AMT Electronics R-1 - Dual Rectifier Red Channel Tones in a Pedal Sized Pre-Amp! R1

[Polentaccio]

Nice job TK.. getting some pretty solid tones there. However one thing you need to make sure of in future vids is that your axe is actually tuned! Other than that, always helpful and I appreciate the gear you demo week after week. 

[nikitofin]

hey i dont understand how to connect it, please can you help me?

[homedefender83]

Sounds absolutely nothing like my multi watt dual rectifier.

[TheKronguitar]

мудило, ктож так примочки строит?? басы и верха с гейном задрал!!! в гитаре середина важна!!

[madcheshire77]

Nice man!

[bugietube]

Well this gave me the idea to plug my BOSS ME-70 preamp out into my recently acquired Carvin Valvemaster's power section. Modding it per Hasserl forum recommendations and recovering the cab after removing about 6 inches of width from the head/cab.

[Whyrendog]

So you can use it without the cab simulator then?

[jacksonabuser]

fucking sweet!

This clip does the R-1 some justice

Thx for the heavy riffage ToneKing!

[aldricsuan]

i've been searching about this pedal but I haven't seen anyone answer my question, does it sound like the DUAL REC?? I don't own the real one so I can't tell...

[card1100]

what song r u playing ?



[card1100]

can u use a preamp like this on a FX loop ? or run it like a normal pedal ?

[bengrockson]

good vid man.. but i cant stand your jackson hahaha

[cyreander]

Hi Tone-King, I really like you´re reviews. Though you´re not only presenting effordable stuff, you never make it sound arrogant when it comes to the advantages of this and that. And I like your warnings in terms of dont do it like this because... this is really helpful. You make serious reviews for musicians (which robably dont earn their money with music). But our kind is the majority...

Thanks a lot.. From frosty Germany...

[montyponty1000]

I downloaded the vid to hear what the pedal could do, not to hear you pretending to be in a thrash band, why didnt you alter the settings to let us all see what its capable of? bad advertisement mate

[unclelight]

Maybe you should tune your guitar?

[Blazyjewels]

Very good!!! Not as a stompbox!!! Look at my vedeo^ i have all of amt preamps (almost all) Marshall and Mesa boogie on my video and many stompboxes ))))

[Acronso]

Can I use it as a normal stompbox?

[AceOfHeart2012]

That's incredible TK. In the effects loop no less. Those AMT pedals are sweet.

[bobygap]

Could you do a "blind test" : the rectifier head VS the AMT R1 ?

And it would be great if you could do this with the other AMT pedals ;-)

[31halloweens]

These pedals from AMT Electronics are sick and top notch.My buddy owns the M-1(Marshall),the B-1(Bogner)and the E-1(Engl)and they are brutal!!You should also check out the P-1(Peavey 5150)and the S-1(Soldano)as thet are awesome too.Hey TK maybe you can throw some demo's of the others on here as well since you give honest looks at products before we throw money at them.Good review as alway's TK!!

[FallenPrey33]

Nice. I've been checking out these AMT pedals for some time now. I wasn't aware of this one. I'm glad I found this review.

[RelaxationII]

can you do a demo of this going direct?

[Acrolyte78]

E P I C

[mmmmmmjjjooo10]

dude, this pedal is BROOTAL. I want one now. lmao

[maidenyoung]

Hey TTK. I'm looking into getting a King V. Is it a versatile guitar? My band plays metal like Metallica and Iron Maiden, and I was wondering if it has a rich clean tone? Great review and thanks!

[naterziscool]

So could you put this preamp with other pedals into the FX Return or does it have to be separate?

[thelilEmoBoy]

what kind of jackson is that man? its SWEET

[smacman68]

Nice job. I would like to see a vid of ALL your gear. Guitars, amps pedals, EVERYTHING! I bet it's an impressive collection. Plus, if anything ever happens (i.e. fire, theft, etc.) you've got a nice inventory for the insurance company! I did it and it really paid off in the end,

[FinnMetal4Life]

wow u really are the tone king! great vid and nice playing

[novembersythe]

I would to see a side by side comparison of the pedal and an actual rectifier!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!! that video would probably be one of the greatest videos...OF ALL TIME!!!!!!

[coreyfromtheband]

WTF!!! KICKASS!

[njmithra]

How much did you pay for the pedal? That little box sounds really good. I haven't heard an FX pedal do that in my life.

[Stormleader42]

Awesome playing TTK! You sure have come A LONG way since I started tuning in!

The pedal actually sounded really good, I was really impressed with it.

Keep on Rocking TTK!

[briansteedman]

Hey Tone King, can you do a threeway shoot out between this preamp into the carvin tube head, the new dual rectifier multi-watt, and the Randall RM100 with the treadplate module? See which of the three would rule? Thanks man, keep the videos coming!

[smoss469]

I agree, some nice Rhythm chunk in there for sure.

[goldenaxeband]

Great demo. Sounds great IMO

[hawg427]

One of your best rhythm playin yet :-) Love that Jackson V What does the pedal go for?

