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chamelious
www.thesunexplodes.com
Thinkin i gonna get me one of these bad boys, heard the distorto tones in it are quite good, anyone have any opinions or even better sounds???
JazzMang
He's Junktastic!
The different timbres and tones you can get out of this unit are fair, but in the end, I find almost all distortion thats added on sounds fatiguing and cheap. The cleaner tones can be quite useful tho. i have owned the v-amp 2 (same processor) since its release and have gotten quite disgusted by it.
The lack of realistic and 'round' tone (that you would find in a real tube amp) is disappointing.
YMMV...
The lack of realistic and 'round' tone (that you would find in a real tube amp) is disappointing.
YMMV...
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chamelious
www.thesunexplodes.com
Well im not really that concerned that it doesn't sound like a real tube amp because it costs a tenth of what they do for a start. Untill i have quite a lot more experience and a lot more gear in other areas im not interested in the extra quality a tube amp could offer me.
The pod seems to be much more expensive, and according to most does its job worse than the V-Amp. The worlds strange...
The pod seems to be much more expensive, and according to most does its job worse than the V-Amp. The worlds strange...
amra
Well-known member
What kind of music do you play? I have some recordings that I can send you a link to. I think the V-AMP really kicks ass at really high gain tones, and is pretty good at cleans - compared to other modelers.
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robin watson
New member
I sold mine the other day without any regrets. It's not the total piece crap that some make it out to be, but considering the many amp simulations it has, I found it very hard to find anything that came close to what I wanted to hear in my mixes.
The EQ is a serious flaw, and perhaps the main reason I had a hard time with it; it's just not effective in carving out a tone, and even using the mixer's EQ while tracking, I never really got near what I wanted to hear. The tuner goes wayward from time to time. Clean tones on the other hand weren't bad - some really quite nice glassy modern tones can be had.
The JD10 (Morley) preamp I use for overdrive is much better sounding with a useful EQ. I've got all the reverbs and effects in outboard gear connected to the mixer anyway, so with the exception of tremolo, I'm covered in the effects dept.
I'd say, for getting ideas started it's a useful tool, but not for any serious recording projects.
The EQ is a serious flaw, and perhaps the main reason I had a hard time with it; it's just not effective in carving out a tone, and even using the mixer's EQ while tracking, I never really got near what I wanted to hear. The tuner goes wayward from time to time. Clean tones on the other hand weren't bad - some really quite nice glassy modern tones can be had.
The JD10 (Morley) preamp I use for overdrive is much better sounding with a useful EQ. I've got all the reverbs and effects in outboard gear connected to the mixer anyway, so with the exception of tremolo, I'm covered in the effects dept.
I'd say, for getting ideas started it's a useful tool, but not for any serious recording projects.
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chamelious
www.thesunexplodes.com
Well yeah i guess high gain is the most common thing i'll be doing but pretty much everything. I have a valvestate i can use for some stuff but the high gain on it is useless. The link would be much appreciated! I'm not seeing it as a be all and end all solution to recording guitar, just hopefully a quick and easy way to get workable tones without messing about with mics or using the pre's in my 4 track etc.
metalhead28
Hates Raymond
I have one that I use for writing and scratch tracks. As long as your expectations are not too high and you just want some decent and usable sounds, you won't be disappointed.