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@georgeprice4212 Год назад

Here’s my take: it’s your equipment, sell if you think it’s right.

@hyperbolekid Год назад

I agree. No need to make a long confusing video abt it. Just be straight and to the point that he has awesome gear to purchase and give us the link. He starts video off saying digital is “nailing it” so off with the tube amps and cabs and then ends video with there is nothing like a tube amp in the room pushing air through speakers 🤷‍♂️

@beefnacos6258 Год назад

@@hyperbolekid Well the guy has like ninety cabinets so i'm sure he'll still keep at least twenty

@ChronicMetamorphosis Год назад

@@hyperbolekid Wait, you watched the video without reading the description first? 😆😆😆 Kyle's always got his links in the description.

@BigTyronie Год назад

You guys take this stuff personal. I dont mean you are butthurt. He is passing off a LOT of information that has nothing to do with the the title. You realize he pists these videos for education? For people to hear amps theyll never own. To understand how to dial in different tones associated with specific amps. Plus he says if something falls short of the hype to prevent others from potential buyers remorse. Its not always about the vantage point youre viewing from.

@onepathforme Год назад

Definitely made some great points here. I don't see the digital vs analog as a "YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE" sort of thing. Each is a good option for specific applications. Just did a bunch of fly-in dates with an AMT distortion pedal/Quilter rig and it was great. Got home and played a couple shows with my Splawn Quickrod and it was also great. I look at it less as a "which one is better" and more like "oh cool, now I have some flexibility to make certain situations a little easier".

@belligerentamateur Год назад

agree with this all 100%! Right tool for the job.

@rocketpigrecords3719 Год назад

A Quilter Microblock and a Joyo British are so cheap, one wonders why everyone doesn't have one. 45w on a modern stage is plenty for most. AMT Legend series. The 2s are brilliant, a nice clean available as well as your Peavey, Engl, Mesa etc. Speaker emulated or not or both. An HX FX or Stomp and you're in "all you need" territory to cover a ton of ground.

@gregm90 Год назад

@@belligerentamateur 35661 shipping for the Schecter USA Hellraiser 412 V30

@onepathforme Год назад

Yup, had the AMT S2 pedal. Love it!

@rocketpigrecords3719 Год назад

@@onepathforme I did a couple of tracks with the E1. My Tri AC jibed with me better, but the AMT did what it says on the tin.

@gentlewolf1279 Год назад

I always write with real amps. Moving air at volume makes the writing process more fun. I am going to hold onto most of my amps simply because its awesome to have a piece of tonal history. When I record I blend digital and analog. Both are awesome. At the end of the day an amp wall looks cooler than a laptop ;)

@rocketpigrecords3719 Год назад

I have a now ancient MacBook Pro and I have way less into any one of my amps. I like not just moving air but LOUD if I can. I've gotten publishable results from amp plugins, and did quite a bit with Tech 21 DIs. But, when I had the option? Lol I'll get in the booth with the half stack. YBA1 full throttle, in the room with the drummer. The interaction with the amp and guitar is part of the sauce, especially leads. Feedback is part of my style, and you don't get that with headphones.

@ChronicMetamorphosis Год назад

I hope people dropping analog for digital will make the equipment available to us hobbyists. Maybe this will open up a market where we can get proper schematics and recreate the amps, because the companies will be more focused on the digital market. Exciting times ahead!

@gavendelrio9193 Год назад

Yessss!

@beefnacos6258 Год назад

Maybe. We're in the strange market though of people over hoarding. Some people will turn right around just like this guy did and just have forty cabs for no reason

@chrismccreight8207 Год назад

⁠@@beefnacos6258 this is the real take, the hoarding is actually crazy these days I remember like 10 plus years ago when I was buying trading selling a lot more everyone was having fun, had a few amps and cabs. Now it’s like every other forum user/ hobbyist has 20 heads and 30 cabs it’s buzzarre

@BigTyronie Год назад

@@chrismccreight8207 because gear is not rare at all anymore. In 2003 a plexi head from the 70s was 5 grand. Probably cheaper now.

