I Tried UA’s New 5150 Amp Pedal - Anti 1992 High Gain Amp

[@TaylorDanley]

You Can Get One Here! sweetwater.sjv.io/anJZ3N

[@altpath]

​@@nichmaus8705 you mean those brand new ones on Sweetwater for $899? Or the used ones for $500-700?

[@nichmaus8705]

Ok hear me out. 5150 pedal shootout vs the real thing. This the friedman, the evh, tonex, etc vs actual 5150.

[@caelenselke-minogue]

Yes, this is a great idea. I hope Taylor does this. I would definitely watch.

[@eduardolorandi3628]

Friedman has a 5150 pedal?

[@nichmaus8705]

@@eduardolorandi3628 the BE-OD is incredibly close

[@needsLITHIUM]

don't forget the TC Electronic V550

[@Bilsuburbians]

Yes. Nice idea. In my opinion : Uafx Anti VS TC 550 VS 5150 Overdrive VS AMT P2. Add it another if you have idea

[@philipandersen4406]

Definitely agree a shootout with a 5150 is absolutely necessary now. With all the modelers and plugins and pedals that emulate a 5150 a guy just wants them all so to save money i just went with a real 5150 in the end

[@jeffallen3382]

If only we had this type of gear 40 years ago when me & my friends started playing guitar. This new technology is crazy good!

[@TaylorDanley]

@@jeffallen3382 hard agree

[@floydhopkins7901]

We had solid state Peavy combos and d.o.d. grunge pedals, next generation had line6 spiders, this generation has it so good.

[@l8tapex]

how about the stuff we bought to get there until now? I gave or chunked some of the most desired pedals. I regret so much now.

[@jeffallen3382]

@@l8tapex yeah exactly!

[@keethor]

Would love to see this shot out with the boss IR 2, the TC electronic ampworx 550. don't want to drop money on a modeler when I just want 5150 tone.

[@ChristopherOrz]

I know it's not your question directly, but I have ampworx 550 and it slaps. My favourite 5150 sim out there compared with tons of other modelers!

[@zeronyne]

Kudos to you for calling out the importance of good user experience. I thought the cab sim recordings were overly bright. I'm listening through computer speakers, but I'm referring to the difference between the cab sim recordings and the warmth of the mic'ed cab. This was a great demo to watch.

[@jazzmasterbator]

Wow overdrive AND a recto cab built in… these guys really did this so well

[@jazzmasterbator]

This is easily the best 5150 amp in a box pedal I’ve heard so far. Blows the tc electronics one out of the waterrrrr

[@brrblack497]

I have the Dream 65, which is a good pedal platform. The other channels have failed to prove this pedals value. If anyone can, brother, it's you!

[@TaylorDanley]

I don't think I really did it justice. I had to cut out a huge portion of the video because I was using a prototype pedal I'm not ready to release yet 🤦‍♂️ Bigggg error on my part. I legitimately think about this pedal while I'm doing other things though. Like when I'm doing the dishes or editing videos, etc. Something about the analogness of the pedal, but then also that you can get in there and control stuff with the app really speaks to me.

[@brrblack497]

@TaylorDanley I'm darn near 60, I sure do hate digging through apps. Just give knobs and switches, I'm old and stuff.

[@bengirard1984]

Great demo! One thing I've noticed not many people talked about so far (that I find really nice and a deal breaker for me personally), is the ability to do 4 cables method. Except from the Victory preamp pedals line, I don't see many preamp pedals that offer that but I think it's a great advantage. You like your Marshall DSL100 (for example), but would like the hability to also switch to a 5150? This pedal can do it and it’s awesome. I really like that this pedal can also be used as extra channels to your base amplifier. I've always tought that more preamps pedals should have this feature.

[@mattsikes919]

Damn that pedal sounds good!! I'm a home player so that is a much better option than buying an actual head to get those tones. Definitely going on my wishlist.

[@lawndart188s]

That thing is impressive! Sounded killer even through YT and AirPods. Wow!

[@attrition0]

The other UA preamp pedals would give you an extra 3 cabinets after you've run the app and signed into some account (accessed by continuing to scroll through the cabinets, the cab light would switch to green). Any extra cabs on this model? I had a UA dream and got rid of it due to the need to use a mobile app to switch certain things and having access only to a 'live' pedal mode and one preset, which isn't really enough without needing to dial in variations between songs -- needing the app again. But the sounds are undeniable. Edit: Answered my own question: "3 Bonus Cabs For Moshpit Worthy Tone 2x12 cab with D65, 4x12 cab with C80, 4x12 Brown"

[@wheresallthezombies]

This thing sounds amazing. I just hate the idea of having to deal with my phone while I’m playing guitar. I’m always trying to get rid of my phone. lol. I wish EVH would make a two channel pedal like the Friedman be od deluxe. But also a pedal like the IR-x.

