Electro-Harmonix 44Magnum onstage test in band environment

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There are ample of videos about this little guy around but none to few shows it in band environment. So, is this micro amp loud enough onstage by itself? You decide.
Signal flow, lead guitar:
- Sterling SUB AX4 guitar
- KORG AX3000G
- EHX 44Magnum power amp
- 4x12" Laney Klipp cab from the '70s + Celestion Greenback speakers
Rhythm guitar:
- LTD EC100
- Marshall JCM900 SL-X
- Marshall 1x12" Celestion G12T75 cab
The guitar sound comes straight from the cabs. For venues of this size it is not necessary to use the PA at all as the volume can match the drumkit and everything else that runs through the PA system. As you can hear this micro amp is completely on par with the other 50W tube guitar amp in a band environment. That means, for a power amp it is just as functional in the practice. Minus the weight and maintenance. My one has been in operation since 2010, an ample of shows with different bands, not a single hiccup.
Sound recording: ZOOM Q2HD micro cam.
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Event: www.demobit.party/

[@imbrokenletsfix7]

The keyboard🤣🤣🤣...diddly-diddly

[@NecroPolo]

What did the fiddly diddly do?

[@hamish7722]

@@NecroPolo sound like shit

[@NecroPolo]

@@hamish7722 Tastes like, too.

[@Ozzguca69]

Jajajajajjajajajajajajajajjajajajaja

[@TheZombie4u]

Thanks for the video and your description! I've had mine for around 4 years now and it's also held up extremely well.

[@NecroPolo]

Really glad to hear that, mate. This little marchbox is a gem. At the moment the tube Marshall in the background (that I also love) is at a tube amp tech due to some failure and I'm just packing my rig (this EHX and an AMT M1 preamp) to a record launch show in a large club and I have to worry neither about volume (thanks Magnum) nor tone (thanks AMT Electronics). We did A/B tests with different Marshall heads and this combo was as functional as the real things, it's just ridiculously more reliable. The only tonal difference is the lack of dynamics but in a band environment it is not a problem. To be honest, most of the cases it is a good thing as it creates a layer of defined guitar sound that doesn't mask (or be masked) by other instruments. These little boxes made my life as a guitarist easy and safe.

[@TheZombie4u]

I also just picked up one of those Quilter 45 Micro Blocks. Very much the same type of thing but with some simple EQ, and a headphone option added. I like them both and they share the exact same type of power supply. Good stuff from Quilter and EHX.

[@swmorgan515]

I've got this, and play in a cover band with another guitarist. I use the pedal on about 9:30 and STILL have to engage the -20 dB pad at the end of my pedalboard to not overpower the others. It has a ton of headroom. If this is not loud enough, your drummer and other bandmates are the problem, not the pedal.

[@NecroPolo]

For sure. I had prolems with volume only in clubs where the stage was over boomy with extreme bad acoustics (that case, I was not the only one in the band who had control issues) or playing with someone who is stupid loud (think of a fully cranked up 5150, a plexi, a deaf bass player with a 1000W amp and the like) but otherwise it can go about as loud as my 50W Marshall heads and is just as effective onstage.

[@canopychondros]

hey dude i was thinking of doing my line 6 hd pod pro into one of these then into a cab, you reckon it will stand up well for gigging, im tempted to get a hd500x board instead of my hd pod pro at some point soon but i like the pod unit its handy for usb recording.

[@WackorMiki]

POD is a sort of swiss army tool for guitar, does everything quite well. If you don't crank the Magnum past 12 o'clock they should work fine together. Above that the amp starts to saturate like an old valve head, it affects the tone but below you still get an ample of headroom and volume. I did not use this micro amp with Line6 gear but I do use it on a regular level with different preamps and it works fine.

[@ahopeoflife]

Nice volumen!

[@NecroPolo]

Yep it is surprisingly loud, especially for what it is.

[@ok-tchau]

Thanks for the video! It appears to handle the fight with acoustic drums without a problem. This must work beautifully with a TubeScreamer and an AMT P1.

[@NecroPolo]

You're absolutely welcome. Considering volume it can keep it up even with a heavy hitter. I use it with both an M1 and P1 and it is a really good match.

[@JoshMyersBand]

Does this get this loud before breakup? I'm looking into powering an amp modeler. Does it color the tone at all?

[@NecroPolo]

It gets this loud before breaking up. I use it with AMT modelers most of the time and it works just fine. It colours the tone a little, though. I don't see it as a problem.

[@swmorgan515]

Yes plenty of volume before breakup. I haven't noticed any tone coloration from the pedal itself, and breakup doesn't start to happen until above 12:00. A guitar cab or speaker will color the tone, however, so if you're looking for something to amply a signal that already has a cab sim going on (impulses etc. like axefx or helix) then a powered FRFR monitor would be the better solution. This thing is idea for modelers though, just disable your cab sims/impulses.

[@Ullish1989]

Tristram theme ftw

[@NecroPolo]

Matt Uelmen is a beast. IMO he is one of the best game music composers out there. The other is Mick Gordon.

[@run4buck]

How high is the pedal turned up in this clip? All the way?

[@NecroPolo]

It was somewhere around 10 o'clock, it did not run full. It reaches the max volume @12 o'clock, after that there is not much of a volume increase. Instead it starts to work like an old Plexi pushed hard, producing some power stage distortion.

[@Cam_B]

would have been better without the keyboard or maybe a more synth sound. The keyboard sound just makes it sound silly.

[@NecroPolo]

Maybe yes, maybe no. Maybe, both.

[@Cam_B]

without kb this would sound like Helmet which would be awesome.

[@NecroPolo]

I completly love Helmet. Listening to Page Hamilton's riffs formed my foundations as a guitarist back in the early '90s.

[@JackstandJohnny]

You said it a reply that the .44 volume is at around 10 and it goes up to 12. So it has basically zero headroom when playing it with a live band. At that point it must be coloring the tone quite a bit and from the sound of the video it sounds like youre barely able to keep up volume wise, I would say unless you mic the cabs or keep it to very small venues people should look elsewhere, luke the S.D. Powerstage 170.

[@NecroPolo]

The Powerstage 170 is a nice unit, definitely a great call for a floorboard amp and it packs more punch than the Magnum, no doubt. I guess you get my reply wrong, anyway. The useful volume for docking a preamp into the Magnum is up to 12 o'clock turn (halfway up). It starts to colour tone after that. If cranked to the max, around 5 o'clock, it works like an ancient tube amp, sounds similar to power amp distortion. Volume levels are on a subjective matter of taste, the overall band sounded balanced that way in that venue. I'm not saying it was perfect at all. I'm just saying that the Magnum is absolutely capable of do the job in this situation.

[@stigmatvm228]

*AIDS*

[@NecroPolo]

Bubonic plague. More efficient.

[@saftovooey4569]

Is it just me, or was that the stupidest song of all time?

[@WackorMiki]

You decide. strayboom.bandcamp.com/track/rage-of-the-emperor

[@mikeanderson1316]

LOL i am glad it was not just me.i was waiting for the jam to happen and then it was over and i said HUH WHAT HUH!!! i suck at playing guitar but i think i could have made something happen

[@finchman7654]

You mean, you was waiting for some guitarist to start wanking over his guitar playing the same old major blues scale and putting a bend at the end of every phrase...........

[@Rouwiinator]

the intro kinda was. I actually thought that little lead towards the end could have some potential.

[@NecroPolo]

@@Rouwiinator I was there and... no... It could't have.