Hello my head and bought the same from one day while playing a '3Watt with volume up I saw smoke coming out more and not' work could you tell me please what and have been successful?
I had this exact amp for a while and used it in a gigging situation. It sounds like crapola by itself if you are playing hard rock, but with an overdrive in front if it and cranked, it sounds fantastic. And to the guy who has his panties in a wad because people are saying it's loud, people are asking that for a reason. It's only 5 watts. And yes, it's quite loud. It's not quite loud enough if your drummer thinks he's Keith Moon, but it has plenty of juice for most practice sessions.
can you please use normal humbuckers AND single coils? beucase i for an example have a strat and i want to know how much it will distort and resonable volumes but i cant compare it to figgen electric pickups that are made to be mega distorted.
i have a question, me and a friend of mine, plays in a band, he's a drummer and I'm playing the rythm guitar (sometimes lead too) but here's my main question, is this little thing loud enough to keep up with the drummer? thanks forward, and sorry for my bad english^^
HI Paul...Thanks for the review, this amp sounds great. I have the Epiphone Valve Jr. and it sounds great as well but it's not giving me the sound I need to play country music (new Country like Brad Paisley, Keith Urban and Rascal Flatts) will the Blackheart get me close to that sound?
Also What Reverb Pedal are you using? It sounds great....
to be honest this amp didn't sound very good in this video. sounds a lot better in 5 watt mode. im going to get a vht special 6 ultra, its more organic sounding to me.
I love Paul's Review's but was disappointed that he chose EMG's for this one rather then Passive's like some burstbuckers or Duncan's. Actives just don't match the tone that this amp was made for. Still sounds sweet, just my 2 cents :)
@joelbuttle thats exactly what i was thinking. needs something like a pearly gates, alnico pro 2 or a 59 to get that proper classic rock sound this amp was designed for. i mean, it was a great review, just he was playing in the style of ac/dc with what is essentially used by the likes of james hetfield and zakk wylde :L
@TheMetallicaMan666 Plenty of these Americans died to keep you from having to speak German! Show some respect, because you know when your island gets in trouble again you guys will be callin'.
Jealous of what? I just stated the obvious that his guitar wasn't in tune and that his talent level isn't that high but he manages to make a living at it anyhow. This should serve as an optimistic statement for you to try to do the same thing... have a nice day.
Yeah, you obviously know me and all about my business. Just because I don't post 600 videos on here doesn't mean I don't make a living as a musician. There are many ways to make a living at it. I have an opinion about his playing and the fact he didn't tune his guitar; which would make anyone sound amateur at best. Get over it and get some counseling for your consuming anger.
@superlou1s You are prolly thinking of the old Dimarzios btw, those were shit pickups I agree but the new ones like the Dactivators are in my opinion the best all around pickups you can get.
@lordjdog- De-activators are ceramic pickups. You can't play totally clean with de-activators, and if you do try, it will sound flat. There's a reason people play strats with single coils, or gretsch's for clean tones. De-activators were literally MADE for high gain.
@superlou1s Not on my washburn 0.0 I clean play clean fine, I normally don't cuz I write metal, but when I do play clean I have no problems at all......its not just the pick ups, its the other parts of the guitar as well, how you set the guitar and the amp.......although mine is a customized 7 String.......that when set to the bridge on the Dactivator7 I get nice leads and clean, if i set to the other pickup or mid/mix it can get dirty but still have good lead.....stock you'd be right.
@lordjdog- There's a reason jazz players don't play deactivators. It's not a versatile pickup. It's excellent for metal, which you obviously play. Yes it CAN play clean but it doesn't do it as well as most other pickups in the world :/
Ive got the Orange Dual Terror (with EH tubes) and through a 4x12, on all watt modes its loud but the lack of head room is far more noticeable than say a 100w head even on low volumes. This sounds pretty good though for 5 watts
when he skips the strings at the start of each song you can almost hear a little 'verb added.....just what every amp needs!!!!! thicken things up a bit ya hear
when will they ever learn that what we want in a low wattage tube amp is not loudness... we want a tube amp that we can use in the bedroom.
if we want a LOUD tube amp to gig with, we'll go straight for a JCM 800. we don't need a 5 watt tube amp that's not much softer than a 100 watt plexi head.