@ChronicMetamorphosis Год назад

@@chrismccreight8207 Wait until the petrodollar collapses. I'm convinced that's the only way I'll get a Peavey XXX under $500

@TobyKBTY Год назад

Late last year I bought my first 5150 + a 212 JUST for the experience of owning one (Actually posted this on your belligerent group around that time). Everytime I turn it on and boost it it puts a smile on my face. BUT with that said, for recording purposes I have my plugins for riffs and ideas on the spot. Funnily enough, my favorite has also been the Josh Middleton suite. I love how incredibly meticulous and detailed that dude is as a player and a tone guru. His digital block letter model felt like my own block letter miced up in the best possible way. Technology really is incredible now, but I don't think I'll sell my 5150 anytime soon. It's too much of an occasion and spectacle to me just plugging it in and being assaulted with the sizzle, the low end, the air.

@alexdenton6586 Год назад

Only the Sith deals in absolute

@mesaseany Год назад

Whenever I hear digital amps on RU-vid they sound AMAZE balls. Then I download the patch or do what they say on my device... sounds like ass pipe. I like digital a lot but am terrible at dialing them in. EDIT: So for home use I use my Diezel VHX and Roadster and my Helix is for dicking around or I might use it with the 4CM with my Roadster.

@russiangoose7053 Год назад

Even if a modeller can sound and feel exactly the same as a tube amp, I'll still always want the real thing cranked through a 4x12. I'll use the modelling stuff sure, it's super handy and convenient and practical. But it'll never replace a real life amp pushing massivr amounts of air. That's what gets me excited to play and write. I totally agree with you man

@PhuketMyMac Год назад

Yes please! I would like another video on the ToneX and how to use it during a rehearsal for example (like through a power amp or directly into a mixer?!)

@StrongBornBullies2 Год назад

NAM - Nueral Amp Modeler is AMAZING and FREE. Try playing plugins through a big P.A System and it's pretty good. I agree tho nothing better than a 100 watt tube amp and a 4x12. Great episode!

@VapnFagan Год назад

are you selling that shirt to?

@behavioralsink7747 Год назад

It's striking to consider the impact that your demos will have on the future of musical tone, honestly. May your recordings yield similar successes and communicate their artists' sonic dreams with living fidelity.

@cmurduh1 Год назад

😂

@jasonbernert6535 Год назад

They're all tools to achieve creation. I love my Mesa Boogie Dual Rec but I'm blown away by a lot of the amp sims I've tried too. The ease of recording a killer sounding guitar track on my desktop has freed my creativity.

@MichaelSheaAudio Год назад

Solid State is a good middle ground. I have a modern Peavey Bandit 112 and it sounds good. Since it emulates a tube amp, it breaks up when you crank it. They're loud, sound great, are cheap to get used, and don't take up a ton of space. I use that as well as plugins and I don't feel as if I'm missing out on a real tube amp.

@randyblankenship8781 Год назад

I use plugins on my PC when I am trying to keep volume down. From what I hear, digital does not sound the same. So this leads me to ask a question, When it comes to guitar tone, speakers make the biggest difference, how do I know I am getting a true representation of a Mesa 4x12 with the studio monitors I am using? Wouldnt the quality of the monitor make a huge difference? Edit** I bought an amp off Kyle and can say it was extremely well packed and got here in perfect condition. Thanks Kyle, finally got a Mesa back in my collection.

@lbonvillain-wm4ds Год назад

Live, a tube amp will never be replaced for the killer sound. Recording is where modelers are king and I'll stand by that and even in that place, axe fx and kemper are boomer modelers and now everyone uses plugins. It's also insanely easier carrying around a 50w amp than a huge modeler 6-8 unit rack flight case

@pwrmac7600 Год назад

In a professional environment I would say it is the exact opposite. Tube amps rule the studio because they aren't being abused by the rigors of the road, and modeling is taking over the road because of logistics. Shipping around a single rack is much easier and cheaper than shipping around amps cabs and mics. A lot of touring acts are already using modeling live, and I predict many more will convert every day.

@kidnavajo Год назад

Dude you should, if you haven’t, make Impulse Responses on all of your cabs before you sell them off. I’d be going nuts to build custom libraries if I had access to a collection like that. So cool to see though, and it’s wild to see where modeling is heading, things are sounding pretty rad!

