Hello everyone, it's Ola Englund, your favorite most annoying Swede
and welcome to my new video featuring this Randall Warhead amplifier
The Warhead is the first signature amplifier that Dimebag put out together with Randall
and before they released the amplifier
they weren't really happy on how it sounded
But they released it anyway, which is kind of weird
According to some info online, on the internet, Dimebag only used the warheads for cleans
So, he never actually used the distortion for live or anything like that
Later on, Randall put out the X2 amplifier, which i'm going to demo in another video
I have not tried that amplifier, but I remember when this came out the first time
in Sweden, you know, Randall was basically non-existent
But when they put out the Warhead, they finally got, like, distribution in Sweden
and I was like 'Oh my god ... Oh my god, this not-'
I could not believe that there would be a Dimebag amplifier.
I'd been trying to find, like, Randalls before, but it was basically impossible
Now, finally, they're releasing the Warhead and, you know, it's Dimebag, so it should sound really good
And I remember I tried it out and was like 'yeah, yeah, yeah'
I guess it sounded good, but back in the day, I wasn't really that ... you know ...
Woke.
And it sounds pretty good, right?
Yeah.
No.
No, it does not sound good. It's actually being helped out by these three little gentlemen right here
I have an MXR 6-band graphic equalizer, an Ibanez Tube Screamer and a Fortin 33 pedal
this is how I came up with the best compromise on trying to get as close to Dimebag as possible
Yeah, I tried to use the MXR and the PQ ... this one, the PQ4 ...
... Equalizer, to get it going like I would on the older Randall amplifiers, but it just didn't work that well
I mean the amp didn't respond like I wanted it to
So, this kind of setup right here is basically ... this is Dime's kind of settings for the 6-band graphic equalizer
and then I have this tube screamer basically dialing down the tone a little bit
because I don't want that modern sounding quack-quack-quack, you know?
And then in this one, I'm just ... you know, it's tightening up the sound a little bit.
So this is the sound without the Grind (the 33 guys, it was the 33 ... stupid)
Which is kind of thick, but when you engage this it kind of tightens it up a bit
and you have to be really careful, because look
Yeah, the amp doesn't really respond in a good way
And this right here is a noise gate, by the way, a Fortin ZUUL
Let's just plug it in
You know, when they launched the amp ...
you were supposed to be able to just plug in and it would sound super awesome
So, let's just try that. I have the ... this Washburn has a Seymour Duncan Dimebucker in it.
I mean, it should be ... it should be good for Dimebag, right?
But it has a boost mode as well, so let's try that
Yeah, it's not really that hot sounding I must say
Doesn't really sound that much like Dimebag, so ...
I went online to find the manual and I found these official settings
Dime settings, Massive Crunch, Modern settings. Let's try it out.
Let me take a picture of this real quick, because I'm an asshole
I'm gonna take a picture of my settings right now, because I will not remember how I set it afterwards
and it was a pain in the ass to get to this tone at least, so ...
Smile.
So, let's try out the Massive Crunch
S,o now I have the settings for the Dime Massive Crunch
Yeah, sounds like ass. Alright, let's try the modern setting.
Okay, I think we're good to go with the modern setting, guys. Let's try this.
It's rather scooped, I must say, but let's plug in all these awesome overdrives and you know, thingamabobs
and see how it sounds. Is this on? Everything is on?
It's not too bad, but I mean, you need mids man
It's actually not that bad I must say
But I mean, when they launched the amplifier, you were not meant to use overdrives like this into the amplifier
It's supposed to sound, you know, like Dimebag, but it did not
Alright, so let's go back to my ...
To my good setting.
The Sweep, I set it to minimum and then it's boosted
So it's like a lot of low mids being boosted, which is kind of like what Dimebag did in a way with all this gear
I mean, if there's something good about this amp is that it's so precise
and you know, it's like a tweaker's nightmare I would say, because you have too many things to do here
which is good and bad I guess
but if you would ask like the 15 year old Ola ...
... I would rather have something simpler.
Well, I mean, if you really kind of like dial it in, it doesn't sound too bad to be honest
But other than that, if you're not using any overdrives or anything like that, it's not gonna sound that good ... Yeah
But I think I made it sound pretty good for my 'Yesterday Don't Mean Shit' cover
If you haven't seen it go click up here
I made a cover together with Delta Empire and Mario, like a vocal, guitar and drum and bass cover
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It just makes a lot of sense.
Alright, thank you so much for spending this awful little afternoon with me and see you next time
I'll drink some coffee