Krank Krankenstein - Dimebag's Tone
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- Опубліковано 3 тра 2023
- I finally got a chance to check out Dimebag Darrell's amp - the Krank Krankenstein. This amp was used in his band Damgeplan, after he left Pantera. (Or after Pantera broke up, however you wanna look at it)
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Dimebag was the king....
Friggin funny AF also! 😁 some of the s**t he would say would make me bust up!🤣
Absofuckinglutely!
Dimes playing is what made me pick up a guitar, I was 10 years old when I first heard Vulgar Display Power. That album irreparably warped my young mind from the second I first heard Mouth For War, it made me go buy the cassette. The guitar solo from Rise, and the riffs from By Demons Be Driven compelled me to pick up a guitar.
@@freedomseeds8194 the Black Album made me pick up the guitar and then Countdown to Extinction and Vulgar is what I wanted to be able to do with it. Vulgar really is an awesome guitar album loaded with riffs and they showed everyone how to do it with a three piece metal band in my opinion, I always loved that there was no rhythm guitar under the solos. That album has everything By Demons Be Driven is a fun riff I wore out once I learned how to do pinch harmonics. Hollow is a great ballad. Regular People grooves like a MF’r of course Walk has one of my favorite Dime solo, the first time I saw him do that “fake echo” as he called it my mind was blown it sounded cool and looked cool when he did it and he was so smooth with it.
Yup, you need the footswitch to engage the 2nd master (solo volume boost)
You have it working well for your cab, pickups, etc. I was really fond of Dime's tone when he still used the Warhead amps but the Krank was part of his sound evolution. He would really push limits with his tones...insane trebles over solos to get insane squeals and pulls. So many amp companies play it safe nowadays...with everything sounding homogenized.
Just an observation of mine is that Dime would use what would be considered extreme EQ settings to dial in his tones. Now it seems like unless they are using a plexi most players keep all their amp knobs around noon. I started playing in the 90s and no one ever assumed an amp was meant to sound its best with all the knobs around noon. We would Dime the treble and bass and dump the mids and when we started down tuning found out we needed to dump the bass and push the mids and treble. I’ve always favored a brighter sound anyway so I’m sure my tone would be ear piercing to some.
Anyway just a thought everyone sounds the same now because everyone is running recto or 5150/6505 knobs on noon with a boost in front. It’s a great sound but it’s been done to death.
It’s interesting that Dime always played SS amps until nearly the end, I think he really would’ve embraced the profilers and modeling stuff once it got to sounding good, but who knows he used a lot of gear to get his tones and he always had a tight tone. I just think he would’ve taken advantage of being able to capture all of his eqs and his Randalls.
Dime came along when the guitar community needed a new hero at least in the metal genre and he was doing something quite different at the time.
I love all of the Pantera albums but his tone didn’t get great until Far Beyond Driven and for me peaked on The Great Southern Trendkill, Vulgar is their best album to me but his tone wasn’t there yet.
I wonder if he would’ve stayed with Krank and tube amps or if he would’ve went back to SS . I also think he got away with playing SS because he was in a one guitar band and they didn’t step on each other Rex’s tone was always more mid focused and clanking but it worked.
Long scattered comment sorry but no one has changed or innovated heavy guitar like Dime did since Dime. I know there’s fantastic players who are technically flawless but it ain’t got the swing the masters like Dime, Eddie, and Billy Gibbons you know?
Edit: I thought when I heard the first demo of the 5150 iconic the crappy sounding EVH one, I bet Dime would love that amp and could do something with it.
@@brandonjackson5865 One thing about Dime...he never took real influence by what was popular...he would always find his own nitch and other players would ape his sound. Even in the end when using some tube amps he still aimed for a similar sound to his solid state days.
@@ivsiguitarist you are right I remember reading that he never learned anyone else’s stuff note for note he said he would learn a couple Randy Rhodes licks and then he would add that to his arsenal and change them up to suit him, then he’d learn some Van Halen , some Billy Gibbons, I think ZZ Top and all those great Texas blues players influenced the brothers more than anything else but Dime said he never wanted to play anyone else’s stuff note for note and I think that’s a great way to think about it. The Pantera reunion proves what a unique player he was. I’m sure Zakk could probably sound closer to Dime if he chose to do it that way, but I think by sticking fairly close to Dime’s rhythm and just hitting the high points of his solos he’s doing it right and very respectful. No one can sound just like anyone else but Dime especially his bends and vibrato is unique to him, but all the greats have that, Marty Friedman ? No one nails his stuff either.
