Bogner Alchemist Head and 2x12 Cabinet

Tone sounds muddy to me... just my opinion

Sounds like shit,i was goig to trade for this,but it's a shit tone,My cheap littl vox amp sounds just as Good.........sounds like a compresed Crate Amp

This is a great amp.. I just bought one today! There are two things I am going to do to make it perfect.. swap out the original speakers with a Celestion Alnico Blue and a Vintage 30. The Greenback and the 70th Anniversary do not have enough sparkle and chime for my tastes.. the second thing I will do is replace all of the stock Chinese tubes with quality tubes. Don't let anyone tell you this amp is muddy sounding because it isn't.. It was the guitar he was using.. more accurately the pickups.

Why "This one is not an metal amp" ?! ))) . Sounds nice for heavy-metal of the 90-s ! Not for f@cking brutal/core or other non-musical shit.

Hi Ripdime278, No offense to you in any way but I have a sound engineer degree and trust me this amp is not a dull sounding amp..This is not a good representation of this amp. I think they would have done better to sell it with a Celestion Alnico Blue and a Vintage 30 as that speaker combo offers much more sparkle and chime and a much more refined sound.. so maybe it was the mic that muted it or his combined amp and guitar settings. Peace

I would have to agree with you ripdime278 in that It really doesn't take much to beat the sound of a Gibson pickup.. to me most Gibson pickups have a mid hump which makes them sound almost muddy. The 57s, The T-Tops sound the best and a few of the newer Burst Buckers sound pretty good as they have removed that mid hump. Peace

yeah, of course... alder body, bolt on maple neck and maple fretboard, a floyd and a dimarzio tonezone. sure sounds like the spec for a muddy guitar... ever played a so-cal? that's a very fucking tight guitar!

agreed. even the japanese made charvels kick every us gibson quality wise. btw, do you know if the so-cal is discontinued? it doesnt show up on the charvel website.

i'll keep my eyes open for a used one. the desolations are nice too, but they jsut dont have that hot rod feeling to them. since i already have a schecter they would be too similar. btw, coilsplit is awesome! i cant even imagine living without one anymore!

No need to be sarcastic.. I haven't played a so-cal so I assumed it must be the guitar that was making this clip sound muddy/dull but since it's neither the amp nor the guitar then it has to be his settings on the amp and guitar.. or possibly the mic or way it was recorded. I own this amp and they are not muddy amps.. so if it's not the guitar then it's obviously his setting or recording/mic etc.. peace

ehm why?

This isn't a review, its a demonstration...there is nothing critical ever said about the product in these GW 'reviews'.

'mesa voiced' ...sound more like 'soldano voiced'. It's got that 'honk' to it.

Terrible choice of guitar to bring out the features and tone of an amp.

why?

Would this be a big upgrade from my Marshall MS-2? And great review as usual Paul!

I just think Charvels sound like crap. It's a personal opinion.

bull crap because i used that in my old metalcore band and it sounded sweet

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So, for anyone interested in going straight to tone town- I just got this amp and paired it in stereo with my Orange Rockerverb 50.. OMG. This 40 watt is louder, punchier and the onboard reverb and delay RULE.. With the spongy Orange, and the tight focused Bogner, I own this town and maybe the EARTH!!

Very good review - I've watched a bunch of reviews on this amp - I have this amp - I've got one of those that some people complain about it sounding somewhat compressed - this one sounds more open - mine sounds better played with a strat - my Shecter with JB pup sounds too dull and compressed especially on clean channel - so still experimenting. Will be trying other guitars and pup's soon.

He set the "high" gain channel at about 1o'clock on the gain. It's not much more gain than the clean channels highest gain. Why not turn the high gain all the way up before declaring it can't do Metal tones? I've heard other demo's of this amp with the gain dimed and it can get Metal gain and tones. Not as much as say a 5150, but it gets a lot more gain than what's shown here.

IMO , This is a great amp, I have one & it sounds beautiful  with either a Strat or Les Paul.

Sounds great!

This is not a good review of  the amp. You can't hear the clarity, compression, nor drive that you actually get from this Bogner. I have two of these that I have had for about 2 1/2 years. I have been playing multiple styles of music for over 25 years and have played through all types of amps. These are the best sounding and most versed I've heard. I do have to agree with what most people say about the durability. Both amps were at the service center before a year was up. fortunately it was tube issues. I would recommend this amp for a main amp but always keep some extra tubes and know a tech. oh yea.... It's always nice to have a trust worthy DeVille.  

