NO NEED FOR BOOST - Bluguitar Amp1 - Iridium Edition.

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[@shawns9316]

I just saw Ola post a demo this morning and I thought, I wonder how JB would demo this, and here it is a few hours later! Haha

[@jeffneiman4635]

Shawn S it’s not a coincidence. This is just influencer advertisement.

[@FastRedPonyCar]

Jeff Neiman - Nah just an NDA time limit. I've been in the same situation where I was lent or given a product to demo but wasn't allowed to post or say anything about it until a specific day.

[@FastRedPonyCar]

Looks like this one gets the JB Stanky Face seal of approval!

[@vishnupillai2864]

The feel of your playing in this video has such a nice flow. You really dig this sound. It got you in the mood and away you went. Yum!

[@ayecapn]

"You MAY need a noise gate if you can't play your guitar properly." Hey now...

[@JohnBrownemonuments]

I mean outside of the built in one! No one needs 3 noise gates on their axe fx preset.

[@SZEMG]

I'm a rock star

[@b.scottfarthingsworth]

The truth hurts, lol

[@toemasmeems]

@@SZEMG lmao 😂 hell yeah you are buddy

[@333Lightspeed]

Sorry Fellows: Is not "All Valve"! Is all analog solid-state preamp with an micro valve giving the D-Class power amp the "valve feel" and tone. That's how today and eventually "tomorrow on" the Amps are build. No down grade, just change of thinking and designing circuits these "digital" days....I think Thomas Blug is an "brillian brain" and nice Fellow/Guitarplayer!:-)

[@neonether]

Sounds fantastic, love the playing. Thanks for the tunes while I work! 🤘

[@grampageoff]

Man I could tell just by how you were playing that you were diggin that baby. Seems inspiring. I love Thomas Blug's old HK stuff, so now i REALLY want one of these.

[@wheresallthezombies]

It’s pretty cool that people are finding ways to incorporate tubes into stuff like this and actually sound good.

[@magniss5018]

Love your playing and the sounds you get out of the Amp 1!

[@Moodster93]

Inspiration to me on this Saturday morning thanks Mr. JB.. I always stay in awe over your style, cant lie i try to adopt some of it along my way.

[@nurk_barry]

Yo, the Power amp section is powered by the nanotube with a class D amp, the preamp is SS. The amp designer himself was on an interview and cleared that up. :) great video.

[@catstudent1]

I bought one and must say i dont regret it. For the price its sounds amazing and all the features in such a small package.

[@holgergorleben8224]

yes. everyone should just check this unit out.

[@nakleh]

This is some fvcking SICK playing. Somehow I've never heard of you until today, but you just got a new fan and subscriber.

[@niihmalheiro]

awesome demo, some really juicy, savage riffs right there

[@Airtrooper719]

13:31, thank you for making us all feel human again xD

[@Juni41]

Sounds great ! But what really sold it to me is your smile ! :) I love when guitar players actually forget this is a product demo and starts to write some new material right away. You look inspired Mr Brown !

[@Guithulhu]

Damn. You dig in so hard and hammer that guitar, I'll bet it needs a cigarette after you're done with it.

[@tedats]

Really sounds awesome

[@Ghost_WWR]

I’m just now seeing this video and oh... my... gosh! That sounds brutal 😱😍

[@D5v350]

Jesuuuss!!!! I Can hear you play alllllll dayyyy!!!!!!!

[@jasonsapp792]

I can see when I get one of these some of my amps are going to go up for sale.... Great review... .watched the Ola review, Ola is great but I appreciated your review more ... Made me a subscriber

[@keithhoffman1864]

I've been gigging with the original for over a year now. No issues whatever, except for noise complaints. 😂🤣. Sold all my tube amps and not going back.

[@gilbertduenas6031]

I bought this guy and through a Mesa recto standard 4x12 sounds fucking amazing in the room once you get the tone knob on the side right where you want it. It’s a little trippy hearing so much balls come from a pedal into a cab

[@DoctorMcFarlandStudios]

Button 1 is Half Power, Button 2 is Low Gain Mode and button 3 is preset mode.

[@scrotzki789]

That sounds so much better than it should at that price range. Very cool.

