The amp JIMI HENDRIX recorded with also nails ZEPPELIN 1 - Fender Showman Amp! 

When I saw Jimi play live in a tiny venue with maybe only 40-50 people there, Sound Machine opened the set. When Jimi played he played through two Dual Showman Silverface amplifiers. After the show I got to check out his white Strat in its case and take it out, then after that we met him as he was leaving. I was too tongue tied to talk to him, but my buddy asked him what amplifiers he preferred, and he said " Sound City PA's, and Marshall amplifiers." He was a really shy person, as bad as I was.

JS: "Let's go!" And then I am hooked until the end. Thanks for another really great video!

Frusciante also used a showman. A lot of old fenders share that preamp topology and similar circuits so people can achieve similar sounds with other models. Sounds great

It sounds magic with the Strat.

Hi Johan. Been away from the channel for a bit after suffering a well smashed left hand in an unfortunate mishap. Still stiff and sore but things are moving again. We all need to get busy. The world really needs to rock 'n roll again.

Wow you were right, it completely nailed Hendrix and early Zeppelin! I should know, they are two of my favorites! That’s all I listened to growing up. Well that and Black Sabbath. I was a fanatic on these three. Excellent job Johan, excellent! 🎸👍🏻 Rock and Roll!

Correction: Flying V was used on You Shook Me, not How Many More Times. It really stands out with its thicker and muddier tone.

Had a 68 Showman Reverb and it nailed a lot of Hendrix tones. Lots of Peter Green with an LP, but 215’s are the way to go. 212’s broke up better but it was massive and 4D with 215s

I cannot believe that you are not trying to sell us anything ! You are so amazing !

Excited for this. Peter Green also played Showmans although they were Silverfaces

I didn't know that Jimi used a Showman amp in the studio. I thought this amp was primarly a surf thing. Judging from the thumbnail the cab even has the 15" JBL speaker with the metal dustcap that Dick Dale used. (commenting before the premiere)

Great episode, again you remind me of the best corners of my musical soul, thanks

Every live performance of Chuck Berry i witnessed, Berry was using Fender Showmans. Also, as someone else mentioned here, i seen the original Fleetwood Mac Band using Showmans. One Sweet Amp whether Black or Silver!

This amp is perfect with a strat

Really enjoyed this tone. Thanks Johan

I just bought a 1964 Showman with cabinet; 15" JBL D130F with the "Tone Ring". Very loud and very heavy. I read somewhere recently that a Showman has the same circuitry as a Twin Reverb, just minus the reverb.

Man I've been a Hendrix worshipper for nearly 20 years, inspired me to even pick up a guitar. I've always played Marshalls with Jimi's influence but these days I think some of Jimi's best tones were Fender amps. Right now I'm obsessed with Jimi at Winterland '68 and I'm pretty sure his sound that night is Fender heavy tho I believe he had Marshalls also on stage those nights.

I have a 65 Showman that I run through an old Traynor 2x15 loaded with Weber's, it's incredible.

I attended school in North Florida for a couple of years in a tiny little town. There was a man there who sold candy and pop to kids out of a little mobile storefront after school. His name was Butch Land, as I recall. Anyway, he had a trailer full of Fender amps from the sixties, including a couple of Dual Showman's. I never found out what happened to those. He offered to front a band, since I played guitar, but the town was so small we couldn't find the rest of the band.

Hi Johan, again a great video. The amp with its 15" Speaker sounds amazing. Thanks and stay healthy.

I always listen to what you have to say on the begining in anticipation to what you will be playing right after the moment! You are my favourite youtube channel

Super video. Showman fender... my dream amp.

I’m surprised by the Jimi reference, I always thought he used a fender bassman in the studio 🤔

Great as always. What Jimi used in the studio is a tough one indeed.But we know he showed up for his audition with a full Marshall stack and Eddie Kramer was the low man so the straight engineers said you take care of him. That we know is history.cheers.

