LA Studio Style Rack Head? YES PLEASE!!! ZUTA LA25 MKII

ZUTA LA25 MKIIt:
zutagroup.com/products/zuta-c2
Big Hairy Guitars Cabinet Impulse Response:
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Shabat Guitars:
shabatguitars.com
Demo Song: Written by Shane Drasin, Bass & Drums by Shane Drasin. Thanks Shane! Love this tune!
Hi, my name is Michael Nielsen. I'm a composer/producer. I write music for movie trailers, video game soundtracks, commercials, movies and tv shows. This channel is dedicated to guitar related gear and music production. My production and publishing company is called Ninja Tracks. My guitar sound design is available for Kemper, TwoNotes, THU Overloud, IK ToneX, and IR's.
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00:00 ZUTA LA25 MKII
03:25 Amp Features
06:33 Channel 2
11:16 Plexi Mode
13:33 Channel 3
15:19 2290 FX Loop
16:13 Channel 1
17:10 EQ Turning
18:18 DI / Reamp
19:10 VRT MIC Output
20:47 Wrap Up

[@ShaneDrasin]

❤❤❤

[@BigHairyGuitars]

Great tune your wrote Shane! Thanks for letting me have a go at it! 🤘❤

[@chris.bradshaw]

Absolute banger of an intro tune! I'd buy an album of that stuff

[@nothing55rk]

That opening song was awesome! You've playing has gotten really smooth and note choice was beautiful sir!!

[@BigHairyGuitars]

Thank you so much! I keep working on it!

[@abrackas1]

Getting Satch Super Colossal vibes from opening track. Sounds great!

[@TeleCustom72]

This is the best tone you've got EVER.

[@tone-talk]

Intro song again is insanely good! Michael you are supremely talented my friend.

[@davidgray8796]

That intro is fire! Should be on your album.

[@bigdavedave9865]

Absolutely fantastic intro tune, my favourite of yours so far 🤘🤘

[@tho-mas83]

Wow...that opening song is absolutly awesome! very inspiring playing! love it

[@rocgod]

Love seeing more people showing Zuta some love. Baskim is a sweetheart and really cares about the quality of the product.

[@thepasserbyclub]

Tasty chops as always! Happy New Year and thank you for all the rad big hairy content!

[@braxal6983]

I bought my Mesa Boogie Mark III in 1987 in the rack version. I still have it today. I am the original owner.

[@alexlewis8468]

Holy crap! If Satriani is your bag then, the intro just sold you this amp! Great stuff dude

[@MoreMeRecording]

Another great demo, Mike. First music I've heard in 2024! haha - I crashed before the bell rang last night :)

[@TavaresProject]

Great song and perfect note choice!!!

[@sessionsolos]

Sounds great, your playing is off the charts as always - that makes it sound really great. Happy New Year, friend!

[@BigHairyGuitars]

HI!!!! Happy New Year!!! Cheers to a great 2024!

[@user-sj7nw3mw5p]

Always a great song with great playing! Thanks a lot

[@BigHairyGuitars]

Thank you!

[@TomTom-ov5oe]

Luke`s tone, Michael, great !

[@Gorbyrev]

Tasty tasty playing Mike, as ever. Happy new year and thanks for all the great content. I don't have the folding for a Tyler Dann Huff Studio HD but after your demo I dropped in three series/split/parallel switches in my HSH Nitefly and have been having fun with the smorgasbord of new tones from my Duncan Parallel Axis pups. I think Dann would have enjoyed this Zuta head back in the day. I'm getting Silver Jubilee era Satch vibes from the tone. Thanks for the inspiration.

[@BigHairyGuitars]

Awesome! those pickup switches add so many sonic colors! Glad that worked out! I'm hearing the Zuta in a similar way, it has an upper mid emphasis that cuts like a Silver Jub type amp.

[@NikolajChristensen]

Insane lines. Fantastic stuff Michael.

[@BigHairyGuitars]

DUDE! Thanks!!!!

[@MrPrincebass99]

Great tone from the amp, and especially the Shabat!

[@BigHairyGuitars]

Thanks! I'm SO at home with those guitars!

[@jimmcdougall9973]

Love that intro! The tweak ability of this amp is nice. As for reamping, well I think we have all found ways of doing it with what we have, for many years. So at the price point, it’s not for everyone and doesn’t do enough to warrant GAS. Still, great demo!

[@BigHairyGuitars]

Hi Jim! Thanks!

