Hotone Ampero Amp Modeler/Effects Processor Review

[@intheblues]

✅Timecodes: 0:00 - Backing Track Jam 1:25 - Quick Overview 2:17 - Clean Tones 3:31 - Blues Tones 4:15 - Rock Tones 5:12 - Heavier Tones 6:00 - Heavier Tones #2 6:37 - How the Hotone Ampero Works 8:04 - My final thoughts about the Hotone Ampero

[@KerminSR]

It’s cool that you’re big enough that brands are sending you gear to review. I’ve been watching you for a couple years, your channel is one of the first I discovered when I decided to get back into guitar. Your content is some of the best gear review content on KZbin. Thanks so much for helping me choose the gear that’s right for me. BTW, I know it might sound stupid, but I really appreciate that you make it really clear when a company sends you gear to review VS when you review stuff that you’ve purchased or borrowed from a store. Ethics can be a serious issue with reviewers, but you always let us know the situation you’re coming from. Some reviewers leave glowing reviews for products they’ve gotten for free without letting us know that there could be a conflict of interest involved. Cheers!

[@bobbywilliams4655]

Your channel should be called “LET’S GET INTO IT”! This sounds great.

[@joshmuz9018]

Bobby Williams hahahaha

[@Craig_Fussell]

Hey man, great review! I think the word you were looking for regarding all of the options is “overwhelming” vs. monotonous LOL! I appreciate your candidness. To see an accomplished player like yourself reaching that conclusion was refreshing as always! Thanks! 🤙🏻🎸😎

[@hutchfromba]

Seems like an amazing pedal/amp for recording directly into a DAW. Great video Shane. Blues On....

[@oldguysguitarvlog183]

Very cool! Just amazing to me how far tech has come.

[@DolfMuccillo]

Thx Shane! I just bought one of these along with the HeadRush frfr112. Can’t wait to dive in.

[@georgeulibarri2861]

Update? How did it work out?

[@BenjaminUller]

I'd like to know as well!

[@DolfMuccillo]

@@georgeulibarri2861 sorry that I never saw this but it sounded great! Better late then never?

[@DolfMuccillo]

@@BenjaminUller sounded great!

[@szilard333]

I have this one. Great gadget. I can spend all day searching for new tones and it never ends. I doubt i ll go back to tube amps and combos as they became way too heavy for my back...

[@MegaAnarcist]

Great demo Shane!! Appreciate all the effort you've put in all the permutations and combinations.

[@Jonathan-L]

Heavier Tones at 6:10 sounds really good. The cab sim works well.

[@caleshtcincredibles]

Saw this first on Brett Kingmans channel using the presets now your channel .Thanks for just dialing up tones showing off just what is possible with liittle gem. The tones sound awesome and I could certainly use this . Size is perfect for gigs where I use DI into the PA.Thanks again Shane for a great review!

[@tonymediati8274]

This is a great effects pedal , lots of amps and cabs to choose from , with loads of OD / distortion pedals and loads of other effects, my only gripe for me is that the looper and drum machine don’t sync, hopefully this will be taken care of on the next firmware download, great review Shane

[@Lalairu]

@@lucid_delirium976 I read they fixed a lot of issues with the new upgrade, but not sure :/

[@JoeFlip]

Sounds great, thanks for the video!

[@teacher5376]

Many great guitars pedals to choose for, great quality, and nice sounds ... all in one . Low cost higher quality....

[@toddflowers8052]

Pretty cool gadget and nice demo as always ! Thanks mate ! Cheers !

[@johnong2655]

Whao, you videos improved quite a lot .Nice!! I'm subscribbing

[@JazzzRockFuzion]

BIG props to Shane for the Tokai Love Rock! Those lawsuit-era MIJ guitars/basses are fantastic. Great seeing prominent KZbin gear geeks jamming on them!

[@BoyAditya]

Hey Shane, for next multiFX, instead of clean, blues, heavy... You could do: 1. Will it Clapton 2. Will it The Edge 3. Will it Jimmy Page 4. Will it Van Halen 5. Will it Tom Morello 6. Will it Djent 😂😂 ...