[@scottg8660]

They should've made it with an output for a power amp to a cab and one for the cab sim.

[@guitarguts666]

Sounds great, sux it doesn't have a loop for effects thou

[@27retrodaze]

Nice work, TD... Man, i know the PowerStage is solid state but (at least) with that pedal, it sounds amazing on this end... Im tube biased, but i am a huge fan of the Revv G4 pedal but i have to run it into a tube power section (mostly an Engl FB100) to really feel its greatness... But then its like, why not just use the Engl's preamp? That Anti pedal sounds incredible though...

[@TaylorDanley]

@@27retrodaze yeah so the reason I have tube and solid state power amps for demoing gear is because (like this pedal) some gear emulates the power section as well. This one does it and even has modifiers for it. So it makes a lot more sense using it with a clean SS poweramp. But then there are preamp pedals which only emulate the preamp circuit (most analog pedals for example), in that case they sound so much better and more dynamic with a tube power amp. Thanks for coming to my TED talk

[@donniejean]

I’m with ya on that, Ted.

[@davidgerlach1132]

IEEE - non-latching/compression actuator. (+) solid state /= vacuum tube (5150)

[@MrDonc78]

I think the TC pre is what one of the guitarists from meshuggah used.

[@qwasz123123]

Sounds great. I am just hesitant to buy based on things I have read on certain forums. Could be false info but I recall reading that if your pedal needs repairs the support is a nightmare and you can just consider your pedal bricked

[@TaylorDanley]

I would have no idea, this is the first one I've tried!

[@ERiCtheBuLL]

That X type is so sick. Suits ya well!

[@TaylorDanley]

@@ERiCtheBuLL thanks dude, it’s got big vibes for me rn

[@gunslinger80sguitars]

Sounds good. Will we ever see some Lee Jackson amps in pedal form. Damn I hope so🤞🏻

[@TaylorDanley]

@@gunslinger80sguitars I mean there’s all sorts of VH140c preamp pedals out there. But nothing that does it like this.

[@AnthonySkunkGreen]

Man that pedal sounded absolutely sick! Curious, if you were to make a ABY set up using this pedal and another one for clean to make a small go rig

[@TaylorDanley]

@@AnthonySkunkGreen you could do that. I think the pitfall with using multiple of these pedals is you start to get into more amp modeler price territory, and then it’s like “why not get a unit that does everything?”

[@Ottophil]

Get the friedman IRX, it can do both

[@FuzzImp]

Sounds real good. I likes it

[@TaylorDanley]

Dude it's so good. I wish more pedal builders did the full analog feel but then you connect to it with your app thing 😉

[@smallcorvid]

Doesn't sound too different from different pedals I've had to emulate it, not bad so it's at least a affordable or obtainable way for people to get that good sound without having to bend over backwards. Gud vid

[@user-jq4fz6co8b]

man, that comment about circling back to certain tones. For me it's gotta be the Rectifier with a parametric EQ in the chain to dial the kind of midrange I like. Your can hear the SLO bloodline in it if you set it a certain way, and outside of my Helix, the Rec was the easiest amp to I've ever tracked with....it just has all the right ingredients.

[@MISTAkEn64]

That’s cool that you can control from your phone but 5150 is still a really good bitchin amp and would highly recommend to anyone

[@TaylorDanley]

It is. That's why I own multiple variations of it! I really like this as a pedal version though. I'm a sucker for this though, and super biased towards UA and 5150's so take that with a grain of salt.

[@MISTAkEn64]

@@TaylorDanley that’s cool man but I want the line 6 and the orange amps that Jim root uses and I’ve tried the 5150 with the Marshall cab and it sounds hella good

[@mattvdh]

this is the third demo I've heard of this pedal and it sounds pretty fricken good I must say.

[@TaylorDanley]

I think it's awesome, but I'm super biased. 5150's and Universal Audio are both things I really like lol.

