AMT B-Lead, D-Lead, R/S-Lead - Ultimate In-depth Demo and Review

[@PetarMakesNoise]

Timestamps for your convenience: 00:00 - Intro 01:13 - Who and what are AMT? 01:45 - Full Mix Demo B-Lead 02:56 - Build quality and features 06:27 - Signal chain and approach explanation 07:09 - B-Lead Mix Demo 08:12 - B-Lead Demo (No Overdrive) 10:52 - B-Lead Demo (With Overdrive) 13:31 - R/S-Lead Mix Demo (Rectifier Switch) 14:34 - R/S-Lead Demo - Rectifier (No Overdrive) 17:16 - R/S-Lead Demo - Rectifier (With Overdrive) 19:58 - R/S-Lead Mix Demo (Soldano Switch) 21:00 - R/S-Lead Demo - Soldano (No Overdrive) 23:41 - R/S-Lead Demo - Soldano (With Overdrive) 26:22 - D-Lead Mix Demo 27:26 - D-Lead Demo (No Overdrive) 30:07 - D-Lead Demo (With Overdrive) 32:42 - Personal Opinion and Review 34:08 - Opinion on B-Lead 36:08 - Opinion on R/S-Lead 38:31 - Opinion on D-Lead 40:23 - Outro

[@gabrielheming]

Thanks for this review! I've made made up my mind on getting the B-Lead after seeing your review. It is very impressive indeed.

[@CrownedWarriorBand]

Thanks for this! I took the plunge a few months ago and bought an AMT SH-100 (later version) and love it! It sounds great and has so many great features. So far I am very impressed by AMT products.

[@PetarMakesNoise]

You're welcome! Yes, I've seen couple of videos of AMT SH-100, and it sounds like a beast. Shame company is not as known :( And that amps is hard to find, lucky you! :D These pedals are really great if you want to add flavour to your rig, definitely brings the characters of each amp they emulate, and in combo with good power amp, sound amazing! I'm really interested when they'll release that bricks board, that looks like the most innovative thing in pedal building in years. Not a lot of news around that.

[@CrownedWarriorBand]

@@PetarMakesNoise I'm in Canada. I bought it from their Italian distributor on Reverb.

[@PetarMakesNoise]

@@CrownedWarriorBand nice! I might have to look at Reverb, I just got spoiled by being in Germany and buying Thomann only. Thanks for the tip! Enjoy playing the amp, and post some video if you get a chance :)

[@CrownedWarriorBand]

@@PetarMakesNoise reverb.com/item/27505108-amt-electronics-stonehead-sh-100-4r-guitar-head-amplifier-4-channels

[@PetarMakesNoise]

@@CrownedWarriorBand for 4 channel amp, that's brutally cheap! And how it sounds, I honestly didn't expect that price :O

[@plumfudge7402]

wow! thank you Petar! that is a really nice video. Helpful, accurate, professional

[@PetarMakesNoise]

Thanks :) Glad you liked it! Hope it helped in making decisions!

[@DCDacey-cq6nb]

Very in depth and honest.

[@cowbellsuperstar1948]

THANK YOU for your honesty...... I am more into rock than metal so I'm not sure if they're the right thing for me because I didn't hear you playing rock. But you seem to be a very for real kind of person!

[@PetarMakesNoise]

Thanks for kind words! As for rock tones out of these, I think B-Lead would be the best pick overall, with gain dialed back a bit on the edge of breakup, I definitely could say that some good crunch tones can be dialed in :) I usually don’t play rock, but I’ll try to add some rock riffs into demos from now on. Have a nice day!

[@Javier-qk7ms]

I dont understan why everyone Is fixated on demoing AMT almost exclusively for metal with over the top gain. I have the SS-20 and the crunch Chanel is good enough for blues, Classic rock and classic metal, Is very articulated for chords and cleans up nicely, direc to interface Is one thing but intro a real can with a guitar power amp and proper guitar cab/speakers at gig volumen it is a decente option for portable and ligthweigth rig. I would love to try these bricks for the Marshall and 5150 sounds.

