Atomic Amplifire Guitar FX Pedal - Plugged In To a Clean/Dry Amp - Amazing Results!

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[@mikegeeguitarman8991]

This really is a first class video guys. Congratulations there are some of us out here who truly vastly appreciate the hard work you go to to help us understand all these new exciting products.Its all helped by your enthusiasm, humour and honesty

[@battsy95]

When even Lee's blues playing blows you away. Good job guys!

[@a.dudeman7715]

Gotta admit, something about hearing someone try out different effects for thirty minutes straight is borderline therapeutic. Love it!

[@howlinwaters]

thanks for the effort demo'ing this pedal. just my personal taste, but the best pedal reviews are when guitarists play a short progression that highlights the amp model (e.g. Top Boost - do a quick little AC/DC style progression; Deluxe - throw in a short little Country music progression, etc.) all that mindless noodling distracts from listening to the amp models & how they sound in the right setting.

[@gef2727]

Was so impressed with this I looked around at other reviews and then went ahead and ordered the amplifire from Andertons. Couldn't be happier with it. Am putting it through (funnily enough) an HT-5R and it beats hands down my old Zoom, Vox and Pod floor units (have had a few), and although is neck and neck with the TC Nova for mid-crunch drive sounds, delivers way more options AND is far more user-friendly. Stunning piece of kit. Thanks Captain. Happy Christmas!

[@LehighValleyPhoto]

Awesome job on the new room! Best of luck with it. Also, great job mixing the music level to the speaking level. Looks like the modeling-amp genre is really taking steps forward.

[@andrewbutcher3391]

Having had this now for a few days and tweaked it to my liking, which was so easy I have to say I am now getting the tones I have been trying to get for years. I can't thank these guys enough for doing this video. Picking up on what Lee Anderton said in another video, running in stereo produces amazing results. It even sounds great going into a little Yamaha THR10c. I am sure Helix is a great product and I was nearly tempted but if you want great tones and simple this is so worth looking at.....sorry for going on about it but great product. I really like the Kornfield tones.

[@dylanrider3026]

That ghost fret, is probably the most beautiful thing I have ever seen

[@kraid80]

My amplifire has been delivered right now!! Thanks to Rob and the Captain! \m/

[@TheDeepEnd011]

I must say that I enjoy your reviews immensely.

[@Jeepjones85]

Excellent review guys I really respect your opinion basically because you love valve amps way more that modeling rigs, literally in all the blind tests you all figure out what is valve and what is not. If Rob and the Captain can get behind this, I definitely will be purchasing one ! Thanks guys ! 🤘🏻

[@richardcaplinger3622]

I like these guys, Rob plays good. They seem to really have a good time.

[@RedbackRecordz]

That pedal sounds amazing!!!!! Im listening in my home studio and it sounds like im sitting in the studio with you! Good job with the sound!!

[@mikelollar657]

when the captain is playing he had the perfect van halen finish what you started sound and never noticed

[@CaptAnderton]

Re the comments about turning off the cabinet simulator (or not as is the case in this video), just a couple of things.... 1. I tried it with & without the cab sim on the 1st 2-3 patches & I preferred the tone with the cab sim "on" - I guess we can argue about whether that's right or wrong, but in my book whatever sounds better to the player is usually the right way! 2. Tom from Atomic called to say that I'm not the 1st person to say that the clean sounds do sound fatter with the cab sim on, but that I should have tried switching the cab sim off for the dirty sounds as that, in his opinion, does sound better - my bad & I'll certainly try that in the future. 3. We are getting one of the CLR powered cabs from Atomic in the next few days, so we'll certainly plug that in with the Amplifire to see how it sounds with a flat response powered cab.. Overall I wanted to do this video into a normal, reasonably priced guitar amp, as I know thats what most guitar players will do with their multi FX pedal. I'm still really happy with the results, but I do take on board all the comments. And please - search for Atomic Amplifire in KZbin & look for the videos by Ola & Fluff & all the other great players that have done demos on these - it'll give you a great idea on what this unit can do. Cheers.

