BluGuitar Amp X

laxu said:
Cockatoo U Wot M8 GIF
imagine GIF


Ya givin' me shit about me massive halfstack m8?

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That said, I do agree. I get why Blug has opted for that form factor since he uses it like a pedalboard rig but I'd also rather have something a bit more like that Mesa Subway or the Yamaha THR100HD. I'm still bummed Yamaha did not make a 2nd gen THR100HD because it had a lot of good ideas but just missed out on the execution in various ways.

I also agree about the side controls. I've glued some small stickers where the tone knobs are because they are generally impossible to see and find otherwise. Thankfully all of them are at least "set and forget" stuff rather than something you fiddle with all the time.
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There’s totally nothing wrong with using it that way, and that’s exactly what I’d do too. But as we’ve both said, there are the inherent compromises with the design. Ah well, maybe someday.
 
paisleywookiee said:
View attachment 15559I really wish Blug or someone would come out with an amp like this, for guitarists. Yes, I’m aware of the DV Mark stuff, but honestly it can’t touch the Blug stuff in terms of tone. But I can’t stand floor amps. They’re stupid, and make too many compromises to be so tiny. The side controls on the Amp1, for instance. Put more of that on the face of the amp like the Mesa Subway, and just make a tiny 7 pound head.
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#paisleyboogiee
 
It looks like it has potential but it's not something I'd spend $2K on. Same with the TMP.

For that kind of money I'd rather go with a FM9/FR-12 rig.
 
I just realized that if I were to get the Amp X, it's big enough to look a bit weird on top of my Nanocab. It would look like the letter T.

 
I think the Amp1 Iridium is literally THE most slept on devices for hard rock and metal. It's way less choice, than a modeler, but it's dialed in SO well I don't care. It's light, durable, truly arena loud if you want. It does all the basics we need really, really well - clean, dirty and lead.

It can do British rock 70s, thrash 80s, up to seven string 2020s. It has a boost, reverb, and a gate built in.

You can run it for three presets or for two presets with reverb and boost on/off. Whatever is better use of three switches for you. So smart!

The only other thing I need to do a show that isn't the guitar or a cab? Is a tuner.

It's hard to see anything being better even if it is "more" b/c then the inevitable tradeoffs of "more" kick in.

I love my Fractal FM9T but I also love my Amp1 when I just want ready to go and analog knobs. Both great, great tools.
 
FPFL said:
I think the Amp1 Iridium is literally THE most slept on devices for hard rock and metal. It's way less choice, than a modeler, but it's dialed in SO well I don't care. It's light, durable, truly arena loud if you want. It does all the basics we need really, really well - clean, dirty and lead.

It can do British rock 70s, thrash 80s, up to seven string 2020s. It has a boost, reverb, and a gate built in.

You can run it for three presets or for two presets with reverb and boost on/off. Whatever is better use of three switches for you. So smart!

The only other thing I need to do a show that isn't the guitar or a cab? Is a tuner.

It's hard to see anything being better even if it is "more" b/c then the inevitable tradeoffs of "more" kick in.

I love my Fractal FM9T but I also love my Amp1 when I just want ready to go and analog knobs. Both great, great tools.
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I prefer the sound of the Mercury Edition because it's less aggressive, but otherwise my only beef is not having dedicated EQ for the clean channel. I instead end up using my ME more like a switchable voice single channel amp and just dialing that channel to perfection. I mostly live on the Vintage channel and it works beautifully as a clean channel too by rolling your guitar volume down.

I kinda wish they had gone with the dual channel "Amp 2" concept Blug showed on paper in one of his livestreams. It was basically a dual channel Amp 1 with individual EQs. Would be probably out by now.

Otherwise I totally agree with you. I pretty much never use overdrives with the Amp 1 because the built in boost is good enough and it has a whopping ton of gain in the first place. The noise gate is good enough, the only additions you need are tuner, reverb and delay.

The Iridium Edition has some small conveniences that I miss on my ME. Turning on the reverb changes the noise gate from hard to soft so you can do your metal riffage, then kick on a bit of reverb for your solo sound without fear of your notes getting cut out. Being able to turn off the analog cab sim makes the recording out more useful too.

The Amp 1 series is just full of little things that make total sense, but the old school bright caps at least on the ME make it maybe work a bit less well for "volume & tone on 10" people.
 
laxu said:
I prefer the sound of the Mercury Edition because it's less aggressive, but otherwise my only beef is not having dedicated EQ for the clean channel. I instead end up using my ME more like a switchable voice single channel amp and just dialing that channel to perfection. I mostly live on the Vintage channel and it works beautifully as a clean channel too by rolling your guitar volume down.

I kinda wish they had gone with the dual channel "Amp 2" concept Blug showed on paper in one of his livestreams. It was basically a dual channel Amp 1 with individual EQs. Would be probably out by now.

Otherwise I totally agree with you. I pretty much never use overdrives with the Amp 1 because the built in boost is good enough and it has a whopping ton of gain in the first place. The noise gate is good enough, the only additions you need are tuner, reverb and delay.

The Iridium Edition has some small conveniences that I miss on my ME. Turning on the reverb changes the noise gate from hard to soft so you can do your metal riffage, then kick on a bit of reverb for your solo sound without fear of your notes getting cut out. Being able to turn off the analog cab sim makes the recording out more useful too.

The Amp 1 series is just full of little things that make total sense, but the old school bright caps at least on the ME make it maybe work a bit less well for "volume & tone on 10" people.
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Interesting. I would love an Amp2 as you describe it even more than an AmpX.
 
FPFL said:
Interesting. I would love an Amp2 as you describe it even more than an AmpX.
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I don't think it will happen anytime soon, if ever. From what I remember Blug said it kinda ballooned from that concept to the Amp X so it can have both Amp 1 sounds in one box etc.
 
Ola is good fun.
Have you seen Euge from Cyhra's videos on it? That was also helpful it getting me to make the jump.

Here's a recent one with his touring rig.
 
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FPFL said:
Ola is good fun.
Have you seen Euge from Cyhra's video on it? That was also helpful it getting me to make the jump.
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Yeah that's a good one too.

I just really love Ola getting scared by the sheer volume of the amp.
 
FPFL said:
I think the Amp1 Iridium is literally THE most slept on devices for hard rock and metal. It's way less choice, than a modeler, but it's dialed in SO well I don't care. It's light, durable, truly arena loud if you want. It does all the basics we need really, really well - clean, dirty and lead.

It can do British rock 70s, thrash 80s, up to seven string 2020s. It has a boost, reverb, and a gate built in.

You can run it for three presets or for two presets with reverb and boost on/off. Whatever is better use of three switches for you. So smart!

The only other thing I need to do a show that isn't the guitar or a cab? Is a tuner.

It's hard to see anything being better even if it is "more" b/c then the inevitable tradeoffs of "more" kick in.

I love my Fractal FM9T but I also love my Amp1 when I just want ready to go and analog knobs. Both great, great tools.
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Wait, both BlueAmp and Strymon have an Iridium amp product? Isn't there another element they could use? :)

I've always wanted to try the BlueAmp stuff. Sounds super easy/no fuss, the way you describe it.
 
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The company is called "BluGuitar", the product is called "Amp1". There's nothing called "BluAmp".
timbuck insists on calling it that, but that's simply incorrect. Sorry, it bugs the shit out of me. :rofl

But yeah, the two current versions of the Amp1 are "Mercury" and "Iridium."
 
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