AIN'T TALKING 'BOUT UAFX ANTI

[@shorerocks]

I cannot imagine a world without Henning vids and reviews. Just sayin'.

[@EytschPi42]

and if you keep watching you'll never have to experience that world!

[@fatseaturtle]

As a Lion King fan, that full song was amazing! The editing, the tones, the creativity! Just superb ❤

[@zanewalters5606]

Not going to lie, the E/E flat joke was a smoker. I was laughing so hard I couldn't breathe. Great review as always, Henning. You're my #1 go to for gear reviews, however, also really loving the rant videos. Looking forward to more. Thanks for all you do, Henning!

[@SethWorsham]

SOLD! I'll absolutely be acquiring this sometime next year. I am more than blown away. Thank you for the most thorough gear reviews! 🤘🤘🙏🍻

[@dreamsinmusic]

Bringin' Elton back to his Rock roots yeah! 💖🤟

[@carwynvan]

You seem to be on a bit of a Disney metal binge at the moment and I am all for it! You always do a really great job if them

[@thegeekdude67]

Great review! It’s in my Sweetwater wish list! 🎸😎👊

[@shanewalton3769]

There’s a lot of people commenting and saying it sounds fizzy. To them I say this…I just bought the pedal and spent the afternoon and evening with it. I’ve owned multiple 5150/6505 amps since their inception. This pedal is absolutely amazing and not the least bit fizzy. Additionally I have a dirty tree boost (patterned after the fortin 33 and tc integrated pre) and the tc emulation is dead on. I think the majority of opinions are based upon videos and not real world experience. As someone who owns the actual amps and this pedal I will say the ANTI gets you 95% there. The only thing it lacks is the real mojo that comes from guitar/amp/speaker interaction. Baring that I dare say this comes as close as you’re going to get.

[@karabinerstudios]

Panama is my favorite Eddie guitar. His rhythm playing was out of this universe. 🙂

[@SonicDriveStudio]

Great video! Tried the pedal and think it's absolutely stellar!

[@mikemorrisonmusic]

Thank you for reviewing this, Henning! I have the same Mogami cable - I love that silentplug feature. Also, I WILL be grabbing an Endgame pedal!

[@vasotoe]

I wish everyone could see all the work leading to this video....muahahah massive kudos and respect Henning!!!! 🤘

[@EytschPi42]

you saw EVERY bit of it

[@peterschaefer1665]

These UA petals sound great but you should be able to switch between three or more presets with your foot if not midi. A great studio tool. For this reason, I would buy a Fractal FM 9.

[@kekkonenprkl]

Agree. Especially when there are already a lot of competition in the "single-amp-in-a-box with no extra effects and features" pedal market, that offers external control (Not including multi-effect modelers). These UAFX single-amp-in-a-box pedals in general are really close to Strymon Iridium in terms of concept and formfactor. Same controls on-board and same features pretty much. Had UAFX included the same controllability as the Iridium, they could really sell a lot of these (and any other amp pedals they have in their product range). Now it's just a tap dance pedal for those who don't want any programmable/digital or even basic footswitch/relay switchers on their pedalboards. But i don't think even those are their real target audience, as those purists rarely dream of a pedal that's phone app controlled to unlock full potential.

[@daka4711]

Thx for the great and honest review. Btw: "E-flat-iot" made my day. 😂😂 Tysm, Henning

[@GuitarGearGyan]

I have had the Dream pedal on my board as a mainstay....... this looks like it wants to join it 🎉

[@sugarfree74]

Amazing, it is like Eddie was there in the room with you, guiding your hands. 🥰🙃

[@EytschPi42]

hmm.... but in that case he did a bad job!

[@TeddScheckler]

I think you’re thinking of Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze in Ghost

[@sugarfree74]

@@EytschPi42 Actually, your plaing is great. I'd have a hard time learning a EVH song in 20 minutes like that. :)

[@karabinerstudios]

Fun, fun track. You even got Sir Elton in studio 😉

[@MusicTherapyLaz]

Henning... what timing! Friends and I drove down from the San Francisco Bay Area to the Kia Forum in Los Angeles and are about to head back home after a little painting the morning town red in Hollywood..... and here you go posting up this Van Halen style pedal after we just saw Sammy Hagar pull off an amazing show... his Best Of All Worlds tribute to Van Halen with Joe Satriani as the Guitar Hero of the night.... yeah it's Chicken Foot, but it was pretty amazing! I must get that pedal now! 🤘😎🎸🔥

[@AndrewMooreLearningLicks]

"Presence" which is a Christmasy kinda thing 😂 love this guy

[@fiddlix]

You do Eddie better than I can…that pedal definitely has that vibe going on.

