This amp sounds great, too. A very close second for me. I fully agree with others that we need to hear more varied styles played, as well as putting the controls through their paces. Since this is "monsters of high gain", rip it up, guys!!! Lets hear some intensity! Very nice sounding clean channel on this amp.
I'm amused at the 'boosted mids as well as scooped' comment. If you actually look at the amp, you can see Misha set the knobs for mids at max, bass at like 2 o'clock and treble at 11 o'clock. Didn't even touch the Graphic EQ. I wonder why I stopped playing guitar, and then I talk to other guitar players.
After listening to all of these, I'd have to say that this is my favorite, and the 6534+ comes in second. And I'm pretty sure this one's the most expensive. Go figure haha.
Neither one of these guys is qualified to change the strings on Synyster Gates' nephews guitar, let alone have people talk about how good they are. There are high school kids practicing down the street from me right now that have ten times the chops that these two hacks have.
@FirePower3006 Apparently you flunked reading comprehension in grade school, or perhaps you are still in grade school and haven't had it yet. I said Synyster Gates' nephew. I don't know anything about his nephews band but they gotta be better than these toolbags.
It would have been cool to see what effect all of those switches and knobs had on the overall tone instead of just playing one sound per channel. And even then the guitarists have it dialed in for nu metal and djent, both of which have shit tone in my opinion. Not really a good representation of the amp.
Players will sound different even if they use the same amp. And I think that many times, if you play the same way, the same person will sound VERY similar even running thru different gear. For instance; for me it's hard to tell, just from audio, when my favorite players change gear.
The whole point is that they sound pretty similar but we, as viewers, apply those subtle differences between amps and garner what our own sounds need. That's why there are the same players in each vid.
@lonewolfsx29 Not really. Ty keeps setting his amp for a hard rock/nu-metal sound. (Mids at 11oclock, Highs at 1 oclock, as much bass as you can get with out turning the sound into mud, Lots of presence and gain).
Where Misha is going for less gain, more dynamics, lots of high mids, and a really tight low end. They sounds nothing alike.
Hi-cost amp, and more significant control buttons that produce many variable of characters at the back side of the amp. Indeed the price won't tell u no lies about the quality. My goodness.. this amp will dry my pocket instantly.
This would be a way better if series if the guitarists were different. Both seem to be trying as hard as they can to get all of the amps to sound the same. I'd love to see them demoed with boosted mids as well as scooped.
@nunmoreblak thank you for an actual nice comment. You have no idea how much shit I get from random people for that previous comment bc it appears at the top.
@ThomasMetal75 Then you haven't the slightest clue about tubes then I take it. I mean, you are aware there is a pretty similar model to this one except with KT88s and not EL34s, right?
@ThomasMetal75 Yes. I do. Im not trying to sound like I don't know anything about tubes, but I don't think we need to argue this crap on the video comments
the first riff misha played is the song breeze. theres videos of it on youtube. theres also a remixed version with hayley williams vocals from the song misery buisness
@13uddha1993 Google 'bulb soundclick' he has a tonne of stuff pre-periphery that is a lot more chord oriented, i wish they would implement that more these days :(
@13uddha1993 well he has a lot of songs that were originally instrumental but then vocals were added on with Periphery, the song Totla Mad and Frak The Gods used to be just his works. can't think of any others off the top of my head
@metallica5252 this is to show the amp sound, not everyone feels like they have to compete and prove themselves and care so much about what other people think obviously you do
Imo the best tone Misha got between all the amps he tested with premierguitar was the Peavey 6534+; one of the most brutal tone I've ever heard in my life.
My ultralead has an amazing lead tone and it its quite different to a lot of other amps but this is really not a good showcase of its capabilities at all. As ever, if you want to know what an amp sounds like you need to play it for yourself and set it up just how you like it.
@Uberloinvongenchler Furthermore, playing an overdriven amp on its own is a very unrealistic exhibition of its sound. They are mostly used in conjunction with other instruments...
@Uberloinvongenchler this is the clx not the UL. I have had both. The sound is very similar, but you don't feel the clx as much as you feel the UL when you are standing in front of it. With those kt-88's you know what I mean by FEEL the amp. The clx is a bit smoother, but I just was missing the ball shaking power of the UL when I had the CLX. Definitely getting another UL very soon.
VHT / Freyette owns all. Diezels, Diamonds etc etc wish they could have the growl and definition..nope. My next rig is A vht pittbull UL with Splawn Nitro and a Mako mak2 run together. Fuckin cream!
@FirePower3006 matter of preference. I happen to think engl's are over compressed and don't cut through a mix well. I had an Ultralead and my other guitarist had a fireball and I couldn't turn low enough for you to hear him over me. The UL has sick rhythm tones. Breathtaking 3d chunk sounds. amazing. I have tried them all but i keep coming back to VHT. Try one before you say what your favorite is.
