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Thanks, mate. You absolutely should, it's a great amp!

Too kind, thank you! The amp handles drive pedals really well.

Smash that dislike button, smash it hard.

I've not spent any time with a HX Stomp. I have friends that use them (Including a guy I play in a band with). This is just a budget friendly option in that sort of ballpark, I would imagine the HX Stomp would be superior in most ways it could be, although I do prefer the screen on this device as it's bigger and clearer. The HX Stomp is a much more fully featured unit with a tonne of possibilities. It's a really fantastic piece of gear.

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Haha! Thanks, man! That would be tricky though. I reckon I could play blindfold and I could dial an amp with my fingers taped together, but I couldn't play guitar with the tape on my fingers and I doubt I could even find the amp with a blindfold on...I may be overthinking this...

@@BenFletcherGuitar ha yeah probably doesn’t warrant a follow up video putting that to the test! Liking the content as always, 1 of these will be my next purchase I think. Really cool amps.

It was a lovely sound. I'm not sure which I would have gone for had both been available when I purchased mine. I'll be sticking with my SV20 though, as it's working for me.

Far too kind, but I assure you it can be an absolute train wreck on gear that doesn't suit me, haha!

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It was dry when I played it, the effects were added after...so get off your horse and drink your milk, cowboy!

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Thanks, man. Absolutely, the clean on the JT20 felt really nice under the fingers. Very round and squishy...and who doesn't enjoy round and squishy?! Gotta say I've never played through a Marshall that really did it for me on the clean sound, but this one was great.

Thanks, man! It was a really nice sound to play on, had a lovely squish to it.

Thanks, mate! Hopefully it'll be useful to someone, these are pretty popular amps.

I guess it depends on which era you're looking to replicate. In his later career he actually went out with DSL100's, which are pretty affordable amps. Earlier he used 59SLP, so in this case it would be the SV20H. The Still got the Blues album was the JTM45 Reissue amps (I'm getting all this from a quick internet search by the way) so that would be the JT20H. However, he paired the JTM45 with a Marshall Guv'nor pedal which ironically was meant to emulate a JCM800! Ha! So he's making a JTM45 sound like an 80's Marshall, go figure! I'd lean more towards the SV20H if that's the tone you want, higher gain and a little more edge to it.

@@BenFletcherGuitar His blues era. So, all Marshall amps practically ahahha, yeah, I was looking for something between Gary Moore and Bonamassa, SV20H most likely, or even 2525h, but that one is a little darker sounding. Hm, JCM800 is something I didn't even consider.

@@Lordofmrak That's the answer, you just need to buy them all! I'd say maybe go for the JT20. You can create more aggressive gain with a pedal, but tough to achieve the sound of a JTM45 without that style of amp. If you're not going for super high gain, then it's probably a good bet.

@@BenFletcherGuitar Yeah, I agree, thanks!

@@BenFletcherGuitarBen, I’ve attached some footage from 1982 which showed him using a DS-1 for his lead work, into his Marshall!!! ua-cam.com/video/Khyv5rTpY-c/v-deo.htmlsi=x_I29GL68hWBjgEE

I haven't. It was out of my budget unfortunately. The concept looked good though. I paid £299 for this new, as I wanted the option of sending it back if I didn't like it. The X is currently £439, so a good chunk more.

This one is the same. I outline this in the 'limitations' chapter, although I can totally understand you not wanting to wade through all that! Ha! It's a shame, but I would bet with each subsequent generation these things will get more advanced. Incredible amount of tech at the price point really.

@@BenFletcherGuitar I did watch your whole video and I did hear reference to that but it wasn't clear so I asked. Sorry to have bothered you.

@@frankfrank7921 No worries. I wasn't trying to be rude or flippant, I genuinely didn't expect anyone to sit through my rambling! Ha! There's always so much info to get across for a product as complex as this, I worry about the video getting too long. Cheers, Ben.

