I work in the factory that makes those drainage pipes. I remember years ago when we were shown a picture that some guy made a guitar amp out of our scrap pipe. Never thought that it would become anything this big. Even now there is some pipes reserved to the "kaiutinmiehelle"(speakerman 😂). Hope he visits Nastola some day to give us a demo of these amps.
A warm hello to Nastola! Will come to pick up some pipes soon. I've proposed a demo session or some kind of on-site entertainment several times, but management hasn't warmed up. And you guys work in shifts - right? For those who think the drainage pipe is a lowly commodity: it's a high-tech product made on production lines that cost millions. And Uponor in Nastola, Finland, makes the finest quality, from PP, not PE as many others. Apart from standard models, I make Custom versions in Tweed or Tolex, as well telescopic versions for globetrotters. Almost 700 made so far.
@@markkupietinen2732 Tervetuloa 😀. Pitää toivoa että osun kohdalle lastaamaan nuo putket. Siellä näytti olevan useampi kehikko tavaraa. Mukava nähdä että putki taipuu muuhunkin kun vain kuljettamaan likavettä.👍
For the non-driving, public transport reliant bassist, the Toob 12B is fabulous. 4.5kg and loud as war, with my Orange TB500 head. It records really well too.
Dang dude, that's pretty awesome you redid the video. The LEAST you could have done is nothing and just left it 😂 I think it shows your character.. Good job dude 💪
Lmao I was in the middle of watching the video and it just stopped and said "youtube cannot find the video". I thought my internet had just cut out or something then couldn't find it again
Ya know for being just a Single Speaker with minimal cab, that ain’t bad Recording quality? Maybe not. But on sound alone, I could see this being a good Small gig option, like Ola said, even a solid backup option to a traditional cab
These things look sick. I agree the 12" speaker isn't quite voiced for chugging though. I wonder how easy it is to swap the speaker in one of these, if you have spare speakers you could pop it into that 12" and just take that to a gig. Or if it sounds good, it would be great for home use if you don't have a lot of space.
Speaker swap takes 5 minutes. We use Jensen Tornados, Stealths and Blackbirds for reasons of tone, weight and availability. Also installed: Celestion Neo Creamback and Neo Copperhead, Eminence Lil' Texas and a DV Mark something. Also a few ferrite speakers, which however defeat the idea of utter portability. Empty cabs available for those who own a hex key - all it takes. There's some music outside metal. Our background is in jazz and more mainstream rock, so consider the video a friendly visit from a parallel universe😎
@@markkupietinen2732 Oh absolutely. I didn't mean to imply it all had to be for metal haha. I just meant that if you wanted a 12" version but for metal. I play lots of non-metal myself, I was just curious is all. These look awesome though. I'll definitely have to check one out!
The best way to do it would be to have the mic at a bit of a distance from both speakers, and have a decibel-meter to verify both are at the same volume. That way the listener can gain more of a sense how each one fills the room with sound because no one listens to a guitar amp with the speaker right up to their ears like what's simulated with the mic right on them.
I thought the "TOOB Metro 6.5BG" sounded somewhat oddly colored in the low frequencies compared to a traditional "Vintage 30" voicing. This could just be me, or because the TOOB Metro 6.5BG is the "Bass&Guitar" version. Nevertheless, it would be great to hear the other models as well, The Metro 6.5GP - the Guitar Ported version; the TOOB 12R; and the Metro 6.5FR II - the Full Range version for modeling amps. I can see running a wet/dry/wet rig with a modeler through a stereo pair of Metro 6.5FR II together with my Peavey 6505 Mini Amp Head on the TOOB 12R. Cheers~
The 6.5" one, sure. Has some extra top fizz, but nothing that a low pass can't fix. The 12" one... Judging by the room sound alone, it sounds... filtered. Not in a good way, mind you. I really hope the close sound would've been usable in _some_ capacity...
The 6 1/2in speaker sounds best to my ear, but for the price no way! You can get a 2×12 from Harley Benton for the price of the smallest of these speakers. All you get is very expensive convenience. I guess if money isn't an option I can see thise types of people getting this.
if ur not using any reverb it has a hint of env on the low bass chug notes not muddy but a lil muddy i dunno hard to describe just some freq in there getting muffled into one.. could be the mic or the gate listen and ya can hear it or maybe i'm old and crazy and lost my ears all which could be true. either way sounds badass!
