Lester when you mentioned the RP 50.. it brought back some memories.. some good.. but mostly bad.. having to scroll through that thing.. ugh. Kids are so lucky these days.. WE had to work for our tones back in the day 😜🤘
@@ChristopherVonnCornelio Thanks my friend! I've only had experience with this tank G so far. I think the bald shredder did another variation of the tank G though. Might be worth checking out 👋
Hey Lester, did you try out loading self-trained new amp models into the Tank-G? I think THIS is where the Tank-Gs REALLY shine! Yes, you can train your own neural net models and load them into the unit! And there are plenty already available. The Tank-G runs under the names Playwell, Lekato and the developer of these units, M-Vave. The devices should be technically identical, just rebranded, and you can use the software from M-Vave, including SincoANN, for all of them. With the actual M-EFCS you should be able to load AM2 amp models into the machines. The Firmware updater should identify the unit as Tank-G V1 or V2 before it does its duty. I would try this out asap. Because this is, what makes this thing super-interesting, loading in amp models of every hardware unit OR plugin you have. (Or models you can find on the web.) (For training of VST/plugin amps, you find a video on youtube that has instructions to train them on google colab, plus a link for the according training software...) For me, this is the best feature of them all, I can train my DAW amp sounds and carry them to the gigs and rehearsals - in hardware! Opens up a new world. Love my Tank-G. I have the V2 from M-Vave but thinking of getting a second one, and why not a black unit this time? 🙂 (Uhm, yes, this makes the unit similar to a Tonex or Kemper, actually.)
@@LesterMitchell Not only that, but the Brazilians have already figured out how to use Neural Amp Modeler captures on the device! You gotta do an update video testing this out, perhaps try loading Ola Englund's free Randall Satan 50 NAM profile and one of his free Hesu 2x12 IR's! Keep up the good work Mitchell! \m/
Great video and pedal. I ordered mine recently and look forward to using it on my European trip. BTW, you mentioned that you used only your pedal for the final song... where did the drums come from? Does this pedal also have a drum machine?
Thanks a bunch my friend! Ah, sorry for not clarifying in the video. No drum machine in the pedal. When I make songs for these review videos I have to use my drum software addictive drums 3. Hope that helps!
Understandable! I'm just happy it has reverb, delay and chorus. That's all I ever use half the time lol. Actually I rarely even use chorus but still fun to have
I got one and seriously sounds great, it won’t beat out a pedalboard but the cases where you want to have a small rig or wanna play through headphones (which this is Bluetooth and you can listen to music and play your guitar at the same time all in your headphones) makes this worth buying in opinion just because of that. If you do get it, I’d say the Bogner amp and cab 7 is the best combo in my opinion for you get the widest possibility of tones
Hey Lester, sorry I haven't been tuning in to the lives lately, been having abdominal pain. Found out I have gallstones so now I have to wait to be referred to a surgeon. Healthcare system's awesome here in the US... not! Anyway, I have a mini version of this I got on Amazon called the micro-rig. It's got 8 amps and 9 IRs too but it doesn't seem to have as much gain as this one and the low end is flubby. I boosted it with an overdrive and it seemed to have helped but I think this one sounds better. As always the jam was awesome, and it's nice to see someone playing 9th chords and augs in their videos instead of the same old-same old LOL. If I'm not in the live just remember I'm still watching and giving a thumbs-up. \m/
Hey man! That's a good question haha. I was just turning knobs for hours until I found a setting I liked honestly. I will take a look tomorrow and give you a more detailed answer when I can plug in!
@@LesterMitchell It's not really me it's my eyes it's distracting and annoying as my eyes trying to focus on both the blur and you ( the user ) on the front of the camera. I don't know why on earth this trend started to use "cinematic" bokeh on youtube review channels it's not a movie it's simply a product being shown. I have seen people with $50,000 camera setups for a $30 product review that's how silly this has become. The shot of you playing the guitar and the product being blurred in the background my eyes were going nuts . This is why I seek deep into the videos right away when encountering heavy bokeh use ;o). Wished people would go back to Camcorders as they have less bokeh ( only the telephoto end) so everything is mostly in focus.
