Hot Take

[la szum]

Dave Friedman took Marshall circuit(s) and polished all the magic out of them.

Fight me. You've already lost!!!

 

[JiveTurkey]

I'll take it. Whether it's true or not.

 

[Gearzilla]

 

[Justincase]

 

[Fireproof]

One of my favorite demos. He can rock! And it sounds kick ass too!

 

[Stone]

One of my favorite amps in the Helix

 

[tekbow]

He definitely does revoice them to what his ideal of a Marshall is, which some would say takes the angry out of them. That being said amps like the Butterslax and JJ retain it to a degree, but I think there's others out there that keep the core Marshall character more effectively.

 

[sleewell]

I've never played one which is a bummer.


Probably comes down to whose playing it though, I'm sure there are people who can make them sound angry.

 

[HotRats]

I never played an actual BE but I agree that that amp (based on helix model, demos and records) is missing part of the marshall sound I love.
It's a great amp but too polite for my tastes.

 

[DrewJD82]

Do I need to say what he’s thinking?

 

[Whizzinby]

Idealized hot rodded Marshall.

 

[Blix]

I agree. Tried the BE-50 Deluxe. Wayyyy too polite for me.

 

[Baba]

Yeah, I don't see anything wrong with it.

 

[Orvillain]

Never tried one. But I like what I've heard in demos. I quite fancy trying out a BE-100 DLX one day. I love my Satch JVM, and I wonder how they compare.

 

[V|J]

I’ve never played a Marshall or a Friedman..
But the BE model in the Helix feels too gained out.

It’s missing the openess of the Kerrang, I guess.

 

[fretworn]

I bought my first fractal rig from those guys (tone merchants, LA) including the freidman cabinets.

Broke in the cabinets for me, and tour-cased everything up nice and tidy. Custom cabling.

However, the only discount I got out of those guys was begging for a free Friedman T-shirt.

 

[Bruce]

I bought my first fractal rig from those guys (tone merchants, LA) including the freidman cabinets.

Broke in the cabinets for me, and tour-cased everything up nice and tidy. Custom cabling.

However, the only discount I got out of those guys was begging for a free Friedman T-shirt.

Check your Inbox………..

 

[Bruce]

To be fair, Phil sounds great playing through Marshalls as well. I took the pedal after this he signed it too.

 

[Bruce]

If Dougie were only playing a Marshall, he might have actually sounded good



If you dont know DR, the man is a force of nature.

 

[la szum]

He definitely does revoice them to what his ideal of a Marshall is, which some would say takes the angry out of them. That being said amps like the Butterslax and JJ retain it to a degree, but I think there's others out there that keep the core Marshall character more effectively.

I think that is the thing, for me. He obviously LOVES Marshalls and owns a few precious vintage pieces, and yet
my ears and hands feel like he took all the idiosyncrasies that make Marshalls so killer right out of his amps. I
guess if you love something enough you are also probably at risk of also killing/smothering/suffocating them to
death.

That super compressed and smooth thing that ALL Friedmans have (to my ears) is just so not what I want/get from a
Marshall.