[@coolman4202]

Hey captain, I'm not a very technical guy, but could you plug the Amplifire straight into a cabinet? Or do you need a head to 'power' the cabinet?

[@CaptAnderton]

+Micah Berlow You'd need an amp or a powered cab. There is no actual power amp ion the Amplifire pedal.

[@jephro3772]

+CaptAnderton "I can't not shred" needs to be an Andertons T-shirt, and I need one.

[@PositiveActionMan]

+CaptAnderton Forgive me if this is a stupid question. Could you use this with a pedal set up going into this and then from the Amplifire into say a DI system into a PA?

[@charlcoetzee93]

+Mighty Noodle yes, but you wouldn't need the DI box

[@Williamstanway]

Love that room guys, feels homely .

[@MrStephenlederle]

I would buy this thing for the Friedman tones alone! They sound unreal! The tones this device delivers are unbelievable! Well done!

[@andrewbutcher3391]

I've always wanted something that gave me the Deluxe Reverb in high quality....

[@hellsSG]

The Friedman HBE sounds ridicoulus! I've wanted this since chappers first video with the owner and next week it's finally happening :D

[@dirtycelinefrenchman]

It does not disappoint

[@MrBluebilko]

That Ghost Fret is a thing of beauty!!!

[@13superdude2]

Loving the new room!

[@HenkBenk88]

Rob, your head is glowing

[@CemSaydam]

"I can't not shred" -Rob Chapman

[@Jeepjones85]

That thing sounds killer for sure!

[@UnitedEffect]

Man, this unit is just what I've been looking for; a portable tone machine/preamp with multi-effects. Great for gigging and great for recording. I hope I can find one where I live in Canada.

[@BledsoeBluvd]

After being inspired by Robs video and doing some research, I finally got one last week from Andertons, excellent little box sounds tremendous.

[@lulz71]

I was watching thia on my phone and when you guys switched to the 5150 patch my speakers went *BooooooM* :D fucking amazing amp ! I might go get an Atomic :D

[@simonstruosus]

You are cool guys. Entertaining blokes :D Just subscribed \m/

[@DanielleMuscato]

As soon as he started playing on the "Rumble" setting I thought, "That's a Dumble Overdrive Special, guys!" And then you switched to the "Top Boost" and I was like "Yep." Nice playing :)

[@WretchedHive]

I love the use of the skids on the walls.

[@RobChappers]

Man if you knew what that word meant in English you would laugh :-)

[@MeTuLHeD]

In American English, a skid is just another word for a wooden pallet.

[@Tom_SDM]

MeTuLHeD In England a skid mark is what you get in the seat of your underwear when you don't wipe properly ;)

[@rangerdoc1029]

Pretty much sold it for me. Listening to reviews is all fine and dandy, but the opinion of experienced people in the room who have played more amps than I will ever get my hands on is priceless. $300 on the used market ... no brainer.

[@fwisniewski1003]

LUV my Amplifire 6. Killer sound and done with plugin latency. Yay!

[@twohornedpuppet85]

I've been using it for a while now and it's great for live use. For studio use it's lacking that little something though. It's just that quality of the top end (dull yet harsh if you try to boost the treble) that you can't unhear once you pick up on it.

[@hardtobearit]

you take that back rob country gravy is the bomb. and its always a little diffrent from cook to cook.

[@MeTuLHeD]

That "Freedman HBE" is the bees knees! Big old beefy rock tone like a hot rodded Marshall.

[@joaomonteiro7937]

I like this new room

[@dansands6363]

I like the new room! The wood feels more welcoming than bricks lol

[@ianvaughan9028]

Watching this after a hard day at work, with a nice cuppa and my Telecaster in hand...

[@crummockiphail9720]

Oh thank god, a video where the Victory RD-1 isn't force fed down our throats.

[@calebknott8021]

I never skip the intro just so I can hear Buffer my muffin.

[@gooutside217]

+Caleb knott So that's what he says! I knew it was something muffin.

