Soldano , i am more a rock background, but was amazing to see the three of you enjoy it ! The others are great too, but mmmmmm that soldano! Almost bought a 50w head of his but stopped when i realised i will almost never get to play it at volume.
The Deluxe was incredible. The Soldano sound is pretty wild too. I'm more of a high gain player but I've never even tinkered much with models of the SLO. I'm gonna have to revisit them now. Nice video, Rhett.
I’m a old dude that spent half my life as a soundman, I’m a firm believer in musicians before gear. Keith from five watt world believes the same. Musicians are like a chef, when you’re good you make the best from what you have, quality gear matters but talent and practice matters more. Love you Rhett, the channel is great and even though I’m half deaf and no longer in the business the folks and music still matter and remain an important part of my life. Thanks for the excellent content.
@@rhythmicon9821 Absolutely goes without saying, to make a analogy. A musician = a carpenter and the instrument = the tools but the architect or designer is where the vision is. That said cool gear is totally sweet. Talent, more so.
@@shawnnorton2674 I'm guilty of thinking I could buy my way to good songs, not so much anymore since I have bought everything twice! LOL Now I just say you don't need anymore you need to practice and write better, period. I have Analogue Lab, it's a VST synth program with literally over 6900 patches and 34 different keyboards and synths and I still look at buying a new synth! Help!
Great to see you guys. I got a few tips I’m going to try. Greetings from the comparatively frozen north up in Westlock. If you happen to be playing in your ancestral stomping grounds, I’d love to get my kids out to a live show with some Pete Thorn sonic destruction.😎
Regarding Boogie's having cascading gain stages and who was first... Mesa actually ripped off the Soldano SLO preamp, changed one resistor value and used that for the Triple Rectumfryer! Your playing is always tasty and top-notch! After this one I am wondering if you guys struggle with tinnitus...?
Tim: "That's really as much gain as this amp can pleasently push." Pete: "Watch." Great video guys! I love seeing all of you work together on this stuff.
Tim “that’s about all your gonna get out of this. You can’t have everything”. Pete “hold my beer”. Hahaha Love all three of these guys. Tim is a legend.
Proves once AGAIN-you have to spend some time tweaking. It frustrates me when people plug in, turn on, and in 3 minutes say something sucks-amp, modeler, pedal. I just got a pedal I wanted for over a year. HATED IT the first few days. After more tweaking and experimenting, I’m really now liking it. Well done, gentlemen!
It's all just tools of the trade. There's no such thing as "crap" because it all has it's uses. The DS-1 sounds like trash to my ears but Nirvana proved they have a place in music. Everything works somewhere.
@@colinwallace5286 Edmonton?.. Try... 9 months of winter, and 3 months of construction... and of course.. the guy has been a musical prodigy for decades.. good to see him taking his place in the ether of musical adventurism's elite. deserves it all.
@@bkeithrs Nope. Six months of winter, six months of varying degrees of bad skiing. Pete escaped: there is hope for the rest of us!!🤣 Evidence of further hardships was found when I was trying to get a pick out of an acoustic and several dead mosquitoes came out as well…😕
@@colinwallace5286 haha.. spot on.. this year those mosquitos are big enough to take that guitar away and start their own band... as a side hustle from working construction and starting yet another take food delivery service...
What I like, besides the authenticity of the technical know how, is the amount of respect they have for each other. Different guitars for different people. The one trick pony with the mostest. With that being said, you guys should know the followings: YOU GUYS ROCK!
What a great watch!! Listen close, y’all, this is REAL info from guys who have the big boy gigs that REALLY know what they’re talking about!!! You can’t put a price on that kind of pedigree.
Tim and Pete are so awesome, I love when great players are also gear nerds. Especially Pete, he is just a mad scientist and I have learned so much from him.
When Pete said, "Fender should make a head version of these", they did. I have a Delux reverb head that fender did a limit series of, I bought it about 3 years ago, love it!!
Rhett's content just on a whole other level now. So happy to see this. Rhett, keep doing what you're doing. This is some of ht best guitar content on UA-cam.
Pete can sure dial in an amp amazingly!! Then play it awesomely!! These guys are all so humble too! What a treat to watch this unfold!! Thanks for this one Rhett and nice job on this and all the sound/video editing and as well!!
The thing about the last few videos I've particularly enjoyed is Rhett just soaking up the opportunities to really focus on his aspirations as a producer and absorb-and share with us!-the knowledge he's gaining. It's not just content (not implying it ever just is), but there's a passion that's infectious.
