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I have a 100w head built by Reinhold back in the '90s and it's an absolute beast. The gain is incredible but the cleans are better than anything else I've owned (or played) since I picked up my first guitar in 1984. The guy just doesn't get the credit he deserves.
?? Doesn't get the credit he deserves? Dude, Reinhold has been a leading-edge and well-known Amp designer since the 80s. You need to move out of your Mom's basement lol
Indeed…they sound great but at the end of the day it’s the Bogner “red” pedal which I have and like it. I think it’s a new trend that started with the Friedman mini. They all do look and sound cool though…..how long before we see the 5150 pedal in the same kinda housing ? I probably am going to need one of each 🤣
take the FX send and run it into a 100w Marshall or SLO FX return... there... hybrid solid-state preamp/tube power amp. The Bogner mini solid-state preamp sounds great so don't complain about it having bad tone
They all are, some are tube, some aren't that's all. You can get an all tube JCM800 preamp pedal from Artur Sound Bulgaria. It's based on the actual schematic, and it's a pedal.
You have no idea how happy you made me today by watching this video, when I saw it pop up in my feed! I grew up as a child in the 1980's as a huge Grim Reaper fan, and have always been a huge fan of Nicks. This amp sounds AMAZING, and hearing Nick rock out brought such a smile to my face. This amp is Definitely going to be my next Sweetwater purchase!
I love my Bogner Red Ecstacy pedal. I use mine in Boss MS-3 with a few other awesome amp like overdrives. I run it through stereo fx through a stereo tubepreamp into an ADA Microcab II and MosValve power amp. I have even used it through a pair of Orange Micro Terrors. I did this amp. Although I dream of a 3 channel amp that small.
A suggestion for future videos. When you A/B between two settings, please don't speak in between as it significantly reduces the effectiveness of the comparison. Instead describe the settings before playing. And then play a 1 or 2 bar phrase, and without any speaking or pauses, play the same 1 or 2 bar phrase with the other setting. That way, it will be much more effective.
I have gotten great tones blending tube preamps into Solid State Power amps. Now, I use tube amp heads with Two Note Torpedo Captor 8s and Stereo Two Notes Torpedo Cab M plus IR devices. Mic' the dry amp, send dry tapped from tube preamp and tube powersection sent into stereo fx then into Orand Micro Terrors Hybrid Tube Solid State power amps for stereo. Blending the stereo with the dry Cab mic. Audience hears the stereo Two Notes Torpedo Cab M plus IR DI boxes feeding the dual Orange Micro Terrors.. Sounds great, all the details and dynamics are captured.
Look up Boutique Amp Distribution. These and the Friedman are just existing pedals put into a mini-head with a SS power amp similar to a pedalboard power amp.
I own the Friedman, and it has no clean channel settings at all. This one seems to add more versatility. The Friedman sounds great but it’s a one trick pony. This seems to have a few additional surprises in its hat. I’m buying one!
@@robertaugustine5350 This is just a pedalboard-style power amp with a Bogner Ecstasy pedal in front of it. In the "clean" channel they just bypassed the Ecstasy pedal. These things are dumb, you can just buy the Ecstasy pedal and a pedalboard power amp and any other pedals you like and it will be cheaper and more flexible.
@@mechmat12345 good to know! Thanks. I did play my Friedman through a Marshall 1960 4x12 which was fun. I have a BE-OD pedal on my pedalboard and that thing is the bomb. Nothing even close to it for metal/gain. I run it into the clean channel of the JCM2000 DSL and it roars at non-stadium volume levels (ie bedroom)
Well, I've got the Mini BE already and I have a spare cab so that this would fit well to push them together with some reverb on one side ...I guess that would be a lot of fun :-) ....
I think you are completely right, Diezel then Soldano. IMHO....this was a brilliant move by Boutique Amp Distribution.....talking these titans into making *somewhat* affordable Class D mini-heads of these boutique amps known for their tube monsters. Absolutely brilliant! Wish they had a headphone jack on all of these though.
@@rangerdoc1029 Looks like a Diezel in the picture, but hopefully they’ll do a SLO after that. Imagine getting a little taste of a 3 grand amp for £300!
Do you have a link to this website? I recently bought a Diezel Herbert pedal and am really liking it, so I would definitely be interested in an affordable mini solid state amp like this from Diezel. :)
@@TarenLeitzke RU-vid won’t let me post links unfortunately, but it’s miniamp and then you can guess what nearly every website has after that in the address!
Hi, OZRIC1985. Yes! People are always surprised just how big these Mini amps sound when they get plugged into a larger cabinet. Thanks for your interest! Charlie Davis, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1320, charlie_davis@sweetwater.com
Ok mr bowcot just gotta say i love your playing, i understand you have some problems with your hands ,but plz stop putting yourself down like that ,your not a hack ,you do not suck, and you are definitely not an amateur. Ty for sharing your music with us. Be it the old grim reaper records or you showing us cool interesting gear. We all think your just great.
Hey, Mr. D! Thanks for reaching out. The cab you pair an amp to can have a pretty significant impact on the overall sound. Brand doesn't matter as long as the power ratings are a good match. That being said, amp heads and cabs are usually tuned to pair together, so unless you're trying to get a specific result I would recommend starting off with the matching cabinet. Hopefully this helps! Connor Smith, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1793, connor_smith@sweetwater.com
@@sweetwater Thank you so much for that additional info! As I mentioned, I've only used combo amps so separate heads and cabinets are like a foreign language to me. But it would make sense to get the same brand pairing. Thanks again.