@bc454irocz89 Год назад

This

@RubyRoks Год назад

Like what you like. That's the important thing. Something people forget is that pretty much every piece of music you've listened to in the last 40 or so years has gone through an ADC and/or DAC at some point in the signal chain. Whether that's modelers or digital FX in the recording, DSP at the soundboard at a live show, or simply listening to music on a format different that what it was recorded to. There's no analog audio on the internet. CDs aren't analog. Many tape decks and turntables had digital componentry on them, especially modern ones. Even modern vinyl records themselves usually were recorded and mixed digitally and only sent out through the DAC in mastering. Short of some prohibitively expensive direct to vinyl/direct to tape gimmick for an album, the last truly analog sounds we've made were done back in the 60s and maybe the 70s. The more i've lusted over gear, the more i've learned about how these pieces of electronics actually function, and the more i learned about how music is distributed to the listener, the more i realize that i care about the sound, not the thing that makes the sound. If I can get something that sounds like Three Days Grace's One X guitar tone (as an example), then that's what i want. To me, it doesn't matter if it's a VH4 and whatever cab Barry was using (along with all the post production involved), a solid state knock off amp, a VST plugin, or some other digital model. I'd play through a bottle of soy sauce if it got me that sound

@MK-oz2lf Год назад

I'm in the middle of this situation I think. I have a Quilter Mach 3 200 watt head (weighs 4 lbs) that is analog solid state as a clean PLEXI platform and I use a Walrus Eras for high gain and boost with an overdrive to tighten the low end and it has worked for me. Kyle, thanks to you I took the plunge and got the Eras and the GupTech PedEQ pedal and they work amazing with my Quilter head. I plug the head to an IR and boom I am in my current high gain tone heaven. I can always change pedals if I want a different tone.

@rocketpigrecords3719 Год назад

I did the ZÖTTER stuff on a Toneblock 201. Tweed tones out of the Quilter but mostly ran a Joyo Oxford into the fx return. Tauren & Carcosa for more filth. Wampler has GREAT dirt, there's the Tech 21 Character series, AMT Letter series, and more at higher budgets like the Amptweaker Tightmetal, a 5150IAB from the og designer. All analog options are endless. Digital, now you're just spoiled.

@oliverhazard73 Год назад

the part at the end where you add another amp to the wall... thats my fav part. more of that please Another great vid

@MrCalicious Год назад

I grew up using 5150's and Dual Recs out of V30 4x12s, but now I only own a helix and mostly run through VSTs when playing at home. Honestly, I love tube amps, but the value and quality of plugins are so incredible that now I see tube amps the same way I see luxury wall art. It looks cool, it makes you feel good for owning it, but it isn't practical in any way. So to me, the only reason I will ever buy another tube amp is to play it as a novelty or use it as a room or stage backdrop. It's unfortunate tbh.

@evriph Год назад

How do you make the plugins sound good?? My neural dsp plugins sound processed and nothing like my tube amp at all. It’s good when I need to do low volume practice, but it’s not comparable to my tube amp at all.

@beefnacos6258 Год назад

@@evriph because it's not as good

@clintn6677 Год назад

Vinyl is still is being used and its been technically obsolete for several times over. If you prefer the sound and experience of a tube amp keep the amps.

@Catywampus.Kerfuffle Год назад

Yes to further Tone X exploration. My current life situation 100% relies on volume control, spacial limitations, portability, and total cost as hardliners factors. As a result, the luxury of a cranked tube amp is unobtainable for at present. Digital is literally my only option at present, and I'm damn grateful that format has developed in the ways it has recently. I can easily live out of a van as a nomad, and still easily write, record, and distribute my music even under those conditions.

@jeffc1753 Год назад

I have one amp, one cab, one pedalboard, one main guitar. It took me a while to find what I was looking for in each, but it is enough. All you need!

@vintagetubeamplifiers Год назад

I'm a tube amp tech and I will always be in demand for actual vintage amps because everything that's PCB based will eventually fail, parts and schematics are impossible to get and they will all eventually end up in a landfill.

@chaseattwood-steele2682 Год назад

I love both, they're all tools. I cant record loud tubes at home, so digital works, and in the mix, very difficult to tell the difference. Its a mental thing too. When im playing a modeller im not thinking of amp in the room tone, I'm thinking studio tone, so the whole air pushing thing does cross my mind. Then other times i need a live amp for a gig where in that case ill use the modeller in to the effect return and get the tube power amp stage, with the amp model im familiar with. Or if its a simple gig, just the amp and a little tuner. No need to pick a side, use the best tool for you for the moment!

