Re: [bomp] Zal Yanovsky's guitar

[Bob Widenhofer <bwidenhofer@xxxxxxxxx>]

I would like to respectfully second the observations about modeling amps.
   
  1.  I have observed that they can "sound about right" by themselves, but in a recording that also features "real" amplifiers, the modeling amp often stands out as the cheesy tone.
   
  2.  Agreed, kicking a reverb tank, obtaining in-tune feedback, and driving the preamp in a variety of ways (different pickups, technique, stompboxes)--all that stuff is glossed over or nonexistant in a "modeled" amp tone.
   
  3.  When Zakary Thaks did their reunion show in Austin, both guitarists used Line 6 modeling amps.  Hearing this was enough to make me run away from modeling amps forever!  It sounded like a Velveeta factory up there.

Brock From The Grave <moptop66@rogers.com> wrote:
  
> Look around for one of the Korg/Vox reissues that came out about 6 years 
> ago. They were a vast >improvement....then check out the new Vox modeling 
> amps.

I tried 'em and I didn't like 'em. I don't like the feel or the tone. I'll 
stick with my Fenders, Gibsons, Guilds (like my b'day gift to myself of a 
'66 Starfire III!!!) and Gretschs (with the odd Silvertone and Kent tossed 
in). I also despise those modeling amps. I tried 2 different models and I 
never thought that they actually sounded like the amps they were trying to 
sound like. I also hated the reverb on these things- tinny and weak. No good 
crashing reverb like with a Fender. The only amps I like anymore are vintage 
Fenders (and a couple of other oddities I have). Other than the vintage 
AC-30s, I really don't like Vox amps. I know people that swear by these but 
they just aren't for me.

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