@000steelandstone000 Thats th nature of tube amps. A 5watt tube amp is half as powerful as a 50watt tube amp and a half watt amp is a quarter as loud. For every 3 decibel increase in sound you need double the power which is why these little amps seem so loud. Its mostly marketing hype that makes us think that we need 50 and 100 watt amps for gigging when in reality a 20 watter will be perfect for most if not all applications.
its just how you want to use it. If you want to use its full-on gain, you're probably better off with a 'smaller' amp. But if you want to use it for a semi-gritty sound, you need to play at lower volumewith anyway with this one. My point is, it's all about how much headroom you want for a specific volume. For my room at college, I'd take this amp if i were to play with my effects and overdrive. Since i am not, I'm taking the killer ant instead.
@000steelandstone000 Hey sorry about saying this, 1st not everyone can buy a JCM 800 or a Plexi, or even Rectifier's from Mesa Boogie, this is an amp designed to be on small bands gigs, or you can use it to practice and reharsal (if you don't have tons of money) so just stop saying that kind of things, you can't compare that amp with a true beast like a Plexi : )
@000steelandstone000 That's your opinion dude, I'm looking for as much power as I can get for the lowest cost possible. This kinda thing is perfect for someone like me.
@000steelandstone000 I use a 100 watt 6L6 head into a 600 watt eminence cab in my bedroom :P, the Marshall JCM 800 is nonmaster volume. Master volume heads save ears.
@000steelandstone000 That is not set in stone though. Jonny Greenwood from Radiohead uses either a Vox AC30 or a Fender Combo amp that doesn't even have tubes. They play stadiums all the time.
@000steelandstone000 i dont know if this certain head is what im talking about but you can get an amp the same as this head for £209 that doesnt need a cabinet so good sound but not to loud
Oh come on! I tried this just to see if it was true that a 5W tube amp is half as loud as a 50W and this thing is worthy of hooking up to a 212 cab and gigging a small club with. I tried it yesterday at the store and, no dice. It sounds nice, but is veeeery limited. It's a practice/recording amp so no convincing yourself it can be more. But if you judge it as such, its a really good purchase.
I done understand this trend of making 5 watt amps loud?!?! I buy a 5 watter because its not loud! So I can crank it without fighting with the neighbours. If I want an amp to hang with a band I'll play my 100 watt Marshall.
@fleafarteasy That's the difference, yer old and have a career. I'm young and in college. I can't afford something around an JVM's range. But I want tube sound and I want it to be loud as or louder than my drummer. Blackheart's got it. So what now smartass motherfucker?
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Stop bitching about the pick up. its about the amp not the damn pick ups and emgs are fine i dont know what the hell you guys are talking about. Give me an 81 85 set and ill melt your face with some slipknot, dethklok, metallica, Zakk Wylde, Atreyu, Shadows Fall, Cannibal Corpse, Opeth, Dimmu Borgir, Killswitch Engage, Trivium and the many other metal/rock band that use them.
@kischeric I own a Little Giant with a Metal Muff pedal, and I pump out some really thick and dense and punchy tones, but I have to limit the volume knob on the amp, beacause otherwise it turns to total mush.
Get a seymour duncan twin tube classic, and use it with the rhythm channel, gain at about 11 o'clock, volume dimed. Then crank the volume on the amp. It pushes it over the edge. Even on a clean setting like that, the TT classic can still provide enough ALL-TUBE gain up front to multiply your signal X4, and really drives an already overdriven amp in to total saturation. Best part, it's still an all tube rig, just with a LOT more gain than the BH5 by itself.
EMGs are for metal. For cleans, classic rock and blues, the stock pickups on my Goth Les Paul Studio sound better. Passive pickups own for pretty much everything except metal.
adding a clean overdrive pedal or compressor to the amp cranked, possible of a loud clean tone and i heard closed back does that mean the back is closed to let the amp pump its tone directly out of the front. also whats the diffrence from a amp and a amp with head i knw theres a amp with same stuff as this control but no head(BH112 amp)
basically what i just asked whats a guitar head for?
@chilke0, this type of amp is not meant to do high-volume clean, OR switch between clean and dirty. Modern-day low-wattage amps (especially ones without master volume) are designed to get power tube overdrive at a decent volume level. Power tube overdrive is more natural and organic than pre-amp tube overdrive (which you get by cranking the "pre" and setting the master as needed). If you want loud and clean, you don't want a 5-watt amp.