@gacktcbiz Год назад

Love my Fractal FM-3 for practice and recording. Also love my physical amps (Marshall, Soldano, Mesa) for not having to wear headphones all the time. Though mentally preparing myself for the time when no more tubes are being produced and we all HAVE to go digital. Hopefully that is in the far far far future. But yeah.... the high end modeling stuff is already "there" in terms replacing physical amps for most situations.

@Nekonix36 Год назад

I'm a fence walker. My amp is hybrid with tube preamp and transformer power amp (Victory pedal amp). I can load it with whatever IR I want and XLR out to my interface. And I like collecting plugins.

@TVoltG Год назад

I use modeling with tube power. Wet/dry mono. It's damn good. Very good.. But I will never sell my Mesa Rectifier. It just has something that I truly love.

@Bassguitarist1985 Год назад

I love the line, "my favorite part about playing guitar is cranking up a half stack, or if I'm feeling very belligerent, a full stack, and just feeling that" No truer words have been said. That's what ear plugs are for!!!

@heythere6983 Год назад

Ear plugs suck. I haven’t tried iems though . I wonder how useful they can be bc even earplugs let it a mushy tone so that would seem to still be there with iem’s.

@Bassguitarist1985 Год назад

@@heythere6983 iems can help with the mushy tone and also keep the SPL to safe levels since they often seal around the ear.

@jpistolas Год назад

I love the sound of modern plugsins/vsts but there's just nothing like windmilling an A chord in front of a loud head/4x12. But, I never go grab a physical amp anymore if I just want to record. Leaves me more time for playing & less for mic setting & the other bs that goes on with gettign a good recording. Great video! I applaud your grasping of reality.

@zandig666 Год назад

Hi Kyle, great vid !! 🤟🤟🤟🤟 my gear now is 1 solid state head and 3 preamp pedals my head on its own sounds close to a super lead using the front !!!

@21stcenturymetal31 Год назад

I've much pretty done away with most of my amps I still have a couple. It's just so much easier plugging into my interface and pick any amp I want to play at anytime day or night. I don't have to worry about awaking anyone or replacing tubes. Just more practical in every situation.

@MarcusW87 Год назад

I have a JVM205H as my main amp that does everything I want + 1 good cab. I also have a 5150II because I think it’s a cool amp, and a VS8100 for nostalgic reasons. That’s it, won’t be buying anything else because it just isn’t necessary: I’m already getting the sounds I like. I see your point in selling most of your gear, what good is it when you hardly ever use it? I also like the practicality of amp sims and modelers for recording or gigging, but to me it will always remain an imitation of the real thing that will become old and will always be surpassed by something newer and better. Like a computer. Tube amps on the other hand will always be loved and cherished, for the simple reason they produce the actual sound that every piece of software is trying to recreate.

@1thess523 Год назад

Kyle - "I'm dying.....", Also Kyle - "I'm not really dying I just wanted to talk about modeler amps"

@mhoff7722 9 месяцев назад

For playing through headphones, tracking demos, learning covers etc I use the HX Stomp or any number of amp sims that I have. Live though I just haven't been able to make the jump to digital in a satisfactory way. They just feel sterile to me. Any one of my 100 watt amps and a 4x12 always feels like a living breathing thing behind me and it makes me smile. 🤘🤘🤘

@gkswift1999 Год назад

Yes! A follow up vid on the Tonex, please! I ready to purchase soon

@ericskinner7355 Год назад

Incandescent light bulbs were supposed to become unavailable, but you can still buy them. A lot of people prefer them...

@XlouietheflyX Год назад

The main reason I don't switch is that I own a 6534+, a JSX, and a 3120 and I don't play in a band much or record bands so I don't feel the need to sell it and buy more stuff. If I was younger and flying around on tour in Europe or something I would probably just go for Axe FX or something

Год назад

Here is where it’s at. Tubes, digital it’s all good. Whatever floats your boat is correct for you.

@e-henne Год назад

As a hobbyist, it's easiest to plug my guitar in, hit the on switch, then play. Setting up my computer or Ipad through my montiors, DAW, other physical things needed to connect is just a hassle.

@NarcissismUnveiled Год назад

To be honest been analog for very long time but on my new project I tested digital and having diezel mesa and orange on the same song without having full truck of gear on tour make huge difference

@totalbullion5882 Год назад

No need for 20 amps but I'll never get rid of my favorite heads. Imitated but NEVER duplicated.

