otusqueeky1 Thanks for watching, Otu! I was so excited to see your Sleep medley video pop up a couple days ago. Really cool to see you back on UA-cam and hoping to see more!!
I've been listening to metal for about 4-5 years now, and I just got into doom like a month ago, and I gotta say your content is pretty helpful in creating doomy tones and introduces me to cool bands, so thank you very much
Man, best Matamp demo out there Steve! Thank you so much for making this. I really like how you point out that while there is no MID control, you can use the BASS/TREBLE pots at extremes to either boost or cut the mids. Makes total sense! Again, thank you so much for making these videos man, we all appreciate it so much! Jason
Holy Weedian shit, that’s incredible! Congratulations on now owning this beastly amplifier. I know you’ll have a lot of fun and make a lot of good content with it!
When you see any amp that’s a boutique, different color take on the classic “orange” amplifiers, you know it’s gonna doom hard! Matamp being no exception, thanks for the riffs!
Matamp is only 20 minutes from me. My friend Jamie used to work there building the cabinets from the late 90s to the mid 00s. If you're ever in Northern England a trip to the factory is well worth doing.
Thanks man. Hopefully it turns some people onto the fact that you can get one if you want one, and it’s about the same price as a similar high end Orange head.
Very interesting. Great demo all around. My GT120 is probably around 15-20 years old, but I'm pretty sure both inputs are the same; no low/high input. Also, I feel like every click of the bass boost is a bit more dramatic. Mine also has that odd four-notch drive knob design on the faceplate, but it's linear and doesn't click like the FAC/Bass Boost does. The variations of the Green amps fascinates me; the guts of mine uses an old Orange PCB from the 70s rather than a turret board (slightly disappointing in theory, but the tone is precisely what I was looking for). I'd love to own another similar model (especially an old OrMat), but I don't want to flip any of my gear or take a chunk from my studio budget.
Amazing sounding amps, definitely would like one someday. Was cool to hear Pike's little fills toward the end played in detail, cheers. Saw Sleep in MSP a little over a week ago. Hadn't seen any of the stuff from The Sciences live, it didn't disappoint.
@@hellephantstonerband Je réponds en français à un francophone hein? ;) Alors j'ai eu le GT2, je ne l'ai pas gardé parce qu'il a un peu trop de mordant par rapport au GT120 qui est juste une grosse fuzz. Et c'est pour cette raison que j'ai toujours le GT120. Il est moins agressif pour le crunch bien gras. Le GT2 est évidemment plus polyvalent et vient sur le même territoire. C'est très proche mais c'est pas pareil ! Et puis ça dépend ce que tu mets avec. J'utilise une Klon KTR et une Black Art Pharaoh supreme. Cette dernière ne réagit pas de la même manière avec les 2 amplis. Mais de toute façon pour le gros dooom massif, j'ai mieux. Canal clean d'un Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier revision G de 1995 avec le potard de gain à 12h et le master à 10h, bass à 14h, mids à 11h, treble à 13h.. Et par dessus une Boss FZ-2 Hyperfuzz, et dans la boucle parallèle avec le mix à 50%, un Way Huge EchoPuss (réglé très court) avec la tonalité à donf dans le grave. Un Matamp ne peut pas lutter contre ça. Le cab Matamp Deluxe monté en V30 est une tuerie avec les Rectos 2 canaux (en rythmique uniquement, en lead heavy faut du cab Engl en V30). Je l'utilise avec un Triple Rectifier revision F de 1993 pour le riffs à la Corrosion of Conformity. Avec le Matamp j'utilise un Friedman Checkered (2 Heritage en haut et 2 Fullback de 15 pouces en bas). C'est vraiment pour du crunch/fuzz avec un grain aéré, pas comme avec les Rectos qui sonnent plus massifs et compactes. Bref, pour moi le GT2 est trop british. Tout ceci reste subjectif, évidemment. On va surtout voir si Sunn, pour son retour fraîchement annoncé, va enfin nous ressortir une reissue du Model T.
@@toom6087hello ! merci pour ta réponse détaillée, super ;). J'ai appelé hier Matamp, j'ai eu le boss en personne, Jeff, qui est super sympa. Je pense me commander une gt120mv, et je verrai avec mon board comment construire mon son. Actuellement je suis avec le stack tommi iommi (GH100ti dans son jus, G412ls), yamaha sg-1000. Plumes, bd-2w, rat, pharaoh (normale), klon anasounds savage mkII. D'ailleurs dans quel ordre mets tu la klon et la pharaoh, et est-ce que tu les stackes parfois ? Merci à toi
@@hellephantstonerband Je n'utilise pas la Klon et la Pharaoh en même temps. Pour être précis c'est bien un GT120MV que j'ai. Tu as raison de prendre celui là. Lui coller une fuzz ou un overdrive en front, c'est déjà stacker parce que l'ampli crunch vite. J'ai posté une review complète de la tête et une autre du cab sur Audiofanzine. Je n'arriive pas à te passer les liens ici, ça bugue. Cherche un (long) avis écrit par SteelCore, c'est mon pseudo de gratteux. J'y détaille la réaction de pas mal de pédales avec cet ampli pas facile à combiner avec des effets.
Hell yeah, you should do one! I already know how to play the song but watching your lessons always makes my day man. That Green Amp is a hell of a beast btw.. Keep up the good work 🤘
Hey man, great demo, I incidentally just picked one of these up as well. What I have realized is that this thing is incredibly loud. And incredibly CLEAN. It takes seriously high output pickups to get anything near what a modern orange can do on a medium gain setting. Even with the master volume, if you want tones that are not the most sparkly pristine cleans ever it has to be LOUD LOUD LOUD. I honestly dont get why these are the cream dream of doom amps? They are incredible. Best clean ever, but Doom? Not without some fuzz / overdrive pedals.
Mine is honestly less clean than I expected. Most of the time people are using them as pedal platforms, since they have such tremendous punch, bottom end, lower mid-range.
