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May 8 2011, 08:45 PM |
Haylos,
I since you mentioned you have a Line 6 Spider III, does it matter if it has effects built in? Because I use to have a Vox VT50, it had a great sound to my ears, it was a hybrid, it was a mixture of 12AX7 tube and solid state together. It also had a headphone jack so just incase you needed that little bit more of a personal me time without bothering everyone else. If your looking into something that does effects and such. Do you have to have an amp or maybe get something like a line 6 pod? Its just headphones but it will help save a ton of room and way easier to carry with you. - Travis S. -------------------- Guitars:
Ibanez S770PB (Natural Flat) , Ibanez XPT700 (Chameleon) , Sterling J Richardson Signature , Squire IV Jazz Bass (Sunburst) Gear: Neural DSP Plugins My YouTube Page. |
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May 8 2011, 08:47 PM |
Blackstar has some cool 1-5 watt valve combos - maybe you could check them out.
This post has been edited by Bogdan Radovic: May 8 2011, 08:47 PM -------------------- For GMC support please email support (at) guitarmasterclass.net
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May 8 2011, 09:43 PM |
What type of tone your after, and how big is your budget?
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May 9 2011, 12:06 PM |
Hey mate, here's something interesting that you should check out:
This is Kustom High Voltage HV30T, and you can find it on Belgian Thomman for 219e, which I think is a great price for this little fella. Here are the features: tube preamp, 24bit digital effects, 2x channels, 30W, 1x 12" Celestion speaker, lead channel with controls for gain and volume plus switch for crunch and grind, rhythm channel with controls for gain, volume plus switch for fat and lean, EQ section for both channels with controls for bass, mid and treble, 16x 24bit digital effects with controls for level and effects, tap-delay, external speaker output, DI out (XLR) with speaker simulation, headphone output, CD input, optional footswitch available (KAC FS201). Dimensions: 431 x 501x 241mm. Weight: 12.25kg To me, this is a perfect little practice amp for a serious beginning guitar player. Good brand, all the handy features for a practice amp, small weight for transport, onboard effects, 12" speaker, two inputs for jamming with friends - all for 220e, that's a bargain. This amp is more blues/rock oriented than metal, but it has some very usable hi-gain tones as well. You should definitely keep this in your top 5 choices. This post has been edited by Ivan Milenkovic: May 9 2011, 12:08 PM -------------------- - Ivan's Video Chat Lesson Notes HERE
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May 10 2011, 02:31 PM |
Nice! I'm checking this one out.
But what's this: DI out (XLR) with speaker simulation, ? |
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May 10 2011, 03:00 PM |
Nice! I'm checking this one out. But what's this: DI out (XLR) with speaker simulation, ? I'm going out on a guess after some searching. DI out (XLR) would be a XLR output but a balanced signal. So for instance you gig you could take your amp on the road hook it up to a mixer and play it via a pa system. Also you may be able to use it for recording purposes if you were to have an XLR in to an audio interface. Speaker simulation: It's would be tho the signal is being transfered to another source. It would add other features with that signal to recreate the tone of speaker so you won't have that pure digital sound overall. I hope that helps. - Travis S. -------------------- Guitars:
Ibanez S770PB (Natural Flat) , Ibanez XPT700 (Chameleon) , Sterling J Richardson Signature , Squire IV Jazz Bass (Sunburst) Gear: Neural DSP Plugins My YouTube Page. |
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May 10 2011, 07:48 PM |
From the manual:
Direct (SPKR Emulated) - this is a 3-conductor, XLR output jack for plugging into Lo-Z microphone inputs as found on PA or recording mixers. It is intended in place of external mics or used as a built-in direct box. Great effort was made in emulating the actual speaker sound. So it would be to recreate the sound of the amp without needing to mic it when using the XLR out. -------------------- Guitars:
Ibanez S770PB (Natural Flat) , Ibanez XPT700 (Chameleon) , Sterling J Richardson Signature , Squire IV Jazz Bass (Sunburst) Gear: Neural DSP Plugins My YouTube Page. |
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May 10 2011, 07:58 PM |
Hmm, I understand the DI out (XLR) to play via a PA system (or for recording purposes). But I don't understand the speaker simulation quite well... Sorry DI with speaker simulation is a very useful feature. It will allow you to record your amp directly thorough it (or connect it to a mixing board). Speaker simulation will help you get a nice guitar tone that resembles the real amp tone (as it will emulate a speaker cabinet). Without it - DI sounds too dry and raw. -------------------- For GMC support please email support (at) guitarmasterclass.net
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May 11 2011, 08:56 PM |
Speaker simulator will work nice if you have overdrive going on, if you use clean setting, DI can often sound more clearer.
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