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The Novice Noise Maker
United Kingdom
Приєднався 2 чер 2012
Hi folks, Rich here your friendly Novice Guitarist doing reviews, playing and chatting.
I’ve owned 154 guitars and 20 amps. I give my honest thoughts on guitars to try and help others.
I’ve owned 154 guitars and 20 amps. I give my honest thoughts on guitars to try and help others.
A bit of chill to calm down on the Chapman Cap 10 V2
A bit of chill to calm down on the Chapman Cap 10 V2
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Відео
I kept my Harley Benton Tube 15 instead of going for a Katana Gen 3, Catalyst or Marshall MG50 FX
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I kept my Harley Benton Tube 15 instead of going for a Katana Gen 3, Catalyst or Marshall MG50 FX
Chapman Cap 10 v2, how different from V1? A lot as it turns out! 😃
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Chapman Cap 10 v2, how different from V1? A lot as it turns out! 😃
Tone City Durple stacked with Harley Benton Dr D through Marshall MG50 FX and a looper
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Tone City Durple stacked with Harley Benton Dr D through Marshall MG50 FX and a looper
Marshall MG50 FX, quick sound demo and thoughts. Not sure about this amp on first impressions 🤔
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Marshall MG50 FX, quick sound demo and thoughts. Not sure about this amp on first impressions 🤔
Marshall MG15 FX side by side Marshall MG50 FX. Can you hear a difference at low (ish) volume?
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Marshall MG15 FX side by side Marshall MG50 FX. Can you hear a difference at low (ish) volume?
Marshall MG50 FX Gold unboxing. Replacement for Blackstar ID Core 100 and instead of Katana/Catalyst
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Marshall MG50 FX Gold unboxing. Replacement for Blackstar ID Core 100 and instead of Katana/Catalyst
I bought a Blackstar ID Core 100 instead of a Katana Gen 3 or Line 6 Catalyst CX
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I bought a Blackstar ID Core 100 instead of a Katana Gen 3 or Line 6 Catalyst CX
Help please.. Boss Katana 50 Gen 3 or Catalyst 60 CX for a new amp?
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I can’t get to try them back to back. I had a Cat MKI and I’ve had a Katana MKI and MKII. Preferred the sound as a pedal platform from the Cat and FX loop is highly desirable. The Katana has an easier to use panel though and I’m curious about Gen 3.
@jamiewhite3703 this is my latest budget pedal board
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@jamiewhite3703 this is my latest budget pedal board
PRS SE Swamp Ash demo. Also Tone City Durple, NUX Analog Delay and Harley Benton pedals
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PRS SE Swamp Ash demo. Also Tone City Durple, NUX Analog Delay and Harley Benton pedals
PRS SE Swamp Ash Special, NUX Analogue Delay, Tone City ‘Durple’. All here today 🙂
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PRS SE Swamp Ash Special, NUX Analogue Delay, Tone City ‘Durple’. All here today 🙂
Attak Pik, love them! Great alternative to Jazz III. NGD tomorrow and it’s not a Chapman…
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Attak Pik, love them! Great alternative to Jazz III. NGD tomorrow and it’s not a Chapman…
‘Metal’ guitar playing clean (ish) tones using the coil split. What do you think about coil splits?
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‘Metal’ guitar playing clean (ish) tones using the coil split. What do you think about coil splits?
Buckethead ‘Soothsayer’ improv, Harley Benton Tube 15 amp, Chapmen ML3 and a novice noise maker!
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Buckethead ‘Soothsayer’ improv, Harley Benton Tube 15 amp, Chapmen ML3 and a novice noise maker!