Great video ! Great amp , Jimmy Page is my fav guitarist of all time and after him Jimi Hendrix among my favs, I'm glad to hear this , cool video Johan

Love my 1966 Showman, but man it's loud and proud.😂

Sounding great as usual. I agree, you nailed both the Zep and Hendrix tones with that Showman. I almost didn't miss you not wielding a flaming Plexi tone. Almost 😉 God bless and Merry Christmas 🎄🎸😎

Rock and roll!!!!!! Love your video and your playing

The edge of breakup tones of the Showman and the Marshall Super Bass you demoed a while ago are so similar it’s cool.

Sounds a lot like my 68’ silverface Bassman. Sounding great as usual, Johann. Love from Italia. 👍👍

Johan, I really dig your channel and playing and gear. Even when you call him yimmy. Great stuff dude.

Great sounds Johan. Also if I'm not mistaken John Frusciante used one of these through a Marshall cabinet to record Scar Tissue.

Wish I could play all your amps! One of the best RU-vid channels of all time! Thank you! Ever consider making Kemper profiles ? I’d pay good money for your sounds

Let's Go! Another killer video, Johan. I cannot thank you enough for all of your hard work and dedication making videos for us all to watch. Cheers!

One of the best videos!!! Showman FTW!

Great tone! Loved the video. I have learned the chords to a couple of favorites by watching you and for that, thank you very much!

Epic sounds with that Strat.

Amazing tone Johan accompanied by your stellar selection of riffs! I never saw an amp that required 2 7025 pre amp tubes in the V1 and V2 sockets, no wonder why these amps were so clean and when pushed broke up like a Marshall. You gave us tone geeks tones of info thanks again Johan!

Well done!

That cab sounds killer 🤘Defiantly nails Hendrix vibe 👍

All the blackface heads were used on lots of recordings, they are all great amps when they are serviced. Thanks for another great video Johan! The zepp tone is spot on, need a univox booster! :D

If you want to hear another great Fender Showman sound listen to early Chicago with the late, great Terry Kath playing through one

That’s it! That incredible tone!

Lovely work!!

great amp! what a great vintage sound. you just can't beat an old tube amp in my opinion.

Great video like always, Johan. The Showman with the JBL 15" really seems to nail the Hendrix sound, so I wouldn't be surprised at all that he was using them to record. I've seen photos of Jimi using Fender amps, Showmans but will have to google around and yes you can nail the Led Zep sound with a Les Paul even though it's a Tele and one can accomplish the reverse too! Excellent job my friend, thanks for sharing, stay safe

Sounds Great! I have 3 Fender amps have come into my life like stray dogs, Marshalls don't do that for some reason.

Very good video here....im a fender man all the way...man thats zep 1 basically right there....i was very surprised on how close it is...so many good fender amps out there! Great work Johan

I love how you get the feel and vibe of a given song but with different riffs/chords! Sounds great as always Johan!

Looks like that amp has the original set of RCA "Blackplate" 6L6's. Sounds wonderful.

It was Voodoo Child Slight Returned that this amp was recorded with! Eddie Kramer confirmed it in an interview. As for the others not sure. Foxy Lady sounds like a cranked 100 watt marshall with fuzz during the some parts.

Definitely getting the JP tone there. Love it!!!

Another great video my friend! You got the “All along the watchtower” sound as well as some Led Zeppelin vibes!

Such a cool amp! Clean strat tones are my favorite

You can find many old videos of Showmans and Dual Showmans being used, early Rolling Stones with 3 Dual Showmans,Jimmy Smith's guitar player with a Dual Showman, Byrds on Dick Clarke with 3 Dual Showmans, Otis Rush with a Single Showman on the tlit back legs, The Human Beings album cover 3 Dual Showmans. That was the flagship amp in the day.

I might be wrong but i think page used the flying V on “You shook me”

Your blend with the room mic really got me there for some of the Page sounding stuff. Your collection of mics and know-how always astounds me. I enjoy this channel so much!!