Hey Rhett, old school Atl player here from the 70s and 80s....all I can say is wow what a room full of rock! Love your channel and your perspective. following your career and lessons have sparked my interest in playing again after retiring from music. Thanks!
IMHO the best natural sounding amp thru my headphones is that Fender. All the others have too much sizzle or sound sloppy on my headphones. Its amazing how the older tube amps IF SERVICED sound great . That said i am amazed how Tim plays with next to no gain and on recordings how well that kinda sound sits in the mix of a recording .Its like the Acdc factor or like black coffee plain but can be amazing with cake Great vid guys i think a lot of amateurs don't get the whole " Once its mic-d thru a PA or in the mix that will be too much gain" thing... less is way more Tim gets it thats why he is Tim
Great video. Love it when you get to see a bunch of folks in a room that have decades of experience trying out different amps and giving all the hints and tips. Thanks for posting!
The Soldano is just amazing. Everyone talks about the overdrive on that amp, but the clean is awesome as well. Just the best sounding amp in the world in my opinion.
I only have it in software, Amplitube 5, that said it's got too much gain for certain styles even at low gain settings. Maybe gain isn't the word, it has a modern tone. So, if you're doing more classic rock I would pick another amp myself.
I’m in a country band and I use the Soldano clean. It has natural compression for that Waylon Jennings squashed twang. It rings like a bell in the bar room. Soldano was modeled after the Fender twin/bassman.
@@joebloe9901 I use it for blues , also SRV loved it was a KLON in front and a 750hz mid cut switch. Warren Haynes has a bright cut switch when pre-gain is at 4 or below . Eric Clapton used two on stage, Gary Moore high octane blues, the list goes on and on. Has some of the best clarity on either channel IMHO. Sure doesn't do modern metal or death metal , AND THAT IS OK IT DOESNT HAVE TO
@@maximumguitarage shit I’ve been in 3 metal bands with my Soldano and recorded with 2 of the bands. If you can’t get a Soldano to sound metal you are doing something really wrong. Cheers.
Rhett what I love about your channel is your ability to differentiate sharing information rather then just giving it. you (and of course the other lovely gents in the vid) are on absolute legend!!! ;)
All these amps are killer. The best clean is in the Fender, the "Marshall" cuts the most, and the SLO does the gain-monster thing superbly. Desert island? I'd take the SLO and the first cabinet you guys were playing through. Great video.
I love how humble Tim is! It's always, "I'll never be (Insert Artist's name), but I can get close to the sound" from him. Sir, they'll never be you, you're a legend!!!!!!
I love these guys and there is stuff to learn out of this. But in the end I'm sure these guys will agree. It's your journey, what you want to hear,create and how to make it work in the situations you want it to work.
3 of my favourite UA-camrs in the same room, Ill bet you were there for more than 26 minutes. That was getting gnarly real quick, especially when you plugged into the SLO.
Love the "throw-down" aspect between Tim, Pete and Rhett. It would be fun to see a whole episode of each one throwing out a riff and the responses. Each guy with his favorite guitar and rig...
Man every single video of yours is just amazing. All the information you share is just super useful. I’m a music major in college (guitar performance) and I watch and study your videos like if it were one of my classes 🤙
Great video is always guys I've used two SLO's for the last 25 years in stereo. It's the only amp in my 50 yr. career that I've never outgrown or gotten tired of like it today just as much as the day I bought it. 🎶🎸❤️
Dear Lord this was fun! All 3 guys share a lot online already but watching them interact with gear and each other in real time was a blast. Tx @Rhett Shull!
Oh to stretch out and play so loud. It’s fabulous to see the respect and camaraderie of 3 people who you watch individually on UA-cam come together - always good - Rhett and Josh, TPS and Anderson’s, etc Just fabulous.
Such an amazing video Tim and Pete,your expertise in setting these amps up to get the best possible sounds out of them was so unreal to see first hand you guys are such pro's was so enjoyable it was Cheers !!
Great video! Thanks, Rhett. You three should do more together whenever you are in the same town. Tim and Pete always have a great vibe together. It makes me wonder how much editing was involved here. Maybe the time crunch helped keep everyone on track.
It's good to see experienced guitar players having fun dialing in that perfect sound. I like playing with amp and guitar sounds but I'm a noob at guitar. It looks like something that never gets old. My first amp has a bunch of presets so there was never a need to mess with dials. My new amp has lots of dials to explore.
The Deluxe sounds here were my favourite. I understand what you guys were after in the demo - typical people expect AC/DC tones from a Marshall style amp and high gain metal tones from an SLO - but I was a little disappointed that you didn’t use the amp specifically designed after Hendrix’s Marshall, to do any nice Hendrix “cleanish” tones, and you also completely dismissed the clean channel in the Soldano, which does stunning edge of breakup tones.
