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Creamware PCI Pulsar II card
This is a low latency DSP Soundcard which is driven by Sonic Core or creamware Scope, the latest version being 5.1, It's Used by Hans ZImmer has it's own professional onboard effects with Minimoog , Prophet5 and Vs , Mastering plugins, this system blows everything else out of the water by it's modularity, it will integrate into Any system, even though the sonic core XITe is like 2000 euros you can pick these cards up for next to nothing, when they came out they cost 950 euros each, Ive got three..
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Brilliant guitar
The color of this guitar cannot be transcribed onto a computer screen, the first time I saw this on the internet, I Thought the color wasn't amazing, but I can assure when you see the real guitar, you'll love the color Olympic White, it's almost sea green on the American Vintage 65, the sound is amazing and I love the Soft C shape neck.
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They artificially age the clear coat on the Olympic AVRIs to simulate the way the dupont duco would tint from exposure to sunlight and cigarette smoke back in the day, turning some white fenders of the era yellow, brown or green. I am pretty sure they just add some dye into the clear coat just like they tint the 52RI teles to be butterscotch even though they were white-blonde when new in 1952.
I assure you that if you bought a white 65 strat new at Manny's Music that year the Olympic White was much whiter. They actually actually pull this stunt on all different colored reissues, not just white and blonde guitars, though its least subtle on the light colors. I don't really get it though. If they are using the right 60s paint then time will do the work for you. If you want a relic, buy a relic (even though its lame), a reissue oughta be as close to the original as it would have been at the store in 1965 as possible. That's what makes it a reissue.
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Ibanez S Series Guitars
I've always loved my Ibanez Saber Guitars, I have three, And have had four, I love the Wizard II Neck, The pickups and the feel of the Guitar, It's lightness.I'm not a really good guitarist but the sound you can get out of them is incredibly varied from Blues to Jazz to Funk to Metal and Rock, all from three pickups , I bought them and look what happened to me, I can't stop talking, I know It's Mad..
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Probably the best sounding sofware Guitar plugin I've come across
What do you get when you get the most popular DSP company, with their proprietary Modelization, simulation ,whatever you want to call it, who are known for working with Producers such as Eddie Kramer, Tony Maserati and guitarist musician, Guitar Maker Paul Reed Smith, You do of course Get GTR 3 ,Guitar amp and Stompbox model/Sims. I don't have golden ears but I can tell you the Amps sound warm and how you'd expect really to hear them, and the stompboxes really do sound like the real thing.All of this into a plugin suite with so many sounds the possibilities are endless, anyway if you don't believe me go onto Waves.com and try the Demo.cheers.