FAQ'N Friday #16 - Splawn Amp Differences, What To Look For When Buying Used, Does Big Iron Matter?

[@justalilsumn]

Stumbled upon this vid while looking for more Splawn info, and it's awesome to see another hardcore kid be so into gear. I had to sub. Deciding between a QR100 and a MB DC-10 to upgrade from a Jet City, and this vid helped. Cheers to you and happy new year!

[@litos_mendes]

once again congrats on the 2000 subs ,,, waiting for the jcm 900 mkiii demooooo

[@belligerentamateur]

It arrives Tuesday!

[@djabthrash]

By the way, just stumbled upon your channel tonight while looking for Splawn Nitro videos, and i really like the fact that finally one good guitar youtuber has somewhat of a hardcore background.

[@belligerentamateur]

Yeah man, KZbin needs some real Hardcore scene rep! Happy to be that guy, hardcore has been a huge part of my life for 2 decades

[@djabthrash]

@@belligerentamateur Word up !

[@toneranger7813]

I had a 2006 QR years ago. It had the Heyboer transformers and EL34s. It was quite a beast. More aggressive than my buddies 2010. My first Splawn was a modded Marshall 1987x with KT88s. Not as aggressive but thicker on the lows. Brad Noah from Disciple used an older QR with kt88s. Called it the ProMod. I got $1100 for my QR

[@thechannelforeverything2170]

With the Mesa stuff I noticed you talking about the Rectifiers. The problem with those is that because they have this thing where after the volume hits around 2, it essentially has reached its peak volume and afterwards it just adds compression to something that is already super compressed and saggy. If you want some monster volume from a high gain amp from Mesa, the Mark Series will absolutely level buildings without even breaking a sweat. Also question for next weeks video. Do you think that the price bubble that's happening right now will eventually chill out? Or will it just stay the same?

[@Tony-Jabroni]

Dude, my mark v 35 on a 2x12 vintage 30 closed back cab is obnoxiously loud

[@kow294]

How would you gauge if you got a great deal when buying second hand gear? 30,50% off retail price? Its quite often that I buy a piece of gear, only to find that in a couple months someone's selling for less..

[@episteme666]

Are there any times when you get bored with listening to or playing metal music?

[@WholeLottaBulldog]

Have you played any Framus stuff: the Cobra or Dragon? If so, what did you think?

[@juztinking8813]

Although I'm not a rectifier guy at all, I think they really get better the bigger they are. You say that the triple have less low end and to me that's a great thing since they are so bass heavy and really on the looser side of the spectrum. It's easier to give more bass to an amp than trying to tighten it. They are also less fizzy and the midrange is more pronounced. Most people actually boost them and put EQ in the loop to tighten them and give them a mid bump.

[@jamesfrisa2043]

Do you like or trust ceriatone enough to think they’re slo100 clone will be comparable to an slo? Nik said it will have an ONETICS de young clone transformer.

[@belligerentamateur]

Nik knows what he's doing and makes quality products. I'm sure the FAS will be killer

[@djabthrash]

04:21 i feel you on the BURIED ALIVE guitar tone. Sounds very raunchy. It was produced by Steve Evetts and you can hear a similar tone on TURMOIL's "the process of ...", and on GOD FORBID's "determination" and "gone forever" (but with more gain / metal sound).

[@TheArchradish]

What are your favorite amps based on the look alone? I find a lot of the high gain amps especially look hella cheesy.

[@voodoocustompickups2547]

Diezels look hideous to me. My favorite look is still the Mark IV, which also happens to be my favorite amp of all time

[@TheArchradish]

@@voodoocustompickups2547 Yeah the lettering choices on the Diezel stuff is puzzling. I don't know why something so expensive would look so cheesy haha. A lot of people talk about the VTMs being ugly but I actually really like them. I think they have a brutish, military surplus look to them that matches the sound pretty well.

[@nickharper8145]

Any experience with Riviera amps? In particular the Knucklehead amps? They seem to get a lot of love in the high gain amp communities.

