Green Matamp

[@shealeffler6147]

It’s also hard to put this in a demo but in the room this head has a feeling like no other amp I own. It has a *massive* amount of sub-lows which don’t really come through over KZbin or just generally speaking in a recording, though if you’re careful w/ how you deal with a mix you can get a bit of it back. It’s a real rumble machine, which is why I use it as the bassy center of a wet/dry/wet setup. As it’s the master volume version it also has a lot more gain than the cleaner sounding non-master-volume GT120s; i keep meaning to stick a 12AU7 or AT7 or something in V1 to calm it down a bit, but haven’t gotten around to it - the master dimed out and getting the gain just where it breaks up is giving me full volume and sounds good to my ears, so I’m happy. It also sounds COMPLETELY DIFFERENT from an OR120. A lot of people mention Matamp/Green tones in the same breath, but really even though they have some similarities and are definitely in the same family of tones, they sound completely different. It’s like, in a way, they have the same transition from clean to breakup and the same rough texture to their distortion, but the old Oranges are much tighter sounding and less fuzzy. Still fuzzy though. But if you were gonna take one of those old ORs and go nuts trying to boost it with a TC Integrated Preamp/Grind style boost or some shit I bet you could get some ridiculous shit out of it.

[@LeonTodd]

THANKYOU for this

[@shealeffler6147]

@@LeonTodd anytime lol.

[@finallychee4808]

One question I have is how does the GT120 handle overdrive/distortion pedals? One of the reasons I wanna get this amp is cause my idea was to use something like a Boss ML-2, or BD-2 with a booster pedal and mix it with the amps natural fuzz to make a harsh but warm tone.

[@shealeffler6147]

@@finallychee4808 i use a Keeley modded DS-1 with the amp set quite clean as my main dirt. When set clean (volume maxed, use drive as your volume to set edge of breakup), it's a bassy and slightly saggy deal that can make any dirt pedal sound massive. With the gain up, you're gonna get Matamp fuzz; no way around that. Anyways, I think you'd have good success with that.

[@finallychee4808]

@@shealeffler6147 Sweet thanks for the info.

[@litos_mendes]

This amp needs to be played high with no shirt and with 30 stacks

[@LeonTodd]

This sounds the way the movie "The Holy Mountain" feels

[@thechannelforeverything2170]

Not only is this demo awesome. It's also a testament to the power of the internet.

[@LeonTodd]

Amen to that!

[@shealeffler6147]

Absolutely dying of laughter at everybody saying it sounds terrible. Yeah it sounds terrible. Why you think I fuckin’ bought it? I love it. lol

[@BlueWingedTiger]

haha loud amp go BRRRRRRR

[@BSIII]

I am jealous. Green gt120 is my dream amp. Nothing ugly or terrible about Sleep- Dopesmoker/Jerusalem

[@_mysilentblue2227]

Great concept with sending out the DI to be reamped.

[@finallychee4808]

Been really interested in this amp but all the demos of it use more doom/sludge tones, so it was good to finally hear it clean for a bit. Definitely a dream amp now. Also thumbs up for the Flandre and Yuka fumos.

[@LeonTodd]

Glad I could help!

[@seventhsealhere]

The future of KZbin video making in the era of COVID. Community cooperation! You broke the sound barrier with this one! Shout out to Shea! Thanks! 👍

[@LeonTodd]

Yeah it's a nice way to connect across the oceans!

[@moonthrasher2357]

fumo fumo, fumofu mofumofu fumo fumo, fumo mofumo

[@binface9]

One way you could make it less weird when recording the clean DIs is to perform them on a track in your DAW running an amp model, then exporting the stems without the modelling.

[@sheatanner9935]

I kept hearing my name and was very confused before my brain finally made the connection that there ARE other Shea's out there, lol. Awesome that you two could do this. Viva la internet!!!

[@shealeffler6147]

welcome to the club lol

[@froag4003]

Man that 7 string was one of my fave tones! So unique

[@LeonTodd]

Yeah crazy hey!

