Rhodes Colossus - Metal

[cazmaestro]

I'm sorry to say I don't really like this. I think there is not really any uniqueness in this at all. 

[gasly678]

is the tuning standard Bb?

[Protoplasma]

@gasly678 IIRC, Ola typically tunes to Drop-A on his 7....

[givemeajackson]

@Protoplasma this was in standard. he does regular powercord shapes.

[PetropoulosGeorge]

NEED TITLE OF THE SONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Protoplasma]

@PetropoulosGeorge Scarpoint - Numb

[BaronGhede]

@PetropoulosGeorge it says it near the beginning of the video.

[Despised0515]

Such a raw, brute tone! \m/

[CalluPro]

Great job man. This is really sick.

[FastRedPonyCar]

Sick. I loved this thing. I only got about a week with it late last year but it had the heavy gain tones that I couldn't get from a Herbert. Sounded like an extremely pissed off XTC. I want a 2 channel version that can do clean/crunch on one channel and lead/boost on the other.

[X5SmileX1X]

You promised me naked chicks....YOU OWE MEE!!!

[FullJarre]

whats with the second last tag...?

[leibstandarte109]

Nice, is that an Uberkab?

[Protoplasma]

@leibstandarte109 Yes, it sure is. I normally voice with a Mesa V30 cab, but I loved the way the Uber sounded in the room.

[leibstandarte109]

@Protoplasma

What speaker were you micing? The V30 or the 75?

[Protoplasma]

@leibstandarte109 That would be the V30. We mic'd both and Ola picked the V30. In the room it sounded amazing, and Ola's camera mic did not sound like the room. I have Zoom Q3 video of the whole process, and Ola may be posting clips from it, or I will at some point. :)

[leibstandarte109]

@Protoplasma

I definitely prefer micing the V30 with my Uberkab. It's much easier to find a good position!

[Master0fMuppetz]

Would love to have seen the look on the hotel staff faces when you wheeled in a 4*12 and amp head into your room!!

[Protoplasma]

@Master0fMuppetz We managed to fit (2) 412s in there without anyone taking notice. I purposely upgrade the room to have only one shared wall, and they were fellow NAMM dudes who didn't complain as long as we fed them beer. :)

[activelyactive]

damn you did this shit in a hotel room? fuck i gotta get noticed! you are living the life man!

[ajaveir]

as always pretty good sound. Thanks Ola.

[rockshow256]

drop A?

[JoeSatrianiFan100]

@rockshow256 B standard

[hellonearth1066]

Moist.

[neerajvaidya]

This amp sounds astonishingly similar to the Framus Cobra (atleast the demos), despite the setup differences. Ola, how would you compare the two ?

[Protoplasma]

@neerajvaidya Sometimes different means can lead to similar ends. I assure you, the circuits are very different. :)

[neerajvaidya]

@Protoplasma I have a Cobra and would love to take a look at the Colossus schematic if you have access to one ! :)

[Protoplasma]

@neerajvaidya Since I'm the designer, I do. Unfortunately, I cannot make it available to the public as it would hurt my business by making the fruits of my research available to the competition. :)

[neerajvaidya]

@Protoplasma I figured out who you were after I posted the comment haha..  Great job with the amp I must say!! \m/

[Protoplasma]

@neerajvaidya Thank you, I really appreciate the compliment. :)

[throwdown47]

I love how everything ola writes just makes you want to headbang like a maddahfakkah.

[1980hardhitter]

which band is this? Fucking sick man!!!!! Bad ass amp too

[zachcd390119]

@1980hardhitter Most likely his own band, Feared

[1980hardhitter]

@zachcd390119 or his other band?

[JMcLane90]

@1980hardhitter lol, pretty sure its Scarpoint.

[Protoplasma]

@1980hardhitter One of Ola's bands, Scarpoint. Thanks man!

[ezurcher1976]

So epic!! This should be on a God of War soundtrack or some shit!

[soiledmytrousers]

omg my colon leaked listening to this

[ezurcher1976]

@soiledmytrousers LMFAO!!!!!!!

