Billy Howerdel Style Amp Comparison | Mesa Badlander / Marshall DSL20

A little comparison and chat about Billy Howerdel's amp tones (A Perfect Circle, Ashes Divide).
I wanted to try out my 'Billy Howerdel Tribute Guitar' with my tube amps and see how they might work for getting some Howerdel tones. Pretty good, I reckon!
Using an excerpt of the song 'Icarus' from my album 'Horizons.'
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:25 Tech Details
1:44 Billy's Rig
2:11 The song I'm using
2:46 Mesa Badlander (Context)
3:47 Marshall DSL (Context)
4:49 Mesa Badlander (Guitars Only)
5:49 Marshall DSL (Guitars Only)
6:49 Conclusion
Gear:
Epiphone Les Paul Plus-Top Pro
CTS 500K pots
Grover Tuners
Tom Anderson H3+ (bridge) and H1- (neck)
Treble Bleed mods on both volume pots
Ernie Ball Skinny Top Beefy Bottom strings
Mesa Badlander 100W
Marshall DSL20
3Sigma Audio 1960AV Impulse
Cubase for the DAW
Sony A7iii
Rokinon Cinema AF 35mm
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[@TudorAdrian]

DSL was pretty good but the Badlander has more mid-punch / faster transients to it which I look for in an amp. Very well produced vid & good taste in song writing.

[@johnny-kaoss]

Nice work! Have you considered doing an Adam Jones style Fractal video?

[@recordatron]

I have a DSL20 and it is a really inexpensive way to get into the right territory. Secret tip though is the Marshall Origin 50 with the right pedals and a few tweaks. That's what I use on pretty much all my recordings, I find it's a more dynamic and versatile sound than the DSL but it's in the same price bracket, does need pedals to excel though.

[@bradylasserre9320]

I digged the Marshall on this one. Cool riffs!

[@moviescolin]

Seems most people prefer the Marshall! I’ll have to see if I can dial it in a little closer to Billy’s sound.

[@vibrevtonez2421]

I think the mini Silver Jubilee would get closer to Billy’s sound than the DSL. I’ve owned both and while I think they both sound great the mini jubilee is something special. If you’re going metal it might need a boost, but it has more of that Friedman sound than the DSL.

[@jhanson16]

Marshall FTW

[@rec99cts27]

The Badlander has more growl and definition! Cuts better in the mix

[@lildipster3531]

❤

[@SpartanLaserCanon]

The Marshall could give you more old school rock and metal tones by itself and the Badlander is better for modern Metal tones.

[@moviescolin]

For sure. I actually prefer them blended together, to get the best of both amps. I was just curious which might sound closer to Billy, since he uses a sorta modern-modded Marshall that has a pretty unique character to it.

[@flashbak01]

To my ears the Marshall gets you closer to Howerdel's tone.

[@lieutenant-llama6950]

Yea. Think the Marshall is the way to go. Shame there's no naked freedman in the fractal.

[@moviescolin]

I know! There’s some Friedman models on the Fractal. I used to use the HBE model. I remember someone requested the Naked on the Fractal forum and their response was “What’s special about it? It’s a hot-rodded Plexi.” 🙄

[@lieutenant-llama6950]

@@moviescolin Yea saw the same post. A man can dream.