These amps aren't about features like switchable channels. Amps from the 50's, 60's, and 70's were usually single channel amps without master volumes and you got that "crunch" by cranking the volume. All you need to do for a clean sound is roll back the guitar volume.
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Okay. I was looking for my first tube amp and didnt know whether to get a mini head but if i need a cab i might just get a mini combo. bugerra v5 etc.
You need a head for the cabinet. The cabinet can be anything though. only differnece is the speakers, number of speakers, quality, and its ohm outage. And amp heads do not have any speakers of any kind thats why you must plug it in to a cab.
I know a good first tube amp that you can get, It has 2 channels, all tube, an Fx loop, 3 band eq, low price tag. Look up the Blackstar HT-5 Combo, you can also get the head and a cabinet but that's a little more expensive. but the combo is excellent. Blackstar HT-5
If that's the case, just buy a combo which is a head and a cab all in one. The head just amplifies the electrical signal while the cabinet has speakers which convert that electrical signal into a sound. Guitar speakers are specific and you won't be successful if you hook a head to a hi fi system or any regular speakers.
ok, lets get this straight. I commented on them because that is my opinion, I am well within my rights to do so, please don't tell me what I should and shouldn't do. Secondly, I owned 2 guitars in the past, both loaded with EMG's and changed them both to Bareknuckle passive pups because the actives sucked my tone to hell so my opinion is based on experience not just on random ideas.
I bought an ESP ltd Viper first off, loved the guitar but hated the pups so I changed them. Second one was a used Epi Les Paul with actives that the previous owner had put in, It was going dirt cheap so I bought it and changed the EMG's within a week.
I hate the GW NEVER has anything bad to say in their 'reviews'. I need to know the cons too...
Trilobite8jesus 1 week ago
i have this amp and will say it sounds awesome. just like in the video! good job!
thundermonty 1 month ago
Omg what a dude. He's playing a vintage style tube amp with Emg active pickups. Such a shame ... :(
loschby46 1 month ago 4
acdc tone all the way...i have the cab
sgmarshallboy 3 months ago
@sgmarshallboy thank you man! ive been jut waiting for someone nto say that it wuz good for acdc and the like
earthwormjimrules 2 months ago
how would this sound through a peavey cabinet?
rockgod1987 3 months ago
@rockgod1987 i use a custom cabinet that has a speaker from a peavey bandit and it sounds fine to me.
thundermonty 1 month ago
Hello my head and bought the same from one day while playing a '3Watt with volume up I saw smoke coming out more and not' work could you tell me please what and have been successful?
iroshi73 3 months ago
Pauls' review:139,976. ProGuitars? (which is also awesome by the way) 119,371. Again, Paul RULES!
jharri1 4 months ago
Does anyone know if an effects pedal will work instead of that thing on the top
GuitarHer0Geek 5 months ago
@GuitarHer0Geek no
camelterrorist 3 months ago
this gear seems great
murdechoc 5 months ago
I had this exact amp for a while and used it in a gigging situation. It sounds like crapola by itself if you are playing hard rock, but with an overdrive in front if it and cranked, it sounds fantastic. And to the guy who has his panties in a wad because people are saying it's loud, people are asking that for a reason. It's only 5 watts. And yes, it's quite loud. It's not quite loud enough if your drummer thinks he's Keith Moon, but it has plenty of juice for most practice sessions.
ricotinez 6 months ago
can you please use normal humbuckers AND single coils? beucase i for an example have a strat and i want to know how much it will distort and resonable volumes but i cant compare it to figgen electric pickups that are made to be mega distorted.
thenoparkingchannel 9 months ago
@thenoparkingchannel you will need a distortion pedal with this amp. I have one.
ElektrinenWelho 9 months ago
i have a question, me and a friend of mine, plays in a band, he's a drummer and I'm playing the rythm guitar (sometimes lead too) but here's my main question, is this little thing loud enough to keep up with the drummer? thanks forward, and sorry for my bad english^^
Websterpoint24 10 months ago
Paul rules!
jharri1 10 months ago
@jharri1 paul rules at g-a d classic acdc but not everybody does the classic three chord songs
Guitarstring187 10 months ago
@Guitarstring187 Just the good ones!
jharri1 8 months ago
does this amp have a clean channeL?
killakerryy 10 months ago
run a nice OD, and it delivers on some pretty decent metal.plus metal often uses distortion pedals anyway.so its good there for it too.
guitargod1598 10 months ago
HI Paul...Thanks for the review, this amp sounds great. I have the Epiphone Valve Jr. and it sounds great as well but it's not giving me the sound I need to play country music (new Country like Brad Paisley, Keith Urban and Rascal Flatts) will the Blackheart get me close to that sound?
