This amp is pretty damn impressive. There is one at my local music store, and it amazes me how good it sounds for what it is. You can pretty much do anything with it. Its ideal for recording.
I just played through one of these at a local music store. I'd never seen one before and thought it was just a head and the sound was coming through the 4x12 speaker cab it was sitting on. I was amazed when the guy showed me it was just the THR and wasn't connected to anything else! It sounds much bigger than it looks.
It's a Yamaha SG (or SBG in the USA) - the specific model is an SG1820LTD. The Yamaha SG shape has been around since the 70s but this latest version has been available since 2009.
i have the THR10X, and yes he's right. with all the plug ins and patches you'll be spending more time searching what sound your looking for rather than making your music. downloading the programs like the SSD (steven slate drums) that is too complicated to do and/or bias effects by positive grid. it's nice to have all that luxury, but i'm old school and i like simple. what he says at the end of the video hit the nail right on the head.
best video I could have seen to make me want to buy this amp. well done. Excellent tutorial and demo and I like your final point about NOT being distracted by mountains of gear..very valid. May have to go to my music store very soon
That's a compressor that's permanently wired on a split from the guitar input in the control room, but it's not in the signal chain - the only thing between the guitar and the THR was cabling.
Here's Marc explaining why the DBX compressor is active - "The compressor is actually only used on the talkback mic on the Neve console (you can see the talkback mic on a gooseneck attached to the console) so it is picking up all the noise in the control room, that's why you see the meter changing. It is not in the guitar signal chain at all. The video is guitar plugged directly to the amp."
THR needs 2 things to compete these days. First, it needs a way to add a boost on board (tubescreamer and maybe a super overdrive type). Second, it needs to combine the brown modes into the THR10. Having 3 different types of THR's creates a type of decision paralysis as you want ONE go-to amp but find that each amp lacks some great sounds from others. Amps like the Katana are great all the way around.
Youve completely missed the point. The difference between the THR10 and those amps is that the THR10 isn't meant to be a substitute for those stage amps. The THR is supposed to be your third amp, an amp you can take with you to practice, maybe warm up before your gig, use it in your hotel room or any place where using a real amp would be impractical. THR stands for third.
Damn, I only stumbled across this as I reinstalled Cubase to use with the THR10. Great stuff! Would've loved to have had a opportunity to download those demo files. Very inspiring video-well done :)
You can use the headphone out as an analogue DI output - most of the videos I've recorded have been done that way, but for this video we wanted to showcase the 'out of the box' USB solution.
Yes - the laptop is running Cubase as a multitrack recorder, so you're playing back the tracks you've already recorded and adding a new one on top. Cubase then uses THR as it's audio-output so all of the tracks are played back through the THR.
So just to clarify, if you use USB out, it doesn’t force you to use simulators on the computer, right? I can record exactly my amp sounds, and make adjustments on the amp still?
That's a lot of different tones to fit into such a short song, but it's done very tastefully and the arrangement really blends in the end! That's a rare talent among guitar players, especially when demoing gear on youtube ;)
I have a Fractal Axe FX and to be honest, I don't think the THR would replace it. However, this surprisingly sounds very good, and much prefer the tones of this unit than any Line 6 product.
Smokin' demo. Like this guy, too. Can't do what he does, but would like to someday. I even have a lefty (old) SBG2000 and SG500 already, just can't play them like him, sadly!!! Thanks a lot for showin' me what's possible. -Al
Just checked it out. SSS means 3 single coil pickups. The guy in the Andertons demo is playing a guitar with a humbucker in the bridge position just like every other video.
In Garageband you should have an option for 'Input Source' - select only 'Stereo 1/2' (this is the amp sound of THR). 'Stereo 3/4' is the dry DI signal from THR.
I watched this video way back in 2012 and I really wanted one of these amps so bad. I couldn't ever talk my wife into letting me get one, but last night I played my gigging rig at gig volumes in my basement and my wife sad that I needed to figure some way to play without being so damned load. I talked to her about this amp and she finally said yes. Nothing like 5 years of patience and a loud practice session to butter up the wife for new gear. But even after 5 years this thing is only selling at $50-$100 less than it did new. Must be awesome.
How could you stay maried? My wife is always buying all kinds of things for her and for the kids, so she better say next to nothing when I come home with gear...
