PRS HDRX 20! The New Hendrix Amp From PRS For $799!
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 22. 08. 2024
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I'm BEYOND impressed with this, especially at this price point. I was skeptical at first when they first announced it not gonna lie. But I'm really pleasantly surprised how much punch this little thing packs at 20 watts!
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By far the best demo of the PRS HDRX 20
Thank you so much
The fact that you left that bum note in at 4:58 says a lot about you. We all hit bum notes. While most demo guys would edit it out to appear perfect, you just simply gave a look and moved on with another solid demo. Good on ya, man. đ
haha very true he knows hes only one fret away from resolution haha instinct is to always bend or slide haha.. Keep going and call it jazz
Ha! Thanks so much! If I spent time editing all the bum notes out the video would be 2 minutes long đ€Ł
I like that note. It's one of my 12 favorites
I hope you see this post. I know Iâm late to comment, and weâre not acquainted, so may not mean much, but your playing and impro here is sublime. Phrasing and vocalisation delivering feeling with meaning provided without cliched note selection⊠inspiring and truly in the spirit of the great man.
Thanks!
This is best play through Iâve heard with this amp. Most of the others, My ears failed to capture any plexi tones or anything remotely close to Jimi. At 12:45 , I stopped winding my strat strings and looked up and rewound to listen again. And again at 14:10, I felt some catfish blues coming through. Iâm in !
Ha! Thanks so much man!! I hope you got to finish the restring haha
@@BuddyBlues I did finish ! I even uploaded my jam and linked your video in the description. Have a good evening !
Mate. The cleans when you first start playing are to die for!
Great, great playing as usual! Wondering whether you have any comments on this versus the Victory Sheriff 22 amp? Such a good move to put a master volume on this. Thanks for the entertaining, GAS-inducing content đ
Buddy blues is just a âreal playerâ playing âreal gearâ so it relates to âreal peopleâ
Absolute top you tube channel đđ
Killer playing man! Amp sounds solid! Loving the price point! When you kicked on the overdrives I was sold!
Looks like I just found out what I want for Christmas
Dude youâll love it! Santa Reed Smith
@@BuddyBlues I had a Custom 24 a few years back and had to sell it due to tuition. It was an incredible guitar, every bit as good as my Suhr and in some cases probably even better. PRS doesn't make a bad product, and Paul will not release something if he doesn't like it. $800 and you get a hell lot of amp.
Always amazed by the quality of your playing and videos! Big wave of subs MUST be coming soon!
Thank you!!
My brother, bummer notes and all you helped me decide on this baby and I ain't lookin back. Now if my DGT SE would come in I'd be one happy camper.
Great demo and playing my brother in tone. You earned a new sub. and a like đ keep on keepin onđ
Bum notes is my middle name! Thanks so much! Let me know how you like the DGT SE
Bummy blues
4:58 I don't care what John Mayer says about Buddy Blues, to me Buddy always hits the right note for the moment.
90% of my playing is 4:58
I think keeping in the mistakes add to the honesty and relatability of the video. People get bombarded all day every day with âfake livesâ of social media content people. I also regularly remind people that the perfect âCZcams studioâ you see behind me is just my living room with a couple of cheap lights behind me. We live in a world of highly edited sped up unrealistic instrument playing and lifestyle goals that just aim to make others feel inadequate and make the poster feel loved.
My plan is to answer all of your comments with needlessly philosophically deep answers â€
@@BuddyBlues I dig it Buddy, your channel is one of the best. That's why I think John Mayer needs to back off and not be so critical.
@@BuddyBlues I love that you left the bum note in! And all your demos and playing are killer. They also give me the urge to buy a strat and some J Rockett pedals đ
The right man for demoing this amp. Great playing and tones, Buddy.
Thanks so much!
The confused look at 4:59 đ great video as always, man!
My playing is 90% 4:59
Phenomenal playing! So good man. Making me want one!
If you don't like this one, you don't like the original plexi sound. This is exactly what it is supposed to sound like. This is a huge hit for PRS and us players.
Just add treble booster for dem 80s hard rock riff
People donât like to contextualize the fact that the sounds they remember were quite shoddily recorded in the 60s, in a full band setting, and theyâre hearing a modern recording setup and a solo guitar. Most people (myself included) havenât played a real plexi, but for people to say these amps donât hit the mark, theyâre just lying to themselves imo. Every demo Iâve heard so far sounds effortlessly Hendrix-ish and theyâre not even playing strats lol.
The amp jimi had was actually a jtm 45/plexi. Find a video where Paul explains it.
I was in a shop today and they had one . I was kind of stunned it was only $799. It is produced overseas but that doesnât mean itâs not top quality. I think itâs awesome that PRS offers this as an affordable tone machine .