Its the low mid grind and how they take fuzzes. And they are not that clean, at least not the MV versions, wich are pretty gainy of the box. Hiwatts and Fenders are clean, Matamps not so much.
@@MikeKatilius interesting. Are you sure it’s the MV? which pickups du you play and which input do you use? I play 498 into input 2 and it breaks up quite early, at 9 I clock it already crunches and 3 O clock It roars. If I push it a little white a clean compressor I’m in high gain territory (not modern high gain of course).
@@Stpddmbfck yeah its a GTMV120 and I use all kinds of guitars but even with my EGC TB500 hybrid (mega high output pups) tuned to C its still clean as a whistle without outboard dirt.
Sounds awesome. Real old school like the old matamps and oranges with that raspy top end fizz and big round mids. You better crank it so your neighbours can enjoy too! Don't hog the tone my dude sharing is caring
Great to know about ordering from matamp! I have one of the GT-120's from the 90's with the white faceplate, was thinking about ordering a matched cab and wasn't sure if they were still kickin! sounds like a big yes! thanks man! cool to see the mv version of this amp and the way the bass boost worked was a little confusing to me at first so rad to see it explained! especially since i sort of just set it to where i like it and didn't think about it beyond that! thanks and rock on dude!
This is awesome! I just picked up a Kuro T120 to scratch my Matamp itch. It will hold me over for the time being, but I would love to get my hands on one of these!
Hey mate, I've A/B'd the Kuro T120 (used as a preamp into the effects return) against the standard preamp on my Matamp GT1, I had the master volume set to about 6 or 7/10 so it was a bit gritty and it genuinely holds its own. They're excellent pedals. Another fun one is the Iskrem Cat'O'Dyne (tube GT120 preamp pedal). I use the Matamp GT1 and the Cat'O'Dyne as a preamp slaving a Laney GH100L's power section in a stereo rig. Effectively a GT1 and GT100. Stack a fuzz into both of em and it sounds titanic.
Coming back to this video, it really makes me appreciate my Orange TH30- with the gain cranked it’s really not that much less fuzzy than this which is great for someone who will never afford one of these
I saw those old Peter Green playthroughs so i bet you are also loving playing this amp for it being his signature amp! heh. Didn't know that for years. He had it built for his huge stadium gigs though. Good for us in a bar i guess hahah. Or a even a tent festival if we are 'famous'!
Yeah, I just recently learned that the Matamp "Green" name/look came about as a tribute to Peter. He's certainly one of my favorite guitarists of all time.
Damn it Steve! XD I thought I was finished with the thought of buying a Matamp.... now I saw your great Video and think I really need one. I think it would sound great together with my Orange OR100.
My GT120 has a lot more lower mids and is more sputtery / blown out sounding than my OR120. I was bi-amping them a couple days ago and it sounded killer.
Very cool demo, these sound monstrous! Thanks for demoing! How reliable are these amps these days? I've heard not-so-great things about them from their Sleep days (basically retolexed amps from the 70s) and even later. No personal experience here, just curious. Cheers!
I’ve had very few issues, and nothing major. In all the time I’ve owned it I popped the fuse once while running cranked and had to replace one preamp tube that went microphonic. No complaints overall.
Hey Steve, love the content and detail in your reviews. Been listening to metal since I was a kid, and recently got into doom metal. I wanted to know how versatile the matamp can be and if it can also produce aggressive tones like black metal, thrash, and death metal. I haven't seen any " metal" band actually use matamps live, so it's hard to determine if this amp is suited for other metal genres. Thanks\m/
Hi ! As usual awesome video dude 😎. Did you compare with gt1 or gt2 ? I’m trying to decide before buying. I’m in a stoner/doom/psyche band, and need clean parts, crunch, and big doom sound. Actually with a Laney gh100ti, with pharaoh, bd-2, rat as my dirt. Thanks, best regards
Nice demo. I had one and the matching Green cab! Kinda wish I'd kept it. It was non master volume though.. Also feel like I never had the right guitar for it. It really is just a doom machine and not much else, so eventually I let it go so I could get something more versatile.
Hey dude, love that tone! Would love to see something trying to replicate the Windhand tones? Maybe the guitar tones from Eternal Return? Love the channel and keep it up!
Fairly easy to do with this thing. When I've played it with a Rat it immediately reminds me of those first few Windhand records. My op-amp muffs are out on loan, but I'll definitely be giving them a go when they come back.
For sure! Also, I gotta say, I love that Mojotone cab! (Repping NC \m/) Do you talk about it in more detail in any of your other videos? Was it a custom build? @@DoesItDoom
Awesome! Well it definitely looks/sounds good with that Green Matamp sitting on top! Enjoyed this demo and look forward to more with it and the new green machine! @@DoesItDoom
Sounds fantastic! You should check out and possibly demo the Minotaur Sonic Terrors Fuzz and Burn. Matamp in a box, we use it live and in the studio and it sounds killer! Also how different is the actual GT120 from the Dunwich Da120? Keep up the great work Steve!
Hey great vid man! Can you do a demo or give some insight on how the CR120 performs for stoner/doom stuff? I’ve seen it in your other videos and am deciding whether or not it would do the job.
It's a great amp, especially at the price point. I really think it shines as a solid state pedal platform, but the drive channel is surprisingly quite good as well. I will demo it at some point for sure!
My absolutely favourite guitar/gear channel, love all your videos. I’ve noticed you use 11-49 for B standard, and yet my low strings feel floppy using 10-52 in C#? What gauge would you recommend for C standard on a les Paul style guitar ? I tend to play quite heavy handed, so would 12’s do the trick?
I've recently been using 11-52 for both C and B standard. Maybe give a set of 11-56 a shot? Something like this: amzn.to/2Y8XMRc I know Thomas uses 11-56 for B standard in Monolord.
How do you like these V-type speakers? Due to price, I assumed they are budget version of V30s but seeing your gear I don't think budget-friendliness was your reason to get them?
Piotr I actually like them a lot. I feel like most anything I record through this cab sounds good. I’m not sure if they are a budget version of the V30, but they definitely have similar characteristics with a higher wattage rating.
