HX Stomp vs. VINTAGE Marshall | Can You Hear The Difference?

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[RhettShull]

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[subtlefeatures]

The fact people are now comparing these is insane. What a time to be a guitar player in a bedroom.

[TomFord-uhto]

As I always say "context is everything." The amp sounds great but would need to be EQ'd to suit the mix. The Helix was closer to the usable tone I would want. It is all very subjective, but the Helix would be my choice.

[chrismarcyy]

Another thing not mentioned on this video, is the fact that they didn't even made an IR of the marshall cab on that room with those mics and set ups specifically to make the comparasion more fair. But keep up the great work bud 🔥😊

[JimRidings]

Thanks for the great video! I think the Marshall did sound better, but how many of us will ever be able to own a vintage amp like that? The biggest difference I heard was the lack of speaker breakup with the Stomp - does the pedal have any way to emulate that? My Avid Eleven Rack does have adjustments to simulate that breakup as well as a few different mic emulations. In the end as you said it is all about getting a sound you like when you need it. It would be interesting to hear the stomp run through a Power Cab or similar into the same Marshall cabinet would match closer. You could even use the exact mic setup.

[jessefillmore]

11:44 Rick nailed it !! Ain't nothing like the real thang, baby !! The Marshall don't have a threshold, the strings are not gated in a way . You can hear the accents and certain harmonics . The pedal don't allow that . This is why I love analog stuff . Digital stuff is what it is, programmed . It's not awful but not better .

[jbbeaudry]

One thing is certain: you sound better on a digital unit than I do on a tube amp

[Metalfreak]

Rhett a little more on how the digital modelers felt compared to the real amp. A little more perhaps a whole video on how you could describe the response and Dynamics of how it feels .

[RokDAWG]

I definitely noticed that the mids are different BUT NOBODY would ever notice in a mix.

[leosebastian]

I am using Stopm straight to the mixer connected to QCS 12-2 on all my live gigs and it sounds AWESOME!

[Guitarrecovery]

The hyperbole used is unbelievable, its incredibly amazing!! Haha. Just bustin your chops, love ya Rhett

[woolweather]

They are different, but both usable. Definitely feel the midrange shift.

But for maybe $700-800 you get 70+ amps that can cost $2K-5K vs. one amp.

If you're a pro with a music budget, go get the amp. The pedal is well worth the time to adjust.

[drunkaviator]

Your videos on the Helix have convinced me, as I can see your tone is preserved, and it genuinely sounds great. I have only ever played vintage-style tube amps, but recently funds are tight and I live in an apartment. Was tempted to buy an Captor to use virtual cabs with my main combo amp, as a solution, but I think the Helix might be the better choice…also as en effects pedal in front on an amp it seems like a no brainier.

[BillMWirth]

Man it wan fun to watch and listen to your awesome playing. Well worth the watch alone!

[jeffoberg]

I love these guys. There are so many blind A/B tests with audio engineers who swear up and down they can tell the difference are less accurate than a coin flip.

I wonder what would happen if the engineer blind A/B’d this and made them guess which was which.

[strathound]

There were times when I preferred the tube Marshall, and there were times that I preferred the Stomp. So I guess it depends. But yeah, it's incredible that this is even a discussion.

[elliottm]

Given the amount that a cab/mic will provide to the overall guitar tone, it could have been a more precise comparison between the amp and the HX to make an Impulse Response from the cab and mic set up you used on the Marshall. That way, you’re examining the characteristics of the amps, and not two ultimately different sounding tones (regarding the overall frequency curve).

[potterman]

We are talking about live applications but for home recording the stomp is great solution. I don’t have a recording space to dime a 100w Marshall so the stomp kills it

[EricMakingWaves]

No matter how much I close my eyes I prefer the real thing. That scooped honky mid range is what actually makes it sound good. I think some better IR’s would get the stomp way closer. I use a V4 Sheriff preamp with the Two Notes Cab M+ with some models George lynch did, and as soon as I loaded up those cabs I could hear that authentic mid range. I finally got *that* sound.

[wakjob]

Very gracious of Rick...
But I would've experimented further.
Run the L6 through a flat clean pa into that cab to eliminate/answer that question.