Yes..thats right.

Going to get some new gear the next weeks, hopefully a lot of it too.

My old PodXT Pro died on me right before christmas. It fell down 1.5 meters or so, ripped the USB interface out of the box. RIP

I need something new to record guitars with. A real amp is not an option yet. So.. I need to get something similar to the XT. Amp modeler+ recording dry signal.

So here is the "problem"

I`m kind of fed up with Line6. They have filthy drivers. I have used Line 6 so long that I want to try something new. But I just can`t find anything...

Have looked at everything I know of this kind of gear.

Avid Eleven Rack - Seems nice. But it can`t be used for my purpose without Pro Tools and I`m a sworn Logic user. PT is out of the question.
DigiTech GSP1101 - Did not like the sound on most demos I Have heard
Peavey Vypyr - Seems interesting but I`m not sure this one is the best for my purposes
Boss/Roland Stuff- They are cool enough to poke around with, but I`m not sure...

Another solution could be to buy some cheap USB guitarinput and depend on software but that is not what I want..


I could use something like the Mesa Rectifier recording pre or another amp + software cab simulation though...


Anyone here with any bright ideas?

[swervedriver]

I guess it would depend on the sounds you're looking for and other requirements you might have. Line6 do offer a broad range of sounds against a fairly cheap price, although I was never a fan of their products. Others here will vouch for Line6 though. Boss is another major player, but my (limited) experience with them is that their sounds are kinda 'sterile'.

What I have now is a Digitech RP1000 and I'm loving it. Yes, it's still a "bit of everything" kind of approach but I've gotten some very useful sounds out of it (see also my signature). I can't really comment on the quality of the amp simulations as I don't have experience with their real-life counterparts, but there are enough differences between the models in it, and the option of using different speaker cabinets gives you an even bigger array to play around with.

Again, it might not suit your needs. I bought it mainly because of its sturdy build-quality (I'm not going to test it, but it feels like it would survive a 1.5 meter drop) and the 10 footswitches on the pedalboard because I'm a bit of a preset whore within songs. But then I'm using it a lot in live-situations; if you're going just for recording purposes and playing on your own, a rack unit might be a little more suited to your needs.

Digitech's 2112 and 2120 rack amp modeling/effects processor units were amazing, if you can get ahold of one you will be very pleased with it if you take the time to sit down and define your own parameters (factory defaults for the most part sound terrible but it's nothing to do with the unit itself, they're just programmed poorly). Aside from that I have always been disappointed in most digitech products. I haven't tried out any of the recent RP series footpedals but the ones I have tried left a very sour taste. I'd try it and see if you like it, but IMO they just don't stack up.

Vypyr series are amazing as practice amps, if you can hook them up to a computer you can upload your own settings for all of the effects. They do high gain amp modelling superbly and their fx processors are pretty awesome. The 3 disappointing things about them are the pitch shifting effects, which sound terrible and have horrible tracking, the delay and reverb have no adjustable parameters other than length and for delay speed (might be able to monkey with it with the computer interface, not sure), and the default speaker cones are terrible; Peavey does not have that good of a track record with the speakers that come with their combo amps in my experience. On the upside you can always swap out the speaker cones pretty easily and replace em with whatever type you want.

If you're wanting to use the vypyr but still capture a good dry signal and are using both for just recording I would just get one of the lower middle end ones and a decent DI and reamp box set up; that way if the dry take came out superbly but the amp tone was off or you want to try some other rig you could just re-run the dry signal into the reamp and then use any amp set up you can get your hands on.

Boss has always done some pretty awesome stompboxes but I don't have much input on their multifx processors, due to no experience with em. Try before you buy I guess. Same with the Avid system.

Axe FX!

Stick with what you have got and put the money towards getting a Flying V. Everyone should have a flying V. But not a BC Rich one or a Jackson/Dean/whatever - a proper Gibson one. Tone is important but owning a V is more important in the greater scheme of things.

A Roland Cube XL40. So much win :>

Stick with what you have got and put the money towards getting a Flying V. Everyone should have a flying V. But not a BC Rich one or a Jackson/Dean/whatever - a proper Gibson one. Tone is important but owning a V is more important in the greater scheme of things.

Fuck the Flying V, real guitarists uses a reverse Flying V.