Members NHLfan2010 Posted July 10, 2010 Members Share Posted July 10, 2010 I practiced with someone the other day who ran his Boss GT-10 into an EV powered monitor. Anyone else do this? What would be the pros and cons? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members *BLEEP* Posted July 10, 2010 Members Share Posted July 10, 2010 It's done all the time by people playing live with compact stage setups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nicholai Posted July 10, 2010 Members Share Posted July 10, 2010 I have a 1950s Bogen PA, hand wired tube, and I run straight into that with all of my guitars. I don't use a modeler, instead I have a combination of effects to get where I need to be very cleanly. I use a six band EQ, a lexicon reverb unit, some EHX tube pedals, etc. I've been doing a lot of amp shopping and it's going to be very expensive to reproduce the sound I like it seems like since my PA broke down this week. An AC 15 would probably be at the top of my list I had the cash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ashasha Posted July 10, 2010 Members Share Posted July 10, 2010 Take a trip over here and you'll come across an entire community that does it with the Axe-FX. There are various methods to it and Fractal even has the Atomic line of amps that are designed for the Axe-FX specifically, but it's an FRFR type setup for the most part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pixelchemist Posted July 10, 2010 Members Share Posted July 10, 2010 that's the only way i use my GT10... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lex.Luthier Posted July 10, 2010 Members Share Posted July 10, 2010 Yup, Axe-FX Ultra into a DB Technologies Opera 412 floor wedge. Pros: Complete solid state setup, no maintenance required. Sounds amazing, way better than it did with my Mesa 2x12. Speakers are angled towards me as opposed to pointing to my feet, this makes a huge difference. A lot lighter than my Mesa Boogie 2x12. Can also plug my bass and acoustics into it. Cons: Doesn't look as cool as my Mesa 2x12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members smorgdonkey Posted July 10, 2010 Members Share Posted July 10, 2010 It's very common (as some people are saying). The key thing is to ensure that you have the output section configured to the proper setting...amp, PA, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 9-Pin-Phoenix Posted July 10, 2010 Members Share Posted July 10, 2010 I run my Axe-FX this way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NHLfan2010 Posted July 10, 2010 Author Members Share Posted July 10, 2010 Take a trip over here and you'll come across an entire community that does it with the Axe-FX. There are various methods to it and Fractal even has the Atomic line of amps that are designed for the Axe-FX specifically, but it's an FRFR type setup for the most part. Wow, thats expensive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Radar-Love Posted July 10, 2010 Members Share Posted July 10, 2010 The Tech21 Power Engine series guitar amps are designed just for modelers and emulators. They sound much better than plugging into a typical floor monitor setup or small PA due to the fact the speaker is specially voiced just for modelers and emulators. The result is real guitar amp sound with a fairly light powered enclosure. Price is very reasonable for these and they are built well. Versions available are 60 and 120 watts. They've been around for a while, so this is a time-tested design. All the controls are what you see on the back of the chassis.http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/product/Tech-21-Power-Engine-60?sku=600454 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ashasha Posted July 10, 2010 Members Share Posted July 10, 2010 Wow, thats expensive! I thought so too until I broke it down. I won't get into a frickin 12000 word essay because I am long winded as hell, but if you take a look at everything that you get inside of that little box and compare it to what you get from other companies and add the fact that there are new models and effects being added every couple of months it's extremely cheap. Take a look here and see exactly what you are getting with the Axe-FX. You would spend the same amount of money on ONE of those amps and maybe an effects pedal or two. And you get 55 amps, a ton of cabinets (and you can add your own with custom IR's), a boatload of effects and you can program up to 384 presets configured how you want and control it all from a single pedal board and some exression pedals. You can also download other people's presets pretty easily. So this is going longer than I planned... But the last thing and probably biggest deciding factor for me was that while other companies sell a product and it may be pretty good there are almost always bugs in them these days. They usually invest some time trying to get patches out the first year, but more often than not all of the R&D money is invested in next year's product. I've bought more crap that never worked as well as advertised because they just pulled the plug on it and that's unacceptable. I refuse to buy another complete box that may or may not work right. The Axe-FX is a proven product, has first rate components and they aren't building an Axe-FX II; this is it and all development and support goes into the Axe-FX. It's been around long enough to where I can't find a bug in it. It's the single best investment I've ever made in terms of gear. That doesn't mean that it's for everyone though. It makes me smile when I play it and that's all I can ask for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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