[smoss469]

@hawg427 $130 each from pedalspluseffectswarehouse. One of the few US sellers.

[oysterlicker]

Yea man I like the new tune. Awesome!

[LambOfJackle]

sounds like shit.



[stymye]

thats some of the better playin' I've heard you do so far ! kudos ttk

[akaboo69]

hey ttk what did you use to record your demo

[polloramirez]

best tone king riff so far!!!

rock on \m/

[KobanchegGitarist]

STANDING! YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAA! )))

why only 1 setting?

[skostaras]

so pretty much your using the pedal as a boost?

[mikhailwp]

Hey ToneKing! How are you doing?

Great video and preamp sounds great too ))) Thanks a lot!!! How it feels when you play? How it close to original mesa? Or may be it is like FX processor kinda sound?

[mr92sad]

AMT guys should award you with some money, man

cuz the sound you get from the pedal is very decent, and the company lacks good reviews of their products..

therefore, great respect for you

[M24SocomSniper]

Great review!

Amazing new intro!

keep up the great work \m/

[MattPurkis]

how similar would you say that is to a boogies drive ? It would be a cool thing to have for studio work.

[mooch666]

@MattPurkis a boogie is way better, but you get more for the money you pay.

[MattPurkis]

@mooch666 yeah but i can never afford a boogie. haha

[mooch666]

@MattPurkis yeah haha, they are a bit pricey. I'm in the process of buying an ENGL fireball that sounds great. it's only about $1400 but i still consider that pricey.

[OndskapensHersker]

your vids would be sooooooooooooooooo much better if you used a microphone to record the sound, and told us how you set the knobs on amps, pedals etc. you review.

[M24SocomSniper]

@OndskapensHersker

He mics the amps up!

and his vids are the best !

[AphoticAgony]

I have the Way Huge Pork Loin pedal and i can say that it honestly blows all other dist/od/preamp pedals away in tone.

[vileguile]

that sounded fantastic!!

Do you know if there's any pedal focusing on just cab emulation? Since i was born with line6 (well, that's what i bought when i first started out with guitars, pod farm and very soon all expansions), im spoiled with having 30-40+ cabs to choose from, and they do change the tone quite a bit. But unlike preamps, maybe it's just a linear eq?

[dixiedevil1369]

very cool but i have a question what woul dhappen if yuo used this in a pedal chain?

[poison806]

i checked this pedal out before with gearmandude but sience he used it at the front of a dr. z and a telecaster, it did'nt sound as heavy... you tone king however, made it sound real heavy :D

[SaulAeneas]

@poison806 Check out a guy called burgerman666, he made pretty high quality reviews of the amt electronics pedals

[crate718]

good going tone king, this the first time you sound good, keep up the good work

[nightslayer500]

I really like that tone! its pretty sick! and nice guitar at that :)

[GuernB2]

what is the tone kings real name?

[savagesnephew]

@GuernB2 why do you need to know? just enjoy the video and leave him be!

[GuernB2]

@savagesnephew idk just currious,

[themodernguitarist]

Enjoyed the video. Enjoyed the riffs. Its a veryy awesome sounding pedal.

I also like how you stood up for this video. =D

[LordOfThisWorld74]

:O That sounds incredible

[dbenc]

Cool riff'g TK!

[briansteedman]

And also, great to see your stuff in widescreen now!

[bigpooter01]

omg. that sounds fantastic!

[redbird963]

nice lighting

[qwertygriffin]

finally! a decent mic'd review on this pedal!!! awesome! you should review the other modules

[Jato97]

can you do a demo of the M1?

[MattPurkis]

@Jato97 i think hes doing em all one by one so keep an eye out ;)

[JessyDevilVendetta]

That is prob the best sounding pedal i have ever herd \m/

[biglhot75]

Great video. Very close the the rectifier. Were you using a flying V?

[joeyrotten101]

@biglhot75 he is...

[dragon7590]

Awesome stuff.I'm really keeping my eye out to see if I find the Carvin! This pedal added a great dimension to it as well.

[akaboo69]

cool tones man what i bet they do to make these pedals is a tube to fet conversions

[Thrashman1990]

Wow. I wasn't expecting too much by looking at the sheer size of the pedal, but it does REALLY sound like a rectifier. I'm a long-time Mesa/Boogie-player and I'm really intreigued and amazed. What do theese run for?

[paule720]

not impressed. there are better pedals out there. 

[mordecai52005]

hey ttk, i have some questions.

i assume that the carvin is on the clean channel, because the preamp pedal is creating the distortion? what are the settings on the carvin? and have you tried the preamp turned on, with the distortion channel of the carvin?

[lmsjr]

@mordecai52005 I have the pedal plugged directly into the FX RTN jack. No clean channel - 100% into the power section of the amp (which is clean by nature, but it's not the clean channel).

[mordecai52005]

@lmsjr with my amp (peavey jsx head) it has to be on one of three channels (clean/crunch/lead) once turned on. and whatever i have in the effects loop, affects the amps preamp. if i were to get the AMT R-1 i would use it in the loop while in clean.