[@dannyeichelberger7950]

I own the 90s era knucklehead 55 cant wait to try it out with my duality dx OD it's a good amp

[@belligerentamateur]

Yessir, I have a short demo on my channel from way back

[@dakotarussell8116]

I have always loved the guitar tone on Knuckle Pucks Copacetic, something you don't hear often in pop-punk (IMO)

[@jeremythesurfingalien3013]

Scott is using Pacific transformers now. What’s your thoughts on this?

[@OrangeLight08]

You have 1500$ to spend on an 80's type amp (heavy metal/lynch/ratt/meatllica/whitesnake) What do you buy?

[@belligerentamateur]

Splawn Nitrio or QR

[@OrangeLight08]

@@belligerentamateur Great answer !

[@TheOtherJohnBrowne]

Here's one for ya: Do you ever get option paralysis when trying to decide what gear to use when you just want to jam at home?

[@sheldonswan45]

Where did Bushido Code gets it’s name? Any common song lyric themes? Thanks

[@belligerentamateur]

Great question! Will answer next week

[@danielblauw1323]

I love my triple rectifier i put el34s and it has a tight low end then i use a marshall vintage modern clean with more highs and lows together with the mesa it sounds badass

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

What Splawn amp is best for thrash and death metal style music?

[@belligerentamateur]

Whichever you like best! Both the Nitro and QR can accomplish these tones and more

[@gloconti]

Thoughts on Machine Head’s “Burn my Eyes” tone?

[@INTROBUST]

Copacetic was crazy massive agreed. They brought out an OD pedal recently that looked sick.

[@belligerentamateur]

Who did?

[@INTROBUST]

@@belligerentamateur knuckle puck did for their 20/20 record. Breaks up nice. Suss it on KZbin sounds sick!

[@wtfever2474]

If you could open up for ANY 2 bands, who would you choose?

[@sgtwurstmesser]

I sold my Mesa Stiletto Trident to the guitarist/singer in Knuckle Puck in my mom's basement back in like 2013. Wonder if it was that tone on that 1st record lol. Was in one of the videos. AMPS GET AROUND....

[@LCW_01]

Woot woot thnx Kyle! 👊💥

[@Auen73]

'I started buying Splawn modded Marshall's in 2003. 1987x w/KT-88's & Mercury Magnetics output upgrade. 2 button ft. switch.... changed my world that amp did. 1959slp-x Splawn mods plus new ft-switchable clean 2 inputs voiced slightly difference from each other...great sounding amp! 2004 Pro-Mod 1st generation KT-88's w/full Mercury Mag's 1 input shared eq clean channel.......angry & raw sounding! 2004-Quick Rod 1st generation EL-34's w/full Mercury Mag's 2 inputs voiced slightly different from each other......most authentic Marshall sounding Splawn I owned. 2006 Quickrod w/ new 3 gears all Heyboers trans. 2007 Quickrod full Heyboer Heyboer trans. 2008 Pro-stock 50 watts full Heyboer trans. Early-mid 2000's were a great time for selling a 2 year old Splawn amps....getting most of my money back......and getting the newest Splawn model with updates/features. Super well built amps & top notch support. Those 1st gen pre-2006 Mercury Splawn's were different animals.........I'm glad Scott made the pre-2006 voicing available again......to me.....thats' the sound! Great channel Kyle. B and thanks for addressing this topic.

[@eddiefender100]

I’m having a hard time deciding on what boost to use. I have a m77 into a splawn quickrod. I find myself finding when the boost comes in its too compressed. What would you suggest as a nice boost that doesn’t compress the tone too much, cuts the mud but also maintains some of the amps characteristics.

[@tylerhaas6]

As crazy as it might sound, I’ve had great luck using the Friedman BE OD. Not as a volume boost but a gain boost. Still maintains the Splawns characteristics and saturates it heavenly

[@Auen73]

@@tylerhaas6 So weird? but so cool. That's some valuable intel.

