Lets look at our guitars thread

[andy-xr]

JLC25 said:

andy-xr said:

I'm interested specifically in the amp/cab sim pedal he has, but they're out of stock for a while. From the H+K days he's acquired some very nice cabs and sim'd them to a pedal, which is interesting to me for home recording.

DO you mean IR loading or just already in the pedal? The new Mooer might scratch your itch if it's IR Loading during your wait.

It's the cab sims that are in this pedal; http://www.bluguitar.com/english/blubox.html that are interesting.

I've been playing around with the Two Notes Wall of Sound this morning after getting a Torpedo yesterday also, it's nice to have a few options and different ways to do things.

[JLC25]

andy-xr said:

It's the cab sims that are in this pedal; http://www.bluguitar.com/english/blubox.html that are interesting.

I've been playing around with the Two Notes Wall of Sound this morning after getting a Torpedo yesterday also, it's nice to have a few options and different ways to do things.

The Two Notes range is great.

This Bluebox looks really great tbh, Stripped back yes, but looking at the cabinets it's pretty much everything you would need (A 1x8 of some sort and Hiwatt 4x12 with Fanes would have been perfect) but I am very, very surprised by the price (in a good way!). Seems one of those things that every sound engineer should have to hand alongside a Sansamp Bass DI!

[andy-xr]

On the 'Blu' stuff, the chap designed the cabs (the physical ones) around needing to fit into his TT, and picked up I think a 1x12 with two fingers. He had a 2x12 there as well which didnt seem much heavier.

Anything more involved than that, he threw it through his pedal and modelled a 4x12 Marshall I think with Greenbacks.

An interesting point that he made, profiling seems better on cabs than on amps. I have played around a little with a Kemper but I come from the land of plugging in to an 'amp' amp and if you record it, you mic the cab into a desk, get space by moving the mic back and around a bit and figure out your recorded tone from there.

Likely a Kemper would work well for what I do which is mainly home recording, but I still prefer the amps that I have for no real rational reason.

[JLC25]

andy-xr said:

On the 'Blu' stuff, the chap designed the cabs (the physical ones) around needing to fit into his TT, and picked up I think a 1x12 with two fingers. He had a 2x12 there as well which didnt seem much heavier.

Anything more involved than that, he threw it through his pedal and modelled a 4x12 Marshall I think with Greenbacks.

An interesting point that he made, profiling seems better on cabs than on amps. I have played around a little with a Kemper but I come from the land of plugging in to an 'amp' amp and if you record it, you mic the cab into a desk, get space by moving the mic back and around a bit and figure out your recorded tone from there.

Likely a Kemper would work well for what I do which is mainly home recording, but I still prefer the amps that I have for no real rational reason.

The Kemper is fantastic. I went the Helix route as the ease of use was the winner out of all the units (Kemper, Axe, Headrush). The Kemper was a real close second and it's brilliant - if one turns up used at a good price i'll nab it.

I get what you mean about plugging into an amp, mic up a cab and go from there - analog will always be relevant - the fantastic thing about the Kemper is being able to do that, profile it and take it on the road with you - alongside being able to get lots of profiles of amps you wouldn't reasonably be able to get your hands on at short notice (Dumbles, Trainwrecks, Verellens etc). But, even if its 100% accurate tone wise and playing feel wise and has a lot more tone tweaking options, nothing will quite replace owning the amp, switching it on and plugging it in.

[6th Gear]

I just sold my Kemper and replaced it with a Tone King Imperial mkii.

The built in Ironman II power attenuator is brilliant. This enables you to max out the tube tones at home friendly levels.

Wonderful tones at any volume.

[Lefty]

That's lovely, does the tone change much when you attenuate it?

[dojo]

6th Gear said:

I just sold my Kemper and replaced it with a Tone King Imperial mkii.

The built in Ironman II power attenuator is brilliant. This enables you to max out the tube tones at home friendly levels.

Wonderful tones at any volume.

I tried the Falcon a little while ago, on paper the imperial is top of my amp want list!!!

Just got to finish the pedalship enterprise first!!!

[6th Gear]

Lefty said:

That's lovely, does the tone change much when you attenuate it?

Thanks Lefty.

Amazingly there is no compromise on tone. It reduces your volume not your tone.

It's a 6-step attenuator. I was playing last night past midnight with the family in bed on setting 1. No complaints from the missus!

[enjo]

Perhaps the last coat of oil, needs flattening and buffing still but will need to harden for a while before that.

[enjo]

It needs a fair bit more work, I haven't wired up the switch properly, the finish is not perfect, it needs a set up and fret dress (there is not neck relief at all yet!) but it was love at first strum.







It's only supposed to be a test fit to make sure everything is roughly right before I go any further but all I want to do now is play the $*%^ out of it.

[Evangelion]

enjo said:

... all I want to do now is play the $*%^ out of it.

Who wouldn't? It's lovely.

Were it mine, I might have been inclined to tint the neck a bit more, but apart from that, very nice. The body has turned out perfectly.






(You swine, enjo, I want a Tele now!)

[Ekona]

That’s really lovely, and that’s coming from someone who has zero interest in Teles.

I’d buy that. Gorgeous.

[RATATTAK]

Ekona said:

That’s really lovely, and that’s coming from someone who has zero interest in Teles.

I’d buy that. Gorgeous.

Dan, you've already got too many guitars

[rsbmw]

Grabbed 2007 'Roadhouse' MIM strat from eBay, £300 delivered. This thing plays far nicer than any of the new American standards I was playing in shops, and looks great. Very pleased.

Edited by rsbmw on Wednesday 6th December 19:39

[Mave]

rsbmw said:

Grabbed 2007 'Roadhouse' MIM strat from eBay, £300 delivered. This thing plays far nicer than any of the new American standards I was playing in shops, and looks great. Very pleased.

Edited by rsbmw on Wednesday 6th December 19:39

Nice I picked up an early 2000s MIM lonestar from Gumtree and, like you, I prefer it to some of the MIA I've played recently (and it's got a much nicer neck tint!)

[Ekona]

RATATTAK said:

Ekona said:

That’s really lovely, and that’s coming from someone who has zero interest in Teles.

I’d buy that. Gorgeous.

Dan, you've already got too many guitars

Not any more, sold the Mustang and Snakebyte last week so that's freed up space on the rack now...

[vx220]

Probably not the right place to ask, but what is the thing that looks like a coiled cable on the lower horn on this Explorer?

http://www.gibson.com/products/electric-guitars/ex...

Thanks in advance

[gazza285]

vx220 said:

Probably not the right place to ask, but what is the thing that looks like a coiled cable on the lower horn on this Explorer?

http://www.gibson.com/products/electric-guitars/ex...

Thanks in advance

"Custom wiring conduit", to cover the cabling to the pickup selector switch, this is usually hidden under a scratch plate, now it's in a bit of flexible conduit. Horrible.

[vx220]

gazza285 said:

vx220 said:

Probably not the right place to ask, but what is the thing that looks like a coiled cable on the lower horn on this Explorer?

http://www.gibson.com/products/electric-guitars/ex...

Thanks in advance

"Custom wiring conduit", to cover the cabling to the pickup selector switch, this is usually hidden under a scratch plate, now it's in a bit of flexible conduit. Horrible.

Cheers

[dojo]

Picked this up yesterday - will be the main hub of my board (hoping to finish early next year!!)