My Top 5 Favorite Amplifiers!

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Thanks for watching my video on my top 5 favorite tube amplifiers! Let me know your thoughts in the comments below! Cheers!
Lichtlaerm Audio Prometheus review:
• This Amp Is SPECIAL! (...
Revv Generator 120 MKIII Rev B review:
• Revv Generator 120 MKI...
RedSeven Leviathan review:
• The CRAZIEST Amp In Th...
ENGL SE FE review:
• What Makes This Amp SO...
Soldano SLO 30 review:
• Are Soldano's Really T...
Victory Kraken MKII review:
• Victory "FIXED" The KR...
Driftwood Purple Nightmare review:
• Is This The ULTIMATE M...
Diezel VH2 review:
• Do DIEZEL Amps Live Up...
Mesa Single Rectifier review:
• Best Mesa I've EVER Pl...
Gear used in this video:
- Lichtlaerm Audio Prometheus
- Revv Generator 120 MKIII Rev B
- RedSeven Leviathan Joker Edition
- Soldano SLO 30
- ENGL Special Edition Founders Edition
- Orange Rockerverb 50 MKIII
- Diezel VH2
- Driftwood Purple Nightmare
- MESA/Boogie Single Rectifier
- Victory Kraken MKII
- ML Drums by ML Sound Lab
- Cubase 13 Pro
- OwnHammer Impulse Responses
- RedSeven Amplification Amp Central reactive load
- ENGL 4x12 XXL Cab
- Klotz Cables & DI Box
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An original song of mine with me on vocals: • My First Song w/Vocals...
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@SonicDriveStudio Месяц назад

What are your thoughts on my top 5? Which amps would you put in your top 5? Let me know!

@CS-ru4xd Месяц назад

Hey John! Any Bogners in your collection? If not..why is that? Just curious. Thanks and cool vid!!

@jerjabs Месяц назад

Loved it. Each had their own voice. Were the guitars quad tracked?

@vadimchalpankoron709 Месяц назад

Friedman BE100, SLO30, Diezel VH4, Diezel Hagen, Omega Granophyre, Mezzabarba🤘😎

@SonicDriveStudio Месяц назад

@jerjabs double

@nick6505 29 дней назад

5150 block letter/6505 1992, ac 30 , diezel Herbert, engl powerball , Marshall afd 100 😏🔥

@riverstone5994 Месяц назад

This list feels like “my most recent amps” 😂

@jameslatham2655 29 дней назад

I have to admit you have really opened my ears to the engl amps. All the engl's I've heard have been on your videos and they sound fantastic. They seem to have a very even split across the lows, mids, and highs. Giving a massive tone. They seem to have no weak areas when it comes to their tones. So well rounded.👍🏼

@frankenstein4106 Месяц назад

Love my SLO-30! Such a versatile amp, but the sound it puts out is always great!!

@sean3465 Месяц назад

Nice review Jon! We have got to get that Engl tone of yours captured for the QC!

@tylerjames460 Месяц назад

Great video Jon! It seems with all your new acquisitions we are about due for a “1 riff on 100 different amps” type comparison maybe using the badass Engl 4x12?? 😎 can’t wait for more man!

@sisyphushappyband Месяц назад

I've pared down my amp collection quite a bit, but my 5 favorites are: 1.) Monomyth Skeleton Key 2.) ENGL Savage mkII 3.) EVH 5150 50w 4.) Peavey JSX 5.) KSR-modded Mesa Boogie Rev. G Dual Rectifier

@TobyKBTY 18 дней назад

You have one of the sickest collections around. I haven’t owned nearly as many amps, but thankfully I’ve owned enough to know what I love I’m a simple chug monkey, I tend to love a good ol EVH 5150 and my Orange MKIII RV100 so im glad you gave your Rockerverb a mention!

@lockedowng Месяц назад

Great list. As a long time viewer, I almost expected the ironheart or just five helix models. Next please do five favorite amp models across all digital platforms.

@ianlahaye9476 Месяц назад

I guessed half right! Silly of me not to consider the last two! D'oh! 🤦🏻‍♂️Great video, buddy!

@billyhughes9776 Месяц назад

The Engl for kind of style you presented, IMO, sounds so good. It has the aggression and toothy mid-forward thing with a full but tight bottom. That and the SLO-30 are my favs of your top 5.

@JoseHernandez-zu7qf Месяц назад

Wow! What an amazing amps collection!! Omg! I only have 5 amp sims and i think is a great gear for me😅. Cool video, greetings from México

@jessedelaney77 Месяц назад

Nice video mate. Your riffs and songs are excellent. See if you can get your hands on a Boogie IIC+ or Mark IVB.