@jasondesselles9168 Год назад

I'm an old timer. Been playing guitar since 1987, when there weren't many options available. I remember when the first modeling amp came out, the Johnson Millennium. It wasn't complete garbage but it definitely didn't replicate the amps it was trying to sound like. That being said I have seen leaps and bounds in technology as of late and i honestly believe that within the next 10 years the chore of lugging around heavy tube amps and the exorbitant costs associated with them will be a thing of the past. Not to mention the maintenance costs that come with them. If and when digital amps can successfully duplicate the warm overdrive of a tube amp, I'll be the first on board. It will be a win for everyone. Everyone except for boutique amp makers. The sound of their $4,000 amp will be available for free, as a download.

@slayabouts Год назад

The POD with a good cab would definitely be an interesting video

@MeTuLHeD Год назад

Agree Kyle! I think STL Tones has it going on. Modeling has only scratched the surface of it's capabilities to date. AI learning will take it to the next level. The capability to null a modeled amp against the amp it's copying is the way forward in my opinion. Once you achieve a null, you have effectively eliminated the differences. And that's old school tech!

@edwardunfred2973 Год назад

I love my actual amps and I love the sims that I have. For tracking purposes it's just so much easier to use the sims but I prefer to reamp through the particular rig(s) that I have built for whatever purposes. Nothing wrong here IMO. Do your thing Kyle!!!

@chrisoberst3531 Год назад

Modeling is great for metal chug, but it's not nearly as convincing for leads or for cleaner/broken-up tones. And I say that as someone who's used Fractal gear to record my own material for a very long time. I'm making the opposite journey--thanks to quality IRs and reactive load boxes, you can record great amp tones that you'd never be able to get with modeling/profiling. The sound quality of my mixes improved immensely when I moved my reamping from modelers to real amps. Now the problem is being able to afford a few nice amps! That said, I do still track and write using my Fractal for guitar monitoring. No sense in burning up tubes while I try to figure out what the heck I'm trying to do.

@RobMoutrey Год назад

I'm definitely a fence walker.. what I like to do is run a digital unit with a audio tube output power source.. it combines the best of both worlds.. I also use external pedals before the digital unit.. as well as in the fx loops.. meanest tones I've ever been ever to dial in.

@soad11dude Год назад

I'm about 3 minutes in... yes a lot of people are toxic on social media (modeling vs tube amps) but that's really nothing new. I remember looking at forums years ago and some of them were absolute dumpster fires. Everyone loved to bash on the Peavy triple X back then on forums claiming it was a jar of wasps. I own a HX stomp. It's awesome. Great for silent practice and lots of cool experimentation to try. I also own a 6505+, a triple X, a 5150 III, some mini amps, H&K Vortex and an Orange CR120.... people can enjoy both. I think we're just a silent group that doesn't get into pointless online fights. Just my thoughts/opinion

@platinumpengwinmusic5564 Год назад

I'm going the other way. I used alot of software like guitar rig in the past, but now getting into real amps and pedals. The tactile nature of knobs and switches is just more fun to me.

@carnovector6396 Год назад

My only problem with plugins is that, like all big tech and corpo, theyll eventually make it as expensive and annoying a habit to maintain as they can once they completely dominate the market

@StephGV2 Год назад

This really seems to be a discussion about practicality. No one who owns a tube amp appears to be willing to go to owning zero tube amps. Some think it's more practical to take sims on the road with a bunch of different reasons. Some are saying that they can get the sound of owning many many heads, while only owning one or two. Many are saying that sims/captures yield better recording results than what they can get with a mic in their recording situations. Most people just don't have the money or space for the tube amp and cabinet collection that they would really like, but sims let them get a little taste of what that must be like.

@JMK-kb1yq Год назад

I believe it's going to be like vinyl records vs CD's vs downloads. The latest invention/ trend will dominate the market; but there will always be a demand for the more antiquated forms as well. Vinyl isn't going away, and neither will tube amps.

@ManuSDP Год назад

As long as there is no Peavey Ultra Plus 120 plugin I’m holding onto my baby haha But, I’m in your same line of thought. I love my amp and pedals and I’ll use them whenever BUT I have started with digital stuff way before having my “real deal” gear. From plugins to my Ampero with a solid state poweramp I love that stuff as well and I can use them in my home, where as my amp is in my rehearsal space. Love them both.