ââ@@jst601Jimi played jtm 45/100s, but is the ambassador of the 1959 Super lead which is what this is modeled after
OK, SOLD. IM BUYING IT ! THIS AMP ROCKS
Greatest thing in the video is the picture of the dog in an admiral suit.
This review actually put me off what was a sure buy. Thanks.
Good. Looks like I saved you some money. Send some my way
@@BuddyBlues lol, no way! The comment wasnât meant to be rude..it just swayed me more toward a Marshall SV20C
đ€Łđ€Ł felt like I was owed a commission for showing you what you didnât want haha
DANG this thing sounds good!! Well done Buddy
Thanks man!!
No effects loop and without reverb... That's my only problem. The rest is just absolutely perfect.
jimi hendrix had no Fx loop, otherwise you can put all the effects in front of this amp without problem, even the univibe, but if you really want reverb, take the Catalinbread Talisman because it works very well outside the fx loop
Iâm with you on this. I have really only played clean amps, but want to get into a dirty one and canât imagine no reverb or loop option
@@mattflickinger8151 If this is what is claims to be, it really shouldn't be too much of an issue. Plexis aren't exactly high gain amps, there really shouldn't be enough gain to ruin any of your pedal sounds.
@@watersnortmoment3734 I hear you, but those sounds @9:35 - 13:00 will definitely distort your delay...
This pricing is actually not bad
Watching you cut loose. Good laaaawd! Very well played.
â€â€ thanks so much man!!
Man, I love your demos! I don't know if you have a video where you show your setup and gear to record demos, but you should record some kind of home studio tour video.
good quality video content!
playing wise is majestic!!
subscribed!!!
Welcome aboard and thank you!
Look at you just having a damn blast LOL
WHAAAT SORRY I CANT HEAR ANYMORE. đ
@@BuddyBlues my man!!! Lol đ
Let us know how it does at the gig! Mine is on the way as we speak, so⊠hopefully it does well!
I am 60 and as a sophomore in high school i bought a 68 plexi with a 412 sound city cab with 4 Fane 12s. I played a ton of gigs all through school. i had no idea what it would eventually be worth, I bought Mark II b Boogie and sold the Marshall cheap. It sounded just like this. seriously.
I pretty much like everything about this amp and Iâm definitely gonna get one since I always wanted a great affordable plexi. One thing I always missed tho was something like a 2 channel style amp or just a preset to quickly switch between a cute broken up and an almost cranked plexi sound. In a live situation you canât do that since you can only use the sound you dialed in on this amp. Great demo!
You can with the 20 watt Marshall Jubilee
@@deddiev1718 I own one and I donât think you can compare the jubilee lead channel to a cranked plexi, love the sound of the jubilee clean channel cranked though. Also I think you canât use the clean channel with the lead channel live since you donât have separate EQ sections. At least I would use way different settings so yeah, nevertheless an awesome amp
Use the volume knob on your guitar to get the clean tones or run pedals through the cleaner setup .
Canât wait for mine to arrive.
my father in law bought the hx50 with 2x12 creamback cab but he paid way too expensive in uk , im gonna try next week , this one is still do the job and sound amazing ,i might sell my helix floor and buy this ,you can buy the 1x12 cab aswell ,
Damn it! You can make it sing!
Sounds beautiful
Just add a heaping helping of Strat and wow!
Love youâ€love your humor and your playingâ€keep playing
*Awwesome awesome demo Buddy Blues with 2 W's.* ââââ!
That PRS Bridge PU sounded pretty sweet when you had the amp dimed! Just bought this amp I think it's pretty great. Unbelievably loud as well
Incredible playing and an incredible amp brother!! đ¶đžđžđ€đžđžđ¶
Nice review!! Killer playing as always. I have wanted to hear one of these.
By far the best demo of this amp so far! Buddy Blues always delivers. The question is, this or the Marshall SV20?
Youâd have to attenuate the SV20 if you have neighbors within a mile
Iâve played the SV20 and Jim is absolutely right
@@BuddyBlues earplugs!
Last night at our jam session my Rockerverb 50 wasnât loud enough & got blown away. Really regretted not taking my 100w plexi đ
@@jacob_miller are your band mates just a bunch of 747âs?
@@trahnettilhcs pretty close, enough air moving to do a shampoo commercial.
I own the original HX100 and what a fantastic amp, congratz for the awesome review on the 20 version. Now I am tempted to take both treble and bass volumes to max (thank God I have the Fryette PS100 as attenuator) with my 4x12 marshall cab (from 1976). Itâs gonna get fricking LOUD!!
I must acquire. Sweet Jesus. Those sounds. Your playing. PreorderâŠ
I was worried there for second you weren't going to play a Strat. But you did, you did play a Strat. Boy did you play a Strat. The amp sounds great.
Buddy you give me the blues with your playing I'm overcome with jealousy awesome demo man and the amp ain't bad either
Not gonna lie, this thing sounds great... the price only makes it more attractive.