@dragan4658 a quick tickle on the ML3 Standard after its trip to @TomHorler the magician
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@dragan4658 a quick tickle on the ML3 Standard after its trip to @TomHorler the magician
Chapman ML3 Modern Standard. Quick demo. We’ll miss new, affordable releases like these 😔
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Chapman ML3 Modern Standard. Quick demo. We’ll miss new, affordable releases like these 😔
Harley Benton mini-stomp pedal haul! Delay, overdrive, distortion and more! Cheap fun
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Harley Benton mini-stomp pedal haul! Delay, overdrive, distortion and more! Cheap fun
Chapman ML3 Standard and Pro back from @TomHorler the guitar tech magician! Using a tech is 👌🏻
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Chapman ML3 Standard and Pro back from @TomHorler the guitar tech magician! Using a tech is 👌🏻
No more Standard Series guitars from Chapman 😟. What does this mean? What now for TNNM ??
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No more Standard Series guitars from Chapman 😟. What does this mean? What now for TNNM ??
Snake Oil Marvellous Engine pedal, Chapman ML3 Pro Thinline,hello @petermartin1967
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Snake Oil Marvellous Engine pedal, Chapman ML3 Pro Thinline,hello @petermartin1967
Buckethead tribute from a beginner guitarist trying to cheer himself up. Chapman guitars ❤️
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Buckethead tribute from a beginner guitarist trying to cheer himself up. Chapman guitars ❤️
Blackstar ID Core V4, ambient tones with the Chapman Cap 10
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Blackstar ID Core V4, ambient tones with the Chapman Cap 10
Marshall MG15 DFX amp, freed up from my drum kit but sounding broken 😞 not helped by my playing
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Marshall MG15 DFX amp, freed up from my drum kit but sounding broken 😞 not helped by my playing
Chapman ML1 Traditional with Tonerider Classic Blues pickup upgrade
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Chapman ML1 Traditional with Tonerider Classic Blues pickup upgrade
Affordable gear, Harley Benton and Joyo, turn it up, play badly but who cares 🎸
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Affordable gear, Harley Benton and Joyo, turn it up, play badly but who cares 🎸
Can the Harley Benton Tube 15 sound clean 🤔
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Can the Harley Benton Tube 15 sound clean 🤔
Chapman ML3 Standard Traditional, possibly the smoothest neck pickup I’ve owned ❤️🤔
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Chapman ML3 Standard Traditional, possibly the smoothest neck pickup I’ve owned ❤️🤔
Selling guitars on eBay, everything you need to know from a 100% feedback, 2k transactions guy.
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Selling guitars on eBay, everything you need to know from a 100% feedback, 2k transactions guy.
This one of those you should have kept, Rich. 😉 I have recently found out that these Chinese made classic vibe guitars actually have Tonerider pickups in them. the 50's have Surfari alnico III pickups in them for bright 50's sound. And the 60's have Classic Blues alnico V pickups in them. Get one while you can 🙂
Nice!!
@@thenovicenoisemaker yeah, you will not get Fender or Tonerider to admit it but people have done the research and, They are made in the same factory They are made by the same OEM producer They look the same They sound the same They have the same product numbers The measured output is the same
out of tune....
Absolutely 👍🏻
I have one of the HB15’s. Put an EQ Pedal in front of it and you will be blown away with it. Most important pedal you can ever have.
Never thought of that! Thank you
@@thenovicenoisemaker Boss GE 7 . Will transform the amp. You’re welcome :)
beautiful melody matey, very well done 👏👏👏
Thanks Dave 😊
Excellent choice, real amp vs plastic boxes.
Thank you 🙏
You could consider trying to find a Line 6 Spider Valve, if you want a valve sound but customisability. Fantastic amps, and if you wanna bypass the modelling pre-s there is an FX loop to bypass it entirely and just use the valve power section.
Thank you, not come across one of these
Sounds lovely, mate 🙂
Thanks buddy
If you want a richer fuller sound your speaker cone needs to be at least 12inches .
Thanks Phil. It’s 12” in the Harley Benton but maybe it’s chassis is a bit small
That PRS is lovely! Is it an SE bolt-on?