Also What Reverb Pedal are you using? It sounds great....
Ken
muzicmaken 11 months ago
They're just so boring looking though.
It actually looks like a generic brand cereal box.
It looks cheap and bottom barrel.
JonDeth 11 months ago
to be honest this amp didn't sound very good in this video. sounds a lot better in 5 watt mode. im going to get a vht special 6 ultra, its more organic sounding to me.
zombiemontage 1 year ago
I don't really get the point of this amp... although it sounds good... is it meant for practicing?
multisonus 1 year ago
Dude doesn't mention if it takes pedals well or if it has a headphone jack like the Marshall Class A does.
Otherwise, this sounds like a pretty okay beginner's setup.
robibm2003 1 year ago
I love Paul's Review's but was disappointed that he chose EMG's for this one rather then Passive's like some burstbuckers or Duncan's. Actives just don't match the tone that this amp was made for. Still sounds sweet, just my 2 cents :)
joelbuttle 1 year ago
@joelbuttle thats exactly what i was thinking. needs something like a pearly gates, alnico pro 2 or a 59 to get that proper classic rock sound this amp was designed for. i mean, it was a great review, just he was playing in the style of ac/dc with what is essentially used by the likes of james hetfield and zakk wylde :L
dilbert103 1 year ago
Would you say this was better than the Blackstar HT-5H 5 mini stack??
LivinJoke84 1 year ago
This guy sounds like most Americans, gay
TheMetallicaMan666 1 year ago
@TheMetallicaMan666 Plenty of these Americans died to keep you from having to speak German! Show some respect, because you know when your island gets in trouble again you guys will be callin'.
FanOfLiberty1776 1 year ago
Paul proves 2 things with this review: You don't need talent or an in tune guitar to make a living as a musician.
bresan79 1 year ago
@bresan79
Your jealous because no one knows or cares about you! We got Walter Hayton over here!
420ChickenFucker 1 year ago
@420ChickenFucker
Jealous of what? I just stated the obvious that his guitar wasn't in tune and that his talent level isn't that high but he manages to make a living at it anyhow. This should serve as an optimistic statement for you to try to do the same thing... have a nice day.
bresan79 1 year ago
@bresan79
More like smart ass statement by another nobody without a musical career.....Have a shitty week
420ChickenFucker 1 year ago
@420ChickenFucker
Yeah, you obviously know me and all about my business. Just because I don't post 600 videos on here doesn't mean I don't make a living as a musician. There are many ways to make a living at it. I have an opinion about his playing and the fact he didn't tune his guitar; which would make anyone sound amateur at best. Get over it and get some counseling for your consuming anger.
bresan79 1 year ago
if you want noise just buy a bugera 1960 150 Watts of tube power !
960304083 1 year ago
I wish this amp had an effect loop...and knobs for Gain and Mastervolume
DougliciousDoug 1 year ago
Best demo I've seen with Paul, nice amp too.
locoboxspaceship 1 year ago
i dont give a fuck about loudness...i want SOUND.
MrMethadrine 1 year ago
@MrMethadrine There is NO good sound without good loudness :/
PoldIsak 1 year ago
@PoldIsak have u ever heard the "silent but deadly"?:P
MrMethadrine 1 year ago
@MrMethadrine nope
PoldIsak 1 year ago
@PoldIsak i just farted...
MrMethadrine 1 year ago
looks like a toy lol
onraj9mm 1 year ago
Just bought this one, and a Boss ME-70. Cant wait til it comes :D
Gakkern 1 year ago
Best pickups are EMG and Dimarzio
lordjdog 1 year ago
@lordjdog- Bullshit. for metal? Yes. for anything else? No. Metal is ONE musical genre, jesus, broaden your horizons.
superlou1s 1 year ago
@superlou1s Uh, I play classical, baroque, romantice era, rock, hard rock, metal, punk, hardcore.....and i use both of those for all of them
lordjdog 1 year ago
@superlou1s You are prolly thinking of the old Dimarzios btw, those were shit pickups I agree but the new ones like the Dactivators are in my opinion the best all around pickups you can get.