This will pair great with my silver sky
This sounds pretty good, I guess. The clean tones are way better than the pushed tones. The edge of breakup is where it really sounds amazing!
......Machiiiiine Guuuunnnn!!!............ YES BUDDY!!!!
Awesome playing in this video (again)
Damn now we need to hear this amp vs your ceriatone đ
It would seem that $799 is the dividing line between "reasonable quality" and "outstanding quality." These days you have lots of options for guitars, basses and amps at that price point!
A biggest challenge is I just bought a Magnatone starlite
And this to me is way better
Prs hx 20 better?
@@MrKarim989 I just saw the Magnatone to get this
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Ok I just listened to the end. It does sound good with a strat thatâs for sure.
Nice tone. Nice PRS guitar, btw.
Glad you like it!
This demo had me wondering "Can that low end be tightened up, if I roll down the bass knob?", and then at 14:00 there's some really nice sounding bridge humbucker playing with snarling mids and tighter low end.
never watched you before. i usually am more of a harder rock guy, but this amp has me curious. anyways really enjoyed!!
really great video. Tell me, now that you have had it a while, how giggable is? Clean tones.... how are the cleans, I am looking to try and get those amp cleans of like Gilmour.
It is giggable AF! Great cleans great break up and loud enough! I am not sure how gilmourish it is. Iâm certain you can get it there with raising the master and lowering the preamp channels but I donât think this is gilmourish
I wish theyâd have added an effect loop
Incredible tone, too bad there is no effects loop. I love running stereo delay/reverb with my Boss RV-500, and then run pedals in front of the amp.
Sounds good man.
Thatâs an amazing amp
I own a HDRX20 and got curious about what some CZcams demos show. I feel nearly every one I've watched makes the mistake of always using BOTH bridged channels. Hendrix and most artist in the 60s were not bridging the channels and Jimi nearly always used the bright channel. The HDRX20 imo sounds it's best when using only the bright channel or at the least very little of the bass channel. The HDRX20 has plenty of bass and low end and using too much of the bass channel just gets way too wooly, fuzzy and bloated.
If that's how you like to run it, cool, but i feel these demos arent doing the amp justice using both chennels like that. Crank it only on the Treble channel or add a tad of the Bass channel for a more Superbass/JTM sound.
Like the amp, like the price, like a master volume, but why stop there? IR's on the line out and an effects loop would be nice. Not to upset the purists because it already has a master vol.
Paul's gaudy Logo ruins the esthetics IMO. HDRX20 across the front then his signature by the power switch would of been the way to go.
I think it's a fantastic looking amp.đ
Definitely a smart move to hit that price point and bring people in. It sounds great, but now I just want to get the 50.
Haha - indeed! But you may need to also add in the cost of an attenuator and the 50 is already in a totally different price league. I think the 20 and 50 share the same power section.
Yes, I was surprised to see that they didnât continue the made in USA theme, but I get it. The extra cash is well worth the extra volume and that little âmade in USAâ on the back
How does this compare to the Ceriatone JTM 45/100 "Experienced"? I saw a video of yours on that amp and it had amazing tone, what are your thoughts on the similarities, differences, and which would you consider to be a better amp?
For practicality and not getting divorced the HDRX 20. The Ceriatone is a 100w of power. For tonal accuracy and a bigger fuller sound Iâd go Ceriatone.
Would you come over and play my HDRX 20? It doesn't sound as good as yours. Lol. Rock on brother!!
Haha I bet it does! Just deafen the neighbors!
Well done.
great tone
Hey! sounds great! was the amp going into an Ox Box into DAW?
So if itâs an exact (or improved) version of the amp Hendrix used during the late 60âs everything should be set at 10 and sound good.
If you look at a Marshall plexi you can see the prs version is just upside down lol
Holy crap youâre right đ€Łđ€Ł
I missed this video â€ïž
Hey, could you tell us the cab or cab sim youâre using with this amp? It sounds great!
Thank you! Itâs the stock 4x12 that is on the universal audio OX BOX
@BuddyBlues did you run the ampâs speaker output directly into the OX?
Yes sir
Buddy, lets say money isnt a factor, im looking at this and a few other amps, is it worth it? I know its the wrong approach but the low price tag throws me off and im thinking about either the 50w or a carr mercury. I had to much cheap gear when i was a kid but this sounds good. What did you really think?
Hey Bill, not buddy blues but I was on the same boat as you and the price tag of this amp threw me off as I have been playing mesa boogies (Fillmore and Cali tweed), fenders (5e3, Chris Stapleton Princeton, Handwired deluxe reverb, vibroverb) however, this amp feels like it could easily be double the price. I already gigged with it twice and tonight will be the third time. I wish it had an fx loop but I understand they are trying to keep it as the originals. I do love the available headroom, Iâm able to get an awesome clean tone with decent volume then push it with pedals, on the other hand, I owned the Marshall SV20 and it had very low headroom. Hope this helps.
