Bogner Amps - Steve Lukather Ecstasy 101b

[@LAstudio8]

Lets never take for granted how much of a force he is as vocalist and musician.

[@LanceKeltnerMusic]

This is the BEST tone that Luke has ever gotten and I have been a fan since before the first Toto album. Great work R...

[@michaeltrust5121]

yah I agree his tone with the emgs was so sterile and processed that it was hard to listen to. Thank God that Reinhold straightened out his tone bigtime.

[@hullan666]

lancekeltner Fully agree. Never liked his mid scooped EMG/CAE-tone. The crunchy rhythm his gettin from those Bogners nowadays really is the "tone in my head"

[@michaeltrust5121]

Johan Juhlin I have been using these exact same heads that he only builds for artists. I have owned several Ecstasy 101b's over the last 20 years, The 1998 model I have now is my favorite. The diagram, schematic and over all parts are different than a Ecstasy 101b that you order today. When you order one or if you do, make sure he builds the 101b with Rubicon Filter caps, 1% military spec parts and that the plate voltage is set to the originals. Mine is at 550 plate volts and the only tube I can run in it that can handle this enormous amount of plate voltage are the JJ E34L's. They can handle the higher plate voltage if you have or order a amp with these specs. I spoke to Charlie and he was totally unaware of these plate voltages, He said they run them at 500 plate volts now and that is most likely due to the quality of tubes by most manufactures. I still recommend JJ E34L's for long life, complex mids full bodied bass zero flub on the bottom end and sweet or shreddy high notes with incredible harmonic content, quick bloom and the feel of the amp beneath your fingers has elasticity without being mushy or too spongy. You can make the amp as stiff or spongy as you want but I have about 14 settings I have used on different peoples albums and you would not even believe these tones came from the same amp. There really isn't a amp on the market that can do so much. The one thing is that most people do not know how to dial them in so they get frustrated and sell it for a EVH head which is just stupid in my opinion. Eddie still has one of the Original Bogners that Reinhold traded for a few guitars. in the early to mid 80s. I have a S.L.O 100 that has been heavily modified by Mike Soldano. It has the Warren Haynes mod, The warren d martini mod and a few things that George Lynch asked for. He will tell you these mods do not exist because they are a total hassle and he just likes to build S.L.O's the way he originally designed them but their is more. The Bogner 101b beats my SLO. My Diezel V4 my Suhr and my Custom Audio. Carol ann amps and Splawn are not even in the same zip code. The Bogner is the tone you hear in your head because you can find ever bit of the rich harmonic overdrive with all even order harmonics and you can dial it in to have less wool and hair on the note like a good old 70s super lead marshall or a plexi bark. accept no imitations. Good luck!

[@SweetSpotGuitar]

+lancekeltner The amazing amp plus the new Dimarzio pickups, no doubt. I'm pretty tempted to get the Transition pickups for a new build I'm putting together.

[@grooveprophet7474]

+lancekeltner Steve is one of those guys whose tone has improved over time.

[@TA-to7kt]

Luke is such an incredibly humble, sincere guy whilst easily being one of the greatest / most versatile guitarists on the planet.

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

he is top notch and solid- then again he is worth 80 million so being rich and famous helps :-)

[@hamishelliott309]

I agree

[@hoschie2261]

I have seen Toto live in Sandnes/Stavanger Norway and I was blown away by his guitar sound. I saw that he payed 2 Ecstasys... 1 year later I have ordered an Ecstasy 20th Anniversary and I don´t regret it. The sound is just unbelievable. I have some of the best amps and preamps (Triaxis, Mark V, Engl E670, Hook Captain 34) and I would never sell them because they are just great but the Ecstasy beats all amps I have ever played. Thank you Reinhold for this amp...

[@Broadfieldpoint]

Easily one of the best guitar players of this generation

[@TheAlexRude]

There is a reason why I use Bogner amps and while I am not even close to being a Steve Lukather, he shows exactly why. My Ecstasy Classic can do anything. Thank you Reinhold!

[@davidfournier3355]

Lukather has been one of my all time favorite guitarist of all time! What a really great soul of a human being ❤

[@jackleyton5504]

About time people start recognizing you as the great player you are Steve.

[@babayaga1767]

who hasn't recognized him for his greatness? i've heard nothing but adulation for him since the late 70s

[@tinataylor1896]

@@babayaga1767 listen to some of Luke's earlier interviews. He has spoken about how people mostly critics has never had anything nice to say about him or Toto. And for a long time he took it personally.