[@SeanAsheOfficial]

This song rules, and woah.. the tone!

[@martinfrank382]

as always Michael...SO tasty playing (and writing)...bravo Mr Nielsen!

[@jasonsapp792]

Right?! Man I need to practice a whole bunch more

[@BigHairyGuitars]

Thanks guys!!! 🙏

[@nickcarrato9309]

Great intro song!!!!

[@srhatfield]

12:50 That's a super cool sound, and some super cool licks! Nice job Mike! Happy New Year!

[@BigHairyGuitars]

Thanks!!! Happy new year!

[@srhatfield]

Do you think you could make a comparison video between the Shabat and Suhr guitars for us? I would love to hear what you think are the biggest differentiators and which you personally prefer...@@BigHairyGuitars

[@metaltheater1239]

That intro🤘🤘

[@jimsimmons2674]

Your intro song reminded me of a Satch style and tone,i really liked it!

[@edwardgrassel872]

The light switching thing was low key my favorite thing on my Bogner Atma

[@trevorstine5732]

This intro song is sick man!

[@BigHairyGuitars]

Thanks Trevor!

[@alexandargabric]

Sounds really awesome! Would be great if you made Kemper profiles of this thingy 😁

[@wolvesandguitars]

New Years Jams!!!!!

[@ZachWish]

Ripping as always man!

[@BigHairyGuitars]

Thanks Zach!!!

[@SnappyJCM800]

Dig the intro song. I was getting some satriani kinda vibes off of it🤘

[@SinjaEs]

cool, just affordable 2,700$ 😂🙈..i think i would have a closer look into the laney, mark DC and synergy rack heads instead if you really need this kind of rackmount stuff for whatever reason, hughes&kettenr have a rackmount kid for their lunchbox heads by the way.. cheers 🎸🎸

[@BigHairyGuitars]

Yeah, I never said, "affordable" 🤣. But it's like guitars. a $7000 PRS isn't that much different than a $500 PRS. BUT, if the feature set, and looks and exclusivity resonate with a player, and bring them joy and inspiration, it's worth every penny.

[@The_Bass_Stunters]

For those wondering it’s about 3K USD. MSRP.

[@user-vl8mg2fs2s]

Amp sounds great! Hope to see more rack amp/pres in the coming years. Whoa, is your 2290 freaking out lol?

[@BigHairyGuitars]

Ha! Thanks. I didn't realize that the screen doesn't video nicely. Those old screens like Triaxis and 2290 get a weird flicker when on video. In person, it's stable.

[@gravyblue]

Happy new year Mikey

[@BigHairyGuitars]

Thanks gravy. Happy New Year to you too!

[@gravyblue]

@@BigHairyGuitars 🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟

[@adielelgi]

Shabat guitars... Wow❤❤❤

[@BigHairyGuitars]

YES! They're great! 💙

[@adielelgi]

@@BigHairyGuitars I just got my first HSS, And I'm about to get my second.. Lion delux.. can you please tell me what are the pickups that u have on your Floyd rose lion ?

[@DoubleDguitar]

Sick jam track, bruh

[@BigHairyGuitars]

THANKS!

[@Locoandchooch]

I really like the lead tone at the beginning. Did you mic a cab or is it your cab sim?

[@MercutioUK2006]

Got Pete Thorn problems here - EVERYTHING you touch sounds killer. Man, technology has come a long way.......

[@BigHairyGuitars]

🙏Thank you! To be honest, if something isn't good, I'd rather just send it back. Most things I've run across sound pretty darn good these days. This amp took me a while to unlock it's sonic glory for what I was looking for, but then it just clicked, and I really enjoyed it and found it inspiring.

[@MercutioUK2006]

@@BigHairyGuitars That genuinely comes across in the playing....and the stank faces :) Happy New Year dude.

[@dalepiwek]

Cool guitar

[@BigHairyGuitars]

Thanks!!!!

[@danielconrad764]

Nielsen youre ruining me. In the last 6 months ive bought a pcm70, spx90, red seven line mixer, dbx 160x, a fulltone TERC... and just when i thought i cured my GAS you post a video like this!

[@BigHairyGuitars]

Ohhhhhhh nice! WOW! You've got a killer rig going. 😇

[@wakjob961]

Neato. Reminds me of the Lexicon 284.

[@BigHairyGuitars]

OH, a friend just picked up on of those Lexicon amps. Looking forward to trying it out.

[@The_Bass_Stunters]

My man!!! What in the holy baked flamed maple neck!!? Sick ass guitar brother !! Where can I get mine?

[@BigHairyGuitars]

Thanks. The guitars are made by Shabat. They build super high quality guitars that also have great sonic vibes

[@notasilicaanimus]

This is the company that made the Bogner Ecstasy 25's, right?

[@BigHairyGuitars]

I think so. There’s a connection somewhere, but I don’t know the story.

[@RipVDub]

Back to the late 80s with the rack mount head! Get Bradshaw on the phone...

[@worldwarmini3919]

Open could be a zero negative feedback setting. I prefer open as well.

[@mars6433]

R2 R2 R2 !!!!

[@zoombapup]

Now that... isn't going to be cheap :)

[@BigHairyGuitars]

🙈🙉🙊

[@ianmacneil556]

It's cool, and has some nice features.....there are a lit if these amps out now. My only "issue" is the 6V6/EL84 power.....I have always used amps that are 6L6 or EL34. I guess the desigbs are getting better....

[@BigHairyGuitars]

The plexi mode really benefits from the lower wattage EL84's (in my opinion), because you can get the volume up and cranking. Sounds GREAT in plexi mode.

[@ianmacneil556]

@@BigHairyGuitars Yeah, I think that the amp gurus have figured out how to get "more" out of the 6V6/EL84 that was missing years ago. Love the rack format on this one....and sick playing as always! :)

[@CheIgevara]

check the GBG120

[@MFKR696]

How's the tuning stability been with that flamed-maple neck? In my experience, highly figured woods are pretty unstable.

[@BigHairyGuitars]

This has been spot on. super stable

[@MFKR696]

@@BigHairyGuitars Good to hear.

[@Robstafarian]

This reminds me that I need to figure out an affordable reamping solution for demonstrating guitars into multiple Synergy modules without spending weeks recording takes. I figure I can run the guitars through my Radial BigShot ABY into my Focusrite interface, using the direct output for the interface and the transformer output to my SYN-30 for some live feedback, but I need to know whether the Walrus Audio Canvas is a suitable substitute for the old, reliable Radial Reamp JCR.

[@BigHairyGuitars]

The Canvas is more designed to go the other direction. Taking a low level and lifting it to a balanced signal to a mixer or converter interface. I wouldn’t recommend it for a reamper. Radial makes great products for that.

[@Robstafarian]

@@BigHairyGuitars I think Walrus Audio's naming scheme might have caused some confusion: I meant the Walrus Audio Canvas Re-Amp, not the Walrus Audio Canvas Line Isolater/DI. Thanks for responding!

[@lucamoqi]

I own the Triax by Zuta and man, it's become my fave boost ever, it makes every amp sound better

[@BigHairyGuitars]

Niiiice! They sent me one to check out. Can’t wait to plug it in!

[@BobbyDoesMusic]

Man, instant 90s Satriani vibes.

[@BigHairyGuitars]

Yes! A friend of mine wrote the melody. We’re both Satriani fans 🤘

[@marinotomas]

Amazing intro song, as always. The price is too high😢. My Laney IRT Studio rack preamp + amp seems to be a better option.

[@BigHairyGuitars]

Thanks! Price IS up there. I think it's partly the small boutique company, and it IS also super build quality.

[@andrewraharjo]

Nice your TC2290 is restored

[@BigHairyGuitars]

YES! It's back in action! :)

[@MotoRiff77]

WE NEED MORE RACK AMPS!

[@BigHairyGuitars]

Yes!!!!

[@mehawinct]

Wow! What an intro jam... Initially, if I closed my eyes, I was hearing Joe Satriani, then in the break-down, some Eric Johnson, out of the break-down, some Steve Vai and them more Satch (with some bluesy Satch at the very end)... Effing Brilliant! Love your stuff in general (especially the hair-metal stuff... ) and this was KILLER.

[@kesamek8537]

If this was a pre-amp only with a bonus post FX gain tube for phase inverter simulation purposes and $450 then I would buy two.

[@BigHairyGuitars]

Yeah, it might be time for people to start making some preamps again. 👍

[@idanramos1942]

Slo x88 IR is coming!

[@dwightnicholson2647]

Throaty !