[@PsyQoJkays]

Boy Aditya I don't know that Shane Djents himself... not that he couldn't figure it out but.... he doesn't seem to use 8 strings all that much lol

[@HotoneAudio]

Cool Shane! Thanks!

[@Terry3Gs]

Awesome job as always Shane & that unit sounds great .. only thing its lacking is a effects loop to make it perfect !!

[@peterschmidt9942]

Sounded pretty good and looks well made. Also seems pretty easy to use. How would you say it compares to the Mooer GE200? To me this looks a bit easier to use. Might pay to do a more in depth review hooking it up to the computer as well.

[@Pablo-zv6jd]

I tried out the ge200 yesterday at my local store and the menus and the interface system in general look way cleaner and easier to use. That being said, the effects on the mooer aren't as good but I find the high gain amps to sound way better on the ge200. Hope it helps!

[@PelicanIslandLabs]

Thanks for the demo. It appears that the screen is too small and as you said "fiddly". Did you notice any delay when switching presets?

[@DMSProduktions]

Good job Shane!

[@bomrockguitar606]

Great tones!

[@cryptosamgyup]

can you make a video/demo using it on a full song switching thru effects on verse/pre chorus/chorus and bridge?

[@Andrew.Hartsell]

Shane, Thanks for the great videos. I have a few questions. First, is the looper associated with a preset? That is, if you change patches or presets does the loop you just created go away? Second, can the foot switches be used to select what Line6 calls snapshots. i.e. I step on a switch and turn off/on multiple stompboxes within the patch. Finally, The Hotone has MIDI and the Mooer not, correct? thanks again for your time and videos

[@hifly1929]

Looking for the same thing. Found out some more? For now I think something like this one or zoom 5gn plus a dedicated looper pedal. Boss ac 30 something, somtn like that. Whats you're take on it?

[@mlite84]

Great video, awesome tones. So the sound your hearing in your room is coming through your studio monitors?

[@neilswan8015]

I only learned of this pedal today, i was liking the mooer 200 but I dig the touchscreen on this one and some say the Ampero sounds better. I also like the zoom g3n.

[@jamalabdul2009]

I can see myself getting some use out of this pedal!!! It would be interesting to see how it stacks up to the Helix and the HeadRush! 🎸🤘🏽🤘🏽

[@guitarocd9984]

As far as chorus, flanger, delays ect. For me there pretty much all the same or close. But for me the overdrive tones coming out of hotone are exceptional. They seem to have somebody there that knows what they're doing.

[@jamalabdul2009]

Guitar ocd 🤙🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾

[@johnjanoski3988]

Good demo, good amp? pedal? Whatever. An observation, you seem to adopt different phrasing and note choices from one guitar to the next. Makes your playing more interesting, keep it up.

[@BoyAditya]

Hey shane, do you still have mooer me200? ... Maybe a VS video would be awesome 😋

[@guitarocd9984]

I like hotone. Fair prices for Quality stuff. Whoever's doing the overdrive tones is on it. I have the Mojo attack floor amp 75 Watts. It's all you need.

[@bobs.stevenson9704]

is the ge200 mooer worth it, this seems better build quality

[@peyotepete4903]

HoeTone gear is freaking AWESOME! The BanTamps are the best!

[@leesbassment6393]

The Bantamps are Joyo

[@Apollwn]

How does the Ampero compare to the Mooer GE200 which you reviewed a couple of years ago?

[@matthesson5618]

Will it let you run dual amps?

[@alexaleah11]

can you use the button as individual pedal?

[@bigfootingermany]

hey Shane, how much is that in Australia? It's 400 euros here in Germany, and 350 pounds in the UK. Bob in Germany

[@zepp3lin]

How about the latency in changing presets? Any gaps? As we all know normal stompbox does'not have that latency when changing effects.

[@lukebyrnes3581]

Hey mate, great video!! What is that guitar you used for rhythm in the intro?

[@intheblues]

It's called a PureSalem Mendiola. There's a review I made for it a few months back on KZbin. :-)

[@tonythecroc]

Seen it has a looper too wanted to know if the 3 switches be used to stop and record 3 tracks like the boss rc-300 could not find a youtube video on that actually

[@icenic_wolf]

Can you load speaker/cabinet IRs into it? Does it truncate them?

