The Hotone British Invasion amp.
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- Опубліковано 17 сер 2016
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"Where's your amp?" "I don't know. I think I left it at.......wait, It was in my other pocket." : )
classic !
That's why you should just put it on your key-ring like me.
Haha. Good one.
Left it in my other guitar case.
Oh shit wheres my power cable?
its hotone, not hotone...some people will say hotone tho...
lol. that was funny
haha so much haha contained in one small comment. best thing is I've watched a few of these hotone vids now, sorry... hotone, and one guy even said hotone.
Pe Peroni I have definitely heard it called hotone but never have i heard hotone lol what idiot cant tell its hotone ??
KozmykJ so does hot one LOL
I say hotone.
I was in a pissed mood from UPS dicking me around on delivering my Walrus audio pheonix, but your video immediately put me in a good mood, Your enthusiasm about gear is awesome.
I love watching all your videos and especially this one. I have been going back and forth on getting the vox ac4 TV amp for a practice amp but after seeing this little number I am getting the hotone british invasion with their nano cab which sounds great. I have heard the other nano amps that have been reviewed on youtube and from what I have heard they do exactly what they are supposed to do, and the bass head is pretty awesome too! Todays amp technology has come a long way and wish these were around in the early 80's when I started to play...but better lte than never.
That tiny amp sounds really good, pretty neat! Thanks for the cool review!
Great video. Good to hear about this product. Keep the videos rolling.
Tone with the Texas Screamer was the best one. Great vid
I've had the Purple Wind for a few months now. It's a 5w plexi. Love it!
I got the Purple Wind at a Sam Ash, a couple of years ago and I love this little amp. It's loud enough for rehearsing, I hooked it to a 4x12 Marshall cab: Tube screamers love it.
Good job Phillip. Thanks
🎉 awesome sounds man I like that speaker cabinet
Good videos man, keep up the good work, i hope when i get graduated i get a good job so i can buy lots of gear hahaha.
Phil! Loved this demo, Would you ever consider picking up 3 or 4 of these? (or maybe the whole lineup?) and doing a shootout between them? Would really love to see a few different versions. I know they make one that is suppose to emulate a tweed amp.
Need to check this out!
another cool thing about these nano legacy amps is headphone out is speaker compensated and give decent tones if you want to run into a board. Also, running these without a speaker load is ok since they are solid state, and by using the effects send, you can send this into a bigger amp for a bigger tone. I run my Brit inv. and heart attack into my evh 5153's power section. it's awesome! with the right pedalboard switching system, you can integrate these little amps into a board setup and have multiple preamp sections to run into a bigger amp.
This amp is actually so damn good, that for home use i sold ALL of my other amps (including tube amps) and use only the Brit Invasion now...with the money from my other amps i bought a bunch of pedals to make this little beast as versatile as it gets, and i have to say, i couldnt be happier. My advice: run this through a Celestion Vintage 30 loaded cab (mine is a 1x12 because i really only use it at home), and the very best advice i can give is to use a graphic EQ in the loop with boosted highs and lows, to give it that "tube like" presence and resonance. Also I put a Mooer Hustle Drive in the front, which goes for crystal clear clean boost all the way through to fuzz and anything in between (overdrive, crunch, distorion, high-gain, fuzz, its all there), and the High Peak mode on the Hustle Drive gives the amp those tube-like harmonic overtones, which makes the amp sound even better and even more tube like, a reverb and a delay on the loop and youre golden for basically any tone you could possibly ask for. Also keep in mind: this amp is VERY "guitar sensitive", so make sure to test it with other guitars when trying one out..
On your recommendation I bought the Big Joe Texas Screamer at the Dallas guitar show straight from the Big Joe guys, it's replaced my Way Huge Green Rhino (also a great pedal) and the Big Joe guys were awesome.
sweet little amp! if you haven't tried the orange micro dark, you should definitely give it a listen. I bought the small 8" speaker with it, which sounds great, but I plugged it into a 2x12, and it was unbelievable!! I couldn't get over how such a small amp could make such a huge sound!
I just always thought it was pronounced "hot tone" and they just did a mash-up of the two words into "Hotone" so it comes out sounding like " Hah-Tone". In any case, this seems badass. See what I did there, nudge, nudge, wink, wink say no more. Now I must check out the others they offer.