A decent tube combo amp and a Bogner Ecstasy pedal will be a better sounding combination and more economical use of funds than buying this and an expensive Bogner cabinet. This amp is just an Ecstasy pedal with a solid state power amp in the same box.
How much color does the power amp add? Could I run something like the TwoNotes Le Clean into the effects return and get nice clean tones, or run something like the Alexander Jubilee Overdrive into the effects return for Marshall tones, etc?
Hi, Taren. It's a solid state amp so the power amp should be fairly clean. If you want to use some sort of preamp pedal into the FX return, that should work well. Thanks for your interest! Charlie Davis, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1320, charlie_davis@sweetwater.com
Hey, G.W. Thanks for your question! The obvious difference between those two setups is that with the pedal and amp sim you can put it through pretty much any size PA or cabinet, so scalability is going to be greater for performance. Using the Ecstasy amp instead of just the overdrive pedal means you get the full preamp and power section, but how it differs sonically would really depend on which Two Notes pedal you're comparing it to. The Ecstasy as a whole caters to more aggressive playing styles, even though it has quite a bit of versatility. Pairing the pedal with something like the Le Clean may allow you to get a cleaner tone when you bypass the Ecstasy, for example. I hope this helps, but feel free to reach out to dig in to this more! Connor Smith, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1793, connor_smith@sweetwater.com
How would this be as a clean pedal platform head? I'm currently searching for something like that. I've been told to look at the Egnator Tweaker or Fender Blues Jr but I want it small mainly for home practice and play.
Hi, Tim. It could potentially work but isn't going to sound as good as those other options. Typically for a good pedal platform you want something with tubes and with some decent clean headroom. The Blues Jr. works great as a home amp and I know a ton of people who use it for that, but it still has enough power to jam with friends or even do small gigs so it's a great quality work horse. Thanks for your interest! Charlie Davis, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1320, charlie_davis@sweetwater.com
This is a just a pedalboard style power amp with a Bogner Ecstasy pedal in front of it. If you want a clean pedal platform that will function like this, skip the mini head and buy a pedalboard power amp.
Barely turning it on gets cleanish, but if my fingers get close to a knob I almost start to hear some dirt…look elsewhere for pedal platform. This is just like riding different flavors of gain
Nick, buddy, pretty-soon... REALLY soon... you're not going to be able to use the-old "...my bad playing..." routine, anymore! It sounds pretty decent to me.
@@sweetwater ah, lucky you... even though im in Chicago, hes working for schecter custom shop now. looks awesome! i still don't understand why they didn't make more guitars with Stephens cutaway throughout the yrs...
If this guy ever needed a bass player and singer with a 4 octave range, I'd jump at the chance. Something about his playing just gets my blood pumping. Oh.....and the amp sounds killer!
Not that I'm a Friedman fan, but boy this sure seems to be close on the heels of the mini Brown Eye. And too bad this doesn't do the Blue Channel- that's the best part of the Ecstasy by far.
@@louderthangod yeah if you go to the miniamp website you’ll see the Bogner and Friedman along with a blurred out “coming soon” amp that looks like it’s going to be a Diezel one of these. No sign of a Soldano though.
@@1truechamp46 There will not be a Soldano anytime soon. These things are just existing pedals in a head with a power amp, and Soldano does not make any pedals. Deizel makes a couple of amp-based pedals already, that's what the next one will be.
Soldano, Diezel, Friedman, and Bogner (and maybe more?) all make a micro 30w SS amp. When you look at the pictures of them all from behind, they are completely identical, in every way. When you look at the front, they are all extremely similar. Why? A conspiracy theorist would assume they are all simply buying them from the same Chinese manufacturer, and slapping their names on them. Please say this isn't the case. But go online and check out the pictures, especially of the back. How, oh how, are they all exactly the same?? There's no way that happens by coincidence. At the very least they are all buying the back panel and enclosures from the same company.
Hi, John. It wouldn't be my first choice for a gigging amp. It's really designed to be a great home practice amp. That being said, if it was run through a good cab and mic'd up, you could probably make it work. Thanks for your interest! Charlie Davis, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1320, charlie_davis@sweetwater.com
This is just a Bogner Ecstasy pedal in a box with a SS power amp. Pair the pedal with a real amp and you'll achieve the same sound in a more usable and flexible format.
what is the idea here? for people who only ever use 1 high gain channel in their playing to buy 25 of these types of "amps" it makes no sense, no claen channel again? just the specific player who always uses high gain and nothing else to buy 25 of these little amps? its just strange very weird lol :D i mean kudos to having options though .
id like one this type amps that does a hiwatt 4 x kt88 tone of clean preamp with overdrive coming from the high voltage kt88 ( knock on wood that they make one! lol :D
Oh for shame. I came here from Sweetwater's ads about mini amps. The demos all fall victim to the same problem I see with other amp tutorials. You either get blues or metal. In this case, metal. This Nick dude manages to make them all sound the same as well. Sorry Sweetwater but, I'm not interested based on this series of demos.