[@bampera]

Cool video, very in depth. thanx!

[@AleSuggests]

Hi, do you know if this pedal can be remotely controlled by connecting an external (third party) footswitch to the CTRL IN/OUT port?

[@emiliano9321]

Thank you infinitely for doing this review in English! Have you tried the VT-lead?

[@PetarMakesNoise]

You’re welcome! I haven’t been able to find VT and P-Lead unfortunately, and I have them on my list to try out, so I’ll give my best to get my hands on them and do another review like this :)

[@danielringl8501]

Those are the ones that I'd be most interested in as well! Great demo again, btw! Love the B-Lead :)

[@PetarMakesNoise]

@@danielringl8501 definitely then have to find VT and P soon and get on the channel :D Thanks man!

[@HugoWelti]

Personally, sounds like the mid knob could've been dialed in a bit lower on all for the in-the-mix sounds. Many of the sounds get so stuffy at times.

[@redseadiver43]

Nice demo Petar. I also find the B lead the most impressive. Please tell me. When gain is rised, does it make much noise? Thanks

[@PetarMakesNoise]

Thanks! As far as noise is related, nothing out of ordinary when gain is pushed, pretty transparent. One thing is a bit weird, with one amp when I pushed volume on preamp to maximum, it did create a bit of feedback noise, but I think its just the combo of pedal and amps fx loop that made it noisy that way.

[@neighbourhoodmusician]

@@PetarMakesNoise I use a B-Lead live and I will say that it is more likey to feedback that most amps/preamps but it can be controlled with use of a decent noise gate. It's worth it for the really transparent and open distortion this thing gives.

[@clintwhite3021]

Very cool thanks! They all sound the same to me haha.

[@phenixreturns]

In-depth demo

[@Leemuzhko]

You are a bit wrong. This pedals have full analog circuits.

[@PetarMakesNoise]

Thanks, you are right! I was misled by a couple of discussions online that it did have digital parts (but those are mainly due to integration for the pedalboard by AMT), circuitry itself is fully analog. What's different is that it uses tubes as well instead of just op-amps or diode clipping for example.

[@Leemuzhko]

@@PetarMakesNoise AMT don't use OP-amps or diode clipping in their preamps or heads. They use JFET technology (in Stonehead, LA/LA2 preamps, SS-30) And Bricks and SS-20 are hybrid Tube/JFET

[@PetarMakesNoise]

Yes, I know that, thats why I said that compared to other pedal makers, they don’t rely like majority on op-amps and diode clippings.

[@megafone58]

same sounds??

[@PetarMakesNoise]

What do you mean? I used same guitar recording, same cabinet IRs, just preamps are different. In mix demo I more or less dialed in tone I like for each of them, but they’re quite different from each other (except R/S lead switches, that pedal and switches are really similar sounding). Overall, they have very different sounds, but they’re all hi gain amps, so in the end, achieve same results if dialed in correctly.

[@mrchrisbeaver]

Great video thanks, the RS lead was my favourite

[@paulkielt9301]

Without an overdrive in front of them... it's not my cup of tea!

[@PetarMakesNoise]

Same for me :) I kept B-Lead - and I still do use it almost daily, but I do love pushing overdrive in front, or at least a clean boost with EQ. At least for metal tones that I like. it's possible to go crunch path and more rock sounds. But honestly - most of the amps I play, need a boost, so it's almost a must-have. But def - these preamps take pedals like a champ, that's for sure.

[@ahriik]

I feel like that isn't really a downside, the real versions of these high-gain amps usually perform best with an overdrive in front anyway. I don't think I ever go into amps/pre-amps/modelers of these styles without an overdrive (I've found some 5150-type amps can be tweaked to be chuggy and tight without an OD though).

[@flipeverything2734]

“Like Russian tank” 😟

[@PetarMakesNoise]

That aged well 🤣🤣🤣

[@CashCatz]

Grow up.