Only manually - there's no footswitch option. And no, it doesn't have a speaker output - the full range speakers are a key part of the sound so the only outputs are line outs (either via USB or the headphone out).
The SG series are great guitars.I started playing on mine (SG 2000) after I saw Carlos Santana use one,and get some of the best sustain (almost better than a Les Paul).These guitars are really good,and the build quality is good.
Sometimes that's all you really need. It's kind of like playing horn in a Sousa march--the style calls for a boring part, and such is your curse. I don't think it says so much about the individual player as it does about popular bassists and their influence on modern rock styles.
It's a BB2024X - top of the range made-in-Japan model. The BB1024X or BB424X models look almost the same but have different specs to hit different price points,.
it would be so cool just to know the basic how connect thr30iiw to the cubase ai freely included with it, because I can't by any mean make it to work in a windows 10 laptop, i installed everything even the drivers for steinberg yamaha and when choose the drivers in cubase a message pops up telling couldn´t use them, nothing like spending 550 euros or 600 including the relay g10T from line 6 and being not able to record I am getting a bit of reworse
No - the guitar was recorded direct into Cubase via USB - there's no EQ or mastering procressing applied, just a levels and panning in the mix. You can download the Cubase project with all the raw files from the above link...
I don't understand, I have this amp and run it through Cubase and when I try do stuff like covers, the guitar part always skips somewhere along the way?! This video is cool though, but how come mine jumps..could someone help?
Cool demo. I've read lots of great things about the THR10. I bet it is indeed a very good tool. I wonder if it explodes if you put a Non-Yamaha guitar into it. LOL.
YamahaTHR will you continue to do updates on these units? Also is there anything in the works to make a bigger head version with all 4 into one, with a cab out as well? :]
Amazing O: But i got one question.. is it possible to record a baseline without a bass guitar? In other words: Can the Amp modelling the bassguitar sound, played with a usual guitar ? Or do i need a bass guitar? A answer would be great..
Hi! Sorry for the delay in answering! 😀 There is no pitch shifter on this amp, so you won’t be able to achieve a bass part/sound using a guitar with such amp! Yet, I’m playing really often both basses and guitars with this amp (this one and today with its big little brother THR30ii)) and I really enjoy playing it!!! (Yamaha if you want to endorse me… 😂 Joke apart, it’s one of my preferred piece of gear!)
The THR series would be a lot more flexible and useful if there was an effects loop for pedals. As it is, all pedals need to come before the THR. Aside from that, spectacular little amp.
Amazing sounding. I had a chance to mess around with one at a store and I wanted to buy it on the spot. I'm getting one soon, and after seeing this, I want one of those guitars, too!
I live in the mountains and my electric goes out alot in crappy weather. I have a generator but it runs my fridge and lights and a few plugs in the house. We had a bad storm last winter and I would have went nuts if I didn't have this thing and some batteries and alot of beer!
Terrific overview and demo. Have had a THR 10ii for couple of months ... so impressed with the overall build quality and stellar sound. Added it to my other amps based soley on portability, battery option and built-in wireless ... grab and go outside with zero cables. But again the full and big sound in tiny form factor is a knockout IMO. Have never got in to recording and so if I had actually read the manual I would have realized that it can evidently be an effective interface as well ... look forward to trying it out, although I now realize that I didn't hang on to the documentation that provides download for Cubase. Nevertheless, great informative video, thanks.
The URL for the site's in the description above (I can't post it here) or at the end of the video - there's a banner on the homepage that takes you to a page where you can download the full track.
This guy makes creating an awesome sounding track seem like child's play! Fantastic demo
This amp is pretty damn impressive. There is one at my local music store, and it amazes me how good it sounds for what it is. You can pretty much do anything with it. Its ideal for recording.
That is an amazing studio
I own the THR10 and it is by far the best purchase I have made. Truly enjoyable experience. This guy however needs a thesaurus.
+HankCScorpio
That was pretty cool.
I'd swap a large vocab for his guitar playing any day!
hey man, can you tell me how much time of playing it can provide with bateries?
+André Silva about 2 hours
Have you compared the tones with those app based like Bias FX? I'm thinking of getting one, I see some second hand , now cheaper online.
