Valve Vs Solid State - Can a Blindfolded Chappers Tell Which Amp is Which?

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👆 Valve vs Solid State, can you really hear the difference? Today The Captain is joined by a blindfolded Rob Chapman to see if he can tell which amplifier is which in our Valve vs Solid State Blindfold Challenge! Armed with a Fender Stratocaster & Friedman BE-OD overdrive pedal, can Chappers seek out the Fender Deluxe Reverb amongst a collection of Blackstar, BOSS & Fender Solid State amps?

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↪️ Episode Guide ↩️
» 0:00 Valve Vs Solid State Blindfold Challenge
» 2:01 BOSS Katana Artist MKII Clean Tone
» 2:41 Fender '68 Custom Deluxe Reverb Clean Tone
» 3:17 Blackstar HT-20R Clean Tone
» 4:03 Fender Tone Master DLX Clean Tone
» 4:50 BOSS Katana Artist MKII Overdrive
» 5:50 Fender '68 Custom Deluxe Reverb Overdrive
» 6:59 Blackstar HT-20R MKII Overdrive
» 7:40 Fender Tone Master Overdrive
» 8:36 Let's Get Some More Driven Tones!
» 11:50 Was Chappers Right?

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[andertons]

PLEASE NOTE: This video was filmed back in August 2020 where we followed the social distancing guidelines for the time.
All newly filmed videos will be following the UK's current set of guidelines.

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Team Andertons ❤️🤘

[VodkaSelekta]

Next you should see if a blindfolded solid state amp can tell the difference between Rob Chapman and Lee Anderton.

[WallyBoots]

This just goes to show how us guitarist listen with our eyes

[scottdenmark]

It’s hard to believe how bad that Friedman pedal sounded with all of the amps.

[neverenoughguitars]

That Friedman pedal made the amps sound like that little novelty Marshall stack

[BeckerFlag]

The Fender Tonemaster engineers..."We did our jobs".

[misterknightowlandco]

The guitar industry... the only industry where 1950’s tech and 2021 tech is debated. Cheers.

[AlmostGrewMyHair]

Andertons should have an in-store blindfold service where people can blind test amps in their price range.!

[luizdejesus]

Being an tube amp fanboy for 45 years, it is really hard not to like the tone master. Well done Fender...

[luciantaylor]

I played a Tone Master at guitar center while trying out a Tumnus Deluxe the other day, and until this video I had no idea that the Tone Master was solid state. Wild.

[aidanharris]

That Friedman pedal sounded like shite in all of them.

[wesmatron]

Having witnessed in previous videos how accurate Rob's ears are, it is surely a demonstration of how good solid state amps have become. It would be nice in videos like this if Rob told us what he was hearing and what he was testing for when listening.

[andrews]

I will never get tired of the blind folded challenge, keep it rolling fellas!

[mr.deafeningguitar]

What I've learned from this video:

Don't buy that Friedman pedal.

[kikemarino]

The "yeah" part KILLED ME HAHAHAHAHAH

[sordel]

Me at the start: “Well, this is going to be stupidly easy for Rob.”
Me at the end: “So, Bruce Willis was dead all along ..!?”

[ashcosmo]

Valve snobs be like "This test was RIGGED"

[deanboca]

I have been using the DRTM for a year now. I live and play in an active adult community. Every Sunday my amp rides into our village center over a cobble stone road on a golf cart to play oldies. I run an EHX B9 organ pedal and Mel9 Mellotron pedal into it as needed. Its light weight, attenuator, XLR out, and reliability makes the cost worthwhile. If I took the Tonemaster badge off, nobody would know it wasn't a tube amp. Unless they lifted it. I'm keeping the badge on because I am proud to own it.

[D.Miller]

Really love seeing these chaps bouncing off each other. Clearly so much knowledge and love in the room

[lavalizard]

Great video. I have to admit - I own that Tonemaster model (FDR) and it’s just genius. I’ve gigged with it and am constantly blown away by how good it sounds. I also LOVE the attenuation and IR outputs. Now when I record I go through my pedals, through the amp and then DI/XLR right into my Apollo interface. It’s perfect.