@PippPriss Год назад

There is a great Ultra capture for NAM, neural amp modeler. Fabdef is the user who uploaded it, they sound awesome!

@ManuSDP Год назад

@@PippPriss I still have to make the leap and try out NAM

@enigma1247 Год назад

Do what you want. Its yours...be you unapologetically... But that tank is too small dude

@RyvenProductions Год назад

I like tube amps, grew up on tube amps, will always use tube amps. That being said, I have my fair share of plugins. Both have their place in any given situation. If I'm practicing, I usually gravitate towards plugins. When I'm playing live, amps with be on that stage.

@EXRICHEX Год назад

Woke up and chose swole today

@theharvesterproject6779 Год назад

People sold off their classic cars in the 60s and 70s now look how much $ they demand now.. if you don't need the cash then save that collection... it's going to be valuable and hard to find in the future

@insearchoftone9602 Год назад

I feel ya, I don't have a collection even close to yours, but I have slowly gotten on board with the digital stuff for live but I love my tube amps still and play them as often as I can.

@toddhahn3690 Год назад

As much as I like having multiple 4x12 and 2x12 cabs and tube heads, I decided to downsize a few months ago. I am down to one 50 watt tube head and one 4x12 cab for band/live settings. I have a Boss Katana MkII 100 watt 1x12 at home for practice and I just run my pedal board through it. Does it sound as good as a big tube amp? No. Does it need to for at home use? Not to me. I am looking at getting some type of Helix to replace my pedals. I also want to have a lightweight alternative to a full pedal/amp/cab rig if need be. I will always have at least one tube amp and cab. Kyle, if you had to pick only one head and one cab out of your collection to keep, what would they be? 🤔

@Paul_Lenard_Ewing Год назад

A digital sound is simply a single audio photo. A real tube amp makes 3.2 million audio photos until the first one will re-appear. It is the same for a digital piano one sound repeated every time you hit the same note.

@bc454irocz89 Год назад

I sold my 87 marshall jcm 800 and i regret it so much, nothing will replace that tone it had

@rayprevailer8454 Год назад

Now days, I use all my tube amps in the studio. For portability It HAS been a Quilter Tone Block 200 with a ISP Theta preamp. Recently got the BluGuitar Iridium. WOW that changed the game for me. Now because of the BluGuitar Iridium I am thinking about selling my heavy tube amps. It does the Fender to Marshall 800 and beyond. I am not finding a need for my heavy expensive tube amps anymore. As for the digital stuff...I have tried some products. Sounds great recording but misses the mark live in front of a 4x12. The feel is different. Dose the audience notice. I bet not. The guitarist does.

@douglassmith5466 Год назад

I have a Diezel Herbert and an ISP Theta Pro Dsp MS unit. I love them both and each excells for different reasons. I say, listen with your ears and make an informed decision by watching videos like Mr. BUll"s here. That how i got my equipment and have been very satisfied with it. I got good headphones, a good stereo, and computer, and listened to and watched many videos to make my decision. I never heard them in person, but got a real close idea what they sounded like from well recorded youtube videos. And learned how they work.

@jakesmith4506 Год назад

Great vid Bro. I'm an analogue guy but I do own a Positive Grid Bias Amp 2 . Everything out there can be used in many different ways. The one big difference I see is that using the modeling gear in a live situation can be a nightmare if the FRONT OF HOUSE tech isn't familiar with how to deal with mixing a direct feed. In DETROIT we've got an army of HELEN KELLERs at the helm. Very few sound tech are capable of actually delivering a good mix, let alone, a blend of digital and anologue feeds. The good sound techs in Detroit are busy. The rest....well...those are the ones that punish the audiences in Detroit. So, for as much as I'd like to use a modeling amp in a live situation, it's pretty scary because of the lack of skill in audio reinforcement here. Good luck everyone.

@johnk9762 Год назад

Some of us older people like the plug and play aspect of tube amps. Getting a headache with digital crap isn't ever going to be an option.

@samizdat113 Год назад

People also said that budget oriented economy cars would take over and kill the luxury cars industry when Henry Ford released the model T... in 1908.

@xsnys13 Год назад

I started on actual amps, went digital, and am back to actual amps. I felt like I had less control in the digital world.