I just played through one of these at a local music store. I'd never seen one before and thought it was just a head and the sound was coming through the 4x12 speaker cab it was sitting on. I was amazed when the guy showed me it was just the THR and wasn't connected to anything else! It sounds much bigger than it looks.
That's right - apart from the drums, everything on this track was recorded using only the THR connected to Cubase via USB - no line ins, no mics.
It's a Yamaha SG (or SBG in the USA) - the specific model is an SG1820LTD. The Yamaha SG shape has been around since the 70s but this latest version has been available since 2009.
i have the THR10X, and yes he's right. with all the plug ins and patches you'll be spending more time searching what sound your looking for rather than making your music. downloading the programs like the SSD (steven slate drums) that is too complicated to do and/or bias effects by positive grid. it's nice to have all that luxury, but i'm old school and i like simple. what he says at the end of the video hit the nail right on the head.
best video I could have seen to make me want to buy this amp. well done. Excellent tutorial and demo and I like your final point about NOT being distracted by mountains of gear..very valid. May have to go to my music store very soon
That's a compressor that's permanently wired on a split from the guitar input in the control room, but it's not in the signal chain - the only thing between the guitar and the THR was cabling.
There's no noise reduction or extra processing used - the whole thing was just guitar-THR-Cubase...
But there's a different patch cord plugged into the guitar than into the THR. Any ideas what's plugged in between the two?
Here's Marc explaining why the DBX compressor is active - "The compressor is actually only used on the talkback mic on the Neve console (you can see the talkback mic on a gooseneck attached to the console) so it is picking up all the noise in the control room, that's why you see the meter changing. It is not in the guitar signal chain at all. The video is guitar plugged directly to the amp."
wow dude, that has some seriously great tone! I love the sounds you are getting out of it, especially the rhythm guitar over the chorus!
Yamaha really needs to get a proper website for its guitars
THR needs 2 things to compete these days. First, it needs a way to add a boost on board (tubescreamer and maybe a super overdrive type). Second, it needs to combine the brown modes into the THR10. Having 3 different types of THR's creates a type of decision paralysis as you want ONE go-to amp but find that each amp lacks some great sounds from others. Amps like the Katana are great all the way around.
the drum loop wasn't made using the THR...
He addressed that right at the beginning of the video!
That clean electric is so Billy Duffy the guitar starts playing "She sells sanctuary" on its own!
This sounds like the breakdown from shoot to thrill by acdc. Funny he should mention them.
That's exactly what I thought!
That's pretty cool. Everything's pretty cool.
Youve completely missed the point. The difference between the THR10 and those amps is that the THR10 isn't meant to be a substitute for those stage amps. The THR is supposed to be your third amp, an amp you can take with you to practice, maybe warm up before your gig, use it in your hotel room or any place where using a real amp would be impractical. THR stands for third.
Kind of like a JamVox but with all the customization happening on the hardware itself rather than in a software program. Pretty neat.
No wonder Phil sounds so good !!! Is there a subscription involved after purchase of the THR ???
Damn, I only stumbled across this as I reinstalled Cubase to use with the THR10. Great stuff! Would've loved to have had a opportunity to download those demo files. Very inspiring video-well done :)
You can use the headphone out as an analogue DI output - most of the videos I've recorded have been done that way, but for this video we wanted to showcase the 'out of the box' USB solution.
Yes - the laptop is running Cubase as a multitrack recorder, so you're playing back the tracks you've already recorded and adding a new one on top. Cubase then uses THR as it's audio-output so all of the tracks are played back through the THR.
Can I use the A1 Cubase / Steinberg for this type of recording ? And what Yamaha model guitar is that ? Thank you
So just to clarify, if you use USB out, it doesn’t force you to use simulators on the computer, right? I can record exactly my amp sounds, and make adjustments on the amp still?
i personally felt that the track was perfect in its own at 4:37 after he added that delayed guitar part
Intro is really great
if i get a studio like this some day, i will never see the sun again :P
That's a lot of different tones to fit into such a short song, but it's done very tastefully and the arrangement really blends in the end! That's a rare talent among guitar players, especially when demoing gear on youtube ;)
yeh but can u use the Pod anywhere with speakers....?
This video has sold me on this amp. I will be buying one today. Thank you Yamaha.