[@calebknott8021]

Mark Outside yeah he was talking about buffered pedals. Took me a while to catch it myself

[@daniyalahmed97]

+Caleb knott Mate ,its 'butter my muffin' :P The captain said it on one of the videos

[@calebknott8021]

I just watched the video recently, they were talking about buffered pedals vs. true bypass and it IS buffer my muffin.

[@hammondsphoto]

This looks really interesting to me. I had an Axe-FX II for a while (bought it used so figured I could get my money back if I discovered it wasn't for me) and the amp modelling quality was insane, even responding to 'rolling off the volume'. But I did only scratch the surface and only used a few amp models in very simple patches so felt it was massive overkill and cashed in. If this pedal has models as impressive as the Axe FX in a package more suited to a 'five knob' guy like me I'd take a serious look at it.

[@Boromedic]

This sounds flipping amazing with you both playing through it and I'm sorely tempted, just a quickie though. Is there any chance you could do a demo showing the expression pedal functionality at all? Loads of demos show the sounds of the unit (which are awesome) but I'd like to see the Wah/Volume and other expression pedal options and how they sound too. P.s. I know you can put a Wah in front etc. but I want to see the units tones. Thanks guys :-) Keep up the great work!!

[@Jeepjones85]

December 2020 and still sounds great 👍🏻

[@squashedmike]

Awesome! Thanks guys, I've been wanting to hear more about the Amplifire, now i just need to find someone who sells them in New Zealand (not likely!)

[@millershane71]

I'll take my jtm45 with pedals any day, but love the enthusiasm!

[@albinothumbs]

That ghost fret is beautiful.

[@caloss2]

Watched with my HS80's and it was bloody impressive (yes the room is treated too)

[@nsiepmann]

Good sounds - got to disagree about the cab emulation when not going through an FRFR speaker though... It did feel like, even on the Top Boost setting, it was missing a lot of top end because you're adding the top roll-off of the amp's speaker to that of the impulse... Still, pretty convincing sounds.

[@angadsinghmalik]

that ghost fret mannnn...so damn good.

[@middle_pickup]

Interesting device. I'm even more interested in hearing this recorded direct out instead of through an amp as a preamp. I want to hear the Atomic unit uncolored.

[@rupertacdc]

I've never really considered a chapman before, just a matter of personal taste, but that trans black ghost fret is seriously beautiful. The revealed binding is a real selling point. :)

[@WFKTHETHIRD]

Solid,affordable & versatile...

[@julianvandenboom8633]

+Rob Chapman would like to See how to use These three knobs the Manual says each butten can toggle between to presets, wondering if the former preset is bypassed when pushing the switch.

[@vivianstanshall8121]

i can wait for your Christmas videos

[@RoyceWiz]

I love the ghost fret overall, but I despise the headstock. Is it possible to get one custom made with an ml-1 headstock?

[@mjones53]

I've had one a few months and love it! just runs to some JBL305 monitors

[@MB-yw3pv]

TALKING ABOUT THE PROCESSING POWER, THE PEAVEY VYPYR TUBE 60 AND 120 MODELING AMPS HAVE 2 OF THOSE SAME PROCESSORS, GUESS THATS WHY ITS SO GOOD

[@gingataff]

The Friedman HBE sounds stunning. Is there a pedalboard friendly power amp that would work well with this? ISP? Quilter?

[@mickcolton914]

ROB, I own a Friedman Brown eye (the best sounding patch in this video!) and I think you, lee, and Bea need to do a review of the physical amp! SOON!! They are amazing!! :D

[@PackinForSuperbowl]

After reading the manual, I'm not seeing multi tap delays like quarter + dotted eighth. Has anyone attempted to achieve this? I'm almost certainly getting one of these but was considering selling my AEX4 to aid in that endeavor.

[@BoyAditya]

the best part is you have options to change the power valve like the real valve amp on the menu. sweet!!!! :-D kinda like positive grid app . . . i wonder helix and fractal FX have that options

[@daveincsa]

Reminds me of the old Yamaha DG Stomp which, by the way, is a very nice little multieffect pedal that you can get on eBay for around $80 these days.