Think he maybe used the warheads for clean tone & the x2 for some dirty tones. But mostly it was the century 200 & rg es on the albums
@@sheldonwright8770 I played the Warhead...that clean tone was pretty awful.
First time seeing your channel. I dig the vibe. Playing is dope… and you made a notorious amp sound GREAT.
Thank you very much. I'm so glad you found my channel.
Welcome to the community.
It was a lot of fun getting to know this amplifier .
I just bought one and im having alot of fun going through it and finding different setups on it. Between finding new features and trying different eq pedals and boosts and distortions it is a blast.
You’ve become the king of metal tone man! This sounds massive!
Thank you!!!
That tone 🤟🤟🤟
Love your reaction when you stop playing. Sounds amazing dude 👌
Thank you! I was literally surprised at how good it sounded. There's something very unique about this amp
Sounds Amazing!! So psyched you were able to get this on the channel! Love that you used the Diezel Cab with K100s. I love my K100s! I hope you'll capture it all in the QC!!🤘
Thanks for commenting. Yeah I'm so glad I did this video. And yes, I will definitely have some QC captures of it very soon. This amp is too good to not capture.
Dime was my favorite guitar player, from technique to feeling and emotion i just love his playing. Great job jared its never too late to learn some pantera lol
Thank you! I'm definitely gonna learn more of his riffs
Fun facts the Sweep Knob is the amp’s Slope Resistor on a 250k pot. So keeping it around 1.5 has it around 30k-40k which is the normal slope resistors in Marshall type amps. Krank Rev’s started as Sovtek Mig100’s which are similar to Marshall builds.
They’re such killer amps and Pre Amp tube rolling benefits these a lot, I’ve had a Rev 1 since 05’ and still love it.
First ive seen of this guy. Great stuff!
Thank you very much. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
I remember these! Very cool!
Great video, these are really cool amps. I really liked the Rev1, but with a darker speaker (Swamp Thangs). Now I want to find a used one of these lol
Dime often ran 2x15s and by the krank days those krank cabs were absolutely huge
Awesome sounds Great 🤘👽
Sounds freekin brutal !! Alot of people wrote off or gave up on this amp. The effects loop with level adjustment is killer, full sized power tubes definitely help the clean channel…dark sounding effects in clean channel ? Engage the “Kleen” red button boost..this amp rattles the plates and glasses in the cupboards and it’s glorious!!🤘
Awesome demo of the Krankenstein..sounds amazing. I own the Krank Rev 1 series and it is my favorite next to my Randall satan. I would love to get a Krankenstein as well someday. They are hard to find here in Canada. KRANK sound great with the eminence speakers and a oversize cab.
Thanks Jarrod you rock
🤘💀🤘🎸💥
Thank you!! I'd love to compare the Rev 1 and the Krankenstein. Hopefully I get the chance.
I hope you get your hands on one too
You deserve more subs.
Thank you. I really hope the channel starts growing a lot faster very soon. It's been a long haul.
I have always liked most of the Krank line, some not so much. I have spent a lot of time chasing down older amps. I remember seeing or playing in guitar center when I was 15, but I couldn't afford it, I was a kid. EGNATER,Dime, Schecter hellraiser, and hellwin. But I am glad you got to try a Krank and got it to sound great. It was fun to watch. Great job, brother.
Thank you very much. I've always wanted to try one of these. It was definitely worth the effort.
This takes me back to 2004. I had two, and I was running my Bernie Rico Jr Vixens and Mr. Hyde through them.
It's a great amp, one of the reasons for the crazy differing opinions on them is due to the fact after the first couple hundred of them Krank had a run of them with some issues. That run didn't have the monstrous gain, lacked the tightness and articulation, and unfortunately that was the run most people are familiar with. It's also what sank the company.
I had a blast watching you get to know one of my favorite amps, cheers.
Thanks for commenting. I'm glad you enjoyed the video. I also appreciate the information that you shared.
I literally know very little about this amplifier...any information I can learn about it is definitely helpful.
@@TONEWARSgearshow not a problem, it's an amplifier I have a ton of experience with, and happen to love. It's a beast.
As a Kemper owner/user, I'm going to have to buy your profiles to get that tone back in my arsenal.
There were 2 versions. The plus and the regular version.
Probably an unpopular opinion, but I never liked Dime's tone - his melodies and riffs were fucking awesome of course, but his tone just never jumped out at me. And honestly I feel the same about Randy Rhoads - monster player with legendary riffs and solos - just not my favorite tones.
