What's up everyone? And welcome to Ola Testing Shit.
Today I'm trying out the Yamaha THR10 Mark II
Now, this type of amplifiers from Yamaha have existed for...
I don't know, almost 10 years, 8 years... something like that
Uh... maybe it was like 8 years ago I tried out a green one of these
That was specifically made for more rock and metal
And... I remember for, you know, the size it was sounding fairly good, then...
I haven't tried anything Yamaha for a very very long time
And then I got request from a lot of people that I should try out the new TH stuff that they have
Is it a TH one?
It's THR10 Mark II, sorry
How long ago was it that Yamaha acquired Line6?
I think it was...
Was it 8 years ago? 10 years ago? I'm probably wrong.
There are other amplifiers like this out there, like the Boss Katana Air
Uh... there's also the Positive Grid Spark that I haven't tried
And basically what this is is the uh...
You know, the casual...
...living room setup in a small compact format
If you don't really want to have an amplifier taking space in your home...
This might be an option
Uh... and you know, with Bluetooth and all...
It can work as a stereo as well or like a... you know...
Basically your home stereo, but you can also plug in your guitar and...
And... and... you know, play guitar
I'm just gonna start and demo this thing
And as you can see here it has a couple of different modes
You know, Clean, Crunch, Lead, Hi-Gain, Special
Uh... what else? Bass...
Acoustic and Flat
Flat, that one's...
I would assume that's just, you know, nothing
That's why it's called Flat, you know?
Like, if...
Maybe if you, like, connect a synthesizer to this thing or...
Something like that, something hi-fi, I don't know
But we're gonna start with Clean, ok? So, we have...
I mean, it's clean
Crunch...
Alright, but you know, I'm all for the metal
How metal can you get with this thing?
Alright, let's go from here, we have a Lead setting right here
Gain, Master, Bass, Middle, Treble, Effects
And here, over here you have the output section, which...
It's basically where you would mix the guitar versus your audio
So if you have Bluetooth connected to this thing...
You would play your audio here, you know, and kinda...
Adjust the backing track, I would say
And then you have the guitar input there
Some reverb maybe?
Ok, take it easy
Ok...
For being a Lead setting...
It doesn't really have that much gain, Gain is on maximum right now
So right now I have a slight delay
You can tap-tempo the delay here
Right off the bat...
It's pretty loud, I mean, these are hi-fi speakers, it's like...
2 speakers right here
Uh... like, what is that? Like...
I can't see, but that's 2 small speakers and then 2 holes
Basically like bass chambers or whatever
I must say for the size, it's actually kinda loud
But the Lead setting lacks gain, so let's go to Hi-Gain
Ok, ok, ok, now we're talking, ok
It's actually not too bad
And if you dial down the Gain, I mean, it tightens up
Pretty much, so...
Alright f***, it's starting to flab out a little bit there
But can we counter-react that with some Treble?
I mean, it's not the most perfect metal sound in the world, but...
For what it is, you know...
Sounds pretty good
Like, you're gonna use this in the living room
I don't see use using this in another way
This is something you bring on like the tour bus if you're a touring musician
So, for that...
I mean, you don't need an overdrive, that's for sure
It's chugging, you know?
What's Special about, then?
Oh shit, ok
Going back
Dude, I like the Special a bit more, it's not as scooped
As the Hi-Gain... check this out
That's a little scooped, go back to Special...
It's almost like a djent setting or something like that
Nice
Ok...
Bass
Great
Sounds exactly like a bass
No, you're meant to have a bass and plug it in here and you know, this is a bass sound
Acoustic... I don't have an acoustic
Ok...
That works, man, that was the Echo right there
Spring reverb...
Ok...
Hall reverb
It's a lot of reverb, ok...
Then we have effects, chorus
Let's do Clean, so we...
Ok, shit that was loud
Ooh
Let's put some echo to that
Nice, actually
That was the chorus, let's go to the flanger
Nice
Phaser
Nice... and tremolo
Oh, so you can't set the... ok
Ok, so you...
Tap-tempo is for delay only, but...
Ok, so I can't set the tempo of the tremolo on this thing
That's probably something I have to do in the software
Now, before making this demo...
I tried really hard to make this thing work
I hooked it up to 2 of my computers, 2 of my Mac's
And even though I followed the instructions perfectly well...
I just can't seem to connect this...
...unit right here to the software, so I can't do, you know, editing on the computer
I followed the instructions, the troubleshoots and all that
I just couldn't get it to work
I updated the firmwares, the drivers, everything
But...
For some reason I didn't get it to work
I'm not sure if that's a Mac-related problem or not, probably
But I didn't get a chance to check this out in the software
And in the software you should be able to like switch out a couple of, like...
...impulse response and whatnot
If you decide to connect this to another unit
Or like, if you wanna connect it to a pc direct or whatever
And you can probably set like the tremolo tempo in the software, I...
It would... it would be weird if I couldn't
So, just a side-note, I did not get this to work through the computer
Yeah man, there it is
That's the Yamaha THR10 Mark II for you right there
For what it is, I think it sounds good
Now, personally...
And this is just... this is very subjective, but...
Uh... I would do something about the color, maybe
And the looks a little bit, it...
It's just that's a really boring look to it, in my opinion
But I think it sounds great
Out of the box, just set it up
Turn on the Hi-Gain setting or the djent setting or whatever, it sounds very good, I must say
For the size, that is
As you can see it also has an auxiliary input, phones out
So you know, if you like to play with headphones that's... that's great
That's probably where the impulse response things come in-handy in the software, just saying
It has some red lights here
Isn't that cool?
I don't think you can see that even, I can see it
I'm not overly excited about it, it's good
It's good, it sounds good
Would I pick this over the Boss Katana Air, for instance?
I don't know...
The Boss Katana Air is very expensive
This is a little bit less expensive
But you know, the Boss Katana Air has like a wireless unit as well, so you can go wireless
Uh... the Katana Air, you can also use batteries, I'm not sure you can use batteries in this
I don't think so...
I don't think so
But uh... yeah
There you go man, that's the Yamaha...
...THR10 Mark II for you
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