Aguilar Tone Hammer AGS Circuit Demo
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- Опубліковано 29 сер 2011
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This is a quick overview of Aguilar's Tone Hammer AGS Circuit, along with some playing examples demonstrating the different settings of the AGS circuit. I also explain some features of the AGS circuit.
I used a Sterling by Music Man Ray 34 set flat, a Mark Bass Little Mark II Head set flat, and an Aguilar GS 112 cabinet.
Shot with a Canon Vixia HF S20 Camcorder using a Sennheiser MKE400 mic to capture the sound.
Please go to www.AguilarAmp.com for more details.
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great demo. no screwy bass playing just straight ahead.....like we play!
Thanks so much!! Glad you liked it.
The Tone Hammer delivers great tone, but the AGS circuit needs a level control to be useable.
You’re not using it correctly in that case
I was thinking the same, does anyone know a good di/preamp alternative with controllable gain?
@@efreeze287 the AGS on the ToneHammer is meant to be used as an ‘always on’ or ‘always off’ for any particular gig/sound you dial in. You can turn it off as sometimes you might not want it but if you’re going to use it then it needs to be on all the time as part of the sound you’ve setup. If you want a second channel to use as a sometimes on with adjustable gain then the Laney Digbeth preamp pedal is perfect - great clean FET channel, also great Tube emulation channel, and you can set as FET, Tube or mix and each channel has its own volume/gain and you can also set amount of drive for tube channel separately (so have Drive set at 10 but tube channel only at 2 and FET at 10 set to mix etc). Well worth checking out
@@PaddyLeggBassmakes sense, thanks for the explanation. I'll definitely check out the Laney
Thanks for posting this! I love my Tone Hammer.
Good demo!
I really dig this preamp. I really want to pair this with an Ampeg Portaflex series amp and get some really gnarly tone.
Simple but effective video. I use this pedal exclusively for OD. It sounds more natural than other OD systems I have tried. And the EQ is very powerful - I make very minor adjustments, usually just for slight bass boost or cut. My only major complaint is I have to adjust the master every time I adjust the gain, and I am constantly adjusting one and then the other, back and forth to dial it in. Minor complaints are the size and weight and that it needs 18 volts with no battery option.
+Bob Heathcote i batteries with mine
+IDONTPLAY You are right. Thanks for the correction.That was my mistake, I was thinking of a different pedal I use which does not. I wish I could edit my comment but it won't let me.
Thanks so good demo!
nice review, thanks man.
Sounds nice 👍
Awesome Demo!
I was just wondering, if such preamps are used/usefull while playing live?
Great vid, man! I'm noticing that you've plugged in the Aguilar to your Markbass input. What if you were to plug into your effects send/return channel?
is it only in passive mode a DI-Box, or also when you have the EQ turned on?
Great demo btw :)
Steve you sell me more gear than anyone I know! LOL.... great review!
Haha!! That's so awesome!! Thanks and glad you dig the review. Also, hopefully my commission check is in the mail!! Thanks again.
I have a Mark Bass amp and is it better to use the send and return effects with this Tone hammer ?
I wish you could do a video more with the eq settings...i was hoping to hear what kind of tones you get out of it! Either way, good video.
The Gain is for calibración. The máster is the volumen. Watch out for clips.
@philosopher1000 Glad you dig the video!! Thanks!! Yes, that is a REDDI!! It's great!! I have a two part video on that too. It's here on my UA-cam channel.
Cool video to me it sounds like it over drives gets a bit more than the sans amp. Is that so ?
When you engage the tone hammer and tourn up all the volume knob of the amp, have you noise?
Good review however my personal opinion is that these preamp/DI's sound better when played with a passive bass.
True
Fucking love bass. Nice pedal!
does it sustain the bass tone as well?
is that a reddi di? great tube di in my opinion!
anyway really cool demo!
@hirummy Thanks you very much!!!!
This pedal is like a opb-3, but not inside the bass?
@illyck Thanks very much!!!
What is that red box over your left shoulder at the beginning of the video? Is it a compressor a preamp or something else?
royguitar2 it’s the REDDI D.I. Fro A-designs. Vacuum tube di
Sounds about like my Walkabout
Hi
I have a NY122 Markbass cabinet and a Nemesis NA600 head (by Eden)
Would you recommand me to buy a Aguilar tone hammer preamp pedal or replace my nemesis head by an Aguilar tone hammer 500 Head ?
Thanks for your videos !!! :)
Why on earth would you have the volume of an amp on full?
Do not understand the AGS even though I watched this video. This just seems like a poor design to me. There needs to be a secondary volume cut that engages when the AGS is in. Otherwise, there is no way to obtain unity between AGS on and AGS off., the last thing I want is to have a 20 DB immediate jump in volume when pushing the AGS button. Either you run the AGS all the time, not at all, or kneel down to tweek the volume every time you kick in the AGS. I just don't get the AGS.