Yeah his riffs are sick, but his tone is too scooped and fizzy sounding for my taste. His tone reminds me of a Line 6 spider amp.
The tone definitely reminds me of exodus tempo of the dammed. Crushing
I had the opportunity to purchase this amp for a VERY cheap price several years back...
I continuously kick myself in the ass for not buying it.
Master one, and two are switchable with the footswitch. Basically a solo boost.
Nice review Jarrod. Please tell me your gonna do some QC captures of this beast?
Thank you. Absolutely!! They'll be on the website Friday
That is a great anp
Nice
"It ALWAYS comes down to the speaker!" - Glenn Fickle
J/K... I love Glenn's channel
One thing that Fricker really isn't, is fickle 😂😂😂
The 2nd master in the Dime channel is actually a different channel with the original pedal that comes with it.
Let's hear it up against some of your other amps!
U did great imo for dimes riff. Dime was a god no one can perfectly replicate him.
Thank you very much. He definitely had a very unique style.
@@TONEWARSgearshow He really did hell on my most recent cover i legit improvised parts in a dime way it is super kick ass and fun
@@d3adlym3rcy25 his riffs are really fun and challenging to play....cant wait to learn more
@@TONEWARSgearshow yessir a good one is war nerve, shedding skin, anything off of trendkill
nice heavy tone!
Dude how have you been playing this long and never learned any of Dime’s riffs. That should be metal guitar 101 for any of us that came up in the 90s , but you’re definitely right his riffs are the right amount of challenging and fun to play once you get them down. I loved his leads of course but for me the greats , it’s all about their rhythm playing Dime and Eddie were complete players their rhythm work is just as good and fascinating as their leads. Both Dime and Ed’s right hand were sneaky good we all know Hetfield, Mustaine , and Malcolm are like metronomes but Dime and Eddie were phenomenal rhythm players too.
My uncle plays guitar and he was the only person I knew that did before I started playing. When I started he asked me if I wanted to play rhythm or lead, of course I said lead and I showed him some Metallica I was listening to the black album and said I want to do that. He said you want to play rhythm then lol and then I started reading all the guitar magazines and I remember James talking about recording all the rhythm tracks and Kirk saying I’m a lead guitarist but 95 percent of the time I’m playing rhythm on stage but I don’t get to play rhythm in the studio. I remember Dave Mustaine talking about having to teach the lead players how to play rhythm when they would join Megadeth and I was off rhythm guitar is cool and that’s what I need to concentrate on, I had two friends taking lessons and they were going to play lead but I figured anyone could always use a rhythm guitarist.
From what I understand dimebag used the krank revolution heads for the damage plan tour but soon came up with the krankenstein. His words was tony krank hot rodded the hot rod .
These are awesome amps....the sweep is a parametric mid shift...I have 2 of the kstein plus heads loaded with kt88s and they sound so huge with some volume.....to me it's what a modern marshall should've been......I always got compliments on the live tone and surprised reaction when they saw it was a krank....not just a metal amp...really gives any rock or hard rock music extra energy and with lower gain levels....good clean channel as well...don't think dime every really used one
Holy smokes !!! What a tone 🎸🔥
The two masters is for the distortion channels only... to have a rhythm & lead volume..!!! I have the Krank Rev 1 plus..
Yea! do kemper pack on the Krank with D.I & the Diezel Cab K100s for sure...!!!!!!!!!!🤣🤣
Will do!
man I used to have the head and the cab. the cabinet was my favorite 412 I ever played and sadly I had to sell both to afford taco bell but I always played 5150 stuff and didn't get along with the head but now that my beard hairs are gray I really wish I had the head and the cab still. you made the head sound fucking awesome. I didn't even like pantera back then for some silly reasons. I was young and so dumb. great video I really love the sounds you got, phukkkkk i want the head and cab so bad
Thanks for commenting. Hopefully you can find one used out there. I just checked reverb today and there's several of them for sale.
I have a Rev 1+ and a Rev Jr. Krank amps are great.
I used the mesa grid slammer on my Dime D100 amp
Hey Jarrod Doomsday Machine by Arch Enemy one of the greatest metal albums of ALL TIME was done on a Krank amp with Mesa oversized rec cabs. Not the Krankenstein tho the Red Labeled one. I believe it was called the Revolution. I wanna get my hands on one so bad but alas the company no longer exists they went out of business a while ago.
Thanks for the info. I'll have to check out those albums.
It sounded pretty good. My Peavey 4x12 cab has G12k-85 speakers. ( Speakers make a huge difference in the tone. ) A lot of people run V30's but they are not always the best speaker depending on what amp you have.