@danfuerthgillis4483 Haha I understand where you're coming from. I agree that the UA-cam community has become quite over the top in terms of production. This is only a $400 setup, Canon m50. On the other end of that, UA-cam is a job. I can't film reviews or other videos with a potato phone camera and expect companies to be happy lol.
@@LesterMitchell Well if you look at where Apple is heading with their Phones with the Iphone 16 now it's for content creators so even they jumped in on the "Cinematic" bokeh bandwagon. At least you don't have 100 cuts in 30 seconds on the video now that's pushing it. Good solid playing here and clean tone!
Lester when you mentioned the RP 50.. it brought back some memories.. some good.. but mostly bad.. having to scroll through that thing.. ugh.
Kids are so lucky these days.. WE had to work for our tones back in the day 😜🤘
Haha yes absolutely! I remember stepping too hard and breaking the buttons on that RP-50 lol. Don't miss those days!
Indeed! 🤔
Awesome new song! And that pedal sounds huge! Very cool.
Thanks a bunch dude! I'm still surprised!
Great jams! I also had a Digitech 50 as well as the 150 back in the day 😄! Have also seen various Tank G reviews, and it seems like a great deal! 🤔🤟🎸
Haha the digitech club! Yeah over the years I had the RP 50, 55, and 1000. We've come a long way!
excellent review and love the new song!
@@rdaniels8147 Thanks a bunch man!
Nice playing there sir. I was searching for a video comparing Lekato Tank G VS MVave Tank G and from there decide which should I buy soon.
@@ChristopherVonnCornelio Thanks my friend! I've only had experience with this tank G so far. I think the bald shredder did another variation of the tank G though. Might be worth checking out 👋
Great review Lester! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Craig!
Amazing playing and song!
Thanks a bunch!
Very good thx
@@clemmcguinness1087 Np! Thanks for watching 👋
For that little money this pedal sounds awesome. Love the new song 'Hollow Eyes'🎸🔥👍 greetings from Lotasticland
Thanks man! I appreciate that! 🙏
Hey Lester, did you try out loading self-trained new amp models into the Tank-G?
I think THIS is where the Tank-Gs REALLY shine!
Yes, you can train your own neural net models and load them into the unit! And there are plenty already available. The Tank-G runs under the names Playwell, Lekato and the developer of these units, M-Vave. The devices should be technically identical, just rebranded, and you can use the software from M-Vave, including SincoANN, for all of them. With the actual M-EFCS you should be able to load AM2 amp models into the machines. The Firmware updater should identify the unit as Tank-G V1 or V2 before it does its duty. I would try this out asap. Because this is, what makes this thing super-interesting, loading in amp models of every hardware unit OR plugin you have. (Or models you can find on the web.)
(For training of VST/plugin amps, you find a video on youtube that has instructions to train them on google colab, plus a link for the according training software...)
For me, this is the best feature of them all, I can train my DAW amp sounds and carry them to the gigs and rehearsals - in hardware!
Opens up a new world. Love my Tank-G. I have the V2 from M-Vave but thinking of getting a second one, and why not a black unit this time? 🙂
(Uhm, yes, this makes the unit similar to a Tonex or Kemper, actually.)
@@imcrazedandconfused Oh wow! I had no idea about that! Thanks for the info dude 👋 I will absolutely try this out.
@@LesterMitchell Not only that, but the Brazilians have already figured out how to use Neural Amp Modeler captures on the device! You gotta do an update video testing this out, perhaps try loading Ola Englund's free Randall Satan 50 NAM profile and one of his free Hesu 2x12 IR's! Keep up the good work Mitchell! \m/
@@SerpentsBane1995 That's crazy! I'll have to try this out for a video for sure! Thanks a bunch my friend
That's neat. Plus it would save the cable costs over the stand alone pedals.
Good point!
Great song and good licks
Thanks man!
Great video and pedal. I ordered mine recently and look forward to using it on my European trip. BTW, you mentioned that you used only your pedal for the final song... where did the drums come from? Does this pedal also have a drum machine?