I love your playing Johan. It always fits the gear. I recently bought a 63 blonde Showman with the 6G14A circuit. It’s so sweet through D130 and D140 loaded cab. But you got me wanting a blackface one too! Thanks for the video.

Johan I've been loving the tones you get out of Fender amps. Nobody else thinks to demo them cranked and with some natural overdrive. Any chance you could demo a Tone Master Deluxe Reverb? I'd be interested to see how you can make it sound.

Page said in 1969 that he used a small Rickenbacker amp on LZ#1. It could have been that another company made it for Rickenbacker, like Supro, and thus the claim. But, he initially did say Rickenbacker back then.

Sounded great!

All your content is absolutely amazing! Please never stop!:)

You are like the super-cool father I never had.

Hi, Johan! Yeah, very useful and interesting video. Jimi was playing with a big band. According to Woodstock 69, on the stage was one more guitarist whith LP! So his stage band was different, than his studio projects. I don't know, if the legend about LSD in his life was so much real.... Maybe it was, but I don't think so. Maybe on the hangouts, but to use it one the stage...?! No, no, no!! Anyway, Absolutely great sound! See you! Zigfrid

LOVE these videos!

Love your show lets go

I love the sound of juicy overdrive at 6:52

Johan, I know U have an engineering background, so I'm not too surprised that U seem to have a Time Machine. Description says Ur playing a *2088* Les Paul !?!

I love it! Sounds fantastic!

Yea zep I had the most raw/brutal tone. Matched Roberts screeching vocals perfectly. A 68 plexi plugged into a Bassman cab with 12" Oxfords is one of my favorite combos. Nice demo Johan!

Excellent...

Hmm. Cool demo, sounds great. Some tones were spot on others I think weren’t close.

Page used 2 silver face dual showman's daisy chained while in the Yardbirds... may have still used them for the first Zep album

Hi Johan. This amp company's website (www.sundragonamps.com/) implies Jimmy Page used a Supro Coronado on Led Zeppelin I. Jimmy Page is one of the co-founders. "Sundragon is a faithful recreation of the amplifier Jimmy used exclusively to create the groundbreaking sounds on Led Zeppelin 1 and other notable recordings such Joe Cocker’s With a Little Help from My Friends. A limited edition run of 50 hand built Sundragons will be made throughout 2019, all signed by Jimmy Page. Jimmy’s original amplifier started out life as a Supro Coronado. While on tour with Neil Christian the amplifier fell out of the band’s van. Not willing to give up on his beloved Supro, Jimmy had it restored. At that time the amplifier was also modified in significant ways. Jimmy realized that the sonic palette had changed to something new and unique. After being shrouded in mystery for more than 50 years, Jimmy has decided to share this extraordinary amplifier with the world. " That being said, the Showman is a really great sounding amp, with both the Les Paul and the Strat. With the Strat, I hear a lot of Hendrix sounds here and there. They sound really nice together.

Sounds awesome. I’d love to hear some Marshall’s through that JBL cab

Johan won't stop until getting all the amps in the world. And when that happens, he will invent a new one to have it.

I have had a ‘65 Showman since college - 1985. Thanks so much for doing this video, as it never occurred to me that it nails these Jimi studio tones, but it does! I usually run mine through a ‘65 Fender 2x12” loaded with a Celestion G12 30 Anniversary and an old Wharfdale. Sounds nice, but listening your video makes me want to finally try the vaunted JBL 15.

you did nail both !!!! WOW

Amazing video, maybe you could try to get close to a Fleetwood Mac/Peter Green sound for a future video? I heard they might have used Dual Showmans. Would be interesting.

