The Much Debated Digital Vs Analogue |
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The Much Debated Digital Vs Analogue |
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Aug 23 2012, 06:20 PM |
My attitude about this is very simple: I don't care at all if an amp is digital or analog, transistor or tube based, the only thing that matters to me is if I can get my sound. I am open for any new technique and I like checking out new gear, but as long as I can't get my sound with it, I am not interested. All my life I have been playing tube amps, they have been the only amps that delivered the tone that I was looking for, anything else was either lacking tone, power, warmth, gain... something was just not there. Like most guys in the 80's I started with Marshalls, I still have my good old JCM 800 somehwere. The amp was cool, but it didn't give me "my" tone yet, so in the early 90's I switched to Engl, I used an Engl Straight for some time, also a cool amp that got a bit closer to my sound, but it was still not the right one. Then, in 94 or 95, my search came to an end when I bought my first Tripple Rectifier, this was exactly MY amp and I finally got exactly the sound that I wanted, I had found "my" sound. I never stopped using my Tripple Rectos, and I guess I never will (there is no need to change when you have found what you were looking for), but still I check out other stuff as well. I had a couple of PODs, they were cool for recording at home, but they didn't give me my tone, I even tried playing a gig with a POD once, which was not satisfying at all, but well, I tried ;-) I used guitar rig at home, which was nice too, but also not anywhere near my Rectos, then I bought an Axe FX Ultra. This was the first unit that came close to my sound at least, I really liked it a lot and had it with me as a backup on the road (in case both of the Rectifiers that I normally have with me on tour shoud die ;-) ). Last year I bought an Axe FX 2, and guess what, I love it! It is the only device besides my Boogies that can give me my tone! I even played many shows with it over that last year (when we fly we don't take our full backline with us, it is way too heavy and therfore expensive to ship it across the globe) and I am perfectly happy with its sound. It is true of course, you can tweak yourself to death with this thing, but the good thing is: you don't have to! I geat great tones out of it without twisting everything. But well, in the end sound is something very personal, some people will love a device like the Axe FX, others will hate it, and that is perfectly ok. It is the same with guitars I guess, I love my Les Pauls, others love Strats, the next one wants a PRS or whatever... as long as we are all happy with our gear thats perfectly fine. I am just preparing a workshop kinda lesson for GMC dealing with exactly this topic: sounds and how to get them, and I will use the Axe FX for that workshop, I am already curious about your opinion.
-------------------- Guitars: various Gibson Les Pauls / Gibson J 45
Amps: Mesa Boogie Tripple Rectifier / Triaxis / 2:90 Poweramp / Rectocabs Effects: Rocktron Intellifex / Rocktron Xpression Homepage: www.marcussiepen.com www.blind-guardian.com Check out my video lessons! |
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Aug 23 2012, 06:34 PM |
I just found these soundclips and downloads from Ola Eugland of the Axe Fx Ultra
Are they useful Cosmin? -------------------- My SoundCloud
Gear Tyler Burning Water 2K Burny RLG90 with BK Emeralds Fender US Tele with BK Piledrivers Epiphone 335 with Suhr Thornbuckers PRS SE Custom 24-08 Ax8 Fessenden SD10 PSG Quilter TT15 |
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Aug 24 2012, 12:51 PM |
@ Todd: Yeah, neither a Rectifier nor an Axe FX is really cheap, and I am perfectly aware of the fact that there are a lot of kids out there that just can't afford those amps, but thank god they are not the only good sounding amps, there are always options. I also heard a lot of good things about the Kemper, but I never had the chance to play one myself so far, I'd like to try it though.
@ Cosmin: I love this thread, it will for sure deliver a very interesting discussion with tons of arguments for both sides. As I said the choice of gear in general is something very personal, what I just don't understand is when somebody completely rejects something without giving it a chance, and I know quite a lot of people who would never touch anything but a tube amp, cause anything else HAS to be bad in their opinion... Well, in my opinion there is life beyond the classic combination of a Les Paul and a Marshall, but as I said, thats a personal decision ;-) -------------------- Guitars: various Gibson Les Pauls / Gibson J 45
Amps: Mesa Boogie Tripple Rectifier / Triaxis / 2:90 Poweramp / Rectocabs Effects: Rocktron Intellifex / Rocktron Xpression Homepage: www.marcussiepen.com www.blind-guardian.com Check out my video lessons! |
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Aug 26 2012, 11:39 AM |
Hey Mr. Blister AKA Garry Check this out: https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_fo...st&p=602611
It's Todd's review AND some good stuff about the cabs as well Enjoy! |
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Aug 27 2012, 01:27 AM |
Hey Mr. Blister AKA Garry Check this out: https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_fo...st&p=602611 It's Todd's review AND some good stuff about the cabs as well Enjoy! Thanks a lot, Cos! Yeah, I have been following Todd's thread quite closely (title mentions upcoming video review) & that's why I'm looking forward to the video review! -------------------- |
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Aug 27 2012, 12:14 PM |
I never tried the Engl Screamer, actually I also never heard anybody playing through this amp, so I can't really say anything about it. But in general Engl have some really good amps for sure, I like Powerballs and this Special Edition (I think it is called like that). If in the end you prefer an Engl over a Mesa Boogie is a matter of taste, both are good amps, and of course there are other great amps out there too, so the choice is all yours
Concerning what we used on A night at the opera, our guitar sound is a mix of several amps, actually pretty much every good production today uses more than one amp to get the guitar tone of choise. In our case we always have several Boogies, several Engls, a couple of Marshalls, a Soldano, we have 2 Axe FX II's, we have Pods... a lot of gear to chose from -------------------- Guitars: various Gibson Les Pauls / Gibson J 45
Amps: Mesa Boogie Tripple Rectifier / Triaxis / 2:90 Poweramp / Rectocabs Effects: Rocktron Intellifex / Rocktron Xpression Homepage: www.marcussiepen.com www.blind-guardian.com Check out my video lessons! |
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Aug 27 2012, 12:49 PM |
Actually I don't even know what the Two Rock is, please enlighten me
-------------------- Guitars: various Gibson Les Pauls / Gibson J 45
Amps: Mesa Boogie Tripple Rectifier / Triaxis / 2:90 Poweramp / Rectocabs Effects: Rocktron Intellifex / Rocktron Xpression Homepage: www.marcussiepen.com www.blind-guardian.com Check out my video lessons! |
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Aug 27 2012, 01:02 PM |
Nope, I haven't, but from how you describe it I would love to give it a try.
-------------------- Guitars: various Gibson Les Pauls / Gibson J 45
Amps: Mesa Boogie Tripple Rectifier / Triaxis / 2:90 Poweramp / Rectocabs Effects: Rocktron Intellifex / Rocktron Xpression Homepage: www.marcussiepen.com www.blind-guardian.com Check out my video lessons! |
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Aug 27 2012, 04:10 PM |
No idea on the price though. |
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Aug 27 2012, 05:13 PM |
Yeah, sometimes the price makes me NOT want to try something anymore
-------------------- Guitars: various Gibson Les Pauls / Gibson J 45
Amps: Mesa Boogie Tripple Rectifier / Triaxis / 2:90 Poweramp / Rectocabs Effects: Rocktron Intellifex / Rocktron Xpression Homepage: www.marcussiepen.com www.blind-guardian.com Check out my video lessons! |
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