What do you hear? (Ear Test rd.2)

RiftAmps

Have a listen to the video below and tell me what you hear. How would you describe the tone? Does it remind you of anything? Do you like it? The more detailed, the better.

Obviously, it's best listened to with headphones and I'm interested in both your first impression and your thoughts after hearing it a few times.

FWIW - The guitar being played is a Fender Strat and the reverb is a Strymon BlueSky. The sound you're hearing is not the guitar and amp pictured, that's just for eye candy.

sweepy

Very Blackface Bassman in attack and tone 

57Deluxe

Strat played with fingers... could be any old Strat - - even cheap copies offer up that sound.

Lestratcaster

Strat through some sort of Fender amp.

uncledick

A pretty 'average' tone imho.  The breakup on the lower notes seemed to flub out too much for my liking.  You'd expect the amp to load up a bit with the double stops but something didn't seem to cope very well.

mr-mac

I am going out left field and gonna say its a modeller of the modern generation.  Kemper, helix, axe (even Katana)????

flying_pie

mr-mac said:

I am going out left field and gonna say its a modeller of the modern generation.  Kemper, helix, axe ????

I'm going to go even more left field... Having not even listened to it I'm going to guess that it's an old school Pod or Zoom....

Lebarque

flying_pie said:

mr-mac said:

I am going out left field and gonna say its a modeller of the modern generation.  Kemper, helix, axe ????

I'm going to go even more left field... Having not even listened to it I'm going to guess that it's an old school Pod or Zoom....

It's Rift. It's valves. Stop messing about. 

ICBM

To me it sounds more like a smaller Fender amp with 6V6s, but tighter and more percussive than I would expect from that, so I would guess it's something like a Blackface Princeton circuit with a solid-state rectifier.

Yes, I like it a lot - especially the slightly ragged breakup when it's having to cope with more than one note, although it still sounds more controlled than a vintage Fender.

(Listened to on hi-fi speakers, I hate headphones.)

menamestom

I like it, whatever it is. I’m going 6V6 fender based as well.  Would of said Princeton Reverb but the outboard reverb makes me think pre Blackface, but not a tweed circuit.  

olafgarten

Sounds like a small Fender, probably 6V6. As mentioned before, it does sound very tight. All I really know is that it sounds great and I want one.

normula1

I wouldn't like to guess what it is but I quite like it. I'd like a touch more tighness on the lowest of the bass notes and a bit more lower mid growl for want of a better word, but overall it's a pleasing noise.
But what do I know? I still like the sound of a Pod2

Rocker

It is a sound that I could live with. How it is achieved is anyone’s guess but I suggest a SE valve amp. 

Chalky

Certainly sounds like 6V6, and the fast attack and slightly muted response on the high frequencies suggests a small speaker maybe? The blurring on the double stops made me think humuckers, but you say its a Strat so maybe you've gone with lower voltage?

BigLicks67

Sounds a bit like a John Mayer intro but not as clean, the bass response is struggling so maybe a small speaker combo?

RandallFlagg

It sounds like a pushed Princeton type to me, low end is just on the edge of flabbing out, is it a 10" speaker?

poopot

 doesn’t sound tight enough to have neg feedback... I’m going 5e3(ish) at low volume... reverb throws it a bit.

impmann

I have to be honest, I think the guitar part would have sounded better with less gain, as there are some unpleasant artifacts in the double note parts and it just sounds like it was badly dialed in to me. There's also a lack of top end presence - that could be the compression from You Tube though... there feels like there should be more sparkle there than there is but again, that could be the result of too much gain.

BluesyDave

Liked the playing.  Sounded a bit tweedy to me.  

John_A

Sounds like a guitar plugged straight in to a desk with that nasty fizz going on.  Not a great sound IMO

RandallFlagg

@RiftAmps when are you going to spill the beans? I've been sat up all night refreshing the thread in eager anticipation