[Protoplasma]

@soiledmytrousers Best comment ever! haha

[bojancito]

nice men!!! I see you at NAMM at the halls .... nice videos, keep on going..... from Chile to Sweden ....

[m0j0b0ne]

LOUDEST hotel room at NAMM...

[stonedparyah]

"If you click here nothing will happen..."

Damn right, because I subscribed ages ago! \m/

[charvel111]

best amp tester in youtube.. it is you fearedse

[hiitsmcjosh]

"awesome

unreal

unbelievable

fantastic

strange

gay

hardon"

I am interested...

[thishanw]

MASON!!! THE NUMBERS WHAT DO THEY MEAN??! 0:02

[scarpointband]

The song name is: Scarpoint - Numb

for all you guys who've asked for it!

[KawasakiTwoStroke]

You are my new IDOL ;D

im a Swede! yay

[themaggot8]

Damn, that production Solar is so sexy

[guitaristguy20]

Even the cam clip sounds sick.

[sergiykrynytsky]

You know? Main reason why I'm watching these vids with a lot of different amps is your music. You play nice riffs.

[weinlee]

Ola, test an "earforce" if it´s possible to you!

[lasswelltwo]

bahahaha....recorded in his hotel room, nice!

[TheBlackDahlia815]

what are those ear phones ?

[hellraiserrec19]

@TheBlackDahlia815 My guess is they are Bose Quiet Comfort. Got a pair myself. Awesome headphones!

[IdimmuXul]

I MISS the Maxon. ='(

[marttitoivar]

@IdimmuXul this thing sounds so brutal even without the maxon...

[ehamady6]

Didn't you used to play thru an AXE-FX?

[GameKid98]

@ehamady6 He is just testing the amp or us, he is not going to use it with his band, most possibly. He is really interested in amps.

[SystematicAudio]

Was this pitch-shifted or something? It sounds completely out of tune to me.

[gabrielhunk]

I miss some Cowbell

[cucuk666]

it makes me sad, all that drop tuning and open playing, not even one familiar song in all these demoes, just watching and liking,nearly impossible to make any logical comparison or judgement between all these beautiful amps. (think it as a shredding solo, human hearing cant make a good judgement when one goes both up and down from the middle frequencies)

[Umaiketsu]

Hey Ola, just a suggestion, you should add links to the websites for these amp companies in the description.

[manegarm999]

hoy do yo record with the mics? 2 mics?

[BashYouLongtime]

I really liked the way this amp sounded.

[jbnaruto93]

nice one

[1230hagen]

that groove at 1:45 is sick. Kinda reminds me of Veil of Maya.

[MattPurkis]

you know , once you get past the beard. that naked chick is hot....

[broadcast666this]

You seem to make them all sound awesome. You ever get an amp that just plain sounds shitty?

[randynelson1]

Damm another Metal video. Good thing there never boring. Just messing with you. Anyways great video. Kickass amp.

[viherlaakso5964]

What cable from guitar to amp you use in your videos?

[15viceandvirtues]

Hey there, what headphones do you usually use? Are the ones here the ones you use at home as well?

[TheMicrac]

ok, i'm not quite the metal listener, but am i the only one or these amps sounds almost the same? at least in the videos!

[runelink2]

@TheMicrac you're the only one...

[kalakuttakamina]

@TheMicrac Ola EQ's all the amps he comes across to get close to his studio tones from his band Feared. Hence the similarity.

[jordanmajel]

That's the most brutal piece of music I've heard in a long time! Damn, I love your style/playing/tone so much! You rule!!! \m/

[Reyone13]

Scarpoint is awesome, I wish their albums were easier to find here in the U.S.

[tiuri95]

@Reyone13 i'm shure you may order them... i'm thinkin' about it

[Reyone13]

@tiuri95 Yeah, I actually already bought "The Silence We Deserve" but i'm really trying to get my hands on " The Mask of Insanity". If they had their albums up on iTunes I would buy them in a second.

[Reyone13]

@tiuri95 Nevermind, haha. I just looked on iTunes and "The Mask of Sanity" is there. Ima go buy it now.

