Whose underrated guitar tones deserve a signature amp treatment? Sound off in the comments about the lesser-known guitarists whose tones deserve more love, and be sure to check out Jake E. Lee’s signature Friedman tube head at Sweetwater! 👉 sweetwater.sjv.io/Friedman-JEL-20
Curtis Ward the original Bring Me the Horizon guitarist. That tone he had on Count Your Blessings from using a broken Peavey amp set them on the top of the MySpace metal scene, and set the groundwork for them to be the massive band they are today.
It’s $2400 for a 20 watt mini head and 1 speaker. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Are you guys high? It sounds literally NOTHING like Jakes rig. At all. Period. Not close. End of story. Wake up.🤣👍🥃
We all should appreciate, love and respect Mister Jake E. Lee for his awesome playing in Ozzy and Badlands. But we also give a big shout out to his current band Red Dragon Cartel. Because they are awesome, too. 🤘🤘
It's a gorgeous amp - and reviewed very well. The flexibility and options on the amp are very interesting - and very nice playing and explanations, Don.
I saw, and heard, Jake play this set up with RDC in Detroit right before the COVID pandemic. It was incredible. Much better than anyone else who ever tried to fill his shoes.
After EVH and Rhoads, you had an ocean filled with shredders trying to outgun one another and a ton of them lacked any creativity and just sounded like clones of eachother. Jake was not one of those guys. He could obviously shred with the best of them, but he had a flare to his playing that was totally unique and with his own tone. I always found him instantly recognizable . While Rhoads has always been my favorite Ozzy guitar player, I will say there are a few songs and solos (ie BATM) that stacks up to anything Randy did, and that's saying a lot when I have RR in my top 3 favorite players ever. The fact that Jake stole the Ozzy gig right out from under another monster player in George Lynch tells you all you need to know. He's also a very versatile player too. I think his songwriting ability eclipses most of these "virtuoso" players out there who made a their living doing the instrumental thing. Jake is in nobody's shadow when it comes to the guitar. He's his own entity.
Jake E Lee is a great and unique guitarist. I hope Friedman sells a ton of these and Jake makes some cash. Great playing and the sound of the amp makes me want to pick up a guitar and play. I think Jake throws all his effects in front, at least that’s what he does in the 100 watt demo he did I believe for Premiere Guitar. Really nice sounds at the end, Don!
Jake E. Lee is a monster player. I respect his playing and style. Jake has a great tone and his Charvel is a sick instrument. When it’s time to move to a louder amp for my Grandson, I’m going to show him this amp. It is as great as Jake’s playing.
It’s $2400 for a pathetic 20 watt mini head and 1 $150 speaker. That sounds NOTHING like Jakes rig. At all. Obviously you know zero about guitar amps. Period. Wake up.👍🥃
7:25 - The Direct Out sound is actually much better sounding to my ears … maybe something got lost in the mic mix ?? This is actually how I expected this amp to sound … much better using the direct out… and if that represents more accurately the tones of the amp, then yes, it actually is decent sounding 👍🏻
I agree, not the best recording job. Sounded muffled or a “blanket over the cab” sound. I could tell it should sounds awesome but we shouldn’t have to imagine it. Once the saturation switch was engaged it started coming to life. Also didn’t even know there was a presence control until the playing was over.
He lives in Vegas. It is unclear if he's going to do any more stuff. He's kind of an enigma. I guess he has plenty of money or he'd be out on the road and doing the grind or auctioning stuff off.
I just ordered mine the other day from SW. So far they seem to be cool. The guy on the phone was very helpful and knew things I was talking about. There is a bit of a wait which is basically everywhere, but I I was approved for a card and I’ll get a text when my amp is at the fed ex or whatever. I opted for that instead of leaving it on my porch. I might get the blue Burst guitar too. Haven’t decided yet. For now I play the 20 watt JJ Combo at any size show and it rules. But I’m looking forward to the JEL, and no reason not to keep both. Main reason I got the JEL probably is because of channel 1.
