DG Stomp for Live and Recording?

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I am currently in the route to purchase either a DG Stomp, J-Station, or POD. All research that I've done has led me to believe that the DG Stomp will be my choice. I currently own a 212 Peavey solid state amp that I really don't care for the tone. Will this Yamaha perform in live applications as well as in the studio? Is this my best choice of the three for both?


Any feedback would be great.

Thank you for your time.

Tyler
 
Both the Pod and J-Station are made for use in the studio, either as a direct recording device or as an input to a power amp. POD does make a rack mounted version with foot pedal for stage use but you pay a little more. You can also buy a footswitch controller for the J-station but IMHO that really doesn't make it stage worthy; it's still a fragile little piece of plastic that you constantly worry about stepping on.

The DG stomp sure looks like it's stage ready, I don't know if it's designed for direct recording but even if it isn't you could run it into an amp and mike it (always my preference).

The only question left is which one has the tone. This is an incredibly subjective topic and lots of advertizing dollars have been spent to insure that you will choose one product over the other.

If at all possible, take your amp to a store and try all three units. If you can't do that, buy from someone who will let you return the unit if you don't like it.
 
Would I bypass my amp and just use the speakers? Or would I just plug it into the input? Sorry if this seems like aq stupid question.


Thank you though for your response!


Tyler
 
It's cool, I learned the same way you are, by asking questions.

These boxes are really nothing more than stand alone pre-amps so you shouldn't plug them into a guitar amplifier's front panel input. If you did that you would have two pre-amps in series and the effect is usually not very pleasant.

Most guitar amplifiers have "pre-amp out" and "power amp in" on the back, this is sometimes called an effects loop. Connect your DG stomp box output to the "power amp in". This bypasses the pre-amp in the guitar amplifer. Now the guitar amplifier power amp will amplify the signal and drive your speakers.
 
It has a coaxial digital out, so it does direct recording. and it will not fall off the table every time you play with it.
 
If you're looking for stage worthy and recordable, check out the Tech21 Tri-AC. It doesn't do effects, but it kicks butt in the tone dept. both live and recorded. It gives you 3 channels with independent controls for each. The Peavey 212 is an excellent platform for Tech21/Sansamp products.
 
Thanks!!

I'll check out the tech 21! I'm kinda budgeting so I hope it's not to bad. My main deal is I don't want to spend the money for a good tube amp yet. So I wanna try and make do for now with modeling. When we've recorded before I've used a tube amp and an SM57 with great results. I just need something easy. I normally play acoustic but I love thick distortion. I worry that without the real deal my sound will be artificial and weak.

You all have been a great help! Thanks for not making me feel like a dumbass. (note: this is not sarcasim) (speaking of dumbass did I spell sarcasim right?)


Tyler
 
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