PLAY A PLEXI 16 guitarists play a Marshall ON 10! GuitCon 2017 

That is the primary issue with “big iron” - overdriving the power-amp section is where the glorious tone lives. Hiwatt is the same deal. You NEED a big room and some space to play these amps where they push and breathe. Bedroom-level won’t get you there.

Hahaha hell yeah

Whut

Michael James powersoak or/and a loadbox would help 😄

One of the guys with shorter hair I noticed definitely had earplugs in. Except Trey who said he wanted the full experience, and then he mentioned everybody else except him was given ear plugs haha.

EVEN with technique . . it was like everyone was starstruck . . .kinda speechless. Default to one of the most knuckle dragging base riffs you know. Surprised we didn't hear Sabbath, I prolly would've done Hells Bells. Shoot to Thrill would've been epic!

CthulhuOO7 Victim of Changes by Glenn was close enough, that riff is easy as shit

No. It’s loud enough to kill the drummer.

It's a plexi they are loud enough for everything

LMAO. The most asked question about an amp. The drummer would be defeated with this amp.

@@warrenmooney9422 twas a joke

Nope you’ll need an amp that goes up to 11 for that😎🤘

Best comment on the whole video

Man lmao. This made me chuckle

😂 😂

I used Gary's rig in 85 on a session in London with a rock god on bass who said wow that's one of best guitar sounds I have heard. Life was down hill from there.

Yeah, I think it was cut out, man. haha ;) \m/

lol relatable

jokes on you. When he said "Yeah" right before playing, that was actually when he started telling his childhood story. The editors snipped the clip.

😂

Lmao. He does do that 😂😂

Like taking your '70 Corvette around a corner at 90mph

*Hartley Peavey laughs maniacally*

That's totally what I would do too. That's basically Eddie's rig from the late 70's and through the 80's: a dimed marshall. That's a major ingredient of the brown sound and not many people get the opportunity to do it.

I wish haha more like the pentatonic scale LoL

Eddie wrote the book on loud amps.

Quite right too! RIP Eddie!

Dave Monty wow

Have you watched That Pedal Show?

That Pedal Show YEEEEAAAAAAAAHH! (Righteous noise!)

Yeah, you guys might be the only exception.

@Brandon Ivey maybe if you have to be super quiet, then don't subject everyone else to your piss-poor youtube gear demos? 🤷‍♂️ Just a thought.

I pick so god damn loud i can sometimes hear it with my amp through a 4x12 at 110db

FAAAACTS

the strat is god's gift.

What an odd way to misspell telecaster

@@JavaoftheLava You misspelled the word misspell...

Both guitars are great. But i’m a strat guy !

The Tele too! Amazing!

Classic scene! Lol

LMFAO

Phil X was closer to that!

That Pedal Show I was so happy you brought the Strat to the event. Wicked

Hard to be without it. Although I'm going to the US next week and can't take it there. :0(

And was dans tele too i believe altho i dont have my glasses on. Beat me too it. Woken up, first thing in the morning put this video on and saw the question...

That Pedal Show ....you've had that awesome strat long enough mate ....my turn !...:)

Mick vs Phil X;.Should have happened! Although Tore ripped! Dan vs Depends Adult Diapers... Crown Dan easily!!

69th like

That was awesome

..so your saying that isn't Peter Griffin in a wig???

I'm curious what model that is I like it.

And it sounded way thinner than the other guitars.

I've started wearing earplugs to all gigs and practices lol

@@cianmcguigan7654 As someone with tinnitus, keep doing it! You will not regret it.

Zoomers be like “Oh my ears, oh those words hurt so much, oh no peanuts kill me. Give me a kemper please”

What?

No bunn? No baritone? Man what a let down. Oh well.

Rob Cabrera Probably in his sense of touch, I'd wager.

Tone is in the fingers mannnnn

His fingers i reckon, he brings that tone everywhere

His fingers. And also the P90 pickups help a lot

hahahahahahaha that's funny 😁👍

Fuck the sound man, I will alpha dog his bitch ass and take charge of my own sound, thank you very much.

@@FEAROWNAGE It's okay, us sound guys hate you just as much ;)

@@Lynlish and probably stronger than any guitar player that ever lived too... so Alpha away little man Kharn

@@nicothebassdude get a room you two

I've re-EQ'd our other guitarist when he wasn't looking...

