This Amp Changed EVERYTHING for Me
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- Опубліковано 18 жов 2024
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In regards to "knowing your way around a soldering iron" be very careful with tube amps there are some very dangerous voltages and if you touch the wrong thing you could seriously harm yourself (sometimes even after plugging it out). If in doubt do it with someone who's experienced with high voltage circuits :D
This needs more attention. Tube amps can 100% end you if you touch the wrong thing
Yes, definitely never try to build a tube amp yourself. Always pay me to do it.😉
I went through a similar journey.. There are three amps which I had the best success with: Mesa Lonestar Special, Suhr Badger, and a Two Rock Studio Pro. The fewer pedals I've used with these amps, the better. If you want to become a better guitarist, and have better tone.. avoid distractions at all costs. Your right hand touch does more for your sound than any single piece of gear. Invest in your playing!
literally every guitarist would disagree with u.... ul be back chasing toon with pedals soon or later. bare amps are boring and lack originality and everyone gets tired of their basic tone
@@end27 Pedals are a tool. Where people go wrong is endlessly searching for the perfect overdrive tone, which simply doesn’t exist. Invest in your playing and you’ll get great tones on whatever gear you use. There is nothing boring or unoriginal about relying primarily on your amp.. That’s a really childish take on the subject.
@@end27I found everything Steve said to be pretty spot on. Simple, high quality overdriven tube amps tend to keep the tone of your guitar and everything you put into it as a player intact and respond best with as little circuitry as possible between the guitar and the amp input. This means it is up to YOU to keep your tone from being boring. Stating that literally every guitarist would disagree with him suggests to me that you need to broaden your horizen a bit and that you still have a lot of growing to do.
thats why all bands and best guitarists in the world use pedals, right. u make 0 sense. how can u be this delusional blows my mind. u can literally google, watch videos, watch concerts, see pedalboards yet u try to convince anyone pedals are for beginners or bad players or whatever deragatory passive aggressive insults u try to sneak in here. @@mikegrisafi541
Nailed it!!!! So true. Get a great amp and maybe a transparent pedal to push and boost it. And maybe one more for leads. To add mids for solos.
John is the king of the loops to create and play over … just incredible creativity bro ! Damn dude , just unreal talent you are …👍😎
I had a similar experience when I first got my Victoria 20112 (aka 5E3 tweed deluxe). Just volume and tone control and it’s glorious
Simple amps are my favorite! Dial in a great tone quickly and then be able to just focus on playing!
I use a deluxe reverb and love it. Nice clean sound, good with pedals, it’s a good amp. If you’ve never tried one I would.
Love love love my 90’s 65 reissue. Clipped the bright cap and it sounds awesome
I agree, deluxe reverbs could be the best clean amps and pedal platforms in the same time.
The interesting thing to me--and this is not an insult...just something I've noticed--is that it seems no matter what amp you use, your tone sounds (to me) essentially the same. It kind of beckons the question as to how much of what is even necessary. You've made videos with several modelers, several app modelers, several amps (solid states, various tubes) from various manufacturers. Every single one sounds nearly identical to me. It's fairly clear to me that certain people dial a very sort of specific tone in with whatever amp they use--some amps that may mean the low, mid, highs are at X, Y, and Z, while other amps they are slightly different to achieve the same sound (as the EQ curves are different for every amp/pedal/modeler). But, at the end of the day...your ears are going to guide the settings to essentially the same or very similar sound despite using a totally different amp.
Every demo you've showcased has the same sort of Eric Johnson-esque violin tone. It's sort of just led me to think I'll likely never need anything more than a Boss Katana and a solid pedalboard.
Agree. Wonderful player but sounds are exactly the same no matter what is plugged in
Well, my takeaway from this is that it doesn't make sense to try to get how something sounds by watching a yt video. Too much compression and processing anyway, not only by the creator.
the worship guys sound it is. shit sob rock tone sry
Completely agree with you
Agree with you too. I honestly have to laugh how everyday John states how amazing any given modeler is and how we need an HX Stomp for all the variety it provides, yet every clean or distortion tone is so similar to the next. Really? Just the other day I watched “his best lead tone ever” and it sounded like all the other 500+ videos. Who falls for this stuff? Just get a simple amp and learn to play, or find your own path and tone. So much modeler nonsense.
Recently acquired a Benson Monarch, nothing touches it for dynamics, no reverb, a tone and volume knob and a British/USA voicing switch. Incredible amp and there’s no option paralysis.tone for days and all the dynamics come from your hand, clean to overdrive all from your hand and pick attack. Modelers can’t touch that, although I love those too
I am sure it is a fantastic amp, and probably does rank up there on dynamics. But let's be real. First there are Modellers that can do that. I love the few Tube Amps I still have, tube preamps. But, My Axe FX has all the dynamics and response of those tube amps. Second, if you're getting overdrive from that Monarch, you are either playing it VERY loud, using pedals, which would have to impact the immediacy, and response, as all pedals do, or an attenuator/loadbox, which also has that same tendency.
