Fuchs Frost 100 Clips [Archive]

gainfreak

10-04-2007, 04:29 PM

Andy Fuchs was kind enough to let me check out this amp. I posted some clips here before but here are some more! I really dig this amp!!

Fuchs Frost 100 Clean (Channel II set with master high gain Low)
http://www.soundclick.com/util/getplayer.m3u?id=5838282&q=hi

Fuchs Frost 100 Channel II: Distortion in Drop D

http://www.soundclick.com/util/getplayer.m3u?id=5838318&q=hi

Fuchs Frost 100 Channel 1 and 2 whole Tune
http://www.soundclick.com/util/getplayer.m3u?id=5687700&q=hi

Fuchs Frost 100 Channel 1 Whole Tune.
http://www.soundclick.com/util/getplayer.m3u?id=5765756&q=hi
Thanks !
Ralph

Woodyworld

10-04-2007, 04:37 PM

Oo heavy baby. Certainly an amp with attitude and bite.

Really enjoyed your playing on the Two Clips below. Chops galore.

Nice one

Fuchs Frost 100 Channel 1 and 2 whole Tune
http://www.soundclick.com/util/getplayer.m3u?id=5687700&q=hi

Fuchs Frost 100 Channel 1 Whole Tune.
http://www.soundclick.com/util/getplayer.m3u?id=5765756&q=hi
Thanks !
Ralph

scottl

10-04-2007, 06:45 PM

You a scary beast Ralphie!!!! As good at this as anyone bro!!!

hottub

10-04-2007, 07:00 PM

:drool:dude:AOK

woah! freakin nice clips! and playing too! amp sounds awesome!

cheesey

10-04-2007, 07:19 PM

George , why you callin yourself Ralph ?
killer man !

gainfreak

10-04-2007, 08:17 PM

Oo heavy baby. Certainly an amp with attitude and bite.

Really enjoyed your playing on the Two Clips below. Chops galore.

Nice one

Thanks so much Woody!!
:RoCkIn

gainfreak

10-04-2007, 08:19 PM

You a scary beast Ralphie!!!! As good at this as anyone bro!!!

Scott you son of a gun!!
How the heck are you bro? With that said, If you haven't figured this out yet, you are one of my favorite guitar players!! Thanks so much for the kind words!!

You rock my friend!!

Ralph:BEER

gainfreak

10-04-2007, 08:21 PM

:drool:dude:AOK

woah! freakin nice clips! and playing too! amp sounds awesome!

Thanks so much hottub!! :RoCkIn

gainfreak

10-04-2007, 08:22 PM

George , why you callin yourself Ralph ?
killer man !

Hhahaha!! Thanks so much for the way to kind words!!!:BEER

adlibmusic

10-05-2007, 10:38 AM

GF, that really smokes!!!
btw, what speaker set up??
Thanks,
Loren

gainfreak

10-05-2007, 11:10 AM

GF, that really smokes!!!
btw, what speaker set up??
Thanks,
Loren

Thanks so much Loren.

I always forget to post what was used! :crazy

For the Clean clip I used an Earcandy buzzbomp 2x12 Cab loaded with Boogie MC90 speakers and a Tom Anderson Drop top guitar.

The 1st tune was recorded with that same cab but the lead was recorded using a Marshall 4x12 cab with g12h30 re-issue speakers.

The 2nd full tune was all the Marshall cab with the g12h30's

I used a GMW superstrat for both of the tunes with drums.

all the best!!

Ralph :BEER

jspax7

10-05-2007, 02:19 PM

Rippin! So many monsters around here.

I really liked the clean clip. Taste and chops you have.

gainfreak

10-05-2007, 06:12 PM

Rippin! So many monsters around here.

I really liked the clean clip. Taste and chops you have.

Thanks so much!! :RoCkIn

Scoredog

10-05-2007, 06:16 PM

Nice tones and nice playing, too bad i can't get anymore gear past the wife.

mrt

10-05-2007, 07:32 PM

WOW!, thats some tone!

Red Suede

10-05-2007, 09:44 PM

Damn gainfreak, that is stun guitar!

gainfreak

10-06-2007, 08:48 AM

Nice tones and nice playing, too bad i can't get anymore gear past the wife.
Thanks so much Scoredog!! I wish I could help you out with distracting your wife so that you could get the gear past her but methinks that she is to smart for that lol :D all the best!

WOW!, thats some tone!

Thanks!! Andy is the man!!

Damn gainfreak, that is stun guitar!

