Academy Of Tone
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- Опубліковано 9 лип 2024
- Join us for a comprehensive AMP1 experience in our "Complete AMP1 Course" during our test weeks. We invite all amp fanatics, AMP1 users and new testers to a special 4-episode series on Academy of Tone, where Thomas and his team will demonstrate and explain everything about AMP1: sounds, setups, and the user insights they've gathered over the years. Of course, these insights can also be applied to other amplifiers, provided they offer similar features.
In the first episode of our test weeks, Thomas is joined by Valeska for a deep dive into the full spectrum of AMP1 Mercury and Iridium Edition sounds, spanning from the '50s to today's metal.
With years of experience, Thomas will explain how the AMP1 works and highlight special features you might not know about to help you get the most out of your AMP1. He will show some A/B comparisons with amp classics like JCM800, Plexi, Fender, Rectifier, SLO 100, AC30, EVH, Steve Stevens, SRV, Fryette...
Thomas will demonstrate a variety of iconic AMP1 sounds, comparing the individual channels-CLEAN, VINTAGE, CLASSIC, and MODERN-of the Mercury and Iridium editions side by side. He'll share strategies for dialing in specific tones and maximizing the tonal potential of your AMP1. You'll learn about GAIN and how effectively using Gain, when to use the boost or switch to lo-Gain mode, and how to utilize individual Gain modes.
Discover how to „voice“ a sound by balancing the Tone controls and Custom control tones of each channel.
Understand the impact of the player, the guitar, the amp, and the speaker or speaker simulation on the overall sound. Thomas will provide numerous ideas on how to enhance your tone using the AMP1’s features, also giving some advice for the use of additional pedals if it´s essential for specific tones.
Don't miss this opportunity to unlock the full potential of your AMP1 and learn how to get the best from your amp. Discover why the AMP1 is the perfect amp for gigs, recording, and home use-this amp can do it all.
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Thanks for joining in on this episode where we welcome our new AMP1 testers, that Valeska brought to the party! I hope I could give some information and insights on what AMP1 is, and how it sounds. This amp is so flexible and offers tons of options. Therefore I tried to share some strategies on how to dial in Tones. I’m totally aware that it all starts with the player. As we all have a different touch, use different guitars and setups, we need to refine any setting to our personal taste.
Feel free to ask any questions on sound of AMP1 here! I will then answer these and prepare the next episode based on your questions. I’m happy to do Sounds on request…
It’s always good to be challenged ….😊😂😊
See you next week!
Cheers, Thomas
P.s. sorry I could not detect the 1 in the intro song-so I was lost, playing some lost notes 😂😂😂😂
Hey Thomas, nice to see you share the video of John playing the amp 1 at the beginning. I've often talked about the amp 1 to him over the last few years and I brought it along with me last time we met up - just told him to have a play around with it and spend a bit of time trying stuff out. He's recently been experimenting with more marshal voiced amps after previously preferring Mesa or dumble style so I think it was a good time for him to try it out. He's planning to gig it this weekend but so far I think he's quite impressed with what it can do
@@tonystartup3817great that you made him aware of it! I really enjoy his great videos. His production always is so good. If I’m personally interested in gear I’m looking for videos like the one he does…
Love the intro, Thomas 👏👏👏🙂
Thanks!
Hey, Ihr beiden,... Super geiles Video 🤘 Ich bin immer noch "totally flashed" vom Mercury 🌟 So ein geiles Teil auf kleinstem Platz, klingt wie ein Tube Amp und fühlt sich auch so an beim Spielen. Unfassbar gut! Thaaaanx 🙏
Dankeschön!!!!
@@BluGuitar 🙏😊
Die Valeska ist wirklich super! Hat mir sehr viel geholfen mit meine Fat & Nanocab :)
Tolles Video, der Amp1 ist immer eine Sünde wert, muss man mal ausprobieren! Super Aktion Thomas! Ich liebe meinen Iridium 🤘
Danke für dein Feedback!!!
Hello! Hope all doing well, looks like a great portable solution to high gain amps ! It's always great when people bring new solutions to the table .
Thank you for your efforts!