lordjdog 1 year ago
@lordjdog- De-activators are ceramic pickups. You can't play totally clean with de-activators, and if you do try, it will sound flat. There's a reason people play strats with single coils, or gretsch's for clean tones. De-activators were literally MADE for high gain.
superlou1s 1 year ago
@superlou1s Not on my washburn 0.0 I clean play clean fine, I normally don't cuz I write metal, but when I do play clean I have no problems at all......its not just the pick ups, its the other parts of the guitar as well, how you set the guitar and the amp.......although mine is a customized 7 String.......that when set to the bridge on the Dactivator7 I get nice leads and clean, if i set to the other pickup or mid/mix it can get dirty but still have good lead.....stock you'd be right.
lordjdog 1 year ago
@lordjdog- There's a reason jazz players don't play deactivators. It's not a versatile pickup. It's excellent for metal, which you obviously play. Yes it CAN play clean but it doesn't do it as well as most other pickups in the world :/
superlou1s 1 year ago
@superlou1s Its personal pref then lol
lordjdog 1 year ago
@superlou1s I also play Nordic Tribal music.....so I'm pretty cultured with music mostly when it comes to my heritage.
lordjdog 1 year ago
@superlou1s romantic* fucking h8 this tiny ass keyboard ><
lordjdog 1 year ago
@lordjdog NOTHING EMG or Dimarzio makes can touch Fralins. Period.
scottladoucheable 1 year ago
Can you add pedals to this amp?
KabukiMockingbird 1 year ago
Ive got the Orange Dual Terror (with EH tubes) and through a 4x12, on all watt modes its loud but the lack of head room is far more noticeable than say a 100w head even on low volumes. This sounds pretty good though for 5 watts
instinctfx 1 year ago
did you eq the recording or is is a flatline from your 57 there ?
PatandUli 1 year ago
when he skips the strings at the start of each song you can almost hear a little 'verb added.....just what every amp needs!!!!! thicken things up a bit ya hear
freesoulvw 1 year ago
Is this amp loud enough to do small to medium sized gigs? like clubs? and compete with a drummer?
SHAPmovies 1 year ago
@SHAPmovies some friend of mine "sold" me a blackheart (he made me want one so bad xD) : it's really loud !
GroovyGuitar02 1 year ago
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SokolovSSS 1 year ago
what a gay amp
0adireita 1 year ago
at 2:10 you should have played a The Who riff.
LatvianXave8 1 year ago
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0adireita 1 year ago
@0adireita yeah you're right the surviving members of the who would have got ON HIS ASS if he did that (rolls eyes massively)
LatvianXave8 1 year ago
Why is your head moving like that ? Nice amp !
orlandoontiveros 1 year ago
"this amp is really loud for it's size"
"this amp maybe be only ***watts but it's loud!"
when will they ever learn that what we want in a low wattage tube amp is not loudness... we want a tube amp that we can use in the bedroom.
if we want a LOUD tube amp to gig with, we'll go straight for a JCM 800. we don't need a 5 watt tube amp that's not much softer than a 100 watt plexi head.
000steelandstone000 1 year ago 52
@000steelandstone000 Thats th nature of tube amps. A 5watt tube amp is half as powerful as a 50watt tube amp and a half watt amp is a quarter as loud. For every 3 decibel increase in sound you need double the power which is why these little amps seem so loud. Its mostly marketing hype that makes us think that we need 50 and 100 watt amps for gigging when in reality a 20 watter will be perfect for most if not all applications.
tiarnan12345 1 year ago
@000steelandstone000
its just how you want to use it. If you want to use its full-on gain, you're probably better off with a 'smaller' amp. But if you want to use it for a semi-gritty sound, you need to play at lower volumewith anyway with this one. My point is, it's all about how much headroom you want for a specific volume. For my room at college, I'd take this amp if i were to play with my effects and overdrive. Since i am not, I'm taking the killer ant instead.
bloodgulge 1 year ago
@000steelandstone000 Hey sorry about saying this, 1st not everyone can buy a JCM 800 or a Plexi, or even Rectifier's from Mesa Boogie, this is an amp designed to be on small bands gigs, or you can use it to practice and reharsal (if you don't have tons of money) so just stop saying that kind of things, you can't compare that amp with a true beast like a Plexi : )
RigorMortis203 1 year ago 17
@RigorMortis203 you clearly didn't understand my comment. Please read it again.
