Digital vs. Analog! 'Real' vs. 'Modeled!' Guitarists (and musicians in general) love to go off about this stuff, but at the end of the day... what really matters?
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@trevorcline48795 ай бұрын
Amps are so much of their own instrument like a guitar.
@roberthead5 ай бұрын
I loved the QuadraVerb GT back in the day! Just made me happy.
@JB_Eckl5 ай бұрын
It was super advanced! And easy to program. I remember getting better sounds out of it than my (solid state) amp.
@hailmaryrecordings82555 ай бұрын
I have a Duo-Verb in the basement that I can’t find the power-cord for. I keep forgetting to order one & will do that now. Thanks!
@brinun015 ай бұрын
"Option paralysis" is real and the perfect descriptor. Most times, I like the simplicity of just plugging in. I might be wrong, but I tend to think "if it doesn't sound good clean, it won't sound good with effects".
@JB_Eckl5 ай бұрын
That’s often true. Depends on the style. I love Gilmour, Edge, Andy Summers, Daniel Lanois, the guys from Radiohead, so many players who are adventurous and colorful with sounds. And the super raw and roots guys too.
@hailmaryrecordings82555 ай бұрын
I’ve been playing since 1985, and gigging since 1996. I borrowed my dad’s gear when I first started and I’m very lucky, because the “affordable” stuff back then was mostly garbage. I can’t believe how good even the cheapest stuff can sound these days. Just over the past decade or so, the modeling & plug-ins are really close to the real thing. It’s really a great time to play guitar.
@DarrellElmerRodgers5 ай бұрын
Pragmatic wizardry. I love your riffs (guitar and prose).
@bertgetner93975 ай бұрын
Your the man JB. You always hit it right on the head.
@JB_Eckl5 ай бұрын
Much appreciated!
@nolarocks5 ай бұрын
Good stuff man
@JB_Eckl5 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@adrianmiller19715 ай бұрын
Some great points here, and delivered with good humour - the 1900's old timey Marshall stack pic was worth the entry price alone
@JB_Eckl5 ай бұрын
Ye Olde Full Stacke
@davidpepper4425 ай бұрын
Thanks man, I will be open to the modelers in the future. I know that they've come a long way in a short time. As a player who started on cheap solid state amps, as soon as I got my first Deluxe Reverb I never looked back. Analog stuff is still what inspires, but if I need efficiency tomorrow or next year I'll be ready with an open mind. Peace JB
@JB_Eckl5 ай бұрын
That's the thing. We get inspired by different ways of working, whether it's clean/dirty, single coil/humbuckers, whatever the case may be. It's impossible not to get pumped up about a great amp running hot. But I've found that there are as many different situations as there are guitar players, or days in the year. It's all an adventure.
@joshuagibson25205 ай бұрын
I was born in the late 70s. In the very early 90s I got into audio equipment before guitar. Even as good as some of that 90s gear sounded, you just couldn't replicate the warmth and timbre of the 1970s tube amps without some serious audio tools. Even today we can get close, but its not close enough. What you hit on about moving air, etc was spot on.
@JB_Eckl5 ай бұрын
I fell in love with Super Reverbs and the like, back in the day. Chasing that tone on rack units was kind of ridiculous, but I sure learned a lot about dialing in gear.
@blackie55665 ай бұрын
Yes, yes, yes, I second that. Thank you!!!!
@aonortac5 ай бұрын
Well put down JB... It's a long debate about which is better or worse and your approach is the one I follow too. I have 2 great tube amps (a Mesa LSS and a Magnatone Stereo Twilighter) as well as a Kemper Profiler and a Headrush MX5 modeler which I usually plug in to a Line 6 PowerCab frfr cab. Not counting my UAFX Dream 65, Woodrow 55 and lately acquired Lion which is btw the best Marshall Plexi emulation I've ever heard or played through... They all work well for me and inspire me to play my guitar. This counts more than anything else, period! We know each other from the Mesa Boogie users group on FB (praising the mighty LSS) and I've recently discovered your KZfaq channel. It's great, please keep it up. Regards to you and all the best!
@JB_Eckl5 ай бұрын
Yeah, I’m definitely like you. Haha. The only reason I’ve stayed away from those UA pedals is because I simply CAN’T keep getting more stuff! (Everyone seems to love the Lion. The demos are insane.) Yeah, the LSS… most underrated amp ever? The first time I plugged into one, I laughed out loud. The tone was just so great. My desert island amp. Thanks for checking this out!