@jarredbaca8112 21 день назад

Yo! Could you do a series or a video about popular amp blends? (Like dual rectifier with JCM 900) (vox with fender etc) that would help us who don’t have so many amps learn about blending in recording songs etc. anyway, big fan of this channel and love seeing how many videos you e put out recently! 🤘🏼

@ronnymilianowicz5228 Месяц назад

1. My modded Marshall Silver Jubelee 1987. 2. My Mesa Rectifier Multiwatt 3. My EVH 100 Stealth or any of my Engls.

@kikyosnail1464 25 дней назад

Sounds like a sick collection! Who did you get to mod your Silver Jubilee?

@scottykomer9992 Месяц назад

Gotcha! Such a good tone. I like the “dryness” or something. What OwnHammer would you use for it in a pinch?

@boblong101 Месяц назад

i Downsized from 8 amps to 2, one of them being the ENGL SEFE670...so imma go with that :D

@SluggerStark 28 дней назад

Hmm....keeping it to one/brand: 1) Wizard w800 100w: An incredible combination of clarity, punch, tighness and great feel. Worth the hype. 2) Friedman SSV2: Might be the nicest feeling/easist playing "big" amp I have owned. Gorgeous clean channel and has massive range on the gain channels. Voiced so so well! 3) 1996 Bogner Ecstasy 101b: Has alot of the qualities I love about the Friedman, but not as much range. Was my #1...until I got a Wizard. 4) Fryette Pittbull Ultra-lead: Tight, clear and punishing. Best metal amp I have owned. 5) Mesa Boogie mkivB: Last of the "classic" Mark style amps and one of the very best: can really bridge vintage and modern so well. Tougher to dial in than my other listed amps. Honorable mention: Hughes and kettner triamp mk2. This amp is criminally underrated. It can do crystal clean, to Uberschall-ish (that is what ch3b reminds me of) mayhem and does it all well amd with great clarity and feel. My other amps do specfic things better, but if you are looking for a do-it-all channel switcher....give one of these a chance. Especially for what they can be had for now.

@Tanax13 Месяц назад

Haha I was just gonna say the Driftwood, then it came at the end :D Personally, my current top 5 wish-list is (in no order): - RedSeven Leviathan - Driftwood Darkest Nightmare - Lichtlaerm Prometheus - Marshall JCM800 - Mesa Boogie Mark VII I already have the ENGL Savage 120 Mk2 and Fireball 25 so I think I'm all set for ENGL sounds! I'm also just really curious what RedSeven will release next, they teased a lot in the FB group brand feature about upcoming amps so it will be very interesting to follow them :) As for Soldano sound, I think I'm more interested in getting like a Mezzabarba MZero OD (OD version or Eric Steckle) but that's just me!

@TomatePasFraiche 24 дня назад

Damn, ENGLs are just the only ones for me, that growl they have just gives me instant goosebumps!

@AndiKravljaca 26 дней назад

I'm a simple man, I see Soldano, I click, and I like! Agreed with you - this amp is incredible.

@user-sx6ht9iq5n Месяц назад

amazing beautiful amps!

@marvinroggon3168 Месяц назад

Appreciate all your work you do and the videos are always top notch. Thank you for the channels existence! As an owner of the Laney IRT Studio, do you still like it? Would you record with that or was there something you didn't liked about it? I can't afford one of the amps of the dreams RN and I wonder how it compares to the big guns and it looks like you're the only person I could ask.

@SonicDriveStudio Месяц назад

It's a pretty rad amp man, especially for the money!

@LateNightYinzer Месяц назад

That Soldano sounds killer. It's really got the mids right, not too scooped or too pronounced in kind of weird frequencies but still very present, and it's tight but not quite tight as a termite's ass, it's still chunky. They're not super well known for metal but SLO was used on killswitch engage's album and it really does kick huge ass when used the right way.

@Frankcruzmusic Месяц назад

Prometheus so good in the right hands you won't beat it. I played the behemoth of amps the megalith beta Wizard Hell razor and Prometheus is right up there with those

@robertdonosobuchner3129 Месяц назад

There are so many wonderful amps, for me it's impossible to choose only 5 or 10 amps. It also depends on the music styles. For my taste, I really enjoy the Archon 50, the Orange 50w mk3, the Laney Ironheart 60w, the Amp1 Mercury, the JPTR FX Titan 250, Bogner Überschall Ultra...

@RulgertGhostalker Месяц назад

of course my favorite tube amp is my Oripure OA-H05; but because it's my only tube amp, I may be able to do a video on my top 5 favorite vacuum tubes for it, at some point.

@ejw3006 Месяц назад

The ENGL SE FE is definitely my favorite amp I’ve heard online recently

@dantahoua Месяц назад

You have to try a BRBS... I have the Vintage Class 3+ and it's killer! :)

@tallamariachi 29 дней назад

Would be nice to see a comparison between Diezel VH2 and the Orange Rockerverb

@chrisgonzales5880 21 день назад

you should do a video on your top brands of pedals. and what makes each of the brands offer as far as certain type of pedal as well as at least one pedal that would be like there "Flag ship" of the brand.