Thank you, it is. It’s the Swamp Ash Special model
Chill time well played Rich sounds superb 👍🎸🎸
Thanks Mala. Hope you’re doing ok
Nice guitar rich 👍🎸
Headstock the wrong way for you though 😂
For me a Valve amp is always a 1st choice- for me I have the Vox ac30 and the Fender Princeton 68 - both killer amps for a gigging Blues guitarist i.e ME 😮😮🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Nice video Dude- Ps I have a lovely PRS too- can't say which one as the wife will google it and find out how much I REALLY paid for it 🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈
Ha ha that’s brilliant 🤣🤣🤫🤫🤫🤫
@thenovicenoisemaker let's just say the word Library I think you'll get the jist
Nice guitar, but the only thing I would replace immediately is the ugly pickguard ;)
Yeah agreed, I don’t like tortoise shell of any sort. No direct replacements for it though
The subscriber you were referring to was me :) Glad you got one of these as they are really hard to find in good condition and are incredible for the money. A couple of observations from owning one. I really disliked the pickups and replaced mine with Bareknuckle VH1’s (subjective of course). But I agree that other than that the guitar is superior to the version 1, especially with additional locking tuners, brass block and SS frets. I also found that I had to remove one of the string trees as the guitar wouldn’t stay in tune. I’ve seen others with this issue. What was your experience? Great vid, as always!
Aha! Hi James 😊. The pickups sound ok for me and certainly better than the SD’s in the old one. As for being in tune, my guitars are shears out of tune 😩🙈. Several have had set ups and love from a brilliant tech but still the same. Maybe the humidity or conditions in the room they’re kept in, not sure. I need to restring this guitar and drop the action a bit too. It’s been hard tailed so we’ll see how it goes 👍🏻👍🏻
@@thenovicenoisemaker Excellent! Will be interested to hear your experience when it comes to tuning stability upon using the trem. If you sell this guitar I shall unsubscribe! 🤣😉😊
A Fender Pugilist can be bought second hand (bought mine off Facebook Marketplace) for around £50. Sounds great, looks amazing, probably as much overdrive distortion as you'll ever need. Would sound fantastic through that Harley Benton tube amp.
Cool thanks for this 👍🏻
I went to post a strat,few weeks ago thinking I could get it posted for £16 with parcel force,couldn't as value was over £400,so had to pay £26 to send it ,nice guitar 👍🏻
I never use the additional insurance. On the one and only guitar that got damaged, making a claim was a joke and they did not pay out the value after a lengthy fight. I decided it wasn’t worth it and take the risk (fingers crossed, out of about 50 or more guitars and hundreds of golf clubs and several amps, all been fine). Thanks for tuning in 👍🏻👍🏻
Mine (Monoprice) is on a small corner table oriented like yours. Great little amps.
Cool 👌🏻
Very nice mate , good Tone that , even through your phone , I don’t know if you’re into blues music, but if you like that sort of thing take a listen to Slash’s new album, “ orgy of the damned” it’s very good , some fantastic guitar playing throughout 👍👍🤠🎸
Ok cool thanks 👍🏻👍🏻
I’ve been messing with my spark 2 , some of the AI sounds are awesome ( to my ears ) I found one earlier, I put in Angus Young , and the fourth one that popped up to me sounded very very close to his sound ( even with me hammering away at it 😂) the quality of the amp is great , the looper too , can be changed from 4 bars 8 bars 12 bars and beyond ( free setting I think it’s called) I’m very pleased with it, obviously you’ve had loads of amps etc , but this is the most expensive thing I’ve had gear wise and to me it was so worth it , and it’s really loud , but not distorted sound 👍👍🤠🎸
Brilliant! As it for a Buckethead sound and a ZZ Top and report back 😃
@@thenovicenoisemaker I’m not sure about bucket head , I’m not well versed in his style but I’ll have a look later and let you know 😂👍👍🤠
Lovely that mate...do you just find these odd backing tracks anywhere, or do you have your favourite sources? Well done mate, keep up the great work and hope all is well!