[@RapttorX]

from the official website: "User custom IR loader with 3rd party IR support"

[@nevillegreg1]

In the links below???? Leaves me guessing. So went to Google, which seems not to be working to tell me where to buy (in Australia) nor how much in Australia??? Andertons is showing 350 pounds + shipping outside UK. Good review.

[@intheblues]

Oops! Links updated! Thanks for the heads up haha.

[@peterschmidt9942]

Mate I had a quick look before watching the video and a few came up. Deluxe guitars $639 which is about what Thomann want as well (converted). If ever you want aussie results, just put an :au at the end of your search.

[@tsangpa2570]

Hello sir can I edit drum patterns as well??for songs??

[@intheblues]

I am not sure, sorry.

[@SirVicc]

I like it better than the Mooer. Sounds fuller and more realistic. This could be a possible buy.

[@Za7a7aZ]

Is it possible to create a Van Halen Eruption sound or anything close to that..? Maybe it is all obvious for most but...what are balanced and unballanced input for..or whats the difference..?

[@jeffsadie9496]

I would have liked to hear more soloing and high strings. All the playing was on the lowest 3 strings, and the tones were similar. Clean Twin sounded good. Better guitars might also help.

[@SilentNote]

Is it possible to REAMP via HOTONE AMPERO's USB connection ??? I mean recorde a CLEAN TONE, and then ( after have the BEST TAKE with a CLEAN TONE ) send the audio BACK to HOTONE AMPERO via USB and REAMP it ?... and if HOTONE AMPERO dos not do it, which GUITAR USB PEDALBOARD could do that ? ... Thanks for THIS VIDEO ... KIND REGARDS ...

[@vaughnwebbermusic]

Does it have tap delay ?

[@hugowasalreadytaken]

This or the nux cerberus? (Comsidering price difference)

[@ashishjoel2354]

The nux Cerberus doesnt have distortion.

[@xXDrKillJoyXx]

Did you like it better than the mooer ge200?

[@intheblues]

It's kind of the same thing tone wise minus the touch screen. I am not sure it's any better or worse but the touch screen makes certain things a tad easier.

[@alans1313]

very tasty,,,cheers

[@pedicoguitar]

It works with impulse response?

[@bobreynolds3761]

Yes, it has 10 user slots available for custom IR's

[@roncarter2188]

For the money........hell yeah!

[@RinievR]

Hello, nice video. I myself have some trouble with the looper, especially when I record a loop with one sound en then play a solo with another sound. Sometimes, even when I erased the loop, ik comes back in a spooky way. Further I find the instruction not so clear. It all works well when you record a loop and play over it with the same patch, but when I change patches.... I record for instance on patch 3, stop the recording and push the control button (to prevent overdubs), exit the looper by pressing 3 en 4 simultaneously, press button 1 and solo over it. Sometimes it works, sometimes strange things happen. Is it a software problem or am I doing something wrong? Please, help, anybody?

[@JackJames9648]

All sounds Are a bit fuzzy why? This make them pretty similar

[@bmicona]

I'm having a really hard time deciding between this, the ge200, or just spending a bit more and getting an hx stomp. The stomp has the benefit of incorporating it into my actual pedalboard, where as neither of the other two can do that without an effects loop. But since I only play at home, it's hard to justify spending the money on the stomp.

[@davidbergewaytogo]

Braden Micona I'm going through the same question... I decided to pull the trigger on the Ampero, it appears easier to use, and the editing software looks nice. Coming from the Zoom G5n, which sounds great but the interface is... meh... sounds like we have a winner with the Ampero.

[@bmicona]

@@davidbergewaytogo I actually ended up with the stomp. I really wanted to utilize some of my own pedals so the fx loop on the stomp was what tipped the scale. So far I love it.

[@davidbergewaytogo]

@@bmicona Cool man, i'm glad it's working out for you! I'm expecting my Ampero to arrive at the end of may 2019 so i'll post again once I get it. The HX Stomp has a tons of satisfied users so you can't go wrong, it's just more expensive than the Ampero. Cheers!

