think it's Superstition by Stevie Wonder.

[beleloy808]

pre-amps are used for club gigs, etc..... if the amp that was provided for you, is kinda not your type, or simply, you need more sounding...

[MrCraigary123]

I want it

[MeaQuidemCancer]

You see, you use this as a boost. You turn it on and get more gain. Then you turn it off... and you get less gain.

[Guitarvirtuoso666]

This pedal allows you to give a boost to your volume or to alter your high frequencies with while keeping your hands free. If things need to be done fast, you can't use the knobs on your guitar, let alone those on your amp.

Ofcourse, 200 $ is a questionable price, but then again, that is probaly because the signal stays transparant?

[bloodySunday77]

@Guitarvirtuoso666 it would still stay transparent with just about fifty thousand other ways (cheaper, too)...

[Guitarvirtuoso666]

@bloodySunday77

I am not that familiar with this kind of pedals but I guess you are right

[lexist7]

The pedal is meh but the Superstition rendition in the intro was funky!

[guitarzz24]

these would be great for when a solo comes up and you need to boost your volume

[bloodySunday77]

Ok, of course I am exaggerating, but I am noting that the pedal rather leaves a question mark instead of an Ankh mark (heh - or meh).

[bloodySunday77]

Er... I didn't quite understand what it does at unity gain... and when it boosts, I can personally replicate what I am hearing with something like three hundred and seventy five other ways...

[RNE555]

in the end we need more cowbell

[Guitarisforgrins]

@RNE555 Maybe you should get in a time machine and travel back 15 years into the past when that joke was still funny... oh sorry, did you just watch a Will Farrel DVD or something?

[ironzeppelin44]

@ProGuitarShopDemos what's that song playing in the background during the explanation of the pedal in the beginning?

[Burgerman666]

@ironzeppelin44 Generic background music. There are hundreds of different stings that ship with the editing software I use - Final Cut Pro X.

[timelmore2]

Did you do the opening without a compressor?

[Burgerman666]

@timelmore2 There is very light software compression over the Pro Tools input strip to keep levels in check. None in the analog path, though.

[MrLino]

Ten Years GOne, exactly the song i wanted to hear on this pre-amp! Is that fender an american or mexican?

[Burgerman666]

@MrLino American Clapton Strat circa 2006. Pickups are Brierleys. My own signature set.

[DanDeePee]

first is the worst second is the best

[NeutralSnap]

every superstition!

[TheFriendlyfinger]

Wouldn't turning up the volume on your amp do virtually the same thing?

[Coztomba]

@TheFriendlyfinger Yea... doesn't get the same sound. I think its cause boosts hit the first valve, where the pre amp and obviously the master won't do that. No expert! But its a different sound, I love boosts.

[gibsondanny]

@TheFriendlyfinger you obviously dont understand the purpose of a preamp

[TheFriendlyfinger]

@gibsondanny Preamps are pretty easy to understand. It's just that in this case I couldn't hear a noticeable difference at unity gain. It would have been better if the amp was close to or at break up point so we could hear how it adds drive.

[Guitarisforgrins]

@TheFriendlyfinger Can you turn up the volume on your amp with your foot?

[TheWoodsBand1]

@TheFriendlyfinger That's what I was thinking.

[yutuubfreak]

@TheFriendlyfinger its a boost so you can drive your amp more

[TheFriendlyfinger]

@yutuubfreak well dah... but there are cheaper alternatives that leave the signal intact. Anyway i think subtle effects like compressors etc are difficult to demo with a very clean signal. I'm sure it would be much more noticeable in person.

[andreastrato]

@TheFriendlyfinger it is not as you say. a crystal clean preamp makes saturated the valves of your amp

[ViniciusMPepino]

@TheFriendlyfinger I think this is to substitute an amp

[jimistephen]

@TheFriendlyfinger yeah, you could. But you could also set you're amp for a slightly crunchy sound and then use this to just push it over the top while you're playing. Paul Gilbert uses a Detox EQ, which is a preamp to turn his crunchy amp into a clean one.

[jaimico777]

srv rules :)

[FilmPriest]

Why would someone pay $200 for something that does so little?

[yutuubfreak]

@FilmPriest cause it does it very well

[Crazybenjiwoo]

@FilmPriest why wife a bitch that does so little and costs you millions ?

[jarodB318]

@FilmPriest Because they can.

[SixStringHarmonies]

@FilmPriest This is something for people who record via DI. Not really meant for the casual amp user. Just sounds tighter, more compressed, and more altogether professional in the final mix.

[guitarfender94]

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