Your wife, does she go?
@@acemechanical275 Haha, Monty Python, I miss them so.
Nice demo,
I have a hot one purple wind for house and mojo diamond I keep at work. I mostly use the headphones with them. They sound ok by themselves, but with pedals they are amazing. Also best amp for traveling. Guitar,headphone hotone amp and you can play without bothering anyone
You're saying it wrong, it's clearly called Hotone...
Great little gismo you got yourself there Phil.
Would you mind reviewing the rest of these micro amps, please???
Thanks.
You had it a whole day without tearing it open. Amazing! lol J/k
Sounds pretty good
I've got the Heart attack version that's modelled on a mesa (triple rec I think) and it's a beast! I think I might get the set just for some versatility in recording!
LOL. You know what? I've walked past dozens of these amps. Never once did I even think of pronouncing it "Hot One"
HOLY CRAP THAT THINGS SOUNDS GOOD, I WOULD GET 1 BUT I CAN GET THAT TONE OUT OF MY HT5 METAL STACK BUT I AM SELLING IT AND WHEN I DO IM GETTING ONE OF THESE!
I like it, good video!
Great vid. You are suffering from bedroomitis. When you talked about the tube screamer being too thin/trebly etc: That's exactly what your vids need.. You need to lift the blanket. TS9 for life! Haha. (Albeit a 1981 black back TS9)
+Phillip McKnight, I agree it's a cool amp.
I bought a Bugera G5 Infinum and a Hotone Mojo Diamond, and threw in the British Invasion and the Purple Wind just for comparison. I returned the Bugera G5 Infinum and the Hotone Mojo Diamond. The Bugera sounded fine, but I couldn't justify the cost/weight/space when I could get two Hotone amps for less money...
I now have the British Invasion and the Purple Wind, together with the EHX 44 Magnum and a Palmer Cab Merger, all on a small Pedaltrain Metro board. This gives me a very flexible setup that I can use for jamming with friends or using at a small gig. I have two 10" Marshall speakers that I can choose to connect both to one amp, or do stereo out from my pedal board to two different amps. The British Invasion is an excellent pedal platform.
BTW Phil, what's the word on your patreon page? Myself an several other people got a refund of our pledges for this month.
The purple and red versions are awsome. Purple is a plexi and red is Mesa Boogie....nice.
In keeping with my history with solid state amps I picked up a Hotone Vulcan 5-0. It's a defective, noisey P.O.S.! Going back TODAY!
Thanks, I got my Mojo Diamond (a tweedy one) for about $80, and it's awesome. You can also plug an external power amp instead of "Return" to gig with it.
I got that Mojo Diamond about 2 yrs ago after someone gave me a H Benton 15 watt amp w/ o the amp part. Using the, Celestion 70/80 speaker this is the best practice amp l've ever used. The quick jam special sticking the head inside the cab to move
Thanks for great vids! You say getting a tube sound from solid state? I hear that. Can it be Hot One is putting discreet compressor chip on front end.
sounds crazy good for the price
so cool sam ash hooked u up I love that place more than gc
you are awesome...
It definitely seemed to be lacking in the high end with this video, but I'm sure that's due to sound compression in the rendering process or so other reason.
For what it is, I don't think you can beat it. A 5w amp head the size of a pedal. You can place that beauty on your pedal board as a back up head or maybe even a pre-amp, not knowing exactly how pre-amps work. I think it's a great versatile little amp head that's in some ways better than other mirco-amp heads.
I bought the Purple Wind, British Invasion and the Heart Attack plus almost all there pedals and they where fun for a quick while but I was over them pretty quickly and the only item I kept from Hotone was the Chunk pedal. I just love that little thing.......
I love my local Sam Ash stores.
I will have to try the chunk.
What about the other ones from the same lineup? Like the "mojo" (fender based), the heart attack (mesa based) or the purple one (no Idea what it does)...
Hey have you ever stumbled upon Danelectro Honeytone N-10 amp? I've got mine for $20 and it sounds like wow for $20, nothing near a normal amp but great for playing at home.
If anyone knows, how is the volume of this as compared to the Blackstar Fly 3W?
Thanks
It does sound good in the video plugged into a Marshal angle cab..How does it sound through something a little more bedroomish...say a single 12 inch closed back cab.