@nunmoreblak My bud has an Ultralead, he likes it, he's got a PRS Custom 22, a USA Standard Strat (Hotstack in the Bridge), and a LP, he says it's a great amp. I liked the Framus here the best, I've heard AMAZING things about Diezels, but of course I don't have a spare 4K sitting around. There's a lot of great amps out there, Engls, Blackstar, Mesa, H&K, 5150 (through Fender), Framus, Diezel, and plenty of others. A lot of it depends on your playing style and the pickups/woods in your guitar.
@HurricaneTBag metallicas new tone is based on the diezel and i prefer their older tone with the marshalls and mesas. Hughes and kett makes some very nice sounding amps, even their switchblade tube/midi head kills a dual rec, i have seen them together on a stage. IMHO the VHT had the best tone out of any head they tried on this hi gain challenge. The others seemed too fuzzy, unclear, too gainy or something. The vht was 3d sounding and just right. That is how they actually sound in person.
@NeoMetalx Price has nothing to do with tone, for instance I think the peavey and 6534 and engl fireball 100 both stomp all amps period, second of all them diezel amps that cost like 4000$ sound worse then my roland cube 30w that I use to use for practice and metallica has the worse tone ever and they use them diezel amps nowadays, listen to death magnetic (shitty album and NOT FUCKING metal btw) and you will see how bad they sound.
@FirePower3006 Where's your platinum record? Not metal, my ass. That's as close to their good stuff they've gotten in a long time. I like pretty much everything they've done, but Load through St. Anger wasn't very metal. Their tone is beastly as hell. James uses Diezel but Kirk uses Mesa Boogie in his live rack. This is all opinion, but seriously. You've got no room to judge Metallica if you can't write and produce a multi-platinum record to back yourself up.
@Seandude223 Diezel amps are shit same with metallica tone on everything after the black album and they are FUCKING MAINSTREAM that is why they sell so many fucking records because they make cheesy rock orientated riffs and vocals (james sounds gay now btw) and put a little distortion and call it metal! Its fucking bullshit, use your fucking hears and don't listen to everything that is popular, same with amps don't use a diezel cause metallica does or because it cost 4 grand use it if u like it.
@FirePower3006 Someone's wearing their hipster glasses today. Metallica isn't very mainstream. Mainstream is bullshit like pop and rap. That is mainstream. There is no rock that I know of the could be considered mainstream unless you're talking soft rock. The tone isn't shit at all in my opinion on any of their stuff. I don't listen to much that's very popular. I try to keep myself diverse, though. Pigeon-holing yourself into one genre of music is stupid.
@Seandude223 You also can't judge George Bush unless you've been president of a country with AT LEAST two hundred million citizens for a minimum of six years, and you can't judge Rebecca Black until you make your first hundred thousand dollars off one song. And remember, if Jimi Hendrix were alive today, he wouldn't have the right to criticize N Sync, because they made a great deal more money than he did.
@Seandude223 No, rather the opposite--I'm saying (well, implying) you can judge people without being anywhere near as successful as they are. Making money doesn't mean you're above criticism.
Wrong, Steve Freyette went public with the company and got bought out. The VHT that is selling now is not the same. Freyette is the real deal with Steve running the show. VHT is not ran by Steve anymore.
saying a great guitarist can make a name for himself without a good set up is like saying a professional race driver can smoke you in a smart car. Every portion of your sound comes from equipment, skill and comfortabilty with your gear. I mean you're not going to see Animals as Leaders playing shows with MG100 with Raven cabinets but it won't sound the same. The head is going to scramble your notes and the cab is going to kill your highs and break up your cleans. MEOW
@akdomun If you don't suck at muting and know how to dial in a tone chords sound fine on high gain settings. Steve Vai, Devin Townsend, and Tosin Abasi are great at that. Though, standard Chords probably aren't the best for this type of series.
Actually, I like Ty's demo work on these and wish he got a bit more time. Not all of us are into shred or play 7-string guitars, and he gives a good demonstration of rhythm tones. Good combination of open chords, palm-muting, and upstroking to give us a solid idea of how the amp performs rhythmically.
@saberbazer Just because someone can make a mediocre instrument sound good, does not mean the instrument does not matter. Equipment DOES affect both performance and tone. You're very hard pressed to show that it doesn't. On what grounds? Performance and tone are related. It seems foolish to try to divorce the two on the grounds that if a good player can play on any instrument, cut corners on research so you can spend more time playing. That sounds more like lazyness and lack of initiative to me.
@saberbazer ...when you say 'easier, faster, and more convenient' that in and of itself is enough reason to do thorough research. In the studio time is money. For us producers, our own familiarity with our gear, our knowledge of it's capabilities and our ability to get it tracked is a reflection of our studios value. It is worth the time to worry about what gear is in there, just as it is worth our time to find the right sessions players to work with.
@saberbazer In my opinion good guitar player can get the crowd wet with his playing with a cheap amp. Good guitar player with a solid state amp will get the crow wet but my ears will bleed in pain. Crowd does't give a fuck about tone, they care about composition, feelings and overall music experience. But good gear gear give a lot for a musician in terms of creativity, new ideas and overall feel of his music. Do not try to combine these two concepts - reception of music and reception of sound.
