Two Rock Shoot Out: Which one should you buy? The Burnside or Studio Signature.
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- Опубліковано 14 сер 2021
- This is a down and dirty comparison of the Two Rock Studio Signature and Burnside. Don't worry about tubes and watts, what do your ears dig? I love em both so tell me in the comments below which one you prefer.
Honestly, what you need is to run them both at the same time! I keep watching your videos and the only conclusion is that I definitely need a strat
Oh man - that would be glorious!! I should get anA/B Box and do that on the next gig. Love my Strat, but I do need a humbucker guitar for these reviews too!
Honest opinion, I very much preferred the Burnside - especially the Argos 😘👌🏼 Chefs kiss!
It’s a killer amp man!
Burnside for me. Excellent tone, brotha!
My Man!
Nice review/overview. I wish I could afford the Burnside (or Cardiff). I love both of those amps.
Thanks for watching. I hear ya! I had to sell several things to afford the Studio Signature and that was when they were cheaper in 2015.
I have the TR SS and love it. But wow - that Burnside….
They are all crazy good - i wish I had a shop that carried every model haha
The Burnside just recorded better today,
I know it’s not a good way to decide but that’s all I got to work with.
But it’s like going to a fashion parade and picking your favourite. All unattainable atm.
So weird too because I got levels basically equal and they just have a 57 on each cab but I think you could be right :-)
Burnside for me......that tweed sounds is fire.
It’s a killer amp!
Burnside seems more immediate under the fingers, less of that comfort sponge? When you play. Both sound killer though! Burnside for me but the reverb on the sig is beyond what pedals can achieve. In the room they must be 🙌
They are power house amps any way you slice it!
Hey Mark. Wonderful tone in this video. I like simplicity hence Burnside attracts me a bit more but wondering if it’s usable at bedroom volumes on its own or with attenuator. I don’t care that much about dirty tone - just saucy, rich cleans :)
I feel like you really have to crank it to get it to feel great - that said I would honestly mosreso look at the Studio Signature. Beautiful single channel amp with glorious cleans AND a master volume. It’s by far one of the best amps I’ve ever played.
Burnside for me.
It’s a killer amp!!
I love that this video doesn’t show the burnside completely dimed for that classic tweed sound like a lot of other videos
Yeah, I just didn’t think that was realistic for home or even stage use.
@@markhopkinsmusic did you end up buying the burnside from Two Rock?
@@Stboser I bought a Studio Signature. The Burnside was just a borrowed amp. Since these videos I now have a Bloomfield Drive as my main amp.
Studio + gladio, fucking amazing man.
What speakers in both amps?
Thanks!! They are just the proprietary TR speakers.
Hey Mark, I purchased a Studio Signature head recently and have been experiencing a lot of buzz noise while the amp is idle. It won’t go away even with humbuckers. Was this your experience with the SS and was the burnside more quiet when idle? The tone is awesome but I can’t get past the buzzing.
Thanks,
Tom
I’d reach out to Two Rock. That is not normal. I’ve never experienced that with my SS. They are amazing so I am sure they can fix whatever the issue is.
How did you get the break-up from the studio signature? I can't get mine to break-up with the gain knob at all. I really have to open up the master volume to get an light overdrive. But then it is too loud to play at home. So, my only choice is overdrive pedals.
Same with my traditional clean. It won't break up unless I start cranking the master. But then it is so loud....
I keep the Gain Structure switch in the middle and then the Gain knob at 1pm - master using just cracked open and it breaks up nicely. What's the Gain Structure setting?
@@markhopkinsmusic All 3 positions, doesn't matter. The gain wide open, no break-up. I've had mine since release (no. 13). I have to open up the master or use an overdrive pedal. Maybe it's because I only use low output single coils on my custom strats... Or maybe mine just happens to have more headroom.
But I'm happy with my overdrive pedals :-)
@@colaboytje Man - as long as you're happy. I am a Strat guy 90% of the time - but i tend to have 1-3 OD or fuzzes on my board to stack for the real juice haha
@@markhopkinsmusic Exactly. :-)
The real difference is the Burnside is made for playing loud and getting the power tube overdrive crunch tones that other amps lack using gain & master volume and only a non master volume amp can produce correctly .
The Burnside is for concert venues !
I agree; it’s a juicy amp when you crank that thing up!
It is a delicate balance of gain and volume that the gain must hit just hard enough push the power tubes into overdrive .
Other master volume amps can do it but it is more difficult to get that great overdrive tone .
My Laney VC-30 gets marvelous tones at volume 8 and breaks up the power tubes into a wonderful crunch playing chords at gain about 7 !
You should buy the Classic Reverb Sig.
I have thought a lot about it. You think I'll dig it even more than my Studio Signature?
@@markhopkinsmusic Yes 100%. I've had both. Studio Sig was more lower mids, is less open, and even though it's a smaller wattage, it's more strident - reminded me a lot of my old Studio Pro. The CRS has a lovely feel and squish to it. I can see how one might favour the SS for gigs, given it's portability, and breakup/hair at lower volumes, but it's a far more modern sound. Both are great, there's just something really special about the CRS.
@@Ganache30 oh man, my interest is peaked! Thanks for watching my silly videos!
The Burnside sounds nice but with no master you are "stuck" with a clean tone when low level playing. That takes it out for me. Pushed it must sound amazing though.
And it’s hella loud too! Big ole cleans
I know your prefer amp is the SS but, between the burnside and the Magnatone Varsity? What would you buy? And as a pedal platform?
Oh man, that's so hard! Honestly you can't go wrong, but against that specific Magnatone I'd go Burnside. It's a clean, angry machine and I freaking love it!
@@markhopkinsmusic thanks so much!! And in case I save more money, would you chose the Studio Signature?
@@astri258 Yes, 100% - because.... REVERB!!! The tank is killer on that amp
Thanks!!!
Last question, than Burnside is the 18watt 6v6 version, or the 28watt 6l6 version??
I've listened to three UA-cam channels and every one of them sounds like the troubles turned way up terrible if that's two Rock terrible I'll go with a / 13
They both sound a bit ordinary.
Dude it’s just another ’BAD” amp and
“Extremely affordable” is a bad choice of words.
They’re 3k + 🏦
I’ll take a swart , Elliott or Carr any day over any amp built by BAD or boutique amp distributors
“ bad “. What kind of child chooses to use this as an acronym for their biz ?
I would agree with the Swart, but not with any of the other brands you mentioned. „BAD“ is just an acronym they used by accident to describe their quality. Just standard PCB builds wrapped nicely in candy colored Tolex - an example for very good marketing and average tone.