Thanks a bunch my friend! Ah, sorry for not clarifying in the video. No drum machine in the pedal. When I make songs for these review videos I have to use my drum software addictive drums 3. Hope that helps!
Yeah, that speaker perfectly matched to the amp sounds amazing on that lokato, I mean katana.
@@gumpymcbarfbag3884 No amp was used in this video surprisingly! I ran direct out from the lekato tank g into my Scarlett interface.
@@LesterMitchellignore the tard great demo
Awesome
Tank G, blackbox, next year they're putting out MK300. those are the cheapest profiler/capturer in the world.
I bought the playwell version, love it, but wish it had better effects, I’ll use the chorus but would have rather had a flanger instead of tremolo
Understandable! I'm just happy it has reverb, delay and chorus. That's all I ever use half the time lol. Actually I rarely even use chorus but still fun to have
@ for sure, love this little tank.
It's interesting man.
Definitely!
Hw good is the quality of the sound?
I think it sounds great.
I got one and seriously sounds great, it won’t beat out a pedalboard but the cases where you want to have a small rig or wanna play through headphones (which this is Bluetooth and you can listen to music and play your guitar at the same time all in your headphones) makes this worth buying in opinion just because of that. If you do get it, I’d say the Bogner amp and cab 7 is the best combo in my opinion for you get the widest possibility of tones
Also it’s mono out but if you have a trs cable, you can make it have stereo effects which is what I do it sounds huge
Hey Lester, sorry I haven't been tuning in to the lives lately, been having abdominal pain. Found out I have gallstones so now I have to wait to be referred to a surgeon. Healthcare system's awesome here in the US... not! Anyway, I have a mini version of this I got on Amazon called the micro-rig. It's got 8 amps and 9 IRs too but it doesn't seem to have as much gain as this one and the low end is flubby. I boosted it with an overdrive and it seemed to have helped but I think this one sounds better. As always the jam was awesome, and it's nice to see someone playing 9th chords and augs in their videos instead of the same old-same old LOL. If I'm not in the live just remember I'm still watching and giving a thumbs-up. \m/
Hey my friend! So sorry to hear you're going through that. I hope you find some relief soon. Our health is important 🙏
@@LesterMitchell thanks man I appreciate that!
Robin Ford on steroids. Me likes.
@@MartinBlasick Haha much appreciated dude!
Bro what ir and preamp did you use for that last section???
Hey man! That's a good question haha. I was just turning knobs for hours until I found a setting I liked honestly. I will take a look tomorrow and give you a more detailed answer when I can plug in!
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Can you go ¼ inch out and Xlr at the same time ? Thank you
Hey there! That's a good question. I haven't tried that so I am not sure. Sorry!
thank you freddie mercury for demo
Haha I'm dead ☠️
As soon as I seen that silly background blur you lost me here, cant stand this bokeh nonsense anymore.
@@danfuerthgillis4483 Okay man 😂 That's just the lens my camera came with. Sorry to trigger you.
@@LesterMitchell It's not really me it's my eyes it's distracting and annoying as my eyes trying to focus on both the blur and you ( the user ) on the front of the camera. I don't know why on earth this trend started to use "cinematic" bokeh on youtube review channels it's not a movie it's simply a product being shown. I have seen people with $50,000 camera setups for a $30 product review that's how silly this has become. The shot of you playing the guitar and the product being blurred in the background my eyes were going nuts . This is why I seek deep into the videos right away when encountering heavy bokeh use ;o). Wished people would go back to Camcorders as they have less bokeh ( only the telephoto end) so everything is mostly in focus.
@danfuerthgillis4483 Haha I understand where you're coming from. I agree that the UA-cam community has become quite over the top in terms of production. This is only a $400 setup, Canon m50.
On the other end of that, UA-cam is a job. I can't film reviews or other videos with a potato phone camera and expect companies to be happy lol.
@@LesterMitchell Well if you look at where Apple is heading with their Phones with the Iphone 16 now it's for content creators so even they jumped in on the "Cinematic" bokeh bandwagon. At least you don't have 100 cuts in 30 seconds on the video now that's pushing it. Good solid playing here and clean tone!