Recent content by Guitarjon

Hello everyone! Here's something a little crazy I worked on for a while. The concept is simple: I wrote a 'riff' specifically for this concept. It's basically a collage of riffy bits and some lead bits so that you can hopefully get a good idea of how these amps all sound with a modern high gain...

Hey everyone! It's a new amp day, yaaaay! Got a H&K Tubemeister Deluxe 40! I already have a Black Spirit 200 and a Grandmeister Deluxe 40. I think both are great, especially the GMD40. It has a great clarity and presence in a mix. Those 2 amps are jampacked with features but the Tubemeister...

Hey everyone! I'm starting a new thread here based on my new YT amp demo/comparison/versatility-test series: the 'One Song, One Amp' series! This whole concept originated from when I was trying to come up with a cool idea for a new epic amp comparison with 32 amps or so. The basic idea was...

MT15 came from PRS and that was one of the first mini-amps to feature 6L6 tubes in the power-section. This does give the amp more headroom and 'oomph'. I think the latter mostly has to do with headroom because in my experience the small EL84 can have more than enough low-end, it's just that they...

Has anyone heard of Wangs amps? It's an amp company from China and they are built by their small family-run company of about 15 employees. All the amps are made by hand with a lot of care basically but the price tags are attractive! So I got my HD-15 amp a while ago and I've been enjoying the...

I've had my PRS SE277 semi-hollow for a while now and it's truly one of the most unique instruments I've ever owned in terms of looks, features and sound! I mean, it's a semi-hollow baritone with P90's for crikey's sake! Before I got this one I had purchased a used sunburst SE277 with the old...

I'm doing a new series called Jon's Tone Chronicles and the basic idea is that I try a different guitar and amp combination in each episode. Just to find some killer combo's and talk about the gear used and the signal-chain etc. Just short videos but a good excuse to have some fun and talk about...

Hey guys, I thought I'd do a shootout/comparison of a bunch of overdrive or boost pedals as I'd done one before and that was a lot of fun. The results were also interesting! This time instead of using my JCM 800 Studio I wanted to use a completely different amp so I went with my Mesa Dual...

I got this pedal recently, the Mud Killer by Electric Eye Audio. It's basically a tube screamer but with a lot of added functionality so it can also sound much more aggressive like a Fortin Grind or 33. You can use it as a neutral clean boost, you can use it as a mild to heavy overdrive but it's...

Hey everyone! Small/low-wattage or lunchbox amps are popular these days and I'm a fan myself. I thought it would be cool to have a thread where we can all chat about our love for those smaller amps. Also, since I have 20 amps that fit in this category I thought it would be fun and perhaps...

Hey guys, I was writing some riffs with my new 8-string and I thought it would be fun to do a little comparison of the 3 big ones when it comes to guitar tones; the Line 6 Helix, Fractal Audio Axe Fx III and my PRS MT15 tube amp. Now, this is not a super scientific comparison where I try to...

Hey everyone, I made a comparison of the Hughes & Kettner Grandmeister Deluxe 40 tube amplifier and the Black Spirit 200 solid state amplifier. I thought this would be quite interesting since these two amps are very similar in some ways (the effects, the midi, the tonal options and all the...

I've really been in the mood for the Stephen Carpenter LTD models lately. I had 2 8-strings, my Ibanez M80M which is unique in it's own right and I had a Schecter C8 Hellraiser Hybrid. Excellent guitar but not 'cool' enough for me when I compared the guitar to the red sparkle SC-608B. Don't get...

Hey everyone, I've been wanting to do this shootout for quite a while now so I'm super stoked to be sharing this with you guys. I'm a Marshall amp fan and I really love the 20 watt heads. That's why I have 4 of them. I have the following models: -SV20H Studio Vintage 1959 SLP -SC20H Studio...

Hey all, I saw this Schecter PT Apocalypse listed on our local used instruments site and since I love Tele type guitars I just had to go for it and trade one of my guitars for it. The KM6 MKII had to go. That guy was very pleased with his new guitar and I'm also super happy with this PT...