[@MarkPritchardGuitar]

You do the best honest demos Henning, good job my bald brother 🤘🏼

[@alchemysticgoldmind4164]

When Henning makes a face like that when playing thats all The endorsement I need😂

[@johnplaystheguitar123]

Why dont UA release a fully featured guitar modeller featuring dream, Woodrow, ruby, lion and anti plus all ua effects all in one package. It would dominate wouldn't it?

[@cirisirpula152]

Because they think selling them individually makes them more money.

[@NO-TALK-GuitarPlugin]

Because expensive stuff is selling far less than sub 400 products. ToneX are selling a lot! Kemper pedal is not selling very well. The only exception is Quad Cortex because of their huge marketing and plugin community over the years. Buying 5 pedals from UAFX will cost you as much as an FM3 or a QC😂, but you won’t hit your bank account the same way and you’ll have the nice honey moon over years. Plus you’ll have the ability to cash out some pedals you don’t use that much.

[@jeremygorszczyk]

I'm thinking the same thing. Pretty sure it's going to come at some point (2025, 2026, maybe ? so they have time to sell more of those units) with also all the different effects they do have in this pedal format (the starlight, galaxay, max comp,...) I hope it will look like as a refreshed sturdy kemper stage, with an amp block, a cab block, one comp, one mod, one reverb, one delay, an FX loop and that's it. It OBVIOUSLY needs midi. You dont need the endless possiblities of a QC when your modeling is this good. And if it's small enough, you can bring it just as is with a wha, a chase bliss/beetronics for weird madness and your favorite overdrive. And that would be all you ever need... Until the next pedal comes out :)

[@johnplaystheguitar123]

@@cirisirpula152 true but i think having an all in one unit even at the top end range price of modelers would make them even more money. some people dont want 100s of amps and effects. they just want 5 amp models that are perfect and some really good effects and thats it. a new unit could also fix the problem they have painted themselves in the corner with these horrible designs of no midi no headphone no xlr only stereo in and out. a new unit could have all of the I/O missing

[@johnplaystheguitar123]

@@jeremygorszczyk agreed. just the 5 amps they've released, the ox box stomp stuff, their compressor reverb and delays and mods. thats it. then the actual unit needs to have xlr, headphone, midi etc, and be powered easily. it would sell a lot for people that dont like option paralysis of new modeler units. even if it was expensive it would sell a lot.

[@Rikamortis6stringer]

This is one sick puppy. I think anti means anti-clean haha! You are having way too much fun!!!!!!!♥️ This thing is awesome I like how they call it the 1992 high gain amp. Like we don't know what that is lol. Great demo great video! You were laughing your ass off 👍👍 looks like they've already said everything I wanted to say in the comments. Have a great day like I said awesome video and you're having wayyyyyyy too much fun!!!!!! Okay have a great day See you on the next one. One more thing, Tune your guitar to E sharp😅

[@CoolPabloDeTodo]

nice cover :) a lot of fun Henning

[@orionktulu]

Mesa dual Rectifier came out in 1992, 5150 was a competitor to it, hence the name Anti 1992.

[@barrylibecap5092]

Met the guys from U. A. at Sweetwater guitarfest. Great people!

[@Traumglanz]

Now that looks like fun.

[@hdaniels666]

1:57 My fathers son is such a great song! Great video too Henning!

[@guismth]

Who does this song?

[@PooNinja]

UA does it right 🤘🏽

[@billsstudio2528]

I am of similar thinking of the Fender Tonemaster. There are not 800 amps and 1200 pedals, but 'most' or 'some' of the models sound more organic than the others that model anything that is/was popular. Cool shirt! I want one!

[@orryfishburne5326]

I was really hoping the next release would be an SVT, but i do like how they released a high gain amp.

[@stringedaz]

I have the lion, ruby, and dream 65. Game changer, man. Killer vids!

[@1b2m]

Not to defend a Rebel flag swinger, but Dimebag notoriously played transistor power amped Randalls.

[@RJW14]

NGL, I love what Satch is doing with Sammy on the VH tracks.

[@felipegomabrockmann2740]

best review, love this guy

[@egod3100]

Wie geil ist das denn mal eben in der Hardrock Version umgewandelt 🤘👍❤

[@valebliz]

I don’t know, I own the ruby and love it and I’ll probably get a lion, but with this one there’s something off that doesn’t convince me. It would be nice to try it in person.

