Which Benson Amp Should I Get? | Monarch vs Earhart vs Vincent vs Redland | Feat. Jules Leyhe
Which Benson Amp should you buy? The question I get every single day — so here's the full shootout, once and for all. Welcome back to Edge of Breakup.
A complete four-way comparison across the Benson Amps Monarch, Earhart, Vincent, and the brand new Redland 35 — all running through the same Benson Amps 2x12" cab for a true apples-to-apples comparison. The Benson Tall Bird Plus also features. Featuring the Josh Williams Guitars Mockingbird — Tone Specific Bloombuckers, Emerson Custom Treble Bleeds — with the R2R Electric Treble Booster (NOS OC44 Black Glass Germanium) pushing the front end, via the Boss Waza Tube Amp Expander.
Joining for this one is renowned blues guitarist Jules Leyhe — his feel and touch bring out exactly what each of these amps is capable of. Check out his music, live shows, and educational guitar content.
Today is focused exclusively on pushed-to-cranked tones with humbuckers — no clean tones, no hedging, just the comparison everyone actually wants to hear. A quick comparison section up front (02:11) lets you hear the differences immediately, followed by deep dives into each amp across all pickup positions:
Benson Monarch (03:54) — the amp that's anchored the majority of channel demos, Chimera-adjacent clean-to-pushed voicing. Benson Earhart (10:38) — EL84 Class A top boost and tube reverb combo, the brightest and most compressed of the four. Benson Vincent (18:08) — the cascading Vinny/Clean Channel architecture, 1W dirt feeding a 30W clean stage. Benson Redland 35 (26:35) — the newest addition, reimagined EQ stack, extended American clean palette with 6L6 muscle.
If you've been sitting on the fence about which Benson to buy, this is the answer.
🔊 Benson Amps: https://www.bensonamps.com/guitar-amplifiers 🎸 Josh Williams Guitars: https://joshwilliamsguitars.com 🎸 Tone Specific: https://www.tonespecific.com 🎛️ R2R Electric: https://www.r2relectric.com
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🎸 Josh Williams Guitars Mockingbird | Tone Specific Bloombuckers | Emerson Custom Treble Bleeds 🎛️ R2R Electric Treble Booster | NOS OC44 Black Glass Ge 🔊 Benson Amps Monarch | Earhart | Vincent | Redland 35 | Tall Bird Plus | Benson 2x12" | Boss Waza TAE