Sounds really nice! But I have never been happy with EL 84 tubes. Whenever I tried to buy a low wattage amp like this with EL 84 s it ended going back and exchanged.
Love Don Carr Videos, he have great taste for Guitar tones , plays awesome and showcases great the Products!..I want Don to pick up my next Guitar ..if he is at Sweetwater
Wow...I'm strangely underwhelmed by how "Loose" this amp sounds. To this day I'm trying to figure out what wattage (or tubes for that matter) does to the tone of an amp, but the 100 watt sounds tighter to me than this. To my ears this sounds VERY similar to Marshalls SC-20, which I don't really care for. It could be that with the gain dialed back a bit, this will get tigher, and more percussive. But, so far the king of the lower wattage Marshall-esq amps is still the SL-30 (particuarly the pushed crunch channel), or even the Fireball 25. I hope to hear a really good demo of this amp with the lower gain, pushed plexi/crunch tones. Don loosely hit up on it at the 6:00 mark. Not really my thing (so far), but a great demo, none-the-less!
I guess it’s the way of things but I wish amp companies wouldn’t bother putting in Direct outs/sims in the amp. They’re often so limited in selection that the odds of the extra expense being useful are very slim. Would much rather have a cheaper tone machine and I’ll choose if I want to bother with direct with other devices, that will at least have more options.
I think for the majority of folks who will be using this, it'll do what they're looking for. Having both the load and the DI built in is very convenient. If people weren't using them or didn't want them, Dave wouldn't put them in.
Friedman's stuff is assembled by Boutique Amps Distribution. They do stuff (not everything for some) for Wampler, Bogner, Diesel, ToneKing, Morgan, Egnater and Soldano as well.
You are an incredible guitarist!! Is there a reason it sounds like swallowed tone though. Like an amazing sound that was not recorded right? My speakers are good, maybe its a youtube thing.
IDK… I really expected more saturation from this amp. I’m actually very much underwhelmed with its sound. This is not a dig at Jake E. Lee, or Sweetwater… but I simply don’t hear Jake’s tones at all from this setup. It definitely doesn’t sound “high gain” at all… it’s not the mics, and it’s not my headphones… it’s this amp. Sorry… just not feeling it on this one (which is unusual as I almost always love Sweetwater’s selection of gear when they upload it for us). On a positive note… it doesn’t have a horrible sound… so I can see where people will love the amp. In my opinion any Plexi clone and decent SG will get you a similar sound… maybe I’m tired and not hearing it properly lol
@@MyBichSustained Meaning what? I assumed when the video title says “cranked up to 11” we wouldn’t be looking at low gain setups… it’s possible I expected something different just based off the title… I’m not saying the amp sound horrible (I left another comment saying I can see how some will love this amp’s sound), but I just expected a much different tone. And when he played using the Direct Out function, we actually got much closer to the tone I was expecting. So there could be a few things just out of place on this demo for me. And yes, it could all be my own false expectations… I’m fully aware of that lol
@@-KingOfKhaos Just look at the settings he demonstrated...crank the gain all the way and it will be saturated. 20 watts and not cranked,This is impressive to me....I have a 50 watt head with 2×12 cab and it don't come close to this.
Every UA-camr who has a demo of the JEL20: Let's hear the Cleans.... 5 seconds later, goes back to high gain lol It must sound great\awful in person because everyone cranks it up
read your comment. it makes no sense at all. is your sister an it? does she love it? you say you love it but it isn't for you, so then you don't love it. but what does your sister have to do with the amp?@@ToddH76
Big fan of JEL, his tone and playing is the best on Badlands Voodoo Highway. That red tolex looks awful though, should’ve been a matching cream colour to his Charvel sig.
I'm sure it's great (especially in the room) but $2,400 for a 20-watt amp is a bit steep to me. If it were hand-wired I could see the extra cost but this is really for die-hard Jake E. Lee fans with extra cash to burn. My opinion isn't worth much but there it is.
It's not put together in China or Vietnam like the PRS MT-15 or Marshall DSL 20. The 100 watt version was a lot more expensive. This brings it to a level a lot of folks can afford. You don't have to get both the head and cab either.
