😂 the rant about the presence knob. Amp sounds great man! 🤘🏼🤘🏼

@belligerentamateur

3 жыл бұрын

Haha! Thanks dude!

@lowqualityguitarvideos

3 жыл бұрын

Presence Authentic! :D appreciate the rant also

One of if not the best amp channel on youtube for demos. you and Dave Simpson are the best!

This is RAW ! I love it. Channel two seems fantastic.

Damn! This might be the sleeper of the Friedman lineup, you never really hear people talking about them. But maybe that's because they're $4k. Sounds incredible!

Really great demonstration!!

It's so good that there is your Chanel, so mine has at least a super insight about the amps that are so expensive :) Thanks for your content, very cool!

@belligerentamateur

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it helps man! Thank YOU!

Channel 2 sounds absolutely sick. Nice playing my man!

@belligerentamateur

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I love my Butterslax!!!

Got a real Mastodon thing goin on there! Nice work

Amazing review, the amp sounds amazing. I guess the other two Friedman amps suited for really heavy tones are the Naked and the Custom 50 that Rezamatix asked for. I especially really liked that Custom 50.

Love your videos man. Please Please do a nueral capture of this beast!!!

Absolutely love the butterslax, but one more reason I prefer the BE-50DLX is the response feature that gives you more control over shaping those mids.

@belligerentamateur

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, that is also why the 50 Deluxe is a favorite for me!

sounds nice. The evh 100w el34, i think you'lle like that amp also.

I traded in/up my JJ jr toward the BE-50 Deluxe. I love the hotrod britsh sound Friedman offers. I stay on the HBE channel.

Own both the Slax and a modded JJ. The mods on the JJ should have really been done as factory standard. Both are great fun to play. The slax on channel 3 is borderline out of control. Great review Kyle 😁😁😁🤘🤘🤘

Love your videos bro! We hear the actual amp, Not over edited and processed garbage that would make any amp sound good. The fact that you buy your own gear and sell it to fund the next product to get your channel off the ground is awesome. A lot of these channels dick ride all day to get the #TeamFreeShit and want everything handed to them for free. Mad respect for your hard work!

@belligerentamateur

3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad that you recognize that, and appreciate you for it! Free stuff is always nice, won't like about that, BUT I enjoy not being obligated to provide anything other than my honest and transparent opinion

i use this amp in all myplaying, i first heard it on my first amp playing which was the fluff ampedroots, all the amps didnt have the frequency that reached its highs and lows, the other amps on fluff sims were muddy frequency but this amp stood out with sound, love it and when i found out the friedman amp on ampedroots was butterslax i looked at the real amp price and saw it was same as soldano price, now i understand why its so expensive, the sound is unbeatable

Does it still have the characteristic Marshall mid-grunt keraaaaang ? Or is it voiced more like an EL34 5153?

Damn, channel 2 of this amp is fantastic.

@belligerentamateur

3 жыл бұрын

It really is

Great sounding amp. Would make a nice addition to Fractal's AxeFX/FM3 along with the JJ. 👍

@GuitarsAndSynths

2 жыл бұрын

this blows away the other Friedman amps for metal.

Is the cab you're using the Friedman 412/15 or just 412?

It’s very simple…I get a notification that you posted a new video.. I click like 👍

@belligerentamateur

3 жыл бұрын

An I appreciate you! Lol

You never dissapoint

@belligerentamateur

3 жыл бұрын

Appreciate you!

that bk is an incredible guitar

awesome amp, love mine!

@belligerentamateur

3 жыл бұрын

MY MAN

Even before listening to the whole video, I gives thumb up after you saying E standards riff. Nowadays, only a handful of youtube demo uses that tuning.

@belligerentamateur

3 жыл бұрын

MY MAN!

@Nghilifa

3 жыл бұрын

@@belligerentamateur That's one of the big reasons I subbed too. So much stuff that's so downtuned that the low(er) strings sounds like jaw-harps haha (not that tuning down is wrong, I just prefer A440 e-standard or E flat if I'm getting my Hendrix on hehe)

Hi Kyle Bull I'm waiting for you to review friedman BE 100 deluxe.

sounds raw………and that’s a good thing

Though the mids are smoothed out a bit, I bit it makes for an incresible lead tone.

