Bogner Mini Amp

[@davidshuman4469]

I have one of these and absolutely love it. The dry tone is pretty dry, but when you put some delay and reverb in the effects loop it quickly becomes awesome. The "variac" switch is miraculous. I get all kinds of wonderful Satriani and EVH tones out of this thing.

[@scottdunn2178]

Just ordered one. I'm done with the constant headaches with my tube amps.

[@Project25_01]

This demo is irrelevant because Rabea could plug a barbecue grill into Grampa's hearing aid and would still sound glorious.

[@flybybaby8008]

Thanks Simone! Glad somebody said it! I'll always be both jealous and in awe of Rabea's incredible talent!

[@rickaitkins6539]

Hahahaha "a bbq grill plugged into grampa's hearing aid" 🤪

[@Basedboomerchadbear]

😆

[@slamsection7071]

🤣

[@eyedunno8462]

He would still sound good plugged into a box of hair recording with a potato

[@moparbryan]

I’m only here for the great riffing by Rabea, to eat some popcorn, and to hear the people that miss the point and complain about how this isn’t the same as the $4,500 amplifier. 😂😂😂

[@mrcoatsworth429]

Wow I think this sounds way better than the small Friedman one.

[@Mike_Jones68]

I'd also say this sounds better than the diezel...Pete thorns vid I wasn't really taken on the diezel at all...this def seems better

[@Xyrium]

I agree, but I also don't like Friedman's pedals, which I believe is all these amps are, pedals with a Class D amp following it. Man, the days of giant honking tube amps are numbered...

[@Mike_Jones68]

@@Xyrium no I would not agree...there's still no replacement for the big tubes. I think what you may be more on par with is moving forward in the future people are more willing to accept "good enough" adequacy to replace the highly expensive tube amps that only tailor towards 1 or 2 tones (minus pedals). Plus the audience nowadays is really lackluster in what truly is music so they wldnt know the difference between what sounds are coming out of the speakers being a tube amp or class d digital. Believe me, you will never see tube amps being replaced ever.

[@Xyrium]

@@Mike_Jones68 I think we've been seeing the evolution of the recording and gigging scene over the past decade as Kemper, Line6, etc. have taken a strong foothold. Now the advancement of amps that take advantage of lower power consumption, and cleaner Class D power, along with excellent tonal shaping capabilities, I can't see how tubes can last. Overdriving the amp section of a tube amp 100 years ago was the only way to get a gritty sound. No one does that these days. The amp sections are simply coasting far below being distorted, and there's a distortion circuit built into the preamp instead. That's no different than what you're seeing here. No artists are relying on their amps and cabs to provide sound in large venues, it's all mic'd up.

[@gl3605]

It's the best one of these amps for sure. All are good though. He didn't even show the best feature on this amp..the onboard variac for an amazing Brown sound. Shame he missed it.

[@brandongullion6353]

I've never seen anyone else that is so good at getting "their" sound of literally any gear they use. You really know what you want out of gear and you always seem to find a way to get it lol. Very lovely review!

[@charliehilton9794]

Great playing at the festivals mate! Absolutely insane!!!

[@britishboxer6875]

stick to the video dork!

[@LucasMastropasqua]

That Stormzy intro you did was fucking mental Bea! Absolutely epic man!

[@ThyWorshipMetal]

I will never reach that level of cool in my entire life and I don’t even listen to Stormzy

[@LouAdamsGuitar]

It sounds to me like many solid state amps do when recorded in a decent studio, with a high-end guitar, by a good player, followed by a little polish in post.

[@constantk8780]

That's pretty specific.