[@deadreckoning292]

@@tinataylor1896 Toto wasn’t exactly a ground breaking band. Their music was corporate and more geared towards easy listener soccer moms.

[@vuha5000]

"Look im 55 years old, im not jumping around like a teenager being an idiot" this sentence...got me...soo deep in the heart XD

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

if Ron Jeremy played guitar :-)

[@VBshredder]

"Jumping around like a bunch of wounded ducks" lol

[@alext7860]

​@GuitarsAndSynths lol I sent my buddy a picture from a Toto show recently and he goes why is Ron Jeremy playing for Steve Lukather

[@amossingleton7921]

Literally one my top 3 guitarists. I NEVER get tired of hearing that TONE 🙌🏾🔥🙌🏾 and his melodic choices. Bruh... I’ll always have something to practice as long as I have access to ANYTHING he ever played on. KILLER.

[@kirkmckim2685]

God Bless Steve Lukather!

[@j.stelladoro9012]

Always- this man Is magic

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

@@j.stelladoro9012 the magic behind thousands of songs

[@castleanthrax1833]

@@GuitarsAndSynths Thousands of albums.

[@tempjohn1111]

"Wow, this sounds like a great amp. Maybe I should get one of these." (Looks up price online.) "Oh."

[@JgHaverty]

Oh god. O.O I'll have Suhr make me a custom amp for cheaper than that haha.

[@babayaga1767]

you don't think he paid retail for 3 of those do ya?

[@jordandangelo6712]

He paid $0.00 for all of those. I don’t know why they have the charge so much for these amps. It sounds great but even even if you can afford the amp it’s still hard to justify spending months and months worth of rent or a down payment on a car on just an amp head alone never mind a stack. Make something people can afford and you’ll sell a lot more. They shouldn’t be just for the rich

[@RobertVeasquez]

Back to the pawn shop!

[@clusternest1704]

same here. more d'oh than oh.

[@p_1210]

That clean sound is incredible! And those chords wow!!!

[@vuha5000]

could listen to him all day

[@fiddlefolk]

Steve sounds better than ever! He could play through anything and it would sound good to me. Just a fan of bad ass soulful players! I'm a sucker for it. What can i say!

[@FrankNStein-cp6qm]

Steve is not only an incredible slinger, but a straight up down to earth guy.. you can tell he appreciates life & what he's been blessed with.. every clip out there proves it..

[@danielmorales1817]

Damm what an incredible guy, Steve the best and most versatile by far

[@ItaiIfrach]

King Lukather, one of the best overdriven sounds I've ever heard

[@guitarwhores753]

Best all around amo ever made. Clean, dirty and dimed out it sounds incredible. Wish I could afford one. #DreamAmp

[@wancestrat7707]

The most awesome tone ever

[@ashtondequeljoe8658]

Finally Steve goes back to basic sound. Love it

[@MartinMillerGuitar]

Nod to Holdsworth at 6:14 :)

[@dennisthemenace9035]

Right! That's "Fred". RIP Allan.

[@karlsalocks]

Haha maybe lol ("Fred")

[@bachnroll]

One of my favorite guitarists playing thru my favorite guitar amp !

[@iansnyder274]

I just totally love and appreciate Luke....always inspiring and heartwarming

[@jerrycook3273]

Amps tone & great players like steve inspire us .Ever so grateful for all of these factors which allow us to play& discover.

[@franciscolopez3229]

Steve Lukather said it correctly, "the diversity of the sound", because that's who he is, a diverse kinda guitarist. Great and humble guy.

[@rushbum]

Steve can play anything

[@DougErapps]

Luke sounds fantastic!!! One of the all-time greats! And top notch cinematography, Greg, once again! Thanks for sending this my way....

[@pbgas3434]

Love the XTC 101B! I have an older 2001 model and it sounds fabulous! It took me 15 years to finally get one but just so much love for the tone from it! Great to see Steve using them now! The man knows great tone! Fabulous and immensely talented player!

[@mauriciovazquez6598]

Holy sh*t he sounds fantastic.

[@Eu_Sou_A_Novia_Countryball]

I never thought he was that versatile. Really great player.

[@MrStephenlederle]

This is my dream sound! What I wouldn't give to play his rig in a huge venue for an hour!

[@likesonny71]

UNBELIEVABLE playing, KILLER tone. Just gave me the goosebumps. Bogner and Luke, well that was just meant to be ! "Amazing" seems too soft a word !

