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I know I've mentioned this before as well: Pete Anderson is the only pro guitarist I know of (although he's probably better known for his Reverend signature models than his playing)who gigs with a first generation POD but that's into a power amp and cab. A couple of the POD models were based on his own Fenders. Which is nice...
I also remember something in Guitar Player about a top Beatles tribute who only used PODs straight to PA but that's going back a bit.
I didn't use a pod until 2004, when one was proffered for a studio recording. I have to admit I was surprised how difficult it was to eke a good tone out of them - they felt very flat and lifeless, and just didn't sit at all like I was used to in the mix - it was either on top or buried. Until then I'd heard so many people rave about them are read the reviews which were very positive, so it definitely didn't live up to my expectations and I had no bias one way or the other.
I remember the Music used Vetta amps around that time. You can kind of hear from the mix how the guitars are really forward because that's the way you were forced to mix that sound. Live the guitars had a bit of that "lots of noise but hard to hear the note" thing going on.
On the other hand, one of Roger Water's touring guitarists used a Yamaha modelling stack and sounded truly fantastic, even next to Snowy White with his stereo AC30 setup.
Bandcamp
Spotify, Apple et al
Probably....but then since they all use some kind of software to shape the tone (because that's what differentiates a digital amp from a transistor amp), then what would they base it on, other than another amp?
The Line 6 AxSys was the very first guitar amp modeller and the first such modeller to be patented (17 January 1997):
http://www.google.co.uk/patents/US5789689
Roland was the first company to launch a digital modelling product - the VG8 guitar modelling system in 1995. It wasn't until 2000 and the launch of the replacement VG88 that guitar amp modelling was added.
The Johnson JT50 amplifiers used tube integrated modeling technology - NOT digital, and were launched in 1999.
https://www.manualslib.com/manual/695313/Roland-Gp-100.html?page=3#manual
Page 3 - "Main features: reproduces classic guitar amps". Check the copyright date at the bottom.
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https://static.roland.com/assets/media/pdf/VG-8_OM.pdf
This is I think one of the main reasons for what monquixote said - the Roland gear was perceived as being for geeks. By comparison you can pretty much just plug in a Pod and it's fairly intuitive to tweak from the start.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Helix or Amplifire then for me!
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein