The fact that Rob called the Blackstar fluffy when Ryan “Fluff” Bruce notoriously hates Blackstar amps is absolutely hilarious to me.

This is awsome as always! Suggestion: Why don't you let Rob set up 15 amps the way he likes them. Let them cool for say 2 weeks before you shoot a video, and then pick 6-7 of these amps with his settings and let him blindtest. That would really put his knowledge on test. :)

@rosshorne4769

6 жыл бұрын

Henric Oscarsson that is a cracking idea

@GerSHAK

6 жыл бұрын

I like it :)

@bluerock5351

5 жыл бұрын

Yep, sounds like a good idea to me.

@knightsofanarchy6409

5 жыл бұрын

YES!! wanna see this!!

@zipcheckcheck

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, let Chapters or Captain set their best clean, crunch and lead tones on each amp and then AB them versus another amp.

I was frankly blown away at how tight and angry that 6505 sounded. It wanted you to have all of the gain

Oh God he said "Fluff-y" when he turned the Blackstar on xD Am I the only one who can't handle this?

Editing on point again

@filnn

6 жыл бұрын

It's Rory. Nuff said.

@bradwhiteuk

6 жыл бұрын

Shania. Twain.

@KentBuchla

5 жыл бұрын

Nah, all that clowns stuff is pretty annoying after a while. Sure, it is ‘branding’ but it is tiring rather soon and is more than enough within one video let alone a series of them. The gimmick doesn’t age well.

@xferme

4 жыл бұрын

I didn't like the sound levels music vs voice.

@jakubSwaps

3 жыл бұрын

@@KentBuchla Well you can't say any of that definitively as it clearly comes down to personal preference so as far as that goes I'm gonna have to disagree and it seems I wouldn't be the only one.

Somebody please tell Fluff, that the Blackstar is fluffy

@srvthesheep4682

6 жыл бұрын

Gengy28 too fluffy for his English taste so.... to American?

@CoolspyGaming

6 жыл бұрын

9:19 For anyone that doesn't understand what hes talking about, you're welcome.

@Gengy28

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting the time stamp

@tristenscheffer6837

6 жыл бұрын

First words about a black star..., "it's fluffy" couldn't be anymore ironic

Rob Chapman, the man with the ears of a rock n roll night owl.

Affordables blues heads shootout whit Danish Pete blindfolded!!! Please please please!

@pharmerdavid1432

4 жыл бұрын

I agree - metal doesn't register as "music" in my brain, although satan (excuse me: Satan) digs it.......!

@4968ace

4 жыл бұрын

“That isn’t music, it’s just a buncha noise!“ ..said old folks in the 40’s talking about blues

When I read or hear an amp review that states "way more gain than I'll ever need" that usually translates into "just the right amount" for me. Peavey 6505 for the win.

I am always amazed at Robs skills on these blind fold challenges. Great job guys!

I know this is older but I've been using this video as tool to help me buy one of these soon so here's this for anyone that may need it as well... Orange - 2:29 Peavey - 6:00 Blackstar - 9:20 Hotone - 12:39 Boss - 15:20 Egnater - 19:59 Marshall - 23:34 Victory - 26:57 Victory (Rob's correction) - 35:07

@PantheonLincoln

3 жыл бұрын

Didn't see this earlier, very useful as I'm thinking of either the Orange or the Victory. Maybe the Victory as I already have on old Tiny Terror for Orange tones.

The peavy sounded amazing

@Raiyan678

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah..... But for heavy thrasher riffs, the sound was awesome. At the same time, I've no experience with mixing so it might be bad in mix. But it sounds very ballsy lol

@aaaargl

6 жыл бұрын

well nobody in their right mind would put pre-amp gain in the lead channel on more than 10 o'clock. especially when you are boosting it with a TS :D

@goddessintriptych7046

6 жыл бұрын

6505mh: By far the best amp here. You can hear how tight it is compared to the other amps, which means you can always dial in a fuller tone to mimic that Orange-y sound if you wanted it (for whatever reason). You'd never be able to do the opposite: make any of these other amps sound as tight as the 6505 mini. For the record, I played along blind and thought the Orange sounded decent (still too much low end for my taste) and the Katana was okaaaaay for shredding. Thought everything else sounded like flaming hot garbage- completely worthless.

@Chris_Brah

6 жыл бұрын

Decimator sorts that out...

@pablocacaster

6 жыл бұрын

it was on lead mode wich no one likes, but the crunch channel its far better, i own one the only thing i dont like its too small and not powerful enough

Impressive tone ears from Chappers again!

The editing just makes the videos so much fun!

Happy birthday Lee. Thanks for another great video 🤘

You guys are fantastic folks, really ! These blinfolded videos show how much Chappers is into music, how much he can hear and feel, which I find amazing. and I had a good laugh too, so keep 'em coming !