Ready 4 this!

Always wanted to try a friedman amp like the JJ or Butterslax, or maybe a BE but the price has always made me pinch myself back to reality. Got a EVH stealth on order....hope it gives me the tones I crave for the more reasonable price. Lol.

@belligerentamateur

3 жыл бұрын

I will still take my EVH stuff over any Friedman for my personal tastes!

That thing is just gnarly...

I got the BE-50 Deluxe, never gonna sell it. Friedmans are fantastic amps!

@belligerentamateur

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed!

OMG I love the rasp of this amp. I would buy a pedal or tube preamp of this thing so fast. Odd to say perhaps but this would be amazing for grindcore and the like. It's not a polished gain it's all spit and bile. Awesome. :d

@GuitarsAndSynths

2 жыл бұрын

same here would love to see Friedman release a pedal version of this amp for those who do not have 4k for a new amp!

@goodgriefitssimon

11 ай бұрын

Yes, $4K amp to play grindcore / power violence / death metal at really sketchy venues … seems about right.

Hey Kyle I sent you a DM with a question about amps! This sounds a lot like boosted JCM 800.

@belligerentamateur

3 жыл бұрын

Where at, my man?

@j.j.hendrikx1822

3 жыл бұрын

@@belligerentamateur I sent it to your instagram account, my handle is @x.still_cold.x thanks for the reply!

The settings in the intro sounds a lot like my Laney VH100R, but with a slightly improved low end. EDIT: On further listen, this amp is so close to my Laney VH100R that I'd suggest it as a cheaper substitute for people who don't have the $$.

@belligerentamateur

3 жыл бұрын

I need to look into that one!

@lordgraga

3 жыл бұрын

@@belligerentamateur You could! I have a video demo on my channel. It's based on a modded Marshall JCM800 just like the Butterslax, so I wouldn't say your missing out on much, but if you are curious then why not? The GH100L is also a worthy contender.

It’s based on a JCM 800, as that was one of his favorite amps.

@jonathanm9069

3 жыл бұрын

It's actually based on the Friedman JJ100.

@eyedunno8462

Жыл бұрын

Every high gain amp since the 1980s has been based on a variation of the JCM800

this is nice! i think im still debating on getting the ceriatone version which is the leviathan or the AH Deluxe 100

I had one of those. Not a fave of mine of Dave's stuff but it had the brute's for sure. Hey Kyle, please check out Mastodons cover of AIC "Again" live. That's a real bitch to pull that song off live, even for AIC. I hope you are good dude!

@belligerentamateur

3 жыл бұрын

Will do man, you as well!

I want a Friedman in my collection. I want a naked mk 2 . But I may never see one

@adamstaysick

3 жыл бұрын

Me too. Naked or JEL

@techdeathhippie6319

3 жыл бұрын

@@adamstaysick that red JEL inspired me to make my wizard red . The JEL does seem amazing

Sounds great but I'd think it needs to be too loud for in the house for it to sound good.

@belligerentamateur

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks man! Gotta disagree through Friedman specifically states he voices his amps to sound good at all volumes.

@AndrewSmith-lg8dj

3 жыл бұрын

@@belligerentamateur agree, its doesnt need to be cranked

@bobjohnson5218

3 жыл бұрын

@@belligerentamateur Thanks, next time I get out to Guitar Center I'll bring a guitar and give one a try. FYI I thought Friedman was Megadeth's Marty Friedman. Saw a video of the Friedman that actually makes them...not the same.

So far this is my favorite heavy sounding Friedman amp but EXPENSIVE. I prefer the tone of the Diezel amps and would rather get a Diezel VH4 or Herbert amp for a little more cash and has better MIDI features. Just me though. Or get this amp and the Diezel VH4 pedal.

Sounds much better with the Explorer 🤘

@jamelgriffin7393

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed!!! Sounded a ton better with the explorer👍🏾

Talking money is a bit tacky but at this I’ve got to ask how you’ve acquired roughly 6-figures in amps. If you had a store I think you would have mentioned it. Amazing job? Inheritance? Are you great at flipping for a profit?

