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Old 07-25-2011, 04:21 AM   #14
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Originally Posted by flmason View Post
Maybe my biggest problem is, I started learning to play back when tube amps and stomps were the only game, so perhaps my expectations are illegitimate for digital models? Seems when I ran that stuff, I could cover a whole lot, with little more than tweeks to the knobs on the guitar. Didn't have EQ to notch anything, heck I didn't even own a delay pedal.
Did you find the amp sound to be great while listening to the recording of it or playing in front of it full volume?

To emulate the latter while playing, you would have to do just that - blast the heck out of your monitors/headphones/cabinet and of course ears


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Anyway, yeah, that test is one of the better ones. And yes, actually correctly building a tune around it would help a lot. But compared to most things I listen to, it's pretty terrible as a tone, and even so, not very far removed from some tube amp tones I've examined.
I would build a song and then revisit the sound later when I have gathered new knowledge or make another song.
In fact this is how I go about it, otherwise because the search is endless you end up not making a tune at all.

I'm not sure if my sound is even better while soloed.
I made a couple of tests, trying to get a wet "'80-s" sound:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/24456137/HyB...2011-07-25.mp3
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/24456137/HyB...2011-07-25.mp3
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