Seriously a quality video. Entertaining the entire way through. Keep it up guys.

I just love the whiteboard and actually keeping track of what Rob's comments are about each of the amps.

Rory, Mr. Editor, plz bring back fiddlesticks as a stand-in for when some one curses, I've been missing it :(

This is so entertaining and Rob's blinfold playing is awesome. His ear is so good. Great video as usual! I felt the same about the Egnator. Had a tweeker and it just didn't have the bite. Was fun to tweek though.

Thanks for uploading this today guys, after the day I've had this was awesome to see in my sub box!

2:21 That was the most unenthusiastic "I was born ready" ever uttered lol

Phenomenal ear, Rob! Love these blindfold tests! Missed hearing clean settings. So much is revealed about an amp on a clean setting. Much harder to find a great clean sound!

6505 mini has been on my radar for a while, this has totally convinced me to get one now!

This has got to be the best guitar/gear channel on KZread.... great stuff lads 👍

Great stuff anderton's! You guys are always funny and informative. Something that I like to do myself to remove my own bias is to listen to these videos with my headphones on without watching. I choose without knowing the tones that I like by remembering some of the wrist played or the time frame where it was played. It removes my own bias because let's face it we all have that. Keep rocking guys

That Orange sounds great - these videos are so entertaining. Keep them coming.

HAppy Birthday Mr. Lee Anderton ! You have brought us amazing entertainment , thank you .

I like how this channel "Andertons", they don't have to pause after playing before speaking like in that pedal show it's much more advanced but I like that pedal show how they write on the screen the amp they're using at that time or the pedal.

I LOVE these kind or videos. Extremely entertaining!

seriously guys, you are my favorites youtubers of the whole world , really, its just such a good rock channel, greetings from Mexico.

I love these blindfold challenges!

Love the blindfold challenges guys!

I "watched" this episode with a blindfold on, i quite enjoyed it, i give it a 9.8.

this was a great video.. rob said I'm sorry that's because I didn't like them.... pure gold! these blindfolded vids are probably some of my favs you guys do.

Okay, what needs to happen next is for Rob to explain what characteristics he is listening for to determine valve or not. No doubt his hearing and knowledge of sound production are on another level, which only develops after a lifetime of playing, listening to and developing gear. Amazing as usual Mr. Chapman.

@goddessintriptych7046

6 жыл бұрын

There is a characteristic dynamic bark that you get with tubes that solid state doesn't replicate well. It's far easier to tell in person- in a video, very difficult to tell usually (unless compared with a very high end tube amp that's perfectly dialed-in). I have gear throughout low to high price bands, so that's just my two cents. After playing on this gear for a while, I have a tendency now to strongly-prefer tube-driven gain and effects when I'm in front of the amp. These techniques tend to show it the most: Palm-muting (I have a very heavy right-hand and palm-mute very quickly, so I am always chasing a tight amp sound) & alternating between high and low string power chords (full chords as well)

@jmcsquared18

6 жыл бұрын

But he always gets the Marshall DSL wrong, in both this video and in the gain version of the valve vs solid state vs modeling challenge video. Rob never thinks the Marshall DSL is valve! What gives with that?? It's one of the best tube amps on the planet, especially the 2018 reissue series.

@goddessintriptych7046

6 жыл бұрын

As good as the DSL is, it's a bit more "clandestine-sounding" than tighter amps, like the 5150 tribute here. That clandestine quality can be heard in lower-end heads (like the Hotone's), so if you're really scrutinizing the amp for that sound, you'll screen out everything with that sound and gravitate towards the tighter amps. I recommend watching Lasse Lammert's playlist to listen for this sound, especially the Hotone Head (very clandestine/distant sounding) vs. the ENGL Ritchie Blackmore (E650) or Krank Krankenstein+ which are very forward/clear and tight-sounding amps by comparison: kzread.info/dash/bejne/eH1o25lyndi_dZs.html

@jmcsquared18

6 жыл бұрын

GoddessIn Triptych I don't know what you're hearing, the DSL is very present to my ears. It's a bit fizzier than a 5150/6505 but it doesn't sound far away at all. That's what the valves are supposed to do? Mine does a great job with metal and cleans; although a 5150/6505 would be a bit tighter, it wouldn't be like daylight and dark.

@goddessintriptych7046

6 жыл бұрын

Isn't there some sort of mid-contour on the DSL as well? I played one in a store a while back and that had one and really liked the controls (I still want to own one some day). One of my favorite Death Metal albums was recorded with it

God I love this channel! I love the blindfold challanges!! do more please! maybe cheap vs expensive distortion pedals! tube vs non tube distortion or preamp pedals!

I really liked the Blackstar one!

