Marshall SV20H Jimi Hendrix Tones

I got a little carried away with this one and just sort of jammed out for a while, but hopefully I was able to show that you can do Hendrix tones very easily with this amp.
I used the SV20H at 16 ohms with the stock EL34s this time to give it more headroom. Run into the Fryette Power Station and for the first time in my life I used an impulse response, specifically the #getgooddrums zilla edition. Also used the Sunset Sound Studio Reverb from IK Multimedia for some slight reverb.
Pedals were the
#Vox V847A
#Dunlop Octavio and Band of Gypsys Fuzz Face
#Fulltone Deja-Vibe Mini
Backing track was stolen from • Jimi Hendrix- Machine ...

[@mtitus27]

It's honestly silly how good the SV20 sounds, fantastic job.

[@anthonyjwilkerson]

@mtitus27 thanks!

[@odgeUK]

Blimey, I honestly thought this track was actually a Snippet of Hendrix, as an example!

[@garybratton7756]

Goooooood laaaawd! Most of the time it just doesn’t take much imagination to think that this is really Jimi playing…

[@anthonyjwilkerson]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@nbl95]

Dude this is so spot on, that I thought this WAS Hendrix for a minute lol

[@anthonyjwilkerson]

That means a lot, thank you

[@bgingras05]

I can't get enough of this! Recently bought a SV20H, great playing!!!

[@anthonyjwilkerson]

Thanks! Hope you enjoy it, it's a great amp

[@eddiesigerexperience9803]

Great playing man, you got the tone down, but more importantly you got the style of playing down. Awesome work!

[@anthonyjwilkerson]

Thanks man Jimi was a huge influence!

[@ZacharyProctor-e6n]

Sounds exactly like Hendrix, well done

[@champabay7249]

That sounds fantastic man great playing

[@pontus268]

Awesome playing! 🤘 Makes me wanna get a SV20. Sounds great using a strat

[@anthonyjwilkerson]

Thanks!

[@stephanegirard1126]

WOW ! Perfect Hendrix Vibe and tone !

[@anthonyjwilkerson]

Thanks!

[@stephanegirard1126]

do you run your amp with a physical cab or by computer software

[@anthonyjwilkerson]

@@stephanegirard1126 it depends. Sometimes I play a cabinet like in some of my other videos. This was cabinet IR.

[@highgear1]

Absolut Fantastic feel, tone and playing …

[@MrUmandMrEr]

Jimi is reborn! Excellent.

[@totc6196]

Smoking 💨 only if we could figure out the 2 minute sustain without a sustainiac must be sheer volume sounds killer man!

[@shaneduffy4209]

Amazing playing, just bought myself an SV20h & 212 recently. Looking to try and get somewhere near your tone with my Strat, Pedal Pawn Fuzz & Gypsy Vibe. Keep up the great work!

[@AlfimAlves]

You could do so many of these jams with all kinds of Hendrix songs and I’ll be here jamming to every one of of them. Make sure you video it next time or no one believes it’s you lol

[@anthonyjwilkerson]

Yeah I know. I recorded the audio no thinking I would make it a video. Thanks for checking it out though

[@digitalchris6681]

Tasty. More please: how about improvising over every one of his (early) repertoire!

[@GuitarGnostic]

This is amazing. Thanks for sharing with us!

[@anthonyjwilkerson]

Thanks for stopping by

[@andrewfurner7321]

This is insane, wtf!?

[@anthonyjwilkerson]

Thanks man. Glad people are enjoying it!

[@jeffreym4273]

Amazing...thought it was JH

[@anthonyjwilkerson]

Thanks!

[@iniziodelrumore]

Just subscribed! Awesome playing, man. Incredible 😱

[@anthonyjwilkerson]

Thanks for the sub!

[@donpritt5160]

I like!!! now I'm jones'n for the SV20H!! 🤘

[@kenaiello4851]

Sounds great man! great amps .

[@jaxta2]

That sounds brilliant. As others have said it really does sound exactly like Jimi. Can I ask you what speakers you were playing through?

[@anthonyjwilkerson]

@jaxta2 it was a cabinet IR. GGD Zilla edition

[@jaxta2]

@@anthonyjwilkerson Thanks vey much - sounded great!

[@richcharvel7162]

I feel like I'm at the Fillmore East on New Year's Eve ready to spark one up. Great job! Randy Hansen has nothing on you.

