Amazing vid, Axe.

I'm sad to announce that a great guitar player in a very up and coming band, and a friend of mine, died yesterday. Adam Nill was still in College, while his band Nex was on a hiatus at the time. Adam lived a few houses down from me before he went to college. I'm very sorry to know that no one else will get to witness the talent, or especially the person he was.

thats the one alrite

but then again when you do play the same song for 22 years on a constant basis... its bound to sink in somewhere along the line!

Hi again,

I have to make a decision and I need help/opinions:

Since 1988, I was playing Strat and Marshal. No fxs, besides one Ibanez delay. I loved my tone. The bridge pickup is a Fred. On the neck I use a Seymour Duncan.

Then something happened to my amp and the tone got ruined. At the same time, I stopped playing for a couple of years. When I restarted, I mostly recorded at home so I used PC software effects to shape the sound. Then, 3 or 4 years ago I restarted playing live again. I went for a BOSS GT-8 (7?) that in the meantime got lost and I replaced it with a Line 6 Pod. I've been playing directly to the sound mixer, with no amp (besides monitor). I use the amp/mic emulation and it sounds good to me.

To record at home, it suites me fine. Playing live, the fact is I was never fully happy with the result, but I've always associated it with poor monitors since at home it sounded nice.

The other day I played live with another guitarist (will share a video of him in a couple of days, he was awesome) and every time the guy switched to his solo tone, his sound was far better than mine, no doubt. He played a PRS with a JCM 900.

My question is: is it me that can't shape a proper tone in my POD or is it simply impossible for a pod through a PA to sound exactly or equivalent to a plain old amp?

Any experiences/thoughts are welcome. I started thinking that I need a good amp (probably Marshall) but wanted to be sure that I can't do any better with my Line 6.

Yet they are so practical! How I enjoy carrying just two bags to the gigs and taking 5 minutes to set things up... :)))

ptrocker:The majority of my old tone came from original jap boss pedals.I,d take those 7 pedals in a box to every gig & session,unfortunately they are now discontinued & have been replaced with new versions made in Taiwan which really suck major bad tonaly in comparison. I had comp, noise sup, Korg OV1 "still have" DS1, chorus, bass parametric EQ & Reverb that had an amazing eq on it.The tone was exquisite

minimoog, all processors I've tried sounded horrible until I tried Line 6 POD.

I'm not talking about generic signal processors versus good old amps.

Hello Satch world! Havent been here for a very very long time...kinda lost myself for awhile. Just wanted to say hi and hopefully a few of you remember me! Hi Joe!

Thanks, guys, for your comments.

On the amp/emulator debate... I use a rack setup with a marshall JMP-1 and power amp with a TC fx unit going via a valve poweramp and 4x12 cab (or 2 - depends on the venue...). I have tried the emulator out on the marshall both live and studio and although it is passable it doesnt come close to the sound coming from an amp.

What you could try to see if it helps is having a monitor behind you just like an amp to see if that helps as guitar amps are naturally 'fuzzy' when right on top of them so having it behind you may be better for your ears...

Cheers,

Cube's response confused me! I was expecting a "Are you crazy? Processors can never reach the real tone's quality... Go fix yourself!" kind of replies :) I'm glad someone is happy with a processor. It means hope :)

I was pretty sure I was playing with a sound as nice and complete as the "traditional" dudes until I played with one of them on the same stage two weeks ago.

I'll post a video of us two playing in duet (me with my Line 6 directly to the mixer and the other guy with his JCM and mic) and you'll understand what I'm trying to say... The difference is huge! It could be the volume but I think there's something else.

I don't know Fractal Axe, but Line 6 is supposedly one of the best options there is so it is probably me that hasn't been able to shape a proper tone... (yet!)