Thanks so much Red Suede!!:BEER

Ralph

granite

10-06-2007, 12:33 PM

Holy smokes, you are a gain freak! Very Slash-esque in some parts. I enjoyed your clips a lot and that is saying something since metal is NOT my thing. Thanks for posting.

Kaika

jlagrassa

10-06-2007, 01:05 PM

What a great sounding amp, loved it! You are also very good player thanks for posting your songs!

scoob

10-07-2007, 12:03 AM

Holy crap. That last song is huge. Great playing - reminds me a little of Greg Howe - awesome stuff.

gainfreak

10-08-2007, 08:52 AM

Holy smokes, you are a gain freak! Very Slash-esque in some parts. I enjoyed your clips a lot and that is saying something since metal is NOT my thing. Thanks for posting.

Kaika

Thanks so much for the kind words Kaika!

What a great sounding amp, loved it! You are also very good player thanks for posting your songs!

Thanks so much !!

Holy crap. That last song is huge. Great playing - reminds me a little of Greg Howe - awesome stuff.

Thanks so much scoop! Greg is one of my favorite players and that's such an amazing compliment!! Thanks again!

Ralph

Fuchsaudio

10-08-2007, 02:30 PM

Now you know why I didn't do the soundfiles myself.... :BEER

Thanks a ton Ralphie.....

TimH

10-08-2007, 02:45 PM

Now you know why I didn't do the soundfiles myself.... :BEER

Thanks a ton Ralphie.....

I wish more builders would wise up to merits of getting really great players to do their sound clips. Too often I've heard an amp I thought had potential and then went to listen to the clips later only to find them poorly recorded and poorly played. No one is going to buy the amp if it just sounds bad due to poor technique.

donbarzini

10-08-2007, 02:58 PM

Dude, those clips almost sound as good as you look...........naked!

gainfreak

10-08-2007, 03:09 PM

Now you know why I didn't do the soundfiles myself.... :BEER

Thanks a ton Ralphie.....

Andy!!

It was an honor and pleasure getting to check this amp out. It is a winner for sure and Im happy that you let a knucklehead like me play the thing!!
I just wish I knew how to record better!! I can't say enough great things about the frost or any of your amps. You are the man!!! :BEER

By the way, i think you would sound great doing some clips! I'll have to get you to tap into your inner metalhead :D :RoCkIn

YOU ROCK!!

Ralph

gainfreak

10-08-2007, 03:11 PM

I wish more builders would wise up to merits of getting really great players to do their sound clips. Too often I've heard an amp I thought had potential and then went to listen to the clips later only to find them poorly recorded and poorly played. No one is going to buy the amp if it just sounds bad due to poor technique.

so you are basically saying that you hate all of my clips lol :D

j/k :dude

gainfreak

10-08-2007, 03:12 PM

Dude, those clips almost sound as good as you look...........naked!

Please Don't insult the amp like that lol :D :RoCkIn

Sup Brother!!!

funkycam

10-08-2007, 03:24 PM

Great playing... impressive chops... top marks!

gainfreak

10-08-2007, 03:44 PM

Great playing... impressive chops... top marks!

Thanks so much!:BEER

Drowned Rabbit

10-08-2007, 04:00 PM

That totally kicked ass!
You're my new hero.

gainfreak

10-09-2007, 08:06 AM

That totally kicked ass!
You're my new hero.
Thanks DR!!!:BEER

scoob

10-09-2007, 09:19 AM

Thanks so much scoop! Greg is one of my favorite players and that's such an amazing compliment!! Thanks again!

Ralph[/quote]

ooh, the beginning of the lead line (after the arpgs.) reminds me of Lynch too. I'm really digging this man.

gainfreak

10-09-2007, 11:47 AM

Thanks so much scoop! Greg is one of my favorite players and that's such an amazing compliment!! Thanks again!

Ralph

ooh, the beginning of the lead line (after the arpgs.) reminds me of Lynch too. I'm really digging this man.[/quote]

Thanks so much Scoob! Lynch is definitely one of my faves from back in the day!!

BTW, Sorry I called you scoop in the previous reply !! Darn typos!!

Ralph

PLEXIBLE

10-09-2007, 12:46 PM

Very inspiring clips. What echo/delay are you using? Could you detail your recording set-up? Thanks for inspiring me to be able to reord clips like yours. Thank you for posting.

gainfreak

10-09-2007, 02:06 PM

Very inspiring clips. What echo/delay are you using? Could you detail your recording set-up? Thanks for inspiring me to be able to reord clips like yours. Thank you for posting.

Thanks so much Plexible!!