[@markgilson7404]

So the next High Gain Harmony episode will be a Class D special, featuring the Bogner Ecstasy Mini and the Friedman BE Mini...!? Go on Rabea, dare ya... 👍🤘🙏

[@gmichaelhall]

The Friedman mini is a total non event, imho. This Bogner based on this demonstration solidifys Class D amps place in the pushed clean realm. Really like the mid tone with fx even though it does seem to want to be a high gain hobbit with some really interesting sounding eq curves via the toggles. Might be a very handy studio tool Ymmv ✌️ 🎶 🎶

[@Mike_Jones68]

@@gmichaelhall I honestly must say it sounds really good...tho Rabea can honestly make a transistor radio sound fat, fuzzy and creamy

[@sonic-dna7742]

Throw in the new Soldano

[@rangerdoc1029]

The Bogner blows away the Friedman & the Soldano. I was waiting & hoping for the SLO, but it just didn't do it for me.

[@garyburginjr1366]

You've gotten into shape man! Congrats on the hard work it's not easy.

[@tyneguitars]

Rabea? You opened for Stormzy? WTF! You killed it. Nice one.

[@RobChappers]

Sounds like an angry baby bear LOL, great video man - Bogner kick ass and Reinhold is an absolute legend. hopefully see you in a few weeks bro :-)

[@aldito7586]

When I get a a message from Rabea Massaad and Pete Thorn (Back to back) in one day telling me to check out the same amp. Well, - I'm going to give it a listen. That little thing sounds GREAT !!!

[@BlackDogOriginal]

🐑

[@Hoscitt]

Immensely made up for Bea over his appearance at Reading! Outstanding work, Slash much?! Not related to this vid, but I'm buzzing about it 😄

[@davedavem]

I will join the other in congratulating you on the Reading appearance. Just awesome! 🙌 And the way you walked off the stage was badass.

[@gao1258]

Thanks for the thorough explanation and awesome demo playing Rabea ! I am done fooling with tube amps in my home setting and this will fit my needs wonderfully!

[@thatguyoverthere115]

Okay, now we need matching cheap solid state Dual Rectifiers and 6505's! Thank you so much for looking into these mini amps! I really like this one a lot!

[@pjhird1972]

The pros and cons are interesting. To be honest, if I were gigging right now, I'd buy two mini Ecstacys and one mini SLO and do a Wet Dry Wet rig with three 12" cabs. Maybe 2 12 inch cabsL/R and a 2x12 for the Dry signal up the middle. Anyway, no 4x12s for this, although they are glorious where called for. Free The Tone Future Factory into Chase Bliss CXM 1978 on the Bogners L/R as Wet. SLO dry up the middle. I really, seriously might buy two Mini Ecstacys and a Mini SLO just to try this. Three Bona Fide amps for under a grand? Bravo.

[@hybridnoisebloom]

Great job going for a clean tone right out of the gate. It's only so easy to go right for the gain knob and punch it. It's still mainly a gainy amp, but it can be a little more subtle, too. Excellent demo, Rabea.

[@grizdeluxe]

First time I bought an amp before the video ended. :) Awesome job. Can't wait to get mine.

[@gibsonfan159]

How did you like it?

[@Bry-dt8kz]

Dude, you got gorgeous tone from that amp! Even through KZbin! It would be cool to see you do some stuff for used gear, hidden gem at a price type stuff. Thanks alot for doing this video, Have a great day man!

[@motley666]

Rabea you videos are not only so amazing and so inspiring to me as a player but you always are so genuine and someone that makes these videos so awesome to watch. Thx....amazing as always!

[@StephBol]

Man you can't be doing us like this 😭 please please tell me youre doing a lil video about the Stormzy set?!

[@flatsix666]

Huge Congrats playing at Reading Rabea !

[@fatsuperfly]

When the vid came on “yup what I imagined it sounded like” sounds amazing, always wanted to try one, you reassured me. Need to get one

[@MrMann-gt1eh]

Bruv!!!! That shred there at 14:36 melted my face off.

[@gOaT33_D3AThCoR3]

Just gotta say big fan of your work (either solo or when you played with Rob Chapman in Dorje) Great demo, juat ordered this amp myself cant wait to rip it on this!!