Love my Monarch reverb plus, only amp I can't replicate in the Helix
John Cordy sinks over an inch every year. Engineers failed to account for the weight of all the gear that he would eventually carry.
Just wait for the isostatic rebound ...
😂
True. In the beginning I loved his reviews and especially his smooth playing abilties. Now, it seems he is only a paid endorser who loves all devices and all of them changed his life! Even the Jojo Pedal is a burner…This is not authentic anymore.
Make a last video and tell us what YOU really like!
Find yourself a hand wired deluxe reverb and you'll never look back.
The RedPlate Blackline was a huge game changer for me. I still record with a Fractal FM3 but the RedPlate is the best sounding amp I have ever played through. Basically a fender style preamp section with an EL34 power amp. Dual channel. Pricey but worth every penny.
I bought two amps that brought me back from modelers - a Fender Bassbreaker 007 head and more recently a Milkman The Amp 50. I run both through a WGS ET-65 with easily portable convenience. The cab is about the size of, but much lighter than a Princeton Tonemaster.
Fender BB 007 head is my favorite Amp. I have the matching cab, but replaced the speaker with a creamback neo. Even better through my Marahall Astoria Cabinet with a creamback. This Amp can do classic rock and blues and cleans up nicely with volume pot.
man, you gotta play a Deluxe Reverb! I've got a '66 that I bought years ago and have held onto, it's my gold standard for what an amp needs to do, and we're talking entirely clean tones here.
With regards to channel switching amps I always go back to a one-off dig from Mick Taylor on TPS in which he referred to channel switching amps as a "horrific compromise". Which the longer I play amps the more I agree. I mean "keep it simple, stupid" works very well in amp circuits.
As an aside. Lot's of people have said that John sounds like John no matter what he's plugged into. However, here when he had a bit of amp gain going the tonality of the amp was guiding his playing to different note choices/styles that struck me. So it's clearly a more symbiotic relationship coming from that amp, I feel...but what the fuck do I know?!
I'd say at least a little bit
Stunning sounding amp. Want!
Princeton ‘68 RI delivers beautiful and iconic tones for a pretty reasonable price. I also have a Suhr Hombre (Brownface Deluxe clone)… another great sounding amp with a different character to the Princeton.
I did the same- bought a Gries 5W tube amp. Same size as this one. Very nice, clean sound and dead simple. It's very quite and reliable. I paid ~$400 very lightly used. Here in the US, $400 for a hand-wired tube amp is pretty good. I use pedal for effects. This amp has nice gain. Mine is all clean.
I purchased a new Marshall Origin 50C awhile back; I can get the JTM-45, JTM-45/100, and SLP tones I want at a great price. I had a blast and it was sooooo good, I soon had an Origin 50H full stack.
Then I went full on back into tube amps again; in 2023 I've added an Engl E651 Artist Edition, Marshall JVM410H, 1959HW and a Mesa JP-2C.
All but one (SY-1000) of my modelers are gone; replaced with tube amps, HX-FX, and my computer plugin rig with PolyChrome DSP, several Neural DSP, Helix Native an Softube Marshall Amp Room.
For a gigging rig, depending on the music, I'd take my computer rig (for prog, fusion, metal, and everything else...it's very versatile and sounds amazing IMO), my Origin 50C (for classic rock/hard rock) or my ISP Theta Pro DSP MS (for '80s hair metal and thrash).
I hear you, I have a small valve Italian Brunetti boutique combo, single channel one speaker, pretty light, and I can do whatever I need with some pedals in front.
Usually, use a telecaster, orange ad30htc.. fairly minimal setup, wah,tuner, mxr reverb with a 2x12 orange closed back cab. In a hurry one day to get to a rehearsal at a local studio. Picked up my a strat and my tiny terror. Plugged into a marshall superlead cab. No pedals just el84s screaming. Best sound i have had and experienced in years.
I love this build and the price point too! I play a Dr. Z Stang Ray, which is now discontinued, but is basically an AC30 (30 watt EL-84 circuit) with a 12" Celestion Gold. Has only 3 controls: Volume, Tone and Cut. NO reverb - similarly simple to the Dexter. I heard it when Brad Paisley was first out and opening for the artist I toured with. I had him walk me through his rig b/c I liked his tone.
This is now a custom build for 1700 pounds. 😮
@John Nathan Cordy What unit is that sitting on top of The Dexter ?
I'm guessing a Load Box of some description but I don't recognise it from the limited view of it.
