Revisiting the Framus Cobra, 11 years later! Still sounds boss!

@DayneJ93

2 жыл бұрын

Uncle Roger would approve

@brysonjohnson5699

2 жыл бұрын

Killlswitch engage used them back in the day were great amps but broke down alot

@benhe4211

2 жыл бұрын

THICCCCCCCCCCCCC

@nevesnow

2 жыл бұрын

fuyoohhhh! :)

@jarrod4115

2 жыл бұрын

You sound boss haiyaaa

Hey Ola, here's a story I hope you read and have a laugh at. Around the time your original Framus Cobra video came out, I was asked to join a band with someone from a nearby town. I was told they'd demo tracks and songs already written - and only needed me to learn them. I got the "demo tracks" and was blown away by the guitar tones and riffs that a random 20 year old had written. So much so, that I showed them to a friend and he instantly said, "He didn't write them". I asked him to elaborate so he pulled up your KZread channel - showed me the original Framus Cobra video and Taurus Stomphead video. He didn't so much as steal your riffs, but went as far to rip the audio, edit the metadata to show his own name - and was passing it off as his own. The look on his face when I asked him - "have you heard of Ola Englund?" I've been a fan of yours ever since. I wanted to tell you this story when I met you in Dublin with The Haunted - but it was a bit longwinded to start telling outside of a Venue.

Holy shitballs. This is the best tone I've ever heard.

"But if you turn up the mids...... still unusable" literal laugh out loud.

@zAvAvAz

2 жыл бұрын

hahah lol

@ianlahaye9476

2 жыл бұрын

It's true. That switch is AWFUL. I've contemplated rubbing off the "TCH" letters on those switches so it just says NO.

@ianlahaye9476

2 жыл бұрын

@@bon3d3th You'd fully understand in person hearing the difference between the notch engaged and not. It's completely unnecessary. It's like a neutering switch.

@ianlahaye9476

2 жыл бұрын

@@bon3d3th Okidoke, dude. 😐👌I got you fine. I actually have the amp so I'm telling you in person you would not run the amp like that. The grind I'm sure would color up the switch so it's usable maybe alone for practice, but it's really not the same hearing what you hear on KZread compared to what it sounds sitting right in front of you.

@djdanger9812

2 жыл бұрын

Also the amount of low end the mid boost adds on this amp is unlike anything ive ever owned so there's that to..

I remember you did a guitar recording tutorial with this and Matt Damon as your narrator.

@BalashToth

2 жыл бұрын

And the how record bass guitar at home tutorial. I watch that every couple of months. 🤣

@AJPMUSIC_OFFICIAL

2 жыл бұрын

Random pictures of Arnold Schwarzenegger in the vids.

@oscarolbaid

2 жыл бұрын

jajajaa please I need that link !!! xD

The “uncle roger” Haiyaa made me laugh 😂

@Localbrobrahma

2 жыл бұрын

Me2 .... actually he watches his videos

@karstenhammerhansen

2 жыл бұрын

Someone should make Uncle Roger review Ola's tone

@Localbrobrahma

2 жыл бұрын

@@karstenhammerhansen yea someone tell him 🤣

With the Dimebucker and the Tube Screamer engaged... sound is just amazing! A killer tone!

"Playing on the crunch channel that sounds brutal as hell" -ok, let's switch to the lead channel wich has way more gain !

@ChannelForty2

2 жыл бұрын

Yep I felt that one too!

10 years ago Ola the beardless swede made some heavy ass sounds man

I love Greenbacks so much. Very underappreciated in the metal realm.

happy tuesday homie

Insomnium used this for (rhythm?) guitars on "Across the Dark" album. But as it turned out, their Cobra was broken - it didn't have a limiter and by the end of recordings the amp just melted.

@khanchris79

2 жыл бұрын

That's... Actually pretty fucking cool. 😂

@minstrel9806

Жыл бұрын

the idea of an amp fucking melting is metal af

I fucking lov this series Ola!! I've been here since the very beginning and it's so cool to see how far you have come. Revisiting your old tests bring back cool memories and mean feared riffs!

I played my Cobra yesterday. Glad to finally see one back in your hands, Ola. I know you were on the fence with them before but this OG video was the best tone (and wonderfully used with the Feared song) that you've had back then. The Cobra is a monster. Cheers!

Sounds massive. Even better with the Solar pickups.