Bluetooth speakers do work pretty well in that scenario sound wise, but a lot of common ones are unusable because they run AUX input through a pretty slow analog-digital converter (probably to digitally control the volume) and there’s just too much of an input lag to play. I’ve witnessed that problem with multiple different Bluetooth speakers, all of them were inexpensive, maybe some higher quality ones do it right.
@@RGudmetalhead Audio Pro is a top notch sweden speakers. Very Hifi sounding with an almost perfect sound signature, lots of bass and low mids. The best I've heard lately. I have compared with few famous brands like Bose and an Harman Kardon go play but to my ears it sounds way better. I've also seen a video where the guy compare an Audio Pro C10 against a Devialet Phantom wich cost 1000€ more and it sounded better. Very underrated speaker brand IMO.
@@RGudmetalhead Audio Pro is a top notch sweden speakers. Very Hifi sounding with an almost perfect sound signature, lots of bass and low mids. The best I've heard lately. I have compared with few famous brands like Bose and an Harman Kardon go play but to my ears it sounds way better. I've also seen a video where the guy compare an Audio Pro C10 against a Devialet Phantom wich cost 1000€ more and it sounded better. Very underrated speaker brand IMO.
Peter Lerche, the doyen of Finnish guitarists, has been using a stereo pair of TOOB 10T telescopic versions, loaded with 10" Jensen Tornados, in concerts attended by thousands since 2018. His Ruokangas guitar also has a piezo mic, for which he uses a pair of Metro 6.5GPs loaded with Eminence 620H's. This guy has Dumble and a Carr Rambler, but prefers a pair of Quilter 101Rs and TC Electronic BAM 200 as his go-to amps. The whole backline fits in a green suitcase.
What size is the speaker in that?!? 10"? 12"? It sounds pretty good. But so do my headphones that close.. and they're only 40mm .. Every different unit for it's specific situation (use)
I'd love to compare it to something that's basically just a long, small 1x12 cab. Cuz this thing seems pretty pricey and weird. Sure it sounds decent, but I'm looking at the site for it and like...unless I'm blind, it doesn't say what it's made out of ...and it refers to the grill on the front as "bespoke". uhm what. Also, sure...gig with it, but if you have an amp head, do you set it on the ground next to it? I wouldn't want my amp on the ground at a gig. Okay so do you put it on a shelf on top of it? Sure it has that velcro shit on top but I ain't putting anything heavier than a micro dark on top of that.
I think these would pair nicely with some light weight amp heads or pedalboard amps, not full size tube heads. I've heard some of these speakers live though in pop/rock and jazz contexts and they sounded really good. One of the tiny ones even worked well for an upright bass, with the speaker on stage just set up to point towards the ceiling.
Because this is a mic’d up cabinet and speaker. An IR(impulse response) is a digital solution to replace that. Wouldn’t have been a proper demo otherwise. Hope that makes sense
Yeah, I'm just gonna say it, you f'd up here Ola. You basically sent a distortion pedal through a PA with no cab between the two. Thing is, I know YOU know better.
After the first vid I looked up the price 😮. Bit rich for me . Think I would carry on breaking my back and buy a used cab . I know that defeats the object but I’m poor so spending £400+ on building site refuge isn’t really a option 🤣
"Building site refuge" isn't exactly what we talk about, although that's what it all started from in 2007. I take the pipe direct from the Uponor factory in Nastola, Finland. Just getting there and hauling away a trailerload is a cost. Try to cut the pipe from the top of a "rung". Try to mount a speaker. Try to align everything correctly. It took me ten years and a five-digit tooling investment to get it right. There's over a dozen innovations, the critical ones protected within EU. Why are guitarists so reluctant to invest in speakers, the final and decisive link in the signal chain, when they seem to be changing pedals like shirts?
Why is the amp so big at only 50 watts mono I guess. Just for durability? They'd be better just making it an active speaker. (Edit: because it's a tube amp)
The price combined with the fact it still sounds like shit, I'd say that company won't be long for this world. Ola, You did the best you could, but putting lipstick on a pig doesn't make it any prettier😂
if you're trying to survive playing on the streets it may be a saviour. But if you're trying to survive playing on the streets at brazil, for sure you'll be dead before you can buy the preamp
