Amplified Nation Steel String Singer Amplifier: Unboxed and First Listens

Join Dustin as he and Aria set up the new Amplified Nation Steel String Singer Amplifier into the rig.
Welcome to this week's episode of What's This Button Do hosted by Dustin Babitzke! This week Aria and Dustin finally find the perfect amp to complete the wet dry wet rig in an Amplified Nation Steel String Singer.
Taylor from Amplified Nation has reverse engineered Eric Johnson's personal Dumble Steel String Singer to help design this amazing amplifier. Dustin thought he was going to be adding the Amplified Nation Overdrive Reverb to his rig but when he went to pick it up his ears changed his mind. Find out why in this weeks episode!
This is a weekly show that will be posted every Tuesday evening at 8:00 PM CST right here on the Palen Music KZbin channel. The content of WTBD is heavily influenced by what YOU want to hear, so let us know in the comments! :) Curious about the gear used in this video? You are always welcome at our website, www.palenmusic... where we have tons of new exciting gear arriving each day. We also have five locations in Missouri that stock products featured in WTBD. Visit us in Springfield, Kansas City, St. Louis, Columbia or Joplin and tell them your friend Dustin sent you! As always, if you would like to chat or ask any questions, Dustin would love to hear from you at -- [e-mail] Thanks for watching! See you next week.

[@Mike_D_5150]

Wow! Good for you for getting one. Definitely not in my price range but my tone smokes. Dumbles are bad ass though.

[@whatsthisbuttondo2885]

Thanks my friend. That Dumble tone is just insane!

[@johnmeeks9308]

divided by 13 is great, komet great, two rock and Amplified Nation make a great wet dry wet

[@whatsthisbuttondo2885]

I still really want to try a Divided by 13. I bet that rocks.

[@kmichaelp4508]

Good find Roger! If only I were made of money 😢

[@whatsthisbuttondo2885]

Thank you my friend. I had to trade a few nice things in to make it happen but man it was so worth it.

[@ac30lifestyle]

Skip to 8.30 minutes for sound demo

[@danielconrad764]

Great review. Curious if you ever tried the Two Rock Sterling Silver Signature, which is their take on the Dumble SSS?

[@whatsthisbuttondo2885]

I actually have. I was trying to decide between this one and the Two Rock. Both were very similar but since I use the Bloomfield drive and the Landreth as the stereo amps I thought it would be good to have a completely different build to set it apart. But I almost went all Two Rock. They were super close in the room but I had a little something magic with this one that made me fall for it.

[@tonyz4292]

Any perspective as to what exactly the filter controls do? Seems to me they not only changed the eq but also the feel and saturation

[@whatsthisbuttondo2885]

I have a few guesses and think it’s more than a LP/HP. But I’ll reach out to Taylor and see what details he can share. I’ll get you an update asap.

[@tonyz4292]

@@whatsthisbuttondo2885 thank you!

[@DarkBurst90]

What about the Two Rocks you have on the room?? There's lot of ppl that seems to prefer the Amplified Nation over the TR, but dont see the popular pro guitarrists using them. I'd like to try them all but not possible in my country...

[@whatsthisbuttondo2885]

I actually love both brands. The Two Rock SSS and Amplified nation are super close to each other. But Amp Nations overdrive reverb is super unique. I find Two Rocks take pedals amazingly well where the Amplified Nation imparts a little of its own voice.

[@susanmoore5228]

I’m looking at buying this or the two rock Joey Landreth that you have. If you had to choose which one would you buy if you could only do one?

[@whatsthisbuttondo2885]

Oh man good question, but for me it’s the Landreth. That thing does it all and then some. The learning curve is higher with the Landreth and you have to be prepared to mess with the knobs a bit to dial in your sound but it’s magic once you get it dialed in. The steel string singer is the cleanest sound for pure pedal platform but the Landreth takes pedals and just elevates them. The only drawback is the cost. You could get a SSS and Overdrive Reverb for the cost of one Landreth. But if that’s not a concern I’d go Landreth all day long.

[@kj053910]

I’m sorry, but any gear review with a chorus on the entire time is utterly useless. It’s impossible to get accurate sense of what the amp sounds like.

[@whatsthisbuttondo2885]

Hi my friend. I appreciate your comment but while I do turn on several effects throughout the demo but there was no chorus on that board. During the wet dry wet demo part there will be a natural phasing from the wet dry wet mix but I love the natural movement in the amp itself.