What does your “real” rig do that your modeler can’t do?

[metropolis_4]

Just for fun

• Look down and see every setting of every effect without digging through menus
• Reach back and tweak the EQ on my amp while playing and not have to remember to save the preset before changing to the next
• Buy an ODR-1 and put it on my board any time I want instead of waiting for years holding my breath with every firmware update hoping one will finally be available.
• Bring the full pedalboard, or just throw a single pedal in my guitar bag depending on what size rig the gig calls for.
• Good wah, compressors, fuzz, and spring reverb (except for TMP)
• I can buy any pedal I can find, or make my own, and throw them on the board at will instead of being limited to what’s in the box.
• See that 1979 Boss DS-1? It’s a real physical device that I actually own, not just a set of data stored on a computer that will be gone when the computer goes.
• When I want “amp in the room” I just turn on my amp. In a room. No thinking, or special settings/knowledge, or special gear required
• My tube amps smell like tube amps
• No graphs or charts to analyze!
• Access to effects that don’t exist in modelers.
• My amp is a real physical thing that has history, and it has a story. It was created by a master craftsman, It’s been part of the lives of many musicians and it’s seen many stages and recording studios.

Also things modelers can’t do:

• Getting to dig around trying to figure out which of the 100 patch cords has a bad connection
• A chance to learn what pedals make noise when chained with other pedals
• Watching tubes flare and die in the middle of a song
• Seeing smoke coming out of an amp when you turn it on
• Teach the importance of keeping a box of fuses in your gig bag

 

[TheTrueZoltan!]

My analogue rig takes up much less space than my modeller. And it also uses less power.

 

[metropolis_4]

My analogue rig takes up much less space than my modeller. And it also uses less power.

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That looks just like my digital rig!

 

[Tito83]

Sound and feel as good

 

[FuzzyAce]

 

[2112]

Smells good

 

[FuzzyAce]

And heat up a room on those cold nights.

 

[Chocol8]

I can add and remove pedals from my analog gear and maintain 0 ms of latency.

 

[FuzzyAce]

I can add and remove pedals from my analog gear and maintain 0 ms of latency.

0ms

 

[dignlivn]

I've been blessed with No digital,in my life
The keep it simple theory.

 

[laxu]

• Almost everything is on its own knob or switch. No menu stepping involved in between tweaking.
• Keeps you strong because you have to lift those heavy ass amps.
• The smell of dust burning off hot tubes.
• Never have to question the "realness" or "accuracy" of your amp.
• Fuzz is still not handled perfectly by modeling.
• There's a lot of pedals and amps that are not modeled anywhere. If those unique flavors do something you like, there's no alternative.
• Playing loud through real amps has that little sense of danger to it where the amp is noisy, feeding back and sounds like it'll explode any moment. It's just very, very fun!

On the flip side:

• Moving heavy ass amps and cabs is a pain in the ass. Ass!
• I know what you're thinking, "Did I plug into the 8 or 16 ohm jack"? Well, do you feel lucky, punk? Or are you going to check the back?
• Speaking of backs...fuck all those little switches and knobs that are crammed in the back where it's hard to see them. I'm looking at you Mesa and your back panel reverb controls.
• Patch cable spaghetti.
• Finding the faulty cable in said spaghetti.
• Why is my gear making that noise that was not there before? Is it a busted cable? EMI? The wrong moon phase?

 

[holoholo]

Be dumb and beautiful

 

[GuitarBilly74]

Sound good.


I'll see myself out.

 

[dean701]

No option paralysis. No adjusting idealized pots. Just play guitar

 

[newholland]

haha.. i got no dog in the digital fight at all outside my daw, but i love the bad natured spirit of all this

 

[FuzzyAce]

haha.. i got no dog in the digital fight at all outside my daw, but i love the bad natured spirit of all this

Sane people can coexist with digital and tube/analog gear. It's quite easy!

 

[Frodebro]

Sane people can coexist with digital and tube/analog gear. It's quite easy!

You mean ‘rational’ people.

 

[Dez]

The smell.

 

[ZEN Amps]

Inspire me

 

[FuzzyAce]

You mean ‘rational’ people.

That too.