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In this video we try out some alternatives to a traditional guitar amp head and ask how they feel and sound.
You might need such a product as a spare or emergency contingency should your main amp go down; you might want to base a (physically) tiny rig around one; or you may want to augment your existing setup with wet/dry or even wet/dry/wet capabilities. We discuss of the above.
Any one of these units is small enough to be mounted on your pedalboard… as long as you have a speaker cable long enough to reach your cabinet.
We try each of the tiny amps with three common types of front end/OD: a standard overdrive pedal; a dedicated valve preamp; and a nonvalve pedal which is a mix of the two.

PLEASE NOTE: The Vox MV50AC gets some criticism for not having much clean headroom. It should be noted that we're using it at the 16ohm / 12.5 watt power setting. For the full 50 watts and (presumably) more clean headroom, you need to use a 4ohm speaker load.

PLEASE ALSO NOTE: This video is NOT about speaker emulation or playing direct. It’s about using pedalsized alternatives to an amp head. You still require a speaker for what we’re talking about today.

Thank you for watching… Please enjoy the video!



Pedals in this episode…

• TheGigRig Three2One: http://bit.ly/2fW8XJP

• Keeley D&M Drive
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2oTblU1
USA: https://bit.ly/3xs7kcU
Australia: http://bit.ly/2pUDUAE

• Kingsley Constable
www.kingsleyamplifiers.com

• Van Weelden Royal Overdrive
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2imxRAD
www.vanweelden.com

• MXR Phase 90
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2mcZUYI
USA:https://bit.ly/3sb7xAF

• TC Electronic Flashback 2
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2u3UHm8
USA: https://imp.i114863.net/5rKN3
Australia: http://bit.ly/2uHUszg

• Empress Reverb
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2wpXw6M
Australia: http://bit.ly/2wq2lgp

• D’Addario Chromatic Pedal Tuner
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2tIN4lD
USA: https://bit.ly/3IRrhPE

• ElectroHarmonix Magnum 44
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2wgUzVN
USA: https://bit.ly/3qihr0L

• Vox MV50AC
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2fYYbFg
USA: https://imp.i114863.net/1x2Nx

• Seymour Duncan PowerStage 170
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2x5s3nn
USA: https://imp.i114863.net/VPg5M

• The GigRig G2: http://bit.ly/2h8xSay

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Interesting bits and goto sections…
Intro: 0:00
Victory V40 Deluxe: 1:00
Who needs an amp anyway? 1:23
Today’s non‘normal’ amps: 1:50
But what about the BluGuitar Amp1? 2:45
What are these things for, really? 4:50
Today’s cabinets: 6:48
Today’s Drive Pedals/Preamps – D&M Drive: 8:35…
… Kingsley Constable: 9:45
… Van Weelden Royal Overdrive: 11:45
D&M Drive / Victory / EHX Magnum 44 comparisons: 13:30
What about volume and natural OD from the Magnum 44? 18:25
Constable / Victory / EHX Magnum 44 comparisons: 19:40
Royal Overdrive / Victory / EHX Magnum 44 comparisons: 22:43
Vox MV50 AC intro: 26:18
Mick in cynical mode: 28:45
And at last some MV50 comparisons: 31:13 (33:38)…
MV50 / D&M Drive: 33:27
MV50 / Constable : 34:37
MV50 / Royal OD: 35:37
Seymour Duncan Power Stage 170 comparisons: 38:49 (41:07)
D&M Drive / Powestage: 43:24
Seymour Duncan Powerstage 170 for clean tones? 44:30
Yeah but this isn’t totally ampless, right? 49:27
Wet/Dry with the Victory and Seymour Duncan Powerstage: 50:47
Could you explain that clearly please? 52:42
Adding tremolo to the Wet/Dry setup: 54:42
Closing thoughts: 57:52


‘Normal’ amps in this episode
• Victory V40 Deluxe & V212VC cabinet
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2KBfRU0
USA That Pedal Shop: https://bit.ly/3dT5tJ1

Guitars in this episode
• Fender American Vintage ’62 Stratocaster – watch Mick’s video at http://bit.ly/2cQv3yT
• Fender Custom Shop ’63 Telecaster – watch Dan’s video at http://bit.ly/2dlZJ6K
• Duesenberg Bonneville – https://www.duesenberg.de/en/guitars/...
• Nik Huber Kratster II watch Dan’s video at http://bit.ly/2fKv0RU
• Duesenberg Paloma – https://www.duesenberg.de/en/guitars/...

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