Fractal load box
@@waynebacer6235 Cheers 👍
The Dexter is the John Cordy signature model, by Rift amplifiers.
bro, everything changes everything to you every 10 days :p
Have you tried the Revv D20? One channel, 6v6, 20/4 watts. Compact and light! Two notes DI out with IRs. I really like mine. Pretty versatile.
Hi John, what an incredible tone! You mentioned a schematic for this amp, do you have a link for me? Thanks in advance - Axel
I love my Quilter Overdrive 200 head, favorite solid state amp I've ever heard. Small and light enough to merit its own carrying case and can push up to 200 watts. On the flip side to the video, it has three channels but the gain stages are so usable that I could forego overdrive pedals for a footswitch. Pedals work great through it, however.
Wow. That's crazy good
I keep going back to my late 2000s Marshall 2061x with a 1x10 Mojotone cab, 60-watt Celestion. Very simple, works nicely with pedals. Cheers
I use an HX Effects for most of my sounds into a Deluxe Rev reissue and a Blues Jr in stereo. I love the sounds I get.
The BadCat BlackCat is the best 2 channel switching amp I've had the pleasure of owning. I have a Mesa Fillmore that's also pretty good but for me the BlackCat is the clear winner. I usually primarily like/use 1 channel or the other on a channel switcher but I use both channels on the Badcat and honestly love them both.
Dr Z Jetta gets me there. Very simple 3 knob 30 watt. I run in the front with a gain pedal and the buffered FX loop for verb and echo pedals.
A Swart Mod 84 run through a Fryette Power Station brought me back from modeling!
Great playing and sound!
150 pounds? I looked on the website 1400 pounds! It does sound great though
I am pretty happy with my Mesa Boogie California Tweed.
i got a Marshall origin 50 head - same reason, loud and clean, simple, no switching, sounds great, cheap. 11.8kg head. could be lighter but its light enough
Ah yes I remember this amp. It was right after you convinced me to buy an hx stomp and then you did a video on that amp. I felt betrayed. But the HX stomp is the best bit of gear I've ever bought in my life so there is that
Revv D20. Has Two Notes built in. Sounds great thru a cab or direct.
Swart STR Tremolo. Amazing amp! Still use my HX Stomp, but occasionally go with just a guitar and the STR.
That amp sounds great!
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Finally an amp for left-handed dudes, nice. They waited for 9 decades.
Get yourself a Henrikson bud 6. World changing.
I have that same Tokai 335. Great guitar :-)
WOW , What a GREAT amp . .. wish I could find one in the US
Again, NOS tubes all the way!!! I have a 6v6 amp that I run with grey glass RCA 6v6s and RCA black plates for the preamps- insane!
7:40 I have a Fender Bassbreaker 007 head as my favorite Amp. It is something like a mini Plexi with one channel and a treble boost. Kemper sold due to options paralysis 😂
Goes for 2000 ibs now, u got a grt deal!
Amp for home band practice Mesa Boogie Filmore 50 two channel combo with channel cloning. Can do what a Deluxe does but twice the power with 3 gain level modes: Clean, Drive, Hi Gain. Fender style design but Mesa Boogie higher gain option. Amp was expensive before Covid but now really expensive.
This amp and the matrix cab, solid rig
After owning (and sending back) the Quad Cortex twice now, I refuse to buy another hardware modeler. If you buy a nice amp and a few pedals, you’ve just bought a setup for life. Sure, you can play around with different pedals from time to time, but the base amp tone won’t change and that’s better than modeling devices that keep being released and updated and becoming antiquated.
Ceriatone OTS 20 with Kleinulator in the loop into a Boogie 1X10 16 Cab.
Like soundmen the right speaker can make or break you
If I had a nickel for every time JNC said a piece of gear "changed everything" for him... Lmao
Very nice. What is this amp plugged into after the Fractal Load box?
Sounding pretty sweet
Remember you had that shur and I really like that one how do you think it compares to shur I have to take a listen back to that I just remember I really like that when you were playing.
Why do we have to choose between modelers and tube amps, when you can have both? A low watt (1-5 watts) with an effects loop is unbelievably versatile with pedals and even with a modeler in the return of the effects loop. Regardless you sound awesome regardless of the rig.
I own a couple of small handbuilt valve amps. They both have class D transformers = very light weight and both deliver the goods tonally. One is the loudest 5 watt amp which can easily do loud progressive rock Ithat like to play, with drums and bass. The other is a 25w version of same. Pedals or just plug straight in, either way I can't lose.
What a nice amp! The sound you get with all of your gear is beautiful, i'm always enjoying your playing ❤
Dude, i would like to know... Do you recomment the Nux MG 30 for 2024?
Thank you 😊
I wonder just how similar that is to my own design. Does it have solid state rectification? I settled on a 6V6 output, parallel V1A/B single channel with an even simpler tone stack. Sounds like you came to the same evolutionary tube amp conclusion I did over the years.