000steelandstone000 1 year ago
@000steelandstone000 if you want noise just buy a bugera 1960 150 Watts of tube power !
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000steelandstone000 1 year ago
@000steelandstone000 you think everyone's rich enough to afford a JCM800?
Milkshakeguy 1 year ago
@000steelandstone000 That's your opinion dude, I'm looking for as much power as I can get for the lowest cost possible. This kinda thing is perfect for someone like me.
camaroj42 1 year ago
@000steelandstone000 its pretty hard to have a tube amp that sounds good quiet. Tubes are like engines which are happiest at full power.
theruley 1 year ago
@000steelandstone000 I use a 100 watt 6L6 head into a 600 watt eminence cab in my bedroom :P, the Marshall JCM 800 is nonmaster volume. Master volume heads save ears.
evilvon 11 months ago
@000steelandstone000
reeves custom 10hg. cranked el34 goodness at a perfect bedroom volume. Careful though, doesnt really have a clean tone haha.
esposito8610 11 months ago
@000steelandstone000 That is not set in stone though. Jonny Greenwood from Radiohead uses either a Vox AC30 or a Fender Combo amp that doesn't even have tubes. They play stadiums all the time.
TheStrangerInTheRye 7 months ago
@TheStrangerInTheRye Look, this was what i meant.
I want a tube amp for home playing that won't bring down the house.
That's what my comment meant. Please read again thank you.
000steelandstone000 7 months ago
@000steelandstone000 power attenuator????
and about the amp....what does he mean it's not good for metal? i can still use a distortion stomp box and "metalize" it, right?
quiz9146 7 months ago
@quiz9146 yes, no problem
jammers5 6 months ago
@000steelandstone000 i dont know if this certain head is what im talking about but you can get an amp the same as this head for £209 that doesnt need a cabinet so good sound but not to loud
MrLaser2 4 months ago
I don't know about EMG pickups,but I rather prefer Seymour Duncan 59
Hatredismypride 1 year ago
lol, for some reason, when he played that first clean passage, I got this mental image of a barnyard! xD
DisasterBlaster500 1 year ago
Oh come on! I tried this just to see if it was true that a 5W tube amp is half as loud as a 50W and this thing is worthy of hooking up to a 212 cab and gigging a small club with. I tried it yesterday at the store and, no dice. It sounds nice, but is veeeery limited. It's a practice/recording amp so no convincing yourself it can be more. But if you judge it as such, its a really good purchase.
pablovibes 1 year ago
Is this loud enough for practicing/ shows with drums and bass?
TheFridayDrive 1 year ago
My Blackheart sound way better than this as you can see here: Billy Talent Live - White Sparrows (studio quality cover)
Alvolta25 1 year ago
I done understand this trend of making 5 watt amps loud?!?! I buy a 5 watter because its not loud! So I can crank it without fighting with the neighbours. If I want an amp to hang with a band I'll play my 100 watt Marshall.
fleafarteasy 1 year ago
@fleafarteasy I have a 250 watt Marshall, but I blew a speaker so there you go..
TheFridayDrive 1 year ago
@fleafarteasy That's the difference, yer old and have a career. I'm young and in college. I can't afford something around an JVM's range. But I want tube sound and I want it to be loud as or louder than my drummer. Blackheart's got it. So what now smartass motherfucker?
sarkenx 1 year ago
Paul rules!
jharri1 1 year ago
this or the valve junior half stack?
TheSchoolsux345 1 year ago
hhahaha it seems like pgs and guitar world are fighting over these amps
TheSchoolsux345 1 year ago
The guitar sucks miles away, emg's sucks. Take a shoot with a PRS guitar and you will get a good sound from the amp. A Les Paul will work as well.
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FroZt190261 1 year ago
I hate Paul. He's terrible, and he dials everything to sound like ass.
s1uff1sc001 1 year ago
paul always does very good reviews...so everbody...SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!
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Semour -Sucks!
Veggedoutman 1 year ago
Semour sucks!
Veggedoutman 1 year ago
He should say "Hi, I'm Paul, and I'm going to rape any bottom end this had"
jesusofsuburbia57 1 year ago
@jesusofsuburbia57 lmao i lol'ed so hard after reading this
KmKStonersUnite 1 year ago
Those EMG's destroyed any integrity the clean sound had... just terrible.