What about a playoff Last Man(Gear) Standig type of Video? Two pieces of gear against each other one loses the other comes to the next round until only one is left.

@brutalbeetle

6 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't really give a good idea of ratings, for example with this one everything would have lost to the orange so you wouldn't know how the others compare, just that orange > everything else. You'd have to do a bracket type where the winners only compete after a play-off round, and it would make the videos take way more than twice as long

Blindfold videos are the future!! Nice one fellas.

First video I saw of Chappers was 11 years ago with 'Orange Tiny Terror Metal'; this video feels like a full circle with Rob picking the Orange as his favourite :)

The editing is becoming legendary!

Great video as always. I'm just waiting for the Vai video! Come on guys!

These blindfold comparison videos are the best.

another victory for orange amps

@masterbeernuts9344

6 жыл бұрын

I was super surprised at the Orange - for me it sounded the best (and I usually like Marshall tones). Lovely clean crisp sound that you just want to fiddle with. Good work Orange!

@gurukula342

6 жыл бұрын

Orange wins, Rob's wearing orange vision stoppers.. I smell a conspiracy. Great sounding amp though!

@Tcflohr

6 жыл бұрын

So glad they brought back the rocker circuit. I was begging orange for years after they discontinued the rocker 30 to bring it back. It's quintessential orange crunch, it's cleans up well, two channel with an FX loop (the older one didn't have the loop). Done deal.

@bellsprout666

6 жыл бұрын

Another orange for victory amps

@bobboitt3126

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah Im surprised the Marshall sounded mediocre I liked the Orange too

More blindfold challenges please 🎉🎉🎉🎉. Love em

Love these videos, so much fun.

I really enjoyed these shootouts. Very happy about Orange. pleasantly surprised by the Blackstar

when he pointed at Number 4, I had to pause and stare for a worryingly long time to see it

@AbhiramBharadwaj1

6 жыл бұрын

Exactly!

@brandondufrene4706

6 жыл бұрын

I thought Rob was calling the katana a hotone for a minute there. Almost didn't notice the tiny little amp on top of the Boss.

7:45 Haha! Meet Cpt. Lee Pastel, with a moustache more exquisite than his shiffordable paintings.

His signature amp is "Farty on the Low end". Love it :)

@atwomey12

6 жыл бұрын

Andrzej Marczewski speaker cab is slightly different than what victory puts out.

@douglasdog1

6 жыл бұрын

Near the end he noticed it wasn’t set properly

@yaguitar

6 жыл бұрын

The guy does know gear though!

@douglasdog1

6 жыл бұрын

Impressive!

@Tcflohr

6 жыл бұрын

Aren't we all though?

Just started listening to the first amp, and the orange sounds amazing!!!!!! (Turns out they all sound good. Long day at work, just came home. And have it on really loud. Just what I needed)

Thank you for another blindfold challenge video. If nothing else, it makes you listen with your ears and not your eyes :-)

Rory, those songs you made were amazing xD I want a compilation of them!! (P.S.: the Peavey sounded best to my ears as well!)

Digging the Orange aswell. Awesome.

Chappers @ 12:45 on the Egnater Tweaker review video “I really really like this amp.” Don’t feel bad about giving it the low score. You loved it when it was dialed in right.

I love love love the blindfold challenges

I really dig that Mini Peavey Head. Might just have to look into getting one

You should do a shoutout to Jazz/Blues amps under and over 1000 with Pete and Ariel

@GavinMorris1

6 жыл бұрын

Amp Paradiso? Yes please.

@Geertje1965

6 жыл бұрын

I'd love this

@Messier31NGC224

6 жыл бұрын

Yes!!! I'd love that

@mrpositronia

6 жыл бұрын

Great idea. Hope they are reading this.

If I lived in the uk I wouldn’t buy from anyone but andertons, these kinds of videos show such a level of class, it shows how they dont advertise amps based on profits for them but actually goes to show people how they sound and what would work best for them

Always great video's guys. Everything you produce i will watch. I wish i loved anything in this world as much as Rob loves that shirt. :)

@thehound2161

6 жыл бұрын

Mark it down also. Rob almost did not know how to say it but the words "can you turn the gain down" were spoken here folks!

I agree with the previous comments - the Orange is first by a long way but then my back up to my Laney LV300T is a Micro Terror played through a Blackstar 4 x 8" - not quite the bass response of a 4 x 12" but better than a 1 x 12"!! Still a fantastic amp and dead easy to dial in

The blindfold challenges are great guys! :)

holy fook! when Rob does the settings for the RD1 it sounds amazing!

That Orange Rocker just does it for me! Unreal.

I always find it interesting when Chappers does these blindfold challenges. Also very telling what he really thinks of gear when he's not trying to "sell" stuff. Like, I've seen the vids about the Marshall DSL amps specifically, and his opinion here is very different when he doesn't actually know it's a Marshall.

the guy who edits these hilarious videos needs a raise.

