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Not sure what you mean. When I used an amp and pedals, I didn't have to supply a mic and a monitor. I left the miking to the venue and preferred not to have my guitar in my monitor anyway. With my current rig, I bring my own dedicated monitor (QSC K10) and plug my modeler directly into it. A lot more time than I did with my old discrete pedals. As I mentioned, the modeler gives me more choices, more FX and parameters to tweak. It also lets me practice through headphones late at night, so I have a bit more time to play, which inevitably leads to more time messing with settings. But at rehearsals and gigs, since I have everything set up as patches I don't have to bend down and twiddle knobs from song to song like I used to. My RP355 has 32 amp sims, 18 cabs, and 74 FX. That's more variety than I will ever use. And for my particular playing situation (Pink Floyd tribute), it gets me much closer to the tones I'm aiming for than my old very well-stocked pedalboard (Retro-Sonic, D*A*M, Hartman, Skreddy, Voodoo Lab, etc.) and Bruno CT45. I can't fit a Hiwatt stack, a rotating speaker cab, an EMT 240 plate reverb and a pedalboard with a Dyna-Comp, Phase 90, Big Muff, Univibe, Electric Mistress, and 3 different delays into the trunk of a taxi. But the RP355 emulates each one of those things, and even though it doesn't 100% nail them, it gets close enough that the net effect is much better than what I used to get with my old rig.

My modeler gives me a ton more options than my old amp and pedals rig, so in that sense more choice has created more complexity. But my physical rig is simpler, lighter and more compact than it used to be: guitar->tuner->modeler->monitor vs. guitar->tuner->compressor->phaser->fuzz->OD->flanger->tremolo->volume pedal->delay->reverb->amp

I saw Psy in concert a few years ago when I was visiting my parents in Seoul. There was always more substance to his music than what you typically see in K-pop, but never in a million years would I have guessed he would get this big. BTW, there's more to the song if you want to read more into it: Gangnam Style, Dissected: The Subversive Message Within South Korea's Music Video Sensation.

Oh man, chills just reading that. Get well soon, Bill.

I was actually more making a reference to our ever-shortening collective cultural memory, but mortality works just as well.

No one will remember anyone in 50 years.

Sucks being born in '71. I guess there are some great Teles from that year.

The issue was intonation.

So awesome! Any in-progress pics?

Larry Goldings's comping and walking bass lines always blow my mind: Richard Wright created some of the most beautiful moments in rock:

Tastefully done. But I knew that even before I clicked the link, lol.

Thanks, man! I haven't tackled Sorrow yet, but there are a bunch of Floyd patches in that "Various" thread I posted: direct link to the patches direct link to a demo of those patches Some of those could use a bit more work, but time is limited these days.

Interesting but incoherent. Write a hit song to get more political/economic clout, and then you can fight against piracy?

I'm just impressed that MCChris follows Aimee Mann's tweets.

Sure, they're in a bunch of threads I posted over at TGP: Various Gilmour/Final Cut Beck Neil Young clean and AC/DC

Just got back from a week in Cape Cod. Had a blast. My advice on this topic is for your friend to take his favorite axe and best pair of headphones to his local store and try out as many units as he can. Everyone hears and experiences these things differently. I agree that if money is no object, there's not much question that the AxeFX II is king of the hill. Below that, IMHO, it's pretty subjective. I won't repost all my previous DigiTech demos, but here's a cover I just attempted last night using my RP355 at the request of someone over on TGP: http://soundcloud.co...-where-were-you

Love that color!

That is wild, another great story!

That is a happy story, congratulations!

Pigs.

Things I think really do make a difference: 1) Whether an electric guitar sustains unplugged. 2) Tuners 3) Wood type and quality in terms of ash vs. alder, maple vs. rosewood, new vs. old/sinker/recovered 4) Neck stiffness in terms of truss rod type, whether and how much the truss is under tension, neck grain orientation, 1-piece vs. laminated 5) 2- vs. 6-post trem I'm sure there's more, but those were off the top of my head.

My continued condolences. As a father, I don't even want to contemplate what it would be like.

I'm all for whatever solution doesn't involve destroying a guitar that someone might enjoy playing.

Wow, what a toxic human being.

Wow, agreed, sounds tight and got my blood pumping! You really nail those high As!