Very kind, thank you! I use the Marshall for band gigs. You can see it in the 1st clip when I move my ass out of the way, ha! In the 2nd one, it's slightly in front of me and to my left, so basically a few feet from where the camera is. I've synced it with audio from a Tascam DR40 which was on top of that fruit machine in the corner. The camera audio was a pretty savage mix, as you might imagine with the amp so close and pointing straight at it. I use the Humboldt for backing track gigs, as it puts me in the same space as the band. I like to pretend on these blues/whatever I'm playing here gigs, that I'm in the 1970's! Using an amp is part of that experience I guess, although in many ways it's easier playing out the back of a PA cab, both logistically and from a playing perspective. (For me anyway) Cheers, Ben.

I've seen some things in threads that I hope aren't true, but the internet isn't always reliable with regards to the truth. Customer service is a big deal, especially when there are so many competing products.

@@BenFletcherGuitar See the video "Atomic Amps: Buyers Beware".

Thanks, Graeme! You gotta get the right venue for this stuff. There are some places where Brown Eyed Girl, is too obscure for them! Fortunately there are still a few isolated pockets of music lovers still out there.

Thanks, mate!

Cool! Hope you like the amp! You must plug it in to a cabinet, it can't run without some kind of load on it and the cab must match the ohm rating of the output you select for it. You can buy an inexpensive load box or attenuator. A load box would be silent and wouldn't require a cab, whereas an attenuator would still require a cab, but at least you could turn the sucker down! Cheers, Ben.

@BenFletcherGuitar thanks for the detailed response. It's great that you post your amp settings. I realize that the guitar makes a difference. QUESTION: if you have time to respond, can you let me know if the Burn up it pedal is still your goto pedal? Thanks for your inspiration.

@@GuitarTeleMan No worries! Yes absolutely. I still use the Small Fry for all my gigs with this amp. I also have a Dude Pedal by J Rockett, that I use for gigs going direct to PA with a DSM Humbolt (Pedal board is so small the Small Fry won't fit!). The Dude is a good substitute for the Small Fry if you can't get hold of the Barber pedal. They're not quite the same, but I think you'll get good tones from either one. I'm currently working on a video comparing the Small Fry, The Dude and the Warm Audio Warm Drive (Zendrive). I gotta say, that Small Fry takes some beating for what I want to hear in a drive sound. Ben

@BenFletcherGuitar lol... poor Small Fry. I am looking forward to the video of all three pedals because each one interests me. I think the Small Fry may have been replaced by the Burn Unit, but I'm not sure. I play more of a Jeff Beck style, and I think the Marshall and one of the pedals will do the trick. 🙏😁

Thank you for your comment. I agree with everything you mentioned. I couldn't tell if they were being cagey about their response to my questions regarding a few of those points, or there was a language barrier. I thought exactly as you did, that sending them the files (had I accepted the deal and filmed anything) would basically mean I'd forfeited any rights to them. It was very eye opening, but I've since worked with another Chinese company who were brilliant and requested nothing from me at all. The product was good too! So I'm pleased to say that whilst widespread, not all the companies out there are operating like the one I mention in this video. Thanks for the compliment, much appreciated, Ben.

Thank you! I think live volume comes down to the type of gig. The 20 watt this amp offers is easily enough for me and most of my gigs I run it in 5 watt mode. However...that's assuming you have no use for a clean channel. You won't get clean volume from this amp at anything approaching gig volume. It's going to start to dirty up way before you get heard over a drummer. The JTM45 version of this amp (JT20) has more of a range of clean. Not loads, but you could probably play a low volume jazz gig on a clean sound, where the SV20 wouldn't even manage that. I'm already starting to sweat at the thought of playing clean solos, so I've got the right amp for me! Hope this helps.