@@Scott__C Neither is the SV20H or SC20H, they're made in the UK. Both of those are substantially cheaper than this, at around €900 each. This JEL20 is €2200, more than DOUBLE. I mean, you could get both the SC20H and the SV20H and still have cash left...
Way too big and heavy for a 20w amp and the shared EQ is a deal breaker. The switches and channels also need to be footswitchable. No thanks Mr Friedman :)
@@91RiffRaff Ok thanks - the 2 channels are foot-switchable but the switches aren't. 2 channels amps without independent EQs are not very useful though - instant deal breaker :)
The price gonna take ferocious bite outta your wallet. I don't care what the nameplate says; you're a sucker for paying these prices for a little 20w head and 1x12 cab. You're being conditioned, folks...
Only 5% of youtubers can play guitar. Sad but true. Rest is garbage. Tjeck Trogly out and get yourself a great laught. Espacially because he played for long time. He just cant progress.
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Whose underrated guitar tones deserve a signature amp treatment? Sound off in the comments about the lesser-known guitarists whose tones deserve more love, and be sure to check out Jake E. Lee’s signature Friedman tube head at Sweetwater! 👉 sweetwater.sjv.io/Friedman-JEL-20
Reb Beach from winger , or warren from ratt
John Sykes
Jon Olivia
Curtis Ward the original Bring Me the Horizon guitarist. That tone he had on Count Your Blessings from using a broken Peavey amp set them on the top of the MySpace metal scene, and set the groundwork for them to be the massive band they are today.
NOT on website yet!
Andy Timmons deserves a signature amp
Don displaying his shred side. What can't he do? AWESOME!
Call the fire department this man is on fire .
His playing on that amp is perfect! Sounds phenomenal 😮
Indeed. Huge fan of Jake, this is a good demo. Does it justice.
It’s $2400 for a 20 watt mini head and 1 speaker.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Are you guys high?
It sounds literally NOTHING like Jakes rig.
At all.
Period.
Not close.
End of story.
Wake up.🤣👍🥃
Jake rules! Such a shame that he flew under the radar for so long. He was (and is) a huge influence on my own playing.
You can thank Ray for destroying their careers.
We all should appreciate, love and respect Mister Jake E. Lee for his awesome playing in Ozzy and Badlands. But we also give a big shout out to his current band Red Dragon Cartel. Because they are awesome, too. 🤘🤘
It's a gorgeous amp - and reviewed very well. The flexibility and options on the amp are very interesting - and very nice playing and explanations, Don.
I saw, and heard, Jake play this set up with RDC in Detroit right before the COVID pandemic. It was incredible. Much better than anyone else who ever tried to fill his shoes.
After EVH and Rhoads, you had an ocean filled with shredders trying to outgun one another and a ton of them lacked any creativity and just sounded like clones of eachother. Jake was not one of those guys. He could obviously shred with the best of them, but he had a flare to his playing that was totally unique and with his own tone. I always found him instantly recognizable . While Rhoads has always been my favorite Ozzy guitar player, I will say there are a few songs and solos (ie BATM) that stacks up to anything Randy did, and that's saying a lot when I have RR in my top 3 favorite players ever. The fact that Jake stole the Ozzy gig right out from under another monster player in George Lynch tells you all you need to know. He's also a very versatile player too. I think his songwriting ability eclipses most of these "virtuoso" players out there who made a their living doing the instrumental thing. Jake is in nobody's shadow when it comes to the guitar. He's his own entity.
Jake E Lee is a great and unique guitarist. I hope Friedman sells a ton of these and Jake makes some cash.
Great playing and the sound of the amp makes me want to pick up a guitar and play.
I think Jake throws all his effects in front, at least that’s what he does in the 100 watt demo he did I believe for Premiere Guitar.
Really nice sounds at the end, Don!
Great job Don 😎 sounds 👌
You played Shot in the dark really well. Really impressive man.
