Friedman BE 100 Dial in & Shootout With Splawn Nitro
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- Friedman BE 100 dial in, with & without OD Pedal, riffs and shootout with Splawn Nitro.
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Can the Friedman BE100 keep up with the Splawn Nitro? Hear them both with the Mud Killer pedal and in a mix.
I've still got my old Nitro from I think around 2007. Still the hardest hitting amp I've ever plugged into. It's not a super saturated gain and I think that is why it remains such a clear and articulate amp at stupid high volume. The low end can be kinda wild to tame on stage though. I used to gig with an MXR 10 band in the EQ pulling those really low frequencies down some so people could hear the bass player.
I've since owned a Runt 50 and while it was a really nice amp, the Nitro still came close enough to the high gain sounds of the Runt that I still preferred just running into the Nitro and my Jubilee did the lower gain classic JCM800 and 50w plexi thing nearly as good as the Runt50 did the lower gain stuff that I felt like the Runt was a redundant amp in my collection so I sold it.
The clean channel on the Runt though smokes the Nitro and Jubilee cleans.
For high gain stuff with the nitro, I prefer leaving it on OD1 and hitting it really hard with a boost. OD1 stays clearer to me than OD2.
Sounds like the Splawn would feel better for leads based on your comments. Easier to play with more texture.
It's crazy to think that you can get a Splawn for less money and arguably, based on your taste, a better sounding amp. Personal taste I know. Friedman is such a big name in the business too. Both great, though. No offense to those who prefer Friedman.
I remember wanting a Friedman BE100 more than anything. Glad I went with the Ceriatone Chupacabra 100! Just my opinion.
The be-100 is a great amp. I own two of them myself. Go to Doug rappaports channel so you can hear exactly what this amp
Can really do. It’s probably the best out there.
The runt 50 is a bit tighter, great amp. But I was a splawn artist and the quick rod was a killer amplifier way more aggressive and ballsy
Thanks for commenting. I'm actually shooting the runt out with the JJ junior and the BE 100 today
It bothers me when people start telling you how to use your amp, too much gain, not to use a boost or OD, etc. Do what works for you and make you want to play, I tell people. Thanks for keeping it real, brother.
Never liked Friedman. Splawn still rules. I’m voting Nitro. LOL
sounds pretty good.. try the KSR Juno 100
Splawn all day 🤘🏻
It would be cool to see the BE 100 against the Quickrod and JVM to see how it sits against other high gain Marshall style amps
Thanks for commenting. I'm actually working on finding a Quickrod. Hopefully it works out
@@TONEWARSgearshow Man, I just bought 2006 Quickrod, brought it to my amptech and biased a little on hotter side even before I tried it. Oh .. My.. God .. That thing is just right, punchy, concentrated and responsive. Do not know what to say. I disagree on "weird mods" opinion, for me miss are just saturated and focused. Actually I think you will like QR even more. But it could be less deep and gutterall then Nitro.
@@TONEWARSgearshow Man that would be sweet! I was really impressed with it when you put it up against the JVM. I'd love more quickrod content that's metal oriented
What’s your favourite amp? Thanks 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
It really depends on the day. I know that sounds weird but sometimes I can come down here and play any one of these amps and absolutely love it.
My main go to amps are, Stealth 100, EL34 100, JP-2C, Revv Generator MKIII, Diezel Herbert MKIII, Redseven Leviathan
I'd be interested to hear how the Butterslax sounds in comparison.
I wish I could get my hands on one
Wow the BE100 flubs right up past 8 on the gain dial doesn't it! I think with some mucking around with speakers and cab you could get some satisfactory Metal out of it. Might not be the best bet for down tuning though with how loose it gets. Wonder how she'd go with the presence rolled off further and the treble brought up to combat some of that boom.
Thanks for commenting. I'm going to dial it in a little further on my next video where I compare it to the JJ junior and the Runt.
By the way ,I've been scouring my email for your message regarding the video for the master of puppets challenge..
I cannot seem to find it anywhere. Could you please resend it? Thank you.
@@TONEWARSgearshow I have given it a resend to your email address. Hopefully this time it comes through I got a chance to edit the end out that I should have the first time.
@@techforge-Nate Thank you very much. I will look for it right now
As always Jarrod, you nailed it and what's going on. The Friedman BE100 is very spongy and saggy. The Splawn in this shootout it tighter. All of the Friedman line except for the Butterslax are basically the same amp and only slight changes. Dave has changed the B+ over the last 12 year since 2010 from 47uF to 33, 22, 16 and it depends on the amp you use. The original BE100 is very spongy and has 47uF caps across the B+ line, even in the preamp. To get the tightness, like a Splawn or Engl or whatever, it would need to be tuned to the player and if I were having you do a shootout with closer comparison amps, I would recommend the JJ 100w. It has exactly that and Jerry Cantrell has it tightened up in the B+ and 16uF caps, so with saturation on and boosted with the yes, adds an additional gain stage to the front end....it's nasty and saturated, but tighter and more note definition!! Hope this help explain what's going on brother.
