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2015/01/19 01:16:17 (permalink)

When engineering replaced imagination...

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When there’s a chance to kick back and play guitar, you want the right tone, right away. It’s about playing music, not twiddling knobs. Only AMPLIFi™ matches the perfect tones to songs in your music library or your favorite artists.
 
When did that happen? I mean, if you don't do it when you have a chance to kick back and play, when are you going to twiddle knobs? 
 
Maybe I'm a dinosaur, but, give me a Marshall and I can pretty much get all the right tones I want.
 
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While were at it - why bother play guitar at all? Why make any effort? Just kick back and listen to whatever crap you've been told was cool... 
 

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    craigb
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    Re: When engineering replaced imagination... 2015/01/19 03:22:49 (permalink)
    All of my engineering is imaginary.  Does that count? 

     
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    Re: When engineering replaced imagination... 2015/01/19 04:49:27 (permalink)
    Like synth presets? - You have got to be able to twiddle knobs even if its just a little bit.

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    Re: When engineering replaced imagination... 2015/01/19 07:50:55 (permalink)
    Another example of finding a solution to a non-existent problem.

     
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    Re: When engineering replaced imagination... 2015/01/19 09:00:40 (permalink)
    And with EZMix, track presets and all that stuff we're not supposed to twiddle anything! We even get guitars that tune them self and drummers are nicely tucked away in little boxes. I just bought a new computer and expect to just switch it on and BAM - I have a hit song!
     
    Or I could do it the old school way and love it. But I agree with OP, I saw this kid on stage, plugging in his guitar and had no idea how to use the amp. Eventually he found his volume. His playing was excellent but he needed help from a grown up to get a decent sound.
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    Re: When engineering replaced imagination... 2015/01/19 09:13:36 (permalink)
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    ...and drummers are nicely tucked away in little boxes.


    If only that were true... 

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    Re: When engineering replaced imagination... 2015/01/19 09:15:06 (permalink)
    Someone keeps nailing the lid shut on mine.

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    Re: When engineering replaced imagination... 2015/01/19 09:17:29 (permalink)
    Oh hello UB,  didn't see you in there... 

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    Re: When engineering replaced imagination... 2015/01/19 09:21:53 (permalink)
    I get mistaken for mold all the time. I think it's a mental defense mechanism. Some things can't be unseen, you know.

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    Re: When engineering replaced imagination... 2015/01/19 09:24:37 (permalink)
    like the picture of Bapu dressed as WonderWoman....
     
     
     
    ooopss..  sorry !

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    Re: When engineering replaced imagination... 2015/01/19 12:22:55 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby Rain 2015/01/19 13:55:09
    I guess when you have 8000 different amp models with 942 different stomp effects and 476.7 different modulation effects (not to mention delays and reverbs) this kind of thing becomes a necessity.

     In order, then, to discover the limit of deepest tones, it is necessary not only to produce very violent agitations in the air but to give these the form of simple pendular vibrations. - Hermann von Helmholtz, predicting the role of the electric bassist in 1877.
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    Re: When engineering replaced imagination... 2015/01/19 13:54:04 (permalink)
    I Am all dinosaur. I Am old and couldn't even get into my Wonder Woman outfit this year. I sold my Marshall a couple of years ago.  too. I miss the old days when nothing was sequenced and there was no such thing as "presets"

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    Re: When engineering replaced imagination... 2015/01/19 14:28:33 (permalink)
    Glyn Barnes
    Like synth presets? - You have got to be able to twiddle knobs even if its just a little bit.




    I guess I hadn't thought of it that way, being a guitar player. 
     
    However, the number of parameters you have to adjust on a regular amp are usually far from overwhelming - drive/distortion and EQ...
     
    I personally never felt that I had to perfectly match the sound of a song I was trying to learn or playing along with. Ballparking it is okay. Anyway, I only had one or two amp, and few pedals. Not owning a Mesa Boogie never prevented me from playing a Metallica song. My Marshall provided me with a heavy type of sound. Not owning a univibe didn't prevent me from playing Machine Gun - I'd just tweak my flanger to modulate things a bit.
     
    It's about playing, not matching the sound. 
     
     

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    Re: When engineering replaced imagination... 2015/01/19 16:11:06 (permalink)
    Rain
    It's about playing, not matching the sound. 

     
    Crap!  I KNEW I'd been doing something wrong all those years!!! 
     

     
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    Re: When engineering replaced imagination... 2015/01/19 17:01:37 (permalink)
    But the sound has a lot to with how we play different genres.

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    Re: When engineering replaced imagination... 2015/01/19 17:49:42 (permalink)
    Rimshot
    But the sound has a lot to with how we play different genres.




    Indeed. But we're talking about a genre, which is a bit more generic than an exact match. You don't NEED a Vox and a Rickenbaker to play I Want to Hold Your Hand. Of course, there are some set ups which will probably be more appropriate, but in the end, you could play it using a 7 String Ibanez and a Pignose.

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