[Reyone13]

cool

[avenge10]

the wedding ring id thought id point that out ! cheers \m/

[rhysrox15]

machine head! \m/

[s2bHawK]

doesn't seem as powerful or as smooth as the framus cobra demo with this song :c

[azombiestool]

Nice fuckin cabs!! What was your tracking/mixing process? Did you just double track and do one cabinet per track?

[AdrienChaos]

Gorgeous 

[Tonefreak91]

Ola, it's always a pleasure to watch you absolutely rip on the guitar...you make playing metal look like a cake walk! Keep the brutality coming!!!

[ResumeCarnage]

Let me borrow your guitar so I can decide if I wanna shell out $2000 for my own!

[DRockdriguez23]

Nice tags xD

[alex7leadg]

haha, i looked at the bottom of the video, and i tought it said Boner instead of Bogner xD

[brayant152h]

@xboxnissan Just get a pedal if your not touring. I can make a 100 dollar pedal sound the same

[thibaultabrial]

Awesome & powerful song Im/ ;-)

[whitedevil19]

Mr. Ola, hi!

First at all, you're one my fav guitarrist of all times, you're just too amazing!

Do you think this AWESOME! tone can be made with virtual amps like pod farm or guitar rig or something ?

Thank you, i'll be waiting for your answer (and i have another question XD)

[mehtabb1]

Video is out of sync :(

Hard to get everything working in a hotel room though I imagine lol

[daupike]

Excellent!!!★

[musicianman121]

It would be so killer to see a "playthrough" of this amp! Just sayin' ;)

[petepachio]

Nice one dude!

[wickedexp]

It's good to hear a cam sound mixed in once in a while.

[xboxnissan]

At that price (3095$ on their website), I'd rather buy a Mark V (if I could have the money to buy over 2000$ amps..)

[frankibiris76r]

Dude, you and Andy from PGS are by far the best. I can't seem to find a video of any of you getting bad tones..

Last week i was at the studio tracking some bass guitars and i had to show my producer your mel gibson video to explain how i wanted te bass to sound hahahahhaa

cheers

[90si]

If only I could afford the gear you test :(

[maggot9779]

The amp sounds great. One thing I didn't like about the mix is the bass (I think) has a weird airy distortion on it, it's really distracting.

[ROCKSIQUE]

Drop B?

[deathcore1239]

@ROCKSIQUE B standard.

[alpengeist19]

@ROCKSIQUE its not in drop because he's using 2 finger power chords on the low string, he has a 7 string guitar so it's probably just b standard, normal 7 string tuning

[MyScaryScrotum]

This could be an odd question seeing as this is a guitar based video but Ola, what microphones does your singer(s) use and what would you recommend for standard Death Metal vocals?

[Ganzfest10]

Finally, I leave a comment. You are the most useful of testers on you tube.

All your videos are great and very pertinant.

Also you play beautifully.

From French to English, the compliments are rare, lol

[fearedse]

@Ganzfest10 thanks man... but that would be french to swedish... thanks man!

[Ganzfest10]

@fearedse That's what I thought, I hate English!

Just kidding, just kidding!

[shuszzam]

@fearedse hahaha... that was funny

[guitarinkrys]

@fearedse Swedish is better anyway :P. Especially Swedish metal. \m/

[MrAndrewHensley]

It has a Death Angel feel.....well done sir.

[MazzeoLucho]

How do you have a cab in a hotel ?

[xmatushredx]

Hey man, any plans on reviewing a Peavey 6534+ any time soon?

[anirbansuicmez]

That amp looks sexier than angelina jolie.

[eliseudubom]

nice

[Pedrojoca]

Just remembered, how did you manage to record the bass?

[Mo7Vsta]

YES!!! This song is epic!!!!!

[Tounuo]

By testing all these Amps, wich is your favourite one :) ?

[lyledurand]

u always get the very best sound out of every amp! ur the man!

[jmhadahorse]

This video seems to be a bit higher on the treble side, is it because of the room?

[CRANKYONE100]

o YEAH oLA..THIS IS THE SHIT!..DUDES TOOK MY COMMENT ON YOUR namm VID. OUT OF CONTEXT......It's what you do with it that counts!

[WillITDJENT]

ГП сосет.

