The joy of upsizing

[FuzzyAce]

I'm thinking of upsizing myself...

 

[Aelred]

Dual 112 cabs are

I currently have it connected to a 1x12 with a Greenback (150w) and another with a V30 (60w). Sounds great, but 4 Greenbacks...

 

[newpedals]

I'm thinking of upsizing myself...

I don't listen to heavy music usually, but I had read that some famous guitarist (I think he played for Slayer) had a huge wall of Marshalls on the stage when he used to play.

 

[newpedals]

I'm waiting at the end of that rainbow already.

Things you will enjoy:

• Knobs, knobs, knobs! Just turn a knob, no menus in sight!
• Real guitar cabs.
• Lack of excessive options.
• Pedals are fun.

Things you will miss:

• Those scenes are just real nice so it's one button to toggle sounds. A lot more complicated to program and manage even with MIDI.
• Presets. Found that cool tone that works only with one of your guitars at specific settings on that pedal? Well take a picture and turn those knobs to that setting when you need it.
• Visibility into what your presets do, if you have them.
• Not having to spend money on extra pedals to do things your current set doesn't.
• Not having to deal with power supplies, cabling etc.
• Even a small pedalboard weighs a surprising amount when compared to an equivalent size modeler.

My friend's dad has a large collection of pedals. But he also owns a Helix. He had initially lent her a Zoom G2 Four.

She bought an Epiphone Les Paul and a small tube amp on her own.

When she said that she wanted to build a pedalboard, he gave her some guidelines:

1. Only incorporate pedals which she needs while playing live and also recording (She played on a P&W song recently).
2. Tuner is a must for performing live.
3. One dirt pedal to be used if she encounters a backline amp which she doesn't like.
4. Some pedal for boosting/ solos.
5. Looper pedal/ function on a delay to be used for testing pedal settings before playing at a venue.

Her current board is

TU-2 > Ibanez MT-10 > Katana Mini > DOD Delay > Holy Grail Max > Jamman Express Looper > Hotone Soul press

She still uses the Zoom unit. So those who can afford it, should retain both analog and digital gear.

 

[Eagle]

In the late 80s I used 6 4x12s and 6 heads all on . I liked a tone you could lean on.

 

[Byrdman]

In the late 80s I used 6 4x12s and 6 heads all on . I liked a tone you could lean on.

Did your ears survive? Well it was the 80's, so I guess that could be said about everything back then...

 

[newpedals]

Did your ears survive? Well it was the 80's, so I guess that could be said about everything back then...

Inspite of being young, rarely playing loud and protecting my ears I have lost about 5% hearing in my right ear. In my case the culprit were headphones, according to the doctor.

 

[Eagle]

Did your ears survive? Well it was the 80's, so I guess that could be said about everything back then...

I have some issues but not bad.

 

[laxu]

Inspite of being young, rarely playing loud and protecting my ears I have lost about 5% hearing in my right ear. In my case the culprit were headphones, according to the doctor.

Headphones for me as well. Technically I hear just fine (e.g a quiet environment hearing test will be fine) but I can have severe issues hearing someone talk in noisy environments.

 

[Eagle]

Headphones for me as well. Technically I hear just fine (e.g a quiet environment hearing test will be fine) but I can have severe issues hearing someone talk in noisy environments.

Same thing.

 

[ejecta]

The feel and response of analog gear is so much more satisfying than digital. Even if the two sounded identical

 

[Eagle]

 

[la szum]

Getting an amp again was actually a big wake up call to me on how much it matters to me. For better or for worse this seems to just be the way my brain works

Man, I had no idea you were totally and completely amp-less? WTF??!!

 

[AFKAEjay(retired)]

Man, I had no idea you were totally and completely amp-less? WTF??!!

Kids these days…

 

[metropolis_4]

Man, I had no idea you were totally and completely amp-less? WTF??!!

Yeah! I’d been completely amp-less all digital for a looooong time before this. Probably 7-8 years - other than a brief time a couple years ago when I had the /13 and DSL40 for a couple months for one show.

It’s good to be back

 

[Jarick]

Headphones for me as well. Technically I hear just fine (e.g a quiet environment hearing test will be fine) but I can have severe issues hearing someone talk in noisy environments.

Same here too. I have persistent tinnitus and a bit of trouble hearing someone talk if there's a lot of background noise. But my hearing tests were all very good. An audiologist who knows tinnitus well thinks I probably had way better than normal hearing at first which is common in musicians and then with hearing loss it's now just normal, but my brain fills in the gaps with the ringing.

Either way I avoid loud noises, always bring earplugs, and like to keep some background noise to avoid silence nowadays.