[@ironblast5]

Reamping has changed the game big time

[@luca4352]

A subtle blend of this with your typical marshall high gain tone could sound rather interesting

[@Tordenstein]

Certainly an interessting way to do demos. How do you think being in the room with the amp would influence your playing though? Mabye a question for your faq, how much does playing different amps influence your playing vs someone reamping your performance. Im all for the power of reamp btw, just a thought

[@MrJp5150]

Great comment !! Different amps do effect playing I believe . I just use my Axe8 for my video's now days. I haven't been shooting video's in a while , but I will stick to the Ax8. As far as demo's , I'm just not set up to do a proper demo like all the star's on here. I just play a little and move on. thanks

[@Ripzalot]

This amp kills it. New life objective set.

[@Hagelmiester5673]

And now to get that into the axe fx 3

[@ROKZLEON]

Amps don't have a genre! That's deep man!!!! Cool tones!!!

[@ianfurqueron5850]

I think it's a neat sounding amp. Would I want to play through it all the time? No... probably not. But it does "a thing" and sometimes that's fun to have around. It's like my collection of pedals. I really prefer to just play straight into an amp, but I also have a bunch of rack gear and pedals to just have fun with.

[@PR-fo5mj]

Cool Amp! I often use a DI Leon provided the Fractal community to test some of my Ax3 presets (to easily get a perspective on the preset tone from someone elses' hands/guitar). Would be great to have more LT Axefx DIs from various guiitars / tumings / styles / target tones. In fact, there may be a market for an LT "DI tones pack" of some sort - I for one would be interested.

[@LeonTodd]

Interesting idea. I'll put some stuff on Discord over the next few weeks.

[@89ji76]

Fucking GOLD thumbnail

[@Bricklinsv1970]

You should have your Bird in every Vid Bro. Wish I was a Student of yours.

[@chrishastings]

Not my type of sound but great demo. Always interested to hear new gear!

[@hughchube873]

Just a quick unrelated thank you very much for your free Greenback 412 IR. It's great. Every other greenback IR that I've tried has not quite done the job but finally I can stop searching. My Helix Friedman barks like an angry MF now. The V30 one is pretty neat too.

[@LeonTodd]

Awesome to hear that!

[@Josh-it6uy]

a real daddy amp here

[@applehole448]

What are the double cut semi hollow guitars in the background?

[@YawningGirl]

Could you do a fumo shootout? I'm looking at upgrading from my Reimu (she's great but her tone is just not my thing) but I'm not sure if I should get a Patchouli or a Yuyuko. Both seem to suit my needs very well.

[@shealeffler6147]

hey, yeah, we can look at a shootout between yuuka and also mokou and flandre, unfortunately i don’t have a patchy, yuyuko, or reimu on hand to compare though

[@YawningGirl]

@@shealeffler6147 oh that would be really cool to see! Thank you :)

[@FuzzImp]

Matamp is goat

[@Jm-lr2fv]

FUMOS?!?

[@shealeffler6147]

how else am i gonna label my fuckin wiring? there's one per main amp head in my rig. lol

[@stevenmgyori3826]

Doom not my thing I meant to type!

[@matt926uk1]

Why would you need 3 captor x's?

[@shealeffler6147]

uuuuugh this is a good question and the answer is I run a wet-dry-wet rig and i *had* to take the CPU load of three cabsims off the AxeFX III, as well as some of the I/O going back in.

[@matt926uk1]

@@shealeffler6147 ahhhh, ok

[@stevenmgyori3826]

" Good Morning Leon!" Strat was interesting, Music Man kinda farted out ! 245 was rumble! Sorry brother, Didn't dig it! Thanks Shea! I guess doom is my thing although I Dig XL Junkie! Be Well All!

[@LeonTodd]

All good brother, different strokes for different blokes right?

[@stevenmgyori3826]

@@LeonTodd " Guess I'm just an ol' Traditional blue's Dog!" Thanks for understanding, Love all you do and share! Be Well All!

