Which amp modelor?? Need Help!!

I don't personally own a line6 pod but I do have and use every day the line6 guitarport. I do also own the behringer v-amp2 which i dont use much, just when i travel for practice purposes. The guitarport is really cool for the learning guitarist because it has some cool useful tools like being able to slow a song down to 1/2 speed w/out changing pitch. that's really huge when trying to transcribe a song. I have found it most useful. if you're a more experienced guitaist then the pod would probably be more your style and it also has a few more amp models and cabs than the guitarport does. if theres any questions about line6 gear head over to www.line6.com they've got some useful demos on their site. as rythameen said, around 300 for the pod xt, about 100-150 for the guitaport and the behringer v-amp2 is around 150. Hope this helps ya out soloist. :thumb:

hey there...i use the gnx myself hooked up directly to my computer...i think it does a great job...digitech put out a lot of well received quality products...

i've owned line 6 stuff too...the spider ii...the variax...i thought they sounded too "clinical" for me...i read the forums on how the variax had a lot of issues with dead strings and lots of repairs and brought mine back to the store for a "real" guitar...as for the spider...i would have to turn the knobs from zero - 80% before i heard any change in tone or fx...it also had glitches such as...when you turn off an effect...it continued sounding....in other words...you had to shut the amp off to "reset" it it over and over again...line 6 stuff is too finicky for me...but other people seem to like it...

check out both line 6 and digitech forums...and user reviews at www.harmonycentral.com let yopur instincts...and wallet decide... :icon_peac

Soloist-2005 said:

I need help, i have no idea which amp modelor to get.
mayb sumthing along the lines of line6 n digitechs gnx3
,pod
I m definetly looking for a huge variety of raw effects, and i dont realy need the recorder built in the gnx 3 i have my seperate behringer.
Mayb u guyz can help!

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If you dont have a lot of cash, and are really mostly interested in recording, man, you gotta check out the Digitech Genesis 3.
Check out this review.. It pretty much summs it all up. You can even pick up a used one on ebay really cheap. But its so amazing the quality of the sound. Those 24 bit ADA converters really do sound awsome. I have mine going through and ART DPS TUBE pre, and it sounds so awsome.

http://emusician.com/signalprocessors/emusic_digitech_genesis_genetx/


All the above modelers are superb.. But might be out of your budget, so check out the prices....

regards,

Musikman

trey85stang said:

Im a newbie to the amp modeling world.. I dont care much for amp modeling.. I just need the sounds that cater to my ears. I just purchased the v-amp pro.. and for the price($169) its a kick ass deal.. my only dissappointment so far is I cant get the clean tone that I am looking for... But I will find it eventually

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I have a BASS V Amp Pro, and I get killer cleantone. This is how I did it:

First, get a USB to MIDI-IN/MIDI-OUT converter cable (I have a Edirol and it works great).

Then, download the Behringer V amp control software. It allows you to do things you CANT do with the clunky button interface (such as totally shut off the cabinet modeling all together).

Next, plug guitar in with the V amp connected to your output device you want to set it up for.

Since the software acts as a realtime MIDI controller, you can try a setting and tweak it and easily save it to any bank position you want. The software makes it easy to copy similar patches and move them around.

Thats how I dialed in a great clean tone. I had to kill the boost pedal overdrive section, and adjust a few controls to make some killer wimp rock patches.

Also: I didnt buy the FCB1010 to control it. I use a Rocktron MidiMate and totally think thats the best way:
1) The FCB1010 can only controll 100 patches (the Vamp lets you have 125: 25 wasted positions). The Rocktrom lets you have all access.

2) The FCB1010 has some note generation features I wouldnt use (MidiMate is a generic controller)

3) The FCB1010 has a LAME non existant display: the Midimate has a human readable display that is usefull. Who the hell can remember 100 different patches by number?

4) The Midimate only supports 1 external expression pedal: the FCB has two. Also, the FCB allows for the CCs to be specific for EACH INDIVIDUAL PATCH. I nearly got it for that feature alone, but most of what I do it doesnt matter, and I am controlling only one MIDI device with it (the V amp).

Both the Midimate and FCB allow only 5 CC pedals at once, so my descision was limited to what I would do and what I was using the footswitchable pedal for.

Interestingly, the FCB1010 will not allow you to send CC127 (the change code to put the Vamp into TUNER mode). That seems to suck.