Thanks buddy. That’s my looper, I played some chords from C major scale then played over it 👍🏻
@@thenovicenoisemaker Ah, did wonder, mate! Great stuff!
@MrClydie_Po_Po thank you ☺️
That sounded lovely mate 👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks Peter
Nice mate ,, sounds good too 👍👍🤠🎸
Thanks Col
Very interesting video ! Thanks Rich !
😃
Always enjoy your videos ! Thanks for sharing !
Thanks for watching!
Getting a cab for your tube amp or changing speaker would be good improvement. I changed the speaker in my 4watt tube amp for a celestion alnico gold that with upgraded tubes made a huge difference. Also if you are after a reverb pedal get a strymon blue sky,i got a mk1 not cheap but brilliant. Also a exotic sl drive is brilliant for marshal tones, or u can turn the gain off and use it for a boost.
Thanks Peter 👌🏻
I never see the point in running a £350 reverb pedal into a £150 amp 🤔. Sure, Strymon make good pedals, but is it really worth the price when it’s plugged into a budget friendly rig? It’s crazy to think that you can get perfectly good results from a budget guitar, plugged into a budget amp…… but don’t you dare try to cut corners when it comes to reverb….. only Strymon will do. It’s like someone asking for first guitar recommendations and being told, “I highly recommend Gibson custom shop and PRS private stock for quality”.
@@slashssnakepit4444 Got mine for £160 second hand and it's brilliant, also got strymon el capistan for £180 bloody brilliant delay and 2 pedals I will never sell. My vox ac4 cost £120 second hand spent the same on a celestion alinco gold speaker second hand and £110 on replacing tubes for quality vintage ones well happy with the results. I have also brought a second hand universal audio dream 65 pedal for when I won't to play quite or easy recording through my Audient interface, fantastic pedal. Tried lots of cheap pedals but won't be going back to cheap ones since heard the difference with the strymon ones. I don't have expensive guitars but it's amazing what a decent sent of pickups, decent electrics/pots can do to a cheaper guitar. I am happy with my 2 set ups now and buying second hand it's not ended being silly money,(electrics and cuts pots brought new). When I was building my Stratocaster I put a new vega trem on it which was £250, but the trem is amazing and so much easier to use the anything else
I've been using Dragon's Heart picks for ~3+ years now, I'd recommend checking them out. Recently got a 9 mm 'Achilleus' from purple plectrums, it's also pretty sick.
Thanks for this 👍🏻
You can get a Katana 2 for next to nothing and run your board into the power amp in the back and bypass the Katana patches and modulations all together.
I didn’t know that, that’s worth knowing, thank you.
Dave Simpsons Tube 15 video brings back happy memories. I was due to go to see Dave and at the time I was also about to order a Tube 15 from Thomann. I got the idea to have it delivered to Dave and then collect it when I saw him so he could try it out and possibly make a video. Then came the day for me to go and see him. It suddenly burst into my head whilst driving there, what if he really likes it? How could I take it away from him? Well, he did so I didn’t and you’ve seen the video 🙂
Ah that’s cool 😊
I asked him in his live chat about the HB and he no longer has it. I guess he has enough amps from the looks of it.
@robf.7404 yea he’s got lots. He sells stuff on FB marketplace
If you're going to record, the katana is the one again.
Thanks buddy
Rich. Really don't mean to offend you or anything. But I bought my first guitar, a stagg telecaster, because you reviewed it and I'm so grateful. Its broken now and I'm so sad, but really still glad so thanks man!
Oh no 😢. What’s happened to it??
I recommend Joyo BanTamP XL Jackman II + Harley Benton G112 Celestion V30
Thank you 👍🏻
Yeah, £25 postage sounds a bit steep - but if the seller had to buy a decent quality twin-wall guitar box then that's a fair price?