The clean channel on my old Tonemaster is basically a Showman w/o reverb Thought one of them the Dual or something had reverb I put an Exotic EP boost in the clean loop of the Tonemaster to give the clean channel a little extra something 4 6L6's is a lot of clean power but it's my favorite Fender tube 😁

Johan Happy Holidays my friend I wanted to tell you that you have "Hands Down" the best Guitar/Amp Tone-Research Demo's on U-Tube and thank you for all time and effort and I'm sure money that you've sunk into the quest and journey of Guitar Tone If you ever stop or run out LoL of issues to put forth you will be sorely missed Keep up the great work 👍 Anyways I read that Hendrix only used a Tele on the lead break of Purple Haze Evidently he had put the strat neck through a ceiling at a show or something so had to finish that song with a Tele True or not Who Know's Oooh that's a great Hendrix song too 😌

You can Jump the channels. :) They’re in phase.

Great b roll. Rest of video was good also

Great demo Johan. I heard Jim I used Twins in the studios as well.

Believe it or not, I"m getting into Shakira after buying her 5:41 Mongoose Tour "Off the Record" DVD/CD.been plsying over 50 years and huge Zeppelin .Bad Compsny fan, but love her band and both her guitarists use fender vintage brownfaces.They are rockers and so is SHE.I recommend watching it!!! As a performer in Central Florida now.

Great stuff Johan. The double showman is an awesome amp too. Check out Matt Scott. He has a good video playing though one

I heard Eddie Kramer say that jimi used a showman for voodoo chile in a Tim Pierce video but I always thought it sounded more like a bassman.I've also read that he toured with them in the U.S. for a brief time. Thanks for the video Johan, it would be really cool if you could compare this amp to a dual showman which is the silverface version I think and/or a twin reverb, I heard the showman is basically a head version of it.

Honestly, I just expected more demos of the forsberg amp... Like for the next two weeks at least- 😂 jk But my oh my... On that one...😳 Annnnnd of course- thank you for this video Johan* I love strats through showman amps! 🤟🏻❤️👍🏻

another great video ! gear wikipedia - Johanpedia lol

I have read a lot of books about JH, one of them ´Jimi Hendrix Sessions´, and i don´t think they ever mentioned a Showman in the studio, but I have seen pictures from around ´68, where he used 2 Showmans as ´side monitors´ on stage. To people wanting to buy a Showman be sure to get the real D130F. Newer versions, even if they are Alnicos, don´t sound the same, and that means not as good. Showmans were used extensively by top dancebands in the late 60ties, but later they somehow disappeared for no good reason.

Mitch Colby makes an exact replica of Jimmy's amp. Jimmy loaned him his original to copy and he made 50 exact copies using NOS parts & valves. Mitch is also making exact clones but with newer parts & valves. Sundragon Amps: www.sundragonamps.com/

The most famous & biggest user of Fender Showmans was Ted Nugent. He would have tons of heads & cabinet stacks behind him live. That's why his hair was always flying around so much. Ted's Dual Showmans are waaaaaay louder than 100W Marshall at breakup & louder dimed on 10 with a lot more bottom end. Dual Showmans are arguably the most thunderously loud amp.

Great video as always. I have a good video idea though, compare different brand les paul copies with the Gibson ones.

Hi Johan, I don't know if you were asked earlier, but are you using the Ironman 2? If you are, how much are you attenuating? Just curious, I'm thinking of buying the Ironman and would value your opinion. :)

Anybody know what the difference in the fender 1965 Black face showman and the 1969 silver face drip edge showman amps

I weirdly hear some Ace Frehley sounds with the Les Paul. It may also be true that Page influenced Frehley.

Love the 12:53 chord progression!

Are you using a Fender Tone Ring cabinet? or is that regular Fender Cabinet? The low end sound is perfect!

During the first second of the playing section I thought "OMG THAT THING IS HUGE!".....oh...uh...nmind

Crivens, is that a 15" speaker or 18"? It looks massive also is a closed back cab? JVS or Jensen please? Beautiful tone, love the high headroom cleans with a touch of breakup. Bet it's loud. :)