[@UnknownHumanoid]

Yes! And still ppl are skeptic. Can you imagine that? I have the first version since few years and I can also play metal with it. I mounted on my pedalboard with a pair of pedals. It has FX in out for reverb/delay/etc. and of course you can also add a comp in front. I recommended on several comments an attenuator for this amp, because the sound becomes incredible when it's about at volume 7. Which is fucked up loud (on my Orange 2x12 it's too loud even for rehearsal). The tone is absolutely different at each volume lvl, but with the attenuator you don't sacrifice that and you can play at any volume with the best sound. I use a passive Silencer one. Pretty expensive, but it brings this amp and any other tube amp in fact, to a new level. All demos on youtube are at volume 2-3 and I find them pretty irrelevant even tho it sounds incredible! LOL. But it's like demoing a Lamborghini with 60m/h. ;)

[@recuiemprod]

@@UnknownHumanoid what is your attenuator ? thx u so much for your infos .

[@lucianobadoe36]

Man, this tone is just amazing! This thing costs a lote of money (and is very more here in Brazil) but I'm considering sound out all my devices to purchase one. Thanks for the review.

[@nokomisnichols]

you sound excellent on this amp bro. this makes me want to buy one. im gonna need to test one at guitar center. hopefully they sell it.

[@DanCapeau]

""Obviously there's a tone control on the side. I guess I should sort of play around with that but now I don't want to 'cuz it sounds so good" - Every guitarist's problem when they find a tone they like haha. Love this video!

[@jasonsapp792]

Most real world , in depth , great tone review of this amp yet!

[@Captain_Zero_]

Damn it man! Subscribed.

[@dalodeper]

Sounds fantastic man. Love the playing. These are super interesting amps. I'm super late to the party and yeah...I can't find one on reverb or ebay or sweetwater. Soon as one pops up I'm snatching it up for sure.

[@haydenlaupland2382]

John I think you gained 3k subs in a week I just noticed! Congrats ;))

[@prodchronic]

I was just casually watching this and halfway through I was like "Wait, that's that little fucking box is making that sound?" lol. Honestly super impressed with this one.

[@HeavyMetal36912]

This sounds sick AF! Awesome stuff @JohnBrowne \m/

[@sontinos528]

sounds killer

[@TheMegadeth350]

Just ordered it

[@DoctorMcFarlandStudios]

The preamp is transister based with a class D power amp but the power amp is going through the nanotube. Its an amazing piece of gear.

[@wakjob961]

How did you come by the schematic so soon? It was just released?!

[@DoctorMcFarlandStudios]

Wak Job it’s the same as the other models. The preamps are tweaked for metal players.

[@MikaTarkela]

Damn that first preset sounds so good!

[@hwmbo727]

This is an impressive product. I think we're zeroing in on the perfect amp sim for this genre. I would worry about the tiny tube failing, but if you're touring with this unit, buy two!

[@cornbobrimlove7892]

That tube will not fail. Thomas comments on how durable that tube is.

[@BluGuitar]

We had only 1 failure tube where someone was jumping on the unit, all other units in the market since 2014 are all fine !!!!

[@thebarondisco7741]

I have the original and its awesome for classic hard rock tones, sounds like this new one may be even better. The original did always sound better with an OD in front.

[@henrikkaveryd3374]

Holy fkn hell! 😱

[@robertstith4635]

I can't decide between this and the HX Stomp for recording/practice.. What do you recommend, John?

[@kevindavid37]

Dude, I didn‘t know you and clicked on the video for the amp, but damn I fckn love your riffing! Tasty as fck. 🙏 🙌

[@jordenlama2059]

🔥🔥🔥

[@otni6115]

This has got me intrigued. This seems like a great alternative to some lunchbox tube amps. I'd be really interested to see what you think of the Revv D20 if you can get your hands on it, and how it compares to this.

[@tappistrt]

Apples and oranges, but I'd personally get this in a heartbeat over the D20. You'd have to add a LOT of pedals to the D20 to get sounds like this that are ready to go out of the box with the Amp1 IE.

[@johnbraucher1499]

This amp is 100 to 180 watts. Completely different league. Lol

[@otni6115]

@@johnbraucher1499 I thought it was 50 to 100 watts? I would have thought that use cases would be rather similar, they're both small form factor amps that you can easily lug around on tours and both pretty much plug straight into an audio interface for recording.