Thanks, it can do the full spectrum from hi gain to clean and anything in between… maybe I was focusing more on the drive sounds as these were the requests that I got for this episode…
@@BluGuitar Thank you for answering! I didn't express what I wanted clearly. I mostly use, since ever (and probably forever...), the most clean/crystaline amps possible (because of the guitars I use), but the Amp1, looks like a great solution, also, to people who use huge stacks (but only mic one speaker !), or for those who use fake stacks of Marshalls. Overall, an overlookede solution, you know guitarists! I saw one passing, second hand, but hadn't the occasion to try it and then it was gone. I'll definetly will try one in the future! Keep up the good work & take care!
das Video mit dem Iridium Amp 1 ist mega 😃...bin auch stolzer Besitzer von diesem mega Amp !
Danke!!!Viel Spaß mit deinem Iridium !
great episode! I think you could condense all the clips in a single video. Eye opener for someone who doesn´t know amp1 or still not convinced. That is pure tone bliss.
Yep! That is part of the plan… ;-)
Great episode! I’d love to see/hear your recommended “do it all” settings for live use using a PAF style guitar like your gold top Les Paul in the early classic rock sounds (like Allmans, Derek, Clapton, Stones w/ M. Taylor, James Gang, etc).
The last hours i tried to get the rhythm playing on the bob marley song as tight as you did it..
Its so difficult especially with all that fills and licks in between...
A short breakdown on how you do it would be so AWESOME 😊😊
Thank you so much for your feedback!!!
I actually try to get the groove me self first.
That is why I move my body to the rhythm, so all my moves should fall into place in the groove. That gives me confidence - especially when I do fills…
But maybe you noticed that I could not find the real 1 in the intro… ;-)
I could not hear exactly what that bass was playing, so I kind of turned the beat around… lol
Honestly: it’s about to dedicate you playing the groove more then to the “brain”.
Think reggae drums - steady beat plus exciting fills;-)
So, gerade zum 2ten mal einen Iridium gekauft, nachdem ich letztes Jahr meinen verkauft hab. Dachte AmpX kommt früher 🫣 nach zig anderen Setups, zuletzt einen Boss Katana Head Gen 3...alles fühlt sich komisch an, endlich wieder Amp 1 Iridium! Er ist einfach DER AMP für mich :) hoffe ihr versendet schnell😊
Am Mittwoch sollte er bei Dir sein!
@@BluGuitar das wär super :))
One thing that many do not talk about is the type of speaker. The speaker may have an impact on the tone. I have two 12, they sound different.
Absolutely! The speaker is the final piece in the chain.
…it’s character defines at least 50% of the sound.
@@BluGuitarIm happy I got a 1x12, 5150III EVH G12H 30W 16 Ohm. In my town is getting harder to find options on new cabs, most the market is concentrating on power speakers now…
Used it to monitor myself, even at full volume from Amp1 Iridium the Speaker didn’t explode 😅, (I didn’t use it for a long time though) and at bedroom levels it sounds good using the power soak 😎
great episode again .. obviously still many guitarists haven't realized how versatile Amp 1 is ..
What i see : Many of the pros currently already play Amp 1... but they often endorse other amp builders which brings them money .. means .. what they play and what you hear is Amp 1.. but what you see (behind them on stage) is fake
Good luck, best wishes, still go ahead, and stay tuned ;-)
Yep, what’s showing and what not…. ;-)
Hi Thomas, for me one of the best tones comes from Joe Walsh (James Gang, The Eagles). There is so much energie in there. Would like to know how to dial in. Thanks
We’ll noted!
Hello Thomas, I love Amp1 Mercury and BluBox…. They have been my amp to go (and speaker sim) for 6 years. I’ve achieved a tone that I love, but now I will like to tweak a little bit the Mercury to get more “fenderish” sound like the Super Reverb, Twin Reverb and Vibroverb. Could you show to get, at least, one of them? Thank you so much.
Well noted! Will do it on Wednesday!
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Hi Thomas, I absolutely love the Fatcab but there are times I would like a more vintage-y Greenback type of sound. As there is a big risk of blowing a single G12M25 at band volume levels, is there a higher powered speaker would you pick for this? Sacrilege I know 😅
That’s a tough question! I love greenbacks, Played them and killed them.
You could try a Celestion 12/80 or my Nanocab speaker. They are sweeter, but the power handling is still a problem as they do not have the punch…
Hey Thomas still LOVING my mercury for 2 years. Really wanting the control 1 so i can crank it. When do you think? Every amp 1 owner would buy one.
It’s currently in mass production - do we should be able to send some to the world!!
