That Pedal Show – Mid-Scooped & Mid-Pushed Amps: What Do We Mean? Plus: Amp-In-A-Box Pedals Tested HD

Welcome to That Pedal Show! Please subscribe to our channel and visit our store https://www.thatpedalshowstore.com Life too short for long YouTube videos? Please see the ‘Interesting bits and go-to sections’ information below. In this episode we tackle a tricky subject – and indeed our preconceptions – in terms of two particular phrases we use a lot on That Pedal Show: ’mid-scooped’ and mid-pushed’ when it comes to guitar amplifiers. For example, you may hear us describing the classic Fender sound as having ‘scooped mids’, or the Marshall sound as having ‘pushed mids’. They are terms that have become accepted wisdom… but what do we actually mean? We demonstrate some key guitar freqeuncies with the help of a graphic equalizer, before moving on to comparisons between a Marshall 1987x (50-watt Plexi), a Vox AC30 and a Fender Super Reverb. As we discover, with the amps in their clean states the differences are nowhere near as pronounced as they are under overdrive from pedals. The last section of the video concerns ‘amp-in-a-box’ style pedals vis a vis changing the basic character of one amp to sound like another. Can it be done? Enjoy the video… Pedals in this episode… • TheGigRig Three2One https://www.thegigrig.com/three2one • D’Addario Pedal Tuner UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2tIN4lD USA: http://bit.ly/2x4Bm6m Australia: http://bit.ly/2tfHqHN • MXR 10-Band EQ UK: http://bit.ly/2iCCuw7 USA: http://bit.ly/2y7wMsQ • Analogman Bad Bob Booster http://www.buyanalogman.com/ USA: https://www.riffcityguitaroutlet.com/pages/search-results?type=product&q=Analogman?utm_campaign=TPS&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=TPS • Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2dvn8Xy USA: http://bit.ly/2deXzpR • Fulltone OCD UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2dhU2ro USA: http://bit.ly/2cPeUXK Australia: http://bit.ly/2qgh9eW • Catalinbread Dirty Little Secret UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2iIhmz9 USA: http://bit.ly/2iu1aCh Australia: http://bit.ly/2B67V5U • Wampler Thirty Something UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2mWL4Yj USA: http://bit.ly/2xihX26 Australia: http://bit.ly/2ApTMEl • Empress Echo System UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2x5i4z4 Australia: http://bit.ly/2x0K9K7 • Neunaber Immerse UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2hLaceo Australia: http://bit.ly/2ov7Ztu • TheGigRig G2 https://www.thegigrig.com/g2 * Why do we have preferred retailer links? Find out here: http://www.thatpedalshow.com/partners Interesting bits and go-to sections… - Introduction: 00:00 - Today’s amps: 2:10 - What are we doing today? 3:20 - A brief and very sketchy history of Fender amps: 4:15 - Today’s questions: 8:55 - Comparing the basic sounds of the three amps: 9:25 - Key frequencies for guitar demonstrated with a graphic EQ pedal: 16:58 - Can we make the Marshall sound like the Fender just using the EQ? 21:30 - Let’s add some overdrive…: 23:15 - Analogman Bad Bob Booster through the three amps: 25:05 - Ibanez TS9 through all three amps: 26:10 - Fulltone OCD through all three amps: 31:40 - Biff