[@liljohn1064]

This Pedal make the metal that melts my brain and kills my remaining hair roots. I will soon be as bald as your clean shaven head and I love it. It just plain rocks. Great review.

[@mikedr1549]

Your Van Halen may not be the best on the KZbins - but the EVH tone really comes shining through. UA is killing it.

[@EytschPi42]

Hey.. I practiced for a good 10 minutes!

[@martine.210]

Kfir's Van Halen is the best on the youtubes as of today.

[@mikedr1549]

@@martine.210 Holy Shit - he's spot on!

[@UniversalAudio]

🤘

[@EytschPi42]

Now that’s a simple comment!

[@JustSomeGuy]

It seems like UA is going in chronological order with the amp pedals, so now that they're in the 90s, hopefully the next one will be a JCM800 pedal.

[@candypeanut9927]

Only the JCM800 is early 80ies

[@robphillips8351]

Another excellent review my friend.. 🤔 that's what she said.. lol damn you got me stuck on that phrase lmao..

[@heikohesse4666]

great video as always - I hope UA make a Mesa Dual/Triple Rectifier pedal soon ... 😎

[@EytschPi42]

Who knows....

[@gohyung]

@@EytschPi42 Apparently, Henning knows!

[@RedCloudServices]

The Mesa pedal is out now “UA Knuckles”

[@gohyung]

I really wish they come up with a Mark IIC+ type of pedal but I smell SLO or Dual Rec in the near future. Love the video as always, Henning! Young James LaBrie's voice at the end makes the video whole a lot better.

[@zThisPlay]

ok that title hit just right

[@rutger4131]

Love the Elton John 'cover'. Deserves it's own video!

[@NO-TALK-GuitarPlugin]

I was about to order the lion but now… Not sure ;) Will keep my ToneX pedal I think, I captured some nice Lion tones and they’re more than enough for my ear pleasure. Playing the UAFX game is like spending $350 each year 😂 But they sound killer for sure.

[@jonnyf9049]

Tried the tone x software, i did nit really like how it works the sounds werent really there either. Tone x seems like a cool idea but i wasnt feeling much as i wanted to

[@NO-TALK-GuitarPlugin]

@@jonnyf9049 ToneX has some tricks. You’ll have to push the input trim to +6dB at least to have the natural compression of the amp capture, and of course choose the right capture. I made mines and they’re 100% undistinguishable from my amps and pedals.

[@NicholasMaus]

@@jonnyf9049 user captures and tone packages are where it shines. the selection that comes with he ToneX is not great.

[@robphillips8351]

One of the best sounding high gain amps I've ever owned was the peavey triumph 60 head.. singing silky sustain for days..

[@1b2m]

The biggest let-down of this thing is that it has non-continuous knobs without moving indicators. If you dial in a non-ALT setting, the knob's white indicator line points, well, to where you set it. Then you flip the switch to ALT and turn the same knob for the alternate setting to a different position, now the knob's white indicator line points to where you dialed in the ALT setting. If you now switch back to non-ALT, the knob's white indicator line will be completely off and not related to the actual value of the non-ALT setting anymore. If you then turn the knob just a little bit, the non-ALT parameter's value will jump to wherever the knob currently is pointing. This is not just annoying because you'll constantly find yourself re-adjusting parameters because you don't know where they were set just now, but also it's obstructive because it doesn't show you which settings and values the presets use. So if you find a preset you like, you don't know what the preset is doing, which settings it uses. The knobs should be continuous i.e. turning endlessly, there should be little illuminated rings or LED dots around the knobs, and the knobs should not have indicators drawn onto them. Whenever the ALT switch is dis-/engaged, the rings/dots should jump to display the value of their respective knobs. And when you turn a knob, it should pick up the parameter's value where it currently is and continue to adjust it from there. Much better UX. I understand that knobs with a non-continuous fixed limited adjustment range "feel more analog", but if the entire thing is a DSP box with app control and software distortion, why would "analog feeling knobs" be important.

[@NickSergeev]

Absolutely agree, it’s a major inconvenience

[@j3rkch1ck3n]

Holy sh*t. UAFX read my thoughts. I have the Lion and literally thought that they need to do a 5150 version. And here it is! I’m buying one.

[@painterofwords5761]

Am I the only one not convinced with UA?... that said I will undoubtedly add this to all their other offerings I immediately purchased as they came out.

[@frolics]

Instant buy. Now I’m just waiting for the SLO 100!

[@thejudge1075]

Waiting? Soldano released an official SLO Pedal years ago.

[@mylogify]

SLO pedal had been released tousand years ago, you didn't know? It's quite cool actually.