[@RichardLainegard]

Have both the MKI and MKII in my studio, fantastic amps (also have demos of both heads on my channel if you’re in the mood 😊)

[@BigHairyGuitars]

Oh! I totally watched your video to help learn the controls! Great video Richard! kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4GoaGSpg7aJgacsi=H8wlGdXvv8EmlypJ

[@nigel7880]

Ever heard the Russian 6n14n El-84's that Dr. Z ships in the Z-Wreck? Same EL-84's Ken Fischer of Trainwreck lauded? They're awesome, cheap, and last forever! NO -E/-EV suffix either! 6n14n only.

[@BigHairyGuitars]

I have not. Thanks for the tip!

[@aristocaster]

Still best product videos on interrail. (European joke of internet)

[@BigHairyGuitars]

Haha! Thank you!!

[@Mikey__R]

I'm going to go ahead and say, guitar cables should all be balanced XLRs.

[@BigHairyGuitars]

from guitar to amp?

[@mars6433]

$2500 meh

[@salahbaker4089]

Someone been listening to Joe this week?

[@BigHairyGuitars]

This week… it was probably the previous 30 years that really made the impact 😂

[@salahbaker4089]

@@BigHairyGuitars Thats a given, but that intro bit was the first I've heard you really lean into it. Well done.

[@BigHairyGuitars]

@@salahbaker4089 thanks 🙏

[@JInfinity7]

Of course it sounds great...but I would never be happy with it. Bc it's not the GBG120

[@BigHairyGuitars]

Ya might be right. The 120 is straight up fantastico!

[@JInfinity7]

@@BigHairyGuitars having a hard time deciding between the GBG, the Uber Ultra, the Lichtlaerm Prometheus, and the NRG Nuclides for my next amp.

[@Skoora]

Not sure why they bother with such a substandard sounding analog IR set up. Money and resources towards a feature that no one is going to use and go “yeah, that’s the ticket”. Digital IR’s are just too prevalent and available, with a much better result.

[@BigHairyGuitars]

I agree. IMO Analog cab is always less good than IR's. However, there are people out there who like analog cab sim. I think partly because of the zero latency introduced. But... I'm with you, I'd take an IR for sure.

[@Skoora]

@@BigHairyGuitars it’s a nice sounding amp. I’ve owned Ecstasy’s before but never explored plexi mode much. Do Bogner’s react the same way to goosing the Master as this did for plexi mode? I see this company looks like it had a design hand in with either the Atma or Ecstasy 25? People on here complaining about price but it’s European, not Asian made (cost perspective, not quality perspective) and plenty of folks charging more for what is basically a Vox or Fender combo with 4 knobs.

[@BigHairyGuitars]

@@SkooraI know there was a Bogner crossover at some point, but I don't really know the story there. The Bogner Plexi mode works similarly. But it's hard to get the 100w up to volume to really get the amp cooking. The Bogner 35w dont' have a plexi mode, but you can crank the clean channel, and it sorta does the same thing as well.

[@Turbo-D]

the price is just a deal breaker here again, this is very disappointing as the design is really interesting 😏

[@BigHairyGuitars]

I think it would be hard for a small European company to get a product of this quality out for much less. It's a hard gig to be an amp builder these days.

[@nicholastotoro7721]

It's the same as "boutique" UHD makers like Severin, Vinegar Syndrome and others... such a relatively small niche that they can't offer it for less.

[@MoreMeRecording]

LOL...Nows look at what a Milkman 15w 1x combo costs! I get why small boutique companies have to charge such a premium to keep the lights on myself, but ya, too spendy for my blood

[@Turbo-D]

@@MoreMeRecording yeah or in other words..just too pricey 🤣🙏

[@1LouderSound]

⁠​⁠@@BigHairyGuitarsI wish Fryette would reissue the GP3 Valvulator Preamp. I used to have one paired with the 2/50/2 power amp and regret selling that rig. 3-channel preamp with a 5-band graphic EQ and a bunch of MIDI assignable features. That was the most versatile amp I owned, and I paid $2,000 total for both on Musician’s Friend.

[@internetselling]

Aglet…

[@NitroModelsAndComics]

2,800.00 for a 25 watt head? Yikes!

[@grtxyz4358]

What do price and wattage have to do with each other? Just a preamp could even be more expensive…

[@ronjinks8932]

Another hybrid trying to emulate the real thing (a tube amp) for more money than it will ever be worth ...

[@BigHairyGuitars]

What are you seeing as hybrid? I don’t understand. 🤷🏻‍♂️ This is a full tube amp.

[@BigLenny.]

price is just ridiculous. over. 🥱