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Watched this last night. He rambles a good bit, but the overall takeaway I got mirrored what @scottcald was just saying: most users gravitate toward a very few amp simulation settings with a few pedal sounds and they're set. For this reason people seem to be opting for the less expensive systems because they can provide that as well as do the $2,000 systems. I've yet to take the plunge due to paralysis by analysis, but so far, my $100 Tech21 Screaming Blonde is completely sufficient. As we get to sub-$1,000 options I could be tempted to grab something just to simplify even more.

^^^ What they said X2!

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My experience with modelers and similar devices is purely as a headphone demo rig for trade shows and pedal demo events we exhibit at around the country. If Im at home, working on pedal designs, playing in a band, etc... Im always going to be using a 'real' amp into a cab at high volume. For me the thing that has finally come around to being close to playing a real amp is the right hand feel of some devices. We used a Strymon Iridium and a Two Notes Cab M as headphone solutions for a long time but neither really felt very good while playing. There isn't a ton of dynamic range in a 5V DSP system and I think the way a lot of devices manage it is to just shelve a ton of signal level before the A/D conversion and then the device feels lifeless. The Neural DSP Nano is what we use now and we moved over to it after playing one and seeing that it really felt like playing a real amp. Demoing stuff in headphones in a room full of people is already weird but I think the Nano does a really nice job of feeling as natural as possible and removing that weird feel friction from the experience.

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Beauty.

I've used a lot of amp sim/modeling units over the years starting back with the Zoom 3030, Boss GT-10, GT-100, GT-1000, Atomic Amplifire, Helix/HX, Fractal, Tonex One and Headrush Core. You can really get good sounds from anything these days. I feel like the NAM stuff is the newest/latest/greatest fad that the social media folk are hyping. A few years back, IRs were the magic elixir and then only certain ones from certain companies or using your own. Now it's NAM captures and in another year or so, it'll be something else that's the pixie dust for modelers. Most folks use 1 to 3 basic live sounds with effects on top of those sounds, so it really shouldn't be difficult to get a good tone with anything that's out.

Jay Rawks.

That is amazing - truly. Thank dog I’ve got an unreasonable aversion to 1st fret markers that aren’t straight LPC style blocks or I’d legitimately e losing sleep over this one!!

Always great to see folks here face to face. Scott's good people. : )

Well done.

Thanks to the great Veatch for an awesome convo when he picked up the ADA cabs! Still lots of groovy stuff to snag...

Hamer Newport Pro Color: Vintage Natural Condition: Like new - Comes with like-new original Hamer Newport Pro case Here's the specs: Color: Vintage Natural Top: Spruce Fingerboard: Rosewood Scale: 24.750" Frets: twenty-two medium oval (.100" x .050") Pickups: Seymour Duncan Seth Lover Tuners: Grover Bridge/Tailpiece: TonePros There are no scratches, dings, wear, Hameritus, or anything. It is, without a doubt, the cleanest, like-new Hamer I've ever owned. It sound killer - chords ring out. Price is $2,600 Shipped.

Yeah, I was just trying to throw some names out there, but honestly I haven't been impressed with ANY music stores in the last 10 years, sans internet shops... and as much as I love and want to support brick and mortar, mom and pop shops, I'm pretty selective in the guitars I'm looking for, that's why I belong to these groups better tailored towards my interest... and when I travel, I seek out food and nature spots...

Man, I was drooling at this one - that color is fantastic! I had to take a look at mine (albeit Crown fret markers) with a quilt top. Now I don’t feel as bad having missed the one posted.

That was a fun one.

Will purchase if still available. PM incoming.

Zimm's and The Music Store...meh. I like Dave's idea. Go visit the MIM. It's fantastic - major collections of instruments with audio examples as you walk around in your wireless headphones. Maybe even see a show there. The concert hall is nice. Good food options out that way. Perhaps we should arrange an impromptu AZ HFC beer/meetup? Dave and I probably live ten minutes apart and have never met. I'm not sure I'd want to meet me though.

Also the Music Store is just a couple of miles away from Zimms... there's also Guitar Center not too far from there... https://maps.app.goo.gl/bQLErBbGg52pZWXH9?g_st=ac

I need a towel. For the drool! I swear!