[@simogtr]

Best guitar player and best amplifier on the planet!! 🤙

[@Plowguitarist]

I Had the pleasure of using a friend of mines Bogner Ecstasy for about a month while my Boogie Rectifier was being repaired. AND OH My F N GOD!! WHAT A MONSTER HEAD!! And, I have to say, the tone I had dialed in was way better than what Steve has in this video by far. By FAR!! His tone sounds muddy and fuzzy to me except the clean tone. Maybe Steve is loosing his hearing? The Bogner Ecstasy had crystal cleans, nice cleany crunch, and an absolute ass beater chunk and incredibly smooth gain. A clean but dirty gain. 0 fuzz in the gain. Just balls!! Overtone balls!! Drive it hard and get the tubes nice and hot and you could hold a note for an hour..Best tones I’ve ever dialed up in 40 years of playing. I mostly play heavy rock/metal, some drop tuning stuff also, and for the drop c stuff, it blew away my boogie.. I didn’t wanna give it back. It was $3,500 for the 100 watt head, but it had tone like it should’ve cost $10,000. A Bogner Ecstasy is a BAAAD ASS AMP!!! Capable of so so much more than demonstrated in this video.

[@thehun66]

Do you remember what cab you played through? Thanks…

[@dragannestorovic01]

Amp sounds phenomenal and Steve's playing is top notch!!!!

[@jimclark7917]

I think Steve is one of the top 25 guitarist on the planet. He is so underrated.!

[@matthewholme297]

Steve your tones are so buttery organic warm I love your style.

[@mickf34]

Bogner xtc and friedman be 100 are the best rock and hard rock amp!

[@ronnysessum]

One of the most underrated artist ever ! Period

[@castleanthrax1833]

Luke's definitely NOT underrated. There's always someone who has to use this old chestnut of a comment. If there's a guitarist who's idolized by everyone who plays guitar, it's Steve Lukather. ✌️🇦🇺

[@ShawnStaplesFreeGuitarLessons]

I remember when Bogner first arrived in California. He worked at Makin' Music in North Hollywood and modified my Marshall.

[@EEfishy]

Lukather awesome as allways! The amp ain't bad either. Ordered myself one a couple of weeks ago.

[@thehauntedvoice]

What an awesome player! Saw him with Ringo and Steve can play anything and excel at it! Great tone.

[@mrsnakepit]

The most brilliant guitar sounds.. Amazing as always.. Luke

[@zakklee2556]

I can't afford the real Bogners , so I got the line6 Spider Valve mkII 212 and the DT 50 combo. Thank you Mr. Bogner for your hard work and dedication. Steve has a left hand pick hold with the 3 free fingers fan that I aspire to emulate . Where the ring and pinky tuck under the middle on those melt your mind shreds.

[@christophermcburney6478]

Two legends. Ecstacy...best amp ever made (hands down).

[@NielsvanderSteenhoven]

Great amp, great player and great designer! 👍

[@GTFITNESSSTUDIO]

Enjoying the back 9....sounds like a golf metaphor! Always love Luke and Bogner amps!

[@geezberry8889]

really the best tone luke has had.

[@JRP3music]

I love my Bogner Red Ecstacy, I love the amps, I just can't afford them. The Bogner Red Ecstacy works really well with my small Orange Micro Terror and Electro Harmonix 44 Magnum installed in a head enclosure. I use a Parametric EQ pedal (bass) PQ3B to shape my overall gain pedals to sound right with my amps. I use Ernie Ball Guitars too! John Petrucci 7 string. Great video dig hearing Steve play and converse with Reinhold Bogner!

[@stanleynowak9325]

Amen, God Bless Steve Lukather.

[@nicholastotoro7721]

Those steel guitar sounds he creates with the bar are particularly badass.

[@cmath8577]

Its the archer more than the arrow as always.This is really great.

[@localcrew]

That's some of the best "Pedal steel with a whammy bar" I've ever heard. Tough to do effectively.

[@chrislestermusic]

Maybe if the people criticizing him had actually played on as many grammy award winning and heralded albums as he has it might mean more.

[@timk.4005]

I know Reinhold from his days in Neu-Ulm, Germany, before he went to the USA. great guy

[@Shakesbeard1]

Absolutely brilliant tone! Can't wait to see Toto in Berlin next week!