Same here. Been trying to dial vintage gain sounds in a Marshall. It's nice for some, but that Deluxe is way more capable for like early era Aerosmith stuff. Punk stuff, rock n roll stuff like Sex Pistols.. That Deluxe would be perfect for that. Well, in my untrained ears
I've found that if you need to dial an amp in fast, the best way to do it is to use the Low E & A strings for the bass; D & G for mids; and B & High E for Treble. If you're recording you'll want to take your time to really dial it in for the tone you want, but if you're plugging into an amp you're not used to playing it'll get you close enough. Jazz players are fortunate, all they do is dial all the Treble and bite out...
Honestly, I had a really hard time dialing in usable tones with the PRS HX100. And I can definitely recognize it in Tim's attempts here. From my memory, I found it to be very fizzy and boomy, it would break up much quicker that I expected and it was underwhelming all together. It was like it had a built in fuzz circuit in it. Granted, I only spent a couple of days with the amp, but normally that would be enough to get the amp. Not in this case.
@@zero318 Regardless of your posting tech concerns/issues that many of us who have been working around guitar equipment for more than half a century know about, the resultant poor tone is what we get here in this format on UA-cam and that is what we tend to comment on.
@@badtweed2087 I just didn't want rstx to feel bad about not getting the magic out of this thing on the first crack. I'm only 40 some years in, not 50 so I've still got some things to learn, I guess. hehehehe.
Rhett!!! I've been playing guitar like 25 years man.. This is very valuable to me, but I need a amp, effects, signal path etc... training. I've always played a nice guitar but usually I just play on headphones and lots of presets and seriously I feel like I know next to nothing about how to use effects and whatnot to sound pro. I would pay for an in-depth nerdy but understandable course for someone that literally needs the ABC's of amps and effects
Many of my peers don’t want the thought of modeling, but that’s sound of headphones or studio monitors. NOTHING beats the sound and the visceral feeling of an electric guitar and a cranked amp. Try and find a place and some players to explore that vibe. I haven’t seen Rhett’s rhythm guitar or his tone course. I’m sure it would be helpful. When I jumped into modeling with an HX Stomp(Rhett and Rick Beato’s Marshall vs HX Stomp video) the thought of having 126 PRESENTS blew me away. Actually, live with my amp I’m using 3 PRESENTS / 9 Snapshots. Go luck on your journey as a student of the guitar.
I thought that the Soldano didn't sound particularly good in this video. But I've heard metal guys getting great tones out of it. I think that the Deluxe Reverb sounded the best.
Finally got the chance to watch this. All I can say is Thank you for sharing this with the world. It's a treasure trove of information. And cheers to the sound guys that produced this. I was watching this thru a tiny bluetooth speaker from 15ft across the room and that soldano was searing thru. Great work!!
it's weird that in 2022 people want their amp to sound like a guys amp from 1969, can you imagine wanting to watch the same tv he was watching back then in black and white over todays 4k smart tv's?
Also Rhett I highly recommend supro amps specifically the small ones like the delta king 12 they have an absolutely killer sound. I currently play my Gibson les Paul through that most of the time with a boss fuzz waza craft
That's a treat to have such tone masters in one room dialing amps! Would be nice to hear room mics as well to have better understanding what you guys were actually listening to.
Well now… I don’t think there could be a cooler collection of amps and players anywhere. Only person missing is Rick Beato… but pretty awesome having these three gents together in one place demonstrating a wide array of sounds. 👍🏻👍🏻
All these guys are pros, but I love Pete Thorn for being so humble, yet such a gear nerd. I really started following him On Chris Cornell's solo tours. If you're good enough for Cornell, you're good enough for anyone. Just my humble opinion.
Pros? How could you not sound like a pro given how far technology has evolved. The real pros already sailed their ship decades ago before all this modern stuff came about. The pros used sheer talent to do what pushing/pulling buttons does today.
You must have needed a mop and bucket PLUS a few boxes of Kleenex after that little session. I never knew how to 'dial in' a tone before this video so thank god you had the foresight to make a video on the subject. Only downside was I probably needed the preceding video 'how to turn your amp on and plug in a guitar like the pros' before I tackled this advanced content.
I feel like when you plugged into that amp, you became a new player. Not better, not worse, just different and new! Pretty awesome to see/hear. What a cool sound. When you played it, it almost sounded like there was a fuzz in front.