[@jrgenseverineinarsen7953]

Will there be a full demo of the desktop posibilities? Not just the shorter genere clips?

[@andrewbutcher3391]

I've bought one on the strength of this review! It really does look like the unit I have been hoping for. I always end up just using about 6 or 8 tones mostly clean and I heard from the guys at Atomic yesterday that it will work well with an electro acoustic too, maybe with an additional IR. Thanks for bringing this to my attention. Guitars remain traditional and slow to develop. People still love guitars made over 40 years ago but these things just get better and better. Just waiting for it to arrive.....superb service from Andertons as always.

[@andrewbutcher3391]

It is fabulous!!

[@maximiliangall5903]

+Andrew Butcher did it arrive already ?? can you tell me how it sounds in front of an amp without effects loop? would be great :)

[@andrewbutcher3391]

+Maximilian Gall Ordered yesterday delivered 11:15am this morning. Brilliant service. I have spent hours playing with this thing. First of all just going through the presets which are all useable not like the myriad of weird unusable tones you usually find in there. Going straight in is giving me really good results. After a few hours I downloaded the software and did the upgrade which was very easy and easy to figure out, simple, logical and well thought out. a Some of the presets benefitted from a bit of compression and the Bassman and Vox tones are particularly good. Going on to the free preset spaces you can use the effects with your own amp and as was mentioned in the video it would be worth it just for this. This absolutely suits me down to the ground and I can't wait to get back to it tomorrow. There are a load of free presets to download already on the Atomic site and you can by other IRs if you want. It should take the market by storm.

[@maximiliangall5903]

+Andrew Butcher thanks for your detailed answer ! very nice :) so infront of what amp do you use it?

[@andrewbutcher3391]

+Maximilian Gall I'm using it into a Roland Blues Cube Stage. I really like this amp it sounds very tubelike but is light and easy to carry and the options allow you to get great tones at home or practice at 0.5 watt and gigging I only needed 15 watts. The only think now is I wish I had gone for the artist but only because it has an effects loop and the stage doesn't, so I could hear how the Amplifire sounds into the effects loop.

[@aidanwalker6700]

Do you think I could run it into a power amp and througn a 4×12 cab and use it like a sansamp?

[@michaeleriksen5538]

I've got a JCM 800 2205, and it does sound like one!

[@officialWWM]

How do you control that thing on stage with only 3 buttons? Doesn't seem very practical :/

[@rrrripbing]

It seems to sound quite good but I don't know how you can try to emulate a particluar amp if you don't know which amp you're going to be playing through. What you need is a setting for the various main amp types you might be playing through. Or am I missing something?

[@victorpseng]

Why this product is not available in Andertons? Or in any other shop in Europe. I saw a "new" version in Atomic's website, released in 2018. But stores appears no to be selling it.

[@RSVega90]

Just a thought, but shouldn't the cab simulation be bypassed as you're running through a mic'd cab?

[@veebeemagic]

Can this be loud enough for a relatively small gig with just this pedal going through a cabinet?

[@MB-yw3pv]

ONE OF THE VIDEOS ON THE SIDE IS THE GIG RIG FOR UNDER $500 VIDEO, ANY CHANCE WE CAN GET AN UPDATED VERSION OF THAT VIDEO WITH ALL THE NEWER GUITAR AND AMPS THAT HAVE COME OUT SINCE THEN?

[@marino4691]

can you directly plug this in studio monitors with xlr inputs?

[@Omega-Phil]

So can you plug directly into the return of an fx loop without using 4CM???

[@MathiasLM89]

I couldn't work out from the video if you can have 'scenes' set up? (complete sets of an amp, a cabinet, some effects and their relation to the switches)

[@zachh6058]

oh my gosh Rob. american biscuits and gravy is the bomb. it's gravy made from flour, milk, and either sausage, or bacon grease. how could you not like that??!?!?

[@edrei34]

Hello Rob. Hope all is well , love the show ma ! keep it up , by the way where can i order the Chapman guitar like the one you have in this video , are they open to the public ? and i will love to know your opinion on the eminence private jack speakers ! thanks a lot man be well.

