The Diezel Paul 45W Head is a Diezel amplifier. Close alternatives include the Bad Cat Pre-Sale! Hot Cat Head and the Friedman Dirty Shirley. It pairs well with the Colorsound Overdriver and the Friedman BE-OD.
Diezel Paul 45W Head
Diezel · amplifier
The Diezel Paul is a 45-watt all-tube 2.5-channel amplifier head from Diezel Amplification, Germany. Three MIDI-switchable preamp voices — Clean, Crunch, and Insane — span crystal-clean headroom through heavy saturated lead. EL34 power tubes and a pair of parallel and series MIDI-controllable FX loops serve professional live and studio applications. The Paul has a more vintage character than other Diezel heads and is praised for its warmth and sparkle on the clean channel alongside its Crunch voice range from Texas blues to heavy rock.
- clean
- crunch
- midi
- lead
- texas blues
- sparkly
- breakup
- live
Good for
- Live
- Studio
Genres the Diezel Paul 45W Head is commonly used in
- Blues
- Rock
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Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag. - Alternative
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Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag. - Classic Rock
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Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag. - Blues Rock
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Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag. - Metal
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Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag.
Pedals that stack with the Diezel Paul 45W Head
Colorsound Overdriver
pedal
25% matchColorsound Overdriver's own voicing points at a clean amp's front end, and Diezel Paul 45W Head delivers it
Friedman BE-OD
Friedman
25% matchFriedman BE-OD is voiced for a clean amp's front end — Diezel Paul 45W Head gives it exactly that
Carl Martin PlexiTone
Carl Martin
22% matchStack Carl Martin PlexiTone on top and a crunchy tone tightens toward clean boost
Anarchy Audio Flutterby Tremolo
Anarchy Audio
8% matchRun Flutterby's optical tremolo pulse after the Diezel Paul's own Texas-blues clean settles, so the modulation moves a defined tone.
Wampler Ego Compressor
pedal
8% matchDiezel Paul 45W Head's transparent character and Wampler Ego Compressor's transparent voice sit in the same lane rather than fighting each other
Catalinbread Belle Epoch
Catalinbread
6% matchPut Catalinbread Belle Epoch in Diezel Paul 45W Head's effects loop, clear of Diezel Paul 45W Head's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Strymon TimeLine
Strymon
6% matchPut Strymon TimeLine in Diezel Paul 45W Head's effects loop, clear of Diezel Paul 45W Head's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Laney TI-Boost
Laney
tonal matchLaney TI-Boost's own voicing points at a clean amp's front end, and Diezel Paul 45W Head delivers it
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Questions people ask
What are good alternatives to the Diezel Paul 45W Head?+
The closest matches in character are the Bad Cat Pre-Sale! Hot Cat Head, the Friedman Dirty Shirley, the Blackstar HT Club 40 MKII.
What pairs well with the Diezel Paul 45W Head?+
Strong matches from rig and tone-complementarity evidence: Colorsound Overdriver, Friedman BE-OD, Carl Martin PlexiTone — Colorsound Overdriver's own voicing points at a clean amp's front end, and Diezel Paul 45W Head delivers it.