Everyone should stop ragging on Paul - each of us has our own playing styles - one can't possibly cover what all this amp can do in just a few minutes.  If anyone of you has a better review/video of this amp, please put it up.  I have one of these now for maybe 3 years already - sits on my work bench - slowly I am dissecting the circuitry - it sounds compressed no matter what guitar, who plays through it, numerous tube swaps, etc.  It just doesn't open up like I want it too - so far, I'm thinking the problem lies in the so-called tone stack - (speaking clean channel here) - probably gonna reconfigure to a typical BF tone stack - I don't like punchy sounding amps - I do like most all styles of music - not happy with this amp's tone - got no character IMO and there are others that don't like it as well.  Maybe there are some circuit differences between different factory runs of this amp.  Built like a tank, not the easiest to mod (typical of circuit board) but I'll get it how I want it eventually. 

great sounding amp!!

Metal is not just gain
It's plenty metal
Maybe not 8os shred
It's good enough
Paul rocked that

Sold state??

i have a vox pedalboard going through this same set up on Gold channel with clean and bright voice settings and high treble (not too high) eq.  throw some tube OD from the Vox and its a metal amp no doubt about it.  either 20 hz or 40hz setting this amp puts out Drop A Slipknot and Korn like its a Mesa or Orange stack!! its even more versatile than this excellent video makes it

Yep, I bought the Alchemist head, and I am Guilty too. After bragging about my Mesas, and hundreds of other amps that I LOVE.I have to admit that this Alchemist brings me much more closer to the Allman Brothers,Skynryd Southern Rock tones then the Boogies did.   The trick is to balance the main volume Out, and the Gain. Too much gain , and the tone gets muffled, The trick is to experiment with EQ, and volume as Elcodegrand below mentioned. It has a Pure organic, natural bloom with great harmonics when turning the volume up. I run the head through either one Mesa Rectifier  4 x 12 cab at 8 OHMS, or 2 Mesa Rectifier  4 x 12s at 4 OHMs. The amp kicks ass, and you just need to tweak away to find the tone you need. Its in there.The Amp can get into Metallic territory with a little help such as a Boss O/D , or other hot box in front. Its all about balance though. Never played it in a live situation yet, so I do not know if it will get buried in a loud band mix. Thats where the Mesa Boogies  shine though.

I disagree with what was said about this amp not doing metal.. throw an overdrive in front of this and its a raging beast of metal tones.. OCD fulltone or 808 works well..

I love Bogner products! Question: How high hard can you push the amp? I had a Hughes & Kettner that was incredible sounding, but every time I raised the volume past 3 it started to crackle. It just couldn't handle the load past a certain point. It wasn't the load or the 2x10 speaker cabinet. Everything was connected properly and the correct ohm setting, etc. Does the Bogner head perform reliably at very high volumes, if you're using the correct speaker setup? Thanks!

As always, shitty tone from this dude

This amp sounds like crap I bought one took it back after two days. It sounded worse than the Fender mustang amp which are awful.

What do you think people need to play metal? The gain isn't very high on my Blackstar HT50 and I have a Bugera T5 Infinium that I love for the cleans and how easy it is to take anywhere. I just run a drive pedal through the Bugera when I'm doing metal and it's fine. This amp sounds awesome.

too hi fi sound, dont like it(:

I regret getting rid of this amp, creamy, fantastic tone which was not exhibited in this video.

I love Bogner, but there sound like they're underwater. It's got no mid punch and couldn't cut through a mix. Anyone know why these failed and got closed out so cheap?

TL;DR - How to turn any guitar into a squier

lol "rockabilly"

Demo was great as always, the amp though seemed overly bright and one dimensional. No warmth. Nice clean and most likely cuts through well if playing in a band but not much else. Fun effects but almost sounds like a solid state amp. Might be due to how its mic-ed and the quality of the recording but thats my opinion.

Hes totally wrong i only play metal and love my bogner too death. Just gotta crank up the sonnabitch .

This amp is an amp that will stay with you forever!

Let's talk about that San Dimas, though. Thing is gorgeous

Designed by Reinhold Bogner...nuff said!

Just bought one of these used for $ 350. Came with 7 Groove Tubes and Vintage 30 Celestion! Lots of tones here but to me the sound is a little processed for a tube amp. Almosed a compressed sound. But not in a bad way. Put togeather well but 60 lbs is kinda heavy! Agood beedroom amp! Has 40 & 20 watt switch also! You could swap out the 6L6's with 6V6's and lower the voltage even more! I'm glad l bought it, worth the money, even tho l didn't need anothet amp, what am l going to do with 10?🙄😕

Gotta say- IDGAF what ANYONE says, this is basically the perfect gigging & touring amp w/ the built-in FX which aren't only BADASS but get rid of your need for a pedalboard unless you got specialized & highly specific needs for FX. But it's also an AWESOME tube amp. Crystalline clean to AC/DC Overdriven tones all the way to smoldering metal rhythm & lead tones through and through. You can disagree all day, but as far as my ears and other's ears who have complimented me on my tone say- this is all true.