Metal Zone Plus Two Notes C.A.B M

[@danieltravis5082]

Now THIS is a product I'm interested in! Thanks Phil!

[@davey_tones]

I got one of these about a month ago and I absolutely love it with headphones. Best practice rig I've had without bothering the whole house.

[@shorerocks]

I bought the Torpedo Live in 2012. That was before it was generally available, and I got the first delivery from the then distributor. Little did I know how this leap of faith paid out. I retired my silent cabs and all recording was done using the Torpedo. That is a big step for someone playing and recording tube amps for +35 years. It also sold me to profiling as digital tech. The original motivation was because I had super experience with IRs in Reverb plugins and units. So I thought that might work as a substitute for mic'd guitar cabs, too. Yeah, it does.

[@wilsonkok4754]

That pre amp with cab M setup is something I'd really love to use on my pedalboard when I play in church! Since we've always had issues controlling the volume of amps inside the building (it was always too loud or soft, rarely just right)

[@TwoNotestv]

It's perfect for that!

[@jefft275]

I bought one of these a few months ago to play into headphones and really like it. I plug an OD, distortion and chorus into it and use the amp simulation. I plug the outputs into a stereo delay and TC Electronic reverb and then into my mini-mixer in stereo and use the headphone out. The software to tweak the amp modeling is pretty cool and I've just scratched the surface of it. I was able to tweak an existing model more to my liking. I recommend upgrading the firmware because it seems to improve the sound of a few of the amp models.

[@michael.davides]

Those AKG headphones are great. I use them for recording or quiet practicing (and even music listening too). They are uber comfortable, light and can be worn for extended periods of time without pain or fatigue.

[@jimaronson2323]

Congratulations on 70M views. Well earned. I joined your channel after just watching a couple of videos. You give us guitar folk what we want to see and hear.

[@jarodreddig63]

I do about 90% of my playing unplugged. Eddie was that way too he had proclaimed. 70 mill 👌

[@strat-man-du8716]

Congratulations on the 70 million views Phil. Truly the best gear channel on youtube. Cheers🤘KYG🤘

[@PhillipMcKnight]

Thank you

[@JohnnyMegabyteCanada]

I got my Cab M over a year ago. Firmware update . My guitar recording tones are 100% spot on. Forget mic'ing cabs

[@TwoNotestv]

CAB M+ is where it's at!

[@JohnnyMegabyteCanada]

@@TwoNotestv #1 company on the radar for guitar products. Easy to use, integrates well with other products, amps and pedals. Merci beaucoup.

[@TwoNotestv]

@@JohnnyMegabyteCanada ❤

[@backlom]

Be sure to update the firmware on the cabM to get the pre amp and other extra features.

[@TwoNotestv]

I cannot support this message enough... if you like the CAB M, the CAB M+ will blow your mind... and it's a free update!

[@Gaoin86]

So happy for you hitting the 70 million views!

[@coffeerocker1429]

Exceptionally informative. I just bought the Cab M+ so great help. Thst preamp looks mighty fine too Phil! Next purchase.

[@jprosentreter]

I recently invested in the Captor...best piece of gear I have bought in a LONG LONG time!

[@TheBhannah]

all of the sounds were great ..nice playing !

[@Chaseracing]

Congrats on 70M Phil! Awesome!

[@HopWorksET]

Man technology has come a LONG way since my gear choices of the 80's. Thank you for this review sir!! I only discovered you a few days ago and with everything I have watched so far, I gotta say that I rate this discovery up there with discovering Joe Bonamassa. Yeah, that's a high standard but wow. I am checking off all those boxes on my questions bucket list that has been floating around my head for years. Today it was direct interfacing for home recording and ironically, I was shopping for mics for mic'ing a modeling amp. I'll have to rethink that I think. Thanks again for the contribution!!

[@DavidHanks90]

I got this a week ago and I freaking love it. I could never practice plugged in because I have two little kids in the house and it just wasn't feasible to play through an amp when I actually had the free time to do so. With this I can and I can actually enjoy the sound of my guitars the way they were meant to sound. I wish I had found out about this sooner! AND with the update it can also simulate a pre amp modeled after a Fender Bassman so you can use it as a pedal platform!

[@mykneeshurt8393]

I just love how excited you are about this thing. :)

[@nedludd3641]

Hi, is 2020 Phil M around? This is a question from someone in the future, 2023. Question: So, I can just plug a Les Paul into a pedal, the pedal into my powered-up Cab M, and use my earphones to practice? No speaker/load needed coz I ain't using a valve amp -- when I try to plug the Cab M into my Yamaha DBR 12 active speaker I get terrible hum - any way to fix that? ....Oh, and you survived the Pandemic btw

[@PaulLue]

Congratulations on 70 million!

