Daniel Nestlerode
Feb-25-2020, 6:12am
Howdy all,
Maybe I should have called this 'chips v tubes'.
In my search for affordable, light, good sounding emando amplification I have begun to focus on emulation.
BluGuitar Amp1, Helix, Kemper, Boss Katana, etc all offer what seems like a silver bullet for us emando players. Emulations aren't necessarily affected by the relatively weaker electrical output of the emando v. electric guitar.
So I decided to dip my toe in the waters. I bought myself a used Line 6 POD 2.0. It arrived yesterday and I spent a few hours experimenting with amp settings, cab settings, and effects.
I plugged my JBovier EMC-5 into the units and used the phones out put to go into the tape input on the stereo in the living room. I needed to be a bit careful not to blow the stereo speakers on some of the high gain emulations.
I settled on a few favorites and spent the most time going between a 'small tweed' running a '1x8"' cab and a 'British Blues' running a '4x10"' cab. In the latter setting I added the 'chorus 1' effect.
Ahhh. That was nice. On the latter setting I kept the drive low and the EQ fairly flat. You would be surprised how non-bright an emando can be.
I know I've said I don't like chorus. But I think that was the Boss pedal I didn't like. This chorus was subtle and lush and going stereo in a stereo! I spent a couple more hours last night playing slow waltzes! :)
I hope I can duplicate that sound on stage now. If I can it'll be worth putting up with a rubbish form factor in a silly color. ;)
So far my only beef is a couple of noisy pots and a lack of an XLR output port.
Daniel
Maybe I should have called this 'chips v tubes'.
In my search for affordable, light, good sounding emando amplification I have begun to focus on emulation.
BluGuitar Amp1, Helix, Kemper, Boss Katana, etc all offer what seems like a silver bullet for us emando players. Emulations aren't necessarily affected by the relatively weaker electrical output of the emando v. electric guitar.
So I decided to dip my toe in the waters. I bought myself a used Line 6 POD 2.0. It arrived yesterday and I spent a few hours experimenting with amp settings, cab settings, and effects.
I plugged my JBovier EMC-5 into the units and used the phones out put to go into the tape input on the stereo in the living room. I needed to be a bit careful not to blow the stereo speakers on some of the high gain emulations.
I settled on a few favorites and spent the most time going between a 'small tweed' running a '1x8"' cab and a 'British Blues' running a '4x10"' cab. In the latter setting I added the 'chorus 1' effect.
Ahhh. That was nice. On the latter setting I kept the drive low and the EQ fairly flat. You would be surprised how non-bright an emando can be.
I know I've said I don't like chorus. But I think that was the Boss pedal I didn't like. This chorus was subtle and lush and going stereo in a stereo! I spent a couple more hours last night playing slow waltzes! :)
I hope I can duplicate that sound on stage now. If I can it'll be worth putting up with a rubbish form factor in a silly color. ;)
So far my only beef is a couple of noisy pots and a lack of an XLR output port.
Daniel