One of the first videos I saw that got me hooked on your channel.

This amp (and the dragon) got a bad rep due to the fact that the amps went through a few revisions and the easiest ones to find are the v5 revisions which according to most people are the worst sounding revision of the bunch. I owned a v2 dragon and it was AMAZING. The revisions for Cobra are v1, v2, and v5. The revisions for the Dragon are v1, v2, v3, v4, and v5.

@TheOklep

2 жыл бұрын

V1 Dragon owner here. Best amp I ever had (and still have). It just killed my amp GAS ten years ago, lol

@tommilitello198

2 жыл бұрын

That’s the majority of amps people don’t like

@snapascrew

2 жыл бұрын

@@tommilitello198 it is true that there are more V5's than anything else. and they do tend to get the worst rep. If that's what you're saying.

@Nestorglass

2 жыл бұрын

I was lucky enough to use a Cobra in one gig as backline, boosted with a Maxon OD, sounded so fucking TIGHT dude. People don't know what they're talking about. I barely had to dial in anything to get a good tone.

Definitely one of the best sounding amps you've tested! Freaking amazing low end that remains nice and tight on the palm mutes. To me that's an ideal metal tone regardless of which guitar is used. The richness of the distortion and how you can hear each string clearly is also amazing. Just superb.

Nice man, absolutely love it when you play anything from Furor Incarnatus. Still one of my favourite albums of yours.

F****ng great sound,thanks for the video Ola,cheers from Bulagaria🤘🍺!!!

Fantastic amp. Framus should reconsider to reintroduce it again, maybe with some footprint changes and maybe a smaller version too.

Ola, awesome setup, the very first tune sound great, Thank you for being YOU !

Since this was the only amp I've ever owned it became my workhorse for the past 17 years or so. I always get compliments on the sound and people still don't know the company. Now I just need to profile/capture it so I can put it in my modeler. Thanks for posting/sharing the Cobra!

I literally watched this vid yesterday! Great to see you revist it

And vids like these are precisely why it gets even harder to obtain these hidden gems!! This is one of my bucket-list amps...sounds phenom!

@CS-ru4xd

2 жыл бұрын

Aaaaand......a bit of an update : I found one and it came today!! Time to dig in!!

This is still the coolest sounding amp I've ever heard ten years later.

When you showed the clip from 11 years ago it struck me that I didn't realize just how long I've been following your work. Great stuff man.

Love the video work in this clip! :)

This is my new favorite video series of yours.

Framus Cobra is BRUTAAAAAL! I love this revisiting videos 🤘🏻

I remember back in the day when Framus broke out in the amp world with this and the Dragon. Which one was it that was catching on fire? I can't remember. Maybe the Dragon. Holy s**t, we jad a blast with that back in the wild west days of Harmony Central.

That's probably my favourite sounding amp out of the ones I've heard you demo, along with the driftwood purple nightmare and mesa John Petrucci sig amp

@snapascrew

2 жыл бұрын

I’m biased but loved the Soldano hotrod from way back

@naturaljoe759

Жыл бұрын

The Driftwood is badass. Would love to add one to my not-yet-existant collection one day.

this was my favorite video you made back in the day, loved those riffs!!! The section that came right after the Arnold blip... by far my favorite! I'd love to hear a track built around that riff... so good!!!!! :D

I've never really loved the tone this has in other demos but here it sounds insanely massive! Love it! Maybe it needs the matching cab with greenbacks to really shine.

Sounds awesome! Especially the Duncan Solar. I like a lot of your older vids and mic placement.

Brutal sounding amp dude, very thick and boomy. I’d love to take this amp for a test run.

@JobForAMaxboy

2 жыл бұрын

How the fuck did you just put a pic of Ola in your comment

@Gizmo-st1ky

2 жыл бұрын

@@JobForAMaxboy become one of olas members for extra perks, emojis, giveaways, and personal VC chats with him and other members! It’s great man you should try it got a month or two. It’s only 7 or so bucks for the basic membership.