[@tylerhaas6]

@@Auen73 I guess it’s not much different from the guys that used to push a Marshall with a Tube Screamer or RAT. You don’t get the mid hump like you would with the BE OD. One day I’m gonna go for it and get a RAT style pedal. I’m thinking either the Greer Amps Gorilla Warfare or Wamplers new Ratsbane. I’m curious to here a RAT style through the Quick Rod

[@enthronedoath8370]

Hi Kyle. Great channel love all the amp demos. I have a question. Does an amps value affect your decision to use and keep it. I only ask as for metal music you could easily get a DSL, 6505, xxx and a dual rectifier all used for less than some of the high end amps and given the choice would you rather have four cheaper amps or one high end amp. Cheers.

[@RCGreven]

Mesa sets the bias as low as 40 % of max dissipation. At least in my Single Recto with their selected tubes. No wonder there is no headroom...

[@jconner3891]

Any love for Korn. Grew up in the 90s. So Korn ,pantera, and grunge was the it for me. Especially Korn and Tool. What your favourite 90s metal or band

[@djabthrash]

04:57 Not huge onto Zeuss's mixes in general (the drums sound too clicky for me), but in general his guitar tones (including the one on that Terror album) are huge. Around this time the ICEPICK album had a killer guitar tone too.

[@belligerentamateur]

That Icepick record does sound ridiculous

[@djabthrash]

@@belligerentamateur Indeed. Way underrated.

[@travisschuster4676]

Hey Kyle i just subbed last week love the channel! Question i m looking to make a 50 watt slayer like rig with a marshall or splawn type amp that would sound good for home or maybe going out to jam out once and a while and not priced over 1200 any suggestions. I have the kerry king 10 band eq and the zakk wydle berserker overdrive and a ltd Jeff hanneman 600 already. Thanks man.

[@massttrshrdrharmonicminor2002]

Any experience with any joyo bantamp mini amps? I sorta want a few them for slaving Idk if that would be pointless

[@belligerentamateur]

Duno about the slaving. I've heard they're cool little amps though

[@massttrshrdrharmonicminor2002]

@@belligerentamateur I took an Orange Micro Dark and used the fx send into my Stealth and liked it. But when I sent the Orange into my friends Marshall Mg100, it made such a good sound. The mg sux for distorted sounds

[@KPGuitarStudios]

Just a quick camera mention, you're slightly too close to the camera in this vid, you're not really in focus because you're too close for what the lens is designed for. Do a quick measurement based on what the lens says the minimum focus point is and just set the camera there so you're good. Taylor Danley tells me you're using Sony so the focus is incredible, just the distance from the camera. Digging the videos, thanks for sharing your musical journey Kyle \m/

[@belligerentamateur]

It's the camera itself. I'm always this close with my A6000/Sigma. The A7 does not have good autofocus at this distance so I am going back to the A6000 for my close shots such as this.

[@KPGuitarStudios]

@@belligerentamateur Really? That is full frame vs APS-C. The sensor is significantly different size but the lens perspective should be the same. You'd probably also have to crop the A7 to get the lens to not vignette. Weird man! Maybe it's best to just go with the a6000 and then get say a 6400 or 6600 as your main camera? It's kinda like amp trading... Except probably a lot less fun 😜 The lenses are killer though!

[@voodoocustompickups2547]

Any plans on doing a Marshall Valvestate 8100? Get those Chuck Schuldiner tones

[@belligerentamateur]

Yessir! MY guitarist has one, I'll get to it sometime in the next couple months

[@riffsnoleads]

I use big amps because of my stupid ass drummer. Or maybe it's because of my right ear is basically dead? >.>

[@jconner3891]

Be careful with the left ear bro.

[@riffsnoleads]

@@jconner3891 WHAT!?

[@jconner3891]

@@riffsnoleads I thought you said your right ear was dead. So I said be careful with the left ear.

[@riffsnoleads]

@@jconner3891 WHAT!? Gonna need to speak up. I am hard of hearing.

[@jconner3891]

@@riffsnoleads Lol 😂

[@robhanson2653]

New viewer but if you dig the tones in those bands you must be a fan of stick to your guns?? Bruh...the hope division?

[@belligerentamateur]

I never really got into either of those bands but def familiar with both!

[@TheToecutter69]

Will Subdue eventually play shows with BC? Your drumming is insane bro!! 🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@belligerentamateur]

Thanks man! It may happen at some point