I’m in the US, yeah. Took 5-6 weeks from the day I ordered to receive it. Shipping was ultra fast once the amp was complete, 3 days maybe. Yes they build amps all the time.
@@DoesItDoom Awesome! Thanks so much for the info! The mysterious Green Matamp from across the sea has always peaked my interest and I've always reeeallly wanted one, but I've read different things over the internet that sound very conflicting, everywhere from the wait time being insanely long to the company having 1000s of unfilled orders to they just don't make them anymore. All the conflicting info makes it a lot harder to figure out. Your info has really helped clear things up though and it sounds like a rather reasonable transaction! I REALLY want one of these! haha
So 2 years later, how do you feel about the build quality of the head? There is not a lot of info from actual owners of these things online about build quality or if they hold up to heavy use. Then there is the hot mess of the EA vs Matamp UK stuff... I'm really curious and I am tempted to purchase one of these. Thanks for your time and content. You're a pretty rad dude
Hey Shawn, thanks man. Build quality is top notch. Still have the amp and still use it quite a bit. If I were to do things over I would go with the NMV version over the MV..
'Let Us Prey' was recorded on matamp roadster. You can hear it especially on 'Priestess of Mars'. While playing the main riff, during muffling the sounding just dissapear for a short moment. It is just absolutely nihilistic and gives the true essence of the song. Can you play the cover of it on this matamp?
So I came across your channel about a week ago. I fucking love it man. really good stuff. I had a question,I have a mesa dual rectifier and old rev G two channel. is there a pedal you would reccomend without breaking the bank to get a thick doomy sound? Thank you for your time.
Glad you found the channel! I'd say check out a few of these classics on the used market: Proco Rat 2, EHX Green Russian Big Muff Reissue, EHX Op-Amp Big Muff Reissue (Pumpkin Pi), Behringer Superfuzz SF-300. You can see them here in my amazon shop: www.amazon.com/shop/doesitdoom?listId=33K9R12SY1BOA but I'd recommend looking on Reverb for better pricing.
So i'm here to update you. That is my first ever fuzz pedal,I decided to try and combine it with my ibanez TS9. My 8 string sounds fucking colossal. Its rather strange how fuzz effects the low end,I like to balance between still being able to palm mute and shake the earth,while still getting that cool fuzzy sizzling effect. Thank you for the recommendation.
As you can see in the demo, it gets dirty pretty quick as you roll up the Drive. Definitely has its own character. Some like that, some want something cleaner.
It does affect the mids but you just have to know how to control it. I remember reading an article about it a while back and I think Ade Emsley (Orange amp designer) has a video talking about it but I just don't remember now exactly how.
@@adama4791 agreed. The frequencies are all tied together so if you boost one it relatively lowers another. Just as flexible as a three band but less intuitive.
You definitely have a wide range of tone shaping available with a bax. The bass and treble controls are designed as approximate shelf filters so by adjusting them you basically shape the tone around the midrange witch stays more consistent. You can boost the mids more with a bax than you can with TMB Tonestack in my opinion, but it’s not because you are changing the midrange attenuation as much as you are just changing the attenuation in the bass and treble frequencies around that more consistent mid range. I’m no expert, that’s just my understanding.
A problem with many amps and users is that people assume the tone controls on every amp work just like the EQ sliders on a home stereo. But they don't. Almost every tone control on all amps are based on one or two designs that are essentially black magic circuits designed in the 1930's to have the best features with the minimum number of components. Baxandall is newer and slightly more intuitive but still a completely different beast to an EQ on a mixer or stereo. The difference is that amp tone controls are incredibly interactive between each knob, so changing one knob will completely change what another knob does. Then they also can interact with the gain controls, which adds another whole dimension. So what that means is, if you want more highs, you need to adjust the lows. Or turn up the gain and turn down the master.Or maybe you need some totally batshit looking combination that doesn't look like it makes sense at all but actually sounds perfect. The problem is, most players just sit down, set the EQ like they would on a stereo, and then wonder why it sounds like shit. Or they spend thirty seconds twiddling knobs without actually paying attention to what is happening. It's even worse when an amp uses a slightly different circuit that behaves differently. In short, you're better off ignoring the labels on the tone control of any amp, and just spend an hour or two playing with every possible setting, even the weird ones. You'll get better results that way.
I’ve got a Legend 120 from the late 90’s. I’ve heard it’s supposed to be period spec’d for originality but I really can’t find much on it. Looks similar to this but drive is gain, echo is FX in and out and volume is master. You know much about them?
After a last-minute cancellation of a show in Baltimore, I contacted the booking agent for Mike from YOB/MIDDIAN and swapped a previously-booked show with another local band for mine and to have MIDDIAN play instead. Mike had one of these GREEN/MATAMP heads and I got to speak with him about it and help load in/out their gear. In the middle of the show, Will's Sunn head blew up, so I gave him my Peavey Musician head to finish the show. They then headed to my house a few blocks away, I watched Mike's back as he was depositing cash so he wouldn't get robbed, then we went inside and hung out in the kitchen talking music until 3 a.m. while Mike shared a bottle of Evan Williams with me. Everyone was super-polite and cool and very intelligent. An incredible day/night of events. The next morning, I drove to my band's practice house to get the Musician head back, drove it home and gave it to Will to continue the tour with. They went from Oregon to the East Coast and back during this crazy tour; their van kept breaking down, music gear kept doing the same, but they kept at it. True ROAD DOGS. ...aaaaaand the band got sued while they were on the road because there was someone claiming rights to the band name, even though it was spelled differently. Fucking CHAOS. ua-cam.com/video/WGkaHkZ_Jgo/v-deo.html
Hey steve what i'm wondering about this amp is if i can get like a two channel mode out of him. like the first lower input for a clean channel and the second higher input for a sweet crunchy channel (as a basis for my fuzzes). for switching between them i would use an ab-switch. thats the way i did it with my ampeg v4 and it worked good. second question i have is, is the echo loop working like a normal fx loop ? cause the orange OR 120 has it for a special reverb unit orange made at that time.. great videos man and thanks a lot ! cheers
Tomáš Bajar yes. The Black and White GT120 typically has the four position discreet “Drive” control knob (normal and bright high and low) with the volume before the phase invertor in the circuit. This amp has what amounts to a preamp gain “Drive” Control and a post phase inventor master volume. That’s my understanding. This amp can do the blown out Matamp tone at whatever volume you want, the standard GT120 amps must be run at high volume to achieve that tone.
