Diezel Herbert review...holy mother of god!!

[axeman81]

hey JCF bros,
I tried another awesome amp today, the 180 Watt Diezel Herbert!!
I even had a proper USA guitar available for testing this time, a brand new black Charvel San Dimas one hum! [img]/images/graemlins/headbang.gif[/img]

so we hook it up, into an Orange PP412 cab which I believe have the Celestion V30's in them.

channel 3, minor tweak...and holy crap..I can almost instantly hear that this is the best amp I've ever played through...I don't even know what words to put here, it was simply jaw-dropping. Articulation, dynamics, punch, everything just sounded right. It was very responsive to tweaks, just great.
Every riff I threw at it sounded great, it could do Metallica like it was a walk in the park...unbelieveable.
the lead tone on channel 3 was scorching too...
it had a "mid cut" function that was unlike anything I've ever tried on any amp...it just worked absolute wonders with the tone coming through this thing. I believe you can reproduce any metal tone ever made, and invent a few new ones yourself with this baby!
It was really great to feel it response to every nuance in my touch, it's true what they say...tone is in your hands...and a really good amp like this will bring your "signature" to life!

I felt like I had found MY TONE when I was standing there.
Needless to say I got lost with it, even gathered a small crowd in the store [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

channel 2 was the usual classic rock thing, and the clean on channel 1 was great...everything was great (not to mention the pricetag [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img])

I also got to try a pretty nice Jackson DK-1 black ghost flames through it, (w/EMG pups) and I was pretty surprised to discover that it sounded nothing like the Charvel...all the dynamics and "aliveness" were gone...it was very sterile..which is the re-occuring theme for the EMG 81.
It just really seemed to come to life with the passive Seymour Duncan pup that the San Dimas had...BTW this is listed on charvelguitars.com as a TB-14, does that mean it's a Custom 5 ? [img]/images/graemlins/scratchhead.gif[/img]
Nothing short of amazing sound...

until I hear Soldano, VHT and Bogner for comparison, this thing is my holy grail of amps! [img]/images/graemlins/toast.gif[/img]


- Rune.

[jgcable]

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Thanks for the review. The 1st band I ever heard using Diesel Herberts is Scrape. They also had the best heavy aggressive clear articulate guitar sound of any band I have ever heard. I 100% know I would love that amp. Its just about $3000.00 more than I like to spend.

[IrfaanSE801]

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Wow, that sounds pretty cool. Never heard much about these amps except they were expensive as hell, but thanks for the review. Sounds very cool

[siggy14]

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The guy i bought my roadking from had purchased a herbert and after he got it told me it was a great amp. I have heard alot of people prefer the VH4 over the herbert though, i would love to try both amps.

[axeman81]

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you're welcome buddies! [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img] definately check this amp out if you can.
I hear ya John, the store I tried it in wanted $4600 for it, but I'm sure I could've brought it down a bit if I had been buying right now.
thanks for the tip on Scrape btw! [img]/images/graemlins/headbang.gif[/img] gotta check them out.

- Rune

edit: it's spelled "definitely" damnit! where the hell is Ron these days? [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[axeman81]

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crap...seems they were forced to change their name, and now this:

http://www.scarculture.com/index1.html

oh well.. [img]/images/graemlins/eyes.gif[/img]

[axeman81]

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what the hell..it can't be these guys you were talking about John? [img]/images/graemlins/scratchhead.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] It's the only scrape I can seem to find though..

[jgcable]

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what the hell..it can't be these guys you were talking about John? [img]/images/graemlins/scratchhead.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] It's the only scrape I can seem to find though..

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A buddy came over my house around 2 years ago and was telling me about this band Scrape. He told me they had an incredible guitar sound and they used Deisel Herbert amps. We listened to the CD for a few hours while I was rebuilding one of his guitars. Thats all I know about them. The music was really heavy with those cookie monster vocals but the guitar tone was awesome and so was the music. They reminded me a little of Shadows Fall.

[toejam]

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Didn't Metallica use those amps on their last album, St. Anger? I know there were some Diezels James played through on the rehearsal DVD that came with the CD. Not sure if it was the Herbert or not, though.

[IrfaanSE801]

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Didn't Metallica use those amps on their last album, St. Anger? I know there were some Diezels James played through on the rehearsal DVD that came with the CD. Not sure if it was the Herbert or not, though.

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I think they mixed guitar tones for the album, cause they certaintly had a crapload of amps they were playing through on the rehersal DVD. I don't even have the DVD to check anymore, used it as a frisbee [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] along with the album

[toejam]

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LOL I think I used mine as a coaster. I'm sure it's floating around either my living room or basement somewhere.

[horns666]

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For 5000K that Herbert better make me shoot the Sherbert! [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[Wizard of Ozz]

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hey JCF bros,
I tried another awesome amp today, the 180 Watt Diezel Herbert!!
I even had a proper USA guitar available for testing this time, a brand new black Charvel San Dimas one hum! [img]/images/graemlins/headbang.gif[/img]

so we hook it up, into an Orange PP412 cab which I believe have the Celestion V30's in them.

channel 3, minor tweak...and holy crap..I can almost instantly hear that this is the best amp I've ever played through...I don't even know what words to put here, it was simply jaw-dropping. Articulation, dynamics, punch, everything just sounded right. It was very responsive to tweaks, just great.
Every riff I threw at it sounded great, it could do Metallica like it was a walk in the park...unbelieveable.
the lead tone on channel 3 was scorching too...
it had a "mid cut" function that was unlike anything I've ever tried on any amp...it just worked absolute wonders with the tone coming through this thing. I believe you can reproduce any metal tone ever made, and invent a few new ones yourself with this baby!
It was really great to feel it response to every nuance in my touch, it's true what they say...tone is in your hands...and a really good amp like this will bring your "signature" to life!

I felt like I had found MY TONE when I was standing there.
Needless to say I got lost with it, even gathered a small crowd in the store [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

channel 2 was the usual classic rock thing, and the clean on channel 1 was great...everything was great (not to mention the pricetag [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img])
- Rune.

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I agree. The Herbert is the best modern high gain channel switcher I've played to date. I've owned mine for about the last year and a half and nothing has displaced it, while quite a few others amps have come and gone.

[Wizard of Ozz]

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The guy i bought my roadking from had purchased a herbert and after he got it told me it was a great amp. I have heard alot of people prefer the VH4 over the herbert though, i would love to try both amps.

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I've played both, but own the Herbert.
VH4= classic/hard rock
Hebert= hard rock/metal

FWIW Herbie also has the better clean channel to my ears.

[Wizard of Ozz]

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For 5000K that Herbert better make me shoot the Sherbert! [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

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$4100US... not $5000. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

BTW It'll eat your Über for breakfast and crap it out before lunch. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]