[EGGJAZZ]

@lmsjr does that mean you can or cant use the master volume on the head any longer?

[MLMguitarguy]

cool. sounds amazing i will probably get 1 until i can get a real tube amp. where can i get them? btw that is a really nice jackson u hav

[tony93666]

great riffage & tone too

[westernfilet]

Impressive little booger!

[gblaisg]

how about a shoot out against a real mesa ?

[nekromachine]

Check out the 'Whampler Pedals Triple Wreck' - now that sounds like a recto, that AMT thing sounds nothing like a Mesa/Boogie Dual-Recto's red channel!

[NicoADTRkusumah]

ttk i think you should maybe try this preamp with a budget amp to see how good it really is because that carvin is a top quality amp :') :D:D great review as per usual however :)

[ruffles272]

the carvin is average priced around 300 bucks on ebay. I think theres on on right now for 200 actually.

[dimgrav]

Hey TK! Nice little toy you got there! Have you tried the P-1 5150 simulation yet? If so, share your thoughts!

[codyt5]

Whoa that was a rockin' riff! Your guitar chops have definitely improved compared to some of your older videos. Nice job TTK!

[VHfan458]

does this pedal have a 12ax7 in it?

[lmsjr]

@VHfan458 no

[slipknotandmh]

hey ttk will these pedals work in soild state amps? whenever i get a new one?

[lmsjr]

@slipknotandmh yes. For a SS amp - I'd use the Cab Sim out. A SS amp (i'm assuming) would be voiced much like a mixer - so use the Cab Sim out on it.

[slipknotandmh]

@lmsjr well i was looking at a marshall valvestate vs 230 and is a combo so how will that work?

[paulster14]

Pedal sound great, these have interested me. Great to see them looking forward web cast with the rest of them. Nice Jackson!

[lmsjr]

@paulster14 Thanks Paulster!

[MetalShado]

the tone sounds nearly perfect.

[SudoDSLAM]

That was delightfully chunky! Really surprised me how good that sounded. Can't wait for the F1 and M1 demos!

[Valserp]

Great review and great tone. Thanks

[lmsjr]

@Valserp Thanks!

[Sergioterol]

Sounds pretty chunky... nice! It would be excelent for hard rocking.

If i plug that pedal as a common distortion pedal... waht could happen?

My question might soun silly... but in my amp, i only have, Input, Output, nothing else, an is pretty old. So how would it work?

[TheHatChannel]

please shorten the intro. 20 seconds is like a tv commercial.

[incantatis]

Nice demo, as always! Very big sorry for being not persistent enough and unable to get through to Yan Marichev! I let you down and I totally admit it! My bad and no excuses... Anyway, I am very happy, that you in the end achieved it and can now demo this pedal! You are thee Man! \m/

[kesx]

Sounds good, and am sure it sounds even better in person!

[mudbone80]

Hey TTK, seeing how the pedal is solid state, how do you think it compares to just a plain old tube preamp? I've noticed that tube amps "push air" differently than solid state amps, if you know what I mean. Seeing how you're in the room with that amp, do you think it "pushes air" like a full-on tube amp, seeing how it has a tube power section? From here it sounds pretty bad ass, I'm just curious how it "feels" in the room with you. Rock on dude!

[guitardbucket]

That sounds fantastic!

[marcelloviscardi]

Sounds great.

[mudbone80]

Thank you TTK for coming up with a new riff, its pretty bad ass :)

[DrEviscerator666]

Sounds Awesome! Can't Wait to the AMT Engl Pre-amp! The AMT Engl should be next video!

[dynamitesteel]

ttk remember two or three webcasts ago I asked you about the pedal? thanks so much... you are so awesome for buying all this things and demoing them for 40 dollars a month... thanks man!!! great pedal and great review!

[lmsjr]

@dynamitesteel Thx dynamite - BTW - I do buy lots of stuff, no doubt - but the AMT pedals were sent to me. I've been talking w/ AMT for over 6 months, and they were able to send over the full set so I can review. Everything else behind me I own :-)

[dynamitesteel]

@lmsjr yeap, you told me that :P. I remember you telling me that the reason that is took so long is beacuse they are located in russia. Can't wait for the randal and marshall modules up next!

[dynamitesteel]

@lmsjr *preamps not modules :)

[tank9142]

sounds like mud

[deadman316]

dude, that sounds sick. how much it cost?

[SIXXX1POUNDER]

does a preamp overrides the amp knobs? when u plug it in the the fx return

[lmsjr]

@SIXXX1POUNDER yes. All pre-amp tone controls on the Carvin (or any amp for that matter) should by bypassed - so you're turning your existing head into something else - in this case, an R1 Dual Rec

[TheOzzk]

Brother!!! Killer riff!!!!! and the R-1 awesome!!! TTK is back big time! Cheers!

[lmsjr]

@TheOzzk Thx bro!

[AlexM1175]

second

[surfacexmusic]

first comment yess!!