Ibanez TBX150H Sound Review

Since nobody posted a general sound demo of this amp head model, I figured I'd go ahead and do it since it could help someone interested in looking for an amp head. This is the amp's tone straight from the head (NO PEDALS, NO EDITING)

This is the Ibanez Toneblaster 150-watt amp, the crown jewel of the Toneblaster series. And this is my little demo of some of the sounds you can get from it.

For a crisp and clear example of how this amp head sounds on a good metal recording, check out my video "Dark Hound - Paint It White (Official video)", where you can hear it in a metal song.

Category:

Music

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• ibanez
• tbx150h
• tbx
• 150
• watt
• amp
• head
• metal
• progressive
• Opeth
• Killswitch
• Engage
• Dream
• Theater
• Meshuggah
• guitar
• shred
• vai

[proegerman1]

at 2:51-3:17 what song is that

[didhereallysay]

@proegerman1 It's actually a mash-up of two Opeth songs, "The Baying of the Hounds" and "Ghost of Perdition."

[ThePowrWithn]

You obviously use this for metal and it sounds great, with the gain dialed back and the eq a little different, would you say this would work for general alt-rock (pumpkins, nirvana, foo fighters etc) type stuff?

[didhereallysay]

@ThePowrWithn Take a look at the 2nd amp demonstration video on my channel and you'll hear a part in there were I demonstrate an alt-rock or pop-punk type tone from this head.

[ThePowrWithn]

@didhereallysay Right on, thank you! Does the "Hot" channel always sound so scooped? Or is the EQ pretty flexible?

[didhereallysay]

@ThePowrWithn No, the "Hot" channel is always so scooped. In this video, I had the X mode on most of the time, which scoops it. In the 2nd video, I had the X mode off most of the time.

[grungeboy31]

hey i gots me a question.... this has a 4 ohm impedance... I heard the cab it comes with, doesn't realy do it any justice because its a mono amp. Now i found a reasonable priced stereo/mono Acoustic lead series cab, that works at 4ohm or 16 ohm mono and 8ohm stereo.... the general rule of thumb is that the cam impedance should be equal or greater than the amphead so as to not burn out the amp head. do i have to match wattage for both head and cab, eg) 100watthead=100wattcab ?

[proegerman1]

@didhereallysay thank you

[pijpok]

@didhereallysay Wow this amp sounds really good for a solid state! (not to say solid state amps or bad or anything, but this one is exceptional.)

[didhereallysay]

@pijpok Yep, that's right. No tubes.