Posts by Ibot39

For me it is not clear what kind of profiles we get?! The free rigs seem to be studio profiles that just got another cab copied to them (Tone Junkies Two Rock 2x12). There is only one profile with the original 1x12 speaker. None of them seem to be actually profiled with the 2x12 cab and they seem also not real merged profiles.

My guess is that HW did make just studio profiles with the built in combo (Jupiter 1x12) speaker. But then they decided that a Two Rock IR / cab sounded better and just copied that to every studio profile. That's how the profiles sound to me. I'd rather have liked proper direct amp profiles of the Milkman... and then combined / merged with the original speaker and various mics.

I have bought Tonex max, but only tried for a few days. So far there are some user "Tone Models" already that really feel and sound excellent - also edge of break up tones! I really forgot playing a plugin.

But it seems they are almost too uncompressed and open sounding. Also people have to add gain later and the attack seems to be softer with less bite.

Regarding the video I am pretty sure you can get closer results with the Kemper Profiler if you don't use a loadbox (with certain amps) and master the refining process. But as Tim said before: Refining is art. Maybe Kemper should consider introducing an automated / more sophisticated refining process too?!

Tonex needs some more time and updates (and better UI). But it is a great product, no doubt.

Quote from fredrikn

Good question. What about uploading free Tonex captures of Kemper profiles to tone.net?

People upload free Kemper profiles of axe-fx, Amplitube and other vst. So why not?

Capturing my Kemper rigs, maybe even including my real pedals I use, would be a good reason for me buying Tonex one day.

Way too bright and very harsh sounding for me. Quite different from your other profiles this time?!

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The DR Veritas sets come with 2 sets of plain strings, one of which has what they call Xenon which has a bit of a gold colour. I don't know what it is, but they seem to last a long time.

Interesting - brass plated plain strings.

Quote from Ibot39

Elixir strings have different tension - a set of .009 feels much more like .010. Always needed to adjust neck and intonation too. The plain strings are not coated, but anti-rust plated. They last a very very long time. But I don't like the stiffness and that there is no "real" .009 set. Also the special plain strings are definitely eating frets more than regular ones.

I will try the new D’Addario XS strings next. Basically they have a film coating like Elixir on the wound strings (patent expired?) and polymer treatment on the plain steels (same as their XT I guess).

Update:

The plain strings of the D’Addario XS get black and rough faster than my cheap Fender strings. Very disappointing. So it' s the same as with some other coated strings: Coated E, A, D last long time, but the plain steel strings just can't keep up. Only Elixir plain strings last very long... but the tensionof those is just not right.

Pretty new in RE, but works killer with many of my IR / cabs:

"Runt 50 ch2 KBDI" and "Runt 50 ch2bo KBDI" by Walker Dees.

Very good DI profiles of the Friedman Runt 50 imo...

Yes...had this one on music cassette 😆

Not buying new guitars - only upgrading this year

I love my 2010 American Standard Strat - but the hum, crackling, clicking and other noises of the single coils (very obvious in recording environment) just drives my crazy nowadays. So a while ago I installed a JB Jr. pickup in the bridge. But I use the neck position a lot too ... so it was time to upgrade to HSS with Shawbucker and Fender Noiseless. Thing is, this needed some pu cavity routing, cause the cavity is not deep enough for the Fender Noiseless on the American Standard.

Now that the work is done, I really like the new look ... more ROCK... with a hint of Blackmore Strat (black pu cover and knobs). Noiseless Gen4 and the Shawbucker in the bridge sound very good - and the disturbing noise is gone. The Strat now also has locking tuners and a pure tone jack.

Red humbucker, black single coils looks great!!

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The powered toaster is a solid state amp and it does not have the 'crumbly fading out tone, when you let it ring...' issue. This is one reason why I decided to go with the toaster.

The task of the Kemper icepower module is to make the already "finished" tone louder - as flat, clean as possible and without any additional distortion. Nothing more. Completely different thing to a solid state preamp that is aimed to give overdriven sound or a power amp that is simulating a real tube power amp or even is using nanotubes like in the BluGuitar stuff to colour the sound.

So this is basically a sophisticated solid state preamp with nanotube power section. I like solid state amps, but they all share some characteristics like crumbly fading out tone, when you let it ring...

And it still looks like you only get the nanotube / power amp influence (that ideally somewhat clouds the solid state preamp character) when a speaker is connected! Also the "dynamic" IR don't include power amp simulation in such a recording situation. It's preamp to IR only then. How can this be the future, when it does not even offer the whole signal chain for silent recording? Would be a deal breaker for me.

In the video they are micing it in another room with real cabinet and mics (making a big part of the sound).

I am not familiar with Bluguitar products. But it seems in a recording situation (without a speaker connected) it does only provide preamp with IR, but no power amp simulation? Or am I missing something?

Elixir strings have different tension - a set of .009 feels much more like .010. Always needed to adjust neck and intonation too. The plain strings are not coated, but anti-rust plated. They last a very very long time. But I don't like the stiffness and that there is no "real" .009 set. Also the special plain strings are definitely eating frets more than regular ones.

I will try the new D’Addario XS strings next. Basically they have a film coating like Elixir on the wound strings (patent expired?) and polymer treatment on the plain steels (same as their XT I guess).

Sounds good as it is

This is from the manual and maybe explains the preset name:

• Definition

All overdrive pedals rely on a similar filter circuit, embedded in the distortion stage. It cuts the bass frequencies of the guitar before it gets overdriven. This tightens the bass region of the guitar and, at the same time, creates a slight mid-hump that many overdrive pedals are known for.

This filter is fixed and inaccessible in most overdrive pedals. However, the Timmy® Overdrive* features a “Bass” knob which allows for continuously driving this filter down towards the bass end, giving blues players an extended control over their tone fundament...

Does it include merged / DI profiles too?

Edit: Now I see, it's not a new pack, but new video / lesson featuring the amp. So studio profiles

Quote from Alfahdj

Bro, any mid range schecter with proper setup is an endgame weapon. Have 3 schecters, I am never selling them. I cant say the same from my ibanez, my prs se or my mexican fender.

Aren't the Indonesian Schecters, Ibanez and PRS SE made in the same Cort / Cor-Tek Factory?!