HOTONE Ampero II

Hotone continue their rise to top of the modeling world with the release of the Ampero II, a smaller format version of the Ampero II Stage, featuring new firmware that includes "TONE CATCH" software to capture the tone of your favourite amp or dirt box (future video). 400+ amps, effects, cabs and a 60 second Looper are onboard, easily navigated and programmed via the Ampero II's superior touch screen or the Ampero II desktop editor. The sounds are great, the interface is a breeze and there's a lot to love about the Ampero II.

The preset demonstrated here - "Wrecks" - is one of mine and will be made available for public download by HOTONE shortly. I will post the link here when available.

Today's tools:

Amp: Hotone Ampero II Trainwreck Express model
Cables: Various
Strings: Ernie Ball Paradigm 10-46
Camera: GoPro HERO10 + Sony ZV-1M2 x 2
Soundcard: PreSonus Quantum 26x32
Computer: 2017 Apple iMac Pro, 2.5 GHz 14-Core Intel Xeon W, 64 GB 2666 MHz DDR4, Radeon Pro Vega 64X 16 GB
Backing track purchased from Elevated Jam Tracks

[spenser]

Pound for pound the most trustworthy source on the Internet. Well done Brett.

[Berkayto]

Dear Brett, You are one of the few people I have followed and trusted for years about the guitar tones hidden inside my guitar equipment. Thanks for the references.😇

[alguitarchristie]

Sounds great that guitar. Impressed by the sounds from the Hotone.

[skillzwitpillz]

I have original Ampero which I thought was great. This is so good. Amazing tones and playing, Brett.

[ant]

Thank you, Brett! Always brilliant reviews!

Cheers

[denissegonzalez]

awesome!!! You always make amazing tones…. Please 🙏 share your presets

[MarcCoteMusic]

sigh... Brett, you feed my G.A.S. perhaps more than any other YouTube gear channel.

[giancarlopaolini]

The scenes option is....the most appreciated ...option I found already with Fractal with their AX8 which goes back to some 10 years ago (?) ...with 8 scenes options per preset that was filling every need for a guitar player. This seems to go down the very same path ....only some 10 years later. It's worth giving this "machine" a go anyway as long as tones are worth of consideration. To watch it closely in the near future.

[lankududniteshift]

Dear Mr Brett...With regards to the two pairs of outputs (Unbalanced 1/4" & Balanced XLR), is it possible for a preset, to assigned the unbalanced 1/4" output(s) to have all the sound of that particular preset WITHOUT the cab/IR sound (so i can send it to a guitar amp's or 2 guitar amps' FX Return), while the balanced XLR output(s) having all the sound of that preset WITH the cab/IR sound (to send to the PA system/recording device)? I hope you can answer this...🙏🙏🙏 Btw, i'm always am amazed of how you always sounds so good, no matter what guitar/pedals/amps that you come up with! You're the BEST!!

[cowboygypsey]

Great playing mate, when are you at Selinas in Coogee?

[rickrodriguez]

Excellent! more videos with this modeler please. +1sub

[TheTacticalstring]

i know you mentioned this but in a nut shell is this just the Stage with a expression pedal built in? can the stage do the Tone Catch as well with update? asking as this looks like its $100 less than the stage, ive been waiting to get a stage used for a year but if this is the same id prefer the expression pedal on it.

[marmadukewinterbotham]

I had a BOSS multi effects a few years ago; sold it and went back to pedals. I couldn't get on with digital fizz. Seven/eight years on, I'm thinking things should have improved, so I bought the Fender ToneMaster Pro a couple of weeks ago. Spent two days with it and sent it back. Utter crap. Dozens upon dozens of very similar Fender amp tones, with a 'Brit' amp that was risible. This week I bought the BOSS GX-100, and sent that back this morning. A gazillion amps and FX and it took me hours just to get an almost-passable cleanish Peter Green-like tone out of it (on HB guitars). BTW, who uses all the ludicrously daft presets on these things? Digital fizz was WORSE than the old BOSS I had years ago!! So, it's back to my twenty-tear old BOSS DR880 which has a terrific pallet of sounds with no digital fizz. So, here's another one, the Hotone. Is it worth ordering and trying it, I wonder?

[savvasdarkthrone]

dear Brett is it possible to use 2 delays together as gx100 ?