Hi, Tim! I still own it, but I haven't used it for a long while. I will fix it and sell it at some point. I had issues with it losing its settings on gigs. I lost confidence in it, because you can't edit the sounds without a USB and a laptop. Obviously I don't have those things with me on a gig, but I decided the whole concept of menu or app based editing systems wasn't working for me. I switched to something called the DSM Humbolt Simplifier MK2. One of my recent videos is about it. I pair it with an inexpensive IR loader that Sonicake sent me a few years ago. I like this setup, it's basically like having a head and a cab on a small pedalboard, then you just use your regular guitar pedals with it. The video will make it seem like I don't like it, but I think it sounds great and works in a very analogue way. I think IR's are the biggest leap forward in modelling tech. Captures are cool, but don't respond to your guitar's volume control in the same way as a model (in my opinion anyway). I know it's the latest and greatest thing, but they're very accurate at replicating specific conditions. Specific amp settings, specific input gain, but the second you deviate from that, it's no longer a realistic response. A lot of players never change the volume or tone on their guitar though, so it just won't matter to them. Anyway my point being, get something with user IR slots and most things can be made to sound great. I like my setup because everything is separate, but that's just me not wanting to wear glasses on stage and mess with menus! By the way, those Atomic units can be had for very little used. You could land on a bargain and they do still sound good. I hope that some of my rambling helps! Cheers.

And thank you for the compliment!

Thanx Ben. I’m using my old pod and I don’t play out just me at home. I have heard the modelers react more to volume. I’m always torn when it comes to spending more money on new gear. I will dive in to your videos now more that winter is fast approaching here in Chicago land. Thanx again. 🤘💪🤓

Thank you, glad you got something from it! Valeton make some nice products. A friend of mine uses their bass strip (similar to a Tech21 style unit) and gets good sounds from it. I would imagine a lot of these Chinese products have the same internals. The Ampero version 1 is identical in most ways to this unit, in terms of operating system. In fact the same software can edit both, which is the giveaway! I'm sure Valeton are probably in on that too. Cheers, Ben.

Ha! I wonder if anyone has managed to shoe-horn it in to a gig?! Bill Bailey maybe?!

Sounds like a cool setup you have there. I find that for things like looping/octaves in to bass amps/in your case a synth pedal, it's way more convenient to run something like this than real amps. You get in to a monitoring mess with multiple sound sources and there's so much more to carry. Direct definitely has its advantages. Glad you're digging it, there are good sounds to be had for sure. Cheers, Ben.

Thanks for the suggestion, that's not a name I've come across.

Rod was with Foghat! Check him out playing the song " It hurts me too"!

Yes, you have repeats, time and volume for the delay, then decay and volume for the verb. Nice and simple.

Probably wise advice. I'm not sure what a rate card is, but I'm pretty sure I wouldn't get paid for UA-cam content without considerably more subscribers than I have. Given that in my estimation I'll be in my 80's by time I reach 10k, I don't think I'll have to worry too much about this, haha! I did see the guitar geek video a while back and thought it was very interesting. Thanks for the comment, Ben.

It's definitely good bang for the buck, I've been enjoying it on gigs. It seems solid, but I've only had it a couple of months so can't speak on its durability. Definitely worth a look if you're after verb and delay and have a modest budget like I do! Cheers, Ben.

Thank you. Compressors are very addictive. After using a compressor for years, I stopped shortly after making this video and it took ages for me to be comfortable without one. You can get great results though.

It's a solid pedal, I've had some good live sounds from it. Thank you! That's very odd that it got removed, I wonder why they chose to do that? Obviously they don't want musicians making any money! I made 0.036 pence by putting it on UA-cam. If I write a whole album, I could make as much as one penny after tax! Ha! Check out Michael Mannring if you haven't done already. Incredible solo fretless bass stuff. This is probably the most well known video of him on UA-cam, but it's a good one... ua-cam.com/video/aY4Ra2KOyas/v-deo.html

@@BenFletcherGuitar Cheers Ben, he is pretty cool, I will have a look into him in detail later. I use to listen to a bit of Mick Karn fretless stuff. He played bass for the band Japan years ago. There is defo something I prefer about fretless, especially when it is played as dynamically as that.

Thanks, mate!

It's a great pedal, I'm really glad I found it. I've recently acquired a Dude pedal (for a bargain price) for use on a 2nd board for direct to PA usage. It's also excellent and very much in the same vein, though I still prefer my Small Fry with my amp.

Too kind, thanks man!