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The pitch block is still a bit iffy though.
https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/165309/fs-kemper-toaster-unpowered-and-accessories
I know someone who has a '63 T60 which has never blown up - it still has its original power transistors - and it sounds amazing at low to medium volume, really just like a clean Vox valve amp. I didn't dare push it hard.
"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
are you shitting me? They guy is beige in human form, I have a John Mayer album, I bought it after hearing all the hype, it’s dull as ditchwater, recycled SRV licks without the interest, if Jeff Beck ( Who I love btw, was listening to Guitar Shop just last week, amazing) is a great real ale then John Mayer is Becks Blue.
Want to repeat this with a reactive load to get the power amp and EQ involved so I can get a fair comparison though.
Not actually played one but I wouldn't have expected clean up in quite the same way.
Been uploading old tracks I recorded ages ago and hopefully some new noodles here.
the next test when I get the house to myself is compare the real preamp to the digital ones run into the fx return
I’d either run it through a PC with a good interface and reverb VST, or get an effect unit with high end room verbs and a headphone out.
But also, I had tried with Sony 7506 which are terrible for this ( tbh I’m not sure they’re good for anything - I had forgotten how brittle they are ).
With Beyerdymics DT990 pro and the above I think a lot of the models sound awesome with minimal tweaking.
that's through the same kit setup the same way..
so there are differences in how you happen to make the strings sound at that moment..
I'm not suggesting that one thing is better than another..
just that a high end modeller is not a dreadful thing to walk on stage with..
Modellers are great. They solve a problem. I've been playing modellers longer than I've been playing valve amps, all the way back to being 18 years old with a PodXTLive.
But I'm not giving up my amps. Not because of any Valve VS modeller battles, and not because of "valve" mystique. But the particular amps I've settled on over the years (settled in air quotes!) really do it for me ergonomically, tonally, flexibility-wise, and aesthetically. All of these things are valid.
At the end of the day it's whether your music is any good or not. I've heard great music made with modellers, and I've heard shit music made with the most expensive valve amps known to man.
They're all tools, yet they all have their own character and points of interest that make you want to use them.
once you've created your own 'voice', it's less about what and how, and more about that it sounds, feels and works right for you..