VintageandRare | 2 years ago
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In this video, Nicolai from Vintage & Rare and Johan from Oscar Guitars in Sweden team up to demonstrate the Ampster, a remarkable analog tube direct and DI solution designed by Carl Martin. The Ampster serves as a versatile tool for both studio recording and live performances, offering exceptional sound quality and functionality.
During the demonstration, they showcase the various features and capabilities of the Ampster, highlighting its ability to deliver authentic tube-driven tones. With its innovative design and high-quality components, the Ampster provides guitarists with a reliable and powerful solution for amplifying their sound in any setting.
The original music featured in the video was composed by Nicolai Von Cotta-Schønberg, who also filmed and produced the video. Nicolai's musical expertise and production skills perfectly complement the demonstration, offering viewers a captivating and immersive experience.
About the Ampster
The world of music has changed, and the world of guitar playing has changed along with it. It is becoming normal to not see the full guitar rigs of the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s and see guitar players with minimal systems to achieve their signature sounds.
Introducing the Carl Martin Ampster…. from the company that has shone the single analog light down that deep digital tunnel. The Ampster a single tube-driven amp/speaker simulator that can supplement your amp or replace it. A fully analog unit with controls that are the same as your amplifier, with the addition of a mute switch, a speaker selection switch, and a voicing switch. What’s more important, the Ampster reacts to your playing in the same way your full-size amp does, giving you the same organic feel with zero latency!
The Ampster is housed in a solid metal box with the standard EQ (Bass Middle Treble), pre and post-volume/gain controls (Master & Gain), plus a Presence Control. There is a Mute Switch for obvious reasons and a Cabinet Switch with an LED Indicator light ( Red for a 2x12 Open Backed Cab and Green for a 4x12 Closed Back Cab).
On the back of the pedal, you will find a Ground Lift and a Voicing Switch (a subtle low-end cap-controlled voicing adjustment). Input, Link (output to your amp), Balanced DI (XLR output to go to a mixing or recording console), a Send and Return for those specific effects that shouldn’t be in front of the amp, a Remote Input (cabinet sim) for use with digital or analog effect controllers like the Carl Martin Octaswitch ‘The Strip’, and your standard 9v 1A power input. It couldn’t be simpler!
Plug your guitar straight in, or plug your pedal board into the input jack, choose your output, and open your ears to a surprisingly big, round clean sound. By adjusting the Gain, you can get a hint of that decidedly British Overdrive sound for which Carl Martin has become so well known, depending on the guitar and pickup configuration. Our test players have fallen in love, telling us the Ampster reacts like their standard amps, organic and responsive to your playing style or attack. In fact, the Ampster sounds just like a full-size amp, but it fits on your pedalboard. Take a look at the videos…we are certain you will want to take the Ampster for a test drive!