[@donniejean]

Soon. Hopefully, you’ll get REAL demos from a channel I’m starting. I mean obviously these are real demos, the issue is, they’re by bad ass players. So I go buy all of it because it sounds so kick ass. I think my pedal case must weigh like 200lbs lol. Oh and I always thought my units were defective because they didn’t come with a power supply so I never knew I needed one. Oh, so yeah that’s what sums it up. I have thousands and thousands in gear, and I can ALMOST play 4 chords. So it’ll be fun. Basically demos of badass gear, but by someone who breaks a string every time he tunes his guitar. I’ll have a discount link too where when you click on it, you won’t get anything really. Maybe a blank page, who knows. All sorts of fun!

[@icollided]

Sick! I have about $400 to blow on guitar stuff. I was originally thinking of buying an old used Axe Fx standard, but then I realized, why would I need all of those options if I would only ever model the same thing. I might as well just get that one model. This fits the bill!

[@jackbenson8228]

imho the 5150ii head is the one if you want a 100watt head but the spring reverb on the og 5150 60w combo is probably the crème de la crème imho 😊

[@jmaaybraak]

Digging the high end attack description there at about 8:10 lol

[@b6y8n]

Cool Awesome the P1505 LoL sounds Amazing good old sound of the 90s yeah 🤘

[@Anthoniexg]

Alright well now I need this pedal.

[@TaylorDanley]

Sorry champ, but it is pretty awesome at least 😂

[@Anthoniexg]

@@TaylorDanley it’s got it all!

[@user-ls4pg7mt2g]

Yup getting this for my board now

[@TaylorDanley]

@@user-ls4pg7mt2g 💪💪💪

[@Renato_Cara]

As a Pre amp it sounds outstanding. But the IRs aren't that great IMO. It also costs the price of an used 5150 BTW, do you have an IR of your Mesa with V30? Sounds killer with your mic.

[@Venemoth666]

Need it too 😂❤

[@JohnWiku]

Bro, let me break it to you, you can buy four pedals for the price of a used 5150 😂😂😂

[@Renato_Cara]

@@JohnWiku Not where I live.

[@craiglizt8074]

Pretty dang awesome. I’m impressed.

[@needsLITHIUM]

Do a video using an ABY to run a Lichtlaerm Medusa with a TS9 or SD-1 in the loop into one channel, and a precision into the other. That Duncan Power Stage is stereo, right? 😈

[@rf-lf2wj]

Sound killer..

[@trond-oien]

Why not just make it a 19" MIDI controllable rack unit? That would make it so much more versatile imo.

[@imakazero]

such a beautiful pedal.. man, the future is now!

[@angelesk9382]

So … your cab sounded better?? 🤔

[@josed5584]

Man, this is not looking good for my wallet, I was already looking into that one peavey 6505 1992.

[@Ronny1031]

That pedal sounds godlike. I'll take 30 of them

[@graemedixon6314]

Yeh but, how do you run a delay pedal with it...there's no effects loop.

[@johnnywicoff]

I imagine you could run a delay after it in your chain or before if you prefer front in delays?

[@littleskeets]

No one’s gonna point out how harsh and terrible the built-in cab sims sounded?

[@Waycooljr5]

@TaylorDanley James brown would want you to hook the pedal up to a boss katana and do a shoot out with a block letter . OK he probably doesn’t care, but I’m sure all of us do and by all of us I mean me.

[@TaylorDanley]

Dude I'm kicking myself for not doing it. I'm in between my new office and my home studio for shooting content rn, and the block letter is at the office. But I like this thing so much, I will probably do that in the future!

[@Waycooljr5]

@@TaylorDanley yeah brother you have to do that. You know this preamp thing is kind of becoming a big deal you know for 400 bucks you plug-in to the back of your whatever and I have a whole bunch of flavors.

[@Lavietto]

Damn you man, now I (wantneed) that awesome SD PS 700. :) I think I need the Anti as well!

[@TaylorDanley]

@@Lavietto sorry dude, they are both excellent though 😆

[@Crngiles34]

Using the classic 6/6/6 too!

[@smeemusic]

Hey Taylor thanks for doing this with the Mesa cab! I was convinced this thing was garbage from henning pauly’s video. Don’t get me wrong, he does fantastic content and I’m a huge fan. I just thought this product was a total miss. But putting this through your cab here shines a whole different light on this pedal. Yeah it does sound pretty damn good. Like way better than I was thinking. Still wish it had midi tho…. FIREFLY???

[@smeemusic]

Okay I just made it to the ir portion of the video. Yeah that’s what was bothering me in hennings video. Now tell me why on earth would the great and mighty Universal Audio put such terrible impulses on this pedal?! Wow they are bad.