@OnyxSkiesXIX Месяц назад

Controversial opinion, but I think my favorite amps that you have are the Wangs amps. They are the perfect Marshall clone and every time you have one on it sounds incredible.

@SonicDriveStudio Месяц назад

They are great!

@MRxr400 Месяц назад

interesting you didn't like pushed mode on single rec. i leave channel 1 on pushed all the time. low gain, low bass. gives me a nice strong mid forward edge of break up tone that sits nicely in a mix. i have the 2nd version though. all those amps sounded great, i really liked the ivory and red wood amp, it was a solid tone and not too many switches, which is why i like the single rec over other mesa's.

@KreativeDevices Месяц назад

🔥

@LonelyRocker Месяц назад

I'm so sorry Powerball II!!!! Quite the list though!!! Cool video!

@SonicDriveStudio Месяц назад

We both know how awesome that amp is! ;)

@TheOtherJohnBrowne Месяц назад

@@SonicDriveStudio Powerballs are sick y'all

@SonicDriveStudio Месяц назад

@TheOtherJohnBrowne of course but would you have chosen that over the SE FE?

@JohnWiku Месяц назад

@@SonicDriveStudio Savage MK2 120

@Leychen Месяц назад

For me it's relatively easy to choose a favorite because i don't have a collection that huge. I'd take my Engl Fireball 25 because it's very practical for bedroom aswell as band use, and i actually don't need my huge 4 channel amp. I'm curious about that Lichtlaerm, but the homepage does not provide any information.

@SonicDriveStudio Месяц назад

Their site will get a product page soon. If there's any info that you can't find in reviews, just email him

@joshuaenyart5570 Месяц назад

I wish one of my guitar playing buddies had such a natural ability to play cool riffs! :-)

@SonicDriveStudio Месяц назад

Thanks!

@nomad100hd 24 дня назад

On the Barbie amp, does the two-notes reactive loud sound better than the one in the Captor X?

@solarfallmori Месяц назад

Do you find the savage more aggresive than the SE with the 6L6? I think that all the amps of the list are great, just a matter of taste or use 🤘🤘

@SonicDriveStudio Месяц назад

Comparison coming soon!

@TheOtherJohnBrowne Месяц назад

Amps are fun

@SonicDriveStudio Месяц назад

Two Bamps!

@johnfinlay4963 Месяц назад

I just want to hang in that room for 1 day, okay a week . I will bring my own couch . 🤘🏻🤘🏻

@07dhiraj 21 день назад

No mesa mark series -- IIc+ , mark v , mark iv etc etc 🤔🙂🙂✅💐💐

@funways 25 дней назад

Surprise you don’t have the Recto in your Top five?!😮

@user-ij5ny6uc9f Месяц назад

What do you think about the amps modules that Synergy are coming out with? Do they compare with the real heads?

@SonicDriveStudio Месяц назад

I honestly don't know...

@smeemusic Месяц назад

No EVH?! Not even in the apology?! I see how it is. Lololol but for real I’ve noticed the hype dying down on the EVH amps and I kinda gotta wonder why. I think mine is just infinitely incredible. But hey if people forget about it, maybe I’ll have a “unique tone” lolololololol

@heut4384 18 дней назад

"There's no order" of your 5 top amps.... Lol. You're a true good reviewer (or at least, you're not going to tell your supporters or companies). I do understand. Lol. However, we do know that we all have our own ONE "favorite" amp (or sound) for sure - not a few. 😅

@GregMerritt-ws8tq Месяц назад

It just hit me that there's a large amount of amp brands that have a distinct signature sound available these days.

@Daniel-gj3su Месяц назад

miss the diezel vh2

@SonicDriveStudio Месяц назад

It's in the video though, top 10 isn't bad either ;)

@svenhanke3251 Месяц назад

The Engl Savage MK II is missing…😉

@lt-kw5fv 29 дней назад

Please tell us what your top 5 speakers are

@SonicDriveStudio 29 дней назад

In general V30s

@YsAbTones Месяц назад

if i had to choose i would go for the powerball

@MaxPowersTastyTones Месяц назад

Between all these amps that would be a poor choice. The SE FE for example is superior in every category. ENGL in general kick ass of course. ♥️

@kendallh5037 Месяц назад

@@MaxPowersTastyTonesit's all subjective don't think it's a poor choice at all powerball is awesome

@bugeyedmudafuka2 Месяц назад

No Orange? Seemed like that was your fave for a long while.

