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i will caveat by saying i play my amps squeaky clean, and get everything else from pedals...so i dont go for the break up sound from my amps, so YMMV
I can't see them ponying up for an Axe-FX though.
live in a London flat and practice through a Marshall JVM 1 watt combo with the volume at 9 o'clock. Should I be checking my db readings?
I was slightly disappointed by the choices.
Although I did very much appreciate that they pointed out they normally demo in the room at near gig levels.
To me the Yamaha always gets demo'd in a way what best suits it - close mic'd. When I had one I really didn't like it's sound at all - in the room, always sounded like a small box to me at any volume where I wasn't hearing the strings more than the amp. But stick a mic really close and it's much better.
Why not look at the Roland Cube series for example? Better choice, or talk about some nice amps with great attenuators (my Carr Skylark for example)
I got to around 9 minutes before I was so frustrated I had to switch it off. I mean... really? REALLY? Do we need lessons in how to use a practice amp... presets, wow there's a novelty. And digital in sounding "OK" at low volume shocker... hold the front page.
Jesus Christ, this is what we *all* do when practicing at home, right? And the meandering, tiresome, ad lib "commentary" is so dull. In 9 minutes, NOTHING had been said other than "Dan has a Yamaha THR at home and he's been practicing for a tour". And... guess what, its got a volume control! You can turn it down - who knew?
Their knowledge of the effect of distance over decibel level is incredible (not). I mean, really... strumming a semi acoustic guitar at close quarters can produce similar db levels to a small amp at low volumes a distance away... its almost as daft as the Father Ted sketch with Dougal and the cow being small or far away.
Apparently there is 53minutes of this... what are they trying to tell us, teach us, or inform us of? After 9 minutes I had no idea, it just seems like a directionless fiddle about showing that you can get reasonable sounds at low volumes. Great... thanks, I can do that for myself though and it would take a lot less than 53minutes for me to get a reasonable sound at low volume.
TPS - please, invest in a script, an editor and think about the point you are trying to prove/inform or educate us on *before* pressing 'record'.
Pedalboard and Two Notes CAB. Great through headphones and still allows you to practice for a gig with the very pedals that you'll be using. But I do understand that they couldn't cover everything.
They were always going to favour the valve amp approach though weren't they - its their thing? Be interesting for them to do a blind test every now and again to challenge their long held preferences. Modelling and VSTs are so good now I'm not sure the difference is big enough to discern. The Andertons vid on Kemper vs Amp was excellent for challenging Lee's love of valves.
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That power station was probably the best i've heard an attenuator sound as well!
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
It was an episode of lots of stating the obvious but maybe that was useful for some people. That the large expensive option gave apparently the best sound was no great surprise ( because on TPS that's what always happens)but I'm with @Rocker in that you need something quick to plug into and that a Pedalboard, valve amp and attenuator isn't really that.
I know, people will say "haters gonna hate" (stupid bloody expression) but I don't hate him. When he starts talking I just glaze over and think about mice chasing their own tails, anything apart from what he's talking about.
He's a world-class witterer and that's not entertaining or interesting.
In fact when he's on, I almost wish I was watching an Andertons video. Almost.
I don't really understand this TBH, but maybe it's just my circumstances. I have my valve amp, pedalboard already set up to go, cable plugging in, guitars hanging on the wall in the man-cave. Flick two switches on the amp, plug in a guitar and bingo.
Take guitar off stand
Play
No faff, no volume issues, sorted ;-)
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