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HeroOfTheDay1000 1 year ago
how do the measurements for amps work? like 1x12 or 1x10 or 2x8, etc
jaguarlord1994 1 year ago
@jaguarlord1994 1X12 = One 12 inch speaker, 1X10 one 10 inch speaker and etc.
ronspeck 1 year ago
@ronspeck thanks man
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ronspeck 1 year ago
anyone know of a good "smaller amp" that can easily play metal at bedroom level?
i was thinking about alot of different amps, so i dont really know what i should look at.
najtrows 1 year ago
@najtrows Dunno, Blackstar HT-5?
Actually, look at one with a master volume. (duh)
Search for "The Ultimate Gear Information Sticky:Incorporating Info on Amps, FX and Pickups" on the Ultimate-Guitar forums. (I don't think it's letting me post links)
ultrabot90 1 year ago
would i be able to gig with this and a 4x12 cab (Roland, respectively) or would it be too quiet?
sheenomagee666 1 year ago
@sheenomagee666 i would think it would be too quiet, unless you miced it. 4x12 would probably be overkill for this, considering its only 5 watts.
worldindusa 1 year ago
5 watts?
TimTehPilot 1 year ago
Stop bitching about the pick up. its about the amp not the damn pick ups and emgs are fine i dont know what the hell you guys are talking about. Give me an 81 85 set and ill melt your face with some slipknot, dethklok, metallica, Zakk Wylde, Atreyu, Shadows Fall, Cannibal Corpse, Opeth, Dimmu Borgir, Killswitch Engage, Trivium and the many other metal/rock band that use them.
sasuqatchrere2 1 year ago
using for music ac/dc
fucilator 1 year ago
Can this amp pull off a metal tone say for killswitch engage with a distortion pedal like a dod corrosion I not Whig pedal could do this
kischeric 1 year ago
@kischeric I own a Little Giant with a Metal Muff pedal, and I pump out some really thick and dense and punchy tones, but I have to limit the volume knob on the amp, beacause otherwise it turns to total mush.
crysis5 1 year ago
Get a seymour duncan twin tube classic, and use it with the rhythm channel, gain at about 11 o'clock, volume dimed. Then crank the volume on the amp. It pushes it over the edge. Even on a clean setting like that, the TT classic can still provide enough ALL-TUBE gain up front to multiply your signal X4, and really drives an already overdriven amp in to total saturation. Best part, it's still an all tube rig, just with a LOT more gain than the BH5 by itself.
punkeratheart 1 year ago
awsome little amp..your demo helped my decision in getting this..thanx" i put up a little demo of it using a boss ds1 as a boost...
BaddPenneyMusic 1 year ago
EMGs are for metal. For cleans, classic rock and blues, the stock pickups on my Goth Les Paul Studio sound better. Passive pickups own for pretty much everything except metal.
EnvyInc 1 year ago
I tr this amp with an SG special, it sounds better! EMG sucks!!!!
HeerDutchman 1 year ago
will the cabinet work with a marshall 100 watt head
THESGROCKS 1 year ago
Are you kidding me? Why would you want to do that...
blueroseking 1 year ago
The stock single speaker cannot handle that...
You can however buy the cab and change the speaker, say to an Eminence speaker that has a power rating of over 100 Watts. Hope that helps.
JordanSky30 1 year ago
no, it won't, cause the power of the marshall will kill the box
gitarrist666 1 year ago
$199.99 for the head??? One word comes to mind... SOLD!!!
redrocker1055 2 years ago
I love this amp, it sounds very natural, down to the bone.
Gradey3 2 years ago
adding a clean overdrive pedal or compressor to the amp cranked, possible of a loud clean tone and i heard closed back does that mean the back is closed to let the amp pump its tone directly out of the front. also whats the diffrence from a amp and a amp with head i knw theres a amp with same stuff as this control but no head(BH112 amp)
basically what i just asked whats a guitar head for?