@SonicDriveStudio Месяц назад

It's one of the runner ups

@CrustyBollox Месяц назад

Apart from actually playing music, I think valve amps are the most fun thing about playing electric guitar.

@perpetualgrimace Месяц назад

My man likes his amps with lots of knobs 😂

@SonicDriveStudio Месяц назад

I do!

@scottykomer9992 Месяц назад

What IR were you using for the Leviathan?

@SonicDriveStudio Месяц назад

That was my ENGL Cab!

@thanos4480 Месяц назад

All the cool amps but non of them can beat Peavey in the mix)

@SonicDriveStudio Месяц назад

Peavey backstage 30?

@thanos4480 Месяц назад

@@SonicDriveStudio Even backstage can beat it XD

@DerSilvano Месяц назад

One amp per builder? Otherwise it would be 5 ENGLs :P

@KahruSuomiPerkele Месяц назад

No Orange Rockerverb 😢

@SonicDriveStudio Месяц назад

Uhm, did you watch the whole thing?

@wickedmetalhead Месяц назад

@@SonicDriveStudio surely he's talking about the top 5.

@SonicDriveStudio Месяц назад

@@wickedmetalhead yeah, I could only fit so many amps in the top 5 :)

@KaddysJamKave 29 дней назад

Those amps have got NOTHING on my old Gorilla tc-35

@gergelyboros8138 Месяц назад

Which is your desert island amp?

@SonicDriveStudio Месяц назад

ALL

@strangelet4588 Месяц назад

@@SonicDriveStudioI mean, if you’re on a desert island with no electricity, the obvious choice is the Revv Generator. ;)

@muratmadenciler7459 Месяц назад

Mesa Mark V rules.

@stiman1 29 дней назад

It will be the 5 most expensive, or he might throw in a token "affordable" one. That's my prediction before watching.

@CorrosiveMatter 26 дней назад

I think you suffer from the new amp honeymoon syndrome. Your top 5 are all of your newest amps :) I know this feeling all to well.

@MaxPowersTastyTones Месяц назад

I own none of these (so far) so I‘ll leave a jealous comment. 😬

@SonicDriveStudio Месяц назад

You have a couple killer amps my man!

@mmaviator22 19 дней назад

Revv amps used to look so sick with the glass and leds and ever since the 3rd gen came out to me its ugly and lost what made it visually so sick.

@KeepAnOpenMind Месяц назад

No EVH, even though Soldano is there. :-(

@foggyblues13 Месяц назад

Redundant.

@JohnWiku Месяц назад

Peavey 5150 and Rectifiers carry Soldano DNA. The EVH amps are more of the same, in the end.

@highgainmaster7856 29 дней назад

1992 6505 is king.

@SonicDriveStudio 29 дней назад

That's a great amp!

@MXP250 Месяц назад

How are you able to afford all these amps?

@becominghuman3561 Месяц назад

This is the question! My guess is he has an in demand full time job that allows him a fair amount of free time and a large budget. I mean he’s also a great mix engineer but even multi million dollar studios don’t have this many amps.. But what the fuck do I know!? Maybe RU-vid pays really well

@qead1zc Месяц назад

THIS IS THE F.. QUESTION!!!

@marvinroggon3168 Месяц назад

@@becominghuman3561The reason 7 figure studios don't have that many amps, is most times because of 2 reasons: 1. The money also goes into monitoring, room treatment, outboard recording, mixing and mastering gear, servicing that gear, assistants/other engineers or freelancing work, top notch electronics. Plus, which a lot of people underestimate: Cables and cable management solutions. A cable not working is a huge problem, with the rates they ask for and can have a bad impact on the work of an artist, if they are standing or sitting there and need to watch the engineer(s) find the fault in their signal chain. Plus pristine drum kits in stellar shape, tons of microphones, huge expensive consoles. 2. People who are going into a studio like that most likely can afford their own high end gear and often (not always) bring that with them, because that's what they are used to, that's their sound. Studios often have the classics and a few more beside that, but that's it. He makes guitar type content and is a guitarist who loves gear. A huge and high quality console alone can easily cost more than double the amount of amps we see in the background here. It also helps working with brands, where they offer you a discount, too. And some little gear is free, I assume. And obviously he has a well paying job beside the RU-vid channel. Respect for everyone uploading quality content on a regular basis on the side of having a job.

@Sperzel Месяц назад

Nowadays I suspect he gets most amps with a nice discount, or even for free if he’s doing a demo.

@jorismak Месяц назад

I actually don't know if he's doing this fulltime or has another job next to it. Do you have kids, Jon? I know how much of my monthly pay goes to the kids and or my student loan 😉. But don't forget that his channel is probably a business, which means tools bought for the business can be tax deducted , which is 21% less for him. I think he's in the phase where money made from RU-vid is being put back into the channel .