Friedman Be-Mini

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One of the vids said it was a class D power amp? Why would you do only a 30 watt class D amp? At 30 watts, I was thinking it'd be class a/b.

I assume that's 30 watts into 4 ohms. Into an 8 or 16 ohm cab, it's not going to have a lot of power.
 
Jon BCN said:
In the Reza sneak peak the amp sounded more like a Butterslax to me. Heavy and grainy.
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Very grainy. But. Better than my katana artist lol.
I could never dial in s high gain tone I liked. Now it's only for the clean channel with the 5150 od in front 🤣
 
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Can i get one mounted in this ?
 
I want one and I have a BE100 :) Would be nice for jamming in the living room at night when it's impractical to play my full setup....My 9 y/o daughter already has a mini ibanez because she asked Santa for an Ibanez like her Dad plays, perhaps it's time to get her a mini Friedman so she can rock out with a mini version of Dad's amp too:)
 
The only question that matters, is who will be the first youtuber to do a review? It's a big contest to see who will be first.
 
Honestly, I don't buy into the new tube hype or fets that sound like tubes. It sounds grainy. Maybe good, but very grainy at most gain settings. I don't see the point when you can buy a Wangs JCM800 clone for 500$ and hit it with an SD-1 and crush some souls or tease some hair.
 
I want one of these little fuckers for the living room. As it is now, I grabbed two 25’ cables, plug into a wah pedal and basically use the wah pedal as an extension jack so I can sit in the living room and crank my rig up in my studio. It works, but I’d rather have an amp right by my feet. Toss a delay pedal in the loop and Bob’s your uncle.

I’d have to grab a 1x12 for it, which gives me something to do with the WGS Retro 30 I got kickin’ around.
 
I received my BE Mini yesterday afternoon. I must say that this little amp has something real awesome going on as it has this greasy, chewy, aggression to it with a huge bottom end. Way more gain on tap that any of the BE's that I have owned in the past. I have previously owned a 2015 BE 100, 2018 BE 100 and a BE 100 Deluxe. Over the last few months, I have sold off all of my Friedmans and my Hopkins JCM800 Pandora as I have been mainly focused on using my AXE FX 3 as my main tone source. I have held on to my EVH EL34 100 Watt that I run in conjunction with the AXE 3 in 4CM. I must say the BE Mini sounds awesome on low volumes and sound YUGE running with the AXE 3 in 4CM, my Boss TAE powering 2 real 412 cabinets and also running 2 Friedman ASM12 FRFR monitors running IR's. Kind of bass ackwards having a $329 amp with over $5k in outboard gear but what the heck, it sounds awesome. Literally played for 3 hours straight last night. Best 80s tone I have had in years. The mids on this just sit perfect. Effects loop is stellar as well. A little boost upfront and some delay and you are all set. Haven't tried this at a loud volume since my wife just had surgery 2 days ago, but at low volumes which I normally play anyways, this sounds amazing. Hats off to Mr. Friedman!
 
i might have to order one of these little assholes.
 
Findthetone1 said:
Ha! Dave missed the boat on that. The Friedman Little Asshole would’ve been epic!
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Maybe the custom Wildwood Guitars version with have a 'little asshole' switch on the back.

I hope everyone stocks up on inventory for the holidays.

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rm5153 said:
I received my BE Mini yesterday afternoon. I must say that this little amp has something real awesome going on as it has this greasy, chewy, aggression to it with a huge bottom end. Way more gain on tap that any of the BE's that I have owned in the past. I have previously owned a 2015 BE 100, 2018 BE 100 and a BE 100 Deluxe. Over the last few months, I have sold off all of my Friedmans and my Hopkins JCM800 Pandora as I have been mainly focused on using my AXE FX 3 as my main tone source. I have held on to my EVH EL34 100 Watt that I run in conjunction with the AXE 3 in 4CM. I must say the BE Mini sounds awesome on low volumes and sound YUGE running with the AXE 3 in 4CM, my Boss TAE powering 2 real 412 cabinets and also running 2 Friedman ASM12 FRFR monitors running IR's. Kind of bass ackwards having a $329 amp with over $5k in outboard gear but what the heck, it sounds awesome. Literally played for 3 hours straight last night. Best 80s tone I have had in years. The mids on this just sit perfect. Effects loop is stellar as well. A little boost upfront and some delay and you are all set. Haven't tried this at a loud volume since my wife just had surgery 2 days ago, but at low volumes which I normally play anyways, this sounds amazing. Hats off to Mr. Friedman!
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So it needs a boost up front?
 
Fordman65 said:
And there it is. I was wondering how long it would take for someone to make the statement that this little solid state amp has "the best" tone. Smokes all those $3k+ amps, even the ones that this thing supposedly emulates. Of course it does!🤣
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I guess since it doesn't have tubes in it and doesn't cost over $3k then it is garbage??? I guess to have a good tone you need a $3k head and a $3k guitar right? Been there and done that. Never said that this mini amp has the "best tone", simply stating that it sounds real good for what it is. SMFH
 
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