Author Topic: Modelling VS. Real amps (Read 35222 times)

dave_mc · « **Reply #15 on:** April 01, 2006, 11:04:12 PM »

^yeah, i know what you mean, Rob.

Engl are kind of half way between "valve amp that does one tone really well" and "modellers that do 16000 tones semi well"

I dunno, I just think sambo needs to go and try some stuff, lol.

Dakine · « **Reply #16 on:** April 01, 2006, 11:07:20 PM »

I think he does to.
He has woked it out and can get by with speakers, thus needing only a modellor itself.
He is young and finding his feet and the cost of a modellor may be alot cheaper in long run to find what he really wants to be "his" sound.

sambo · « **Reply #17 on:** April 01, 2006, 11:08:21 PM »

^ lol so do i....

im never gonna bloody try anything at this rate!!!!

!!!!! starting tomorrow i sha... oh wait... no.. no not tomorrow, tomorrow=band practice...

ill try and test the modellers ASAP.... i could in theory test the ENGLs at the same time (i tihnk) if coda have one in stock....

dave_mc · « **Reply #18 on:** April 01, 2006, 11:12:46 PM »

^ machinehead do engls, lol- i assume they do modellers too.

sambo · « **Reply #19 on:** April 01, 2006, 11:14:56 PM »

:x THAT NAME IS SIN ITSELF!!!

_tom_ · « **Reply #20 on:** April 01, 2006, 11:39:42 PM »

For what its worth I get by perfectly fine in a cover band with my LP, tuner, Rat and HRDx, none of this digital filth :P

sambo · « **Reply #21 on:** April 02, 2006, 01:05:56 AM »

yes but thats not really the point is it thomas....

_tom_ · « **Reply #22 on:** April 02, 2006, 01:08:03 AM »

Yes... as I can still get all the appropriate sounds from a simple setup.. Plus if I get a wah, I can basically use that to emulate flanger and phaserish sounds, I know they are different effects entirely but normal pub goers dont know that :D

jt · « **Reply #23 on:** April 02, 2006, 02:13:52 AM »

:D You can get Modeller amps as well....Line 6 Flexi tone etc. This will let you experiment with sounds before you decide on what amp [valve ] you will go for.

:D 8)

38thBeatle · « **Reply #24 on:** April 02, 2006, 12:01:05 PM »

I played a gig last night in a tiny 15th Century pub.It was a private party with just about the most enthusiatic audience I have ever encountered
( get to the point 38th says Mrs 38th as she stands over my shoulder cos she wants to go out).I used digital multif/x and, sin upon sin, a tranny Amp( Laney World Series- I think Dakine has one) and the sound coming out was, to my ears, bloody excellent. We covered a lot of ground and I was thinking that if I'd have bought all the amps that I'd emulated I'd have spend thousands. Part of the fun of GAS is buying, trying and flogging in the quest for the perfect amp which does not exist. But you do get a sense of "your" sound and I think that takes time/money- Sambo has tons of the former and hopefully some of the latter. Bloody hell i do ramble don't i?

Kilby · « **Reply #25 on:** April 02, 2006, 12:03:17 PM »

I found an amp for sambo

http://www.maverick-music.com/scripts/vintage-guitars.asp?idproduct=1007

sambo · « **Reply #26 on:** April 02, 2006, 12:12:00 PM »

ohhh rob! that looks sooo nice! i might save up a bit more to get that one...

:lol: :D

and beatle- interesting!!!!!!!!! what multi-fx did you use?

if its good enough for mr and mrs.38th its good enough for me!!

Ratrod · « **Reply #27 on:** April 02, 2006, 02:35:17 PM »

I wouldn't touch that digital modeling stuff with a 10 foot pole.

_tom_ · « **Reply #28 on:** April 02, 2006, 02:39:48 PM »

Hahahaha that dumble is REDICULOUS. What kind of idiot would spend that amount of money on it?! Could get a totally custom amp for less than that :lol:

The amazing Phil · « **Reply #29 on:** April 02, 2006, 03:41:49 PM »

Well, I have a multiFX board for "playing around" with, I can put headphones into it for silent practice, and in theory it could go straight out into a mixer too. I got this to try out different effects etc, figure out what I like and what I don't, what emulations got me etc, and then I've slowly built my "real" gear up based on this research. It worked fantasticly with my Laney valve amp if I set the amp up clean too.

It's a Korg AX-1500G, I would recommend you try the Boss equivilent though as it's probably at least as good. I got this on the cheap though so no worries.