@saberbazer lol...well, I'm not a tonedeaf metalhead...quite to the contaray. I'm a classical pianist, composer and arranger, who runs one of the larger post production studios in my region. I've spent years training my ears to hear these subtle differences, and understand that when required to track heavier sounding cues for movie scenes, commercials and radio adds, the actual character of the amp is always to be factored in the production. I'm not the one playing it either.
@kuehling83 thats right. I sold a vht ul and played a 5150 II for a week and wanted to quit. The moment I got a vht again, i was in heaven all over again. So yeah, tone matters VERY much to me. I see bands rocking out on stage playing well, but i just can't get over the shitty JCM 900 tone, ya know that kinda of stuff. yeah
Wow. This is one of my favorites in this whole series of tests. I frickin LOVE how this amp brings out every detail in the voicings and linear riffs from that 7 string. Starting at 4:08, It almost has a touch of boutique tone (at least compared to the others in these tests) which I feel is very unique to a high-gain amp. Its got to be one of the clearest sounding hi-gain amps I've ever heard.
DESPUES DE VER ESE TEST CON ESE PAR DE GUITARRISTAS QUE LO UNICO QUE HACEN CON ESE SIMULACRO DE PRUEBA ES BAJAR LA SEUDA CALIDAD DE ESTE PRODUCTO... LUEGO DE VER ESTO JAMAS PERO JAMAS COMPRARIA O GASTARIA LOS $3,799.00 QUE HE VISTO VALE ESTE CABEZAL!!!
saludos, lamentablemente esperaba ver mas de estos amplificadores, pero con ese par de sujetos que hacen los test bajan totalmente la calidad del producto.. no se porque ponen de titulo Monsters of High Gain si estos sujetos no ponen el maximo de la distorsion que es lo que realmente se desea ver en estas pruebas de sonido!!! DESPUES DE VER ESTE TEST CON ESTE PAR DE GUITARRISTAS JAMAS PERO JAMAS COMPRARIA Y PAGARIA LOS $3,799.00 HE VISTO VALE ESTE CABELZAL!!!! UNA LASTIMA...
Why do you guys always mic directly on the speaker? It seems wierd cos every time i do that i get the worst tone, and i've tried it on a lot of amps. Just wondering if there was any reason you guys were doing it. :)
@beenoopo i would have to agree with you. its making me a little angry because this is supposed to be a "tone demonstration" yet they do this. i guarantee the sound they're getting is nothing like what the players are hearing. even their cleans on most videos are far too distorted and lacking any character
I've got one of these in the studio... and I LOVE it. it's a beast of an amp, and has the sound i'm looking for on my projects. great amp.
FKNhostile187 1 week ago
Basically, the only thing I've learned about the 14 amps in this series is that you can do djenty nu-metal on all of them.
helikestv 1 week ago 2
This amp sounds great, too. A very close second for me. I fully agree with others that we need to hear more varied styles played, as well as putting the controls through their paces. Since this is "monsters of high gain", rip it up, guys!!! Lets hear some intensity! Very nice sounding clean channel on this amp.
pyroman6000 1 week ago
I'm amused at the 'boosted mids as well as scooped' comment. If you actually look at the amp, you can see Misha set the knobs for mids at max, bass at like 2 o'clock and treble at 11 o'clock. Didn't even touch the Graphic EQ. I wonder why I stopped playing guitar, and then I talk to other guitar players.
olnoname 1 month ago 3
How about using the lead channel for some real leads!?
MyGreatFall 1 month ago
Jesus... Misha makes this amp purrrr
jcbriskey 1 month ago
why would anybody review an amp with an effects pedal in front of it?
TheVincentWolf 1 month ago
After listening to all of these, I'd have to say that this is my favorite, and the 6534+ comes in second. And I'm pretty sure this one's the most expensive. Go figure haha.
jdh0858 1 month ago
@jdh0858 Nope, close second though at $3,800. The most expensive they do is the Diezel. Over $4K.
INeedSizzors61 1 week ago
@INeedSizzors61 Shame the markup is so much on Diezel in the US. I think it's the import costs. We have the same problem with MESA here in the UK.
shredx81 1 week ago
@shredx81 It is. Diezel's are also few and far between here too.
INeedSizzors61 1 week ago
03:20 - FIlter's "Where do we go from here", brings back the memories :D
woochyna 1 month ago
Ty played the opening riff from Withered by Atomship. A fantastic band that released one amazing album then collapsed.
crabspasm 1 month ago
@crabspasm It's actually originally a Watership Down song, and they're still going strong.
vbooy57 1 month ago
By saying "different guitar players" you mean "guitar players with different coloured guitars", right?
FlavioCastro81 1 month ago
$3500 ????? FTS ...!!!!
ramdav 2 months ago
this amp is weak
Bigmanbam44 2 months ago
I love mishas first riff.
