Academy of Tone, Episode 2
Special guest:
- Jimi Hendrix
Time Stamps
0:00 | Intro |
1:08 | Thomas' modded Vox AC30 and who is Peter Weihe. |
2:11 | A/B between the Vox AC30 and the AMP1 Mercury Edition |
2:49 | Settings on the AMP1 (Vintage Channel, no Boost, Gain10, Bass 10, Mid 5, Treble 4,5) |
5:00 | AMP1 EQ Controls explained to get a killer tone on the vintage channel with stack 1970 on the bluBOX |
11:31 | What about a clean tone (with Fender Stratocaster)? |
14:02 | What about a clean tone (with Gibson ES335)? |
16:25 | What is a treble-bleed? |
21:20 | Wiring diferences on Thomas' Stratocaster and the trebel-bleed circuit |
25:45 | Matching overdrive sounds with the clean tone with switcher noise |
27:12 | Unplugging the switcher to solve a noise problem and why it occurs |
29:00 | Matching overdrive sounds with the clean tone without switcher noise |
31:10 | Question from chat: Can I do a nice bluesy SRV tone with the Iridium? |
31:43 | Question from chat: Does the overdrive Master change the poweramp tone like it would on traditional amps? Or does it just change the volume, so you can balance the channels without affecting tone? |
34:38 | Question from chat: What are the pickups in the Stratocaster? |
36:33 | Question from chat: Can I use the custom controls to have a normal volume on clean and classic and a louder solo modern? |
37:55 | Question from chat: How high can I go with the master volume when using a NANOcab? |
40:36 | Question from chat: I'm getting hiss/noise when my master volume is at 10, is that normal? |
42:15 | Question from chat: How different is the low gain mode between Mercury and Irisium? |
44:18 | Question from chat: My overdrive pedals seem to have problems with the Mercury Edition |
48:00 | How to change the gain with the REMOTE1 |
51:11 | Question from chat: Can you give us more information about the dummy coil in your Stratocaster? |
54:45 | Question from chat: Do you have any recommendation for an in-ear headphone using bluBOX with Mercury Edition? I'm looking for something that fits best to the frequency behaviour of the FATcab. |
56:05 | Question from chat: How do you set up your rhythm vs lead volume in a live situation? Still keeping enough headroom to use your guitar volume knob as well to vary between clean/crunch and lead? |
59:30 | Question from chat: Can I use the expert features on the Silver Edition? |
1:02:22 | Thomas sets up his tone on the Iridium Edition with his Stratocaster |
1:06:48 | Thomas sets up his tone on the Iridium Edition with his Gibson ES335 |
1:10:07 | Thomas switches back to his Stratocaster with the same settings to show the difference |
1:13:28 | Question from chat: Could you tell me … if all I want is classic amp tones clean to light crunch, should I just buy a current edition or would there be much advantage to waiting for the AMP X release? |
1:14:59 | Question from chat: Ca I upload my own IR's to the Iridium? |
1:15:45 | Question from chat: Can I use a Big Muff style pedal in front of the Iridium? |
1:17:31 | Question from chat: How does AMP1 handle switching from humbuckers to single coiled guitars … ? Do you use specific presets? |
1:21:06 | Question from chat: Question on the AMP1 Mercury Edition. Do you have any suggestions to get the response more immediate? I like the sound but it sags/compresses a bit much for my taste. |
1:22:40 | Question from chat: How light is your touch when you play Thomas? Both picking - and left hand … love AMP1 |
1:29:28 | Outro |