@@DoesItDoom Ok, thanks for info, but to me the pictures on matamp site looks like the knobs on both are exactly the same. I cannot see any discreet drive knob as you describe... unless it looks the same but turns differently :) Sick channel btw, keep up the good work!
Tomáš Bajar unless the unit is a MV version, it has 4 discreet positions. That info about the drive knob came from them directly, through my personal correspondence with them. But you can always email them to confirm. All of their amps are built to order and I’m sure they will build it to whatever specification you desire.
Wow, that was super cool to hear. Thanks so much for this man!
otusqueeky1 Thanks for watching, Otu! I was so excited to see your Sleep medley video pop up a couple days ago. Really cool to see you back on UA-cam and hoping to see more!!
I've been listening to metal for about 4-5 years now, and I just got into doom like a month ago, and I gotta say your content is pretty helpful in creating doomy tones and introduces me to cool bands, so thank you very much
Gavin McKay it’s a great genre!!! Enjoy exploring all the great bands and gear!
Man, best Matamp demo out there Steve! Thank you so much for making this. I really like how you point out that while there is no MID control, you can use the BASS/TREBLE pots at extremes to either boost or cut the mids. Makes total sense! Again, thank you so much for making these videos man, we all appreciate it so much!
Jason
As always, I appreciate you checking out the video! I'm excited to see that you're bringing the FET120 back into production!
Holy Weedian shit, that’s incredible! Congratulations on now owning this beastly amplifier. I know you’ll have a lot of fun and make a lot of good content with it!
Sam Libman it’s a really unique amp! I hope the demo did it justice!! Thanks for watching.
TONE HEAVENNNNNNNNNN the only thing missing is a bong like that dunable guitar
Yeah man! Very unique amp!
Actually I saw on Instagram a custom guitar company makes a guitar you can smoke from while riffing
@@pigdick2233 that's probably exactly what he was already talking about
When you see any amp that’s a boutique, different color take on the classic “orange” amplifiers, you know it’s gonna doom hard! Matamp being no exception, thanks for the riffs!
Definitely! Thanks for watching!
Matamp is only 20 minutes from me. My friend Jamie used to work there building the cabinets from the late 90s to the mid 00s.
If you're ever in Northern England a trip to the factory is well worth doing.
Finnaly we got proper demo of the GT120! Thanks man!
Hope I did it justice! Incredible, unique amplifier. Thanks for watching!!
This is probably the most amazing pre-amp/pedal combination I could've thought off. Great video!
Thanks! Glad you liked it!
It's oddly beautiful. Like, I could see using it for low cleans with crazy modulation or a synth pedal
It’s a unique amp for sure.
Best channel on youtube
I appreciate the support. Thanks for watching!
Wow that amp is INSANE! Finally a proper demo. Great work as always
Tried to do it justice! Very unique amp. Thanks for watching!
Crank that power amp brother, killer sounding amp
It just gets better the more you crank it. Was pretty loud as it was set tbh!
Time to sell my orange rockerverb, Thanks for the demo 🤘🏻
No problem man. Thanks for watching!
congrats on the Matamp dude. This is holy grail for every stoner doom fan!
Thanks man. Hopefully it turns some people onto the fact that you can get one if you want one, and it’s about the same price as a similar high end Orange head.
Great demo, I don't know what it is but that amp is it, that's what heavy sounds like!
Thanks man! I genuinely agree about the sound--I've never had another amp like it.
thing has a lot more gain than i would have expected, sounds killer man.
Me too, honestly. Really happy with it.
Wow, I like your channel, it helps me a lot.
I love Electric Wizard 🤘
Glad you dig it man!
Soooo fuzzy!, the tone is killer, and this was probably the best demo for the Green Matamp
CahLassicSteve Killer tone for sure. Thanks for watching man.
God damn this amp is a doom monster. I have a mighty need for this amp
Quite unique and heavy as fuck! Thanks for watching!
Very interesting. Great demo all around.
My GT120 is probably around 15-20 years old, but I'm pretty sure both inputs are the same; no low/high input. Also, I feel like every click of the bass boost is a bit more dramatic.
Mine also has that odd four-notch drive knob design on the faceplate, but it's linear and doesn't click like the FAC/Bass Boost does.
The variations of the Green amps fascinates me; the guts of mine uses an old Orange PCB from the 70s rather than a turret board (slightly disappointing in theory, but the tone is precisely what I was looking for). I'd love to own another similar model (especially an old OrMat), but I don't want to flip any of my gear or take a chunk from my studio budget.
Interesting stuff! I’d love to own a vintage GT100 / GT120, just to compare them. Maybe someday.
Amazing sounding amps, definitely would like one someday. Was cool to hear Pike's little fills toward the end played in detail, cheers. Saw Sleep in MSP a little over a week ago. Hadn't seen any of the stuff from The Sciences live, it didn't disappoint.
Thanks for watching man!
I've been waiting so long for a good demo of this amp. Its tone is really different of the GT2's tone. Thx!!!
No problem man. Thanks for watching!
What’s the difference for you with the gt2 ?