[@rhymeskill]

Just picked up a Captor X to do this, but that has a built in load box and attenuator.

[@briandowling8372]

Same, mine just arrived today. Love it!

[@TwoNotestv]

Love it!

[@TwoNotestv]

Thanks Phil, this is awesome!

[@KiltedTupiniquin]

Congrats on the 70 million views!!! You're a great guy to hang around and talk guitar...

[@oldguy5381]

Congrats Phill

[@ZachariahConnor]

I use my CAB M all the time, it’s the best

[@veerchasm1]

Bought one of these and a Captor box a couple years ago. Unfortunately I didn’t like it and preferred recording from a Rivera iso box and the Captor attenuator. Sold it.

[@JaniceLalla]

Congrats on the 70 million

[@arielista]

Man with the preamp the tone is just beautiful. I have the cab m as well and it's turned my pedal board into a direct rig. I play with friend who have the helix, ax fx, kemper and my tone has nothing to envy from those. To me it's just more natural sounding, I forget that I'm not using my amp. It's crazy.

[@Xyrium]

Wait, so, you just dialed in a Metal Zone to sound better than a Marshall. Nicely done sir! BTW, need more of these home studio typ evids, please. They are very useful for home/apartment setups, which are abundant these days.

[@melomane01]

Congrats on 70 millions views !

[@banditfishing1558]

Hi Philip. I have a problem with my squire strat. I changed the strings the other day, not different strings just a new set. Went to play one of the only songs I can play completely (Metallica-one) and realised that the b string would play but it was very quiet through the amp compared to the other strings when I played. I have no idea what this is and was wondering if you and your community might know. Thanks

[@robertclarkguitar]

Make sure the string isn't hung up in the bridge saddle or in the block .. or etc. That's all I can think of off bat?

[@banditfishing1558]

Robert Clark ok thank you I’ll see if it works and reply again with what I find.

[@robbrady4649]

Make sure the string is sitting correctly in the nut slot. The problem can only be at the nut or bridge saddle, the string not sitting correctly, unless it's a dud string.

[@snakeplissken44]

two notes is cool and that friedman is dope

[@IAmTheWoodmeister]

It sounds fantastic.

[@thepurpleplayer9168]

Hey phil, great video, great tone, and rock on dude

[@crate718]

i have a mesa tripple crown. would the line out from the mesa would work with the CAB M?

[@rudiyantohalim736]

Nice sound on that strat style on the Marshall type amp

[@wosc]

A very interesting unit! I would really love a comparison of just the preamp(s) vs with the cab-m to really appreciate what it can do for the sound.

[@schwenke069]

Congrats on 70 ... and sounded good ... as it gets on KZbin.

[@keithremedy]

Yea I’m probably going to need one of these since I can’t bump my old super Reverb’s like I want too. I could build a pedal board with an interface so I can run this thing and get some good tones without vibrating my apartment building.

[@mateogutierrez1157]

so i can use the guitar plus a guitar valve combo + two notes C.A.B M + headphones?

[@melwoodblues5749]

Love that Friedman! Nice choice Phil

[@paullackenbauer7316]

Off base question. I tried searching first and saw nothing. Have you reviewed the Line 6 POD GO. Im considering getting one. Interested in your thoughts.

[@zigzagrz]

i cant stop staring at the wolfy

[@zorbcanoo8574]

That preamp sounds nice but $1200 is a bit excessive. I have an effectrode blackbird pre that sounds killer for dumble and fender tones. They can be had used for sub $400 which gives you extra budget to slap some NOS tubes in and make em sound incredible.

[@IAmTheWoodmeister]

@7:53 “A couple of things worth noting.” 🤣 Nice pun Phil! #2notes

[@ImNotOld_ImVintage]

Instead of headphones, couldn't you plug a set a powered studio monitors for the same cab sounds instead of having to wear headphones?

[@PhillipMcKnight]

Yes, you can plug in anything you like.

[@TwoNotestv]

You can go into anything... phones, DAW, FOH, IEMs.....

[@overdrivemejimmy6847]

I want to ask a straight but probably easy question. Can I plug the amp head direct to the torpedo, choose a cab sim, then plug the torpedo to an audio interface into my computer?

[@PhillipMcKnight]

as long as there is a cab or load box on it

[@ImNotOld_ImVintage]

@@PhillipMcKnight If using a pre-amp, is a load box still required?

[@User15275-g]

I'mNotOld I'mVintage yes

[@ImNotOld_ImVintage]

@@Mitch_321 Thanks. I think the Two Note is going to completely change my home setup.

[@chaos1291975]

you have that 1st preset really nice then that waza craft WOW that's a hot tone great .

[@djabthrash]

07:43 with Waza Craft Metal Zone

[@gutsrage9616]

I'm told I'm too loud even when I'm not plugged in 🤯

[@rockabilly12]

Same here.