[@shanemiller2046]

Meh..... I don't know if you were using too much reverb.... It did not sound good to me at all.

[@rafalkowalski1841]

EQ ?

[@tomfoolery2082]

Blues tones, rok tones, does any1 kno what happened to Tommy 2 tone ?

[@Hulkhoagie1]

Glenn Winburn He can be reached at 867-5309.

[@brooklynboy1000]

something just not right about lefty guitar players.. lol

[@rainofficial1924]

Just played a lefty guitar (or tried) and whenever the owner of the guitar takes it and plays. My eyes was forcing me to turn upside down:)

[@earthsteward9]

Like Hendrix, McCartney, Iammo, etc

[@cosmoschtroumpf]

😂😂😂 Nice !

[@Dantasmusico]

Hallo to Brazil!

[@Profane0035]

Sounds so Boomy... For those considering this product I'd suggest save up a bit more and get the HX stomp

[@053DAX]

Jan den Aantrekker or get a used xt or x3! 💥

[@dat219]

What make guitars

[@frontcentermusician]

Would have liked to of heard it through an actual amp. Distortion still has that sizzle.

[@red19dh]

I think it's because he split the pick ups on his guitar. I usually get alot more crunch on my bridge pick up.

[@Gjuby]

wow, it seems you have really nailed Mark Knopfler's tone in the first demo sound!

[@jerrysitumorang5186]

The sound is alright..

[@ifodaniell]

Too much bottom end. Sounds muddy. I prefer Zoom multi-effects. But, I do like user interface.

[@ezdj]

...built-in Looper and drum machine...

[@nazmoking3171]

This pedal seems to have over the top gain on just about every setting. Seems a little dark and not as articulate as I'd want.

[@davidcameron9587]

I recommend you have a look. It is highly customisable. I bought one a month ago and can dial in some really nice cleans. You have complete control over the amp settings as well as whatever pedals you choose. I have paired mine with a Meloaudio midi Controller to that I can choose effects individually. The acoustic sim is also very nice.

[@brettjames9088]

Sounds like a cardboard box that first distortion tone. Clean tone, no shimmer what so ever on the Strat. Not enough highs through the es looking axe, but a mostly good tone. Blues was ok. Hard to tell without hearing it in the mix. Rock, boomy on the tele, not enough high end on the LP, especially when you changed the cab, sounded like you were down the back of a cave around a corner.

[@FunkyMonkey-ip4xy]

For the price, about £350/€399 it seems to be vfm and seems quite versatile. Probably more of a home thing than anything else by it seems pretty decent.

[@GrimYak]

Id probably take the Mooer Ge200 for 299

[@michaelperry2446]

You want to sell that to me???????

[@markclarke6428]

Not hearing good dirt. Sounded fuzzy no bite and lush tone.

[@cathaldalymusic]

Think I prefer the simplicity of the Mooer GE200

[@TheSaintedOne]

Imagine how much better this would sound if you had a functional pinky.

[@DonaHannah-x8k]

Hope the rest of the world. Dont think all Australians play like that.

[@intheblues]

Nice. Sentence. 😂

[@armandom28]

Lol....all the non clean amp tones sounded exactly the same....

[@intheblues]

Not really no. If you're listening on a phone maybe.

[@DizzyKrissi]

Hotone stuff is very well built but the sound does not impress me at all

[@ziggy8757]

is it only me or , all distorted sounds seem the same...all of them were muddy...

[@msh6865]

Noticed that as well but, it might be due to how Shane has his the eq set either on his guitar or in the Hotone Ampero itself.

[@jancreighton]

the patches - they all sound the same - a thin silicon drive/fuzz. Really not a good sound.

[@moesbarr]

Sounds horrible on the opening lead tone, jar of fuzzy wasps

[@jancreighton]

I agree - very silicon sounding, and not in a good way.

[@ludekkolenaty2209]

moesbarr getlemen you should try it, don’ t trust KZbin sound. Ampero definitely sounds very very good. If you accept Helix as good sounding unit, you’ ll be pleasantly surprised😊

[@Pocholo80]

Take lessons