Thank you for sharing your insights here. Very helpful! If I get a chance to try the JJ 100 again, I will
I had the JJ100 and it really didn’t do it for me. I’m a huge Cantrell fan and I got the modded version that comes with the Thump knob and an extra volume and gain for the JBE. Don’t get me wrong, it was a great amp, but lacked aggression. It was very thick and chewy and more of a hard rock amp. I couldn’t get it where I wanted for tight metal stuff. My Splawn Quickrod smacked it upside the head in that department. Sold the Friedman and pretty happy with the Splawn. I’d like to try a BE100 deluxe at some point.
@@brandonbryson3317 well that's the great thing about amps...different strokes for different folks.
It's pretty aggressive in JBE mode. You sure you had it engaged? Not brutal, but can be made to be, but aggressive, yes!
Don't forget, amps need to be serviced. Was the amp you played new or used? Was it biased appropriately?? Makes a significant difference.
I've modified a lot of Friedman's. One I did for Rob Singleton (mutual friend with Jarrod), has been modified a few different times to get where he wanted it. It's pretty brutal and nothing like the original BE-100 design!
I sent a clip to Jason Tong from Headfirst amps in Australia and he loved it. He said, oh man, that things sounds great and soo thick!! 😁👍
@@RozsaAmplificationLLC it was definitely working correctly. Plenty of saturation. It’s core sound just wasn’t what I was looking for. It was darker sounding than I would have thought and it was totally useable for modern stuff, but just not for my ears. I like that really aggressive clank you get from Marshall and certain Engl style amps. The Splawn does it in spades. The JJ just seemed like it also lacked low end punch…even with the thump knob, I wanted a bit more. I think it just comes down to it being voiced more in the low mids, which I don’t care for. I like alot of high mid content like Splawn and Peavey do.
@@brandonbryson3317 understood and all of those items could be address with a couple slight changes!!
I ckicked on this video and was horrified when you were going to clip it at 15 minutes. I'm trying to figure out good tone and all the chanels of the amp; and I need more than 15 minutes of video to do that.
I feel emotionally raped by the shorter videos......
Bahaha
I have a feeling the Friendman wants the master cranked more, did you try it that way?
Good point. With my setup, I can only crank it up so high before it starts spiking the meter. I'm just trying to keep it from clipping the meter
I liked both, I was just trying out the runt. I think that has more gain then the BE. I still use a clean boost or overdrive. Lol, for a minute their I thought skeeter lost his accent. I would love to watch more then 15. I moved to Mexico man, so i got time now. the pace here is right where I like it. slow and steady. and late just means your on time. love it. dude you are from crapy UA-cam player.
Thanks for commenting. I'm actually going to shoot the runt out against the JJ junior and the BE 100 today
@@TONEWARSgearshow Live on stream?
Very good job dude.
I appreciate’cha man, not only did you
demonstrate when the amp is at it’s
baseline gained up & ready to be goosed to hell setting’ but you demonstrated -how- to get to that baseline ‘gained up & ready to be goosed to hell setting’.
Even started with the manual, good man!
Subscribed.
Whoa..that’s interesting how “how” got a line drawn threw.
Now that I know, what’s my next Harmony Central dude adolescent joke?
-665- ain’t no devil’s neighbor’s coming around anytime soon… 666.
Damn God was apparently reading my comment and won the final chuckle with that
one.
Regarding the amps, I like them for different flavors of vibes..
I’ll take the Splawn for the thrashy’ face’eater metal rhythms and the Brown Butthole amp for them fat juicy leads.
Thank you for subscribing and for the kind words. I'm gonna try to stick to this format .I used to get very in depth with everything and it just took too long.
Welcome to the community!
Another chug guitarist doing a review. They make every amp
Sound the same.
Start a channel that suits your tastes
@@TONEWARSgearshow chug chug chug
@@TONEWARSgearshow He can't even write a proper sentence. How the fuck is he going to start his own channel?
Okay, do your on review lmao what a needless comment.
@@brandonbryson3317 but the truth. Guys you should just play a solid state peavey.
Has anyone spoken to Scott or even heard from him in the past several weeks?
Yes, he’s doing great.
This might be the first shoot out video on your channel where both amps sound like poo to me. Not your fault, but it's just these amps are not sounding good to my ears. Rock on! \m/
Thanks for commenting. I totally understand. Not every amp is for everyone.
No wonder its “flubby”, your bass knob on the Friedman is way to high. It never really needs to be past “4”. That amp pushes a lot of bass already.
A lot of Friedman users dime the bass…I noticed both Jerry Cantrell and Steve Stevens having their bass dimed on several videos of their rigs haha
@@brandonbryson3317 no wonder they get muddy tones. Or their hearing in that frequency must be damaged. 😜