@@hellephantstonerband Je réponds en français à un francophone hein? ;) Alors j'ai eu le GT2, je ne l'ai pas gardé parce qu'il a un peu trop de mordant par rapport au GT120 qui est juste une grosse fuzz. Et c'est pour cette raison que j'ai toujours le GT120. Il est moins agressif pour le crunch bien gras. Le GT2 est évidemment plus polyvalent et vient sur le même territoire. C'est très proche mais c'est pas pareil ! Et puis ça dépend ce que tu mets avec. J'utilise une Klon KTR et une Black Art Pharaoh supreme. Cette dernière ne réagit pas de la même manière avec les 2 amplis. Mais de toute façon pour le gros dooom massif, j'ai mieux. Canal clean d'un Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier revision G de 1995 avec le potard de gain à 12h et le master à 10h, bass à 14h, mids à 11h, treble à 13h.. Et par dessus une Boss FZ-2 Hyperfuzz, et dans la boucle parallèle avec le mix à 50%, un Way Huge EchoPuss (réglé très court) avec la tonalité à donf dans le grave. Un Matamp ne peut pas lutter contre ça.
Le cab Matamp Deluxe monté en V30 est une tuerie avec les Rectos 2 canaux (en rythmique uniquement, en lead heavy faut du cab Engl en V30). Je l'utilise avec un Triple Rectifier revision F de 1993 pour le riffs à la Corrosion of Conformity. Avec le Matamp j'utilise un Friedman Checkered (2 Heritage en haut et 2 Fullback de 15 pouces en bas). C'est vraiment pour du crunch/fuzz avec un grain aéré, pas comme avec les Rectos qui sonnent plus massifs et compactes. Bref, pour moi le GT2 est trop british. Tout ceci reste subjectif, évidemment.
On va surtout voir si Sunn, pour son retour fraîchement annoncé, va enfin nous ressortir une reissue du Model T.
@@toom6087hello ! merci pour ta réponse détaillée, super ;). J'ai appelé hier Matamp, j'ai eu le boss en personne, Jeff, qui est super sympa. Je pense me commander une gt120mv, et je verrai avec mon board comment construire mon son. Actuellement je suis avec le stack tommi iommi (GH100ti dans son jus, G412ls), yamaha sg-1000. Plumes, bd-2w, rat, pharaoh (normale), klon anasounds savage mkII. D'ailleurs dans quel ordre mets tu la klon et la pharaoh, et est-ce que tu les stackes parfois ? Merci à toi
@@hellephantstonerband Je n'utilise pas la Klon et la Pharaoh en même temps. Pour être précis c'est bien un GT120MV que j'ai. Tu as raison de prendre celui là. Lui coller une fuzz ou un overdrive en front, c'est déjà stacker parce que l'ampli crunch vite. J'ai posté une review complète de la tête et une autre du cab sur Audiofanzine. Je n'arriive pas à te passer les liens ici, ça bugue. Cherche un (long) avis écrit par SteelCore, c'est mon pseudo de gratteux. J'y détaille la réaction de pas mal de pédales avec cet ampli pas facile à combiner avec des effets.
It did in fact doom, 100% satisfied, thank you
thanks for listening to my suggestion.
I do my best to listen to take into consideration all suggestions and feedback! Thanks for watching.
Hell yeah, you should do one! I already know how to play the song but watching your lessons always makes my day man. That Green Amp is a hell of a beast btw.. Keep up the good work 🤘
Think we're going to do it! Thanks for watching, man!
That thing Dooms!! Lots of character! Cant wait for the shootout!
Me neither. Going to mess around with the OR120 and GT120 with an ABY box today. Should be fun.
Hey man, great demo, I incidentally just picked one of these up as well. What I have realized is that this thing is incredibly loud. And incredibly CLEAN. It takes seriously high output pickups to get anything near what a modern orange can do on a medium gain setting. Even with the master volume, if you want tones that are not the most sparkly pristine cleans ever it has to be LOUD LOUD LOUD. I honestly dont get why these are the cream dream of doom amps? They are incredible. Best clean ever, but Doom? Not without some fuzz / overdrive pedals.
Mine is honestly less clean than I expected. Most of the time people are using them as pedal platforms, since they have such tremendous punch, bottom end, lower mid-range.
Its the low mid grind and how they take fuzzes. And they are not that clean, at least not the MV versions, wich are pretty gainy of the box. Hiwatts and Fenders are clean, Matamps not so much.
@@Stpddmbfck Not mine. Its a GMV120 and it is all Clean all the way until about 3 O’clock before anything remotely resembling breakup occurs.
@@MikeKatilius interesting. Are you sure it’s the MV? which pickups du you play and which input do you use? I play 498 into input 2 and it breaks up quite early, at 9 I clock it already crunches and 3 O clock It roars. If I push it a little white a clean compressor I’m in high gain territory (not modern high gain of course).
@@Stpddmbfck yeah its a GTMV120 and I use all kinds of guitars but even with my EGC TB500 hybrid (mega high output pups) tuned to C its still clean as a whistle without outboard dirt.
Yes! Thank you. Great song and killer amp
You're welcome, Jake. Thanks for watching!
Sounds awesome. Real old school like the old matamps and oranges with that raspy top end fizz and big round mids. You better crank it so your neighbours can enjoy too! Don't hog the tone my dude sharing is caring
Yeah, totally agree. The tone is very distinct. Thankfully I have understanding neighbors. 🐐🤘🔊
Great to know about ordering from matamp! I have one of the GT-120's from the 90's with the white faceplate, was thinking about ordering a matched cab and wasn't sure if they were still kickin! sounds like a big yes! thanks man! cool to see the mv version of this amp and the way the bass boost worked was a little confusing to me at first so rad to see it explained! especially since i sort of just set it to where i like it and didn't think about it beyond that! thanks and rock on dude!
Definitely. I did end up getting a $25 import tax bill today, so there is a small additional charge afterall. I think it was 1.4%.
@@DoesItDoom not bad! thanks for the heads [and cabs?] up!
Tom Smolenski sure thing.
Yes! Would love a From Beyond lesson, one of my favorite sleep tunes.
Gonna do it!!
This is awesome! I just picked up a Kuro T120 to scratch my Matamp itch. It will hold me over for the time being, but I would love to get my hands on one of these!
Dave Mahan very unique amps for sure. Never played anything quite like it.
