Is This The ULTIMATE Metal Amp!? (Driftwood Purple Nightmare)

Thanks for watching my in-depth review and demo of the Driftwood Purple Nightmare tube amp! This amp is so unique and it sounds amazing! Let me know your thoughts in the comments down below! Thanks!

Driftwood amps: https://driftwoodamps.com/

Gear used in this video:
- ESP LTD Phoenix Black Metal (Seymour Duncan Nazgul)
- Gibson Les Paul Standard 60s (Seymour Duncan JB & 59)
- Gibson Les Paul Custom
- ESP LTD EC401B Baritone Eclipse
- ESP LTD Phoenix Arctic Metal (EMG81)
- ESP LTD SC-607B1H Stephen Carpenter signature (Deftones)
- Ibanez M80M Meshuggah 8-string
- Schecter Damien Platinum 9 9-string
- ESP LTD NW-44 Neil Westfall signature
- Driftwood Amplifiers Purple Nightmare
- RedSeven Amplification Amp Central reactive load
- OwnHammer Essentials impulse responses
- Steven Slate Drums 5.5
- Cubase 12.5 Pro

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Timecodes:
00:00 Introduction
00:33 Passive Metal Demo (LTD Phoenix Black Metal)
02:04 The Tone
02:33 The Purple Nightmare
02:53 Signal Chain For The Demos
03:04 The Looks And Customization
04:03 The Features
07:22 More Tones!
07:49 Clean Tones (LTD EC-401B Baritone w/EMGs)
09:21 Thoughts On The Clean Channel
10:09 Dialing In & Tweaking The Ch.1 Controls
12:42 Crunch Tone Details
13:02 Crunch Tones (Gibson Les Paul Standard 60s)
15:11 Heavy Rock Tones (Gibson Les Paul Custom)
16:52 Thoughts On The Heavy Tones
18:07 Active Metal Tones (LTD Phoenix Arctic Metal)
19:44 Thoughts On The Tone
20:43 7-String Baritone Tone (LTD SC-607B1H)
22:34 8-String Metal Tone (Ibanez M80M Meshuggah)
25:04 9-String Metal Tone (Schecter Damien Platinum 9)
27:35 Dialing In & Tweaking The Ch.2 Controls
30:30 Conclusion

Disclaimer: this video is not sponsored but I got a discount for the amp which I purchased myself by my own initiative. As always all thoughts and opinions are 100% my own!