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2012/09/28 18:56:23
Crg
Suddenly I'm thinking back to the time in my youth when I wanted to buy the Moog guitar synthesizer at Mahoneys here in Vegas. It's all in the  playing.
P.S. You have to play the Amp too.
2012/09/28 20:25:47
stratman70
Very cool Mike, Love the Champ "-)  Used to have red knob champ and it was stolen on long island many moons ago.
Did yo record , mix, etc the links you have in your signature? Sound nice- Kind of knew you knew your stuff, just never heard it
Thanks
Frank
2012/09/28 20:37:23
John
The only problem I have with guitar amp sims is they all seem to be aimed at metal sounding guitars. I have yet to find one that just changes a Les Paul to a Strat.  Or vice versa.
2012/09/28 20:49:27
The Maillard Reaction
stratman70


Very cool Mike, Love the Champ "-)  Used to have red knob champ and it was stolen on long island many moons ago.
Did yo record , mix, etc the links you have in your signature? Sound nice- Kind of knew you knew your stuff, just never heard it
Thanks
Frank


Hi Frank,

Thank you.

The first 3: yes, produce, record, mix etc.

The 4th: I was an assistant engineer for the music recording, and primary for the *bonus* conversation with the composer and the pianist.


best regards,
mike

2012/09/28 20:53:00
joeb1cannoli
   Totally in the box guy hear. I've been playing guitar since I was 11 and I'll be 55 in a few months. My best ax is a PRS Artist II. I have a Marshall Valvestate S80 amp. I can't remember the last time I used it.
   With Guitar Rig 5 Pro I have pretty much any amp,cab,effect or mic that I want and I can change after the fact if I don't like it. For me personally, the convenience factor far outweighs the benefit of recording the one amp that I own. Then again.I've never considered myself a tone freak
   There is a link to my souncloud stuff in my signature. The track "Altered Light" was done without any mics. I played the guitar and bass direct injected. The synth and drums are VSTIs . I recorded it the week I got NI Komplete 8.
    
2012/09/28 20:58:02
amiller
Current Amps:
  Bogner 101b
  JSX
  Lonestar C
  Mesa Mark IV 
  EVH 5150 III
 
Cabs:
  Marshall 4x12 1960 with Alnico Golds and Greenbacks
  Legacy 4x12 Greenbacks
  Bogner 4x12 V30s
Guitars:
  2 LP Standards
  2 JS1000
  2 Steve Morse MM
  2 American Strats
  Gibson 339
  ....several others
 
So, I'm vary familiar with amps and guitars.  I've never been able to capture the guitar tones I hear live in my tiny studio.  I've tried various amp sims including TH2.  They all fall short to my ears.
 
I just picked up a Kemper Profiling Amp...holy moly.  The Kemper is exactly what I've been searching for.  I can make direct recordings that sound incredibly like the real thing...I can't tell the difference.  Since I'm going direct I've eliminated the acoustics of the room and mic placement issues....what a pain in the arse that always was.  A great tube amp needs to be pushed hard and loud to reach its potential.  The Kemper can be played at any volume and sound great...even through headphones.  I finally can record whenever I want and not worry about the neighbors or MY EARS and get great tone.
 
Yep, I'm a Kemper fanboy now.
2012/09/28 21:01:31
VariousArtist
Very cool stuff and sounds....

I have a promo video for my album that has features the gear listed below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxFDApEneDg  


You can see me play on video YouTube channel here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/PeterMatuchniak/videos 
Here's the gear....


Guitars:
- Godin Guitar LGXT
- Fender Strat with GK2 pickup
- Hohner "Steinberg" headless

Pedals
- Roland VG-99 with foot pedal
- my iPad!

Amp:
- Carvin with stereo speaker setup

Sims:
- TH2, Amplitube, anything else Cakewalk has bundled, etc. 

- I'll try, and have used, anything and everything (whether amp sim or not) but prefer my VG-99 pedals over and above anything else 



>> Synkroton:  Been playing since 1979 and I'm still crap. 

LMAO!  Me too, but it's a more a question of if you can move people and enjoy yourself (first and foremost).  If was just about the playing then we'd not be using DAWs anyway....

2012/09/28 21:32:35
jungfriend
Guitars: Gibson 1980 ES375, Fender 1977 Strat with lots of customization, Taylor T5 Custom, Gibson 1954 L50, Carvin SH575 (w/Midi), Carvin NS1 (w/Midi), Line 6 Variax 700 Acoustic, Taylor 914-ce LTD, 1970 K Yairi Classical, Taylor NS64ce
 
Amps: Fender 1961 Twin Reverb, Roland 1980 JC120, Atomic Reactor with Line 6 POD XT Mounted, Mesa Boogie Mark IIc, Tech 21 Trademark 60
 
I use a Line 6 POD HD 500, or a Line 6 POD X3 Live for effects and a Roland GR55 for Midi, and a Ernie Ball Volume Pedal, and lots of other stuff depending on the style and sound I am trying to achieve.
 