Hey mate, I've A/B'd the Kuro T120 (used as a preamp into the effects return) against the standard preamp on my Matamp GT1, I had the master volume set to about 6 or 7/10 so it was a bit gritty and it genuinely holds its own. They're excellent pedals. Another fun one is the Iskrem Cat'O'Dyne (tube GT120 preamp pedal). I use the Matamp GT1 and the Cat'O'Dyne as a preamp slaving a Laney GH100L's power section in a stereo rig. Effectively a GT1 and GT100. Stack a fuzz into both of em and it sounds titanic.
Fan-Fucking-Tastic. I look forward to these vids every week! Thanks. Oh, and YES gimme that Sleep lesson!
Thanks for the support man! Lots of people want the lesson; I think were gonna do it!
Would be cool to see a comparison of your Orange and Matamp. Great demo!
I have meant to do that for the longest time. Will bump it up the list. Thanks for the reminder!
That green amp sounds sick
I own a vtype loaded cab. I can hear the speaker in this demo. I bet it would sound better through some good old greenbacks.
Such a cool amp!
Beautiful amp. Perfect pedal to pair with it to.
🤘🏻🤘🏻
Coming back to this video, it really makes me appreciate my Orange TH30- with the gain cranked it’s really not that much less fuzzy than this which is great for someone who will never afford one of these
And to answer your question of the video... YES!
Gonna do it!
Holy. Shit. Could listen to that same riff and fuzzy tone for hours and hours!
It genuinely has that effect on me as well!!
Loud amps should be prescribed as antidepressant !
I saw those old Peter Green playthroughs so i bet you are also loving playing this amp for it being his signature amp! heh. Didn't know that for years. He had it built for his huge stadium gigs though. Good for us in a bar i guess hahah. Or a even a tent festival if we are 'famous'!
Yeah, I just recently learned that the Matamp "Green" name/look came about as a tribute to Peter. He's certainly one of my favorite guitarists of all time.
Yes for From Beyond 🤙
Yes!!!
I feel like this could also be a really good shoegaze amp
Indeed!
NICE !!! - These amps rule !!! - Great video !
Thanks, Al. Awesome amps for sure.
Damn it Steve! XD I thought I was finished with the thought of buying a Matamp.... now I saw your great Video and think I really need one. I think it would sound great together with my Orange OR100.
My GT120 has a lot more lower mids and is more sputtery / blown out sounding than my OR120. I was bi-amping them a couple days ago and it sounded killer.
Does It Doom? Sounds great! Especially the sputtery part. I need to think about it...
ben fckr definitely! 🔊🔊🔊
Hell yes I've wanted to learn how to play From Beyond for a while
Awesome. Probably do a lesson on it next week!
I order one few days ago, dream of my life
Very cool demo, these sound monstrous! Thanks for demoing! How reliable are these amps these days? I've heard not-so-great things about them from their Sleep days (basically retolexed amps from the 70s) and even later. No personal experience here, just curious. Cheers!
I’ve had very few issues, and nothing major. In all the time I’ve owned it I popped the fuse once while running cranked and had to replace one preamp tube that went microphonic. No complaints overall.
@@DoesItDoom That's very minor indeed, glad to hear that Matamp is in good hands. Thanks for the reply!
I'm going to order one next week 👊🤘💚🐲🐍🌲🍏🧫🟢🟩
Ive always wanted a band in Gorguts/Coma Cluster Void vein to use a drone beast like this.
Definitely a drone beast!
Hey Steve, love the content and detail in your reviews. Been listening to metal since I was a kid, and recently got into doom metal. I wanted to know how versatile the matamp can be and if it can also produce aggressive tones like black metal, thrash, and death metal. I haven't seen any " metal" band actually use matamps live, so it's hard to determine if this amp is suited for other metal genres.
Thanks\m/
It’s a very loose amplifier with a lot of bass. I’d say not well suited for black/thrash/death.
Could be interesting and cool for
Death/Doom or Black/Doom
Hi ! As usual awesome video dude 😎. Did you compare with gt1 or gt2 ? I’m trying to decide before buying. I’m in a stoner/doom/psyche band, and need clean parts, crunch, and big doom sound. Actually with a Laney gh100ti, with pharaoh, bd-2, rat as my dirt. Thanks, best regards
Nice demo.
I had one and the matching Green cab! Kinda wish I'd kept it. It was non master volume though..
Also feel like I never had the right guitar for it. It really is just a doom machine and not much else, so eventually I let it go so I could get something more versatile.
Man I bet that was badass! I was recently able to grab an older matching green cab as well.
Does It Doom? We wanna see da cab !!! Demo bowff !!
That first act is sweet
Thanks, man. It's one of my favorite guitars for sure.
From beyond is my second favorite sleep song. It’s so fuckin good
Absolutely killer track!
Hey dude, love that tone! Would love to see something trying to replicate the Windhand tones? Maybe the guitar tones from Eternal Return? Love the channel and keep it up!
Fairly easy to do with this thing. When I've played it with a Rat it immediately reminds me of those first few Windhand records. My op-amp muffs are out on loan, but I'll definitely be giving them a go when they come back.
Dude where did you get that Sleep hat? It’s so sick! Dope video!
Sleep show, but I think you can get them online these days from Third Man.
With that gain dimed it sounds CRUSHING! \m/\m/\m/ But also lovely rounded tone when rolled back! Thanks for sharing!
It definitely does that blown out tone deal with the gain dimed. Very unique. Thanks for watching!
For sure! Also, I gotta say, I love that Mojotone cab! (Repping NC \m/) Do you talk about it in more detail in any of your other videos? Was it a custom build? @@DoesItDoom
Jon Michael Aldridge no. Never discussed it. Picked it up on a trade a few years back and have always liked it.
Awesome! Well it definitely looks/sounds good with that Green Matamp sitting on top! Enjoyed this demo and look forward to more with it and the new green machine! @@DoesItDoom
More to come for sure! I think it deserves it.
That's a great song man
Definitly. Full lesson available here ua-cam.com/video/ouSXyAuh6Og/v-deo.html
The amp sounds killer, but matamps are all about cooking those power tubes. Put that master volume on 10!
Yep!
Yes! From Beyond!