Please reply someone :)
GTYOYO 2 years ago
are you serious or taking a piss?
s3k71on8 1 year ago
I love my little giant, use it live all the time
aeartress 2 years ago
there is just 1 thing i don't understand,
how can you choose between clean and a more overdrive sound. there isn't a switch for it...
help pls
chilke0 2 years ago
@chilke0 by volume - the more you crank the volume the more the tubes in it are saturated - and a saturated tube means overdriven sound
GetReide 2 years ago
@GetReide but how can you get a high volume clean sound then?
chilke0 2 years ago
@chilke0, this type of amp is not meant to do high-volume clean, OR switch between clean and dirty. Modern-day low-wattage amps (especially ones without master volume) are designed to get power tube overdrive at a decent volume level. Power tube overdrive is more natural and organic than pre-amp tube overdrive (which you get by cranking the "pre" and setting the master as needed). If you want loud and clean, you don't want a 5-watt amp.
Shinnbone 2 years ago
These amps aren't about features like switchable channels. Amps from the 50's, 60's, and 70's were usually single channel amps without master volumes and you got that "crunch" by cranking the volume. All you need to do for a clean sound is roll back the guitar volume.
willywonkerful 2 years ago
ain't this one by ampeg?
WheresMySpaceButton 2 years ago
Blackheart is by Crate.
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atlnigga03 2 years ago
Mic the amp thru the PA there you go. loud enough now!
vintageleon76 2 years ago
hmm maybe could this get hendrix tones and maybe adding a fuzz can help?
Which amp might be best for hendrix and adding just a coupel pedals help improve it way more?
GTYOYO 2 years ago
hendrix used a marshall
lezzey221 2 years ago
yeh i knw that lol
GTYOYO 2 years ago
have this amp.i would recomend who buys this amp change the caps inside really makes a big diference
seerattan 2 years ago
can this handle big gigs
how many watt with the head and the cab
please help
VR0123 2 years ago
the head is 5 watts, and no it cant really do "big" gigs but i guess that depends on what ur definition of "big" is, but its pretty loud
bodomguitar91 2 years ago
I'm new to cabs & heads. Can i buy the bh5h head and not need to plug it into a cab to play through it? or do i have to have a cab?
08Wylde 2 years ago
@08Wylde You have to have a cab, because they contain the speakers.
dragonmas 2 years ago
Okay. I was looking for my first tube amp and didnt know whether to get a mini head but if i need a cab i might just get a mini combo. bugerra v5 etc.
08Wylde 2 years ago
You need a head for the cabinet. The cabinet can be anything though. only differnece is the speakers, number of speakers, quality, and its ohm outage. And amp heads do not have any speakers of any kind thats why you must plug it in to a cab.
bvried 2 years ago
I know a good first tube amp that you can get, It has 2 channels, all tube, an Fx loop, 3 band eq, low price tag. Look up the Blackstar HT-5 Combo, you can also get the head and a cabinet but that's a little more expensive. but the combo is excellent. Blackstar HT-5
PatrikForLife 2 years ago
If that's the case, just buy a combo which is a head and a cab all in one. The head just amplifies the electrical signal while the cabinet has speakers which convert that electrical signal into a sound. Guitar speakers are specific and you won't be successful if you hook a head to a hi fi system or any regular speakers.
Me7aLfAn 2 years ago
it's better to use BH5 & BH112 or the combo BH5-112?
BorisDono 2 years ago
Active pickups suck the shit out of your tone!
moriondor 2 years ago
then dont use them
ArchieIsted 2 years ago
I don't, thanks for the clever tip though genius!
moriondor 2 years ago 3
dont comment about them then since you dont use them you clearly dont have a great opinion of them :)
ArchieIsted 2 years ago
ok, lets get this straight. I commented on them because that is my opinion, I am well within my rights to do so, please don't tell me what I should and shouldn't do. Secondly, I owned 2 guitars in the past, both loaded with EMG's and changed them both to Bareknuckle passive pups because the actives sucked my tone to hell so my opinion is based on experience not just on random ideas.
moriondor 2 years ago
wow you got 2 guitars with EMGs surely after the first you would of realised, lol try making you lies sound believable
ArchieIsted 2 years ago
I bought an ESP ltd Viper first off, loved the guitar but hated the pups so I changed them. Second one was a used Epi Les Paul with actives that the previous owner had put in, It was going dirt cheap so I bought it and changed the EMG's within a week.
moriondor 2 years ago
EMG sucks!
Daggy007 2 years ago 21
@Daggy007 You suck!
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wowspare 1 year ago
@Daggy007 not for metal however passive owns anyday
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aggelosmpatalas 1 year ago