Hello Thomas. Would love to hear the Angus If you want blood sound on amp1 mercury with a one channel or footswitch switch possibility to get less volume and gain for rythm. Witcf abinet or speaker do you recommend? And Blubox 70 4x12 ? Thx and you do a great job Karsten
Hi Karsten , we’ll do that in the next episode!
Hallo Thomas, kannst Du nicht einmal die AMP1 Einstellungen für die ganzen A/B Vergleiche zu den anderen Amp-Typen zum Download zur Verfügung stellen ?
Das wäre super :-) 👍 🤘
Einige davon gibts bereits auf Blugipedia:
Sollen dort langfristig alle hin. Hat aber gerade keiner Zeit..
support.bluguitar.com/de_DE/sound-finder/was-ist-der-bluguitar-sound-finder
Is there a shorter video where you show how to balance the channels?
I use the mercury on 3 channels right now. Clean, vintage and modern. I have the modern Set up the way i like it because i play it the most, but when i switch to the others, especially vintage the Sound is thin and bright even with treble down low. I find it super hard to find a Balance between the channels to make all of them sound great when changing between them in real time without reasjusting the knobs. Any tips?
Try to dial in the vintage first, and make that sound thicker by using less treble. Then adjust the Modern by using the custom control towards the middle position/clockwise to get more bite.
Next you are probably missing some sparkle in the clean channel: use less clean volume, make sure the custom control Clean Tone is all the way up…
Please let me know your results !
@@BluGuitar thank you so much. I'll try that.
Well I built tube amps for a living @ Dobbs Amplifier (Lee Dobbs) and it’s only within the past couple years I have been willing to admit that this would really be possible one day.
I don’t have one yet but I’ve followed long enough that I am shopping now.
I want to replace the ‘69 SuperBass 100 and JTM 45/100. If that is really ALL I care about doing, what is the best choice? Mercury or “Silver”?
I’d appreciate any opinion on this. All the best!
Lee
@@leewalton6882 Hi Lee, I believe both AMP1 versions can give you that vintage Marshall tone. The silver is has more sag-maybe gives you more of a lower powered amp feel. As you mentioned 2 100 watts Marshall amps I assume you choose those because there are not too saggy.
Therefore my conclusion would be Mercury…
And Lo gain mode ( press and hold tge middle footswitch) blinking indicates that you are in Lo gain mode…
Make sure the master is used like on these Marshalls: put it at 6-8 for the headroom and punch to match the Marshalls.
Please let me know your results!
Greetings, Thomas
@@BluGuitar thank you so much for your reply. That is in line with my thinking also. I love what I’ve heard from both amp1 versions. I also love the loose feeling you get w tube rectifier. But overall my two favorites most the time are these 100w ones and they both have SS pwr supply. JTM super amplifier and super bass both have a little of that loose bottom but as you know it happens differently from a 45. Yrs I think you’re right.
I have a feeling when all is done I’ll end up with one of each :-)
Can’t help myself.
Also- I’ve used HK rotosphere for years and find nothing is as realistic to a Leslie. Brilliant! Thank you for that as well.
All the best!
LD
Hi Thomas , zu den kleinen Potis. Ich habe Silikonschlauch darüber geschoben. Leider ist meiner in der passenden Größe zu dickwandig und schiebt sich über den Potischaft wieder zurück. Einen passenden Silikonschlauch könnte ich mir gut vorstellen, da es hiermit nicht zu hohen Drehmomenten kommen kann, der das Poti zerstört. Wollte dir in der Januar GoMusic schon welche in die Hände gedrückt haben Bin drüber hinweg gekommen. Grüße Uwe
Wir machen da wahrscheinlich noch was… ;-) hab da so ne Steckschlüssel Idee;-)
???? Thomas I bought a PRS Piezo, Because I did not want to change Guitars.
I play country, rock and blues and some funk "dance music"
I have the amp1 and Iridium. But I need something for the acoustic. Please help with a set up
Thanks (Screemin Eagle)
I need to check. AMP1 was not designed for acoustic guitar.
Are there any recommendations on how best to create sounds with Mercury and Blubox if you only play in-ear? How would Thomas Blug do that?
what is a good reference to create the guitar sound I like? And how can you ensure that this sound is coming 1:1 to the mixing station as a solid base?
If you use only BluBOX and AMP1, you are using the same signal for you and the PA. That means exactly the same sound for you and the audience.