[ESPsandEmgs]

@2:16 YOU BASTARD! LOL

[TachoSJ]

that amp sounds brutal... clever name too

[WencesWasHere]

@TachoSJ I thought I was the only one to notice it haha! Cheers!

[TachoSJ]

I clicked there at 1:15 and something did happen..:)

[fearedse]

@TachoSJ muahaha

[Creature1009]

does anybody else notice the red light that flashes on the side of the bogner cab every 15 seconds or so?

[15viceandvirtues]

This has some VERY satisfyingly-brutal midrange.

[DjentleDjiant]

Sounds colossal!

[ak413f]

А почему бы уже не писать на русском? Уже весь ГП смотрит Олу!

А я скажу вот че: ЗАЕБИСЬ!... ЧЕТКО...

[Mauhadeeb28]

Second time watching it, and I like the amp even more. This or Engl SE......

[Mauhadeeb28]

Amp sounds pretty good. Gonna have to look into them. Thanks for the video.

[lectwar]

This is too sick

[bedofrazorsqwerty]

Wake up call courtesy of Ola Englund. :)

[Visnu2007]

When did you fucking sleep at NAMM? :D

[kvncldrn]

The beggining sounds a lot like Conquer all by Behemoth.

[Soulreaper066]

@kvncldrn What version of Conquer All are you listening to? If you're talking about the bass notes "matching" a specific pattern in a sense then that's a little tacky. It's not even close.

[kvncldrn]

@Soulreaper066 I'm not sure, I really don't listen to the song, my friend just showed it to me a bunch of times, and I'm not saying it sounds EXACTLY like it, it just reminds me of it, it's obviously not the same because Ola is doing tremolo picking and the part that it reminds me of in Conquer all is the part with the octave chords.

[silentfatality]

wow the camera mic is fucking terrible

[Bouillestfu]

@silentfatality ??? This is all recorded through the strategicly placed mic near the speakers...

[Lad0Barn0vi]

song name please

[BorisDono]

@Lad0Barn0vi watch the video...

[BorisDono]

@Lad0Barn0vi 0:10 show you how blind you are

[Lad0Barn0vi]

@BorisDono thanks man

[scarpointband]

@Lad0Barn0vi

Scarpoint - Numb

[HugoRibeiroDotCom]

Holy shit bro! Scarpoint has some killer riffage!! hell Yeah!!

[myrtorp]

Najs dude!

[frodonlamberto]

Awesome song. Great sound. In an hotel room. Your awesomeness goes to 11.

[VictorMurderFace]

i like! and i see MACHINE HEAD!

[joshludge]

Awesome!

[alessiolessy]

the bass it's awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[xuan8839]

somehow, i feel this tone needs a lil more mid/low and the bass is lil louder than needed.

[marttitoivar]

This amp has the sound I dig the most, and I have watched all Ola's vids.

[williamwst]

After, banned from hotel

[jocelyn2276]

I like EVERY song you play. I wish I could create riffs like you do man.

[ArXiDoSpAsT1S]

Gojira style riffing... ! :P haha



[GuitarHeroGreece]

@ArXiDoSpAsT1S nai oti peis -.-

[nabhannaybn]

vocals sound craaaaaaazy

[LegionofGreg]

A few of these amps have sounded absolutely, ridiculously good. And they all have one thing in common - a Bogner cab. I must get one!

[givemeajackson]

wow. the bastard sounds brutal!

[wwwboyinabandcom]

Man the groove at 1:35 nearly killed me. RIFF.

[reticle36]

love seeing the finished solar in action

[PentaStreak]

what drum vst do you use?

[HeyBobbyVang]

Pretty sweet, not sure if it's the fifth string you're hitting, but it sure produces some unique sounds with that amp.

[leedguitar2009]

should have had a cleaner moshing in the background! lol

[GameKid98]

It fits your band a lot, Ola!

[youyouyourockrock]

PERFECT! so lucky :D Very good! I love your tone!! :)

[Clebertj]

Ola plis share new patch Axe FX II New Firmware Song video comparison

[1Know1tHurts]

Very brutiful, Ola!

[KG739]

it was during namm, chances are this hotel had music blasting pretty much all day XD