Used old box 🙈. Any way, that’s just me. I don’t over charge, in fact I under charge and send things quickly. It’s here now, that’s the main thing
Smart move. I know I’ve told ya several times but can’t stress enough how much better this amp gets with the JHS little black box amp pedal ( basically an attention/ volume pedal ) that blows that little button on there outta the water.
Thanks Ben
@@thenovicenoisemaker sorry to keep drilling this point Rich but Benny loves ya and wants the best for ya !
@benallmark9671 😃😃
@benallmark9671 😊
If your goal was to dissuade mates from buying, I must say job well done. 🧐🤭😬
Awesome 👍🏻
What was the gain gain level?
Can’t remember I’m afraid
With pedals I’d have it low
Pls reply Marshal mg 15 or blackstar 10 v3 i will be using zoom g6
Marshall. The Blackstar does not take pedals well
Jus tordered a crybaby for my spark 2 and then looked this up. I made a good choice. Love this. Ta
Great news 👍🏻👍🏻
@@thenovicenoisemaker sublime licks, my brother
@shannonterry22 super kind thank you 🙏
Had one of these, hated it, sent it back. If you want a Marshall get a dsl 20 head, the 1 watt head is good too.
Thanks buddy. This is going back
SLOW & MOODY, VEERY CHILLED! You have got to review a 5150 Iconic even if it means going to the music shop to demo it there...I gotta know your thoughts about it. If you do go to a music shop bring a few of your fave pedals! cheers Bud
I’ll see what I can do 😊. Thanks for tuning in 👍🏻
Why not use the outside gym down the road by the college?
Hi Colin, Just not enough equipment but nice idea having outdoor kit for people 👍🏻
Sir please reply Marshall v15 or blackstar v4
The Marshall if you want to use pedals otherwise it’s the Blackstar
supongo que la ajustastes...guitarra desoctavada
Er yes
Try 5150 iconic 15w 2nd hand £300 max if you want built in FX can't go wrong with the Spark Amp
Thanks buddy
I bought a Marshall MG50 DFX for £50 on Facebook years ago, sold it, then bought it back again and Im still using it to play. Love it.
Awesome 🙌🏻
Nothing wrong with the amp. If it sounds tinny, put some bass on. ❤️🎸.
Had the bass on max, it’s better but still not what I’m after
@@thenovicenoisemaker you could be a bass player, wanting to get out. ♥️🎸.
@anthonyclegg1511 😃
Ac10 would be my recommendation. No effects loop but if you’re using clean tones with pedals then that’s not a problem. Sound is rich and harmonic at most levels and you can just about make it work well at room level.
Thank you buddy 👍🏻
listen this to my AKG Studio Headphones and something is just not there for me with this amp , maybe a better speaker is needed it does look good I give it that , if I was to build a decent amp for home I would start with the BOSS Katana Mini base boost that to 25 watts 8 inch speaker with effects loop usb c connector to connect to recording software as a interface I don't think BOSS would want to do something that and impact their Katana 50 range and sales , but if they did it would be a big seller, this is a tough market almost a quest for the Holy Grail in the price range and market ,
Quest for the holy grail is the right terminology!
@@thenovicenoisemaker exactly the biggest drawback with these amps is the speakers their just cheap Chinese shite, that Marshall you just review imagine that with a decent Celestion speaker for example , it's all about keeping cost down, my quest continues, personally I'm reading about interfaces and plugins , my Katana Mini is perfect for travel and practice this is little amp has some balls on it when you hit the brown sound , I just love straight forward amps old school , even with a plugin if I find that one plugin or virtual amp I will just run with that I just can't be arse pissing looking for this or that , maybe its age lol who knows,
@canadianintheukbrian I’m the same. Bored with trying to find the right kind of sound and amp. I might just spend a bit more, get a decent amp for pedals and be done with it