I have a Fractal Axe FX and to be honest, I don't think the THR would replace it. However, this surprisingly sounds very good, and much prefer the tones of this unit than any Line 6 product.
Great review of the amp, great video man.
I'm getting ready to buy one..
Smokin' demo. Like this guy, too. Can't do what he does, but would like to someday. I even have a lefty (old) SBG2000 and SG500 already, just can't play them like him, sadly!!! Thanks a lot for showin' me what's possible. -Al
Oh my... Look at that studio, looks like an audio store:)
Just checked it out. SSS means 3 single coil pickups. The guy in the Andertons demo is playing a guitar with a humbucker in the bridge position just like every other video.
The sole vid that sold me on this magic box. Still need to get one.
In Garageband you should have an option for 'Input Source' - select only 'Stereo 1/2' (this is the amp sound of THR). 'Stereo 3/4' is the dry DI signal from THR.
I watched this video way back in 2012 and I really wanted one of these amps so bad. I couldn't ever talk my wife into letting me get one, but last night I played my gigging rig at gig volumes in my basement and my wife sad that I needed to figure some way to play without being so damned load. I talked to her about this amp and she finally said yes. Nothing like 5 years of patience and a loud practice session to butter up the wife for new gear. But even after 5 years this thing is only selling at $50-$100 less than it did new. Must be awesome.
HAHAHAHAH awesome story man, and congrats
id have fucked the wife out onto the street
You're so hen-pecked :)))
Steve L it is a great little amp. I bet you're loving yours.
How could you stay maried? My wife is always buying all kinds of things for her and for the kids, so she better say next to nothing when I come home with gear...
Back in 2012, that kind of technology was special !
Very cool !!! Great Playing Marc
Only manually - there's no footswitch option. And no, it doesn't have a speaker output - the full range speakers are a key part of the sound so the only outputs are line outs (either via USB or the headphone out).
You sir, there is the amazing Yamaha SG guitar, which is used to record most of the records in Turkey, it is not the amp but guitar.
That wall of amps is amazing, all those classics. Gotta say I'm digging the THR
The SG series are great guitars.I started playing on mine (SG 2000) after I saw Carlos Santana use one,and get some of the best sustain (almost better than a Les Paul).These guitars are really good,and the build quality is good.
almost..but not
I had an sg 2000 for 15 years. great sustain, super guitar but it was very heavy, man.
i agree with this statement where is the red cable going to when the cable going to the yamaha is a 2 tone job lol!!!!
I LOVE TOAD AND Blackstone Cherry, this dude´s a beast.
daaaamn, duuuude... he comes up with all these riffs and things... I'm amazed :DDD
Wonder what he uses for the drum loop? Snare sounds REALLY good.
He's got a lot of Yamaha's. That's a good company to be endorsed by. They make damn near everything.
Even motorbikes!
Sometimes that's all you really need. It's kind of like playing horn in a Sousa march--the style calls for a boring part, and such is your curse. I don't think it says so much about the individual player as it does about popular bassists and their influence on modern rock styles.
That is one Gear Full Studio.... Heaven in a Room .
It's a BB2024X - top of the range made-in-Japan model. The BB1024X or BB424X models look almost the same but have different specs to hit different price points,.
Good video , nice playing & tones.
Does this guy have the Star Trek enterprise in his house ?
Yes - both THR5 and THR10 ship with Steinberg Cubase AI for Mac and PC. This track was recorded using that software...
3:12 - Yeah, and if I make it, I'd be amazed...just to find tomorrow. Yeah, one more day, and I'd be amazed, just to see it waiting
it would be so cool just to know the basic how connect thr30iiw to the cubase ai freely included with it, because I can't by any mean make it to work in a windows 10 laptop, i installed everything even the drivers for steinberg yamaha and when choose the drivers in cubase a message pops up telling couldn´t use them, nothing like spending 550 euros or 600 including the relay g10T from line 6 and being not able to record I am getting a bit of reworse
Thats a problem I want to fix before I buy it. Reply if you get your answer please.
Just got one .I guess I'll have to get a studio full of gear now .Boy is that's going to cost me.!
This guy right here has it made lol ! Great playing and track work
I love these little amps. I have to get one.