[@TaylorDanley]

I don't know, I thought it was just me and user error maybe lol. But yeah that's why I always demo through a real cab. I don't like ONLY hearing IR's. And dude, we had a deal going for Firefly to send out a guitar and then he ghosted me! No idea what's going on there. If it doesn't happen soon, I'll put it in rotation on the I Tried The..... series.

[@smeemusic]

@@TaylorDanley I guess firefly thinks they are doing well enough… oh well I guess. Their loss.

[@ancientalien815]

Holy fuck!!! That pedal is SICK!

[@TaylorDanley]

I agree.

[@user-cf5tk6gw3v]

Great job 👍👏

[@acynecki]

sounds great

[@guitarrilho502]

No gain no pain

[@SuyashChaklan]

Hey Taylor. I wanted to ask something. So here in India, a Valeton GP200 JR costs around 382 dollars, and a Nux MG30 costs around 250 dollars. What do you personally think I should get, also taking in consideration the price difference here? It would be amazing if you could give your opinion. I have come to these two by watching your videos.

[@TaylorDanley]

Thanks for asking. TBH it's been a long time since I used either of them. I'm pretty sure I remember getting along with the GP200 a little more, but I did like the graphics on the MG30. I really think you'd be happy with either, so he price difference might be the biggest factor. My best advice is to look through the spec sheets and see which one has all the options you require!

[@SuyashChaklan]

@@TaylorDanley thank you so much Taylor. You're a really nice guy :)

[@djcode6983]

Oh no, The built in cabs don’t sound like that. I think something is wrong with your chain my guy. Way too harsh. I’ve heard this in person and the built in cabs sound glorious. I’m definitely picking one up. Sounds great through your cab though 🤘🏾

[@user-ls4pg7mt2g]

I think you should boost a 5150 with this pedal

[@idiotburns]

very DIMED out 8:30

[@user-qb6yy6xp9s]

question. is it ok to have two amps combined together? (amp modeler and real amp)? please reply thank you

[@UniversalAudio]

🤘

[@tobbebergman7583]

Universal Audios Amp Pedals - For SmartPhone Zombies ! Universal Audio forces users to use SmartPhones to access all controls ! I avoid them as the plague !

[@SamBrockmann]

Real amps gonna go the way of the dinosaur. 🔥🔥🎸🤘🤘

[@flame48622]

@@SamBrockmann That would be nice….but it’s the imperfections that lend towards better material….less generic more originality….Its a pain in the butt truth lol

[@SamBrockmann]

​@flame48622 , sounds like two things are going on here: 1) You have personal biases and those are turning you into an ID10T regarding this topic. 2) Because of those biases, you think your creativity and "originality" is better with a physical amp. You think that, without feeling the rumble of an overly loud physical amp in the room, you can't be creative or original. You think "imperfections" are inherently more creative and more original. Never mind that you can have that very easily with a pedal like this, a preamp, and a cab.

[@Bigjunk9999]

Is the signal flow analog or digital?

[@steven_uk]

The built in cabs sound terrible. It sounded much better through the Powerstage. Crazy that you can't use your own IR.

[@KillaFXZ]

Punch is good, unless it's Mike Tyson's or Jim Jones.

[@TaylorDanley]

@@KillaFXZ 😆😆😆

[@phenixreturns]

Funny to see every time "hey it's a great pedal, the best disto ever" no it can't be no tubes dude ! try a preamp pedal and you will never play with something else it's just marketing an illusion of big sound without any dynamic for great solo and warm-bright tone

[@Krigloch]

Keep telling myself I dont need this. (just bought a 5150 EL34 Iconic) Also use a Powerstage 200 with a few High Gain pedals, and the Tonex.

[@Superjet113]

You don't, that's a bunch kick ass gear you have now!

[@Krigloch]

@@Superjet113 True, it's just very cool that this pedal exists. The Tonex pedal is next level. Sounds unreal! I just REALLY wanted a tube amp. I'm set.

[@alexanderwald2046]

come on. we have captures of this amp in any modeller by now.

[@ariets]

I completely can not understand why do we need new devices like this

[@osamabinlaggin69]

Maybe as a cheaper hardware alternative to a 5150? Though you can absolutely get that tone with cheap plugins aswell.

[@ariets]

@@osamabinlaggin69 I can use any modeling processor and that's all

[@TaylorDanley]

Does anyone really need any new guitar gear? Probably not. But if no one made anything new then the industry would kind of suck, wouldn't it?

[@ariets]

@@TaylorDanley maybe you are right

[@Ottophil]

Money

[@richarddeeble09]

The cabs sound pretty poor for high gain - way too much harsh upper mid range. I know UA love their own speaker modeling but I think they could have done better choosing mic positions/mic choices

[@fredpastukh3460]

Sounds very digital!

