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« Reply #45 on: April 01, 2006, 09:16:06 PM »
hmmm cheers ian mate....

know what your saying about taking things with a pinch of salt...

im gonna try out the modellers in coda music and then try out the ENGL wherever i can find it.

this is turning out to be a much more complex decision than i first thought.....

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« Reply #46 on: April 01, 2006, 09:18:14 PM »
i'm with willo all the way on that. He's a clever guy right there sammy boy. listen to ur elders
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« Reply #47 on: April 01, 2006, 09:22:29 PM »
lol im listening trust me... im taking in as much info as possible...

i know valve amps are supposed to be great but i wasnt blown over by my lc30.... and the thing about a valve amp is that i would NEED a hotplate- ive discovered that after the limited use ive had of my laney...

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« Reply #48 on: April 01, 2006, 09:27:31 PM »
Being ampless for most of the time I am stuck with using a Korg Pandora with headphones, or running acoustically (which is nice on the 360 but not the strat).

I also figure that playing along with backing tracks would help my playing

Therefore I have been considering somthing to feed audio to the company laptop via USB, however to be honest my Line 6 Spider put me off ever using anything from Line 6 again.

So I was looking at the options ;
Digitech GNX 4 (too expensive)
Zoom G2.1u (affordable)
GT-8 (possibly too expensive).

Any further suggestions ?

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« Reply #49 on: April 01, 2006, 09:29:14 PM »
what do you mean feed audio to?

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« Reply #50 on: April 01, 2006, 10:15:36 PM »
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what do you mean feed audio to?


To send the audio to the PC either via USB or Firewire

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« Reply #51 on: April 01, 2006, 10:16:14 PM »
audio as in stuff that you play?

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« Reply #52 on: April 01, 2006, 10:19:49 PM »
Nope, well actually yes.

I wish the guitar output to wend it's way to the laptop in some fashion.

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« Reply #53 on: April 01, 2006, 10:21:54 PM »
what about something like a zoom ps04.... as in a recording device rather than multi-fx...?

having said that the zooms have built in effect anyway...

the korg px4 or something is virtually identical to the zooms but that has USB too....

then you could record, put on pc, play the recorded track, then play along...

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« Reply #54 on: April 01, 2006, 10:24:32 PM »
I've got both, an Engl Screamer with 4x12 V30 as well as a Tonelab. At home I almost only play the Tonelab through Studio monitors. I've never tried it with a band/PA.

If I would have a band again, I would give the TL a try (less heavy to carry around and more versatile), but might end up with the combination of TLab and Engl, or TL and UniValve, or maybe just an amp with a Wah pedal, as effects kinda get lost anyway with a band. Ideally, you'd find a shop nearby that gives proper service and lets you try both options in a band rehearsal. My old guitar salesman in Germany did that for me actually, back in the old days:)

All the products in your range offer good options, don't think the TLab is not versatile, not only has it Recto models, it also has 7 different overdrive/distortion pedals, which gives you virtually any sound you might need. Friends of mine are into metal and ask me every time to bring the Tonelab when I visit them, so they can make some recordings with it.

But the only way to find what's right and clicks with you is playing it. You already found out which products are in the finals, in the end your belly will tell you which wins the race  :wink:
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« Reply #55 on: April 01, 2006, 10:29:07 PM »
lol! cheers hunter!!!! really helpful info...

now its crunch time... i have to try the things...

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« Reply #56 on: April 01, 2006, 10:29:10 PM »
hey Hunter, know Sam won't mind me stealing his thread a min (does it to me ALL the time :)).
Did you A/B the Engl Thunder/Screamer? How did you decide on screamer?
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« Reply #57 on: April 01, 2006, 10:30:22 PM »
its not even my thread!!! haha this thread is second-hand already- i stole it from bubchronic  :P

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« Reply #58 on: April 01, 2006, 10:34:25 PM »
Part of the reason is that I hate playing via headphones, therefore the thought of using the laptop as an amp appeals (have you trued the pligin Trash it's great BTW)

Well a work mate is buying one of the zoom G2 acoustic modeller thingies on the 16th, so when I get back (hopefully getting home for Easter) I will check out it's capabilitys.

If I like it I may have a look at the G2.1u to see if it does anything for me.

Rob...

On tehe subject of headphones the few times a year when I'm in a real stoner mood then I love headphones I set a very long delay (5 secs can get totally strange) and see where the mood takes me.

Does anybody else still do this, or have the rest of you grown up too much ?
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« Reply #59 on: April 01, 2006, 10:35:04 PM »
too long for me to have gone that far back, sheesh!
Anyway, YOU take over EVERY thread so was pretty safe bet you took it or started it ;P
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