I don’t even know how this video is 26 minutes long based on the title… I’m about to watch it. If this comes down to “turn the knobs until it sounds good to your ears”… Then I’m going to legit not watching you again lol. Edit: It pretty much ended up being what I was expecting, but you guy’s somehow managed to still make it interesting. And I’ve learnt something new about one of the amp’s I own! So fair play, great video!
I'm loving amps for recording and a modeler for gigs. With the modeler your sound is consistent venue to venue with out having to dial in every time you set up.
Great vid. And even playing the same guitar through the same amp on pretty much the same settings, everyone sounds different to each other/still sound like themselves. Great amps, but also shows how much 'signature sound' is still in the hands.
As soon as I saw pete thorn plugging into a plexi style amp, I knew he was going to go for the van Halen sound. I love how one of the best guitar players on the planet is just as big of a fan of king Edward as the rest of us. His van Halen tone and pickup guides are pure gold too.
Tim & Pete are the best, which amp did you dig the most?
That plexi sound is hard to beat. Just so versatile. Everything sounds pretty amazing tho. Y’all rock
Soldano , i am more a rock background, but was amazing to see the three of you enjoy it ! The others are great too, but mmmmmm that soldano! Almost bought a 50w head of his but stopped when i realised i will almost never get to play it at volume.
The Deluxe was incredible. The Soldano sound is pretty wild too. I'm more of a high gain player but I've never even tinkered much with models of the SLO. I'm gonna have to revisit them now. Nice video, Rhett.
There is way more that the Soldano can than what was in the video.
Being predominantly a metalhead my initial response was "Soldano!" but to be really honest: that Deluxe sounded sooooo sweet....
I’m a old dude that spent half my life as a soundman, I’m a firm believer in musicians before gear. Keith from five watt world believes the same. Musicians are like a chef, when you’re good you make the best from what you have, quality gear matters but talent and practice matters more. Love you Rhett, the channel is great and even though I’m half deaf and no longer in the business the folks and music still matter and remain an important part of my life. Thanks for the excellent content.
It's the song that matters all else comes in second.
@@rhythmicon9821 Absolutely goes without saying, to make a analogy. A musician = a carpenter and the instrument = the tools but the architect or designer is where the vision is. That said cool gear is totally sweet. Talent, more so.
@@shawnnorton2674 I'm guilty of thinking I could buy my way to good songs, not so much anymore since I have bought everything twice! LOL Now I just say you don't need anymore you need to practice and write better, period. I have Analogue Lab, it's a VST synth program with literally over 6900 patches and 34 different keyboards and synths and I still look at buying a new synth! Help!
Great comment. So true!!
" I can make any rig talk." - Neal Schon
This was a blast Rhett and in listening back, you sure played some cool stuff. Good times! Thanks and great hanging with you and Tim.
You’re the man Pete! Thanks so much
Saw you at Suhr when I used to work there. Great playing
Great to see you guys. I got a few tips I’m going to try. Greetings from the comparatively frozen north up in Westlock. If you happen to be playing in your ancestral stomping grounds, I’d love to get my kids out to a live show with some Pete Thorn sonic destruction.😎
Regarding Boogie's having cascading gain stages and who was first... Mesa actually ripped off the Soldano SLO preamp, changed one resistor value and used that for the Triple Rectumfryer!
Your playing is always tasty and top-notch! After this one I am wondering if you guys struggle with tinnitus...?
Pete! Dude. What is that strap you’re using in this vid?!? I need to know.
Tim is such a great storyteller, something about his mannerisms make it so easy to just listen and enjoy.
Tim: "That's really as much gain as this amp can pleasently push." Pete: "Watch."
Great video guys! I love seeing all of you work together on this stuff.
Tim Pierce has what they call "The Sauce". Smooth tone and great control.
Tim “that’s about all your gonna get out of this. You can’t have everything”.
Pete “hold my beer”. Hahaha
Love all three of these guys. Tim is a legend.
Exactly what I was thinking.
Pete:.
Politely....Tim, move aside.... Dials in a smokin' tone 🤘
All your videos are great, but these videos where you're hanging out with other pros, doing gear stuff... these are definitely my favorite.
Proves once AGAIN-you have to spend some time tweaking. It frustrates me when people plug in, turn on, and in 3 minutes say something sucks-amp, modeler, pedal. I just got a pedal I wanted for over a year. HATED IT the first few days. After more tweaking and experimenting, I’m really now liking it. Well done, gentlemen!
All my favorite gear only took one chord to know if i liked it or not
Analog gear takes months or maybe years to show their best
@@lucascosta881what?
It's all just tools of the trade. There's no such thing as "crap" because it all has it's uses. The DS-1 sounds like trash to my ears but Nirvana proved they have a place in music. Everything works somewhere.
