MYSTERY RIG - 3 AMPLIFIERS - I SUCK AT THIS

[@mundane_in_the_membrane]

Here's a suggestions for the next mystery rig: Try to guess between an Amp, a Distortion Pedal, and a Plugin,

[@ordohereticus3427]

Brutal.

[@stijndewinter1965]

Good idea

[@ericwright3646]

and something like a Headrush or Axe FX

[@alexbatman4407]

Good idea

[@leidusleidus7190]

Good idea!

[@jannevaatainen]

This just goes to show how much we listen with our eyes.

[@Pnanasnoic]

Well said brudda

[@lannyfce4786]

While that is true if you had more extreme settings I believe the difference would be more noticeable. I assume the intent is to get as similar tones as possible though

[@Sam_336]

Im more impressed that Ola is able to play just as good when he’s blindfolded

[@ordohereticus3427]

The Laney Ironheart held its own against the Savage and the Mesa. Impressive and highly underrated beast of an amp. Wonder if the used market prices for the Iron Heart variants will go up after this video.

[@quiltface83]

I have the 60w irt and its definitely a good value, mine i think is older... the Laney logo is different... not sure if anything changed there.

[@mikeg.9238]

All 3 sound nice a thick , would love a Mesa Rectifier and Laney.

[@jordandayman1356]

KSE have some great album tones with this amp. It has been a sleeper for a long time.

[@samuelsteffen4491]

To me that proves once again that a major part of the sound is in the cab and that many modern high gain amps sound very similar. They sound great though…

[@Mezzier]

Next time with Duncan Solar pickup ? and no excuses hahaha

[@hyperbolekid]

Can’t stop watching this. So entertaining with you two doing this. Hope you do a ton more of these!

[@Gizmo-st1ky]

The Laney sounded great! Love this series, its fun to watch Ola guess and Joel laugh haha Love yall!

[@Razrback]

I'm digging it to

[@MarkToast99]

My dream guitar used to be the Ibanez RG721RW, but I think this Solar just took its place

[@germarhoffmeister2752]

Hanx for this upload! I own a engl Victor Smolski and this amp is doing almost any sounds that I`m need. Instead of the Malcom Young sound. This is only running with a cranked old Marshall and a really accustic sounding Gretsch. Thankful that I got this all together at the age of 52, so you still got some years to fit this. Greetings from Germany.

[@steele.c.hartmann]

Excellent video thank you ola England and the gentleman there great job changing around the tone I'm so excited to get my engl Savage mark 2 omggggg

[@KaddysJamKave]

I wanna see if you can tell the difference between a couple Solid State Heads and Tube Heads Mr Ola :)

[@MetalZoned]

Good idea

[@athmaid]

Considering he is a massive Dimebag fan, I bet that's easy for him

[@frankyfire-tech]

What a nice comparison! I'm actually the lucky owner of #1 and #2. Two absolute beasts and they can be used for so many good sounds. Also the Laney only costs about 600€ new, which is pretty good considering the sound and all the functions! But as Ola said, the tone is by 80% up to the cabinet/speakers.

[@hexedriffsstudio]

YES!! Love these kinda videos, especially with yourself. Keep these coming!

[@tomasolsson6493]

I love that you have the balls to put something like that up. Very entertaining. Cheers!

[@animosiity]

I tried this with my eyes closed and couldn’t really tell the difference between any of them, little things yes but there was no major give or take away until the cab was changed. Goes to show how much we listen with our eyes

[@NihilQuest]

Ola did this test a while back with few high gain amps where only amp would change and the conclusion was that the sound didn't change all that much between the amps. So it's not really surprising. I have a 5150 and I'm not buying another amp for metal tones ever, unless some drastic revolution in sound comes along.

[@SoundMerch]

It will be fun if this was aaall types of amp: 5w crap/good amp, joyo zombie 2, fender deluxe, Nux china processor with cab impulse, nintendo speacer output, or smth else and else and else. It was fun! Thanks Ola and that Dude for your job!

[@ronnieredneck9162]

Blindfolded sound tests where you guess whats what is extremely hard for a number of reasons. The most difficult of all of them is getting nervous. When your nervous it's really hard to hear what your actually hearing. Also testing with the fishman fluence is also not conducive to hearing what your hearing. But the nerves, the fear of being wrong totally kills your ears perception. That ENGL is da bomb.

[@heathen_actual]

Wish there were more videos out on this guitar. I absolutely love it but most of what’s out there is on the 6-string version and I get they’re pretty much the exact same thing but still 😔 have a Legator opus 7 so I’m hooked on 7-string tele style guitars now so this one is gonna be the next purchase for sure!!! ❤ keep rockin man!! 🤘 maybe send one to me for test and evaluation and a KZbin vid? 🥺👉👈😂

[@smeemusic]

Well that was unexpected. I just knew for sure you would get the savage and the roadster. I figured it would be instant too.... this is an interesting thing to see happen. Taking visual out can really sway your thought.... this is fun af

[@sarniaguitarguy9405]

The Laney Ironheart sounds amazing!