[@frolics]

SLO pedal has that Soldano tone, but not the full breadth of a 100 watt amp. It’s FET distortion vs UAD’s meticulous component-level modeling of the entire tone stack and speaker/mic interactions. Not the same product category.

[@mylogify]

@@frolics Do you own a SLO plugin already from Neural DSP? It should be very close too as a plugin.

[@mylogify]

@@frolics Have you tried the Neural DSP SLO as a plugin? It must sound very good.

[@eryckcrypton6412]

ANTI talkin' bout love

[@heymrguitarman7637]

Not one for me as it wouldn't fit in to my rig but i do love the amp sims from UAFX for what they give us direct players. Yes they need and should have midi but they really are well done

[@menschlicheswesen84]

With tc pedal they could mean a tc electronic preamp in pedal format that many metalhead's use...🤔

[@richardwilliams1310]

You needed the matching Eventide MicroPitch Delay pedal, although you do have the more expensive feature rich flagship Eventide H90 :P

[@arnaudstegle5034]

Sure you did the best ! 😉

[@5150show]

Love my Lion

[@thanovee5999]

Hey there, do you use it for live or jam with bands with it and if so, how does it sound though an amp, or do i have to go direct?

[@DonnyRocker2012]

I originally thought I'd pass on this, since I have the Lion and Ruby (both are superb)... but I owned an original Peavey 5150 head and now have the MIM Frankie so...

[@jamesgoulet2528]

Brilliant !!!

[@peterschaefer1665]

Love it!!

[@RobertSaxy]

OK that cover (leaving out vague to not ruin the surprise for others) has viral written all over it

[@sandrews7760]

The pedal that you get.. is the slow gear pedal board headphone amp to sit after your amp in a box pedals or ox stomp. ( verified :)

[@ChrrZ]

11:30 great bitching and totally agree, let me also add that we need a Desktop App for preset organisation and dialing the pedals from your computer via USB-C, using a smartphone during music making is such a showstopper and workflow killer for me, i cannot express enough. I love the sound and tones i can get out of my Dream 65 and Lion 68, and since i´m a metal guy, i would have instantly bought the ANTI if there is an Desktop App, but no.. not available, i´m sure the ANTI sounds killer, but its not going to work for me in the long run that way. i love watching your videos henning, there are not only informative but also funny and entertaining 🙂

[@EISENKEILER]

nice review and of course a nice little piggie at the end :)

[@heikohesse4666]

Oh, I missed it - you know what's coming? A "SLO-ish" pedal? That would be nice too...

[@AlexandreSoma]

Great and fun like always!! Wich of UA's would you buy to play 90's like Smashing Punpkings? Thanks!!!

[@darkforce2803]

Thank you for the in depth review! But it is difficult to get excited for stuff like this with relatively inexpensive offerings like the Kemper Player, ToneX etc.

[@EytschPi42]

It those have profiles and changing setting won’t be like the amp. This is component modeling and gets even closer to the real thing

[@kekkonenprkl]

No way to remote control is a deal breaker. You can change channels with mappable relays on real amps, if they support a ts/trs footswitch (some even offer midi natively) and most modelers are midi controllable. UAFX pedals require tap dancing on the buttons and even then you are limited to two sounds live. Currently my HX Stomp snapshots trigger midi mappable relays to switch channels on my tube amp. Would have been great if UAFX had included even a TRS connection for a footswitch/relay remote control, if they don't like the idea of full midi support.

[@jeanpierrenavant1226]

What was the pedal that had the head phone ad on, all the outs, effects loop, etc.......?

[@EytschPi42]

KMA Endgame

[@AndyNyle]

I’m surprised by it does sound like Shiite. Not your demo I know because you spot on even with Joyo Ac master.

[@Crunchifyable2]

I also agree that this pedal doesn't sound good. I blame the impulse response choices. I think a 5150 sounds best with greenbacks. I'm sure the metal kids like v30s but to me that's just screech.

[@MrBiglegsam]

Hello, my best friend!

[@ukaszpopkowski8382]

What amp do you used for that recording?

[@EytschPi42]

The anti

[@ukaszpopkowski8382]

@@EytschPi42 without any power amp? What’s the connection chain?

[@uwedasler425]

Great video, well done. Still, no point in buying this over a Tonex pedal costing basically the same. Tonex has 150 presets, is Midi switchable, has a real headphone out (that can drive more than low resistance airpods), built-in compressor and can do any amp in existence including all UA pedals combined. And it does them as well or better. OK, it has no mobile app, but that is a feature for me.

