Hi Sid,
 Thanks for explaining, the only reason I asked was because I had noted that attribute as a "Pro" on my list of contenders.
 
 Is there some difference between the version that comes with X3 and the version I might purchase direct?
 
edit to add: It looks like you anticipated my question. :-)
 
 
 
 I'm looking at all these great suggestions and wondering at what point the budget for collecting all the great dsp products will equal buying a real life MK1 and a 200A. My new interest in best sounding EP dsp was sparked by a visitor who brought over an old 200A... and I fell in love. :-)

There are a few more tweakable features on the full version of LL that are not available on the X3 version. The X3 version is like an LE version. The full version is the way to go between the two of them. Check ouTube for some videos on LL4. It's just most of the work I do is not centered around the EP. The EP is usually layered in with 2 or 3 guitar tracks or a B3 track. If I did much standalone EP tracking I would probably use Addictive Keys more.

I agree about the 200. I did a location recording for a theatre group in south Georgia several years back. The keyboard player had a 200. That thing sounded sweet!

I use the full-blown LL4 and haven't had the problem Sid describes. It tends to respond closely to the way I remember an old suitcase Rhodes 73 (in good shape) did when I had access to it.
 
And the bark in the basement is precious.

Update:
 
I gave Lounge Lizard a full two week demo. It was pretty darn good. I compared it to my Kontakt Scarbee library over and over again.
 
I noticed that Lounge Lizard had used a small increase in CPU activity compared to Kontakt 5.
 
It seemed to me as if the dry sound was nearly identical when comparing the two even though one is sampled and one is modeled. The modeling sounded, to me, just like the recorded samples... which I thought was a great accomplishment on the part of AAS.
 
I felt as if the Scarbee patch's effects were much more detailed sounding and the modulation effects had more sense of "movement".
 
I couldn't get enthused about spending money on another piece of software that didn't leave me thinking it would be a "go to" choice so I passed on the sale price and after missing that opportunity the decision became even easier. 
 
 
 
 
 
I admired the demos of Sonic Couture's Broken Whurli, but I realize that I have a ReAmp patch laid out all the time and a room full of amps, and if I try hard I can scrounge up a broken speaker too. I'm going to try using Scarbee through real amps before I spend $99 on another sample library.
 
Thanks for all the suggestions, opinions, and insights.
 
 
 
 
It has worked out ok, because I was just offered a once in a lifetime deal on a custom hand made L-00 acoustic guitar from a batch commissioned by a friend of mine. He has chosen a couple to keep for himself and is taking the rest to the guitar shows to sell at full price, but he has offered to let me have one for the cost of the wood.
 
Software with a lifespan of a couple years or a guitar that will last 100 years? I did the math.
 
Now I need to save up for some nice strings. ;-)
 
 
 
 

mike_mccue
I couldn't get enthused about spending money on another piece of software that didn't leave me thinking it would be a "go to" choice so I passed on the sale price and after missing that opportunity the decision became even easier. 

Heresy in the SW forum.
 
This is your only gimmie.

Best drawn-out rationalization for getting a new guitar ever. 

I own and really like pianoteq, I also like NI's stuff.