As far as echo and delay, Im using plug-ins on my PC. All of the tunes were recorded dry with the effects added later. Believe it or not, Im still learning how to record and I was actually learning as I was recording!!

That said, My recording setup is PC based. I have a p4 3.0 ghz machine and I'm running SONAR 5 as my main recording software. I live in a condo so all of my clips are recorded at low volumes. I have my PC in my bedroom and my amps out in the livingroom. I mic up the amp in the livingroom with a shure sm57 and I run that into my Soundcard in my bedroom and into my PC.
I'm using Lexicon Pantheon for the verbs and a program called sonitus for the delays( both come stock with SONAR)

There are way better programs out there but Sonar is pretty easy to use.
Thats pretty much the basic stuff that I use along with a drum program called EZ drummer and a sequencing programm called fruityloops.

Please feel free to ask me if you should have any questions. I kind of kept this short as to not babble on to much!! lol :D

Ralph

PLEXIBLE

10-09-2007, 08:28 PM

Thanks so much Plexible!!

As far as echo and delay, Im using plug-ins on my PC. All of the tunes were recorded dry with the effects added later. Believe it or not, Im still learning how to record and I was actually learning as I was recording!!

That said, My recording setup is PC based. I have a p4 3.0 ghz machine and I'm running SONAR 5 as my main recording software. I live in a condo so all of my clips are recorded at low volumes. I have my PC in my bedroom and my amps out in the livingroom. I mic up the amp in the livingroom with a shure sm57 and I run that into my Soundcard in my bedroom and into my PC.
I'm using Lexicon Pantheon for the verbs and a program called sonitus for the delays( both come stock with SONAR)

There are way better programs out there but Sonar is pretty easy to use.
Thats pretty much the basic stuff that I use along with a drum program called EZ drummer and a sequencing programm called fruityloops.

Please feel free to ask me if you should have any questions. I kind of kept this short as to not babble on to much!! lol :D

Ralph Thanks for the breakdown. I think it was the reverb on your solos that really got me. Your solos sounded spacious. I'm a newbie to digital recording so I may have some questions for you going forward. Thanks Ralph.

gainfreak

10-10-2007, 08:05 AM

Thanks for the breakdown. I think it was the reverb on your solos that really got me. Your solos sounded spacious. I'm a newbie to digital recording so I may have some questions for you going forward. Thanks Ralph.

I'll help you out in any way that I can!

Ralph:dude

gainfreak

10-10-2007, 08:06 AM

Great sounding amp WOW.Your playing kicks ass!

Thanks so much! This amp is a beast !!! :BEER:RoCkIn

digital jams

10-10-2007, 10:19 AM

Now you know why I didn't do the soundfiles myself.... :BEER

Thanks a ton Ralphie.....

You have done well getting Ralph to showcase your amps Andy, humble as they come and he told great pride in creating these clips.

Urkoman

09-05-2008, 05:10 PM

I was quite interested on this amp, but i´ve just taken a look at the fuchs site and the frost does not appear on the products list. Anywone knows if it´s discontinued or something?

MikeyG

09-12-2008, 09:34 AM

Ralph, awesome, as usual. The gain sounds fantastic, but I have to say I was surprised how good a clean tone you got there ...

MikeyG

09-12-2008, 09:36 AM

I was quite interested on this amp, but i´ve just taken a look at the fuchs site and the frost does not appear on the products list. Anywone knows if it´s discontinued or something?

It's now the Viper. Same amp, different name, I'm pretty sure.

guitarmv

04-01-2009, 07:25 AM

It is now the Viper, with enough changes to avoid legal issues due to the name endorsement. I just picked up my Frost 100, and had a change to compare it to a JCM 800 Voodoo Amp Mod. Heh heh heh. It Fuched it up!

Fuchsaudio

04-01-2009, 10:15 AM

The Viper replaced the Frost, when our endorsement agreement ended. There were a few minor internal tweaks made, the most prominent added feature being the front panel "Thrust" control, which is like a resonance pot, in the feedback loop of the power amp. Really chunks up the low end. The 100-W Viper ships with 6550's and can use EL-34's, and is now made in a 50-W version too. We do conversions from Frosts to Vipers as well, should someone want that done.

Thanks for the kind words guys.

Dave_C

04-01-2009, 10:35 AM

The playing is so damn scary, I feel like quitting. The tone is so damn good, I feel like selling all my amps. Honestly, I'd rather listen to this incredibly soulful, tasty, chops-laden playing than anything Yngwie and his clones ever did.