@SapperRJMorgan Год назад

I’m a fence sitter and can see both sides. I love pushing air. Modelers make playing anywhere and especially at home wonderful. Plug-ins are the future. I’ll never not have a tube amp. They’re all wonderful. They’re all worth it.

@johnp1908 Год назад

The synergy stuff seems like the perfect answer for those who want a wide range of sounds without giving up analog response and tube feel. A syn 1 with a ksr pa 50 is super versatile and portable and probably going to be my forever rig from now on.

@alexdenton6586 Год назад

I'm extremely interested. Which Peavey amplifier do you have for sale that is as versatile as possible?

@sammycoppens5470 Год назад

I am very new to amp simulation plugins, but when I saw Neural Amp Modeler being a free way to capture and play through amps I was on it. So my first experience was great and tried amps that I knew because I have them (jcm 800, 2000). And here in Belgium it's possible to find a good deal on a used marshall, but a mesa for example is more expensive and harder to find. So digital captures were a great way to see what they are all about. And it actually made me want one. It had me looking for a single rectifier and recently found a rect-o-verb 50 like in your shot. So I find plugins useful to determine a sound that I like, and I'm sure that once I start recording I'll be doing some of it as a DI like you mentioned to easily 'reamp' a recording. So for professional use I get it, but as a belligerent amateur myself, I still want my favorite amps in the room.

@jettsom Год назад

It goes beyond the debate of analog vs digital. Just in a few years from now even guitar parts will be made entirely with software using AI for recording. The traditionnal studio musician as we know it will be a thing from the past.

@heythere6983 Год назад

I think you focusing on being creative more than hear is 100 percent the right choice . Tone chasing never ends . More time spent writing is always the best option .

@SGavin Год назад

STL Josh Middleton and the Neural DSP Gojira plug-ins are my two go to amp simulators. They sound and feel really good.

@KPGuitarStudios Год назад

Good stuff man, there is certainly something to be said for tubes. Jamming in a band with headphones is definitely not the best experience, I can't wait until we can actually jam in a room with loud as hell gear. Also brought the Tonex to the most recent jam and it was a pain in the hole to get dialed in as far as levels and so on, the UI is terrible as a live unit, more of a bedroom jammer's dream unit. Video coming soon! Hope you're doing well! Cheers man

@kainx99 Год назад

It's not about analog sounds better, it's about convenience. I love my tube amp, but I use it only when I can play it loud. Otherwise, I am playing at low bedroom level (or even through headphones, cause family is sleeping), so going digital is way more convenient for this situation.

@alexdenton6586 Год назад

There’s no good and evil , there’s only weight and those to weak to lift it

@planetofamps Год назад

Hear hear!

@BigMuff520 Год назад

I’ve downsized my tube amp collection and I think the Kempers etc are great but I’m not going the digital route. I’m going with solid state amps and speaker cabs.

@samizdat113 Год назад

I'm a digital, solid state and tube guy. I bought my first digital rack preamp in '94 or '95. But there is no substitution for a badass tube amp and a 4x12 or two.

@watcherzero000 Год назад

Now that we have Axe FX - Kemper - Neural DSP Quad Cortex - Tone X and the Line 6 stuff. There is no need for tons of gear. I am starting to like the minimalist approach though.

@pwrmac7600 Год назад

It's funny because I have always rode the fence. Truthfully, in the beginning I used modeling in my home studio because I couldn't make all the noise recording with a 100 watt amp in my home. And the attenuators of the day had a pretty gnarly effect on your tone. So I used amps live and modeling at home for recording. Then the modern load boxes came out an d now I find myself using both. Amps via load box through my axefx for irs. And my axefx on its own for modeling. I love both options! And isn't that what we all want. Options for great tone regardless of how it's made.

@scottcozart3653 Год назад

Would love a follow up tone x video. Maybe try some power amp pedals with it to give us ideas for rigs. Seymour Duncan power stage is good but pricey and there has to be some you haven't tried yet.

@jasonboulet6415 Год назад

Yesss i want to see more of the tonex!! I love the channel man !!!

@RodVonLongrod Год назад

@2:18 I still have my Johnson J Station that I run into my TC Electronic IR loader pedal. It actually sounds pretty good.

@larslevinberget9558 Год назад

After 40 years of playing @51 I appreciate real tube amps more and more. It will come to you.