JJLipton 2 months ago
3:19 without blablabla
MatKiller1197 2 months ago
Neither one of these guys is qualified to change the strings on Synyster Gates' nephews guitar, let alone have people talk about how good they are. There are high school kids practicing down the street from me right now that have ten times the chops that these two hacks have.
alchemycustom1911 2 months ago
@alchemycustom1911 Im not a fan of misha but I suggest you listen to periphery, oh and avenged fag fold are garbage posers queers.
FirePower3006 2 months ago
@FirePower3006 Apparently you flunked reading comprehension in grade school, or perhaps you are still in grade school and haven't had it yet. I said Synyster Gates' nephew. I don't know anything about his nephews band but they gotta be better than these toolbags.
alchemycustom1911 2 months ago
@alchemycustom1911 Your fucking retarded I said that because you mentioned synyster gates, why else would mention him instead?
Obviously you didn't listen to periphery, not my thing but the talent is there.
FirePower3006 2 months ago
@FirePower3006 Where's your band playing this weekend?
alchemycustom1911 2 months ago
@alchemycustom1911 Which band?
FirePower3006 2 months ago
I always find that a more traditional amp like the jcm900 plus an overdrive pedal gives a better highgain sound.
SavageDutchman 2 months ago
Bulb
killwhitneyhalfdead 2 months ago
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BREEZE *O* im not a misha fanboy , i just like his style.
antichrist07comrad 2 months ago
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BREEZE *O* im not a misha fanboy , i just like his style.
antichrist07comrad 2 months ago
BREEZE *O* im not a misha fanboy , i just like his style.
antichrist07comrad 2 months ago
It would have been cool to see what effect all of those switches and knobs had on the overall tone instead of just playing one sound per channel. And even then the guitarists have it dialed in for nu metal and djent, both of which have shit tone in my opinion. Not really a good representation of the amp.
303MkVII 2 months ago
Players will sound different even if they use the same amp. And I think that many times, if you play the same way, the same person will sound VERY similar even running thru different gear. For instance; for me it's hard to tell, just from audio, when my favorite players change gear.
The whole point is that they sound pretty similar but we, as viewers, apply those subtle differences between amps and garner what our own sounds need. That's why there are the same players in each vid.
GuillermoSmyser 3 months ago
Misha makes Ty look like a chump, imho.
geoffcabforcutie 3 months ago
can someone tell me what tuning misha is playing in, and if that first riff he plays is from a periphery song?
AubreyGroveTV 3 months ago
@AubreyGroveTV song is Breeze by him in his solo project, tuning is drop G#/Ab
Meshuggahfication 3 months ago
I wonder if Misha waxes his arms o.0
EvilPopsicleDog 3 months ago
First amp that Ty sounds way better than the other dude
81giorikas 3 months ago
were the first chord progressions that misha played from a song in his band? I'd like to learn it
Brutality110 3 months ago
@Brutality110 no, not atleast on the first album.
tohtorigyro 3 months ago
the first "guitar player" plays like a girl. like my 6 year old niece. to hell with posers.
c4tze 4 months ago
@lonewolfsx29 Not really. Ty keeps setting his amp for a hard rock/nu-metal sound. (Mids at 11oclock, Highs at 1 oclock, as much bass as you can get with out turning the sound into mud, Lots of presence and gain).
Where Misha is going for less gain, more dynamics, lots of high mids, and a really tight low end. They sounds nothing alike.
jaredmkl 4 months ago
Hi-cost amp, and more significant control buttons that produce many variable of characters at the back side of the amp. Indeed the price won't tell u no lies about the quality. My goodness.. this amp will dry my pocket instantly.
andyrockmore 4 months ago
after seeing all those cool knobs and switches and shit, i was expecting a better sound :/
jbphotog712 4 months ago
Misha Mansoor is one of the most creative guitar players that I've seen.
juankashi 4 months ago
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This amp sounds even better irl... payed bucket loads of money for it, but it was worth every penny....
JustSomeRandomNewb 4 months ago
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JustSomeRandomNewb 4 months ago
man all these amps are bumming me out, i gotta make more money
translucent17 5 months ago 41
@translucent17 id say get the randall RT100 that they demo'd but that thing sounds like shit haha
deathcore1239 4 months ago
@translucent17 hahaha I was thinking the same!
Kefford666 3 months ago
@translucent17 I feel your pain brother..
REMEGORAS 1 month ago
This would be a way better if series if the guitarists were different. Both seem to be trying as hard as they can to get all of the amps to sound the same. I'd love to see them demoed with boosted mids as well as scooped.
lonewolfsx29 6 months ago 33
@lonewolfsx29 yep, minus the bla bla bla 3 minutes at the beginning and some midboost/midscoop settings.
c4tze 4 months ago
@lonewolfsx29 Are you deaf? Misha uses A LOT of Mids in his tone. Stop talking out of your ass.
VIIZEROIIV 2 months ago
@VIIZEROIIV The "djent" sound is actually boosted mids by quite a lot.
FirePower3006 2 months ago
@FirePower3006 Yes. My point exactly. Can you read?