[@TomJ14]

The man knows tone. Just an incredible player in the end. Made this amp sound just ridiculous! So tempted to scoop one of these up used and play some AIC 🤘🏼😭

[@pjhird1972]

Great demo Rabea. Don't know how I missed this!

[@CodyStClair-hq7oz]

I've got a Marshall DSL1 that I absolutely love, small heads kick ass

[@macgrory]

Just got one. Through a Marshall 2x12 cab at 8 ohms, with the volume at 11 o'clock is loud enough for any gig!

[@DEW1TT18]

*Opens for Stormzy and continues making videos like nothing ever happened*

[@yahavguitar4188]

great playing as always sounds awsome! loved the shirt bty

[@nickr1627]

Tuned in for the Shed, stayed for the Shirt! :)

[@painkiller9404]

I've replayed the intro a bunch of times now, so sick!

[@drloqutis2492]

I thought the Friedman was bad but this one sounds even better!

[@BrunoidGames]

OMG.. that's warm! I have a tube Marshall but I would totally use it on a mix.

[@regperatrovich9406]

Proper review as to settings and it’s respective sound including clear explanation. You may want to keep that formula, I’d say.

[@jayteesgear]

Most impressive Solid State mini Ive ever heard😃🤘🏻

[@LHsweiss]

When rebea dose a review i watch it Simply for the playing

[@lcpholman]

Can we get someone other than Rabea to demo the amp so we know whether it's any good. Obviously anything Rabea plays through is going to sound amazing.

[@ptrisonic]

You got more out of it "clean" than any other review of the Bogner I've heard! I like pushed clean too..... For the price it's a no - brainer really. I don't play metal either (usually) it's a useful tool to have. Best, Pete.

[@tomasotreasaigh111]

Great playing, really well played Rabea. Peace from Ireland mo chara x

[@n34z3r]

This is the best sounding vid for this mini. Hope it's not too good here I'm trying to solidify my pick for the few minis out there (Bogner, Soldano, Friedman, Diezel). So far this is definitely placing my needle on this. I use a bit if pedals and don't rely on amp effects

[@thecalv10]

Would be awesome if they will do the same with a mini SLO and a mini VH4.

[@Hellion421]

There's a VH Micro running around Japan, but there's very little talk about it. The one video on KZbin doesn't sound that great either.

[@giancarlopaolini7529]

I guess it's a matter of marketing time ...they can't inflate the market with too many similar products at the same time ...

[@live2shredguy]

They did a mini version of the soldano!

[@thefloop2813]

Ok wow, I'm definitely going to have to go down to GC tomorrow and see if they have one of these on the floor to demo. Seems like a very usable jam/rehearsal amp, and I'm getting to old to lug a valve amp around everywhere. He doesn't want to say it himself, but this sounds better then a lot of the valve heads he's demod, if it feels even half as nice as it sounds, it's as good as sold.

[@jayteesgear]

Well Ive owned it for two months and its exactly what you describe in the “wrap up” Summary- Its CLOSE to havin a true bogner tone but its downfall is it gets muddy after small wattage. Its definitely a cool idea but at least preamp tubes would be cool. Im gonna try a Victory pedal 4 cable next i think. The ss power section in effects loop is pretty impressive.

[@firdeye2681]

Looks like an egnater tweaker. Sounds better clean than driven but for SS not bad at all. I like these new SS heads and fender tone products but the price seems steep for being like i said... solid state. I can buy a used tube head for like 300-500 bucks that would blow these away so idk. Maybe someone would like it for in the studio, low volume stuff. Also id love to see a friedman be od pedal vs the mini amp and a bogner ecstacy red vs the mini as well

[@milkandmeat]

yeah they are gimmicks priced like better amps. id be interested at a much cheaper price. it's essentially a pedal with a cheap power section

[@Utube-s8m]

I have the Egnater tweaker 15. I love that amp moi than the Helios. With this, you may as well buy a pedal.

