From Hairy to SCARY: The Bogner Uber Ultra EL34!!!
Added 2024-09-14 14:47:18 +0000 UTCHey y'all, happy Saturday!!!
I picked up the Bogner Uber Ultra EL34 as a demo bargain deal from Sweetwater, and it is INSANE. Holy moly!!!! It's like a gain workstation. There's so many ways to tweak it, you can conjure up dang near ANY gain tone you can dream of. It can be overwhelming!!! But it's totally worth it once you get to know all those knobs and switches. I like it so much, I wrote two original short tunes to show it off in this video!!!
Let me know any questions you've got about it and I'll get right back with ya.
Next piece of gear you'd like to see featured on Meet the Machines?
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Maybe teach some old school rig control using volume and tone pots with just a mod effect and a delay. No multichannel amp (maaybe 2), no distortion pedals. Just amp gain controlled by said geetar knobs. What varying volume and tone does to fx response, etc. Call it 'How to play on someone else's much lesser rig and make it talk'.
John Shepherd
2024-09-17 22:58:22 +0000 UTCIf it's your Axe Fx iii you get a FC-6 and a $300 Epiphone, Ben! lol
John Shepherd
2024-09-17 22:54:29 +0000 UTCGoddamn that doom mode π§ββοΈ
Joe McKenna
2024-09-17 17:28:18 +0000 UTCMore MtM in general! I love gear talk.
Joe McKenna
2024-09-17 17:01:26 +0000 UTCFor conditioner, I use whatever cruelty-free stuff my wife buys me hahaha... the real secret is not overwashing; I only shampoo once every like 4 days.
Ben Eller
2024-09-15 15:24:46 +0000 UTCAh gotcha! Good call.
Ben Eller
2024-09-15 15:23:42 +0000 UTCHey dude! I user the UA Ox with all my amps; I can run it into my interface at any volume I want through my monitors, run it through a cab at whatever volume I want, or even a blend of the two! It rules!
Ben Eller
2024-09-15 15:23:31 +0000 UTCI've been really impressed by the 5150 Iconic series! It'll get ya in the door.
Ben Eller
2024-09-15 15:22:32 +0000 UTCWith all the progress in the amp sim world (i am a long time bias fx2 user), it is good to know that there are still some good hardware options out there. The Bogner sounds so versatile!
Paul Jones
2024-09-14 23:51:09 +0000 UTCMtM Just a clean pedal amp - amp you would use specifically for pedals and modelers
Elton Young
2024-09-14 23:18:26 +0000 UTCUncle Ben, REALLY want to know how you are taming the volume on this 100w beast so that your neighbors are not coming after you with pitchforks & demon socks! Also, my stepmom wants to know what conditioner you use. She said she likes this look way more betterist than the perm you had in middle school. Thanks!
JS
2024-09-14 20:45:30 +0000 UTCWow that thing sounds fucking awesome. How do you build a poor mans version of the heavy tone? My wife will castrate me if I spend $2k on something like this
Jake Raymor
2024-09-14 20:17:17 +0000 UTCTighter than a boogie? Must sound like a swarm of angry hornets! Awesome!
Shreddy McGuire
2024-09-14 20:15:32 +0000 UTCexcellent idea!
Ben Eller
2024-09-14 19:06:03 +0000 UTCwould love that!
Ben Eller
2024-09-14 19:05:57 +0000 UTCits definitely tighter and more articulate!
Ben Eller
2024-09-14 19:05:51 +0000 UTCnice! any one in particular?
Ben Eller
2024-09-14 19:05:39 +0000 UTCWell that was entertaining and informative. The info regarding knobs is the kind of detail you only get from Ben. Love my weekend mornings with Uncle.
Brian Born
2024-09-14 17:20:11 +0000 UTCOrange or Fender please
Erik Berg
2024-09-14 16:32:40 +0000 UTCHow about a MtM focused on gigging? If you were to start getting next week, what one guitar, amp and pedals/modeler would you pick? $3000 budget.
Erik Berg
2024-09-14 16:30:10 +0000 UTCHow about a Meet the Machines where you just talk about all your Les Pauls? Like, what you like about each of them, how they're different, and things like that. I'd love that. Same with your Suhrs, Jacksons, and so on.
Tor
2024-09-14 16:25:19 +0000 UTC11:17 π
Darren Bruestle
2024-09-14 15:34:10 +0000 UTCI still have my triple Rectumfrier I got in like 2001 - how does the Bogner compare to the Mesa gain structures?
Shreddy McGuire
2024-09-14 14:56:31 +0000 UTCId like to see you review and talk about a solid state amp. Thanks uncle Ben
Sole Doubt
2024-09-14 14:53:18 +0000 UTC
