TUBE AMP VS DIGITAL: 99% OF GUITARISTS WILL FAIL THIS CHALLENGE!

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Ca you hear the difference between a tube amp, an amp sim, and plugin?

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[holgerreinke]

I don’t give a fuck how a tone is created, as long as it sounds great! For this style of music I did like no. 1 the best, followed by no. 6. I would guess no. 3 is the tube amp. Great idea for a vid. Love the channel! Cheers

[xGcs]

I personally have a Randall RG100es, A 5150 iii 6L6, and the Mesa Mark 2c+ plugin from NeuralDSP. They ALL sound absolutely amazing despite being a solid state, tube, and plugin. Whatever you plug into, if it inspires you to play and to create music that you enjoy, it's the right choice.

[BlazonStone]

Some people will complain that using distortion makes this blindtest pointless

"you gotta play clean"

Thats just a way to avoid being wrong.

[paulcarter]

The first is definitely a tube. The bloomy low end and uncompressed harmonic range give it away. It seems to sound more dynamic

[HYPRCLR]

Tone 1 - tube amp plugin? This is my favorite of the tones whatever it is!

Tone 2 - quad cortex Neural DSP?

Tone 3 - Cheap modeler or pedal, solid-state. It sounds a lot like the original pod/pod pro. My least favorite of the tones. Zero dimension, sounded thin.

Tone 4 - REAL TUBE AMP.

Tone 5 - my 2nd favorite tone. Tube amp plugin … mixwave?

Tone 6 - plugin of some kind. I didn’t care too much for this one, there was no color or dimension

This was fun! Now I will wait to see how wrong I am!

[erikx]

1 tube amp and cab
2 quad cortex and cab
3 plug-in and sim
4 tube amp and cab sim
5 qc and sim
6 plug-in and cab

[mutilation]

​ @xanderraymondcharles Hey man, excellent test, these are my conclusions:

#2 is the amp with real miced cab, the remaining 5 are different Amp sim with the same IR.

- From worst to best seeing it from a mix context:

#6 The most boomy, very Scooped with too much low end oomph.
#5 Thin Unbosted loose tone, Dry without tight low end.
#4 Honky mids, Boxy tone, the most nasal of all.
#3 Somewhat nasal but still good tone.
#1 One of my favorites, with just the right frequency placement without accentuating any too much.
#2 Definitely my favorite on the list, mids at the exact point to easily use that in a mix, aggression, clarity with definition in notes and palm mute, saturation and compression very pleasant to the ear.

* At the end of the day with all the tools we have at our disposal today, we can achieve professional tones, even with free plugins, if we know what we are doing obviously. cheers 🤟💥

[carlo-sacchi]

1 modeler, 2 plugin, 3 tube amp, 4 pedal, 5 cheap modeler, 6 plugin

[jarredbaca]

My guesses are as follows:


Tone 1: not tube amp (sounds great )
Tone 2: not tube amp (sounds good, aggressive mids)
Tone 3: Not Tube Amp (sounds good)
Tone 4: not Tube Amp (didn’t like)

Tone 5: I think this one is the Tube Amp! (sounds good) didn’t hear as much artifacts in top end of signal. If this ends up being a modeler I’ll be very impressed.

Tone 6: not Tube Amp? Or tube amp again? (Sounds like a tube amp, but because I think 5 sounds like more of one I’m not sure if you’d do it twice. If this is a plugin/modeler this sounds fantastic).


Overall I think 5 and 6 were my favorite! :)

[ThakkMylde]

TONE 1 2:25
TONE 2 3:04
TONE 3 3:44
TONE 4 4:23
TONE 5 5:03
TONE 6 5:44

[KeganVanSickle]

Number 2 sounded the most like a tube amplifier to me. Who knows though, it's over my laptop speakers.

[southernpanda]

Tone 5 sounded brighter and a little more full to me. The low end specifically sounded very clear and pronounced.

[jtpark]

it’s a trick question. all of them are plug-ins

[corym]

Loved the video!!! Really difficult to say, couldn’t tell too much of a difference. My vote is tone 4 was the tube amp. Just a gut feeling.

[saturn]

There will always be people who don’t like change, people who think that modelers and plugins don’t sound as good as tube amps are the same people who only like think that strats and les Paul’s are the pinnacle of guitars

[draleigh]

Such a beautiful riff! never gets old. 🔥👌

[FishingEasternCapeSA]

I like of having an amp in front of me while playing. I know that digital tech is getting extremely close. Perhaps with a big powered cabinet I wouldn't notice a difference. Obviously recording and production adds a whole different dynamic which just makes it even more difficult to tell.
That being said i felt like TONE 2 was the tube amp, though i am probably wrong. It did sound best to me regardless.

[danielgoepferich]

1. Tube amp
2. Modeler favorite tone
3. Plug in
4. Tube amp
5. Pedal
6. Solid state amp

Honestly 100 percent shot in the dark guess. No clue with any certainty what anything actually was.

[Mommythief]

1. Is the amp modeling

2. Is the tube amp

3. Is the tube amp

4. Is a modeler

5 is a modeler

6. Is a modeler

[BA]

1. JVM
2. QC
3. Uhhh not sure
4. Metal zone?
5. Plug in
6. Plug in as well