[@leedwinell6590]

Bad ass, love the sound. Keep rockin'

[@jegl1012]

Great playing Rabea....greetings from Panama. Finally a Bogner that I can afford ha ha

[@kellyb9432]

Wholly $#!t, GW just posted the vid from the Stormzy show! YES! Congrats!!

[@johns1159]

It sounds really good! My only problem with this demo is that you get a super talented guitarist like Rebea that is capable of making a broom stick with a rubber band, playing through a cardboard box sound good!

[@Unholygamewinner]

Couldn’t believe when you came out at Reading bro😂 I was going THATS BEA my friends were like wut

[@guiiiiitarfan96]

I don´t know what´s more beautiful...the guitar or the amp *.*

[@audiophilssociety]

The "problem" is, that in your hands absolutely everything sounds amazing! GREAT SOUND MAN! Cheers🤙🏻🎸

[@prs149]

True but people need to stop kissing ass

[@chickenbiscuit4525]

Sounds great for solid state. Juice it up with a valve boost on the return send. ParametricEQ could make it as dicey as even your shreds on the PRS might but nail it with all those toggles. For a practice clean you can jam with love to hear it with pedals of all flavours pushing that front end. Seems to rule over Oranges solid state in all regards. You beauty Rabe✌👍

[@DKguitarist89]

*Looking at bank balance* I should not have clicked this video

[@adreenal]

Just ordered one for £99.00! Can't wait to mini-crank-it.

[@blarfquist]

Hey Rabea you didn't do the variac switch. Does that do anything interesting to the tone?

[@DreidMusicalX]

Im a person, even though the amp sounds killer. If it doesn't have two channels of clean and gain, being able to use a foot switch, effects loop. The amp is then pretty useless to me. I know how to roll the volume down after 36 years of playing, but I find it aggravating in this day and age when we have the technology to do so and instantly when needed in a song to come to a sparkling clean tone is a must to a high gain in a split second. Rabea understand what I am saying and its why he has the big boys behind him that do it. I mean if you're learning to play, its great and I wish we had these little monsters back in the 80's when I start playing. The smallest decent amp that was cheap was a Marshall mini stack, I believe it was 15 watts I used to have. Just never could get really nice gain from it. It was not until I got my first JCM800 amp was I truly satisfied in an amp. But it was so damn loud!

[@davidmultimedia2024]

Sounds killer!

[@richardsteffens6159]

Man what a great sounding video. From the amazing amp to the always amazing player. Thanks my dude!

[@dobster5819]

Congratulations Rabea, the Stormzy gig was amazing.

[@dawnpoint]

First demo I've seen that gets clean tones out of it. Very nice! This might be on my short list now.

[@danitwisted7300]

I like the table used for this Bogner ;)

[@brockpinson949]

Shit that sounds incredible to me. The amp and the compsition.

[@elgoogkcuf]

havent seen ya in a few years Bea. Youre looking fucking great man.

[@bull7618]

Is there gonna be any proper video of your playing from over the weekend? Sounded massive from the clips I've seen

[@flazzers1277]

It’s on iPlayer if you’re in the UK

[@hesch-tag]

What festivals? How what with where when?

[@oisinmcphillips2090]

@@hesch-tag Rabea was playing guitar for Stormzy during his Reading festival headline set.

[@hesch-tag]

@@oisinmcphillips2090 Thanks a lot! HOope I'll be able to watch some of that.

[@Stratomacaster]

The only reason I bought the Line 6 DT25... Bogner. Still a solid great sounding amp.

[@1truechamp46]

Looking forward to the SLO coming out as I can't find a pedal for that one

[@dariusmorgan8302]

I dig it! Had no idea this even existed til recently. I really think I'm gonna grab one and run it through a Fender 4×12 I use sometimes with my Vibro King. It has those alnico blue speakers in it and I think it'll be awesome for this. Though I'd like to maybe get a smaller cab for it. Excellent playing man

[@FarrinD12]

Awesome Arbio!! 😂😂😂 jk man, awesome stuff as always Rabea!