[@picksalot1]

I think it went really well, and demonstrated that even with lots of experience, we are easily fooled by our expectations and biases. Better to say which Amp sounded best, and then find out which one it was. That was fun. Thanks

[@DeanBothaMusic]

Damn, that Laney huh?

[@YaYousef5]

Love this! People play with their eyes, not their ears, and this proves it. :) Suggestion: Bring in the biggest amp designers in the world (Friedman, Michael Soldano, etc), blind fold them, then play 10 amps back to back . If they can pick which is their amplifier they win $1,000,000.

[@guitarded7131]

This was actually done a few years ago. The guy behind Revv amps did the best at finding his amp. The others didn't do well.

[@YaYousef5]

@@guitarded7131 can you share a link?

[@guitarded7131]

@@YaYousef5 kzbin.info/www/bejne/np-1eoqueMmIbKs Friedman and Laboga also got it right. But quite a few didn't, which was a bit surprising. I do think that most serious amp builders would know their own amps though. I've been building some amps myself and when you're in to it with tweaking the sound etc you definitely hear the difference. However you must know what cab your using. As Ola stated in the video, the cab is even more important.

[@ordohereticus3427]

@@guitarded7131 Great link and there are many videos emerging now that show how much more of a difference the cabinet-microphone combination makes (or an impulse response). The amp itself provides subtler differences in terms of voicing and gain style.

[@TheMetalGBG]

The Engl is a beast!

[@gssuper1438]

These videos are so interesting to see how similar amps really are!

[@vincentrandles8105]

The Laney sounds MONSTER through my JBL headphones, I must say!

[@AeranoZ]

LOVE LOVE LOVE these videos, would be amazing if it would become a regular thing on your channel. Very entertaining and also an awesome way to hear some different gear.

[@vert7871]

Yeeessss! Been waiting for the next episode in this series!

[@KaynanDurant]

MY 2 CENTS Just a friendly suggestion. Passive pickups and a 6 string in maybe drop D would allow the character of the amps to come through and make it a little for fair to Ola. I personally have a much harder distinguishing tonal characteristics the lower tuning I go. And actives can make feeling the amp and it’s responsiveness to touch/compression more difficult as well.

[@steele.c.hartmann]

So much diversity in the tones there surprised me omg I'm in love with the engl.. wish they bring back the silver w red tube lights for the mark 2... looks like it's a fire furnace window to hell

[@lexingtRick]

I too got impressed once I heard the MESA, because it sounds like the ENGL crunch.

[@sRichterMusic]

tbh that shows that the cab is what affects the sound the most, in the last video when you changed the cabs it really changed the tone a lot

[@Mezzier]

The laney sounds so good compared to the others, maybe it's just how the knobs are turned

[@JETGuitars]

Love these! It'd be cool to get a few guys together to guess and maybe set up for others! I know it's not easy.

[@asharpbflat7179]

I like how he, blindfolded, plays better than I ever will, starting at my hands.

[@nickx1754]

That tone at 6:07 ....wow!!

[@ErikAnders]

These are fun I will watch these every time you make one

[@Mihajil]

Ola i love these keep doing the mystery videos

[@nikolas_navarro]

Absolutely love this series. Please keep it coming!

[@denverrandy7143]

I bet the Mesa roadster and the Engl mixed would sound great!!!

[@apathtrampledbydeer8446]

I have to tell you, I posted the lyrics for Means to an end and told my co-worker it was the lyrics for the non radio friendly 2:nd part of "If tomorrow never" comes by Ronan Keating. She said: oooh I like it, it's dark. I chuckled a good five minutes before I had to tell her the truth. As the truth hits me, like bullet to the face. I need a little pain, to fill the emptiness The void I feel inside. My story of playing mystery lyrics with my co-worker. Without her knowing about it. Mellow greetings fellow citizen!!

[@mrshmanckles1463]

Engl my favorite too.

[@nicholasdasilva5699]

Having to ID a Laney Ironheart while blindfolded is just downright evil -- there are so many high gain sounds that you can mimic with that thing. I think you once mistook one for a Dual Rec in a "guess my rig" video.

[@bishfish1514]

love this series please keep on making them

[@givemeajackson]

ironheart sounded great here. still jealous you have that savage 60

[@heshwuan]

Great job again, Joel!

[@mgs1170]

I'm gonna suggest a lunchbox mystery rig episode. The same cab/mic format is a keeper for sure.

[@SirPraiseSun]

Mesa dual rectifier always beastly

[@askethom04]

Good to hear the comparisons. Couldn't care less if you guess right or wrong.

[@jimsimmons2674]

You should do modeling amp or real tube amp including modeling units like helix for example?

[@RAGOG92]

Love these kind of vids!

