Black Plaid
Other Alan!
LOL, I totally missed your post.Thanks for the fact check.
LOL, I totally missed your post.Thanks for the fact check.
People who hate modeling amps I think miss this crucial point for "most" people. For instance I don't have any Fender amps but I would like to have 3 or 4 if money was no object. I'd also like to have some Marshalls, some Prs amps a Highwatt a Vox AC30 and on and on. It's too expensive and I'd rather spend money on guitars than amps that in many ways have about 1 sound. A modeler will give you those amps with a good mic'd up sound. I'll still have my Vox AC15 for that sound of an amp in a room for when I feel like that.
I don’t think they miss that at all, instead I believe they’re coming from a place where the idea is having one great amp is preferable to having a hundred good facsimiles.
I don’t think they miss that at all, instead I believe they’re coming from a place where the idea is having one great amp is preferable to having a hundred good facsimiles.
People who hate modeling amps I think miss this crucial point for "most" people. For instance I don't have any Fender amps but I would like to have 3 or 4 if money was no object. I'd also like to have some Marshalls, some Prs amps a Highwatt a Vox AC30 and on and on. It's too expensive and I'd rather spend money on guitars than amps that in many ways have about 1 sound. A modeler will give you those amps with a good mic'd up sound. I'll still have my Vox AC15 for that sound of an amp in a room for when I feel like that.
Why not have both? I dig it.I don’t think they miss that at all, instead I believe they’re coming from a place where the idea is having one great amp is preferable to having a hundred good facsimiles.
Why not have both? I dig it.
Why not have both? I dig it.
I use an Ampeg B15N Portaflex model by Universal Audio on most of my bass tracks. I tend to forget about that when I talk about disliking modelers, since my brain thinks ‘guitar amp’.
It sounds good and sits nicely in a mix; also takes EQ well. So I guess I have both.
Yeah but bass amps are boring AF. So it makes sense you’d want to skip buying a real one.
Yeah but bass amps are boring AF. So it makes sense you’d want to skip buying a real one.
You’re right, but for years I had a Mesa Bass 400+, which was an incredible bass amp (McCartney tours with one). However, it got more use as something I ran synths through for recording to get a nice fat tone, than with actual bass guitars! It really added something to synths.
Serg,
Off the top of your head, do you recall one awesome amp that did the job correctly for you? Or was it a matter of fulfilling a need that couldn't be satisfied?
A bass amp you mean?
No, not necessarily. One amp that checked all the boxes for you.
I absolutely LOVE my Custom 50 and H, but when Mark Knopfler uses a Kemper, I know it's good enough for me.