Pete Thorn needs to be recognized as one of the tastiest players alive. Awesome tone, attitude, note choice, articulation. Total badass.
Pete is a killer. I'd like to see him and Phil X jam stuff up
Six months of winter gives you lots of practice time when you’re young…🤣
@@colinwallace5286 Edmonton?.. Try... 9 months of winter, and 3 months of construction... and of course.. the guy has been a musical prodigy for decades.. good to see him taking his place in the ether of musical adventurism's elite. deserves it all.
@@bkeithrs Nope. Six months of winter, six months of varying degrees of bad skiing. Pete escaped: there is hope for the rest of us!!🤣
Evidence of further hardships was found when I was trying to get a pick out of an acoustic and several dead mosquitoes came out as well…😕
@@colinwallace5286 haha.. spot on.. this year those mosquitos are big enough to take that guitar away and start their own band... as a side hustle from working construction and starting yet another take food delivery service...
What I like, besides the authenticity of the technical know how, is the amount of respect they have for each other. Different guitars for different people. The one trick pony with the mostest. With that being said, you guys should know the followings:
YOU GUYS ROCK!
What a great watch!! Listen close, y’all, this is REAL info from guys who have the big boy gigs that REALLY know what they’re talking about!!! You can’t put a price on that kind of pedigree.
What a cool video. Really enjoyed watching this. Now I want a Soldano...
Also a Plexi. Maybe a cheeky Deluxe Reverb too.
Haha, sounds like this video really narrowed it down for you.
Thanks man, an SLO would sound incredible with your playing!
My fav UA-camr! Rock on. Hey guys bring this guy up in the ranks please!
@@RhettShull someone tried scamming a bunch of people
It has occurred to me that when I hear Pete thorn on guitar, it tends to sound extremely good with enthusiastic, love and passion for the craft.
Tim and Pete are so awesome, I love when great players are also gear nerds. Especially Pete, he is just a mad scientist and I have learned so much from him.
When Pete said, "Fender should make a head version of these", they did. I have a Delux reverb head that fender did a limit series of, I bought it about 3 years ago, love it!!
Correct, I also have one of that limited edition head 😊
It's called a dual showman reverb
Pete, your old videos taught me how to play Eruption. Best lessons in the world for that solo.
Rhett's content just on a whole other level now. So happy to see this. Rhett, keep doing what you're doing. This is some of ht best guitar content on UA-cam.
Pete can sure dial in an amp amazingly!! Then play it awesomely!! These guys are all so humble too! What a treat to watch this unfold!! Thanks for this one Rhett and nice job on this and all the sound/video editing and as well!!
Oops, just noticed I'm not subbed as of yet, subbed you now sorry Rhett! Been watching here and there over the past always great content!!
What a wild and unexpected range of sound!!! This is worth a frequent rewatch even!!!
Thanks for making this vid!!! Had a big smile on my face throughout! So amazing to watch and be part of this crew!
The thing about the last few videos I've particularly enjoyed is Rhett just soaking up the opportunities to really focus on his aspirations as a producer and absorb-and share with us!-the knowledge he's gaining. It's not just content (not implying it ever just is), but there's a passion that's infectious.
I liked the Deluxe. The PRS sounded fizzy to tubby, and tough to nail a sweet spot. The Soldano sounded harsh with Pete’s guitar in my headphones.
Hey Rhett, old school Atl player here from the 70s and 80s....all I can say is wow what a room full of rock! Love your channel and your perspective. following your career and lessons have sparked my interest in playing again after retiring from music. Thanks!
This was such a treat. Three of the ultimate tone monsters discussing some of the greatest amps ever. Just gold.
IMHO the best natural sounding amp thru my headphones is that Fender. All the others have too much sizzle or sound sloppy on my headphones. Its amazing how the older tube amps IF SERVICED sound great . That said i am amazed how Tim plays with next to no gain and on recordings how well that kinda sound sits in the mix of a recording .Its like the Acdc factor or like black coffee plain but can be amazing with cake Great vid guys i think a lot of amateurs don't get the whole " Once its mic-d thru a PA or in the mix that will be too much gain" thing... less is way more Tim gets it thats why he is Tim
Great video. Love it when you get to see a bunch of folks in a room that have decades of experience trying out different amps and giving all the hints and tips. Thanks for posting!
The Soldano is just amazing. Everyone talks about the overdrive on that amp, but the clean is awesome as well. Just the best sounding amp in the world in my opinion.
I only have it in software, Amplitube 5, that said it's got too much gain for certain styles even at low gain settings. Maybe gain isn't the word, it has a modern tone. So, if you're doing more classic rock I would pick another amp myself.