[@shealeffler6147]

@@stevenmgyori3826 no love for Peter Green and Fleetwood Mac's Orange/Matamp stacks? ;)

[@stevenmgyori3826]

@@shealeffler6147 I Love Fleetwood Mac, Peter Green! Oh Well is one of my long standing favs! Didn't know about the amps, everything can be useable in a mix, we just have to fit tones together in a cohesive and workable context. Thanks for sharing brother and Be Well All!

[@toom6087]

I own the same GT120MV but in full green. I play this giant fuzz with a 1991' LesPaul standard and a Matamp Deluxe 4x12 V30 cab. The cab really matters if you want to ride the mammoth. This is my amp for desert rock, stoner etc. The best is to play the GT120 with a Sunn Model T (or the reissue made by Fender in the 90's). So you can get that kind of tone : kzbin.info/www/bejne/mn7FpJ2rYtaGm6c If I want it more in the "doom-metal" way, I use my Rectifiers 2 channels heads, especially the Rev G. Yes Leon, my special recipe for you : on the clean channel, gain at 12 o'clock, bass at 3 o'clock. Rectifiers tubes engaged, spongy mode too. Then engage a Boss FZ-2 Hyperfuzz. Massive ! Of course, I use the Matamp cab with ! This cab doesn't sound like a Boogie with V30 (straight) or a Bogner with V30 (woody), or a Friedman with greenbacks (classic rock). I love this Matamp cab with my Triple Rectifier Rev F for heavy riffs in the way of Crowbar and Corrosion of Conformity. This cab is not good for solos, but it's a must have for rhythm. Last but not least : Leon, the Soldano can do stoner too. I use my old SLO100 with gain at 9 to get the fuzz thing. You should try with a Gibson SG or LesPaul. Just a few things about the Matamp workshop : 2 guyz, at the east of Manchester. You send an e-mail... you wait... no answer. Another e-mail... nothing. Then 6 months later, ooooh thank you, finally an answer. Well you get it : if you want to order a Matamp, you have to learn patience. When the process is engaged, they are really cool. Jeff Lewis taught me how to change the badge (witch is paint by hand), and even how to repair the Mesa tolex ! American vinyl doesn't work like english rexine. They are proud of that. If you go to the workshop, you can watch them working while drinking the coffee and talking with them. And then you understand why they don't read all e-mails... :)

[@0megalul309]

Google stadia but amps. Imagine live playing through random amps across the earth. Holy hell the latency would be terrible.

[@slappingumsmurphy6608]

You could just buy a witch burner 😎 $220

[@Fallingoverbackwards]

I wanted to love it but That amp sounds terrible, a laney supergroup or any amp into a laney 4x12 (or torpedo IR) would sound so much better. You should dial in an axefx doom sound !! Love your channel

[@Starch1b2c3d4a]

Could have played some slow passages….

[@mikezimmerman5633]

I guess to each his own 😂, I'm not a doom fan so I can't see me playing through that amp. Long live hair '80s 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸

[@digital360]

I wish I could have the last 8 minutes of my life back. J/K but Gawd that amp sounds awful. Still love the channel mate!

[@Yupppi]

Lol at that fumo! That's a pretty terrible sounding amp! In an interesting way. DS-1 definitely didn't help it :D

[@shealeffler6147]

I think the DS-1 and Hail Satan were labeled backwards in this clip, the DS-1 was actually the tone at the end and the HSD was only on for a moment. I tend to mix the Matamp with a pair of even more mid-focused and much tighter amps, so it’s cool to have it flub out in the middle and provide the rumble :D

[@208414]

Interesting... but not my thing.

[@peterharvin2775]

That is one very ugly and angry amp. And it's quite gorgeous in its own way.

[@Leadfootkurtis]

That sound is horrible... like corn flakes... with that being said... how do you get such a big sound going mono?

[@user-pl7lr5dn8q]

u made it sound like crap somehow

[@pwrmac7600]

So Filthy!

[@davidfaustino4476]

Worst sounding amp ever.

[@0megalul309]

Line 6 spyders exist

[@binface9]

I'd say more "over-rated", but I know where you're coming from. Can't even blame user-error on this occasion