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Digital Igloo said:
I will say that two of the 1.2 Agoura amps have never existed in Helix before and the other one has.
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Since everyone else is getting in on the fun, I'll go:
  1. Mesa Mark IV with all of the switches (3 channels, and it's the one that has appeared before in Helix)
  2. Mesa Boogie Badlander (2 channels, never appeared before, needle mover)
  3. Marshall Silver Jubilee (2 channels, never appeared before, table stakes now that literally EVERY other competitor, including TMP and QC has it modeled)
PM for where to send my No-Prize.....
 
mikah912 said:
Since everyone else is getting in on the fun, I'll go:
  1. Mesa Mark IV with all of the switches (3 channels, and it's the one that has appeared before in Helix)
  2. Mesa Boogie Badlander (2 channels, never appeared before, needle mover)
  3. Marshall Silver Jubilee (2 channels, never appeared before, table stakes now that literally EVERY other competitor, including TMP and QC has it modeled)
PM for where to send my No-Prize.....
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Depending on how literal L6 is in targeting accuracy, The Mark IV and Badlander could both be opportunities to flex some muscle if they end up cramming in all those switches and modes. It would be a neat reveal in terms of the overall strategy there.

I don’t enjoy someone trying to model every Mark IV mode and option. That’s an undertaking.
 
Someday we will get some real guitar amp models to play with. I want to see the Sears Silvertone line in all its glory.


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TBH I am seriously very excited for the little amps too. Mesa is my bread and butter but there’s mad respect for what a champ does on 10 with a mic in front of it in a good sounding room. Hoping hard for some brown Fenders too.
 
EOengineer said:
TBH I am seriously very excited for the little amps too. Mesa is my bread and butter but there’s mad respect for what a champ does on 10 with a mic in front of it in a good sounding room. Hoping hard for some brown Fenders too.
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My gigging amp (when I used to) was a Matamp C7. Only 7 watts but I had to go steady to risk not drowning out the (admittedly very polite) drummer. That is one angry little amp. Still have it, don’t really use it as its master volume only and it terrifies the cat. Modelling is my friend for many reasons and this is one of them!

I tried to steal the C7’s soul with my Kemper but either I’m crap at profiling or it’s just ‘one of those amps ’ that is difficult to capture. Probably a bit of both. It’d be nice if an Matamp ever made it in as they are deeply weird but also (imo) wonderful.

Why should this be considered? Everyone has heard of Marshall and Vox. Those guys would tell you they’re the forgotten Brit amp of old. Some shared heritage with Orange but Matamp are still going. You never, ever see them in modelling amps - there were a couple of Kemper profiles a while back and there’s a 1224 Neural capture I think but that’s about it afaik. I hold out hope.

https://www.matamp.co.uk/about-matamp/?v=7885444af42e
 
Gary_W said:
My gigging amp (when I used to) was a Matamp C7. Only 7 watts but I had to go steady to risk not drowning out the (admittedly very polite) drummer. That is one angry little amp. Still have it, don’t really use it as its master volume only and it terrifies the cat. Modelling is my friend for many reasons and this is one of them!

I tried to steal the C7’s soul with my Kemper but either I’m crap at profiling or it’s just ‘one of those amps ’ that is difficult to capture. Probably a bit of both. It’d be nice if an Matamp ever made it in as they are deeply weird but also (imo) wonderful.

Why should this be considered? Everyone has heard of Marshall and Vox. Those guys would tell you they’re the forgotten Brit amp of old. Some shared heritage with Orange but Matamp are still going. You never, ever see them in modelling amps - there were a couple of Kemper profiles a while back and there’s a 1224 Neural capture I think but that’s about it afaik. I hold out hope.

https://www.matamp.co.uk/about-matamp/?v=7885444af42e
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I forget if I’ve seen you over in the Tonex thread, but if Kemper couldn’t nail your amp there’s a good chance Tonex would.

I’d definitely be into Matamp in Helix.
 
EOengineer said:
I forget if I’ve seen you over in the Tonex thread, but if Kemper couldn’t nail your amp there’s a good chance Tonex would.

I’d definitely be into Matamp in Helix.
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If I hadn’t got a stadium on pre order I’d be grabbing that ToneX 49 bits of software in a heartbeat. It’s still calling to me but I bought a guitar today and am not going to do a Tim with my preorder so being silly with something that I probably won’t use in a few weeks isn’t sensible. I keep telling myself that and it mostly works.

Funnily enough I’ve just watched the video posted elsewhere here comparing the ToneX, nam, neural DSP and Kemper. It mentions in that how amps that rely on power amp gain are a struggle for the Kemper and that’s really what the C7 does - it does a lovely swirly ringing thing. Never had that in the Kemper (much as I’ve enjoyed it). Weirdly enough, the Bognor Shiva model in Helix nods in that general direction (I really liked it) but didn’t quite go all the way to what the C7 does. IMO anyway!
 
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