MoreSpaceEcho wrote: Mon Jun 10, 2024 1:35 am Alas no, I'm pretty sure you've gotta have a cab for a tube amp.

Or, anything to take the load!

I got a mint Mesa CabClone on Reverb. Perfect, sounds sweet with my Mesa Mark I. I can just use my normal pedals and DI into GarageBand with my iRig.

After some playing around it does break up a bit at very high distortion from pedals. Still better than any free virtual amp I’ve tried.

I recently was playing around with the Ampeg SGT and was getting really frustrated with it. It clips so easily. I don't understand the headroom on it. But I digress. I moved on to trying the Two Notes Opus for bass...

For those of you looking for that sweet SVT sound, look no further than the Opus. Their Peggy amp is pretty good. More importantly, though, is the tweakability of all their amp sims. They have two dedicated bass amps, which is nice. However, you can change the power amp of any preamp, and make any preamp ready for bass. My bass amp for years was a Traynor YBA-3. At one point, I replaced the power tubes with 6550s, but more recently before I sold it, it had EL34s in it. I quite liked the EL34s over the 6550s. With the Opus, it was easy to build a preamp with a power amp using EL34s to pull all the good low end out of the bass. I was just kinda floored that I didn't try it sooner. I was getting some great sounds, I was immediately inspired and wrote a couple of songs on bass.

I'm more and more impressed with the Opus, even though there was some missed opportunities to tie it in with Genome. I just can't recommend it enough, you get so much out of it (including a free copy of Genome!). The price of them has gone down a bit as well, I just picked up a second one in mint condition for under $250.

cakes wrote: Mon Jun 10, 2024 2:51 pm

MoreSpaceEcho wrote: Mon Jun 10, 2024 1:35 am Alas no, I'm pretty sure you've gotta have a cab for a tube amp.

Or, anything to take the load!

May I suggest Kerble’s mom?





Last week I got a FLAMMA FS07 stereo cab sim / IR loader and I’m quite satisfied so far. I’m just using an IR that was already loaded on it, but I also downloaded IRs from that 300 pound granite cab that some crazy Germans built, So I’m looking forward to loading those on it as well.

Played with a band of folks in their early 20s last night, and both guitarists were without an amp, using some sort of modeling pedal (couldn't tell if it was a Helix or something else) and in-ears for monitoring. Bassist had one of those newer SS Fender combos on stage and also in-ears. Was wondering if this is now the equivalent for younger bands of starting out playing through Peavey and Crate before moving on to tube amps, or if this is just what some folks go straight to and never end up buying heavy tube amps.

tallchris wrote: Sat Sep 07, 2024 11:24 am Played with a band of folks in their early 20s last night, and both guitarists were without an amp, using some sort of modeling pedal (couldn't tell if it was a Helix or something else) and in-ears for monitoring.

Future Living played with a band of young folks (barely 21, if that) in Fargo a few years ago, and they had zero amps. Guitarist had some sort of amp modeling deal and the bassists/singers (they traded off every few songs) did straight DI into the PA. Thanks to the comically inept soundperson we had that night, they wound up being the best-sounding band of the evening, and were traveling comfortably in a sedan as they toured from Minneapolis to Seattle and back.

The times they are a changin'

tallchris wrote: Sat Sep 07, 2024 11:24 am Played with a band of folks in their early 20s last night, and both guitarists were without an amp, using some sort of modeling pedal (couldn't tell if it was a Helix or something else) and in-ears for monitoring. Bassist had one of those newer SS Fender combos on stage and also in-ears. Was wondering if this is now the equivalent for younger bands of starting out playing through Peavey and Crate before moving on to tube amps, or if this is just what some folks go straight to and never end up buying heavy tube amps.

I'd say the latter, because any amp modeler can sound a million times better than a Crate. Or, to put it another way, no amp modeler is modeling a Crate.

I don't regret selling my amps.

What would be really cool for young bands is to get a finger drummer. Then, you can truly tour in a sedan.

cakes wrote: Mon Sep 09, 2024 2:40 pm

tallchris wrote: Sat Sep 07, 2024 11:24 am Played with a band of folks in their early 20s last night, and both guitarists were without an amp, using some sort of modeling pedal (couldn't tell if it was a Helix or something else) and in-ears for monitoring. Bassist had one of those newer SS Fender combos on stage and also in-ears. Was wondering if this is now the equivalent for younger bands of starting out playing through Peavey and Crate before moving on to tube amps, or if this is just what some folks go straight to and never end up buying heavy tube amps.

I'd say the latter, because any amp modeler can sound a million times better than a Crate. Or, to put it another way, no amp modeler is modeling a Crate.

I don't regret selling my amps.

What would be really cool for young bands is to get a finger drummer. Then, you can truly tour in a sedan.

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tallchris wrote: Sat Sep 07, 2024 11:24 am Played with a band of folks in their early 20s last night, and both guitarists were without an amp, using some sort of modeling pedal (couldn't tell if it was a Helix or something else) and in-ears for monitoring. Bassist had one of those newer SS Fender combos on stage and also in-ears. Was wondering if this is now the equivalent for younger bands of starting out playing through Peavey and Crate before moving on to tube amps, or if this is just what some folks go straight to and never end up buying heavy tube amps.

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