@ELECTRICSCARS

Жыл бұрын

@@JobForAMaxboy Copy and Paste, it`s in the same format as every emoji (PNG)

I remember watching a brand new video, made by a yet-to-reveal-his-voice Swedish giant, about this head before buying it just to fulfill my confirmation bias. Then I bought it and it sounded nothing like the video, 'cause I sucked at playing, setting the Amp up and recording. I was super proud of my pro amp in my amateur band, then we disbanded because we sucked hard. Then my music ambition quickly faded before my eyes. Then I lost my life ambitions as well. And here I am after 10+ years with no accomplishment whatsoever but still watching the good old giant swede hitting goal after goal. Time flies when you're a loser! ❤️

@ZiddersRooFurry

2 жыл бұрын

Or stop talking shit about yourself and work on playing again. Don't just sit around wallowing.

This legit in my opinion is one of the best sounds I’ve heard out of your Amps in a whirl dam that thing is a beast!

Can't be that bad if KsE used those to record End of the Heartache. One of my favorite (sounding) metal albums.

@anthonycamillos3719

2 жыл бұрын

Part of the album, apparently the amp shit itself during recording 😂

@kreepthedestroyer

2 жыл бұрын

@@anthonycamillos3719 Facts. They switched to the dragon when this happened Edit: it was the other way around. for one song only

@somegingerdude8110

2 жыл бұрын

@@kreepthedestroyer I remember hearing the Dragon was only used on Rose of Sharyn

@vanespedals1023

2 жыл бұрын

@@somegingerdude8110 it’s the other way around: dragon on the album with 5150 mixed and Cobra in that specific song since the dragon blew up.

@ZediBaptista

2 жыл бұрын

Really? So when did they switch to the mesa roadsters?

Ola, I bought a Hughes & Kettner Tri-amp MKII after watching your video. It was an absolute nightmare getting it to Australia but so worth it.

Shhhiiiiittt time flies, I still remember watching the old video.

I adored my Cobra, and regret selling it every day. Haven't seen one for sale at a decent price for YEARS. Having the matching cab makes all the difference. Great video. PS - I enjoyed the first Cobra video that you did a decade ago too!

Maaaan, I have always wanted to play one. So chunky and sick. Would love to doom one out. In fact, my love and curiosity came from YOUR OLD DEMO VIDS! 🤘🏻🥳

This tone sounds amazing on the speaker on my iPhone 3G, especially when the mids are turned up! Great Work!

Sounds amazing! I feel honored to live right next to the company's hometown in Franconia, Germany ;-) It would be great if you do another video of my favourite amp from ENGL - the legendary E646 VICTOR SMOLSKI LTD

@chrisking6695

2 жыл бұрын

I'm originally from Nuremberg. Moved to the US in 2016. I'm not missing anything lol.

Thanks for revisiting your amp demos. My favorite back in the day was your demo of the Mesa Boogie Mark IV.

@nickyounger1368

2 жыл бұрын

Me too

I've been hanging out for this! Awesome video This and a peavey 5150/6505 Parkway Drive tone ' Horizons'

aye yo them kicks is FLY. also I loved that og Cobra video, it's the one that got me to subscribe to you and I STILL think that amp sounds killer, though I can tell you've gotten a lot better with your mixing since then

Metal 10 years later gives me chills , thanks Ola

Sounds freakin brutal. Best raw non-processed tone I've heard in a while and beats the dual rectifier in my opinion.

@yotamurmansk231

2 жыл бұрын

Anything beats this overpriced shit. I had displeasure playing one. Every randall and peavey has better gain. What is mesa with no overdrive pedal running before it?

Bro this is a sick video man, I remember watching that vid about 7 or 8 years ago!! Subbed ever since I saw the engl savage v dual rectifier vid! Sick man! \m/

Wow, what timing! I'm borrowing a Framus Cobra from a friend soon to capture with my Quad Cortex. I remember these being popular ala Killswitch Engage if I remember correctly. KSE has always had killer tone, so pretty excited to chug it.

"dimebagging shit all over" hahaha love it! Greetings from Florida Ola, you da man!

Enjoyed it, Ola

im really liking these series, coz I loved older amp Reviews by Ola.

Adam D’s main recording amp along with his 5150 for many years 🤙🏻

it sounds so huge. every note and chord super crushing

Awesome video, ola. 😎🤘🏻🎸that amp sounds killer. It’s a shame that its no longer in production. And I’m surprised to learn that the haunted use these amps. I really like that band. Plus framus is from the makers of Warwick. Also awesome Ibanez guitar. I own Ibanez guitars and basses myself. They sound awesome.