[@kerrymoore5146]

The HBE is the Hairy Brown eye setting on the Friedman Be100 btw, a more gain thing

[@The10000lbGorilla]

American from the south here. White Gravy is some sort of fat (preferably bacon or sausage grease) flour and pepper. Very simply but easy to mess up, I don't doubt you had a bad batch it is fairly common. If you can find an old southern woman ask her to make Biscuits and Gravy and prepare to have your mind blown.

[@RobChappers]

I will absolutely take you up on that offer when I'm in America in January :-)

[@FretFriendGWaL]

Is Anderton's the ONLY place you can buy this in the UK?

[@JoeCavanaugh]

Their site doesn't seem to have a list of amps? so, Uberschall or nah?

[@vmac11k99]

Awesome review. kt88, 6l6 and el84 are output tubes, by the way.

[@jamiedalton2623]

I don't have a separate amp and speakers plugged into the laptop on which I watch The Tube of You, so I don't really know what anything sounds like (not really, really) I bought an ME-80 and I 50% like it...Should I have saved a little more and bought one of these? I have an American Standard Strat (new one) and a Vox VR-15, I know it's not all valve but I like the amp.

[@lyconxero457]

This thing seems pretty cool. Sounds are very not bad considering the price.

[@paule6101]

Any plans to use one of these live Rob? Straight to PA?

[@michaelduk4182]

Hey Rob! can you review the JB24 Jason Becker's guitar? thanks!

[@tommygun4562]

if it wasnt for chappers and the captain, i'd be a drummer just want to extend my thanks to you both

[@ulisessolis3182]

So... Is something wrong with being a drummer?

[@ifac8]

Can it reamp the guitar sound through USB as easy as Boss GT-001?

[@mjones53]

Now I've got to get one of those Ghost Fret guitars :)

[@fadejmg]

I think we really need that ghost fret finish for every single Chapman guitar. Actually, the blue finish as well. They look so fucking hench as fuck.

[@boorak18]

I wonder how would it sound plugged to a solid state amp ? I own peavey bandit.

[@jasonmilam1822]

Guys I would love to see a blind comparison video where you use a couple of the different modeling amps along with the actual amps they are trying to sound like and see if your well trained ears can tell the difference.

[@Bflatest]

I could be a little wrong but when I have used cab emulations ON A REAL CAB I always made sure it was a full range cab with a horn like a small PA speaker It sounds way better that way IF you want to use cab emulation with a speaker

[@DeesTurkeyStockScum]

Rob looks like guitar Jesus backlit like that. Love it!

[@CaptAnderton]

+Lucas Roberts .... the cats finally out of the bag ;)

[@brianbowersox8392]

Man I love white gravy.

[@sweetstrawberry1995]

How do you turn down the level of the effects?

[@zivz.3896]

how do the modulation FX compare to strymon?

[@RealSebus]

this room is so much nicer than the brick I guess comment should be product related.

[@nickmccarthy8002]

@ captAnderton. so how can I hook up my amplifire into the fx loop of my tube amp so that it bypasses the amps preamp? it does not show how to do this in the super vague manual. any help would be much appreciated. cheers!

[@legslewis783]

Theres some very good You tube vids that will show you how to do that.Check out Phillip McKnights vid on this.

[@TheRichardHartog]

The Captain says something interesting at 8:20. Is this still to come or on another place?

[@WynterWoods]

If I remember correctly, Axe FX is using 2x TigerSHARC DSPs which are a considerable performance improvement over the SHARC series of DSPs. The SHARC processors are much more affordable than TigerSHARC and are used in several Line 6 PODs and various other DSP units; Line 6 Helix for example is running a couple 450Mhz SHARCs. This is going to compare closer to that in just raw number crunching. Don't let performance values decide for you though. The real key to these modelers is in the finely tuned software. Just play what sounds good to you.

[@JoshuaLTRyan]

An expression pedal jack would be pretty cool.

[@rangerdoc1029]

The Amplifire 6 & 12 have two expression pedal jacks