Let’s do it!!
3:23 Pretty much perfection
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Sounds fantastic! You should check out and possibly demo the Minotaur Sonic Terrors Fuzz and Burn. Matamp in a box, we use it live and in the studio and it sounds killer! Also how different is the actual GT120 from the Dunwich Da120? Keep up the great work Steve!
Yes, I'm hoping to do both of those comparisons!
@@DoesItDoom can't wait for that vid!
Cool demo🔥I'm happy with my ehx green russian fuzz 👏
Hey great vid man! Can you do a demo or give some insight on how the CR120 performs for stoner/doom stuff? I’ve seen it in your other videos and am deciding whether or not it would do the job.
It's a great amp, especially at the price point. I really think it shines as a solid state pedal platform, but the drive channel is surprisingly quite good as well. I will demo it at some point for sure!
My absolutely favourite guitar/gear channel, love all your videos. I’ve noticed you use 11-49 for B standard, and yet my low strings feel floppy using 10-52 in C#? What gauge would you recommend for C standard on a les Paul style guitar ? I tend to play quite heavy handed, so would 12’s do the trick?
I've recently been using 11-52 for both C and B standard. Maybe give a set of 11-56 a shot? Something like this: amzn.to/2Y8XMRc I know Thomas uses 11-56 for B standard in Monolord.
Does It Doom? Monolord was amazing live, one wall of sound
From Beyond is such a killer song
Absolutely. Amazing riffs!
This is so sick!!
Killer amp for sure!
Do you plan on getting the al Cisneros signature rickenbacker? That thing is so sick. Wonder how much it’ll cost
Cannon Hall it's rickenbacker, it's artist custom....I'm guessing an arm, a leg, a nut and about a ton of weed lol
@@MrOwehoweh and I'm not a bassist, so likely not! But it's fucken cool!
He played it at the 4/20 concert, it sounds incredible, I wish I had the money for one of them.
Casey King thing looks great.
Both pickups covered for extra Rick tapping
How do you like these V-type speakers?
Due to price, I assumed they are budget version of V30s but seeing your gear I don't think budget-friendliness was your reason to get them?
Piotr I actually like them a lot. I feel like most anything I record through this cab sounds good. I’m not sure if they are a budget version of the V30, but they definitely have similar characteristics with a higher wattage rating.
@@DoesItDoom Thanks! I might give them a try
Piotr sure thing. Thanks for watching!
Hell YESSSSS!
Yes!!! 🐉🐉🐉
🙉 I love the green.
🐉💚🤘🏻🔊
Are you from the US? If so, how long did it take to get after ordering? They still make/build amps?
I’m in the US, yeah. Took 5-6 weeks from the day I ordered to receive it. Shipping was ultra fast once the amp was complete, 3 days maybe. Yes they build amps all the time.
@@DoesItDoom Awesome! Thanks so much for the info! The mysterious Green Matamp from across the sea has always peaked my interest and I've always reeeallly wanted one, but I've read different things over the internet that sound very conflicting, everywhere from the wait time being insanely long to the company having 1000s of unfilled orders to they just don't make them anymore. All the conflicting info makes it a lot harder to figure out. Your info has really helped clear things up though and it sounds like a rather reasonable transaction! I REALLY want one of these! haha
Damn that was sick.
Quite the tone for sure! Thanks for watching!
Best Matamp demo, well done!! on a side note will you do any YOB lessons?
Thanks, man. Might do some YOB at some point as it gets requested fairly often. Thanks for watching!
Fk man this is the chanel ive been looking for!
Fucken glad you found it! Thanks for watching!
So 2 years later, how do you feel about the build quality of the head? There is not a lot of info from actual owners of these things online about build quality or if they hold up to heavy use. Then there is the hot mess of the EA vs Matamp UK stuff... I'm really curious and I am tempted to purchase one of these. Thanks for your time and content. You're a pretty rad dude
Hey Shawn, thanks man. Build quality is top notch. Still have the amp and still use it quite a bit. If I were to do things over I would go with the NMV version over the MV..
I have a Peavey xxx2 you wouldn't think of that as a doom amp but with the sick mid range it gets I think it's really good for doom
Peavey are great kyuss used old peavy p.a. Heads.You can play doom with any amp.
'Let Us Prey' was recorded on matamp roadster. You can hear it especially on 'Priestess of Mars'.
While playing the main riff, during muffling the sounding just dissapear for a short moment. It is just absolutely nihilistic and gives the true essence of the song.
Can you play the cover of it on this matamp?
So I came across your channel about a week ago. I fucking love it man. really good stuff. I had a question,I have a mesa dual rectifier and old rev G two channel. is there a pedal you would reccomend without breaking the bank to get a thick doomy sound? Thank you for your time.
Glad you found the channel! I'd say check out a few of these classics on the used market: Proco Rat 2, EHX Green Russian Big Muff Reissue, EHX Op-Amp Big Muff Reissue (Pumpkin Pi), Behringer Superfuzz SF-300. You can see them here in my amazon shop: www.amazon.com/shop/doesitdoom?listId=33K9R12SY1BOA but I'd recommend looking on Reverb for better pricing.
@@DoesItDoom I like the midrange on the russian reissue the most out of the ones you suggested. Ill look for one of those. thank you very much.
So i'm here to update you. That is my first ever fuzz pedal,I decided to try and combine it with my ibanez TS9. My 8 string sounds fucking colossal. Its rather strange how fuzz effects the low end,I like to balance between still being able to palm mute and shake the earth,while still getting that cool fuzzy sizzling effect. Thank you for the recommendation.
Been thinking of buying this amp. How good of a pedal platform would you say this MV GT120 is ?
As you can see in the demo, it gets dirty pretty quick as you roll up the Drive. Definitely has its own character. Some like that, some want something cleaner.
@@DoesItDoom Thanks for the heads up man.
Ralph Lemon sure thing man!
Tasty! Keep up the great content.
Thanks man. Killer amp for sure.
Their site says that these amps are both for bass and guitar. Have you got a demo of this amp on bass?