VIIZEROIIV 2 months ago
@VIIZEROIIV I was confirming what you said don't get your panties in a bunch when someone is agreeing with you.
FirePower3006 2 months ago
@FirePower3006 Why didn't you reply to him then? Rather than implying I was wrong?
VIIZEROIIV 2 months ago
@lonewolfsx29
These amps are actually very good at both.
1980hardhitter 2 months ago
@lonewolfsx29
Dude, it's 2012. Who the hell is still playing with scooped mids..
m4ssee 1 month ago 4
@lonewolfsx29 word Pittbulls excel in the mids.
nunmoreblak 1 week ago
@nunmoreblak thank you for an actual nice comment. You have no idea how much shit I get from random people for that previous comment bc it appears at the top.
lonewolfsx29 1 week ago
holy eq!!!!!!!!!!
1ManArmyOfDisease 6 months ago
I don't know if the amp setting Ty and Misha are using, but these amp doesn't sound like it has enough bottom end to go with the gain.
ThomasMetal75 6 months ago
@ThomasMetal75 Fryette has a cab to go with these for that very purpose. Generally, I don't think the Orange cab was a good choice to go with this.
FourthHorseman666 5 months ago
@ThomasMetal75 Whoops, just realized they were using the cab. Probably the mic then.
FourthHorseman666 5 months ago
@ThomasMetal75 You get the KT88 loaded Fryette's for more low end. It kinda has to do with the nature of the different tube types.
austinfailz 3 months ago
@austinfailz I dont buy the logic there...
ThomasMetal75 3 months ago
@ThomasMetal75 Then you haven't the slightest clue about tubes then I take it. I mean, you are aware there is a pretty similar model to this one except with KT88s and not EL34s, right?
austinfailz 3 months ago
@ThomasMetal75 Yes. I do. Im not trying to sound like I don't know anything about tubes, but I don't think we need to argue this crap on the video comments
ThomasMetal75 3 months ago
this is hands down the best sounding amp next to the randall
FifeXeno 6 months ago
@FifeXeno Randall? Really?!?
ThomasMetal75 6 months ago
@ThomasMetal75 well all of these amps are amazing by faves are this and the randall for some reason
FifeXeno 6 months ago
the first riff misha played is the song breeze. theres videos of it on youtube. theres also a remixed version with hayley williams vocals from the song misery buisness
decapitatedrathead 6 months ago 3
@13uddha1993 Google 'bulb soundclick' he has a tonne of stuff pre-periphery that is a lot more chord oriented, i wish they would implement that more these days :(
shakunkadunk 6 months ago
@13uddha1993 well he has a lot of songs that were originally instrumental but then vocals were added on with Periphery, the song Totla Mad and Frak The Gods used to be just his works. can't think of any others off the top of my head
metallica5252 6 months ago
@13uddha1993 song by Bulb (Misha) called Breeze
metallica5252 6 months ago
I like Tys playing alot. Imglad he did the demo.
GtrGeorge 6 months ago
@GtrGeorge sounds like a joke to me, i can walk into guitar center right now and hear a 13 yr old kid who sounds exactly the same..
metallica5252 6 months ago
@metallica5252 this is to show the amp sound, not everyone feels like they have to compete and prove themselves and care so much about what other people think obviously you do
jacquard2009 6 months ago
Is it just me or does the TS-9 kinda ruin this amp? I love djent but this amp (to me anyways) is way better without it.
Isawdinosaurs 6 months ago
I loved how the CLX sounded grainy on the rhythm channel and they didnt even touch the GEQ.
austinfailz 7 months ago
what's the song at 4:09?
NNX7 7 months ago
@NNX7 that's an original song from Bulb, called Breeze. Cheers ;)
extremities9 7 months ago
Imo the best tone Misha got between all the amps he tested with premierguitar was the Peavey 6534+; one of the most brutal tone I've ever heard in my life.
devinexforlife 7 months ago
My ultralead has an amazing lead tone and it its quite different to a lot of other amps but this is really not a good showcase of its capabilities at all. As ever, if you want to know what an amp sounds like you need to play it for yourself and set it up just how you like it.
Uberloinvongenchler 7 months ago
@Uberloinvongenchler Furthermore, playing an overdriven amp on its own is a very unrealistic exhibition of its sound. They are mostly used in conjunction with other instruments...
Uberloinvongenchler 7 months ago
@Uberloinvongenchler this is the clx not the UL. I have had both. The sound is very similar, but you don't feel the clx as much as you feel the UL when you are standing in front of it. With those kt-88's you know what I mean by FEEL the amp. The clx is a bit smoother, but I just was missing the ball shaking power of the UL when I had the CLX. Definitely getting another UL very soon.
nunmoreblak 7 months ago
VHT / Freyette owns all. Diezels, Diamonds etc etc wish they could have the growl and definition..nope. My next rig is A vht pittbull UL with Splawn Nitro and a Mako mak2 run together. Fuckin cream!
nunmoreblak 7 months ago
@nunmoreblak Just cause they are expensive doesn't mean the vhts are the best. I prefer engl over ANYTHING.
