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If i was going for a 1u amp reckon I'd go padded rack case as they aren't heavy and have a shoulder strap and padded gator shoulder case is just right size for control2, almost made to measure. Do like idea of 1u myself but powered monitor may be easier to drag if needed and sound will be very close to what's heard out front.
hence my thinking of getting a beat up amp 1x12 that's large enough to adjust cabinet to house a gsp as well. Kinda like my own home brew grab and go for practices, jams and travel lighter. Like a lot of people are using Katanas for at moment. It may end up being a L5 converted to a modern light driver 1x12 (as the L3 isn't wide enough and isn't two channel or 100% same as L5/L7 but as a 1x12 with light neodium driver capable of taking the 100w will actually not be silly heavy and would be plenty loud for even a gig). Plus i keep the high quality optical compressor of amp right at end of chain if I want to dial in a little replication of valve power tube compression. It may end up being a diff amp but that's plan at moment. I'll bet that would be close to ultimate all in one jam setup for sound and will knock any aw other off shelf similar idea into last century.
And as well as distortion pedals you can bump preloop volume and drop after or vice versa to give your real amps preamp more or less drive as well on a preset basis or even via a stomp. If you have a non master amp with loop you can use this trick to get a cranked tone at a lower volume too.
Odd presets can work well through amps clean preamp so if get odd one that's lacking something experiment turning on amps preamp clean but leave modelled amp on as well. Can sometimes just add a little life and sparkle and give it something slightly different.
lastly something like Nux pms-2 will allow you to set it up to switch amp channels for you as well.
Also, the GSP sounds completely monster using my TH-30 as a power amp. I'd really like to try something like the Matrix GT1000fx to see how good it really is. Not sure if a cheap power amp like the Harley Benton GPA-400 is going to make my juices flow.
I was very close to pulling trigger on the old valve pa amp... Other option is any quality rack pa amp. I love palmer LX series he uses they are more like a scaled up hi-fi amp (but smallest is 2u). My PA setup has a palmer LX 800 and LX 1400 in it but the smallest LX500 would be ideal. studio rack amps are also a HQ option.
The valve PA amp imho or PA amps are good cos they aren't gonna colour the sound to its own sound like guitar based amps will do. It's designed to amplify a full range signal. Valve ones will likely just add a bit of warmth thay works well. But if wanna be lighter a good qual 1u pa amp with 1/4" and XLR ins would be just ticket and s/h plenty out there under budget and a lot more capable than cheap amps these days. Although they weigh more I'd aim for older non digital amps with good power supplies.
Sounds great on PA's I've use. What you can potentially use here though is the very handy 7 band global eq possibly as it's meant specifically to quickly tune rig when you are in a diff venue with diff acoustics and equipment.
Use the eq a lot and get used to what/where in sound each slider effects things so can quickly tweak sound if not quite right when your getting set up.
also make sure the gsp out put and active monitor are well matched. ie if your outputting mic level via xlr and not line level and your turning up the monitor high to hear it the mismatch csn really effect sound.
Makes sure you have correct line level too so not overloading input. +4 or -10 depending on if its more modern equipment (usually +4) or older (often -10).
Just saying.
Such a cool bit of kit. Every home should have one. I just sold my HD500X for more than it cost me to buy the GSP and controller. Mental. It is soooo much better.
Happy.
Clean - Jazz Chorus
Drive - boosted Hiwatt (never heard one before but sounds great)
Fuzz - using a Mesa Triple Rec instead of a big muff.
Mental
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