When I was looking for a 15 watt Class A amp, I demoed the Lightning and found it to be too bright or brittle sounding, as compared to say, the Bad Cat Cub. In my opinion your amp sounds better to me than the Lightning (no offense to Lightning owners). Perhaps 6V6 vs EL84's? Also do not need reverb in an amp. I find pedal reverb to be preferrable. Anyway, sounds great!
John is there a way to provide us a way to get the exact same build you have including the cab ?
I think you'd like the REVV G20 or D20, 6V6 small heads which can split the difference with modelling etc. You should check one out.
If you can get your hands on a Rivera Clubster Royale Recording Top, you will not regret it!!! Please do try some NOS RCA black plate preamp tubes in US amps, they feel so wonderful and the sound is huge!
Hi John! Do you like the X Load as an attenuator? What do you think about it? Thanks!!!!!
I man I’d love one of these, what a great sound. How did you come by it?
Sounds awesome, was this a one off build or do Rift still make em ?
okay, I'm biting. Where can I get one at your price?
Hmm, you (briefly) had a cornford Carrera. That's a single channel hand wired amp, so this isn't the first 😉
Maybe you found out that sticking with something yields the best result. The little Matchless clone and Helix are examples of it. Maybe that’s the case more than learning that certain type of gear over is better thing.
I bought a Dr Z JAZ (essentially the same amp as their current DLux) many years ago. Single channel, it has reverb and tremolo, and that’s pretty much the only amp I use. It’s heavy so might not be the ideal amp if you are going to different venues but with pedals it does pretty much anything you want. Maybe not death metal. But mostly anything.
£150? That's a freak-in' steal. You lucky duck. Those are now £2K as a production amp.
My Matchless Spitfire sounds completely different. Yours have more midrange, less chime. The 6v6 and Boss BD makes all the difference I guess.
They must not sell this amp anymore. Can’t find it.
go try a suhr hombre, a take on a brownface deluxe. glorious sounding amp. everyone old timer like me that takes the tube amp journey usually returns back to a deluxe of one stripe or other.
Lovely. What's the power output?
Surprised it’s taken this long for you to understand how wonderful simple amps are. To those that have played Mesa Boogies and think that’s amazing tone, try a simple one channel amp. The less crap (caps and resistors and effect loops) your signal goes through the purer the tone and more touch sensitive the amp can be if it’s a great design. The less switches and mid , bass boost, graphic EQ, etc. the bigger difference you will hear and experience between different guitars. (And way less weight to haul). A modeler and a EVH 5150 will sound and feel similar, but a modeler and a great Tweed Deluxe is a very different experience. And no, effects loops aren’t needed with a lower gain amp.
One of the best sounding and feeling amps I ever played was a copy of the ‘52 Octal Bassman. As simple and lest amount of parts as you can have in a signal. Welcome to what tube amps can be. Analog forever.
Yep.
maybe I missed that but why on earth it has the reversed knobs?? BTW great sounds.
HAHA! The amp was originally an April Fools joke...a left-handed amp. JNC liked it so much he bought it form me :)
So how does one get a great tube amp for $150? This is not reality
1416 GBP on the rift amps site
What amp is it as I couldn’t tell from the Video title or the video description?
Why is it when I put on a delay it sounds all mushy?
Could you do a review of the DSM Simplifier Mk2?
It seems like everything changes every day or so🤔
Why are the control knobs backwards.
very similar to my Jackson Newcastle 30 head
I'm not a fan of channel switching amps at all. I'd suggest you give a Deluxe Reverb a try and if you have the chance a Tweed Deluxe. Also if you've never had the chance to play a JCM 800 2204 through a Marshall cab you really should do that.
I can’t find this amp on the website
It sounds beautiful!
But... The backward controls wouldn't let me sleep at night. It's just plain wrong. Like shoes on the wrong feet wrong.
ever tried a Little Walter?
I don't suppose the HB 15 is any good?
can't find one in Germany
Ever try a Revv D20? 9 lb 20W 6V6 head?
So are these amps purchasable? If so I bet they are not £150 April fools or not
Have always used a single channel amp Fender Blackface Bassmans and JTM45s... Opps... Fender Red Knob Twin. But Prefer single ch always.
but... "digital sounds just the same!" right?
Only when recorded.
Hahahaha
Can you purchase that app?
Doesn’t it stop being “vox style” with 6v6s?
It's pronounced "May-Sah Boogie
it’s To-mar-to not To-may-to
How did you only pay £150 for that!? Bargain! Rift Amps aren't cheap!
I sold it to him cheap as a workshop blowout…made a big loss!
@@RiftAmps what a bargain!
@@RiftAmps I guess, "thanks for taking one for the team"? It's a lovely amp head!