@clos87 awesome thanks for the reply, that's actually really helpful, I appreciate your experience, those are all amps I've looked at.
It all sounded great until the fuzz and uni-vibe wanna be pedals were cut on. When i use my real uni-vibe it doesnt take much of the effect to get the hendrix sound when he used that pedal. And one extremely important pedal i didnt hear is the WAH-WAH pedal which was one of his most used pedals. Fuzz, WAH, uni-vibe, and Octavia... Boom. And his use of the Wah is often just on and set in different positions and left there.. thats how he gets those "Violin" tones..Great playing though, im just that guy who has played Hendrix for 3 decades and looking into this amp for smaller gigs. One question...have you played the PRS Sonzera? Just curious if you feel that its comparable in any way. I played one and really enjoyed it. Thanks!
Iâm not sure the Isle Of Tone Haze 67 and the Sabbadius Funky-Vibe are wanna be pedals⊠theyâre considered the gold standard for modern day recreations of pedals from the 60s, BUT Thanks for watching and the kind words on my playing. I havenât played the sonzera but have only heard great things
How does it sound at bedroom levels with the master down a little?
Sounds like you had a little reverb. Was that added in the DAW or did you have a reverb pedal running in front?
From the ox box!
So would this amp be good for stuff like metal. Mainly songs with high gain
*Why your voice sounds to me like voice of mister Dan Patalanski's voice & accent etc ( minus the beard )?*
Minus the skills. Dan is a monster on guitar
This or the Victory The Deputy đąđ?
Totally off topic, but how do you have your wall hangers mounted? Are all drilled into the studs?
Theyâve been up since 2014, donât jinx it đ most are mounted into anchors, a few into studs, and a lot just straight up screwed in. The shot you see is just one wall there are plenty of hooks that wrap around the space. Always drill into studs, when you canât, use anchors
This amp is good for playing pink floyd,srv??
What cab is being used?
Are we to assume that Roger Mayer refused to get involved? He would have been the man to talk to about Jimi's amp mods.
It sounds nice but that's because you play nicely.
They had the actual Woodstock amp to open up and examine and reverse engineer. Why would they need Mayer? To explain what they can see with their own eyes?
@@darwinsaye Roger Mayer is dead, May he rest in peace.
Iâd buy it if it had an effects loop
Hey Buddy. The Narrowfields are hot hey.
I would LOVE to know what univibe style pedal youâre using?
sabbadius funky vibe Maui
Need to make a combo
Is it very versatile? Could it be used for blues?
Oh ya
What guitar and speaker cab were being used?
Looks like a gold PRS Studio guitar
Just bought mine. Lolđ
Congrats!! Youâre gonna love it. Push the master volume!!
For $799.00 this is stiff competition for Marshall's Studio Vintage.
Agreed!!
How does this sound vs the ceriatone jtm?
I liked the Ceriatone a lot better.
by the way you look like actor Zachary Quinto :)
When I didnât have a beard I used to get that every day đ
whats that buzz I hear? a polarity issue?
No, my poor playing.
Tabs pls
Great as always Buddy. This is the 3rd or 4th review of this amp I've seen. Sounds tiny and fizzy in every one. Phases like "bedroom" and "club friendly" by definition, CAN'T apply to an amp that is claiming to be rooted in Woodstock pedigree, and certainly not when being associated with Mr Hendrix. Swing and miss for PRS. I am a fan of buddy blues however, keep up the good work friend!
Stop watching reviews and go play one. They sound amazing through a 2x12. My good friend has his plugged into his cab that is a 1x12 and a 1x15, and it sounds incredible.
Not my favorite to be honest just from for demo here.
It's like it has a built in fuzz into the circuit.
It definitely has some tasty tones within it though.
I'd still take a used Fender Concert 410 over this. But that's just me.
Now the 50 watt version sounds way better in the demos imo.
What youâre describing as sounding like a fuzz is accurate vintage amp behaviour. Listen to demos of old FenderTweed Deluxes cranked up all the way and they sound just like fuzz because that was the character amps used to have when cranked up, before the age of âtightâ distortion that amp makers managed to get by the late 70s.
Why do you keep pushing the Bass Volume up so high? Makes no sense. NO ONE uses a plexi that way....just makes it sound awful.
Because itâs my plexi. Not yours. I can use it as a tray to heat my cheese if I wanted to. I didnât think it sounded awful, neither did PRS. Your opinion matters, somewhere. Not here
Sounds better with pedals for overdrive
Includes paid promotion?
I bought this with my money at retail price. If it was a paid promotion I would have stated it, the law requires us to. Thanks
@@BuddyBlues thanks!