No sorry, I don’t own a bass at the moment. It seems like people who want to use them with bass typically go for the GT150 or GT200.
Nice fuzz tone man.
Definitely does it well.
Hmm..I think I may have decided what my next amp will be :)
You won't be disappointed!
All hail the mighty green.
so baxandall does or doesnt affect the mids. I say it does just as much as a three band, just in different funcitonality!
It does affect the mids but you just have to know how to control it. I remember reading an article about it a while back and I think Ade Emsley (Orange amp designer) has a video talking about it but I just don't remember now exactly how.
@@adama4791 agreed. The frequencies are all tied together so if you boost one it relatively lowers another. Just as flexible as a three band but less intuitive.
You definitely have a wide range of tone shaping available with a bax. The bass and treble controls are designed as approximate shelf filters so by adjusting them you basically shape the tone around the midrange witch stays more consistent. You can boost the mids more with a bax than you can with TMB Tonestack in my opinion, but it’s not because you are changing the midrange attenuation as much as you are just changing the attenuation in the bass and treble frequencies around that more consistent mid range. I’m no expert, that’s just my understanding.
A problem with many amps and users is that people assume the tone controls on every amp work just like the EQ sliders on a home stereo. But they don't. Almost every tone control on all amps are based on one or two designs that are essentially black magic circuits designed in the 1930's to have the best features with the minimum number of components. Baxandall is newer and slightly more intuitive but still a completely different beast to an EQ on a mixer or stereo.
The difference is that amp tone controls are incredibly interactive between each knob, so changing one knob will completely change what another knob does. Then they also can interact with the gain controls, which adds another whole dimension.
So what that means is, if you want more highs, you need to adjust the lows. Or turn up the gain and turn down the master.Or maybe you need some totally batshit looking combination that doesn't look like it makes sense at all but actually sounds perfect.
The problem is, most players just sit down, set the EQ like they would on a stereo, and then wonder why it sounds like shit. Or they spend thirty seconds twiddling knobs without actually paying attention to what is happening. It's even worse when an amp uses a slightly different circuit that behaves differently.
In short, you're better off ignoring the labels on the tone control of any amp, and just spend an hour or two playing with every possible setting, even the weird ones. You'll get better results that way.
I’ve got a Legend 120 from the late 90’s. I’ve heard it’s supposed to be period spec’d for originality but I really can’t find much on it. Looks similar to this but drive is gain, echo is FX in and out and volume is master. You know much about them?
After a last-minute cancellation of a show in Baltimore, I contacted the booking agent for Mike from YOB/MIDDIAN and swapped a previously-booked show with another local band for mine and to have MIDDIAN play instead. Mike had one of these GREEN/MATAMP heads and I got to speak with him about it and help load in/out their gear.
In the middle of the show, Will's Sunn head blew up, so I gave him my Peavey Musician head to finish the show. They then headed to my house a few blocks away, I watched Mike's back as he was depositing cash so he wouldn't get robbed, then we went inside and hung out in the kitchen talking music until 3 a.m. while Mike shared a bottle of Evan Williams with me. Everyone was super-polite and cool and very intelligent. An incredible day/night of events.
The next morning, I drove to my band's practice house to get the Musician head back, drove it home and gave it to Will to continue the tour with. They went from Oregon to the East Coast and back during this crazy tour; their van kept breaking down, music gear kept doing the same, but they kept at it. True ROAD DOGS. ...aaaaaand the band got sued while they were on the road because there was someone claiming rights to the band name, even though it was spelled differently. Fucking CHAOS.
ua-cam.com/video/WGkaHkZ_Jgo/v-deo.html
everything from Peavey 70-80's rules. wtf happened to them 😞
Hey steve what i'm wondering about this amp is if i can get like a two channel mode out of him. like the first lower input for a clean channel and the second higher input for a sweet crunchy channel (as a basis for my fuzzes). for switching between them i would use an ab-switch. thats the way i did it with my ampeg v4 and it worked good.
second question i have is, is the echo loop working like a normal fx loop ? cause the orange OR 120 has it for a special reverb unit orange made at that time..
great videos man and thanks a lot !
cheers
My face has been MELTED. 🤯
PJ Thomas hahaha! Thanks for watching as alway man!
No need to pedal. The sound from this amp is great.
It’s pretty badass all on its own for sure.
@@DoesItDoom I would like to hear it with a vintage wah pedal though haha
Where did that ghost left hand come from that was turning the knobs while you were playing? Does it come with the head? That's a trip.
Haha! Looper!!
Is there ANY other difference between the standard black&white Matamp GT120 and this green one other than looks?
Tomáš Bajar yes. The Black and White GT120 typically has the four position discreet “Drive” control knob (normal and bright high and low) with the volume before the phase invertor in the circuit. This amp has what amounts to a preamp gain “Drive” Control and a post phase inventor master volume. That’s my understanding. This amp can do the blown out Matamp tone at whatever volume you want, the standard GT120 amps must be run at high volume to achieve that tone.
@@DoesItDoom Ok, thanks for info, but to me the pictures on matamp site looks like the knobs on both are exactly the same. I cannot see any discreet drive knob as you describe... unless it looks the same but turns differently :)
Sick channel btw, keep up the good work!
Tomáš Bajar unless the unit is a MV version, it has 4 discreet positions. That info about the drive knob came from them directly, through my personal correspondence with them. But you can always email them to confirm. All of their amps are built to order and I’m sure they will build it to whatever specification you desire.
@@DoesItDoom Dude, I'm just blind.. Now I see it.. :D You're right.
Tomáš Bajar nice!
Great video as usual man, can you do pentagram lesson??
I have been meaning to do Pentagram for a long time. Will do some this coming year.
Nice! Now let's hear some church of misery badlands
🐐🤘🔊
Nice man!!
Thanks bro! Hopefully I did it justice. Pretty unique amp as you know from experience.
Completely unrelated to the content of the video(which is great as always), where did you get that awesome Sleep hat? It’s killer!
TheBardLucian I think the only place you can get them is at a Sleep concert.