@andremamola810 Год назад

I use both digital and a tube amp, sometimes at the same time. My live rig is a 5150, with a helix running the 4 cable method for effects. But, at home, when I just want to plug in and write, i just used Neural DSP plug ins. At this point, ones not really any better than another, its just a matter of whats more convenient at the time.

@electrikjam7661 Год назад

Hey Kyle, I can see your point. I have played guitar for 30 years now, and seen trends come and go. I do not think these digital products are going away. I have a BOSS Katana, and it is amazing. I have tried the Helix, and AxeFx. They are very good as well. But if you are a recording artist, I would hold on to your gear. At least some of it. Sometimes an amp sim just doesn't cut it, and analog gear can give you the "feel" that makes you get a perfect take while recording. The Neural Amp Modeler is amazing (and FREE!) and it works just like the ToneX. But it is so close, that i cannot tell the difference anymore. So when I go to record? It will be the NAM app.

@RECTIFIER101 Год назад

Some more tonex vids would be great thanks for the content Kyle !

@ultratacoRX7 Год назад

I don't record anything but I just got a Katana 100 head+cab with the intention of possibly replacing all my tube amps (and cabs). However, maybe my expectations were too high but it's just not good enough for me to let my tube amps go. I am keeping it but the only thing it's maybe replacing is my old 50w katana.

@M3atbucket Год назад

Only about half way into the video as of leaving this comment, but I need to offer this before it leaves my brain: I don't think tube amps will ever go away. The ease of access for digital amps is amazing but they always need a reference point. If that reference point stops being made, then the digital amps will take a massive dive which will then require the main analog amps to be made again. I feel it's a symbiotic relationship. I am an avid Tonex enjoyer, but the Tonex isn't worth anything without the amps it profiles.

@belligerentamateur Год назад

Totally agree

@alseick Год назад

I think there is a middle group which is Kemper owners who bought Kemper to profile their favourite amp and have similar tone on the stage. I am dissapointed with Kemper, company approach to our feedback, profiling accuracy (rather tone than feel, weird), but it seems it is the only hardware right which is easy to imitate in-room sound (it has dedicated poweramp, and you can buy special DI box to capture speaker out) I hope one day we will see some commercial HW platform/profiler for the free NAM software which is getting great reviews lately

@juanvaldez4043 Год назад

I’m still enjoying the hybrid scene, or using my tube pedal into the front of a solid state.

@brutalslam8443 Год назад

It's really eye opening to hear you say that about the STL Tones plugins and others. It speaks volumes that the digital recreations are so good that someone who actually owns the amps can't be bothered to drag them out.

@troyredford149 Год назад

Hey Kyle! Have you ever owned a Marshall ModeFour head? If so do you know if there are any alternatives for a footswitch or am I just SOL?

@ivsiguitarist Год назад

I've been neck deep in both camps since I started playing. I've owned everything from the ADA MP1, Mesa Boogie Triaxis, and Randall RM4...then really got into tube amps and owned and sold Marshall, Boogie, Engl, EVH and more....and have now come full circle back to being 100% camp Kemper. There is nothing more versatile for live and recording. Plus I don't break my back lugging heavy gear anymore.

@actionsf Год назад

I sold off my collection of 80’s and 90’s high gain amps Mikes and shielded stage working guitars…2010…kept 1 Les Paul, 1 twin 12…….MADE BUCKS !!!! Now 10 years later everything has changed. The Digital data has captured the recording world. Playing live will soon be the only need to use anything else…

@PikaStu666 Год назад

Good video, I think the future is mostly digital. I went digital a couple of years ago, with a mk2 Katana head, then I got a GT-1000, and I've dabbled with iRig and Amplitube. It all sounds great at any volume, where as my old 30w Boogie sounded sh*t with the volume at 2 or 3. Even my current #4 Orange head sounds sh*t at 7w setting at neighbour-friendly volumes. I have a bad back, so these days I go to the rehearsal studio with just my GT-1000 and a guitar. Happy days, and if the GT is good enough for Nita Strauss, it's definitely more than enough for me :D Also (stealth edit!) less amps means more money for more guitars!

@Boogieplex Год назад

Thats funny, the further i get into my own guitar journey, the more I traverse backwards-towards vintage guitars,amps and pedals. The sound, feel and sheer collectibility of it all…it’s all part and parcel of the joy of playing guitar..That said, i still use my modern gear, i love all things guitar.