[@joema6550]

Dude's a frickin' legend, as is Reinhold by now. This seems like a very logical partnership to me. The tone is just sublime. Me wants, but me no can afford.

[@JamesRussoMillas]

love his tone. Just bought a luke 3 and am running it through an ecstacy red. sounds absolutely amazing

[@PDK215150]

Shutup James! SUHR!

[@JamesRussoMillas]

LUKE YO

[@robonez]

Lukather is an Incredible guitarist!!! The amp sounds pretty sweet too!

[@niptodstan]

Brilliant playing and a great sound. No 1.

[@NicolaNashMusic]

Beautiful!! :)

[@RabihSaadguitars]

Great amp and Steve is such a monster player...I got to admit, sounds alot like my Carvin Legacy3 head thro a v30 cab...

[@guitartomy]

"just wanna enjoy the back 9 of my life" great line!

[@samwilcockmusic]

Luke sounds like a 15 yr old kid: still stoked to be playing and showing off what he can do. That's pretty cool really! Those amps aren't really my thing, and I really loved Lukather's sound when he was just playing strats and Les Pauls into modded Marshalls....but I really dug that. Nothing cooler than a grown man playing through a rig that makes him sound happening. That's universal, and his rig really brought out his personality. Probably helps that he's somewhat legendary, what a dude.

[@gitarbangsatchanel8036]

i think everybody wants play guitar like him "steve luke

[@DannyBrooks1]

“I really want to just stand here and play guitar” - I can relate to that one!

[@ZIOFAGA24862]

..no comment bogner and Luke, siply amazing!!!!!

[@Nightjar726]

What happened to Bogner?? Not a word for years.

[@artheriford]

What a cool guy....seems like the real deal

[@loutoomey7762]

Great Job Greg ....... Luke sounds killer and and the amp sounds wonderful.

[@andrewlaw5628]

Young guns take NOTE...Shredding with TASTE!!. MUSICALITY beyond MUSICALITY!! Tone is always SUBJECTIVE. Hands ,pick attack,angle of pick etc...all play a huge part. That said,Luke could plug into a can opener and sound GOD LIKE!! Tasty phrasing and melodic line after line!! Solid approach to.lead work,melody is ALWAYS KING.

[@francescolesi]

BAAAADDD AASSSS!

[@rc121crx]

5:39 to 6:12 keep playing steve

great

[@tomulator]

Would love to ask Luke two things... 1) Why did he go away from the Ecstacy amps to the Bogner Helios? 2) Has he ever considered Friedman amps?

[@babayaga1767]

he just told you. it spoke to him. it responds to what he gives it. did you not watch the video? you obviously like friedman's. my guitar player has both. that's why there are different makers.

[@jaycareaga9929]

@@babayaga1767 No he didn’t he’s talking about the Bogner Ecstasy not the Bogner Helios which he only started using in late 2017.

[@heythere6983]

Too bad these amps aren’t available to try in most places

[@JJDPROMEDIAPRODUCTION]

I tried out the Ecstasy once and thought I'g gone to Amp heaven :) That 3d sound on both the clean and the crunch channels I'd been searching for was there in front of me. I just could not afford it at the time. I will have a Bognor in my life one day.

[@chrislestermusic]

You won’t regret it.

[@thehun66]

Hope you got one!I’ve had mine for almost 20 years and I still love that amp.

[@akasgsvirgil9503]

His tone back in the day when "Rosanna" was a new tune, that's when his tone was the best. What did he use? Marshall Plexis and the legendary JCM800. Right now, the Studio series 20/5w amps are coming down in price and will one day be worth a fortune, probably more than their 100w big brothers precisely because they don't need to be cranked to sound good. A smart collector will buy the SV20, SC20 (JCM800) and the 20w version of the JTM45. In 10 years, those amps will be priceless.

[@torreshl76]

We Need Another Video of Steve and The Helios.