[@DISSONVNT]

My issue with these and with everything marketed as a EVH style clone or emulation is, the market is so extremely oversaturated with the 5150/6505 sound man, especially in the metal scene and band settings. It's like when you're a kid and you eat the same thing for years till you get sick of it. I see the appeal this'll have for others, mainly from a price perspective, yet at the same time, personally, it feels like makers and builders have focused too much on the "tried n tested" formula that is the 5150/6505 sound instead of trying to go out of the box and make something new & exciting. It's a shame honestly, in particular when we're talking about big name companies that can very easily spend the money on R&D to really put out something unique. Probably the reason why boutique amp manufacturers catch my attention a lot more these days.

[@TaylorDanley]

@@DISSONVNT I don’t think I’ll ever get sick of the 5150 sound personally. I might take breaks from it, but I always come back. It’s true the market is oversaturated (for everything not just this), but that’s why it’s important to come up with new ideas and features to make things more fun, because at the end of the day, this is all supposed to be FUN

[@Superjet113]

ANTI 1992 or IR-X?

[@TaylorDanley]

For me, the Anti.. But they are such different things. The IR-X is a high voltage tube preamp pedal, this is all digital.

[@Superjet113]

@@TaylorDanley Thank you for your reply! Much appreciated!

[@tsalagi78]

🤘🏽🤘🏽

[@markjohnson2937]

seems like every youtube guitar channel always tries to push some new wonder petal all at the same time! . At least this dude doesn't always play the same chord progression or the same sweep lick in every video like some people. Having to sit through their playing before getting to the specifics is painful!

[@sethgross3904]

400 buuuuucks

[@katsumotoamaya6540]

🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

[@DanielDavis730]

Sounds no different to a jayo distortion pedal for $30

[@Augustofright]

it coasts as much as a used 6505... I don't see the point on buying it

[@bengirard1984]

@@Augustofright Normally I’d say you’d be totally right. There are also many other sims that do it, let’s be real, but the one thing that this pedal has imho that sets it apart from the rest is being able to do 4 cables method. For some reasons it’s been glossed over in reviews, but I think it’s actually the main appeal of this pedal, apart from sounding great of course (from what I’m hearing so far anyway). Being able to still use an amp that has a great clean, crunch and even distortion that is way different than the 5150 (Marshall, Orange and others) to then switch to this pedal and use it for a 5150 tone as extra channels to that amp is worth it imho.

[@BOATIE141]

Universal audio is hit or miss with their pedals, the only one I actually think is their best unit is the Astra Modulation Machine

[@TaylorDanley]

@@BOATIE141 I think this one’s a hit, I haven’t tried any others though 🤷‍♂️

[@caelenselke-minogue]

What do you mean by hit or miss? I thought Universal Audio made really good products...

[@TheChainsofAlice]

@@caelenselke-minogue its just his opinion, they do make really good products. Doesn't mean they are for everyone.

[@BOATIE141]

@@caelenselke-minogue they do, their audio products are top notch I was talking about their pedals

[@BOATIE141]

@@TheChainsofAlice no I meant more so their pedals I have a bunch of their audio equipment that I use

[@barryprosser1370]

Oh shit 666 likes😅😅😅

[@gotei6010]

taylor pls send me a guitar

[@jakobgeorgaudio]

This pedal sounds very digital and lifeless, I feel like their other pedals have more to offer. Maybe Im just not a 5150 guy 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@KaddysJamKave]

Meh

[@iancurrie8844]

It sounds quite terrible actually.

[@CharlieFader]

there's a crackling harshness to it. I wonder if the audio was clipping.

[@caelenselke-minogue]

Wtf no it doesn't. I mean, the cab sim has something to be desired, but using it normally it sounds killer? If you're using phone speakers or shitty earbuds then sure, but like...

[@iancurrie8844]

@@caelenselke-minogue I'm using both studio monitors and a really nice set of headphones. It has some terrible, terrible crackling and clipping. It sounds awful. What a piece of junk.

[@CharlieFader]

@@iancurrie8844 same here. But in some other videos it’s a lot smoother. So, I’m guessing this video has clipped audio levels.

[@iancurrie8844]

@@CharlieFader Maybe. It sounds even worse on the Anderton's video.

[@JohnnyForte]

Its a Digital Amp Sim Pedal....... same as every other digital 5150 amp sim..... boring.

[@theiranxican7412]

Its just too bad its lack of flexibility turns me off