Love my GK 85’s in my Peavey 2/12 cab
Cybermantis>>......word up dude. Peavey cabs are the best. Ever try the old scorpions? Those were some serious speakers. Talk about overbuilt. But all of this is a moot point when I own the GREATEST GUITAR PROCESSOR EVER BUILT.......THE LINE 6 HELIX. All others will bow before my Helix and worship the Godliness that comes from it's XLRs. All Hail, Helix. And If I didn't own a Helix I would own a Katana.
@@benburnett8109 Truth! My Peavey 4x12 cab is built like a tank. Thick internally braced birch ply. Yes, the Scorpion speakers were really good! I had an old Peavey Special 130 1x12 combo amp many years ago. It had the Scorpion speaker.
When the video starts with a Ho-lee shiiiiiit, you know its gonna be a good one
Haha you're so right!!
@@TONEWARSgearshow I need to stop commenting in the first few minutes and wait till the end. That riff was sick mate, when inspiration visits it is a magical thing. Maybe you could develope a custom version of the amp and we could call it the KariStein?
#don'tkillmeKari
Dime is bad ass!!! My world changed when he was taken from us!!! Vulgar display of Power is Brilliant!!!
I have one with a road case if you're interested. Matching cab too.
And to think UA-cam has clowns who have come on record stating that Dimes tone was thin. Dime is probably the only Rhythm guitarist that tops Hetfield in the brutal department. Those are my two favorite tones guys alive.
I like Michael Romeo's tone when he switched to ENGL amps.
Yep….your gonna buy it🙂
Haha I'm tempted
Sounds killer!
How interested are you in trying to dial in early Stone Temple Pilots tones?
I'm talking chorus out the wazoo...
Thank you. I've never thought about doing STP tones. I would consider it though.
@@TONEWARSgearshow I recently caught the Rick Beato interview with Robert DeLeo and it gave me an entirely new perspective on their music. I was in 4th grade when Core came out and I've been a fan ever since.
Thanks for the consideration!
To get the best out of the krank Rev1+ you need to turn the FX loop volume up full. The power amp won't break up unless that's done. The krankenstein is pretty much the same amp but kranked further from what I understand so I presume the FX loop also would have to be turned up to full on that amp. 😊
Thanks for commenting. I didn't even notice that knob there. I just checked and it was all the way down. That explains the issue. I appreciate the information.
@@TONEWARSgearshow no probs. Great vids by the way. 👍
@@Witty8Name8Here glad you like the vids. Much appreciated
Also the rev matching cabs had Eminence legend v12 speakers, and I think the krankenstein had Eminence Texas Heat speakers in the matching cab. Apparently the amps were made specifically to work with those speakers. But what I know for sure is those cabs sound killer with the amps. 😊
I'm not so sure that Dimebag actually used Krank in the Studio or Live... I can't remember where I heard it so take with a grain of salt... but apparently Dime had Krank amps on display but was still plugged into a Randall behind the stacks with DamagePLan. This does sound really good though.
I’ll send you my settings lster but it REALLY shines with G12-65’s
this thing sounds pissed off - great tones from this one
Moter city would have them!
Do we dare put it up against the Stealth! :)
Hmmm....
The Stealth will eat it.
@@TheCyberMantis I'm afraid you are correct!! Lol
Dimebag’s real tone is a Randall rg100es he boosted the crap out of
HOLY SHIT THIS AMPS RIPS!! WHEN YOU LET LOOSE OF IM BROKEN. Instant STINK FACE!!!!
Hell yeah!! Such a great riff! This amp really did that riff justice
That's the picture of dime you decided to go with ?
Looks good to me
Gonna buy one?
It's tempting
please learn mouth for war, you would sound amazing playing that
New band name, Nun Punter
Lol that would be awesome
bottom line, krank heads always sound the best with krank cabs
WHAT BAND ARE YOU IN BRO?
Thanks for asking. I used to be in a band called REIGN. After that, Anastasi.
I just do UA-cam now.
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@@TONEWARSgearshow very cool content and the amps you demo are great picks. Love the krank
@@BattleDroid134 thank you!!
Such a shame because you play through these amazing sounding amps but over YT they sound like S**T! I know it is not your fault and that it is just the nature of YT and they way the tone comes across in a video.Even using my expensive phones YT does not reproduce the actual tone of the amps. the tone is thin and fizzy even with amps like the Stealth and the Soldano SLO! So i know it is not the amps!
damn brotha, you got all the dream gear, eh? nice video.