And he isn't Jack Black! Now people can finally stop asking in every other fucking comment. "ArE U jACk BLacK?"

because he's not using a white coily cable

he looks remarkably close to how I pictured...you know, like he could be Jack Black's second cousin or something

Yeah really, so it's NOT Jack Black then..

Jack Black is gearmanndude's stunt double.

He made a bunch of videos himself and for other people at GuitCon showing his face. But it's actually on YT for us to see for 8 years! In some old PG video from a Vintage guitar show he appeared, under his real name though, that's probably why not many people have seen it, I found it by coincidence 6 years ago.

Same thing I thought...ha!

It’s nice to see who built my luther drive all these years ago lol

The volume doesn't climb linearly in a tube amp (assuming it's a tube amp), so you're probably closer to max volume than you think. There comes a point where you're just controlling the power amp distortion and not really increasing the volume. If you have a solid state, I wouldn't do it, obviously, but for a tube amp, try it out to experience the power amp distortion. With 15 watt amps, it's fun and safe to do it, both for your ears and reasonably so for your neighbors.

@@Aaron-zh4kj right.. i built my isobox for home recording and the volume do not really increase after a while, i'd say after 50/60% on the master the volume do not change but the sound YES

@@NotoriousFunk I've got an iso cab for my 50 watt EVH head, and due to the cab reaching it's sweet spot already (from what I can tell) and the stupid amount of volume, I've never took it past 50%. Again, I've never needed to

@@Aaron-zh4kj it depend from the circuit, i mostly use a bray 4550 (if you have a EVH head you should love it) and you get the best out of that amp when is cranked, i don't always use it on 10 but i use it only for recording.. The amps sound great even at low volumes but when you pass 50% on the master the sound change because it start to work the power tubes which is what in my amp gives you the fat, feedback and creamy sound, just like this old plexi. Without the isocab it would be impossible with my amp to get those sound for home recording.

@@NotoriousFunk The resonance of my cab gets so intense (it rattles and shakes; I've since done some things to make it more stable, so I should try again). What kind of power tubes does that amp of yours have? I've got the EVH with 6l6's

Hahaha...true

Bandmaster are wicked. But you need the old ones with the transformer. Eddie in his first Guitar Player interview said that was his favourite sound.

Every amp but the Roland Jazz Chorus

LMAO, truth is funnier than fiction...

@@harrisfrankou2368 I will remember this info = nice

Definitely the best video of the multitude of them from Guitcon!!!!

I had a vintage plexi once.... but I couldn't turn it up past 1, so I sold it lol

GEAR MAN DUDE'S FACE FINALLY REVEALED! 3:52

to beat the dead horse; nothing else came close. GREAT vid. Cheers!

Robert Baker Haha, awesome! But where’s The Tone King?!

This might look like exagerated bragging, but I belive you 100% My 20w marshal through a 2x12 cab can piss my neighbors from a block away when not even at full volume, and that’s when playing in a basement with 1 meter thick walls

Neighbor is a pussy.

@Novak Ingood I had a similar situation, but I was fixing my motorcycle, and it was an elderly retirement home.

I lived in the same situation in the 90s, house in middle of 150 acres of pasture 2 miles from town. On a quiet night you could listen to rehearsal while pumping gas... Cool as fuck.

I called the cops because the only song you played was Jessie's Girl...for three hours nonstop!

I stood in front of Mattias IA Eklund in London and that damaged my hearing. And Satriani in Sheffield when I was 10. And the icing on the cake was the Scorpions in Manchester who were insanely insanely loud. Oh and Extreme in Birmingham were so loud a guy I worked with had his wife being sick from the volume. Drummers don't help. Always wear ear plugs!

Try it for five minutes and you will know this rumor is likely false.

"Down town suburbia" -- now there's a classic oxymoron.

He did it for his whole life.

Like getting to drive a race car for a few laps.

After this video I have unsubscribed from Tyler Larson's channel. What a stuck up show off holy shit. Mick from that pedal show KILLED IT!

Or guitarists in a guitar store.....lol

Ian Curtis they can’t even do it well

@@oldtimetinfoilhatwearer there is something about having a tube amp cranked to the hills that will make your playing loosen up quite a bit. You are feeling so much as opposed to hearing it... It just has that effect. You see this a lot throughout the early and mid 70s footage of concerts.... Page always had that loose feel... There was a reason... Lol

Sad but true. That's what happens when all you do is play covers.

Ian Curtis what’s wrong with the pentatonic scale?

Mick and Dan were the best.