[@otni6115]

@@tappistrt But the D20 seems to take pedals extremely well If you ever want to use them. I don't know if the same can be said for this. From what it seems just adding a revv g3 or g4 before the revv d20 makes it pack one hell of a punch.

[@tappistrt]

Sam Mi That’s why I said the comparison is apples and oranges. If you want a distortion pedal platform, get the D20. If you want an amp that’s already great out of the box with metal-voiced distortion, get this. IMO the sounds on this are light years ahead of a G3 and a G4 on a clean amp. Also, like someone else said, this is 100+ watts that has headroom up to 180 watts. They are fundamentally different beasts altogether.

[@Nofarewell]

Saw your VHT Sig X video, it seems you have extracted that sound from this amp. Not sure if you agree, but this is impressive either way 😎

[@TheDjfranco100]

Hold on a second! Are you switched to the neck pickup for play lead?

[@SuperCMO79]

So torn! In return period of my Engl Fireball 25 and while nothing to take away from it ...These things have me so intrigued beyond belief! I just cannot try one for myself.....

[@ulfvolz4798]

Well, it's not all valve. The tube is only used in the input stage of a D class power amp. The pre is solid state. But it is a monster anyway!

[@wakjob961]

You got a schematic already?!

[@ulfvolz4798]

Wak Job haha! Thomas is very clear about what his amp is and what it is not. His amp does not need false advertising.

[@FantaFuture92]

@@ulfvolz4798 it even says on the website that it's a 100 watt power section. Not bad for a tube this small. Better a tube power section than a Solidstate one imo.

[@ulfvolz4798]

FantaFuture92 I‘m very confident that the basic design of the Iridium Edition is the same as of the Mercury Edition. Have a look around the 1:25 mark of this video, Thomas gives quite a few details: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6TKlY1tnJl3jJY

[@WalmartTom]

@@FantaFuture92 This amp uses a special russian millitary tube that normally runs on much higher wattage than 100 watt

[@rodrigocerezer537]

Great! what tuning are you using on this guitar?

[@paulanthony8335]

So much gear around what do you got it hooked up too

[@bannedintheuk]

How is it that you can take any amp sound good? That picking hand though! Long time fan since the 'housemate play through of immerse' video.

[@nakleh]

I know this is a dumb question, but can I just have the tabs for this entire video? Pleeeeeeaaaaseeee

[@johannfliemann3499]

Would you mind giving it a try on the road? Your stunning music aside, i was always blown away about the fact that your guitars cut a lot better in comparison to the other bands. Could you achieve that with the bluguitar amp 1? Thank you for the video.

[@JohnBrownemonuments]

Tone is in the hangs, so It's achievable for sure.

[@dustylense]

Ummm It's a valve power amp. Thomas put the nanotube in the power section.

[@toemasmeems]

So it’s got tubes in the power section and preamp? That’s crazy that it’s so small why haven’t companies thought of this before

[@UnknownHumanoid]

John Browne, Use attenuator and put the volume at 8. If you have one pls do a demo. You will see what this amp can really do! Volume 2 is like... jerking off. But still it sounds awesome! haha I will buy one! And maybe I make a demo for the folks to see the difference. Same output volume, but different volumes on the amp. PS: I have the Silver version and the difference is incredible. I use it always at volume 7 or 8.

[@unleashthefury111]

Does anyone know the release date for this in the states?

[@Maxischupp93]

Can you shoot out the iridium vs your Hughes& Kettner pls ?

[@mikedixon8830]

If John's demo's don't give you riff ideas you should probably try jazz.

[@maxxyporky]

Valve is in power amp section

[@tappistrt]

That riff at 15:08 !

[@RobCmusic]

Are the clean, vintage and classic channels the same as the Amp1 Mercury or are all channels voiced differently?

[@holgergorleben8224]

you can find the vintage channel on the mercury, i guess. The clean channel has this tone control on the side to easy adjust the style to your main gain channel

[@ghostsofatlantisofficial]

Needs an xlr out with built in cab sim option imo, then we are talking!

[@justincheney2925]

Great , but HOW TO TURN IT FROM 100 to 50 watts ?? I have one but nowhere does it say how to turn it to 50 please

[@InTheSh8]

What PU do you have in the bridge? Kinda like it!

[@petermuller161]

P90 rails. An interesting pickup to be sure.

[@john1guitar]

5:50 that face!