[@AntarcticGuitarEnthusiast]

Had that same amp for a good 8 years, started watching the resale value dropping and hadn't played a gig in years had to sell it for what I paid 2800 new waited 6 weeks back ordered and replaced it with an 81 Marshall JMP 800, the one in my icon, still no gig ha ha! Have Leslie will travel!! Hit me up Sacramento, Ca. It sucks right now to be same age as Luke and just be a nobody. I just wanna play guitar too! Maximum Respect

[@valeriocesarini5661]

"I just wanna play guitar" Man, I'm just 20 and you must have so many things to teach me (both musically and in life) but just for that sentence I would take a flight from Italy to California to form a band with you (bad thing we both play guitar ahahah) Stay good my man

[@AntarcticGuitarEnthusiast]

MusicMan Luke The most important thing I would like to do over is: SING LEAD as much as possible. Start now, you will be terrible in the beginning, take vocal lessons and get better. Practice singing as much as possible! Demand to sing at least 2 songs LEAD Vocals per set and join a band and stick with them do not think that there is a better band somewhere else. Bands are hard to be in and it is a give an take thing, stick it out. Practice guitar and singing. Singing is more important as you can practice guitar when you are finally alone. Do this and you will be valuable to ANY band. Get an amp that has a great clean then get a distortion pedal and maybe the green Line 6 Delay Modeler. Then later when you NEED a better rig and can afford it, then go shopping. You will not get the gig because you have great gear, you will get the gig if you sing great and play some decent guitar or perhaps great guitar, be Versatile!! Never argue with any musician in a band environment EVER. Let the other guy be the AHole. ;-) Maximum Respect LW

[@valeriocesarini5661]

I'm in a Toto coverband and running a (slow) project alone and I find your suggestions amazing. Thank you from the deep of my heart, right now I'm lead singing the songs that Lukather sings with Toto (they're more than 2) but yeah, I found the EXACT thing you said: when I'm alone at home I sing great (more or less), on the microfone I sound terrible. .I have to get used and to PRACTICE. As regarding gear, fortunately I have some goodies :) I make some money teaching guitar Have a real good day my friend! Valerio

[@AntarcticGuitarEnthusiast]

MusicMan Luke Sounds like your on the right track, cool running bro. LW

[@Worlds_Worst_Guitarist]

Oh, Steve plays Country-Style-Guitar? Didn't know that. Really great!

[@stickswinger2006]

+JayF Official Steve plays EVERYTHING!!!

[@guitarwhores753]

Luke is an amazing studio guitarist. There is a page with all of his song credits and he plays every style. One of the most under appreciated guitarists in pop culture. He should be much more known by the masses in my opinion.

[@spongerobbie]

Great, thx! Amazing musician and person. SPOILER: the setlist for the 35th Anniversary Tour can be seen (tour starts today). But what a great setlist!

[@alainmetalbible5150]

BESTIAL ♥

[@beannie60]

Love it! Its think & gritty but still has bite to it!

[@RabihSaadguitars]

My youtube speed was on -0.5 speed when i loaded that video...And i never laughed so hard in my life when Steve started talking....lmao.. Joke aside, great Amp and an awesome player...

[@ProGoTones]

engineers & artists/players would make a KILLING right now for accurately capturing rigs for ToneX

[@AliTaylor777]

All high end amps have their place and their fans. I tried a MkV but just didn't get on with it. Same with the Bogners but, partly thanks to Mr. Lukather, I hunted out a CAA OD100 to try and ended up buying the even more amazing PT100 from them. Wish I could play like Luke though!

[@violeman]

2 Channel is decent!!! He doesn't ask for much once he got 3 Channels!! No Doubt Hey!! Rock On

[@Grant_Ferstat]

Nice work Greg.

[@gravyblue]

Love the bogner in my helix.

[@norbertittermann725]

THAT'S THE SOUND !!!!

[@Chandler17447]

when reinhold showed up i thought he was freddy mercury

[@federline1987]

"I really wanna just stand here and play guitar"

[@giacomocastellano-official]

Awesome!

[@tetrodotoxin9782]

This amp is amazing.

[@FlashGrover]

TONE!!!! Awesome Luke

[@likesonny71]

Million dollar Tone achieved by great great amp and GOD-LIKE player. Just love it. The day my wife dumps me, I might be able to afford one !

[@babayaga1767]

after you get done paying for your lawyer AND hers plus vagina money and child support you'll be lucky to have a place to live let alone own an amp. any amp

[@CurrDawg]

Mr. Bogner's doppelganger is Vladislav from "What We Do In the Shadows"

[@FinesthandmadeMusic]

Try a kemper Profile of this bogner amp!

[@alext7860]

I bet you Luke has made them, I know he has one.

[@dany2rad17]

Rubbish

[@el_nestorvgc]

and here we are the other 90 % of guitarrist who play almost all days at our bedrooms with ours 15 and 10 watts amps !!! holy "·$%"·$%. this stuff is amazing...... O.o may be some day, ....