FirePower3006 7 months ago
@FirePower3006 matter of preference. I happen to think engl's are over compressed and don't cut through a mix well. I had an Ultralead and my other guitarist had a fireball and I couldn't turn low enough for you to hear him over me. The UL has sick rhythm tones. Breathtaking 3d chunk sounds. amazing. I have tried them all but i keep coming back to VHT. Try one before you say what your favorite is.
nunmoreblak 7 months ago
@nunmoreblak My bud has an Ultralead, he likes it, he's got a PRS Custom 22, a USA Standard Strat (Hotstack in the Bridge), and a LP, he says it's a great amp. I liked the Framus here the best, I've heard AMAZING things about Diezels, but of course I don't have a spare 4K sitting around. There's a lot of great amps out there, Engls, Blackstar, Mesa, H&K, 5150 (through Fender), Framus, Diezel, and plenty of others. A lot of it depends on your playing style and the pickups/woods in your guitar.
HurricaneTBag 7 months ago
@HurricaneTBag metallicas new tone is based on the diezel and i prefer their older tone with the marshalls and mesas. Hughes and kett makes some very nice sounding amps, even their switchblade tube/midi head kills a dual rec, i have seen them together on a stage. IMHO the VHT had the best tone out of any head they tried on this hi gain challenge. The others seemed too fuzzy, unclear, too gainy or something. The vht was 3d sounding and just right. That is how they actually sound in person.
nunmoreblak 7 months ago
@FirePower3006 btw most engls are very expensive too. You can find a used VHT anything for bewteen 800 and 1600 bucks.
nunmoreblak 7 months ago
@nunmoreblak Yea the ultra lead is one of the best death metal amps ever yet its the expensive one =(
FirePower3006 7 months ago
love the sound from 5:05 - 5:40! and also the clean channel, damn it´s eargasm!
xxlillemann 8 months ago
Teraphy? -Nowhere
aadrianogamino 8 months ago
@DopeDethrone exactly de same thing men :) VHT was Fryette jut the name change
rogers3012 8 months ago
One of the few metal amps that sounds better WITHOUT a tube screamer. I'm currently saving up for the D60 and FatBottom 4x12 :)
SeanHart213 8 months ago
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Dimitribujiashvili 9 months ago
would be really nice to hear Misha unscoop the mids i use em myself but shit man either let ty play longer or something.
Sean2592 9 months ago
What song is Bulb playing here? It's fucking lovely
rrippp 9 months ago
@rrippp
Breeze
t3hSn0wB0ardNinja 9 months ago
@t3hSn0wB0ardNinja Thanks :)
rrippp 9 months ago
@rrippp The first song he plays is one of his own, called Breeze
extremities9 8 months ago
which is better de mesa boogie dual rectifier or the fryette?
garybigtube 9 months ago
@garybigtube depends on your style of play
guitarsbunch347 9 months ago
@garybigtube depende que estas jugando
Sean2592 9 months ago
@garybigtube lets see.. the Fryette? Theres a $1200 diff, it should be obvious.
NeoMetalx 9 months ago
@NeoMetalx Price has nothing to do with tone, for instance I think the peavey and 6534 and engl fireball 100 both stomp all amps period, second of all them diezel amps that cost like 4000$ sound worse then my roland cube 30w that I use to use for practice and metallica has the worse tone ever and they use them diezel amps nowadays, listen to death magnetic (shitty album and NOT FUCKING metal btw) and you will see how bad they sound.
FirePower3006 8 months ago
@FirePower3006 Where's your platinum record? Not metal, my ass. That's as close to their good stuff they've gotten in a long time. I like pretty much everything they've done, but Load through St. Anger wasn't very metal. Their tone is beastly as hell. James uses Diezel but Kirk uses Mesa Boogie in his live rack. This is all opinion, but seriously. You've got no room to judge Metallica if you can't write and produce a multi-platinum record to back yourself up.
Seandude223 8 months ago
@Seandude223 Diezel amps are shit same with metallica tone on everything after the black album and they are FUCKING MAINSTREAM that is why they sell so many fucking records because they make cheesy rock orientated riffs and vocals (james sounds gay now btw) and put a little distortion and call it metal! Its fucking bullshit, use your fucking hears and don't listen to everything that is popular, same with amps don't use a diezel cause metallica does or because it cost 4 grand use it if u like it.
FirePower3006 8 months ago
@FirePower3006 Someone's wearing their hipster glasses today. Metallica isn't very mainstream. Mainstream is bullshit like pop and rap. That is mainstream. There is no rock that I know of the could be considered mainstream unless you're talking soft rock. The tone isn't shit at all in my opinion on any of their stuff. I don't listen to much that's very popular. I try to keep myself diverse, though. Pigeon-holing yourself into one genre of music is stupid.
Seandude223 8 months ago
@Seandude223 There's the pot calling the kettle black.