[@thetruly1730]

sounds beast as fuck!

[@stepanvarlamov7461]

Bought a new Iridium recently. After 2 hours of work, he just turned off and that's it. In the Bluguitar service they said that I can send it to them in Germany for repairs. 150 euros, not including delivery. Great state of affairs, don't you think? In the place of those who are considering buying it, I would pass by. Don't make the same mistake as me. Although the preamplifier sounded great, I won't hide it. Though not for long.

[@chadigholam1289]

Hey man. Is the iridium more gain and balls for metal than the mercury edition? Im hoping so. Or are they just diferent colors

[@JohnBrownemonuments]

Chadi Gholam it’s tuned totally different!

[@chadigholam1289]

@@JohnBrownemonuments hell yeah!!! Thank you!! It does sound broootal

[@chadigholam1289]

@@JohnBrownemonuments just how i like my women

[@SLAMSTERDAMN]

By 17:00, it’s the sound of the Armies of Genghis Khan.....😮

[@MrHardrocker98]

How is the feel of this thing compared to a tube amp?

[@JohnBrownemonuments]

MrHardrocker it feels very very dynamic and tubey!

[@MrHardrocker98]

@@JohnBrownemonuments thanks...still applies to direct interface monitoring+IRs? had quite a hard time going w/ preamps direct so far.

[@HronisArva]

💜💜💜💜💜💜

[@Kahores]

Shall I replace my Engl Invader (v1) with this ?

[@WalmartTom]

Depends on what you play

[@Kahores]

@@WalmartTom Death metal, mostly fast stuff, just wondering if it can sound at least similar to high gain tube amps, from what I heard it's brutal enough

[@dannymiller7129]

For the same price you can get a quality modeler and a small poweramp. Way more tones available that way!

[@sid35gb]

Less is more 😎

[@AmateurSuperFan]

i won 2 games of chess because of your playing

[@Vicente_Moreno]

i find it like it has too much 800hz in the front, making it sound like it has a wah pedal turned on all the time, they should let adjust the front end of the amp and im sold.

[@tappistrt]

EQ pedal in the loop?

[@Vicente_Moreno]

@@tappistrt i said the problem is in the front.

[@tappistrt]

Oneroom02 Then put an EQ pedal in front of the amp. Put a second one in the loop. All your EQ woes will be solved.

[@SLAMSTERDAMN]

The new BOSS EQ can run 2 simultaneous EQs, as in, A eq in front & 1 post preamp. It’s programmable so you can change up for all kinds of tones. MIDI, too. Rock on guys.

[@Julian66666666666666]

It's not the amp, it's the Nailbomb pickup. When I tried it, it sounded the same as here, a loooooot of mids, couldn't make them sound any good, but it works for Browne's tone

[@toddclarke1580]

Always come close to ordering the other pedal, but i cant get past the idea of a rare tube that is permanent that may not last forever.

[@kai.sonnhalter]

Well, it will! ;)

[@sid35gb]

The life span of the tube will exceed human life expectancy with normal playing or if you’re not normal just play continuously 24/7 for 15 years.

[@SLAMSTERDAMN]

Dude got his Max-Q at ~16:40.

[@PariahVSGear]

Riffhard prize? 👀

[@poulwinther]

Expect same ballpark as the regular Amp 1 - maybe €50 or €100 more so at least the €700 range - and basically you get a four channel head for that. (Not sure about the difference in the US).

[@jasonsapp792]

Fuck that Classic channel is nice!

[@JohnBrownemonuments]

Jason Sapp yeh dude, the other video I’ve done for this was all classic channel!

[@liedgitarrist]

All valve preamp? Really?

[@87JRox]

Subbed! Mega

[@nacuda9]

Actually valve power amp

[@cammlayne]

blue has an amp x coming supposed to be even better

[@BluGuitar]

Not better....;-) different!: ...built in effects, fully programmable- costs a lot more...for those who want it all...;-) coming in 2021

[@billrand4138]

ok its not valve in the preamp lol its just one in front of a class d power amp,,,facts right to start with,,,says he with one for the last two years

[@JohnBrownemonuments]

That's not what he said on the phone to me.

[@billrand4138]

@@JohnBrownemonuments honestly mate its an all anologue pre amp with the nano tube in the power section,,,same as the origional and the mercury

[@JohnBrownemonuments]

@@billrand4138 a misunderstanding on my part then!