For Japanese theater performances, it's known as a Nohtone.
Hot 1 is another possibility.
I owned purple wind and still have heart attack and gotta say that these amps are awesome.
Ho + tone = Hot tone. Ta daaaaa! Just remember, folks...Zappa used to mike a Pignose on stage to prove that you can get a pretty good sound if you push it thru a PA. I wouldn’t do it, but I loved the fact that he did;)
Ho Ho Ho Tone
hey Philip love the channel real honest are you going to review that Panama Fuego x in the backround would love to hear a Les Paul or Prs guitar through it keep rocking brutha!
Where was the Gain on the amp when you hit it with the Texas Screamer? Have you heard the Heart Attack? It's a perfect dead on 70's Marshall Cranked!
I own one, and always called it "Ho-Tone", until I saw Lee Anderton at NAMM clarify the pronunciation...
I bought the heart attack amp from HoTone it's good though a 4x12 Orange cab.....
Not too fussed when i use my 1x12 Orange cab...
Hi Phil I remember seeing a video of yours which you showed your ditto looper with a large knob which you could control with your foot. Do you mind telling me Where you bought that from.
Thanks
Good videos
your awesome
I personally think it didn't take the drive pedals well through the front end.
The FX loop, however, sounds very usable.
I'm interested to see your take on the Heart Attack version
Odd name but great amps for practice/home use, ive had the Hotone Purple Wind Nano for a couple of years and would happily buy another if it went wrong.
Hotone says of the Purple Wind "Sound inspired by the legendary Marshall Plexi SuperLead 1959 (Limited Edition)". I cant recommend it enough whatever its called.
I dont have any seperate CAB speakers can i use my combo amps as just the speaker and plug a preamp into it? and if so how do i do it? I have a Marshal DSL15 and a Orange crush 35RT which has a effects send loop thingy hole.
Can you do Marshall Class 5 vs Marshall JMP 2061x Please?
Thanks!
I've got all 4 of them. love em but they don't all match one speaker type. \m/
I always thought it was Ho tone, at least my innerr 12 year old loves smiling everytime I hear it, I'm really curious about them mini pedals though, as soon as I can get my hands on one I'll give em a try
It amazes me how an amp that fits in such a small footprint can sound like that.
Hello
thank you for the video, could you please tell me if i can use this little amp to practice with my band or maybe small gigs?
you response will be high aprecciated
Also would you ever conceder do a vid on the Hotone Xtomp pedal?
hi! how loud is it? comparing to for example with acoustic guitar.
thanks.
I really feel funny buying this amp and plugging it into an expensive 1x12
I have a line 6 with 2-12" Celestions with a flat response for modeling amps. Do you think the Hotone will do well with these speakers? Trying to find a purpose for my retired line6 spider III 150.
Can you please also do the hotone nano heart attack? It was supposedly inspired by the Mesa dual rectifier
I had the Purple Haze and returned it because it had a bad hum. I also didn't like the sharp points on the knobs. Do the knobs stab your fingers on your amp? If not, maybe they changed it. I call it Hot Tone.
Effects loop is cool but I prefer the Orange Micro Terror although it is a little more costly.
Me Myself and you don’t get the FX Loop. But the Orange One sounds more open indeed
When they first came out I've heard that the Hotone amps get really hot (as in increased temperature) after playing for an extended time period. Have you noticed that?
ok ok ... What if ... i took that ... and ran it into one of those powered duel channel Floor Monitors/PA that Acoustic players use at small live gigs.... could i get a decent electric tone at a low "Coffee shop" volume ... maybe not full on overdrive... but like a "slightly breaking up" kinda sounds... if that did ok ... it could be a really useful small gig tool ...
I pronounce it "Hoe-tone" too, lol. Sounds like a brand of convertible you might tour the deep south in playing blues bars. Niiice.
Hey Phil, give us an idea.... how loud was it actually in the room you were playing? Is it something you would recommend as a practice amp to play at home? My only tube amp at this stage is a Peavey Valveking 212 combo, I really like it.... but 100 watts sometimes annoys the wife.... would I be able to just plug that thing to the speakers of my VK212 and play?
How much would an appropriate speaker for that nano cost? recommendations for such speaker(s)? The reason I ask is because it might be cheaper to get a unit with amp and speaker(s) combined in one cabinet. Thanks.