@aonortac5 ай бұрын
@@JB_Eckl People see Mesa amps as high gain monsters (not that they aren’t) but they excel in clean to medium gain too… LSS is indeed underrated in terms of versatility. You can get so many tones for so many genres out of it that it can easily be a desert island amp. As for the Lion, go check it out 😂
@JB_Eckl5 ай бұрын
@aonortac The fame of Metallica and the rise of the Recto sound solidified Mesa as the ultra high gain brand in the ‘90s/00s. But like any runaway hit, it can give people the wrong idea. Mesa to me will always be the wood-and-wicker California ‘70s amp, for the guys who want to experiment with different sounds.
@Stewbert_725 ай бұрын
Oh my. Gorilla amp was my first amp cost me £59 in 1989. First guitar encore Strat ..:::it all set me back until I got my second guitar a Yamaha (so line 6 connection still here today with my helix)
@ChrisMartinsMusician5 ай бұрын
I agree 100% with everything you said. It must be a being from the 1900s thing. :D
@arnolddealiii42595 ай бұрын
👏👏👏well said!
@joshuagibson25205 ай бұрын
"unfiltered cigs on a cold winter day" lmao. Im also a dinosaur but I related to this so much.
@russlgtr5 ай бұрын
Amen
@TChingArts5 ай бұрын
Yes, such a good take on the ‘ debate’ , we are left with another burning question,… what was the set-up on the outro guitar tone?!, which was killer playing and tone by the way;)
@JB_Eckl5 ай бұрын
Thanks so much man. That was some loosey-goosey late night guitar. Haha. Tone setup was the same as the intro. The S500 is a warmer take on the Strat tone. Great pickups. And that amp just loves guitars; I didn’t even check the settings, just plugged in and hit record!
@ddreves41165 ай бұрын
I can finally stop having to explain ...I'll just send the skeptics here...thank you happy warrior
@JB_Eckl5 ай бұрын
Haha, nice… glad to be of service!
@RobCowie5 ай бұрын
All the 20th Century Jazz guys are like, "Hey...what about us?!?" 😉
@JB_Eckl5 ай бұрын
Let’s hear it for the 1900s!
@TChingArts5 ай бұрын
Related sidebar tone question, I know you have worked with Carlos Santana,… was it really an obscure solid state amp that he was playing through at Woodstock?
@JB_Eckl5 ай бұрын
I never asked, but everyone says it was one of the first Galien Kruger heads. It really makes no sense to me, because the tone was such a glaring example of ‘pushed tube amp.’ And there were no good overdrive pedals yet, unless he had something custom, or a fuzz dialed way down. The narrative just doesn’t add up! Who the heck knows.
@beans1004 ай бұрын
🎵🎵🎵 🖤❤
@sometimelater5 ай бұрын
Digital modelers will go down with the speak and spell. Disgraceful.
@castleanthrax18335 ай бұрын
No, they won't. I love tube amps, too, but digital modellers are the future. Get on board, or you'll go the way of the dinosaurs.
@JB_Eckl5 ай бұрын
I’ve made way more records with Helix than Speak & Spell, but none of them were as successful as ‘E.T.’ so Speak & Spell wins!
@sometimelater5 ай бұрын
It's not even a conversation. Working at the highest level, I can't even name a single associate or client who owns a digital amplifier. Zero interest from real people for obvious reasons. Digital amps are for bedroom warriors, nothing sounds worse than a digital guitar amp, not even an option in the real world. "Records" hahahaha
@castleanthrax18335 ай бұрын
@@sometimelater Don't take this as an endorsement of the band or that I like them, but Metallica have started using Fractal Audio Axe FX units because of their consistency... so that puts paid to your "digital amps are for bedroom warriors" argument.
@JB_Eckl5 ай бұрын
@castleanthrax1833 Yes. It’s in the video too. I was surprised to hear it honestly, but at this point those guys are way more concerned with putting on a smooth, high quality show than being attached to any particular way of doing it.
@deadscenedotcom5 ай бұрын
Dude... one of the best videos I've watched on ye olde KZfaq! I'm here for the funnies. I'm here for the soul. I'm here for the inspiration. And I'm here for the joy!