Guitar questions

nickers

@axe said:
I own one.. It does Amp sims, Cab sims (you can load your own) as well, and effects.. It's a dual use pedal. Live and studio. It's not far from my Fractal Audio AxeFx for a lot cheaper.

I hate amp simulation.. It just cant reproduce The dynamic nuances like Tube Amps can...Tube amps are touch sensitive to your Fingers.. While Digital and SS are NOT!.. your pretty much stuck with a gnatty processed shit guitar sound and tone.. Yuck!

nickers

One Post From the Truth said:

Very cool Axe. Woos $600 bucks for one of those what a bargain. Hey is this one of the effects you have? If so buying this did it replace other effects or do you just use it for amp simulation?

Give us a review man.

Dont waste your money/./ Puhleeze.

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Whatever Nickers I like Solid State amps. Lol. I'm just a poor boy so I'd have to sit with it before making a $600 purchase.

After listening to Axe he has my integrity. I just wish my ol lady would let me buy it. There I said it.

nickers

Well.. I bought a Marshall MA 50 head for 300.00 bucks on Amazon.. Everyone that plays through it wants it.. It's by far the best sounding Amp I've owned. I lucked out but.. If you look hard.. and are patient.. you can find some gems.. Heres a short demo I did on Youtube.. just shows you that you dont need to spend a fortune to get a great guitar sound..But the reality is.. you can have the best equipment in the world and still sound like shit..Your tone starts in your mind,, By what your ears hear and take in.. and the tone in your fingers..

Westside Steve

It's a poor Craftsman that blames his tools.

WSS

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Whatever Lol. I make no excuses I prefer the loud chunk sound of a Solid State amp. Just saying.

nickers

One Post From the Truth said:
Whatever Lol. I make no excuses I prefer the loud chunk sound of a Solid State amp. Just saying.

and I prefer the loud chunk of a Mesa Boogie Dual rec with 6L6 tubes...

nickers

Larry Carlton explains it better than I ever could..

Axe

Too bad Dimebag wasn't sitting in Larry's audience.

Play what works for you..

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@axe said:

Too bad Dimebag wasn't sitting in Larry's audience.

Play what works for you..

Kirk Hammett as well.

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I don't like the blues or bluesy music. I don't like bluest sound either. Now yes I appreciate the blues because it's the style I learned from. With begging guitar following the box phrasing for lead guitar is very imporntant I know this.

But to listen to the blues it sucks. I love metal. Yes it all derived from the blues I understand but metal has come into its own. Now before all you jump on me just remember I fucking hate Elvis too.

nickers

@axe said:

Too bad Dimebag wasn't sitting in Larry's audience.

Play what works for you..

Dime switched to tube amps at the latter half of his career.. get your facts straight.. Larry is a Jazz player. I love the blues.. its all feeling.. Metal is one dimensional.. With Blues.. your emotion comes out.. Tell SRV and Steve Lukather the blues suck lol...

nickers

One Post From the Truth said:
Kirk Hammett as well.

Kirk Hammett blows.. his notes are sour.. He has the shittiest guitar sound in the world.. Puhleeze!

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@nickers said:
Dime switched to tube amps at the latter half of his career.. get your facts straight.. Larry is a Jazz player. I love the blues.. its all feeling.. Metal is one dimensional.. With Blues.. your emotion comes out.. Tell SRV and Steve Lukather the blues suck lol...

to each his own. I can tell by your you tube video you're very good. It's not my cup of tea that all.

nickers

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to each his own. I can tell by your you tube video you're very good. It's not my cup of tea that all.

Thank you... diff strokes for diff folks.. I like everything except rap.. But,, I think theres room for everybody...

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@nickers said:
Thank you... diff strokes for diff folks.. I like everything except rap.. But,, I think theres room for everybody...

I like some country. I love Jana Kramer.

nickers

One Post From the Truth said:
I like some country. I love Jana Kramer.

When I think Country.. I like the older stuff like Scruggs & Flatt, Chet Atkins, Merle Travis..Roy Clark... Etc.

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I'm feeling chatty so here it goes.

My father is a Baptist preacher. Well at least he was when I was a kid. I wasn't allowed to listen to anything but gospel. In '84 my parents had a falling out and divorced. When my mom and I moved away I lived many different places and towns. I went to 8 different high schools in four years and still graduated a half year early.

My first rock album I bought was Master of Reality by Black Sabbath. Ozzy was solo then and heck I didn't know. Lol then it was Twisted Sister and iron Maiden. The '80's were done but just the start for me. I got my first guitar in '89.

The 90's metal was a landing mark for me. I had fresh ears and am still In love with it. I loved Prong and White Zombie. Then Pantera. Of course many others like Fight and Sponge. I always was in tune with the newer bands coming out. Since then I've always been a metal head. It's what you grew up with and what sticks.

Now I just play at home and not so often anymore. Guitar was an outlet for me growing up because I trusted no one and it was always there. It's still a personal thing for me.

Long live metal!

Axe

@nickers said:
Dime switched to tube amps at the latter half of his career.. get your facts straight.. Larry is a Jazz player.

Get my facts straight? :lol: More like the latter quarter of his career, and even then rumors persisted that his amp heads were show for his endorsement and he was using SS again..

I've been doing this a little while now, about 50 yrs and yeah, I used to be a tone snob amp purist too. I've been thru so many amps and rigs it's not funny.. Tube amps are GREAT! But they have their drawbacks. Some times they are simply impractical and inconsistent.. Modeler preamps have drawbacks as well but with each generation they get better and better.. To bash a pc of equipment you haven't tried is pretty close minded.. I remember when it had to be my Gibson Double neck and my Fender Bandmaster half stack back in the 70s.. Then my Les Paul and my Marshall full stack, with pedals, w/o pedals, with rack gear, w/o rack gear. Used that for a long time. Got really old dragging it around the SE US club circuit. Can't forget the ADA MP1.. My point is this, play what works for you and be happy.. And put the know it all attitude aside..

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Dime bag switched to Krank. His amps were custom made and I'd have to look it up to see the specs. I know before then he primarily used Randall.

I've had tube amps. I run them clean anyway and use my effects. The loud clean sound is what I hope for without any feedback or hissing. I can turn it up and have my vol knob on full and let go of the guitar and you hear nothing. Then play and get any sound I want, a lead channel and a rhythm channel mostly while playing in front of someone. The chorus and delay work really well also.

Back in the day I had a little peavey classice combo amp. It sounded great with the peavey fx processor I had with it until I turned it up.

Squels and squalls.