It is mandatory to use a compressor after the preamp to deal with the boost, otherwise is way too much for the main mix. But on the other hand if you are supposed to do a solo it will help you to cut through the mix.
@@alexfigueroa9993 Well, that might work, but some of us don't like the sound of a heavily engaged compressor. Especially one that compresses the nice grinding distortion that the AGS adds. I just run mine all the time.
I know a touring musician that has two of these on his board. One is used for the tone shaping eq stuff and the other is only for the AGS. He has that one set for unity so when he engages it with the AGS, it doesn't jump his volume way up.
@@KirkDickinson Yeah, looks good with 2 THs. I used my TH coupled with a Super Symmetry compressor from Darkglass Electronics, and works flawlessly every time. Those Darkglass compressors are a great match for high gain distortions/preamps. 👍
I think it sounded best with this box off just playing through the MarkBass. My opinion.
Thank you.
starts at 3:15
Careful running a preamp into a preamp into a preamp...
REDDI, tube di.
@moronslave yes!!
Humuch
I appreciate you making this but waaaayyy too much unnecessary talking and stuttering and uhhing
Geez! Really?!? He made a video for you yaps!! “Uh, my milk is too warm mommy”
This, or the Tech 21 Bass Driver
too much talking. wasn't interested after a short while
growl120 Agree. I hate the blah blah blah demo videos. One come to listen to the damn pedal, not a magistral conference about it.
Talk to much
how on earth, can you demo an " over drive " circuit without touching the mids ???? i find this a misleading or incomplete demo, sorry !
it sounds like he is actually scared of gain and volume.
shane barge big time....anyway this pedal is nothing compared to the sansamp bass driver ! i tried it before few days but ended up getting the sansamp, its way more better
+Ahmad Yahya (Iraqi Bass Player) But Sansamp is nowhere near the Darkglass B7K
+Jamie de la Sencerie i can't tell because i have never tried that one, bro.
+Ahmad Yahya (Iraqi Bass Player) Sorry man I prefer this one because of the control over the mid frequencies. The Sansamp has a fixed midscoop, the only way to overcome that is to get the mids from the original signal with the blend knob. Anyway I don't use much distortion as I tend to play hard.
Sounds like Crap to me. Plus your bass strings are buzzing something terrible.
tooooo much talk bro
Meh. Not worth $
Terrible Review
ags is f shit ,, i d be happyer if no semi farting dostortopn // off you can add a sensibility of your instruments,,not just overall that you can do with 4x linear chip ,,and have circut made for under 20 bucks// i use home made and so far recorded 17 albums,,countless gigs NOT ONE WITHOUT THIS ,,SMALL PLASTIC BOX WE THROW THAT SMALL ELECTRONIC IN ,, IT FROM OLD P FENDER CREATE BASS THAT CAN BE TOUCH AND PLAY A S FODERA OR GRAPHITE BASS// OF COURSE YOU DIAL DOVN TO LEVEL YOU NEED,,FACT IS I CAN GET ON NON NEW STRINGS NO SUPER LOW ACTION FENDER P SOUDING PLAYING LIKE NEW ACTIVE NEW STRINGS ON BASS WITH ACTIVE EQ TO MAX//THAN I TAKE OFF OF THAT ,, EASYER THAT TO ADD SOME THAT IS NOT HERE IN SIGNAL AT ALL
these small girl like hands , lol. bass might b too big for the dude....
I just got one and if you can't afford one you're poor and should not be looking at this stop dreaming and go and get a job.
You blabbered for two minutes and 10 seconds and really said nothing👎
i read, heard Marckbass amps and they really Sound "deeper " than other preamps (though Hartke are really "good" and Gallien Kruger etc...).
I m sorry but you have a much more defined, dynamic sound via your Markbass than with that shit pedal which sounds like Lemmy playing on his Rickenbaker with Motothead !!! (i appreciate that band just like i love Earth, Wind and Fire or Tower of Power...that s a mystery to me !!!!! lool ).
Aguilar makes very good amps but that pedal is pure shit; only a commercial ptoduct for blind and semi deaf "musicians ". If you want that sound on your bass just buy the Boss Fuzz or another one less expensive (when buying Boss pedals, you pay the Label Boss).
Donner is a Label i have discovered ; i bought the Alpha Bass effect really cheap which bas a very performant compressor. it is amazing considering the price comparing To MXR.
For 30 euros you can have a performant pedal from Donner....
Wé must not be trapped by consommation tecnics used by reputed Labels...
MUZIK IS FREEDOM !!!!!
AND MUSICIANS FROM ANY LEVELS MUST KEEP IN MIND WE ARE ALSO CONSUMERS. SO WE HAVE TO BE AWARE OF THE UTILITY , THE PRICE, THE BUILDING ORIGINS OF THE PRODUCTS WÉ BUY.