[@mannyfragoza9652]

Hey Bear long time no see. You made me like this amp a lot more now then when i first heard it the other day. It sounds great

[@victorycrosby4896]

I bought a line 6 spider single 12 combo designed by "bogner" at a pawn shop cheap,I haven't used it yet just sits in my collection.i have no idea if there any good but bought it primarily because it's a tube amp badged with bogner on it...this mini bogner sounds great.i have a egnater the same size I think 15 watts also a combo with same tweeker head ,the smaller wattage tube amps are my favorites to crank.

[@surf247365]

Diezel has a mini one just like this! See on ebay already. Probably see in all the high gain amp MFG companies. Change the stickers & button layout & a little tweaking & boom.

[@bradleyshuppert3393]

The Soldano or the Bogner???

[@xheadlessx]

The real ✰ of this video is the cool golf shirt man 👍

[@d3agl350cal]

not related to the video, but Rabea if you see this comment, your signature chapman in paleblood is the tits!! i was going to replace the bridge pickup with BK but these stock ones are pretty damn good

[@michaelspurk2051]

Proud of you Man....Congratulations oN the Studio.....Sounds Awesome....BY far the Best Guitarist i have heard.......Totally cover's the Styles I am into....Everyone on youtube know your the No 1 Musician......

[@skidjs]

Reinhold send you one of his shirts with the amp??

[@Chord_The_Seeker]

😂

[@MisterBlue80]

LoL

[@chrishutchens6004]

Yeah a rig rundown for your Stormzy set would be great !

[@Neil-Aspinall]

Someone with a fine ear designed this little bugger.

[@8KilgoreTrout4]

I love you bro

[@BenjaminKanarek]

Your playing is so soulful!

[@robertalsbury]

Question It’s the pushed clean at the beginning I was most impressed with, sounded very Andy Timmons esque. You said any delay or reverb you hear is the ox box, “just a little pad”. What is this “oxbox” you speak of and what did you mean by pad?

[@Sanjiocom]

Ah, cool. So you can run this into an oxbox to reduce the volume to a cab/play through headphones? Even though it’s solid state?

[@rickaitkins6539]

Hi Rabea. What did you use for reverb and/or delay. It sounded exceptionally great!

[@cdbrown30]

On these types of solid state amps I would like to see a blind test/reveal. Similar to like what Lee does on Anderton’s channel. It would be an easy buy

[@wakjob961]

Your guitars have such great tone...you know how to pick em' !!!

[@TristanKlein]

Did you use the regular speaker output to go into the OX or did you you the FX loop output ? I’ve been told to be careful with solid state amps and load boxes…thanks for the vid. I loved so I bought the amp !

[@8KilgoreTrout4]

What an awesome guitar player!

[@goprepaid]

Rabea, congrats on that opening at reading. What was your full setup?

[@CHIBIXULTRA]

Sounds way better than the F-man. I wish they had copied the pedal form factor of the terror stamp though.

[@flok2929]

Will you do a review of your shirt? It’s like screaming to me more than your heaviest tones… love it 😂😜

[@michaelmitchell5909]

Thats amazing!

[@eda.4145]

Beautiful

[@ImNotOld_ImVintage]

I'm actually looking for a small box high gain amp. It's not a sound I'm going for often, but just isn't the same with pedals into a clean amp. I still think I'm leaning towards the Kraken though. The built in torpedo software is the new standard I'm holding all small box amps to.

[@carwynvan]

One of these and a zuul in the loop could be pretty much all you need

[@markconger8049]

Pausing around the 9:00 mark to say this sounds a lot like the SLO-100 to my untrained ear listening on an iPhone. Sounds good!

[@eyedunno8462]

The Bogner signature sound comes from British EL34 roots but flattens the mid high peak and boosts the low mids. Consequently, the Soldano signature sound comes from American 6L6 roots but cuts the low mids and boosts the mid highs. Little wonder why their solid state emulations ends up with them sounding VERY similar to each other

[@dvdpz89]

Please stop. My wallet can’t take much more.