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I know someone that has this and its really quite the piece of kit. I think its a little too much for me personally but where Line 6 has been better than the BOSS I have is that interface and easy of use. My personal favorite is still the Neural (Quad Cortex) just because it literally copies pedals if you need it to but even the older Boss pedals with the small pedals (i cant remember their names) are superb and give you some classic boss tones like Metal (not a fan favorite I know) and the distortion DS-1 or the overdrive (OD-3).

Put an AirTag in it so if you lose it you can track the bastard that stole it.

If you end up getting one I might get one just so we can share presets

I've been playing overwatch again in preparation. My buddy got into ow2 beta but I didn't lol

@Aladdin but really it is relative literacy. So they can all 'read' just not very well. There would be very few truly illiterate people. Just like the Australian threshold for 'poverty' would be higher than say Pakistan's or South Africa's. It really should be 'reading comprehension' or something similar.

The Quad Cortex is so cool. I think the Kemper can also make profiles from amps and pedals you also hook up to it. I don’t really need anything like that… but I think it’s so cool

Im adding this to the list of things I want to watch now. If it's like The Wire its worth a watch imo

We both like a brutal tone so that's not a bad idea

This man really puts gear through its pace. Nice that you're getting a modeller, its going to really give you so many options.

Been listening to the reissue.

All these politicians know they're a bunch of hypocrites that are pretending to be outraged by the Russian invasion.

I’ll join by zoom

This is a better demo for metal with Ola, think i like it

What cab do you have right now? Is it the Peavey one? If so, that thing's well made... just those Sheffield speakers are not that great. Putting some vintage 30s in that will go a long way to making it sound good - I think that's probably a much cheaper option than the Hesu cabs. Having said that... Hesu cabs are fucking nice. If you go with a pedalboard or modelers, rather than a full on clean amp... maybe look into getting yourself a decent power-amp. For bedroom playing I'd probably go with some sort of Class D solid state (cos valves are great... but they sound best when things are fucking loud) - with a pedalboard you'd probably want one or two preamp pedals. With a modeler, you'd just go straight into the power amp, then have that go to your cab... just make sure you turn the modeler's cab sim off! You could also just get a modeler going into studio monitor speakers or headphones too - but with that you'd want the cab sim turned on (and if you go that route, the PreSonus Eris are some good cheap speakers that'll sound great). If it were me, I'd go the modeler route because modern day modelers are pretty incredible in terms of sounding good and having convenience. I do love valve amps and there's something about playing through them that is just... nice. But they sound best at volumes that are going to piss people off if you're at home If you do look into modelers, there's a lot to consider - I've owned a few so I can give you my thoughts on some. There's the TOP TIER shit: Kemper, AxeFx, Neural DSP Cortex I can't comment on any of these because I've never owned or tried them. But Kemper and AxeFX are used by touring artists for even big bands now... so my guess would be they're really good. And they better be, because the price for them is absolutely outrageous Line6 Helix Line: I had a Helix LT before some dickhead stole it. Fantastic sounds and it had a wonderful UI compared to a lot of other modelers. The LT is something like 500 quid cheaper than the full one, which is why I went with that There's the HX Stomp and HX Stomp XL - these are much smaller units with almost as much functionality and processing power as the full sized one and Line6 PodGo: This is like a very stripped down Helix - it's got a lot less processing power, but it's a lot cheaper - and with more switches (which is nice imo - I'd use switches more with my Mooer if I had more than 3 ) than the full sized and a bit cheaper than the HX Stomp If you don't use too many effects - which I don't, most of the time... I think this could be a good option. Mooer's GE line The 300/300 Lite are really good competitors to the Helix line - a lot of processing power and a lot of features All the models from 150-300 have EXCELLENT amp modeling and a good number of amps. Most of the EFX sims are really good... some of them are a bit shit Cab models are the same - some are brilliant, some aren't This doesn't matter so much if you're planning on using it mostly with an actual cabinet cos you'll have the cab sim turned off Mooer does after-market updates, but not as often (or as well) as Line6 does The editting software is ugly... but it's also really easy to use These things are just generally easy as fuck to use - software or no software Headrush Series I like that all of these models have the same processing power and software No computer editing - it's all done with the touchscreen or with your feet If you don't like fucking around tweaking parameters on a computer, this can be a plus - I know some people don't For me, I'm in the camp that believes it's a lot quicker to make the edits on the computer Excellent amp models (limited selection, but they do a great job) - I don't like the way the EFX sound on it though Boss GT-1000 Series These have the best EFX modeling of all the models - which isn't surprising cos... it's Boss Limited amp choice, but some of them are really good The biggest con though is they all sound best with Boss's cab sims & they don't play that nicely with 3rd party IR (cab sim) files - whereas other modelers generally sound much better when you load in other cab sims... I thought it was weird and that's why I ended up returning it There's other brands out there like Zoom, Joyo, Hotone that all have their own modelers out - I hear they're close to Mooers in terms of sound/quality... and the Hotone ones look pretty interesting to me. I'd probably never get a Zoom product because I've had some bad experiences with them. For bedroom playing, I'd probably be looking at the Helix stuff or the Mooers. They're easy to use and sound good. The top of the line stuff is probably the best, but it's also insanely expensive and it all looks very complicated... too complicated for me One cool thing about modelers is you can have them run into your computer as an interface, or use them with headphones and speakers & get that mic'd up recorded amp sort of tone... or you can have them run into a power amp or your amp's FX loop's return to have them go through a cabinet to give you that in the room with the amp tone.

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Might just get a mini head with a good clean channel and build a pedal board maybe get some Hesus Demon speakers for my cab or vintage 30's and go that route ..that mooer sounds interesting, will have a look at that cheers From how it starts you wont expect the change, it's one of them you can bounce around playing and kick the door off it slams!!!

A lot of the plugins have standalone versions so you don't need a DAW. DAWs are pretty complicated, but for just doing simple stuff on guitar... it's really not so hard. But if you just wanted to play without one... the standalone apps will let you do it. If you ever go the plugin route, I'd suggest the Neural DSP stuff because it is... really good. You can always try out one of their trials to see how you'd like it and to see how quick it is with a DAW. For getting decent pickups for that Jackson Performer (nice guitar btw) - I'd check out Reverb, I got a pair of used Seymour Duncans for less than 1/3 the price for both of them recently to chuck into that cheapo Ibanez I've modded. Significantly improved the hell out of the guitar. And yeah... changing tunings on a Floyd style bridge is fucking miserable - all that tuning, adjusting the claw, returning, readjusting the claw, etc. And if you want to get the intonation right, fuck me I hate doing the intonation on a Floyd. Takes absolute fucking ages. I've gotten good at restringing without needing to adjust anything on the guitar through lots of practice - but when I tune down I like to use thicker strings so the tension doesn't feel so weird, and that just makes everything significantly more annoying on a floating trem. Having a hardtail bridge for different tunings is pretty great. What'll you be replacing that 5150 with?

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