I would choose a cabinet from the BluBOX first that is used for all of your sounds not changed on a gig. Why? It’s like that cabinet that gives your tone a consistent character, and puts your guitar in a place in the mix.
Then all tones (channels and their settings) need to be adjusted to that cabinet. Just think “old school” there’s a cabinet and you dial in the different sounds so it matches that cabinet. Once found the right settings, It simply works brilliantly.
E.g: I grew up with a Marshall 4x12”-my favorite cabinet is stack 1970.
Hey Thomas,
mich würde ein Sound wie von Eric Steckel interessieren. Wenn möglich mit dem Mercury.
Eric nutzt ja seinen Mezzabarba Signature Amp und auch runtergestimmte LP-Style Gitarren.
Grüße
Ist notiert!
Thomas, Jimmy Page tone from the film The song remains the same please. By the way, that is my ¨Brown sound¨ Regards from Caracas, Venezuela.
I’ll put it on the list!!
Thank you.
Lässt sich mit dem Mercury ein Friedman Twin Sister/Little Sister realisieren?
Ich denke schon. Habe den BE von Friedman in 2 Folgen AcademyOfTone gehabt, und konnte da ganz nah drangekommen. Am besten ist immer wenn ich den Amp inclusive Spieler an mein switching systems anschliessen kann. Der spielt, und ich stelle den AMP1 dann ein bis es passt… ;-)
Wenn ich diesen Friedman in die Finger bekomme, mache ich ein Video…
P.s. oder Du bringst mir einen nach Saarbrücken…!
@@BluGuitar das ist eine Überlegung wert.
como me gustaría tener uno de esos pero se que es imposible soy de Argentina
You should try some of our biggest dealers! They might ship to Argentina 🇦🇷! Try Thomann in Germany or sweetwater in the USA.
Nice to see the Amp1 getting some love and recognition on other channels. John clearly just starts having fun here in the final jam
ua-cam.com/video/PK_qOgu2hFU/v-deo.html
So odd, I was watching that video then clicked on Thomas's live stream, saw John again and thought something odd with UA-cam was going on
@@tonystartup3817 I didn't come in at the beginning of the live stream so didn't see that segment. Suddenly John is omnipresent! I don't mind at all, such a great player.
@@tonystartup3817😂that’s a funny coincidence 😂… it is a sign!
Sound, sound...ja, das bringt der Amp 1...aber nicht das '"gewisse physische Feeling" vor der Cab...Live...(für diejenigen die sowas noch auf der Stage stehen haben)...Sound, Lautstärke...alles da, aber nicht "das gewisse Etwas" ...habe es gemerkt, als ich nach Monaten wieder mal meinen 20W Tube Amp angeschmissen hab!
Da bin ich anderer Meinung! Dein 20 Watt Amp mag sich ja anders anfühlen. Warum? Weil Du den AMP1 bestimmt mit 100watt betreibst, und er sich daher auch anfühlen muss: nach 100 Watt Amp eben. Aber das kann der AMP1 auch: wenn man die Leistung in die gleiche Klasse bringt. Probiere mal halfpower (50 Watt) : beim einschalten den linken Fußschalter gedrückt halten. Master muss aber bei ca.6 stehen. Falls das zu laut ist: braucht es die 1 Control, Remote 1 oder Midi. Damit lässt sich die Leistung dahin skalieren…
@@BluGuitar
Nein, ich habe den Mercury gespielt...low gain mode und auch half gain mode...nicht schlecht...aber nicht echt :)
Hi Thomas, please can you try to recreate this tone? ua-cam.com/video/Uk3EWs7-DVY/v-deo.html It's Cry For You by Andy Timmons, but it's his current guitar tone in this video that I'm specifically interested in, and not the original recording (the original is a little too harsh for me). It's a great guitar tone, and I think a lot of people would be interested because Andy's sound is very well-regarded. Also, please can you try to do this with the Blubox for us guys that have one? As always, thanks for the great streams 👍
I have just watched Andy’s video: killer!
I will show it next Wednesday… ;-)
@@BluGuitar Awesome, thanks Thomas. If you can make everybody sound like Andy Amp1 will sell out everywhere 😂 Looking forward to Wednesday, cheers 🍻
Ask Valeska to marry you before I do
😂😂😂
Amp1 is a beautiful amp, the sounds are *real deal Tube amp tones* .
It's like your amp is President Trump and modeling is President Biden.
Thank you so much for your feedback!!!