I actually had a salesperson come over and ask us to turn an AC15 down. because he couldn't hear himself trying to talk to another customer... My salesguy just looked at him, like "Dude- seriously??" There was also the moment trying out a Fulltone 69 fuzz thru a Blues deluxe. I dimed the pedal, turned the amp up, and hit an open E Chord as hard as I could. Firstly, it nearly blew me off the stool; and second, NOW I know what all the 70's rawk gods felt like!! DAMN, what a sound! Had a similar experience with a Supersonic 60- Jesus Christ that was loud- but what a tone!!! (we cranked the clean channel to see how much dirt it had, lol)

Neither will any amp they buy because they will never be able to crank it anywhere. Certainly not at a gig, and not likely even at home. Enter the digital age. If the top studio players in the World can't tell whether they're playing through their own amp or the Fractal Audio model, doubtful anyone else can. Least of all the audience.

@@pyroman6000 Well, there is a certain level of edicate that is involved.

@@SixStringHarmonies It's not so much the end resulting sound, but the feel or the amp kicking you in chest. It's irreplaceable. When you play in studios and you play on big enough stages that doesn't matter anyway because you're only hearing and feeling the finished sound. Fractals, Helix, Kemper, Headrush, all these things are great because you get used to playing and have control over the final end resulting sound, but they cannot do what a properly cranked tube amp can do in terms of just giving you that high volume kick. Its fun, it's a lot of fun. And you're right, most people won't be able to do that, but that's why I let people experience that at my store. I know I'm getting old, but I do remember the days of going to packed clubs and bands with cranked amps were on stage. The amps being so loud usually ruined the actual music sometimes. But there is something to be said for that feeling, of being at a show, or playing a show and you can actually feel the power of the amps. When the drummer needs to miked up, to keep up. Now that I'm older, I very much appreciate seeing a band play at much more reasonable levels, but the problem is still there, with real bands, and that's the drummer. The amps used to be able to keep up with, or overpower a drummer, now the drummer is the only stage volume, so if you're in the front row at a smaller venue without proper sound, you can't hear anything but vocals and drums. There's a give and take in these situations.

I honestly don't think I have ever cranked my own amp up to 10. Things start rattling around at 6. I'll have to put that on my list.

Csyk hahahaha

Remember the end of it might get loud with the Theremin?

His face at 5:10 is just priceless! " wtf u doing there mate?!"

Say you were singing and someone squeezes your throat to get that fun squeaky sound, assault. This is the same.

LMFAO.... That is hysterical

Ear plugs are part of the reptilian agenda

Screw the ear plugs. They are for WHIMPS !! :p

@@massapower That's stupid. Sacrifice your hearing and have problems and pain for the rest of your life just to fit some macho agenda. I just don't get it

@@godhandvoid9795 My opinion and my choice . Thx for caring though 😎👍

I stopped playing for 7 years and my tinnitus disappeared; been playing LOUD for the past 20 years and it hasn't returned.

Michi Btnr 💯

I would have gone Heartbreaker, but yeah.

I don't think the amp sounded like a fart tho

and today we will see... everything on 10... and we will use 16 guitarists to see how it affects the tone... Let's go!

Bill Jehle * Johan's awesome right ☺

Ya I wish I'd had more time to set up room mics or something... to try and capture the whole thing... but the cam mic blowing up does a pretty good job :)

Every amp video needs more Johan Segeborn, lol!!

Alex Makuch same here!!!! He sounds just like and almost looks like him!

Couldve fooled me

Im am totally having a moment here! FINALLY! Witnessed the face of the mysterious GEARMANDUDE!!

I forgot all about gearmandude!

Nope. Now he looks like Seth McFarlane

Well, we're too broke to buy massive amps and we all live with 6 roommates so we don't really have that luxury

Plus sound engineers won't even let Clapton play full volume these days. What chance have we got?

the way you word it is like you think a dimed plexi is the greatest loudest amp ever....but its just a 100W head that doesnt really appeal to everyone because of how little gain it has

The hilarity of this comment is that many of the guys that were using tube heads back in the day are now using those modelers, and had the technology been available, they would have used them back then. And to top that off, just about ALL of them are using in ear monitors now as well...... So much for that whole "feeling the music" fairy tale.

Yea cause jimi could afford such an amp lol he started with nothing

But it's 1 louder!

@@krisberntzen I know right? I have changed the knobs of all my amps to 12 actually. 11 is the minimum for any serious player.