I've been playing for over 40 years, and play Rock, Blues, Jazz, and Classical.
 
Amp Sim of choice is Line 6 POD Farm 2.5 or Guitar Rig 5, but I usually go direct into a UA LA610 or a Blackstar HT-D first.
 
Paul
2012/09/28 22:06:17
tlw
Gear-

Marshall 50watt lead (late 60s, retired).
Orange ODR120 (70s, retired) - both far too old, far too heavy and far too loud for sense. And haul around 4x12s? My 51 year old back says NO! I don't even own a 4x12 any more.
Orange Tiny Terror + 1x12" Celestion Century Vintage speaker
Blackheart Killer Ant + 1x10" Celestion Greenback or 10" Jensen ceramic.
Epiphone Valve Junior (mod with NOS Phillips JAN valves, 8" modern Jensen speaker)

fx - I seem to prefer analogue fx, despite the noise, cost and lack of storable presets that goes with analogue gear. I tend to use what I think will work with what I'm playing, and quite a bit of the time it's just guitar-reverb-amp, but for the more processed sort of things:

EHX HOG,
Deluxe Electric Mistress (old style),
1979 Jen Crybaby Super,
MXR dist+ (2011),
EHX Q-tron+,
assorted digital delays (usually a new TC ELectronic toneprint one),
MXR analogue delay,
MXR Phase 90 (modern script logo one, I did have an 80s one but it broke),
EHX NanoStone (replacement for much missed late 70s/early 80s Small Stone, RIP).
Fender '63 Reissue valve reverb tank,
T-Rex Tremster,
Barber Trifecta,
MXR and Keeley compressors,
Boss NS2 noise gate,

Plus, lying about the place in case, Blackstar HT-Dual, Dunlop Octave Fuzz, EHX Nano-muff,  Voodoo Lab chorus, late 70s Big Muff, early 90s RAT, Morley Bad Horsie II, Boss DD-20, and there's been other pedals come and go as well. All of which makes me think that I've bought way too many pedals over the last 35 years.....

I've also at owned other Marshall amps (not the most reliable amp manufacturer in the world in my opinion/experience), Laney amps, Fender amps and solid state/hybrid amps. Nowadays I like low powered lightweight amps I can crank a bit.

Decent quality guitars:
2007(?) Fender Lite Ash Tele (cheap, a bit rough, but sounds good);
199? Gibson ES135 mk1;
200? Mexican Strat with Lace sensors, Callahan hardware and other mods;
1982ish Telecaster (retired);
2008 Gibson SG special;
1961 Gibson Les Paul Junior (retired - very worn and way beyond repair/refretting, unfortunately, not to mention taking an old P90 pickup near computers or lighting dimmers.....BUZZ...HUM-M-M-M....BUZZ....).
Bennet 8-string lap-steel.
There's been one or two best forgotten "copy" guitars as well plus a couple of cheap acoustics.

Amp sims - preferably a small valve amp+SM57, otherwise Sansamp character series Blonde and British plus fx pedals. I've never managed to feel comfortable with digital "modelling". It obviously works very well for many people, but I just can't seem to get a good sound from emulators - they just don't feel right to me. Even when the amps are something like (and the TH2 amps with X2 aren't bad at all), the emulated fx generally don't seem quite right - possibly because digital fx emulations aren't as noisy as the real things :-/

Style? Quite varied over the years - Hawkwind/System 7 influenced electronica/psychedelia, Wilko Johnson-ish r'n'b, traditional English folk stuff, Elmore James style blues, even played a bit of surf and Western Swing at various times. Probably simplest to say I don't play metal, I'm not a shredder and I've never quite seen the point in jazz :-)
2012/09/28 22:41:49
joakes
Main Guitars : Gibson LP Studio, Fender American HH, Stagg LP400, Hofner Committee (1957), 5 string Tele copy 

Amps : Marshalls - VT100, JM 800 Head, MGFX 30

Pedal : Digitech RP500

Amp Sims : GR5 + whatever came with Sonar

Style : rock, blues 70's type, Stones, Lizzy etc.

I must be honnest, i don't use an amp sim, direct inject from the RP then i add reverb or delay. Been playing for 50 odd years.

Cheers,
Jerry
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