SonicProvocateur 8 months ago
@SonicProvocateur Whatever, dude. Fighting over the internet is childish. Let's just drop it and set aside our differences and agree to disagree.
Seandude223 8 months ago
@Seandude223 I agree wholly.
SonicProvocateur 8 months ago
@Seandude223 You also can't judge George Bush unless you've been president of a country with AT LEAST two hundred million citizens for a minimum of six years, and you can't judge Rebecca Black until you make your first hundred thousand dollars off one song. And remember, if Jimi Hendrix were alive today, he wouldn't have the right to criticize N Sync, because they made a great deal more money than he did.
AeolianSeventh 8 months ago
@AeolianSeventh I'm sorry, maybe I'm reading too far into this, but were you implying that I was judging somebody?
Seandude223 8 months ago
@Seandude223 No, rather the opposite--I'm saying (well, implying) you can judge people without being anywhere near as successful as they are. Making money doesn't mean you're above criticism.
AeolianSeventh 8 months ago
@AeolianSeventh Ah, thanks for clearing that up.
Seandude223 8 months ago
@Seandude223 metallica sold out. they realized they fucked up and tried to go heavy again.
MYAR15SaysImFree 8 months ago
Wrong, Steve Freyette went public with the company and got bought out. The VHT that is selling now is not the same. Freyette is the real deal with Steve running the show. VHT is not ran by Steve anymore.
biblebeltdeathmetal 9 months ago
@biblebeltdeathmetal Yeah, my boy Rick has an old VHT and it's way nicer than the current VHTs.
HurricaneTBag 9 months ago
I don't know much about fryette PITTBULL are these amps a rip off of VHT PITTBULL?
edhombre 10 months ago
@edhombre It's the same shit, VHT changed their name to Fryette, cause the company owner has a last name, which is Fryette.
HeavyThrashGuitar 10 months ago
Bulb FTW
wangmauler 10 months ago
joe coffey must have had a lot of coffee to do this 13 fkn times.
asianaxeman 10 months ago
sounds like the clean channel breaks up easily.. as soon as you have high output p-ups...
666quebec666 10 months ago
I'm sure he's a great guitar player, but I haven't come across one video in this series where I actually liked Ty's tones.
scrmtrumpet 10 months ago
Gotta love a bit of breeze at 4.07.
Stooeybear13 10 months ago
saying a great guitarist can make a name for himself without a good set up is like saying a professional race driver can smoke you in a smart car. Every portion of your sound comes from equipment, skill and comfortabilty with your gear. I mean you're not going to see Animals as Leaders playing shows with MG100 with Raven cabinets but it won't sound the same. The head is going to scramble your notes and the cab is going to kill your highs and break up your cleans. MEOW
stainedsoul416 10 months ago
Why are they playing chords with high gain and make amps sound bad?? Play power chords and solos!
akdomun 10 months ago
@akdomun If you don't suck at muting and know how to dial in a tone chords sound fine on high gain settings. Steve Vai, Devin Townsend, and Tosin Abasi are great at that. Though, standard Chords probably aren't the best for this type of series.
HurricaneTBag 9 months ago
@braklunch im not saying you have to like his style. i understand everything in music i about personal
preference but the dude is def in tune lol
pandamanparty 10 months ago
@braklunch hahah your an amateur
pandamanparty 10 months ago
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Best amp ever made?
Adamshredsify 11 months ago
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Adamshredsify 11 months ago
Holy cock this amp sounds tight.
Sodhats 11 months ago
the Pitbull is the true monster of high gain !
dibi23101990 11 months ago
Actually, I like Ty's demo work on these and wish he got a bit more time. Not all of us are into shred or play 7-string guitars, and he gives a good demonstration of rhythm tones. Good combination of open chords, palm-muting, and upstroking to give us a solid idea of how the amp performs rhythmically.
deutscherjoel 11 months ago
Misha's such a good player he almost looks bored.... First guy what first guy?
navdave 11 months ago
is 04:06 to 05.04 a song? I wanna learn the chords so!!! please help! anyone?!
somaAndi 1 year ago
@somaAndi It's called Breeze by Bulb (Misha Mansoor) you can find tabs online but they're a bit different from the original songl
bigsajt 11 months ago
it sounded better with out the tube screamer
MrShasta32 1 year ago
@saberbazer THANK YOU. too often the excuse for shitty poorly written material is a lack of money/gear. Shut up and play.
flankerchris7 1 year ago
This is probably the best out of all 13. Thank you for making these videos for comparison!
averywatts 1 year ago
@saberbazer try recording an album with a spider II
69stringibanez 1 year ago
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SeanHart213 1 year ago
@LinkinPk1fan who doesn't? ;)
RicardoDiazHimself 1 year ago
@LinkinPk1fan Luckily im a clean player :p yeah i played some VHT amps when they were owned by fryette and they were awsome
RicardoDiazHimself 1 year ago
@saberbazer Just because someone can make a mediocre instrument sound good, does not mean the instrument does not matter. Equipment DOES affect both performance and tone. You're very hard pressed to show that it doesn't. On what grounds? Performance and tone are related. It seems foolish to try to divorce the two on the grounds that if a good player can play on any instrument, cut corners on research so you can spend more time playing. That sounds more like lazyness and lack of initiative to me.