Jake E. Lee is a monster player. I respect his playing and style. Jake has a great tone and his Charvel is a sick instrument. When it’s time to move to a louder amp for my Grandson, I’m going to show him this amp. It is as great as Jake’s playing.
Holy cow,that is near perfect for rock/metal.
Could be the greatest amp and guitar demo ever ❤❤❤
It’s $2400 for a pathetic 20 watt mini head and 1 $150 speaker.
That sounds NOTHING like Jakes rig.
At all.
Obviously you know zero about guitar amps.
Period.
Wake up.👍🥃
Nice job Don, and Sweetwater! Just got this Head & Speaker combo! Can't wait to hear it in person! Thanks again!
I'm right on time. Love it, but gonna stick with my SmallBox. Nice job Dave and Sweetwater.
Faaaaarrrr out that’s wicked…..20 watt version of the Steve Stevens signature would be awesome
jake was is and always has been a killer tone and riff master
Hope Jake has new music for us 2024🤘🔥🔥🔥🔥
7:25 - The Direct Out sound is actually much better sounding to my ears … maybe something got lost in the mic mix ?? This is actually how I expected this amp to sound … much better using the direct out… and if that represents more accurately the tones of the amp, then yes, it actually is decent sounding 👍🏻
I agree, not the best recording job. Sounded muffled or a “blanket over the cab” sound. I could tell it should sounds awesome but we shouldn’t have to imagine it. Once the saturation switch was engaged it started coming to life. Also didn’t even know there was a presence control until the playing was over.
I’m wondering if that bad sound was because it’s a 20w into a 1x12 because I don’t think Sweetwater would mess up recording
I had a trip to New York from the UK and got tickets before I left the UK to see Jake E Lee at the IRIDIUM, what a night!
Don, you sold me on this amp last night!! Called Sweetwater today and grabbed it!! Great Demo!!
I want it SOOOO bad. This guy doing the demo is AWESOME, too. He could probably make a piece of garbage sound good.
Geez, Don! Don't burn down the house!
I love this guys playing.
Great demo! Thank you
Finally, someone playing "shot in the dark" on that amp!
Bummer to release a video supporting an amp that isn’t listed on the site yet :(
-looks like they finally added it
I just noticed that too!
Just delete this entire post then. It’s useless.
My favorite Ozzy guitarist. Yup! I said it. Jake is the man. What an amazing amp.
It’s true.
Fantastic! Does anyone know where Jake is? He's been out of the picture for quite some time. I hope soon for a third RDC album👍
He lives in Vegas. It is unclear if he's going to do any more stuff. He's kind of an enigma. I guess he has plenty of money or he'd be out on the road and doing the grind or auctioning stuff off.
I don't usually like his demos,Usually lame,But he's on fire here.
Good job.
I just ordered mine the other day from SW. So far they seem to be cool. The guy on the phone was very helpful and knew things I was talking about. There is a bit of a wait which is basically everywhere, but I I was approved for a card and I’ll get a text when my amp is at the fed ex or whatever. I opted for that instead of leaving it on my porch. I might get the blue Burst guitar too. Haven’t decided yet. For now I play the 20 watt JJ Combo at any size show and it rules. But I’m looking forward to the JEL, and no reason not to keep both. Main reason I got the JEL probably is because of channel 1.
Sounds great!
Sounds really nice! But I have never been happy with EL 84 tubes. Whenever I tried to buy a low wattage amp like this with EL 84 s it ended going back and exchanged.
From what I understand a lot of that comes with what kind of power transformer is being used. All of Friedmans el84 based amps are killer.
Dang! Not up on the Sweetwater site yet!
sounds amazing!
All the fundamental clean to molten tones in a guitar amp match up a player could want or need.
Does this mean Jake E Lee is coming back out of hiding? I would assume friedman would only do a signature amp if he’s going to plug it or tour again ?
An orange Friedman, perfect combination!
That axe is phenomenal.
Saw the BATM tour in 84’
Life changing
Wailing out Don 🤘🏻 Maybe this head needs a 2X12 or 4X12 ?
