Solid state/digital roll call

it's me HHB said:
Oh shit, I forgot to add my new Tech21 flyrig 5, I actually used it on a fly in date to great effect
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Not tube or digital, but still analog. Like what Brooks said, Bill, tell us more. I'm looking forward to getting my FlyRig5 Brit in December!

 
Most of my gigs are acoustic, so it's either a Taylor 416ce or T5 (strung w/acoustic strings) into a TC Play Acoustic and out to a Bose L1 Model II.

Electric-wise, I had a Boss GT-100 until about a year & half ago when I got caught up in all the web wankery surrounding analog pedals and how much better they sound.  Sold the Boss and built up a decent pedalboard for use with my Fender HRD III.  Yes, it sounds good, but I rarely get the opportunity to turn it up to performance level and, frankly, it's a pain in the ass to record.  So, I went out a few months back and bought another GT-100.  It's 1/3 the price of a Helix or Kemper, sounds fine for what I use it for, and is easy to program/tweak.  

I don't need IR models of a hundred amps and a thousand pedals -- Just a solid clean sound for Strat and jazz box, good delays/reverbs/trem, a little dirt and occasional slow gear & rotary.  This board has all that and lots of other gizmos I'll never use.  Easy plug & play recording, and I can either go FOH or into an amp depending on situation for my once a year electric gig...

 
Its really just a great amp sim w delay verb and plexi pedal w boost. I really dont use the plexi at all but I use the boost as an all on feature. When playing clean the output is on the low side so the boost is nice. It sounds like a deluxe reverb the way I set it. I should just do a video

Ok I just did a very short vid on clean only. Can do a dirty tomorrow. Ill put vid in new post

 
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I have both ends of the spectrum, Budda Superdrive 18 combo, Vox Valvetronix combo and a stereo AxeFxII rig with 2x12. Like Bill I'll play through anything as long as I'm playing. Given the choice, the Axe gets played 99% of the time. Haven't had good luck at all with the Line6 stuff but I've heard others that sounded great with it. Just like anything else, some people can make anything sound great. Bill I'd love to hear some clips from your Fly rig. I've heard some demos from Kotzen but he makes anything sound great, hell for that matter your probably one of those guys too.

 
I've got various amps. But at home I use a Blackstar HT5 into a 1x12. But into a 4x12 it's a different amp! I've got a Grainger amp and cab(rebadged Epiphone). But I love my Hughes and Kettner Matrix 100 combo into a 4x12. It's got 4 channels and sounds great. I'm mulling over getting a Switchblade as it's almost the valve version of the Matrix. I picked a Boss ME 70 up for £35 this year that was broken. I fixed it for £9. Bargain. I've also got a Tom Sholtz Rockman which is great too. 

 
I grew weary of buying pedals, arranging them, and in those days, getting my dad to help me build a pedal board to house them.  When I first came across something that had multiple effects AND did amp simulation, I jumped on it.  And I've gotten bunches of these over the years.  Zoom, Boss, Line6, Tech21.  The Boss stuff I think I like the feel of the best, for me.  The Tech21 Flyrig stuff though, can't be beat for price/size/performance factor.  And the fact it's just knobs.  It's as simple as it gets.  I can't wait to hear the new Flyrig models.  My only complaint with Flyrig is noise if you add a lot of gain.  A one knob noise reduction/gate would be awesome.  But, I'm nitpicking.  

 
If it's not a tone/sound I can get out of an amp just using the controls, I'll probably go digital. Just so much easier than lugging around a ton of pedals to get the desired sound. I would still probably run it through a tube amp though.

 
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