[@dokkenmokken6278]

Same bro, feel ya... :(

[@cheycasters]

How about the Iridium??? Im just 3 and trying to figure out a full pedalboard to PA need??

[@ricmel8008]

Nice look, nice studio

[@schipbreukeling3]

Yes, I can imagine for stage performance it will be very useful. Hello Philip I just subscribed and have a question about your guitar. Somebody stole the paint? Did you do a video about feedback?

[@TNTales]

Can you make presets on their wall of sound software and load them to the CAB M?

[@RezaKhan2024]

Phil thanks for the video. Can you please tell us the differences in tone of Marshall 2061 head and SC20H? Better yet a comparison video if possible. Thanks again brother.

[@maxmustardman298]

The 2061 is probably less compressed and has less gain, since its not a master volume amp like sc20. I would say its basically like the sv20, the sv20 being the better option with its 3 band eq. Not that it makes such a huge difference on the old plexis ;)

[@guitarz]

Do you have the rock crusher volume out to the cab off (or down) so nothing is coming out of the cab?

[@PhillipMcKnight]

I had it off, but you can add some volume if you would like.

[@leandrocesarmaccan5655]

Hi Phillip! May be you can help me, i'm searching a pedal that has a "jam" function, i remember it was in the Digitech Trio, i've seen it in a video some time ago. But the problem is the Trio has a "learn" mode, not a jamming mode. I remember it sounded like a really improvised band making stupid sounds, but it was super interesting because it reacted on how the dynamic of playing was and the fundamental notes on bass where unpredictable in some way.

[@fredstevens799]

the Positive Grid Spark amp has that - it has canned bass and drums of several genres that you can immediately jam to as well as it can "learn" a (short) tune you invent and provide the rhythm section (with different virtual players!) for a jam. It connects to youtube backing tracks that you can jam along with also. The (loud 40-watt) amp also provides a jillion gate/boost/compression/amp model/delay/modulation/reverb effects combinations to use while you are jamming... also has headphones (silent) and audio/recording interface out.....

[@dukey558]

What's the physical difference between M+ and M? ....C.A.B.M+ will be released and be on market? ...Negative upon my survey. At the Two-Note website, the existing M users are encouraged to upgrade to M+ by just software upgrade. Is my understanding correct?.. Anyhow great and awesome demo and review, thanks!

[@willmcwithey6796]

Is this worth having if you have a headphone jack on your amp and a decent pedalboard? I feel like im missing something. Thanks.

[@willmcwithey6796]

@@CS-ru4xd Thank you. That was a great help.

[@JosipAngeloBorovac]

Phil, great review as always! I have a problem with understanding some of the nuances of this device since I am very new to this IR thing. I understand I can hook up amp head to this and to speaker and then from CabM run the signal to DAW, headphones, studio speakers, PA, etc. That part is not an issue. However, I am interested to know what happens if I plug signal like this: Amp head out -> CAB M -> guitar speaker cabinet? Do I hear stuff through speaker cabinet if I dont plug in CAB M to headphones or anything else after that? Would then changing the setting on CabM, for example changing the cabinet type or adding reverb would change sound coming out of my physical cabinet? I am interested to see if I could use it as a sort of guitar-effect pedal this way in amp-cabinet situation, not only using it to propagate signal to computer, headphones, etc. While I perfectly understand that the device is primarily designed for the latter, can it only be used to modify sound between actual guitar head and the cab? Thanks for clarification! Best wishes, Joe

[@TwoNotestv]

The 'effects' added by the CAB M only come out through the DI out, the "out" to the speaker is unaffected at all times!

[@JosipAngeloBorovac]

@@TwoNotestv thank you! That was what I suspected and I just wanted to get a clear answer since most of reviews don’t cover that explicitly! Great product nevertheless and will be getting it soon! With best wishes, Joe

[@TwoNotestv]

@@JosipAngeloBorovac Cheers Joe! :)

[@krogwaugh]

Does Laney make an amp you like?

[@sirnigelcogs]

After hearing the pedal into the Two Notes into the recorder, it begs the question why bother with an actual amp at all.

[@BFahz]

This or the boss tube expander?

[@camdaman93]

As an owner of the Tube Expander. I’d say go with that unit from boss! It’s bullet proof and does what the Rivera and two notes does while having other features as well.

[@TwoNotestv]

This is not designed to be similar to the Waza TAE... you would need to look at the Captor X which is more like it (and about half the price :) )

[@scottpeters4401]

I use a Fryette PS2 with my amp...Could I just run the line out of the PS2 into the line in on the Cab M instead of the speaker in??

