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My uneducated answer would be, nah, I doubt it very much.
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Amt have some ace ones for gainier sounds - the series 2 preamps. They also have a proper valve preamp and speaker sim, but I've not looked into it. Pound for pound, the Joyo wins for clean and breakup. For outright filth, get Amt
I used a large custom-made ISO cabinet with real amps, that worked best
GTR3 and AT3 are the best plug-in amp sims I have heard (along with Guitar Rig). The Fender ones include some excellent patches
However, after using my AxeFx2 for the last 20 months, when I tried to play through the AT3 Fender stuff yesterday, the latency and sound quality were both an issue
What sound are you after? The 90s-made Hughes and Kettner Crunch master and Metal master did what you want in a half-rack box - real valve preamp and a power amp or sim, and speaker sim. About £100 on ebay, I had the set
The Joyo pedals are a good starting point if you want to avoid modelling in the PC/Mac - but I disagree about a pedal being better than any amp sim - I have heard plenty of excellent sim patches, the AxeFx2 is stellar, and the PC/Mac plugins are very good if you get these things right:
I would not buy a real amp just to DI from it, I tried attenuators and then using speaker sims in AT3, etc. It never sounded better than a good AT3 patch. Using a real speaker in an ISO cab works. I have some I should get round to selling. With the correct reverb and multi-band compression, they sound excellent
If you can get the cash, buy an AxeFx2, it does all this, plus being able to do almost any kind of guitar gig live, as well as acoustic guitar and Bass. I rarely touch any ampsim plugin in protools anymore
Unless you really want to.
justification skills only come with practice and dedication. I can offer tuition for £30 an hour
you unbalanced inputs on that are = 1M ohm it says, so you should be OK
being serious, whether an AF2 is appropriate depends on your budget generally: if you are playing guitars that cost £700+ used, and think the sound of £1k+ amps is worth the cash, then an AF2 is a good move
If you have a semi-pro guitar (Mexican/Korean, etc) and don't want to spend £1000s, AT3 is as good as you'll get I think
no one stocks AF2s AFAIK
- they come mail order from Germany
you have to go to a show or meet someone if you want to try
they are sold on approval though - you can send it back
I doubted they could be much better than AT3, etc. They are much better. Only boutique amps and pedals can match/beat the sounds out of this thing