[@Jin-lj5mk]

33:12 Best part

[@Margilio5150]

New trend #BadHalen 😎

[@ChrisJones-ht9zn]

That shirt 😂

[@brandnewyou5254]

Love it bro you know all the reasons why

[@Musicislife668]

Looks like they went cheaper on the knobs. At least they look to be cheaper than the previous amp pedals

[@BrunodeSouzaLino]

It's a bit strange how circular the EVH tone is. He started with a modded Plexi, used what is essentially a modded Plexi (Soldano SLO 100) and then went to Peavey and made the 5150, which is a copy of the SLO 100. If EVH was still alive, I could envision a point where he would either go back to Marshall or Friedman and do a modded Plexi again.

[@BootyCollins-gf5er]

EVH should have been Marshall's first amp endorser with a signature 1959 in my opinion, wonder if those talks were ever considered at some point

[@musicsurfandrats]

Sonds good but a 6505 mini head will cost you less and give you more options. It is insanely high priced in my opinion.

[@EytschPi42]

I don’t think so… a head won’t give you direct recording options and cabs etc

[@musicsurfandrats]

@@EytschPi42 the one I'm speaking of does (included loadbox). And there is still about 100 € left to pickup all the IRs you may want. Or at the same price point I'd personally go with a helix stomp, again the price is ridiculous. If it was priced like the TC boxes we might be talking. Hell, UA could at least include the amp as a plugin or something to better up the value, otherwise this looks a lot like an apple product to me, pay more and get less.

[@mazsenior]

$400? Really? Nope. You can get a Tonex with Amplitude 5 Max for $499 and have EVH and way more. Enjoyed the video!

[@jonnyf9049]

Would the tc integrated preamp make sense?

[@erikvoima2701]

Having to go to the app to be able to access all the options sucks so much that i'll not even consider uafx pedals unless this changes, which is a shame since the sounds are good

[@SeriouslySarius]

Needs a Sheffield cab sim! 😏

[@philipTOMPSETT]

Just how many guitars have you got and did you manage to buy next door to house some of them? Fantastic vid as always. Thanks.

[@rocinblues]

"Now there is noise", lots of laughs. One thing for sure, you won't be doc'd for a copyright infringrment.

[@EytschPi42]

I make ZERO money on this video because of the copyright

[@cyberspongethefirst]

Roswell Six!

[@EytschPi42]

Yeeees!

[@smeemusic]

Yeah lack of midi 100% excludes me from the purchase pool. My whole rig is built around midi switching. I’m looking specifically for a replacement for my evh 5150iiis el34 100 watt head. As it is I have to have a couple of different pieces of gear just to run my amp with midi as it’s not meant to. I also would like to lighten my load so I’m not carrying my amp around. A pedal like this is exactly what I’d like to have on my board to replace my amp but without midi I can’t even consider it.

[@smeemusic]

The more I listen to this thing, the less it sounds like a 5150. Idk if it’s the circuit or just the ir but it really doesn’t sound very good at all. Like for the first time ever I’m disappointed in universal audio. But that’s okay. I was starting to wonder if humans even worked over there or if they were machines that only produced perfection. Okay good no, they aren’t machines. Definitely humans. Now that we know that I can’t wait to see what they come up with for their next adventure into high gain. Maybe they will do it a bit better next time.

[@horestra]

I believe this pedal is better ran through monitors rather than amps?

[@EytschPi42]

Yes

[@Burnt_Gerbil]

TC Electronic boost line driver pedal maybe? 🤔

[@carwynvan]

What was that unboxing song?? Sounded cool as hell!

[@EytschPi42]

One of mine

[@timhintz]

Put all the UXFX pedals in a rack unit with MIDI and everything else needed for a touring rig.

[@mylogify]

2:21 How can we present, the pedal that we are presenting :D :D

[@kicsisziszi]

Dimebag had Randall solid state amps.

[@Musicislife668]

They need bass amps next

[@johnpabst2960]

Great pedal and awesome in depth review. I agree, they kinda dropped the ball with lack of external control. My HX Effects and its dual switching would have paired nicely with this for a travel rig.... Other than that, it sounds pretty amazing.

[@HeberthGomez-ci8nc]

the red guitar is beautiful.. but what brand? I like your videos a lot

[@damasterkarej]

Evh Frankenstein

[@georg40k90]

hello ! theres something i dont undestand about this pedal ! do u plug it direct to a cabin ?? u dont need an amp or a head? sorry im new to the sport

[@EytschPi42]

It’s meant to go direct into a PA or audio interface. You can use it with an all and cab if you want.