Interesting Mustaine Article:

smitty_p said:
Yup.

I don't use a Neural, but I do use a processor.

So, I can appreciate his position.

If I had to go back to using a physical amplifier and pedal board, it would feel like a real handicap.
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I posted this with you in mind actually.

I certainly don't feel handicapped with a real amp. There is a percussive effect i get at a certain volume level where you can feel a "wash" coming off the speakers, whether it be air or sound, but it moves the fabric of my pantsleg visibly.

You will only, ever get this at really high volume and resonance levels and its a "zone" that i shoot for in my (rhythm) playing, so its not a "tone" or a "setting" really, but it seems to come into effect only when the midrange is boosted, and high bass frequency boost is added.

It sounds like two guitars playing at once - a heavy bottom combined with a searing midrange - like two chainsaws running in harmony. You can definitelyfeel the tone.

The main compliment i get is that my guitar can be felt in the audience. At soundcheck, if i can see the beer in a person's glass vibrating like the scene in Jurassic Park, i know that I'm in the zone.

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Inspector #20 said:
You should study Nita Strauss's live rig. Its just a board. I saw it up close and in person at Fontana Raceway February 2022 during pur performances there.
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Yeah, from what I understand, she uses a Boss GT-1000 run straight to the mix.

Sounds like a winner to me.

John McFee, of the Doobie Brothers, uses a Helix on stage as well as in the studio. He even uses a Line6 Variax guitar. Personally, I'd be fine with the Variax too, but there is no wireless system for it.
 
smitty_p said:
Yeah, from what I understand, she uses a Boss GT-1000 run straight to the mix.

Sounds like a winner to me.

John McFee, of the Doobie Brothers, uses a Helix on stage as well as in the studio. He even uses a Line6 Variax guitar. Personally, I'd be fine with the Variax too, but there is no wireless system for it.
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Sometimes i use an Audio Technica Wireless System. Its a nice setup. Works well.

Of course, i am no longer playing music for a living nowadays, but i always used an amp and probably always will.

Its simple. It works. I understand the system.

The only exception is when recording, i generally use Guitar Rig 6.
 
Inspector #20 said:
Sometimes i use an Audio Technica Wireless System.
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The eight-pin Variax output won't work with a general wireless system. It is a bi-directional communications architecture between the guitar and the Helix. Line 6 makes no wireless system that is compatible with it. A Variax does have a standard output, as well. But, the Variax output is a special thing. The connector is an RJ-45, similar to a network cable, but it is not network.
 
Inspector #20 said:
I posted this with you in mind actually.

I certainly don't feel handicapped with a real amp. There is a percussive effect i get at a certain volume level where you can feel a "wash" coming off the speakers, whether it be air or sound, but it moves the fabric of my pantsleg visibly.

You will only, ever get this at really high volume and resonance levels and its a "zone" that i shoot for in my (rhythm) playing, so its not a "tone" or a "setting" really, but it seems to come into effect only when the midrange is boosted, and high bass frequency boost is added.

It sounds like two guitars playing at once - a heavy bottom combined with a searing midrange - like two chainsaws running in harmony. You can definitelyfeel the tone.

The main compliment i get is that my guitar can be felt in the audience. At soundcheck, if i can see the beer in a person's glass vibrating like the scene in Jurassic Park, i know that I'm in the zone.

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I am more of a blues/rock guy but sometimes like to split the signal into Quilter which is a dual amp in one and use say a Fender and a Marshall style at the same time.
 
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