[@bigbokiptd]

Congratulations Phil on 70M!!! to lets go to 100M and 300k subs

[@camdaman93]

Cool product! However, the Boss Waza Tube Amp Expander does what the Two Notes and Rivera does in one unit And probably for cheaper than both units together

[@PhillipMcKnight]

I think the Waza is cool but itbis $1300 and the Two notes and Rivera are = $820 and I can separate them. My main use is the preamp and two notes.

[@FloridaManRacer]

okay i wonder though, how much does this actually mess with the natural sound of the equipment? I mean if changing the speaker in the cab makes a difference to the sound of an amp then wouldn't what you're hearing through the headphones/studio monitors etc. be changed as well as they aren't the cab speaker? I don't pretend to know how all this affects the natural signal/sound you'd hear out of just plugging into the stack and playing which is why I ask...

[@jbbeaudry]

What’s the difference between running the amp through the pedal then the load box and running the amp through the load box then the IR/cab sim ? I used to run my tube amps through a Torpedo Captor, then a Mooer Radar IR pedal (because the built in cab sounds bad) into the DI/DAW. Here it seems to be the other way around. I have recently upgraded to the Captor X so I don’t use my old stuff anymore, but I am curious to know.

[@PhillipMcKnight]

I very much prefer head into Two notes then into attenuator the other was around was darker

[@jbbeaudry]

Phillip McKnight Thanks Phillip for your reply. I have never tried it that way, didn’t even know it was possible. I always thought the signal from the head would be too strong for a tiny pedal. Bust the myth mode activated thanks to you. I love your channel by the way.

[@johnnolan4312]

SWEET

[@mikenaykki2173]

👍👍😎

[@gtr1952]

Hey Phil, huge congrats on the '70 mil views' buddy!! You deserve it!! For those of us that have been around awhile, you have created a very special place for us here. Looking forward to Friday group therapy sessions, and everything else in the future. Great video, as always. Thanks for all you do, take care and God Bless!! 8) JMHO --gary

[@wenjacklow]

I'm confused about why you have another channel called Know Your Gear. How do you decide what videos go where?

[@chrislawrence6609]

You sure? I searched KZbin for know your gear and only this channel came up

[@harrysearia1784]

70Mil 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@idontlikeapplejuice7]

When is the new super strat video coming out?

[@PhillipMcKnight]

Part two should be late tomorrow, but there are updates on my Instagram

[@PooNinja]

The silent “killer” tone

[@WawakGuitar]

Love your videos. Great content. My channel is jealous.

[@BJJandBS]

Phillip - long time follower. I know you used to do it but no longer...but anyway do you have anyone in the Chandler area that can do a setup on a couple of old 80's metal guitars? Charvel/Kramer. I have a couple old dogs that need some love

[@michaelatkisson8995]

Thought you hated headphones. You seemed to make a big deal About it when mentioning Boss Waza Air. I still think they are The best silent practice option there is. They are also extremely Portable.

[@guitarz]

where is the review of that Vintage S??

[@PhillipMcKnight]

Its on one of the Podcasts

[@Chuck-Bob]

Phil, you've got pretty good chops. You have a band?

[@scootertrasher1369]

Wow , that's almost as cool as a $10 iRig !

[@redsunstudiomixrec5017]

12:48 ok im going to say it it sounds better then a 4k$ klone

[@Russell_Optics]

The guitar hanging up in the background is adorable. What make/model is it ? I really like the "look" of it and would like to learn more about it and where one can be purchased. Thanks in advance. I love your videos, but I must admit all the new boxes, pre-amps, mixers, and various pedals are over my head. I'm a staunch "guitar into amp" kind of guy with volume. I live in a rural area anyway, so my closest neighbor is 1/4 mile away.

[@maffooo2040]

I think it's an evh wolfgang - some of the best necks I've ever played

[@Russell_Optics]

@@maffooo2040 You are right. I just looked one up and it is definitely the EVH wolfgang. Thank you.

[@acexxxoasis]

Also could be a Peavey Wolfgang lol

[@bradmerilic6848]

I think it's actually a Peavey, but same animal basically.

[@nahuelern]

Estaba el.diablo mal parado en la esquina de mi barrio.🎵 Casi

[@joeykelly5642]

I realize that it's handwired, but WOW, that preamp pedal is expensive.

[@Mesa3077Boogie]

You spoke a bit louder this episode lol

[@fredstevens799]

I noticed that too - its the headphones! ;)

[@shawnadams1693]

Didn’t I watch this video the other day?

[@PhillipMcKnight]

That just means you are true fan of the channel. Thank you for watching videos right when they come out.

[@shawnadams1693]

@@PhillipMcKnight Hell yes!! 🤘🏻

[@wolfganghumboldt4830]

Anyone else eyeballing that peavey wolfgang the whole time

[@Allann882]

And my Fractal sounds better😊