Modeling thingys

[kingfelix]

Hi all - am new to this forum but it looks pretty active which is good.

I've always played tube amps and recorded in studios (rock in turn up loud no problem)

Recently I purchased an AW16G for home use and recording my band.

I play a '73 Tele custom thru a Peavy Classic 50 and mic it using an SM57 and use a cheap Behringer valve preamp into the Aw16G. So far this has given ok results (am just learing all about mic placement for my amps sweet spot). Any advice on getting better results would be great.

My "real" question is , I take the AW16G home after recording the band in the studio and , during the week want to add some stuff.

Where I live doesn't allow for me to mic the amp at home so , I began to look at modeling style thingys. As I said above I've always used a really simple set up amp guitar , hardly and pedals (EQ for boost for leads) and so know nothing of these things. (People in the shops are pretty hopeless as they wanna sell you stuff obviously).

I've now tried the POD, Behringer and even a Line 6 spider amp.(which I really didn't enjoy !) I've found that these are ok for clean or really "modern" distortion but not for that slightly (to medium) overdriven valve sound.

I've seen of previous threads that people are mentioning the Sansamp. Is this any good for that "brown" sound ? Can I plug it straight into the AW16G and get good results. (I realise ideally a mic in front of a valve amp pusing air is great but not always possible).

Also I know Vox have a tube based simulator out but I think it is pricey and I can't find one stocked in Sydney to try.

Any ideas on the best sorta thing I can buy (I don't mind spending the money for something I can use well).

Thanks

 

[DC-XPL]

I too prefer that slightly overdriven crunch tone that's so hard to obtain with these modelling devices. That said, I have been quite pleased with the Behringer V-Amp2. It does cleaner textures better than POD and company (IMHO). It does not 'feel' like a real amp, but it you can get past it, it gives very useable results. Many times I've preferred the sound of the V-Amp over my mic'd '50's tweed amp. Musician's Friend was blowing them out for $99.00 recently.

 

[apl]

Hey, kingfelix.

I used a RP50 Modeling Guitar Processor for the songs here. There are four different songs, probably eight different patches. The RP50 has cabinet voicing, a kickin' tuner, and it's only $60.

There are some patches available in the user forums at their website.