Jim Davies

Used Guitar Rig 2 and 3, according to the following sources.

Computer Music, 2007

NATIVE INSTRUMENTS GUITAR RIG 2

"The POD was a bit of a milestone in guitar technology but I think Guitar Rig takes it a step further. I've turned up to session jobs with just my laptop with Guitar Rig on, to the horror of the producer! But one they get over the fact that I'm using a laptop rather than four Marshall stacks, they're normally raving about it. I love the effects you can get - really techno-sounding tones that you'd never think came from a guitar."

Unknown Electronic Guitar era interview, originally submitted by kkolar

Davies’ main guitars are Ibanez RG550s, and he eschews amplifiers for the most part, conjuring the majority of his tones and effects from a vintage Rocktron Chameleon rack unit that he ran directly into the mixing board, and Native Instruments Guitar Rig 3 software.

Metal Discovery, May 7, 2009

MD: What’s your current main setup effects-wise? I think I read you use a lot of Line 6 effects.

JD: Yeah, I’ve got a Guitar Rig 3, that’s my thing at the moment. I use that on my laptop and that’s been revolutionary really for me with all the sounds you can get on that. I’ve started using a lot of Blackstar amps. I don’t use a lot of proper amps if you know what I mean - I tend to DI a lot of my stuff. I don’t really tend to mike it up because I’ve just always done that. When I started playing there was no room to mike up Marshall cabs so I’ve just always gone out of the back of my effects units and that, without me knowing, constituted getting my own sound. It helps when you play over dance music to DI stuff because it gives you that really harsh, abrasive sort of sound, you know, it really comes through. I’ve done a few gigs recently with just a laptop. I’m not doing that many gigs at the moment, but the ones I’ve done, with DJs and stuff like that, I had to stick the sound out my laptop and I’ve got Guitar Rig 3 on there, and it sounds amazing.

Mentioned in this November 2000 Guitarist interview.

When I record a guitar part into the computer I have a vast array of plug-ins at my disposal, to effect the guitar sound. It's well known, I think, that I'm not the purist of guitarists. Programs such as Amp Farm allow you to record your guitar through any amp ever made, virtually. I have no interest in spending hours setting up amps and mikes, using this kind of pick up or guitar when the technology now can do it for you in seconds. I'm sure some guitarists think that it's a total cop-out, but to me it's just the next logical step.