kuehling83 1 year ago
@saberbazer ...when you say 'easier, faster, and more convenient' that in and of itself is enough reason to do thorough research. In the studio time is money. For us producers, our own familiarity with our gear, our knowledge of it's capabilities and our ability to get it tracked is a reflection of our studios value. It is worth the time to worry about what gear is in there, just as it is worth our time to find the right sessions players to work with.
kuehling83 1 year ago
@saberbazer In my opinion good guitar player can get the crowd wet with his playing with a cheap amp. Good guitar player with a solid state amp will get the crow wet but my ears will bleed in pain. Crowd does't give a fuck about tone, they care about composition, feelings and overall music experience. But good gear gear give a lot for a musician in terms of creativity, new ideas and overall feel of his music. Do not try to combine these two concepts - reception of music and reception of sound.
Kubakpsv 1 year ago
@saberbazer lol...well, I'm not a tonedeaf metalhead...quite to the contaray. I'm a classical pianist, composer and arranger, who runs one of the larger post production studios in my region. I've spent years training my ears to hear these subtle differences, and understand that when required to track heavier sounding cues for movie scenes, commercials and radio adds, the actual character of the amp is always to be factored in the production. I'm not the one playing it either.
kuehling83 1 year ago
@kuehling83 thats right. I sold a vht ul and played a 5150 II for a week and wanted to quit. The moment I got a vht again, i was in heaven all over again. So yeah, tone matters VERY much to me. I see bands rocking out on stage playing well, but i just can't get over the shitty JCM 900 tone, ya know that kinda of stuff. yeah
nunmoreblak 7 months ago
Wow. This is one of my favorites in this whole series of tests. I frickin LOVE how this amp brings out every detail in the voicings and linear riffs from that 7 string. Starting at 4:08, It almost has a touch of boutique tone (at least compared to the others in these tests) which I feel is very unique to a high-gain amp. Its got to be one of the clearest sounding hi-gain amps I've ever heard.
Thank you guys so much for doing these tests :)
kuehling83 1 year ago
This amp really works well with the 2nd guy's style of playing.
d3reilly 1 year ago
@premierguitar
why is the hughes & kettner vid not available for germany?
hideki12345 1 year ago
DESPUES DE VER ESE TEST CON ESE PAR DE GUITARRISTAS QUE LO UNICO QUE HACEN CON ESE SIMULACRO DE PRUEBA ES BAJAR LA SEUDA CALIDAD DE ESTE PRODUCTO... LUEGO DE VER ESTO JAMAS PERO JAMAS COMPRARIA O GASTARIA LOS $3,799.00 QUE HE VISTO VALE ESTE CABEZAL!!!
lorddeathhell 1 year ago
saludos, lamentablemente esperaba ver mas de estos amplificadores, pero con ese par de sujetos que hacen los test bajan totalmente la calidad del producto.. no se porque ponen de titulo Monsters of High Gain si estos sujetos no ponen el maximo de la distorsion que es lo que realmente se desea ver en estas pruebas de sonido!!! DESPUES DE VER ESTE TEST CON ESTE PAR DE GUITARRISTAS JAMAS PERO JAMAS COMPRARIA Y PAGARIA LOS $3,799.00 HE VISTO VALE ESTE CABELZAL!!!! UNA LASTIMA...
lorddeathhell 1 year ago
well for the the second guy
butterknucklez 1 year ago
holy shit the rhythm channel sound fucking amazing
it sounds better than a rectifier and theres not much gain so the notes are heavy but clear
butterknucklez 1 year ago
Holy crap this amp is expensive! Sounds amazing though! What would be a cheaper alternative?
TheGuitarLads 1 year ago
@TheGuitarLads a cheaper alternative would be NOT buying the amp. Fryette(Ex-VHT) amps are kinda unique
RicardoDiazHimself 1 year ago
Haha "Joe Coffey," Both names are for coffee.
builditwithlegos 1 year ago 14
wot guitars are these guys using
09phillt 1 year ago
@09phillt Bernie Rico Jr
brandon5pennies 1 year ago
Why do you guys always mic directly on the speaker? It seems wierd cos every time i do that i get the worst tone, and i've tried it on a lot of amps. Just wondering if there was any reason you guys were doing it. :)
beenoopo 1 year ago
@beenoopo i would have to agree with you. its making me a little angry because this is supposed to be a "tone demonstration" yet they do this. i guarantee the sound they're getting is nothing like what the players are hearing. even their cleans on most videos are far too distorted and lacking any character
ThroughFallenEyes 1 year ago
What's the name of the guitar company!?
DarkVelizar 1 year ago
@DarkVelizar Bernie Rico Jr.
RustyR 1 year ago
@DarkVelizar bernie rico jr. He also makes bc rich custom shop guitars
sutach 1 year ago