Holy shit Rob really knows his stuff!! He's so accurate with those guesses

The Artist MK2 is an amazing amp! So many great amps available today it's almost like you really can't go wrong. My Chapman guitar is one of the finest guitars I own. I plan on adding a Chapman baritone to my collection!

I loooooove this kind of videos! Make moooooore pleaaasseee

Rob's playing is awesome as usual, and he probably has the best ears of any guitarist alive.

Excellent and proper use of the word penultimate, just as captain Lee was switching to the egnator.

These videos are the best videos imo

Love the show, always do.

I wish now that I was blindfolded.... or simply looked away, to judge these for myself. I've always liked Orange amps, so I may have some bias there, but it does seem to have been at the top of most lists anyway. I'd say the Peavey, Victory and Katana join the Orange at the top, but since Rob had those at the top as well, I'm questioning myself. Great video!

@goddessintriptych7046

6 жыл бұрын

After the first blindfold pedal challenge, I started listening to all of these challenges blind. It works. I picked out the Peavey MH which sounded tight to me (a big plus), much tighter than the other amps. I happen to own the big version and generally like similar-sounding amps like the Framus Cobra.

Rob! That was amazing. You guessed so much about so many of them. \m/

The Orange amp...talk about having the "cocked wah" sound... LOVED the sound of the unboosted Peavey lunch box. Rob did MUCH better this go 'round. Must have been feeling more relaxed. Who knows? But he pretty much nailed five out of the eight . Somewhat restored my faith in his golden ear! Odd that he did not identify his own signature amp.

Damn I've not heard any of the other amps yet but Rob made that orange sound great!

The Orange sounded best to me, Good crunch without losing the tone. Rob tends to like too much gain though! I'd like to see you do this with clean sounding amps & the Danish god playing.

The best I’ve heard Rob play, probably because he said he recorded yesterday and was practicing like crazy. Great video, will you guys now do a third video, amongst those >< 1k, blindfolded of course?

The Boss is my favorite, which is why I bought one. The Orange was my second favorite in this lineup, with the Peavey coming in 3rd. I love these blind challenges.

@jmcsquared18

6 жыл бұрын

The DSL had the most beautiful tone, but the Katana did have the best metal sound, it had a very tight low-end.

@OlettaLiano

6 жыл бұрын

Agreed, and the Katana's tight low end is what I need for my 8-string guitar and 6-string bass.

@jmcsquared18

6 жыл бұрын

I don't think they set the eq on the DSL correctly. Mine can put out a huge metal sound, but Rob's correct in saying that the DSL needs to be driven more. And they likely didn't have the tone shift on which scoops the mid a bit.

More of these blinds with Rob pls 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

Blindfold challenges are always good for a laugh!

You really not talked long enough about HOW good Rob was.You need to party him! I'm THAT impressed. For me it''s unbelievable how he nailed one amp after another. Unbelievable. MAXIMUM RESPECT!

That 6505 mini is such a BEAST! Factoring that its only $499 it destroys almost any other amp on earth!

11:28 - A wild Fluff appears. :) Excellent editing as always gents!

The Orange amp sounded great, but my favourite was the Peavey. Great gain sound, but still articulate

It would be awesome if you guys just had a video talking about the state of the industry (Fender, Gibson PRS) and their prices and such. And also play them all. For sure.

I just like the way Blackstar amps sound. I know I might be a little biased, because I have one, but seriously though.

I love these blindfold videos for the comedic value I hate them because they remind me that people can play better me even if they're blind

I could almost understand all of this information. Good job, good team.

This was the best video yet! I could not stop laughing, especially when he identified the tiny Hotone.

NGL, I had this on in the background and I had to doubletake at the Hotone. I'd record with that every day.

That's the thing about the tweaker, takes a while to dial in your tone. But when you do, it's heavenly

‘Action Lee-Play’. Love it haha

Wonderful video!

You used the peavey on the lead channel aswell, that's why it has soo incredibly much gain. Although the rhythm channel is savage too.

@goddessintriptych7046

6 жыл бұрын

Once he told Lee to dial it back, it greatly improved. I listened blind, and I thought whatever it was trashed everything else.

I have watched you guys for years and your videos only get more entertaining. When I am the market i will most definitely buying a chapman from andertons.

@cbfedge5593

6 жыл бұрын

Zac Carter Chapman have gone down the drain. As soon as they released their new standard range, they kept the old models, priced them higher and made worse guitars for the same price

@zaccarter3801

6 жыл бұрын

cbf edge I like the new ml3 traditional but that's about it

I have really enjoyed the amp /blindfold challenges. Interesting to see what people say when they only trust their ears!

Again...very impressed by the Chappers.