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Like amps, that’s possible with some modellers and not others, no matter how many different amps they claim to model.
"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
I've found - for that reason alone - what suits me best is either a digital solution like a HX Stomp or a desktop amp like a THR. The best "real" amp I've had for zero hiss is the Blues Cube Hot which was all but silent.
The story goes that 'the Clapton sound' on his first album with the Bluesbreakers was the result of him putting everything on 10, though clearly not the tremolo. I've tried that with it a couple of times and it doesn't great. It's best with the channels jumpered and the volumes a little over half way, depending on the room size.
(and yes, I know there are loads of mods that can get them closer to the version Clapton had)
It really depends on the amp though.
A Princeton on 4 will rattle the windows.
Yes modellers would be preferable in that situation I think.
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And a wide variety of guitar cabs with different speaker combinations.
There isn't a modelled version of the Carol-Ann OD3R that I think sounds as good as the hardware amp I have here.
it isn't so much the amp itself that I have an issue with, it is speaker, mic (plus positioning), preamp, hardware EQ and compressor.
For instance my current approach is to use a combination of an E906 into an API 512 then into a Manley Massive Passive, then into a Distressor plus an AEA R84A ribbon mic into an RPQ500 preamp, then into an Empirical Lil Freq (Neve style EQ) and then into a Crane Song STC8.
Most of that gear isn't available in a modeller emulation, even the Axe FX III which has loads of different cab emulations doesn't have anything like that combination of gear.
If you just want a Marshall into a 4x12 with greenbacks with an SM57 then fine but not everyone does and I've got a way of working that suits me.
I still have modellers too (Axe FX III, Kemper etc).
Modellers have their place but I don't get down with the notion that 'just use a modeller' is good for all people, or even most of them.
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Football is rubbish.
I actually run two amps at home and individualy they're pretty quiet (most of the time...so...I don't know
Everything sounds better louder!
Even my Peavey Transtube might be noisy enough to need it if it was in the bedroom not the workshop.
"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
The louder the amp the more it interacts with the room as well. I tended to record amps around the volume you would have them on a decent stage. Loud, but no where near on full for the 50 and 100 watt Marshalls and defo not on full for the large Fenders.