[@anthonyjwilkerson]

Thanks so much I appreciate the compliment but Randy Hansen is the best to ever do it in my opinion. He transcends being a tribute artist. He’s so passionate about doing justice to the legacy of Hendrix, it’s so inspiring. That being said thanks you and enjoy and spark one up for me ;)

[@richcharvel7162]

@@anthonyjwilkerson ...Will do! And no disrespect to Randy..he's great too.

[@crazyfrets07]

You rip! 🤘

[@user-jz8fv8du8p]

youre a GENUIS ! I would DIE A HAPPY MAN IF I COULD PLAY THIS GOOD! This is the best Hendrix cover I have heard since 2009 on KZbin. I would pay you for guitar lessons. How did you learn to play this well? TEACH ME! What did you do to get this good? You deserve millions of views!

[@anthonyjwilkerson]

I really appreciate the feedback. Man, I wish I had had an answer, I just love Jimi and just try my best to emulate what I'm hearing I suppose. Thanks for checking it out!

[@user-jz8fv8du8p]

@@anthonyjwilkerson Ok I need advice. Im buying an amp at the end of the month. Would you recommend the SV20H for Hendrix tones and can I play it at bedroom levels ? Does is require an attenuator and how does this amp compare to the PRS HDRX 20 (Hendrix inspired amp) ? Wish me luck. Im getting back into by guitar playing. Hopefully I will be as good as you !

[@anthonyjwilkerson]

@user-jz8fv8du8p you definitely need an attenuator. It's very loud. This is a great amp for Hendrix tones but personally if you want something that will do Hendrix tones and be more affordable and easier to control the volume on, the Vox AC15C1 is the answer. You could buy two of them for the price of this amp.

[@anthonyjwilkerson]

@user-jz8fv8du8p also the HDRX isn't worth the money in my opinion. Honestly would go with the Vox. I'll do a demo of one of those soon, but if you check my Tru-Fi demo on my channel that's with a Vox. If money is not an object obviously the SV20 and the Fryette Powerstation.

[@user-jz8fv8du8p]

@@anthonyjwilkerson Hi Anthony, I purchased the SV20H. What amp settings did you use here and what setting would you recommend for Jimi tones??

[@mazen2928]

You are crazy 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@gerrydaly5409]

That tone is really amazing, do you mind if I ask- what cab did you use in the software?

[@anthonyjwilkerson]

I can't remember but I think the speaker sim I used was an Alnico Cream

[@gerrydaly5409]

@@anthonyjwilkerson thanks a lot- you should really do some more Hendrix covers as you can totally nail his playing style

[@MidnightStorm4990]

Gotta do foxey lady or purple haze hahaha this was great. Im thinking of getting this amp to play stuff like The Stooges, Blue Cheer MC5 you know ones who also were pretty big with the marshalls you think enough playing around i can try get similar tones? Im quite new to the tube amp and amp world 😅😅

[@zippster24a11]

Great playing and awesome tone. How did you have the sv20 set? Also what were settings on your pedals?

[@anthonyjwilkerson]

I don't remember exactly, but it was something like all knobs around three or four O' Clock with the presence down to like 9 or 10 o Clock. Channels were jumpered from High 1 to Low 2 and in plugged in to high 2. Wah>Octavio>Fuzz Face>Vibe>Amp BOG Fuzz Face 3 o'clock on bktj knobs Deja Vibe was Volume at 3 o'clock, intensity maxed and rate at 9 or o'clock or so.

[@zippster24a11]

Thanks! I’m going to try these settings!

[@anthonyjwilkerson]

@@zippster24a11 👌 results may vary depending on pickups and guitar, but this should be close enough to get you in range. I stole them from Randy Hansen 😆

[@craigfrancis5062]

@@anthonyjwilkersonloving the tones Jim 👌 what do you mean bktj knobs on the fuzz face? What kind of reverb are you using too? Hats off man it is as close as you get!

[@anthonyjwilkerson]

@@craigfrancis5062 typo. Meant to say “both” knobs

[@Alex-ve3it]

This sounds awesome dude! What did you have the tone knobs set to?

[@anthonyjwilkerson]

On the guitar or the amp? Guitar was wide open amp settings were like everything at 2 o' Clock, volume 1 at 11 o clock, volume 2 at 3 o clock or so. Jumpered high 1 to low 2, plugged into high 2.

[@Alex-ve3it]

@@anthonyjwilkerson thank you so much dude that answers my question

[@retrolee]

Sweet !!