Carr ripping 🙂
Amp sounds pretty good. JEL is a badass player with some of his sickest riffs on display while playing in Badlands.
Love Don Carr Videos, he have great taste for Guitar tones , plays awesome and showcases great the Products!..I want Don to pick up my next Guitar ..if he is at Sweetwater
Sounds like Badlands, Don. Kudos!
No standby switch?
Wow...I'm strangely underwhelmed by how "Loose" this amp sounds. To this day I'm trying to figure out what wattage (or tubes for that matter) does to the tone of an amp, but the 100 watt sounds tighter to me than this. To my ears this sounds VERY similar to Marshalls SC-20, which I don't really care for. It could be that with the gain dialed back a bit, this will get tigher, and more percussive. But, so far the king of the lower wattage Marshall-esq amps is still the SL-30 (particuarly the pushed crunch channel), or even the Fireball 25. I hope to hear a really good demo of this amp with the lower gain, pushed plexi/crunch tones. Don loosely hit up on it at the 6:00 mark. Not really my thing (so far), but a great demo, none-the-less!
Great demo. Great amp.
Loving it ! ❤🎸 🎉
Okay, who else was disappointed when it wasn't Jake at the start of this video?
Dang....this dude can play...!
The amp is not in the Sweetwater site at all and the link gets you to a "Sorry" page...
Badlands is so good
Dang this lil amp sounds great! Does have some great tones, wish would have done other guitar also, but it i get it. does sound great
Sounds like the cab is getting overwhelmed by the amp
Amazing amp wish we can afford
Ha there's nothing at the link? When does it release?
says it's In Stock when I click the link.
Magnificent
Totally dig it, but that color😳 lol! Great playing by Don, such a all around great player!
His band is Red Dragon Cartel so....
@@crosswalklarry I get that, but for me! I’ll buy and paint it lol
The links aren't working for me. :)
I tried all 3 links to the product with ZERO results.
I need this and the links don't work...
I guess it’s the way of things but I wish amp companies wouldn’t bother putting in Direct outs/sims in the amp. They’re often so limited in selection that the odds of the extra expense being useful are very slim. Would much rather have a cheaper tone machine and I’ll choose if I want to bother with direct with other devices, that will at least have more options.
I think for the majority of folks who will be using this, it'll do what they're looking for. Having both the load and the DI built in is very convenient. If people weren't using them or didn't want them, Dave wouldn't put them in.
How is that the DI output sounds much better? The recording sucks… something wrong with the miking or too small cab
Are these built by Friedman themselves or a sub contractor?
Friedman's stuff is assembled by Boutique Amps Distribution. They do stuff (not everything for some) for Wampler, Bogner, Diesel, ToneKing, Morgan, Egnater and Soldano as well.
@@Scott__C Thanks for the info.
@@alien4422 Just to add, they're in the same building and Dave says he plays each one before it goes out the door.
Your link doesn't work lol
Yeah Don!
to bad its not on your website !!
You are an incredible guitarist!!
Is there a reason it sounds like swallowed tone though. Like an amazing sound that was not recorded right? My speakers are good, maybe its a youtube thing.
Late night party
What exactly is the point of putting links to the head and cab when you don’t even have them. Not sold out! Don’t even show up at all.
IDK… I really expected more saturation from this amp. I’m actually very much underwhelmed with its sound. This is not a dig at Jake E. Lee, or Sweetwater… but I simply don’t hear Jake’s tones at all from this setup. It definitely doesn’t sound “high gain” at all… it’s not the mics, and it’s not my headphones… it’s this amp. Sorry… just not feeling it on this one (which is unusual as I almost always love Sweetwater’s selection of gear when they upload it for us).
On a positive note… it doesn’t have a horrible sound… so I can see where people will love the amp. In my opinion any Plexi clone and decent SG will get you a similar sound… maybe I’m tired and not hearing it properly lol
have you heard Jake's song "Havana"? not much saturation on it.
Look at the amp settings!