They do make a matching nano cabinet.
they dont sound good tho, they really block th amp abilities...find yourself a 1x12 Celestion Vintage 30 loaded cab, you can get one at Thomann Music store brand new for like 100 bucks...its what i use for my British Invasion and it sounds perfect..
Nice hat! Never seen you with a hat
Two questions:
1) What cab were you running through?
2) Which would you prefer for bedroom practice, this or the Blackstar HT1?
I was wondering the same thing. I have one and I also purchased the 8" ( ? ) speaker cab. I've run it thru a 12" speaker cab and it sounds full. I'm thinking thats what Phil likely did. I't does sound kindof shrimpy thru a small cab, but it is cool to have a mini stack in a small corner of your desk.
@@b.j.surfdog3724 I got a hotone hart attack and have a 8" orange speaker. Would a 2x12 cab make it sound full?
@@blasphemer1992 I've run mine through an 8 ohm box with a 12" speaker and the sound improves alot. I also had purchased a small Hotone Ext speaker (4-5" that's cute, but doesn't put out much bass) I think these amps work ok for small room practice. I believe you can run the signal out to a pa and go gi-normas. I don't know what the ohm rating is on your ORANGE cab so.....can't say. Hope this helps. I've moved on to a Yamaha THR 10 ll small watt/small speaker that sounds great.
phillip could you do a hotone xstomp review? thanks
+Phillip McKnight How would you compare this amp to the Blackstar Fly3?
Is this amp going through that Marshall 4x12 cab? If so, which cab would be the best option for these amps: 1x12 or 2x12?
Love the videos, do you prefer the hotone or the fly 3 for home use? Also do you ship the t shirts to the uk?
The Hotone only wins because it can go through a bigger cab and sound fuller. He takes pedals well and has a effects loop. And Yes the shirts ship UK no problem. Pretty sure shipping is reasonable. If not let me know.
Is the reverb going into the effects loop? Otherwise high gain would sound bad going into the front of the amp
but from a practical point of view if i needed a small lil amp for my say bedroom or living room or say camping .....i would sure hate to drag around a 4x12 or 2x12 cab.....so combo for me...but hey sounds cool....so in short if i was by my 4x12 cab i would use my amp head
it's pronounced, "ho-TO-nay"
This might sound like a stupid question but do you have an online store that sells guitars?
It sounds good but is it just me or does it almost sound a bit muffled?
I've got the "Purple Wind." Its killer! I put my AnalogMan Sunface, BC183, into it and the Jimi tones are jaw dropping!!
I would love to here some Brian May tones with a Treble booster into the British Invasion.
Can you do a cube Roland review pls
Why don't the headphones cut off the cabinet speaker when you use them? That's the one bollocks feature of this amp.
Think it sounds good for $100...
Side note... What do you think about the Panama amp in the background?
Hi Phil. I know Joyo uses the word Nano. But is it the same technology as Nano Tube and that Vox came out with a few years ago? Any insight would be helpful. Thanks.
...for when you absolutely have to get rid of $100 for no reason at all
what else do they have other than British invasion?
Always assumed it was Hot Tone, using the T to combine the words.
I always thought it was hot-tone
it is, but I am having fun
+Phillip McKnight Play it off
Hot Tone would need another T wouldn't it? Hot One, Ho Tone, Ho Te Ne I guess would be possible. I think Ho Tone is probably the best choice.
Did you make a review on your Panama Fuego X amp? It looked there was a video, but now i cant find it! Am i crazy?
I'm redoing it. I got a lot of feed back that the recording didn't sound very good. so I am redoing it. will be out this weekend
Would you recommend for studio?
where ia the strat??? I need a strat!!!
Hot tone, Hotone. Duh!
Do you have to use a cabinet or can you plug headphones in directly?
I need to know the same thing.
Hi mate, I've been using the British invasion for months now, mainly headphones as I was sharing a house abroad and having no cab. The headphones out sound good enough for practicing. The overall sound of the line out and auxiliary input is a little muffled, meaning it is not as open and clear as when you are just listening to music or using great cab simulations. But, honestly, I play with a Marshall headphone, and the quality is well enough for me to practice. Plus there is a cool little feature which is that the sound of the amp will always turn down a little bit automatically once you are playing any songs from your smartphone or computer.
Its hot tone