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Re: The Amp of the future has arrived...
2013/10/04 20:08:38
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Tell you what, I like the color blue so go ahead and send it to me instead. 
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Re: The Amp of the future has arrived...
2013/10/05 07:36:23
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I just recently purchased the H & K 18 watt.
I am blown away by it.
It is so warm and rich.
I will say however that the overdrive side of it is not great. At least not to m ears.
But the clean channel is amazing.
I just add overdrive pedals to the clean side and and wonderfully happy.
And Rain, since I do like blue it is just an added bonus for me. Ha.
Love taking it out in my hot tub room at night and playing with just the blue from the amp.
The warmness of the amp in this 25x25 room with high arched cedar ceilings and tile floors is a beautiful thing.
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Re: The Amp of the future has arrived...
2013/10/05 10:17:50
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I like old amps....
nothing wrong with the new stuff..... I just like the old stuff... plug in with a cord and what you see & hear is what you got.
I like new amps too..... feel free to send one to me and I'll be more than happy to beta test it and report.....
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Re: The Amp of the future has arrived...
2013/10/05 15:50:07
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dxp
And Rain, since I do like blue it is just an added bonus for me. Ha.
Love taking it out in my hot tub room at night and playing with just the blue from the amp.
The warmness of the amp in this 25x25 room with high arched cedar ceilings and tile floors is a beautiful thing.
FWIW
Dave
No doubt about it - I just tend to prefer red. :) Like: 
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Re: The Amp of the future has arrived...
2013/10/05 17:12:57
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Here's another one I'd be curious to try. http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/ID30Combo/ Actually, I was hoping to try and hopefully buy one last December but learned that it would only be coming out in 2013 - once I had made it my local Guitar Center, that is. For whatever reason, I thought this one would actually have tubes in it - at least on in preamp stage. It doesn't. Still, that TVP thing has got me curious...
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Re: The Amp of the future has arrived...
2013/10/06 05:25:32
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Rain
Here's another one I'd be curious to try. http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/ID30Combo/ Actually, I was hoping to try and hopefully buy one last December but learned that it would only be coming out in 2013 - once I had made it my local Guitar Center, that is. For whatever reason, I thought this one would actually have tubes in it - at least on in preamp stage. It doesn't. Still, that TVP thing has got me curious...
When I was at Sweetwater test driving amps when I bought the H&K, the Blackstar was one of the finalists. I believe it was the New HT head I was playing thru, so the one you linked to probably has some new features. For sure the Blackstar delivered an awesome overdrive channel. Guitarhacker as you said,plug in and go, well this one you certainly could do that. However the clean side was just dull and lifeless. That sealed the deal for me. And rain,that Laney with the red is pretty cool looking too!
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Re: The Amp of the future has arrived...
2013/10/06 10:28:06
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Well, I started laughing at the 36 AMP rating.. (is an editor the best job or what?)
but then.. output loading, midi controlled.. sounds like a recording studio dream..
fwiw I am constantly unsettled that ipad apps seem to be the vogue for controlling such stuff (the Roland JP80 is the best example of this).. as these synths and amps will be around long after ipads and ios (or android) is lost in the dust.
give me midi or give me.. umm.. more midi
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Re: The Amp of the future has arrived...
2013/10/06 15:51:49
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Mystic38
Well, I started laughing at the 36 AMP rating.. (is an editor the best job or what?)
but then.. output loading, midi controlled.. sounds like a recording studio dream..
fwiw I am constantly unsettled that ipad apps seem to be the vogue for controlling such stuff (the Roland JP80 is the best example of this).. as these synths and amps will be around long after ipads and ios (or android) is lost in the dust.
give me midi or give me.. umm.. more midi
I don't use an iPad, not yet at least. Since I'm always home and pretty much always in the studio, it would be redundant for the biggest part and using a computer is actually preferable. BUT I was trying to come up w/ the best possible layout for the room I work in last night and I can tell you that I'd LOVE to be able to tweak my amps from here behind the desk. An amp which can be controlled by an app - preferably running on the computer - would be terrific. Then the only thing missing would be to have tiny robots built to move the mics, like that guy from Rammstein has... 
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Re: The Amp of the future has arrived...
2013/10/06 15:59:22
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I hear you.. I have a tidy and efficient space.. in this shot piano is behind the Fantom, vocal booth back left and bass/gtrs behind piano lots of desk space.. and neat.  I have just reorganized the studio to put my honking s70xs on the desk for a recording session.. talk about motivation to get the track down.. I cant even place a cup of coffee anywhere!.. gonna get this done today or tomorrow and get back to normal. 
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Mystic38
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Re: The Amp of the future has arrived...
2013/10/06 16:00:42
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those robo mics are kinda nerdy though..lol
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Re: The Amp of the future has arrived...
2013/10/06 16:05:56
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Mystic38
those robo mics are kinda nerdy though..lol
Germans, you know... ;) Nice set up you have there. Me, since I'm a guitar player first and foremost and my abilities as a keyboard player are, uh, somewhat limited, I can get by with a little 49 keys controller, easily tucked under the desk. But a proper keyboard w/ weighted keys and all would be problematic. I'm thinking that maybe that's where the whole network/cloud thing can come in handy - accessing your main workstation remotely via tablet.
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Re: The Amp of the future has arrived...
2013/10/06 16:10:15
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☄ Helpfulby Mystic38 2013/10/06 18:26:13
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... I cant even place a cup of coffee anywhere!...
What, doesn't your PC come with a cup holder???  
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Re: The Amp of the future has arrived...
2013/10/06 18:48:21
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I'm usually not much of a Fender amp sort of guy, so with the exception of the Mustang, I'd missed pretty much everything they'd released in recent years. Since I've been thinking about re-configuring the studio and in regards to my issues w/ amps and all, I thought I'd do something I don't usually do - check amp heads and cabs instead of combos. That's when I stumbled upon this little marvel (at least on paper and judging by the online demos - which isn't much of a reference, but, anyway...) http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/SupChampX2HD/ For $500, you get an actual tube amp (head and 1 x 12 cab), digital modelling and FX, software interface and USB connectivity. If it sounds as good as it seems, that would be quite a bargain. And a very serious contender for my little home studio.
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Re: The Amp of the future has arrived...
2013/10/07 03:31:33
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it certainly would be interesting to hear how it sounds.. both normally and via its "speaker modeled usb" if its halfway decent it could be a great small studio amp..but I guess there is always th2 and gr5 to fall back on.
I have a blues junior, which I have had for a decade.. just wish I found the time for more practice, particularly since I dropped for a les paul last year... for me at least tis hard to remain competent at more than instrument with everything else going on..
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