Laney Ironheart vs Peavey 6505 vs HESU Little Bastard - metal

[matisq]

Hi,

Recently I did a short comparison between 3 amps:
20W Hesu Little Bastard
60W Laney Ironheart
120W Peavey 6505

Mic position and preamp level are all the same for all recordings.
Tell me which on do you prefer?

 

[texisthebest]

This Little Bastard sounds great

 

[Dead-Pan]

They all sound great but the Bastard wins!

 

[HannesITS]

Damn. The little bastard is insane!

 

[hoehlentroll]

wow 1079€ for 20w?

 

[Rex Rocker]

Can't say I dug the squeeky attack of the Hesu, but otherwise they all sound killer.

 

[cfh11]

the hesu sounds cool, but i think it would benefit from a different mic and/or cab to darken it up a bit

 

[matisq]

HESU is very nice little amp. A lot of attack and clarity. I think it's because of 2 EL 84 in power amp.
I'm also interested how it sound on something else than V30.

 

[Trevoire520]

Really like the Laney here, Peavey sounds good too, not too fond of the Hesu though.

 

[guitarfishbay]

The Laney sounds exactly as I'd expect it to, I've had a 120 watt Ironheart for a while now. A bit dry and plasticy on its own but it works well when double tracked and stuck in a mix. The Peavey sounds mean and thick. I've often felt like the Ironheart is like a less thick and less saturated 5150 type and I guess that comes across a little here. I don't like the high end attack on the Hesu in this clip personally.

 

[matisq]

The Laney sounds exactly as I'd expect it to, I've had a 120 watt Ironheart for a while now. A bit dry and plasticy on its own but it works well when double tracked and stuck in a mix. The Peavey sounds mean and thick. I've often felt like the Ironheart is like a less thick and less saturated 5150 type and I guess that comes across a little here. I don't like the high end attack on the Hesu in this clip personally.

I agree. For me Laney is also a less saturated Peavey, with similar gain structure and better cleans

 

[Matt-Steele]

The Hesu I thought was easily the worst sounding of the three. I hate the plastic sounding attack. Sounds very unnatural. The Laney and Peavey sounded pretty similar with the Ironheart edging out the Peavey ever so slightly to my ears.