[@BobFridzema]

Killer…! Is the impulse response massively effecting the sound of the amp?

[@anthonyjwilkerson]

Nah, it sounds pretty much the same even when I'm using my Marshall cabinet, which is what I typically use. I'll do a mic vs IR version at some point.

[@BobFridzema]

@@anthonyjwilkerson good to know. Best Hendrix tone I’ve heard in a long time. Getting me one of these amps. And great playing of course!

[@anthonyjwilkerson]

@BobFridzema thanks man! They're great amps. Very loud gigable 20watts. Pair it with a 4x12 cab if you can because it lacks a little bass. Other than it's perfect.

[@BobFridzema]

@@anthonyjwilkersongreat to hear thanks. Might hit you up for your settings here

[@anthonyjwilkerson]

@@BobFridzema I think the settings are in the comments somewhere

[@JR-rk3hs]

hey! do you usually keep the fuzz on? or is it largely off until you hit the crazy stuff? also how did you get into the hendrix mindstate to solo in this style? where did you learn to be so free and hendrixy in your solo style? I MUST KNOW!!

[@anthonyjwilkerson]

So in this case and for most of this era of Hendrix I turn the fuzz on just when you hear it basically. Basically just the lead work. It's just the nature of this particular type of fuzz, which is the Band Of Gypsys Fuzz Face. When I use a regular Fuzz Face for the older Hendrix material I will sometimes leave it on with the guitar volume down. As for how I learned to play like this, I'm not really sure. I kind of felt like I didn't really play that well but people seem to really dig it. I would say my main "Jimi" inspirations would be Randy Hansen, a KZbinr called The Vibratory, Robin Trower, Eric Gales, and Uli Jon Roth. I appreciate you stopping by and leaving a comment.

[@JR-rk3hs]

@@anthonyjwilkerson thanks so much for the response i dream to play like you

[@anthonyjwilkerson]

@JR-rk3hs thanks man! Your probably better than me I don't even know what I'm doing lol

[@echoess79]

More HENDRİX pleaseeeee !!!!!!!!!!!

[@weavdogg]

Awesome stuff. Been wanting one of these. How do you go with the volune?

[@anthonyjwilkerson]

Do you mean the positions of volumes or taming how loud the amp is?

[@weavdogg]

@@anthonyjwilkerson taming the loudness

[@anthonyjwilkerson]

@@weavdogg right now I'm using a Fryette Power Station to cut the volume down.

[@fmatzembacher]

Hi, congrats on your great tone! I have a SV20 and a Deja Vibe Mini but cannot get any closer of that wobble. Did you have changed some of the sets in the internal trimpots of the fulltone deja vibe or its the standard settings and just tweaking the knobs?

[@anthonyjwilkerson]

I haven't changed the trim pots at all. Do you have a few pedals after the vibe?

[@fmatzembacher]

@@anthonyjwilkerson yes, my signal chain is guitar > vibe > fuzz > delay > amp

[@anthonyjwilkerson]

@fmatzembacher so the secret to the Jimi thing is that he always used fuzz before the vibe. Vibe was the last thing in his chain. My vibe loses a lot of that swirl if there are too many tone sucking pedals behind it. So let me explain a bit further. If you run the Vibe>Distortion/Fuzz typically that's always gonna sound good, it's when you turn the distortion off that you run in to the seeming "lack of vibe". I've done a lot of experimenting with this. So my long winded suggestion is either minimize the pedals and run it the Jimi way, last, or get a good buffer to stick at the end of your chain and it will help give that swirl back. If you have like a boss pedal laying around stick it at the end of your chain just to use as a buffer and see if that helps. Sometimes tone can be like describing a color. Not as easy as you think lol

[@fmatzembacher]

@@anthonyjwilkerson Tks so much. I do have a boss pedal (BD-2) after the vibe so that’s probably what’s making the swirl gonna away. I’ll try your suggestion and see the difference. Cheers!

[@anthonyjwilkerson]

@fmatzembacher actually that should help it since it's buffered. I know when I comes to my vibe, it was a lot more subtle than I originally thought it would be. Try setting the rate a bit higher. Also I always set the volume at 3 o clock and the intensity at max

[@andrewjeff]

I’ve same amp and Sunset Studio Reverb. What Zilla cab do you use? And how do you set the reverb? Fantastic, it’s seems a real bootleg🎉

[@anthonyjwilkerson]

Man I honestly can't remember how I set but it was subtle.

[@bodhisattva121]

what are the amp settings?

[@anthonyjwilkerson]

I think all the controls were on 3 O' Clock except the high treble volume which was on 9 O' Clock. Jumper the channels from High 2 to Low 1 and plug into High 1. Or do the reverse of that if you want a little bit more low end.

[@josephmurphy1944]

Sounds incredible! Would love to know if you have any experience with some of the cheaper attenuators out there. I'm seriously tempted to get an sv20h but cant justify it when the fryette power station more than doubles the total...

[@anthonyjwilkerson]

Thanks! Sorry I haven’t ever really used anything else. I tried a passive attenuator in the loop but it just doesn’t work correctly. The Fryette is the only thing I’ve found that really does the job for this kind of amp. It’s hard to justify but when you think about the ability to play just about any amp at any volume with it on any can, plus run IR from it or even use it as a power amp for a preamp pedal, it really is hard to beat. It’s very pricy though. To me it’s worth the extra money. I use it for almost all of my amps now.

[@josephmurphy1944]

​@@anthonyjwilkerson thanks for the response! Have to agree, it seems the Fryette is definitely the best tool for the job. However I don't really see myself ever needing most of the extra features, just the attenuation. I've seen some positive reviews for the Ironman 2 mini, it might do the trick at a cheaper price, although I'm not sure if it will "preserve" the tone anywhere near as well as the Fryette when the attenuation is significant. By the way the playing in these videos is fantastic, really enjoyed this and would love to hear more from you on this amp!

[@anthonyjwilkerson]

@@josephmurphy1944 fuzz face shoot out will be the next video! Stay tuned!

[@crosbycofod5052]

Would you elect for the tru-fi fuzz or this one? Is this the mini? Sounds great!

[@anthonyjwilkerson]

Well they are both very different pedals. The Dunlop BOG Fuzz Face is not an actual fuzz face circuit. It's just what Dunlop calls it. It's allegedly an Octavio circuit with the octave removed. It was inspired and or copied from the red fuzz face with white knobs Hendrix used later in his career (1970). The Tru-Fi Two Face is more of a traditional Fuzz Face circuit with some added features. It has an input gain control pot which helps alleviate some of the oscillation caused by putting a wah in front of it. It also houses both Silicon (BC108) and Germanium (AC128) transistors in the same housing, allowing for different eras of the fuzz face circuit in one pedal. Also there is a bias knob which shapes the tonal character of the fuzz on the Germanium side. The one used in this video is indeed the Dunlop Mini BOG. Personally I really like the Dunlop Minis and I have them all. The Tru-Fi is awesome too, if just for the convenience of having Germanium/Silicon on a switch. You could probably get two Mini Dunlops for the price of one Tru-Fi, but the BOG version is it's own thing. I apologize for the length of my answer but I'm pretty passionate about Fuzz Faces lol Perhaps my next video should be a Face Face shootout?

[@crosbycofod5052]

@@anthonyjwilkerson that'd be awesome and no thank you for going so in depth! Yea I'm looking at the dunlop mini mxr 108 cuz it seems to sound great lol

[@anthonyjwilkerson]

@@crosbycofod5052 my personal favorite is just the dark blue mini fuzz face. It's the first one I ever owned. You can't go wrong with the Mini 108 either. They're great too. 👍 also the the new mini hendrix one from dunlop has a germanium/Silicon switch too, so that could be an option as well.

[@leepreston5406]

@@anthonyjwilkerson I'd love to see a shootout, I've been thinking about the Tru-Fi but haven't bit the bullet just yet

[@jaimeramirezsolano685]

@@anthonyjwilkersongreat playing and tone 🔥🔥 and for sharing your knowledge and experience about the gear you play with. For those jimi tones do you recommend placing the fuzz in front of the univibe or the other way around?

[@mohamednouar3814]

Killer8

[@totc6196]

What pickups

[@anthonyjwilkerson]

It was a 75 hard tail Strat with an original neck pickup and the middle and bridge are Fender Pure Vintage 65s

[@totc6196]

@@anthonyjwilkersonwould you prefer these or the 69s?

[@anthonyjwilkerson]

@@totc6196 I’ve never used the 69s but I want a set. The Pure Vintage 65s are what Fender puts in the Hendrix production model they make.

[@alessandroromanello2055]

Amazing!

[@anthonyjwilkerson]

Thanks!