Even the little Mini head sounds amazing, as far as mini heads go. I wouldn't record with it but it's a more than solid practice amp for 300 bucks
I’m in a country band and I use the Soldano clean. It has natural compression for that Waylon Jennings squashed twang. It rings like a bell in the bar room.
Soldano was modeled after the Fender twin/bassman.
@@joebloe9901 I use it for blues , also SRV loved it was a KLON in front and a 750hz mid cut switch. Warren Haynes has a bright cut switch when pre-gain is at 4 or below . Eric Clapton used two on stage, Gary Moore high octane blues, the list goes on and on. Has some of the best clarity on either channel IMHO. Sure doesn't do modern metal or death metal , AND THAT IS OK IT DOESNT HAVE TO
@@maximumguitarage shit I’ve been in 3 metal bands with my Soldano and recorded with 2 of the bands. If you can’t get a Soldano to sound metal you are doing something really wrong.
Cheers.
Rhett what I love about your channel is your ability to differentiate sharing information rather then just giving it. you (and of course the other lovely gents in the vid) are on absolute legend!!! ;)
This is a masters class in tone. Watching you guys talk it out has been so helpful. Thanks for your insights.
That last tone Pete dialed on the Soldano with you playing was killer! Killer!
All these amps are killer. The best clean is in the Fender, the "Marshall" cuts the most, and the SLO does the gain-monster thing superbly. Desert island? I'd take the SLO and the first cabinet you guys were playing through. Great video.
I love how humble Tim is! It's always, "I'll never be (Insert Artist's name), but I can get close to the sound" from him. Sir, they'll never be you, you're a legend!!!!!!
I love these guys and there is stuff to learn out of this. But in the end I'm sure these guys will agree. It's your journey, what you want to hear,create and how to make it work in the situations you want it to work.
3 of my favourite UA-camrs in the same room, Ill bet you were there for more than 26 minutes. That was getting gnarly real quick, especially when you plugged into the SLO.
The Soldano has a really nice bite in the attack and a really satisfying sustain at the end of notes. Great work.
great video! Pierce and Thorn such amazing players and all around nice dudes.
some really legendary names on that SLO list btw! so cool!
Yea, Tim Pierce is a humble kind person, really enjoy his channel.
Pete is exceptional at dialing in amps !
Love the "throw-down" aspect between Tim, Pete and Rhett. It would be fun to see a whole episode of each one throwing out a riff and the responses. Each guy with his favorite guitar and rig...
Man every single video of yours is just amazing. All the information you share is just super useful. I’m a music major in college (guitar performance) and I watch and study your videos like if it were one of my classes 🤙
Thanks Thomas!
What a treat to hear 3 great guitarists push these amps through their paces. Thanks, gents, a real pleasure.
That is calling for a part 2 with a Vox, A Hi-Watt and a Matchless!
Or Hughes and kettner
Great video is always guys I've used two SLO's for the last 25 years in stereo. It's the only amp in my 50 yr. career that I've never outgrown or gotten tired of like it today just as much as the day I bought it. 🎶🎸❤️
It's been great fun watching the kids in a sweetie shop. 😂👍🥃Respect to you fellas
Dear Lord this was fun! All 3 guys share a lot online already but watching them interact with gear and each other in real time was a blast. Tx @Rhett Shull!
🙌🙌
Oh to stretch out and play so loud. It’s fabulous to see the respect and camaraderie of 3 people who you watch individually on UA-cam come together - always good - Rhett and Josh, TPS and Anderson’s, etc Just fabulous.
Next episode please: how to dial in an amp to sound great WITH A BAND.
Honestly a great video idea
That's easy, just soundcheck with a band until you know your gear and where you need to fit in the soundscape in your role
The Deluxe sounds the best to my ears. Great video!
Do you already have a Vox AC30 tutorial video? I would love that.
Thanks for the ride along with some great players and great personalities. And, damn... that Soldano knocked me down and took my lunch money.
I own the Neural Soldano SLO-100 and it’s the greatest amp circuit ever devised hands down. The plug-in is so close it’s amazing.
Such an amazing video Tim and Pete,your expertise in setting these amps up to get the best possible sounds out of them was so unreal to see first hand you guys are such pro's was so enjoyable it was Cheers !!
Was that the drum intro to Fool in the Rain? Awesome!
It was.
Soldano was clear winner, all 3 players shined through it. Props to Rhett for doin this and his playing!
It was so good that when EVH first heard one he had to have one right away. To hear Mike Soldano tell the story is fascinating.