[@billrand4138]

@@JohnBrownemonuments no worries,,great demo :)

[@blessedheavyelements8544]

Tube is in power amp. Not preamp. Best Regardes

[@Musician-Songwriter]

$799.99 at Guitar Center.

[@GuernB2]

They made a tube amp that sounds like an Axe Fx... Interdasting

[@jasonhow1970]

How about a micro tube/nanotube boost pedal in front of amp to add more natural tube gain characteristics/behavior to the overall sound of amp. I am a hobby player with very little hardware knowledge if this does not make sense. I think this demo and the Ola demo show these guys truly dig this amp. Thanks from new subscriber.

[@WholeLottaBulldog]

As a general rule of thumb, tubes or nano tubes in pedals do not offer much in the way of enhancing tube feel as they aren't run at a high enough plate voltage (usually 9v). It's a gimmick.

[@jasonhow1970]

@@WholeLottaBulldog What actually gives an amp that "glassy tone". Plugins never capture it, at least in the few I have tried. I am missing that natural glassy clean and gain tone. I am only using the PRS Supermodels plugin after selling my AMT SS micro tube pre-amp. Even though I am just a casual hobby player, I feel I want to go back to a tube stomp or lunch box head to get that sweet tone and response. I like playing with clean and high gain smooth distortions, not necessarily heavy core type. Any suggestions? Thanks for taking time to respond.

[@moo3992]

@@jasonhow1970 check out the Digitech Grunge pedal if you can find one. I think you will dig it.

[@sid35gb]

It has an adjustable boost the middle button.

[@misiujackon4]

Here's 555 like

[@frankdiscussion2069]

5:14 RIP headphone users...

[@johnbraucher1499]

1:13-1:14 if you are talking about the scrape sound before he started playing. You were a second too late to here it in your timestamps. Lol

[@sohosteveuk]

'All valve' 😂😂😂😂 Actually All Solid State but with a 'Nano Tube' for the output amplifier. There are absolutely no 'real valves' anywhere in an Amp1. That said, it's the first amp I've discovered in 40+ years of dedicated Marshall valve amp use, that have put my valve amps into Dry Dock. Sounds immense, in spite of having no real valves (tubes, as they say in America) involved whatsoever.

[@wakjob961]

Needs the EQ reworked... Bass adds too much rumble before getting thick...Treble adds too much fizz before getting brighter. Almost like it needs a Presence control. That said.. By the end, you had it dialed in pretty well and my ears had adjusted.

[@joshstead6078]

This thing is really cool but with all the demos I've seen I'm just really not liking the tone at all, it doesn't sound full to me.

[@rywk4225]

his riffing while messing around to me always sounds way better than listening to anything from monuments... hope hes working on a solo/instrumental album... god what a wank bank of riffs tht would be

[@JohnBrownemonuments]

I have 2 solo records (Technically 3) Flux Conduct - Qatsi Flux Conduct - Yetzer Hara 8dio - Derailed (some of this music is in overwatch and the white rabbit project)

[@rywk4225]

John Browne wowwww i guess christmas came 3 times... and early too:) cheers man and thanks for taking the time replying, youre an absolute god killer on that axe🤘🤘🤘

[@rocknutters52]

Another annoying product great unit why the hell cant you switch between all 4 channels without buying an additional unit

[@julianpreu3960]

You can switch between 3 channels without any additional unit. And all 4 channels if you have a 10$ footswitch.

[@jimmyttkacz2006]

NO NU metal shit of course it will sound good if you just chug or hit a few notes, want to know if its cutting on you or pick attack is tight playn fast note shit etc

[@DISSONVNT]

Are you okay

[@joeconti3599]

1st?

[@xttocx]

Sounds like a permanently cocked wah to me. Hard pass unfortunately, Amp 1.

[@rg2550zgw]

the nano tube is actually in the power amp section not the preamp try doing a bit of research. The revolutionary Nanotube TM technology, which is in no way inferior to classic tube amps in terms of sound and feel, power and character, has already set a new standard for guitar amps in AMP1 Mercury Edition. As with the best metal amps, the AMP1 Iridium Edition's metal-tuned current feedback loop responds to both the speaker and the Nanotube TM power amp for ultimate punch and tight metal lo-end.