The amp model that most modelers are missing out on

[Boudoir Guitar]

The lowly Blues Jr. is seriously, seriously under rated in the digital modeling world where it's hyper easy to pipe the thing through a cab worthy of its tonal nuance. So good.

 

[Blix]

 

[sleewell]

i love to see a peavey classic just to throw back to the hc days hahahaha

 

[CBHScott]

The TMP (IIRC) and GTX have one - and players rave about it

 

[Tito83]

i love to see a peavey classic just to throw back to the hc days hahahaha

If it's good enough for Mr. Huff...

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

The TMP (IIRC) and GTX have one - and players rave about it

The Fat version, into the 4x12 rumble cab in Fractal land is srsly

Since it's often hard to know when I'm being deadpan and when I'm being serious, I will note that I started this thread in all seriousness. Dr. Z or somebody should srsly just steal the circuit, build it well, and put it in a decent sized box with a good speaker. Would be the next BooTeek wonderkind

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

Apparently Jeff Beck was fine with the stock cab size:

 

[sashimi]

I had one of the early ones and it sounded boxy no matter how I tweaked the tone knobs. Just harsh boxy mids. I haven’t tried the later versions though, and I know people say they improved them.

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

I had one of the early ones and it sounded boxy no matter how I tweaked the tone knobs. Just harsh boxy mids. I haven’t tried the later versions though, and I know people say they improved them.

I've always found them to sound boxy irl. I chalk that up mostly to the very box sized cab. The digital modeling world makes it really easy to sidestep that problem.

 

[bikescene]

I'm more of a fan of the Pro Junior. I load it down and run through all sorts of IRs quite often. The way that little box sounds in the room and under a mic are totally different circumstances.

I've got some patches dialed in with the Fractal Blues Junior that are cool.

Never got along with the Amplitube versions, probably because I wasn't sending enough level into the models.

 

[CBHScott]

Apparently Jeff Beck was fine with the stock cab size:

I think those are Pro Juniors, but yeah…

 

[OrganicZed]

Two that come to mind for me:
VHT Ultra Lead
Jim Kelly Reverb

 

[MirrorProfiles]

VHT Ultra Lead

This is the one that sticks out for me. And maybe ADA MP1

 

[Los-D]

This thread…

 

[FuzzyAce]

Traynor models?

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

This thread…

Dude, load up the blues junior fat model in a Fractal product and you’ll get it! Or maybe not…

 

[likitlikeyoulikeit]

Anything Laney.

 

[FuzzyAce]

The cool thing about Helix and of course Fractal, even if there isn't a particular model, you can build a good approximation with what's available. I have an old Traynor YGM-3 that I've tried to mimic best I can in HX and it's doable to a point. The YGM has a Baxandall style eq so that makes getting all the nuances difficult though.

 

[AutomationBias]

The Fractal forum wish list is over 100 pages long. How far can we take it?

 

[MirrorProfiles]

The cool thing about Helix and of course Fractal, even if there isn't a particular model, you can build a good approximation with what's available. I have an old Traynor YGM-3 that I've tried to mimic best I can in HX and it's doable to a point. The YGM has a Baxandall style eq so that makes getting all the nuances difficult though.

I've done this before with some success, but only really with amps I own and can compare against (which is a pretty big caveat). To use a VHT Pitbull as an example, I'd have no idea which amp to start with, nor what would give me the same experience as having the different switches and GEQ etc. Same with a Wizard MTL or MCII or whatever.

It might be possible to get close to a specific sound but you dont really get the experience of dialling the amp in like you would with a proper model