[@epiClaro]

Great content. You should continue that one 🙂

[@juandreroodt9110]

You are still a legend Mr. Englund

[@jy2567]

Fun series!!

[@MatuCoB]

Great format! :)

[@StuntcatTV]

That axe is your most beautiful model so far

[@davidlawson7786]

I love that Tele style Solar guitar with the Evertune and Fishman pickups, excellent tone and love the wood and pick guard on that guitar looks killer Ola. The amps all sound great too

[@sebastianstigler1064]

damn that laney sounded killer !!!

[@byronleon]

0:42 It’s nice to hear that you brought on Jar Jar to the team.

[@RubyRoks]

Just reminds me of the comments you used to get/still get of "Every amp you play sounds the same" Aside from the low end on the Mesa, i didn't hear a massive difference between any of these amps through that cab. RIP Used Ironheart prices after this

[@ordohereticus3427]

RIP indeed. Just a few days back, there was a 120 watt Ironheart with a matching 4x12 for less than £500. Insane.

[@DeathMetalBIH]

Great series, continue doing that!

[@doopsnogg7251]

ayo respect for uploading even tho u got all of them wrong

[@timeltdme4355]

i was looking for MYSTERY RIG 2 as well

[@Gornflyin]

first Laney I've ever heard that sounded metal to me. Ola, here's and idea for an upcoming segment. How about trying some solid state amps, now that everyone is panicking about a tube shortage due to current world events. Everyone tests tube amps to death, but most people either cant afford them, or can't justify the cost. Just a SS amp with a boost and a noise gate. What say the Ola fans???

[@ericmain9872]

Yeah baby! Bring it

[@Mr_Woodchuck]

Love this series so much!

[@tobins6800]

Thank you both for this video. Weesa lucky

[@LawyersInTheBarn]

The amps are all pretty similar though!

[@janvirtanen6199]

Som du har sagt, Ola. 80 procent av ljudet kommer från cabinetet. Och samma mikrofon.... Det var jätte kitslig. ;)

[@kristopherarvey320]

Would be interesting too if small/lunchbox tube amps included as well

[@lockedowng]

Every time I think about replacing my iron heart, I hear someone else prove I don't need to.

[@mudzera]

7:02 what is the name of the song that has this riff?

[@TheCadegoodspeed45]

Joels grin when he knows Ola is not gonna get it. Lol

[@bobkornbrust7138]

Ola iv never got the opportunity to play a engl savage because its hard to find one around.but I've seen your video and it sounds just right for me.there very expensive so I'm trying to get advice before I buy one because there expensive.please give me some advice😆

[@denverrandy7143]

Love that guitar!!!

[@woodward_alan]

Very much enjoyed

[@AlfredNazGates]

After going through fishman demos, they sound great. But they color the sound a lot.

[@clod33]

That ENGL man

[@vincentrandles8105]

Mesa so happy!!

[@serrisdaylor1015]

to me this really shows a lot of an amp's sound isn't even in the amp, but the cab edit: aaand Ola just said it lol

[@shuster1921]

Don't feel bad, that would be tough for anybody!!

[@J.C...]

Sweet!

[@JesseLeeKing]

That guitar is badass

[@dflctr]

Just ordered this guitar. Ola pls send quickly lol

[@andreaslandgren1472]

Im keeping my Peavey classic xD Served me well since the 90.s Just add some boss me10 eq. Engel was really clear to see it making the mesa sound muddy was crazy aa mesa and laney are also good. For me : Mesa 8/10 Laney 9/10 openess did something for me that my peavey classic head does not. Engel 10/10 With eq from boss id probably go for either one.

[@vincentrandles8105]

Different kind of tubes in the Mesa mabe? There's a marked difference in the sound of it...

[@hp7468]

You need the Ola amplifier the number one Metal amp

[@jordaneimer2873]

the only thing that this has taught me is that i need a mesa boogie yesterday.

[@rolnstone]

I was miking the ironheart for a recording last Year, i didnt like it much through the orange cab we used... through the mesa it wasnt really better... i would never think that it sound like my 5150... it got these mids i dont like.

[@nickmartinez5069]

Can you try the charvel so cal style 2 and see if it can chug

[@katoontheacadien3706]

Ola you should build a DIY guitar kit

[@coleway4318]

Could you review a Cort kx500 etched? I just bought one and don't know if I like it. Would be interested in what you thought

[@whoshotya117]

The mesa my favorite.

[@NathanLaBee]

Ola is love, Ola is life. Lol

[@wolfmcmaster7160]

Your assistant is cool as

[@skelurgh]

That first amplifier sounds like Machine Heads Davidian :0

[@Pnanasnoic]

Surprised the Mesa sounded a bit flat. Maybe the EQ?

[@cb7928]

@Ola where can I find a place to purchase that exact 7 string tele model? Can only find the six string versions and the black and red 7 strings but the natural is much more my speed 👀

[@OlaEnglund]

It will be available from www.solar-guitars.com on Friday