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Essential Gear for any guitarist
I use it 99% of the time because it's just so versatile and comprehensive
Hard to find a good one, but grab it if you do
Found a traded in, well abused, black studio Les Paul. The body and neck were true, but it needed work. First I burned the paint off the body and refinished the bare wood with Tung Oil - beautiful. Next I re-levelled and re-dressed the frets. Then, I rewired it, put in CTS pots and a new switch, TonePros locking bridge, Tusq Nut, high ratio tuners, and Suhr Doug Aldridge Pickups. It's a rescue guitar that plays like butter and screams like a banshee.
Got tube amps? You need this
Tried a few boost pedals. This is the one you need. Freq switch set to the left, boost on 9 O'clock. Done.
Essential
I have three of these (European 230v model) in my studio racks. Absolutely essential. Provides isolation against ground loops and protection against power spikes, which happen frequently here in Thailand.
Love it
sounds like an angry fender amp. Sounds great from clean to crunchy. Great in the studio. I use it with Chinese-Greenback loaded closed 2x12, and with a '69 Marshall basketweave 4x12.
Love this amp
Not suitable for channel switching but in the studio you can pull some awesome British rock sounds
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I really dig this one as it goes a little beyond the other Marshall 18 watt copies with an EF86, you're lucky to own two 65's, goddamn they are pricey
Great in the studio, but killer live
Love the voicings of this amp. Clean channel is like a fender clean. Channel 3 is so heavy. Channel 2 is the one I love the most. Use a clean boost in front of the amp (koko boost!). Great crunch that just sings when you boost it.
Only if I have to
Sometimes you are forced to work with Pro Tools. I find those times to be frustrating.
Version: Avid Pro Tools 11
No brainer. Get one
Plug in a Jazz Bass. Dial up how much dirt you want on it. dial up the fatness, stop before it starts to bloom. Adjust treble to add or remove pick/finger noise. Play. Done. So easy.
Best way to reamp guitars and capture dry guitar stems
Had this for years. I see a lot of guys using DI boxes, but this Michael Wagener MW1 Studio Tool by Creation Audio Labs has all the features you'll need and more. The variable boost out will act like a clean boost in front of your amp - great for extra drive or just for compensating for a long cable run into the tracking room. The variable Z control on the input will help you capture optimal signal, or even thin it out for effect if that's what you want. Love it!
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Great studio tool
99% of the time I use the Axe-FX. Just to put some context on that, I have 11 tube amplifiers in the studio... from a '69 Superlead, CAA-PT-100, a collection of Dr Z and 65 Amps boutique amps, and some Mesa Boogie amps that I've modded myself. The Fractal is just so convenient and convincing.
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finally someone with a real superlead reviews the Fractal! thanks man. I am reall picky about 4 holer sounds having owned, toured and recorded with a number of them, all with their own special flavors and I just never hear anything but a well made clone copping any of those sounds convincingly, but I never see a Fractal in person around here to try one.... do you use the cab impulses or run it into a power amp driving a cab?
Hi Jim. Well, I never use the Axe-FX live - I prefer to drag a head and cab. In my studio, however, the Axe-FX II gets me 99% of the way there in just seconds. I'm using TAF and OwnHammer IRs straight to the DAW (usually SPDIF).
Okay to begin with, but beware the bass port...
I recall buying these and being initially excited. I picked them over several other mid-price monitors a blind review. They seemed to suit the music I most enjoyed listening to. After trying to mix on them, however, I found some challenges in the low to low-mid frequencies. After treating my room (no small effort - it took a month of construction) and purchasing some Focal SM9s, I was able to listen to them very critically. A good room will reveal a great deal of turbulence created by the bass reflex port. I still keep them as a second reference system as they often show me when I've pushed my mids and highs too much. For the money, not a bad monitor to start with.
Flawless
I've used USB and Firewire systems before. Once I upgraded to an ADAT optical system, I became aware how much noise the other systems were generating. The RayDat system has proven to be very flexible in terms of routing, has the flawless RME drivers, and has not caused a single issue in 3-4 years of daily use. Highly recommended