Great video! Thanks, Rhett. You three should do more together whenever you are in the same town. Tim and Pete always have a great vibe together. It makes me wonder how much editing was involved here. Maybe the time crunch helped keep everyone on track.
OMG, Pete through that SLO is soo good!! Killer tone!!
Me, listening to these glorious amps through my laptop speakers: "Wow you can really tell that's good tone"
It's good to see experienced guitar players having fun dialing in that perfect sound. I like playing with amp and guitar sounds but I'm a noob at guitar. It looks like something that never gets old. My first amp has a bunch of presets so there was never a need to mess with dials. My new amp has lots of dials to explore.
Just sit back and enjoy the journey. I'm twelve years in and I love it even more than I did as a kid. :)
"that's all you're gonna get out out this"
Overdrive pedal set as boost: "hold my beer"
Can you do the same with a small solid state amp please?
Legit that would be a great video. How do pros set up practice amps
@@ExperienceJacob yeah that would be awesome, almost every video about dialing in an amp is about tubes.
I love Tim sharing the text exchange with Joe Bonamassa. I have a feeling Joe would light up the same way saying 'here's my texts with Tim Pierce'
The Deluxe sounds here were my favourite. I understand what you guys were after in the demo - typical people expect AC/DC tones from a Marshall style amp and high gain metal tones from an SLO - but I was a little disappointed that you didn’t use the amp specifically designed after Hendrix’s Marshall, to do any nice Hendrix “cleanish” tones, and you also completely dismissed the clean channel in the Soldano, which does stunning edge of breakup tones.
yeah this was a very shallow video
Same here. Been trying to dial vintage gain sounds in a Marshall. It's nice for some, but that Deluxe is way more capable for like early era Aerosmith stuff. Punk stuff, rock n roll stuff like Sex Pistols.. That Deluxe would be perfect for that. Well, in my untrained ears
@@skeletonmodel I was able to nail Toys in the Attic tone with a 2001 Gibson SG and a Plexi
@@ImpostorModanica I should get a Plexi then :D
@@skeletonmodel I recommend Nembrini Audio MRH159 if you want the best Plexi without getting a real Plexi :D
I've found that if you need to dial an amp in fast, the best way to do it is to use the Low E & A strings for the bass; D & G for mids; and B & High E for Treble. If you're recording you'll want to take your time to really dial it in for the tone you want, but if you're plugging into an amp you're not used to playing it'll get you close enough.
Jazz players are fortunate, all they do is dial all the Treble and bite out...
Honestly, I had a really hard time dialing in usable tones with the PRS HX100. And I can definitely recognize it in Tim's attempts here. From my memory, I found it to be very fizzy and boomy, it would break up much quicker that I expected and it was underwhelming all together. It was like it had a built in fuzz circuit in it. Granted, I only spent a couple of days with the amp, but normally that would be enough to get the amp. Not in this case.
My impression is the same about the "fizzy" nature of the PRS sound displayed here.
@@zero318 Regardless of your posting tech concerns/issues that many of us who have been working around guitar equipment for more than half a century know about, the resultant poor tone is what we get here in this format on UA-cam and that is what we tend to comment on.
@@badtweed2087 comment deleted. Carry on...
@@zero318 You are forgiven! 😄
@@badtweed2087 I just didn't want rstx to feel bad about not getting the magic out of this thing on the first crack. I'm only 40 some years in, not 50 so I've still got some things to learn, I guess. hehehehe.
A good showcase of how their individual tone (even on the same amp) truly comes from their fingers.
Rhett!!! I've been playing guitar like 25 years man.. This is very valuable to me, but I need a amp, effects, signal path etc... training.
I've always played a nice guitar but usually I just play on headphones and lots of presets and seriously I feel like I know next to nothing about how to use effects and whatnot to sound pro.
I would pay for an in-depth nerdy but understandable course for someone that literally needs the ABC's of amps and effects
He has the tone course. I don't own it so I don't know if it's exactly what you're looking for, but it might be worth looking into.
ThatPedalShow, here on UA-cam
Many of my peers don’t want the thought of modeling, but that’s sound of headphones or studio monitors. NOTHING beats the sound and the visceral feeling of an electric guitar and a cranked amp. Try and find a place and some players to explore that vibe. I haven’t seen Rhett’s rhythm guitar or his tone course. I’m sure it would be helpful. When I jumped into modeling with an HX Stomp(Rhett and Rick Beato’s Marshall vs HX Stomp video) the thought of having 126 PRESENTS blew me away. Actually, live with my amp I’m using 3 PRESENTS / 9 Snapshots. Go luck on your journey as a student of the guitar.