That was amazing!
jealous of that marshall wall
and now skrillex also produces a track using nothing but the thr and a 2008 macbook
No - the guitar was recorded direct into Cubase via USB - there's no EQ or mastering procressing applied, just a levels and panning in the mix. You can download the Cubase project with all the raw files from the above link...
That thing is so impressive!!
I don't understand, I have this amp and run it through Cubase and when I try do stuff like covers, the guitar part always skips somewhere along the way?! This video is cool though, but how come mine jumps..could someone help?
Cool demo. I've read lots of great things about the THR10. I bet it is indeed a very good tool. I wonder if it explodes if you put a Non-Yamaha guitar into it. LOL.
I dunno, only ever use mine with a revstar.
Studio of my dreams!
Wow look at all those English amps in an American room
stephen Dyson.Burrows those Orange amps have great tone and sound
And you are watching a Japanese amp demo...viva global market!
We love British amps here in the US. That EL34 sound. Personally, I can't stand the 6L6 sound so common in American amps.
Elvis japanese amp made in china ;)
YamahaTHR will you continue to do updates on these units? Also is there anything in the works to make a bigger head version with all 4 into one, with a cab out as well? :]
Amazing O: But i got one question.. is it possible to record a baseline without a bass guitar? In other words: Can the Amp modelling the bassguitar sound, played with a usual guitar ? Or do i need a bass guitar? A answer would be great..
Hi! Sorry for the delay in answering! 😀 There is no pitch shifter on this amp, so you won’t be able to achieve a bass part/sound using a guitar with such amp! Yet, I’m playing really often both basses and guitars with this amp (this one and today with its big little brother THR30ii)) and I really enjoy playing it!!! (Yamaha if you want to endorse me… 😂 Joke apart, it’s one of my preferred piece of gear!)
Ordered my Classic today!
The THR series would be a lot more flexible and useful if there was an effects loop for pedals. As it is, all pedals need to come before the THR. Aside from that, spectacular little amp.
The THR100 has an effects loop.
Amazing sounding. I had a chance to mess around with one at a store and I wanted to buy it on the spot. I'm getting one soon, and after seeing this, I want one of those guitars, too!
that sounds very much like kickstart my heart.
Can we put other instruments than Yamaha instruments?
If i want to play bass on it,will it be ok??
enolys van de kerchove Yes
Sounds great - be interested on how the THR/Mac signals got to the video (I could see the radio mic for the vox) ?
This amp sounds good with acoustic guitar?
Try this amp out for yourself. Honestly, it's actually better than what this video suggests. I own a THR10 and I'm absolutely staggered by it
The rare unicorn blood equipment here is the white Macbook.
Great Lead Guitar
Just staring at those Marshall heads in the background and drooling.......
I really like my THR10X, nice for quiet settings.
great lil amp. I have the thr5, only problem with it is that the ac power jack tends to move and turns the amp off sometimes.
You dude totally inspired me!
this amp work's fine with acoustic guitar?
I live in the mountains and my electric goes out alot in crappy weather. I have a generator but it runs my fridge and lights and a few plugs in the house. We had a bad storm last winter and I would have went nuts if I didn't have this thing and some batteries and alot of beer!
Super Awesome!!
Terrific overview and demo. Have had a THR 10ii for couple of months ... so impressed with the overall build quality and stellar sound. Added it to my other amps based soley on portability, battery option and built-in wireless ... grab and go outside with zero cables. But again the full and big sound in tiny form factor is a knockout IMO. Have never got in to recording and so if I had actually read the manual I would have realized that it can evidently be an effective interface as well ... look forward to trying it out, although I now realize that I didn't hang on to the documentation that provides download for Cubase. Nevertheless, great informative video, thanks.
You guys should make a floor version of the THR!!!!
Wow. I honestly can say I'm surprised at how good this sounds. Does this have any post eq'ing or mastering? I would be blown away if it didn't.
u can get them in any yamaha music school, or online!
Love it!
Reminds me of Rollin On by Black Stone Cherry, which happens to be my favorite song! Cool stuff.
The THR allows you to record both processed and DI tracks at one time.
It looks like the audio was taken out of the THR10 through the Phones out (vs USB). Was that the case? Thanks.
The URL for the site's in the description above (I can't post it here) or at the end of the video - there's a banner on the homepage that takes you to a page where you can download the full track.