@belligerentamateur

3 жыл бұрын

Had a good paying job for a while and used every bit of expendable income to invest in making more money! Once you have even just a little bit of capital to invest, your money grows quickly, depending on how hard you want to work at it!

@lordgraga

3 жыл бұрын

He mentions selling the amp again around 7:00 , probably he's got a steady rotation. It's not uncommon that adults with decent jobs end up accumulating a lot of $$s of gear over time.

@louderthangod

3 жыл бұрын

@@belligerentamateur Nice. Thanks for the answer. I’ve only just started investing in index funds and that’s gone well so far. What sort of investments have worked best for you?

@louderthangod

3 жыл бұрын

@@lordgraga I’ve got a lot of gear over the years but he had a video of his amp room recently and there are a lot of keepers. I know a few guys that are always flipping but never have more than a few of anything at any give time.

If my shit dont got a scratchy pot i dont want it 🤷💪

Kyle you have no self control lol that's why I watch

Not digging this amp today. Saw another test and it sounded rad but here just sounded so so..

@MyICONIC

3 жыл бұрын

Its all about setup. In this case a single 57 in front of the cone...

This vs the BE100 deluxe

@belligerentamateur

3 жыл бұрын

That would be great, wouldn't it?

@zxexrxox

3 жыл бұрын

@@belligerentamateur I would watch that

@techdeathhippie6319

3 жыл бұрын

@@belligerentamateur I wanna see that fr

Nice, nice amp. I just don't agree with amps costing more than about $3000. Doesn't make sense.

@belligerentamateur

3 жыл бұрын

There's a high end market for everything. Here, you're talking about a company that operates in California, making hand wired amps (very labor intensive) with top shelf components. Of course there is a markup, as they exist to make money as one of their primary reasons. You also have to consider, the market dictates pricing as well. If nobody paid $3,900 for this amp, Friedman would be forced to lower their prices to sell amps, or they would go under. If they're still here, it means people are buying them

@Bognerman14

3 жыл бұрын

@@belligerentamateur Very true. A big part of it is country of manufacture. I like buying US or Canadian built amps for that reason. We get slammed buying German amps, although I have bought a few, and paid for it, lol.

Butterslax. What my wife gets when I turn on the charm. 😂

@belligerentamateur

3 жыл бұрын

WTF she wearing slacks for?!

@TheAxe4Ever

3 жыл бұрын

@@belligerentamateur Well, the amp isn’t called “Butterpanties” so I had to go with what I had to work with. 😂

Do a shootout with a Leviathan.

@belligerentamateur

3 жыл бұрын

Man I'd love to but tracking both down at the same time will be tough

@sm3656

3 жыл бұрын

I'd be curious to see how well Nik cloned it.

I finally got a Friedman BE 100 & it can go from sparkly bright clean to super saturated, compressed, high gain metal with a smooth, high end. BE 100 covers multiple sounds and tones for me with its two channels, 3 modes (clean, BE, HBE) and a multitude of dip switches. However, the Butterslax just seems to do just one narrow spectrum of sound with its 3 dedicated channels: not very clean to really sharp, brash gain, to just too much gain. Yet, both amps cost exactly the same new: $4K each. Easy to see which is the better value.

the hot mod video i just listened to destroys this thing to my ears

all your videos sound the same its hard to tell which amp is god or bad or for what you must be using pedals or processors?

@belligerentamateur

3 жыл бұрын

No processors and no post processing as mentioned. Any pedals that are on are mentioned in the video. Just shows you how much the player matters in the overall tone footprint

To me, there are many other cheaper amps that sound better than this one.

@MyICONIC

3 жыл бұрын

Its all about setup, this is a single 57 in front of the speaker. Also worth mention when you buy cheap amps is how they are built. Cheap amp is also built in a cheap way. This one is point-to-point wich means that they are much easier to service and maintain.

$6k AUD for this thing. They can shove that amp. lol. I honestly didn't think it sounded that great either. I don't know why ANYBODY would buy this over a 6505 etc for far cheaper.

Not worth the pricetag. Nothing special about it.