It’s Official! I’m Ampless!

dmatthews said:
Yup, the two upgrade offers bring it "close" to a Stage. A used Stage would be tempting at that point...
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Wholeheartedly agreed. The Kemper, the Kemper controller, and an expression pedal make for a crazy cool rig…just choose a method of monitoring. I love it through my studio monitors, but it’s pretty darned cool through a powered PA speaker (or frfr, I would imagine).
 
Thatbastarddon said:
Wholeheartedly agreed. The Kemper, the Kemper controller, and an expression pedal make for a crazy cool rig…just choose a method of monitoring. I love it through my studio monitors, but it’s pretty darned cool through a powered PA speaker (or frfr, I would imagine).
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Absolutely. I can do small gigs of 100 people or so with just the Kabinet 1x12. For anything bigger I go to FOH and use the Kabinet just for monitor support.
 
ninjaking67 said:
Yup! It’s official.

As of yesterday afternoon, i no longer have any guitar amps! Now relying solely on my HeadRush Gigboard and FRFR powered cabinets.

My last amp went out the door in a trade for an Eastman SB59 LP-type guitar. It was a Ceriatone 2202 hand-wired JCM800 clone with custom head enclosure and matching 1x12 cab. It was great but it sat in my basement unused.
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That's OK, I no longer have brains or a country to live in.

There's things a tube amp will do that no effects or modeling amp will duplicate.
Such as harmonic sustain...overtones.
They can't duplicate that with any digital anything.
Besides I don't like the sound of transistors.
 
Great idea...

You guys should all get into the new digital stuff and I will humbly accept all your old tube amps.

I could build a museum for them in my garage. . .

Worthless old technology is my jam.

I'll stack em next to my wall of cassette tapes.

Pm me for my address.... I'm only here to help.
 
Headache said:
Great idea...

You guys should all get into the new digital stuff and I will humbly accept all your old tube amps.

I could build a museum for them in my garage. . .

Worthless old technology is my jam.

I'll stack em next to my wall of cassette tapes.

Pm me for my address.... I'm only here to help.
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There is a certain irony with all the digital stuff, isn't there?

I mean, I love it. I gig with it. I get compliments on the sounds I create with it.

But, ultimately, it's modelling something else.

I've built many patches in my Helix and every single one is utilizing some amp model, whether a JCM800, a Plexi, a Fender Bassman, a Vox AC30, et cetera, et cetera, and even more et cetera. You get the point. My Helix has no sound of its own; it is modelling some other sound.

But, if you have a band and the only sound you need is that JCM800, for example, and it works for you to place that puppy on stage...then go for it. There is little reason in such a situation to go the route that I have gone. I have reasons for doing things the way I do, but it is by no means the only way to do it.
 
smitty_p said:
There is a certain irony with all the digital stuff, isn't there?

I mean, I love it. I gig with it. I get compliments on the sounds I create with it.

But, ultimately, it's modelling something else.

I've built many patches in my Helix and every single one is utilizing some amp model, whether a JCM800, a Plexi, a Fender Bassman, a Vox AC30, et cetera, et cetera, and even more et cetera. You get the point. My Helix has no sound of its own; it is modelling some other sound.

But, if you have a band and the only sound you need is that JCM800, for example, and it works for you to place that puppy on stage...then go for it. There is little reason in such a situation to go the route that I have gone. I have reasons for doing things the way I do, but it is by no means the only way to do it.
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It's a great time to be a guitarist. So many valid choices...
 
smitty_p said:
There is a certain irony with all the digital stuff, isn't there?

I mean, I love it. I gig with it. I get compliments on the sounds I create with it.

But, ultimately, it's modelling something else.

I've built many patches in my Helix and every single one is utilizing some amp model, whether a JCM800, a Plexi, a Fender Bassman, a Vox AC30, et cetera, et cetera, and even more et cetera. You get the point. My Helix has no sound of its own; it is modelling some other sound.

But, if you have a band and the only sound you need is that JCM800, for example, and it works for you to place that puppy on stage...then go for it. There is little reason in such a situation to go the route that I have gone. I have reasons for doing things the way I do, but it is by no means the only way to do it.
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Actually there are a few extreme amps in there by line 6, one is some Marshall variant but a couple are their own and the Cartogropher amp just got a special cab.
 
ibmorjamn said:
smitty_p said:
There is a certain irony with all the digital stuff, isn't there?

I mean, I love it. I gig with it. I get compliments on the sounds I create with it.

But, ultimately, it's modelling something else.

I've built many patches in my Helix and every single one is utilizing some amp model, whether a JCM800, a Plexi, a Fender Bassman, a Vox AC30, et cetera, et cetera, and even more et cetera. You get the point. My Helix has no sound of its own; it is modelling some other sound.

But, if you have a band and the only sound you need is that JCM800, for example, and it works for you to place that puppy on stage...then go for it. There is little reason in such a situation to go the route that I have gone. I have reasons for doing things the way I do, but it is by no means the only way to do it.
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I had to go dig this up but in addition to many brutal amps there is a super nice clean amp all line 6, Badonkulous

Amp Model List

Line 6 Helix Models | Helix Help

This is the most comprehensive list of models and blocks that you can find for every amp, cab, distortion, modulation, pitch, and other effects found on the Line 6 Helix, Helix Rack, Helix LT, HX Stomp, HX Stomp XL, HX Effects, and Helix Native.
helixhelp.com
Scroll down until you get to line 6 amps.
 
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ninjaking67 said:
Yup! It’s official.

As of yesterday afternoon, i no longer have any guitar amps! Now relying solely on my HeadRush Gigboard and FRFR powered cabinets.

My last amp went out the door in a trade for an Eastman SB59 LP-type guitar. It was a Ceriatone 2202 hand-wired JCM800 clone with custom head enclosure and matching 1x12 cab. It was great but it sat in my basement unused.
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You know ninjaking67, the no amp thing I could do. I definitely need to thin the heard a bit.
 
smitty_p said:
There is a certain irony with all the digital stuff, isn't there?

I mean, I love it. I gig with it. I get compliments on the sounds I create with it.

But, ultimately, it's modelling something else.

I've built many patches in my Helix and every single one is utilizing some amp model, whether a JCM800, a Plexi, a Fender Bassman, a Vox AC30, et cetera, et cetera, and even more et cetera. You get the point. My Helix has no sound of its own; it is modelling some other sound.

But, if you have a band and the only sound you need is that JCM800, for example, and it works for you to place that puppy on stage...then go for it. There is little reason in such a situation to go the route that I have gone. I have reasons for doing things the way I do, but it is by no means the only way to do it.
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One of the things I like about the BluGuitar Amp1 is it is not trying to model anything, it has it's own tones that are just killer yet it can be set to sound extremely close to a single channel 800 with an up front boost.
As long as things sound good to me on that particular day I don't need it to sound like anything else.
 
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