Try a Peavey vypyr vip. Those fuckers go up to 14

The last person you'd ever expect to say "fuck"!

Sion Roberts it's cranked, but the guitar is rolled off.

livingabovethe12th woof

fiveinchesofwow teenage groupies? what. the. fuck.

fiveinchesofwow better cars too

Ah'em ! and Jimmy Saville

I agree with you 100%, but you're putting-hypens-where-they-don't-belong.

wutz-a-hypen?

If you're used to one, playing through other amps is,- WTF?

silver Well, one does, the others used ear plugs.....and it was still TOO loud!

So, what's it to you?

It's one more, isnt it?

Dudes yall nailed it Dan was surfing the Wave & those Pickups in that Strat where did you get those???? I expected Feedback City but they out performed a Lot humbuckers.

That's for next year. They just need to scrounge up Nigel's amp. It's probably in the corner of EVH's garage.

it's the sustain!

Only Fenders play at 11.

Haha i hate 8 strings aswell, but i love Leo tho

Hell yeah!

Agreed. I love metal and all, but all this 8 string guitar, boss metalzone, more gain, low tuning stuff is getting boring and a little immature

Leo was having fun and taking the piss.

no one is using a boss metal zone and shit ton of gain with an 8 string what are you talking about. You'll in no way get a usable tone out of that and that's not what most 8 string players are doing. Ignorant.

jesus christ did you really just call someone a piece of shit over something so minor? Grow up

DrBrovahkiin i agree one hundred percent! Who would have thought all of these rock/metal fans were so ignorant and closed minded.

I read that as a 197 cm tall. I estimated his height to be 6'6", so it made sense to me.

He also speaks perfect English and German . What a dude

Rock Hard Riffs did you notice how long it took Phil x to recognise it was Pete lol...that is hangover brain right there, funny as fuck

God you're right...

Maz Klassa it was because Pete told Phil they were shooting a video, so he faked a meet moment!

And he got the riff to Whole Lotta Love wrong to boot.. ; )

gc17 doesn't he though? with the Jim Morrison look/vibe. maybe he's channeling him...lol.

I was eager to hear his Tele as soon as I saw him. Sounded goooood.

2 things you need in life: a toothbrush and a telecaster.

He was owning it working it.

Anyone got more info about that Tele?

Mea Dish Go to ThatPedalShow's RU-vid channel and you'll find a video on it. I believe it's a custom shop or some such. Don Mare neck pickup and a stock bridge.

my face hurts from smiling so much through the whole thing. This is every bedroom players dream.... And yes, Phil X is perfect for this event.

IShldHavBghtaSqrl what?

No Joke. I got tinnitus from doing exactly what they're doing with my SLP.

Ryan Wilson guaranteed they all have or will have ear damage even with ear plugs. Don’t they need their ears to hear great tone?

Same here ... what a glorious sound and tone, but I have my regrets as Tinnitus is here to stay now.

I got tinnitus just from watching this video!

I would think in that short of a burst only temporary damage. Except the guy in the room the whole time lol

What?

Every electric guitarist already has permanent hearing loss XD

I've done this with just a 2x12 cab and let me tell you - you need earplugs AND earmuffs if you're playing all the way up and standing in front of or around it.

Pardon

Always puzzles me. Especially when I see Clapton in the CREAM days playing two stacks in a tiny club, you couldn't get away with a half stack these days

Before PA systems.

That was my fav priest tune.

I didn't know he could play that well. Nice going, Glenn.

I was looking for this comment :)

Bending the neck old school style I dig it

Glenn Tipton 😉

Yeah, I was noticing that too :) Sadly, I've never played anything other than a solid state around the 1 mark.

You gotta try it.

I woulda launched into Shoot to Thrill as soon as I plugged in to that beast

Man, I was waiting for some Zeppelin and nobody was giving it to me...then Phil saved the day...

I had tinnitus for 7 years; that's rock, baby! Earplugs are for wimps.

@@melvynobrien6193 "I've permanently hurt myself but think other people should be encouraged to do that as well." Practice quietly, perform with protection. You cannot end tinnitus once it happens. One person went entirely deaf and experimented with having their auditory nerve severed to see if that would mitigate the tinnitus. It didn't.

Tom Kiefer? 😂 He is a TURD.

@@melvynobrien6193 You HAD tinnitus for 7 years... That's not how it works, tough guy... Tell me what the fuck healed your tinnitus then. Probably more hearing-damage.

Huh?