@@bb-r7t Fair enough…
@@MyBichSustained Meaning what? I assumed when the video title says “cranked up to 11” we wouldn’t be looking at low gain setups… it’s possible I expected something different just based off the title… I’m not saying the amp sound horrible (I left another comment saying I can see how some will love this amp’s sound), but I just expected a much different tone. And when he played using the Direct Out function, we actually got much closer to the tone I was expecting. So there could be a few things just out of place on this demo for me. And yes, it could all be my own false expectations… I’m fully aware of that lol
@@-KingOfKhaos Just look at the settings he demonstrated...crank the gain all the way and it will be saturated.
20 watts and not cranked,This is impressive to me....I have a 50 watt head with 2×12 cab and it don't come close to this.
i just went to sweetwater for the first time and this guy wasnt there my disapoinment is immeasurable and my day is ruined
Finally no Bark At The Moon. 👍
Thought the same thing!
This or a JJ. So hard to decide…
Don/Andy 2024
I think my Taco has more gain. Original version with three position toggle.
Every UA-camr who has a demo of the JEL20:
Let's hear the Cleans.... 5 seconds later, goes back to high gain lol
It must sound great\awful in person because everyone cranks it up
I have a little sister and love it so this isn't for me.....but man that Red is awesome!!
Makes zero sense
@@jimroberts62 what doesn't?
what does having a little sister have to do with loving the amp? @@ToddH76
read your comment. it makes no sense at all. is your sister an it? does she love it? you say you love it but it isn't for you, so then you don't love it. but what does your sister have to do with the amp?@@ToddH76
@@jimroberts62 are you a mental patient by any chance? If so maybe it’s time to up your dosage
Much respect but sounds too dark for me…. Prefer the PT V1
I like to have at least five or 6 12ax7s … need that for the kind of lead playing I do.
Big fan of JEL, his tone and playing is the best on Badlands Voodoo Highway. That red tolex looks awful though, should’ve been a matching cream colour to his Charvel sig.
It's what Jake wanted, so there's that.
I love it. 🔥
I'm sure it's great (especially in the room) but $2,400 for a 20-watt amp is a bit steep to me. If it were hand-wired I could see the extra cost but this is really for die-hard Jake E. Lee fans with extra cash to burn. My opinion isn't worth much but there it is.
It's not put together in China or Vietnam like the PRS MT-15 or Marshall DSL 20. The 100 watt version was a lot more expensive. This brings it to a level a lot of folks can afford. You don't have to get both the head and cab either.
@@Scott__C Neither is the SV20H or SC20H, they're made in the UK. Both of those are substantially cheaper than this, at around €900 each. This JEL20 is €2200, more than DOUBLE. I mean, you could get both the SC20H and the SV20H and still have cash left...
2 grand for this
Eargasm…
2000.00 who would pay this for 20 watts I'm baffled.
Way too big and heavy for a 20w amp and the shared EQ is a deal breaker. The switches and channels also need to be footswitchable. No thanks Mr Friedman :)
It’s footswitchable
@@91RiffRaff Ok thanks - the 2 channels are foot-switchable but the switches aren't. 2 channels amps without independent EQs are not very useful though - instant deal breaker :)
Red Dragon Cartel is awesome🔴🐉💴🔫 I wish I was a roadie for them
Sound flat LIKE all Friedman amps
useless demo without a 2x12 cab.
It’s Miked… Still Sounds Weak… That’s a No
$2600.00 after tax....U.S.
$1,699.
I am not a fan of Friedman amps. This is a perfect example why.
The price gonna take ferocious bite outta your wallet. I don't care what the nameplate says; you're a sucker for paying these prices for a little 20w head and 1x12 cab. You're being conditioned, folks...
Can we get a guitarist that can actually play?
Only 5% of youtubers can play guitar. Sad but true. Rest is garbage. Tjeck Trogly out and get yourself a great laught. Espacially because he played for long time. He just cant progress.
$2400 for a 20 watt head and a speaker?
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
How adorable.
I had no idea this was a comedy channel.🤣👍🥃
links dont work!!!
EL84s may not have been the best choice for this amp!
Jake should demo his own amp.