That chug is incredible! What a sound!🤘🏻😈😎

So rad! Burly tone! 💪🏽💪🏽

I have a Cobra and was thinking about selling it as I haven't played it in a long time. Got it setup to take some pictures and to test it out to be sure it was working. As soon as I hit the first chord, it sounded so good I don't think I can sell it as I know I would regret it.

If you could get hold of one in the future I'd love to see the Laboga Mr Hector back on the channel

Congratulations on 10 years brother

the original is one of my favourite tones you ever got. just crushing

I've had my Framus Cobra since about 2007 and it's an absolute monster.... used it coupled with an Orange Rockverb on the latest album my band recorded and it sounded HUGE.

I remember seeing Lamb of God open for Anthrax at a small venue touring for As the Palaces Burn. They were playing a Cobra and a Rec. I was in front of Marks Cobra. Very brutal amp.

nice retest thank i like the concept :)

I loved the Cobra back then and I gotta say, it still crushes. I genuinely prefer that to a majority of "modern" amps when it's dialled in...

Epic video man, i remember ! 👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼

i’ve been looking forward to this video

I always end up using the Crunch channel boosted for rhythms - it’s just so much more chunky than the lead channel. Severely underrated amp!

Love it! I desperately wanted one years ago. See if you can get hold of a Randall T2 for amps 10 years ago. It's a beast.. bit more usable though!

Sounds great dude! Even after 11 years!

You definitely need to revisit the Diezel VH4 again Ola! Thanks for the vid.

I only have access to the Cobra and the Dragon in digital format as part of the STL Tones Amp Hub, but after your demo I'm sure I should check them out. Sounds brutal AF! \m/

gz ola for 10 years. thats one nice looking amp. would perfectly fit my new guitar i got after so much time :D.

Loved it back then ....still love it! GG

Oh WOW!!! What an amazing tone

Those riffs you played in those demos, man, those riffs... Wow

With sooo much chunk in those chonks that MTM was loving it to👌🤘🤘

Nice fucking video! An interesting thing about this amp is how the loop mix influences the sound even if you have nothing plugged there. It makes a biiiig difference in the tone.

@djdanger9812

2 жыл бұрын

Yep I keep mine at 12 0clock.

@TheHairbearCrue

2 жыл бұрын

@@djdanger9812 oh mann, i remember this quirk - always loved that!

@Ola Englund This is the beast

Seeing that video now I remember that video, I think that was where I discovered you.

I know this is from a year ago but this amp is one of the best tone wise amps I've heard on this channel.

That riff at 4:05 is BONKERS. Such clean pinch harmonics. absolutely killer.

There was a reason why that video was popular. For quite a while when I dial my tones/choose a impulse response I though of this amp. In my opnion Ola did justice only for 2 amps, one was his Mesa rectifier, and then this. Those boutique amps, the bogners, the diezels, they are great end game amps and get the jobs done. But none of them produces such a distorted tone. It is just the embodiment of the word brutal in metal music.

Would love to hear this Amp with different Cabs. This is THE Metalcore Amp of the 00s

That tone is absolutely mouth watering

I like where greenbacks sit tonewise, cut right through the mix and don't stomp on everything else.

Holy hell. I remember watching your videos over and over again in high school. Can you do another video with a Diezel Einstein? One of my favorite tones from your old videos

Ahhh the amp the broke my heart. Mine kept blowing up mid gig and/or mid rehearsal. Loved the tone, no pedals necessary. After years of modified JCM800s, then 5150s,the Cobra just answered all my prayers. Except reliability! Next, ENGL Powerball which was totally reliable thankfully. Still miss Cobra despite the pain it caused

i love that you still have that ibanez fuiyoooooh

Hello, Ola! Brutal sound! Next test Engl Ritchie Blackmore signature amp on high gain?

That squeal at 4:14 was *chef’s kiss*

OMG! That opening riff was Godly!

you gathered some SICK ASS group of amps Ola......10 years +......congrats....

Man, I would love to see you do a run through of the Diezel Herbert or Mesa Mark IV. Specifically a comparison of the Diezel Herbert and VH4 or a comparison of the Mark IV and Mark V would be sick. Probably asking a lot, but if anyone can do it, you can Ola.

Hearing Furor Incarnatus stuff in those recent videos makes me so happy.

I'd love to see your take on the Dragon.

I vote Hughes and Kettner Triamp MKII for your next revisit!