@@joaquinshook3306 missed all the replies. Thanks!
@@daxmoore2060 I'll check it out thank you
Pete is also a true tone genius love this guy very talented man
I thought that the Soldano didn't sound particularly good in this video. But I've heard metal guys getting great tones out of it. I think that the Deluxe Reverb sounded the best.
Pete and Tim are incredibly knowledgeable and phenomenal guitar players. This was a cool video.
Please tell me they knew about the Mezzabarba.
Finally got the chance to watch this. All I can say is Thank you for sharing this with the world. It's a treasure trove of information.
And cheers to the sound guys that produced this. I was watching this thru a tiny bluetooth speaker from 15ft across the room and that soldano was searing thru. Great work!!
it's weird that in 2022 people want their amp to sound like a guys amp from 1969, can you imagine wanting to watch the same tv he was watching back then in black and white over todays 4k smart tv's?
I fuggin love you guys. Now I'm gonna spend the next few hours dial-twisting with every damn amp in the studio/office/cave.
Also Rhett I highly recommend supro amps specifically the small ones like the delta king 12 they have an absolutely killer sound. I currently play my Gibson les Paul through that most of the time with a boss fuzz waza craft
Damn that sounds nice
Wicked rig.
Guys please do a follow up. You were just getting started.... the 3 of you in the same room is just an amazing volume of knowledge... awesome!
Tim Pierce’s face at 24:26 is so genuine
That's a treat to have such tone masters in one room dialing amps! Would be nice to hear room mics as well to have better understanding what you guys were actually listening to.
Well now… I don’t think there could be a cooler collection of amps and players anywhere. Only person missing is Rick Beato… but pretty awesome having these three gents together in one place demonstrating a wide array of sounds. 👍🏻👍🏻
If Rick were on this, the video would magically be both blocked and demonitized. ❌
All these guys are pros, but I love Pete Thorn for being so humble, yet such a gear nerd. I really started following him On Chris Cornell's solo tours. If you're good enough for Cornell, you're good enough for anyone. Just my humble opinion.
Pros? How could you not sound like a pro given how far technology has evolved. The real pros already sailed their ship decades ago before all this modern stuff came about. The pros used sheer talent to do what pushing/pulling buttons does today.
Great video, awesome guests. Pete and the Suhr sound un****in believable and the flame on Tim's ES is eye popping!
that prs amp just aint hittin
You must have needed a mop and bucket PLUS a few boxes of Kleenex after that little session. I never knew how to 'dial in' a tone before this video so thank god you had the foresight to make a video on the subject. Only downside was I probably needed the preceding video 'how to turn your amp on and plug in a guitar like the pros' before I tackled this advanced content.
How the pros dial in amps? By turning knobs just like the rest of us...and then overanalyzing it!!
My three favorite guitarists to watch on UA-cam in one video. Sweet!
This not reality for any of us.
Who wants to live in reality? My reality sucks ass.
I feel like when you plugged into that amp, you became a new player. Not better, not worse, just different and new! Pretty awesome to see/hear. What a cool sound. When you played it, it almost sounded like there was a fuzz in front.
Dude.. . You held your own with Pete Thorn and Tim Pierce. That was awesome!
I don't know what it is exactly but Pete's tone always sounds so good. Hat tip to you sir.
I don’t even know how this video is 26 minutes long based on the title… I’m about to watch it. If this comes down to “turn the knobs until it sounds good to your ears”… Then I’m going to legit not watching you again lol.
Edit: It pretty much ended up being what I was expecting, but you guy’s somehow managed to still make it interesting. And I’ve learnt something new about one of the amp’s I own!
So fair play, great video!
Can’t help smiling when they get that sound working right! Great content.
I'm loving amps for recording and a modeler for gigs. With the modeler your sound is consistent venue to venue with out having to dial in every time you set up.
Great video, Rhett! So much (great) information that i'll consider wacth this on daily bases just because it's a amazing content in itself!
Rhett, you are killing it lately. This episode was a Tone Kingdom. Thank you for what you do.
Duuude...I wouldn't be able to play a single note in front of Pete and/or Tim but you just killed it!!...amazing...
Great vid. And even playing the same guitar through the same amp on pretty much the same settings, everyone sounds different to each other/still sound like themselves. Great amps, but also shows how much 'signature sound' is still in the hands.
As soon as I saw pete thorn plugging into a plexi style amp, I knew he was going to go for the van Halen sound. I love how one of the best guitar players on the planet is just as big of a fan of king Edward as the rest of us. His van Halen tone and pickup guides are pure gold too.
This was great to watch !! The Boys having fun!!!