Tonex vs. Headrush vs NAM: Which One Nails the Real Amp?

[@BrittanyLevanger]

The neural amp modeler is the most accurate hands down!!!!

[@willman100]

Great video again. The HeadRush might not be the most accurate, but it offers a lot. Superclones are really neat and you can load them into your device Flex,Core or Prime.

[@SixStringLab]

Hey! Glad you enjoyed it-this video was your idea, after all! You're right, I only got the Headrush to about ~96% accuracy with a few quick tweaks, but with more time, it could’ve been even better. That said, does it really matter? A lot of folks, including me, think the Headrush sounded the best-or even thought it was the real amp!

[@guitar-21]

I'm a Headrush user and fan. I just upgraded to the Prime a couple of days ago, so I'm biased. But I do find it interesting that headrush was the most accurate at following when you got around the 6K and higher levels. Though those middle frequencies are what we all believe are most important, anyone who complains about digital modeling sounding harsh is referring to those top end frequencies. So the main take away from this for me is that I don't need to worry about shelving the highs in Headrush, but if I get one of the others, shelving those high frequencies would be required. That seems to be a major result of this test

[@SixStringLab]

Hey, now that is an interesting take, you might have something there! Thanks for watching!

[@guitar-21]

​@@SixStringLabgreat videos. I just subscribed. Keep up the great work.

[@kevinwhite6172]

Wonder how the Quad Cortex fairs?

[@SixStringLab]

This will be featured in an upcoming video for sure. In this video we focused solely on cloners that have a software version you can run on your computer. In an upcoming episode we will add Kemper and Quad Cortex and see how the results turn out!

[@markschinkel1687]

There is also the DimeHead from germany as a hardware nam player.

[@SixStringLab]

Thank you for the heads up! Cheers

[@AEP2x]

Ummmm NAM has another more powerful dedicated pedal available called The NAM player by Dimehead. It also has some effects. It plays full size NAM profiles as opposed to nano profiles of the Mod dwarf.

[@SixStringLab]

Yes! Placed an order, thanks!

[@guitar-21]

The funny thing was that I assumed that 1 and 2 were clones because they were so similar and a touch thin. When I heard 3 and 4 I was debating which of those was the real amp just because they sounded fuller. I actually assumed 4 was the real amp because it was slightly hollowed out in the mids compared to number 3. As a headrush Prime owner at least I'm consistent!

[@Iseghaal]

3 sounded more open and "real" to me. Would love to see a test like this with bass amps....

[@SixStringLab]

We will have to throw that in the mix! Thanks for the idea, and thanks for watching!

[@mervinramos5181]

3 for me

[@SixStringLab]

3 is a popular number today!

[@adamstein9333]

Subscribed, highly underrated. Please add ANN Profiles from MVave Blackbox/Tank G

[@SixStringLab]

Thanks for the suggestion, I will have to do that! I've got the Blackbox but so far all I have had time to do is make one test capture. I'll bump ANN profile testing up the priority list, I'm curious.

[@willman100]

I am thinking 3 is the real amp and 4 is the HeadRush

[@adamstein9333]

Me too

[@ultimatescalerc7151]

Tone X all the way Ive had all the others, They arnt even on the same planet. Nothing beats the $180 dollar Tone X One. slap a cheap MFX modeller on to it and its all you need.

[@SixStringLab]

Happy to hear you are enjoying your Tonex! I have been a long time Kemper user for live shows, but just last week I switched it up to my Tonex for a local show and it might stay that way!

[@ultimatescalerc7151]

@@SixStringLab Im working on a product that will merge Tone X One with other MFX units to combine them together and make them work as one. Lots of old modellers that are perfectly fine for FX and can add additional functionality to the plug ins.

[@waylansavage6498]

Through my phone speakers I liked 3 the best.

[@SixStringLab]

It's crazy how many people thought 3 sounded best or was the real amp!

[@borjar.6373]

100 epochs on Nam is too little.... the accuracy would have been much better if you put 500 /1000 epochs

[@SixStringLab]

Yes, there are many ways to tweak NAM. I was just trying to prove a point that even on "easy mode" NAM creates the most accurate clones of the 3.