Guitarists? Guitars?
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I mainly use an older PRS, but I also have a old Fender Squire & an Epiphone Casino. For ampage - I've tried some plugins but they still leave something to be desired, so right now I'm using an AdrenaLinn II. The newer amp sims on the version II are quite good. I have done some wacky stuff with the filters, etc synced to MIDI, but just last night I was using only an amp sim & it was really pretty kewl! Still, I'd like to grab a low-wattage tube amp...
wasn't that for sale on talkbass recently?D K wrote:muahahahaha....capta1nA wrote:I play a carvin LB76 6 string bass (jealous of that Ken Smith somebody above mentioned!)
Live is perfect for practicing and noodling around. Haven't figured out how/if I want to use it in my live setup.
If I were a guitar player I would play a Brian Moore
Try playing a low B on a guitar!i've never understood basses with more than 4 strings -- get a guitar.
I don't know how anyone manages without those extra low notes. Well, I do, but come on
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70's ibanez flying V (for A$300 from Cash Converters)
Fender Jazzmaster Japanese re-issue (love it... classic tone)
1969 Fender Mustang Bass. (3/4 size... have to dial in a bit of bottom end, but awesome sounding mid-range)
fender hotrod deluxe.
ampeg svt3 bass amp
old yamaha solid state 15" guitar amp, that sounds great with bass guitar.
Fender Jazzmaster Japanese re-issue (love it... classic tone)
1969 Fender Mustang Bass. (3/4 size... have to dial in a bit of bottom end, but awesome sounding mid-range)
fender hotrod deluxe.
ampeg svt3 bass amp
old yamaha solid state 15" guitar amp, that sounds great with bass guitar.
yup, that's mine- for sale right now. my main bass is a 5 string electric upright, though....and i'm trying to pay off my wifes' school loans and buy a condo...capta1nA wrote:D K wrote:
wasn't that for sale on talkbass recently?
Try playing a low B on a guitar!i've never understood basses with more than 4 strings -- get a guitar.
I don't know how anyone manages without those extra low notes. Well, I do, but come on
feel free to make me a reasonable offer
-and no regular guitar can come close to the sound or range of this instrument.
period. it is a guitar though, after all....a bass guitar.
i personally never understood limiting yoursel to old school standards.
bottom line is though, any instrument you run through ableton can be opened up to a new realm of possibilities!
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I've always flipped between les paul's and strats. I love 'em both, obviously for completely different reasons.
I always used an epiphone gibson les paul. I find they sound just fine. I'd never splurge on a standard gibson. I'm also cheap with strats, I own a mexican. I know the americans feel and sound way better, but for the price, I've been happy with the mexicans.
Now I actually use a roland VG-88 with a roland gk-2a pickup with my strat (sold the LP) to simulate other types of guitars. You can get some pretty good sounds. I used to always play a les paul with a fender twin reverb, a big muff pedal, and a rat pedal, I've tried setting the roland to a les paul model, and then use a twin reverb in guitar rig 2 with big muff / rat, and the results aren't too bad for all digital. I have to say though, for distorted tones, the les paul straight into amplitube or guitar rig yielded the most convincing emulation of a recorded amp.
For clean or slightly overdriven, I also like logic's guitar amp pro.
grb
I always used an epiphone gibson les paul. I find they sound just fine. I'd never splurge on a standard gibson. I'm also cheap with strats, I own a mexican. I know the americans feel and sound way better, but for the price, I've been happy with the mexicans.
Now I actually use a roland VG-88 with a roland gk-2a pickup with my strat (sold the LP) to simulate other types of guitars. You can get some pretty good sounds. I used to always play a les paul with a fender twin reverb, a big muff pedal, and a rat pedal, I've tried setting the roland to a les paul model, and then use a twin reverb in guitar rig 2 with big muff / rat, and the results aren't too bad for all digital. I have to say though, for distorted tones, the les paul straight into amplitube or guitar rig yielded the most convincing emulation of a recorded amp.
For clean or slightly overdriven, I also like logic's guitar amp pro.
grb
Professional Shark Jumper.
Black Strat Plus De Luxe with Lace Sensors here.
I love it.
Live makes me a good carpet made of drums basses and piano and
I can play over there for hours.....
I love it.
Live makes me a good carpet made of drums basses and piano and
I can play over there for hours.....
Mac Studio M1
Live 12 Suite,Zebra ,Valhalla Plugins, MIDI Guitar (2+3),Guitar, Bass, VG99, GP10, JV1010 and some controllers
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Live 12 Suite,Zebra ,Valhalla Plugins, MIDI Guitar (2+3),Guitar, Bass, VG99, GP10, JV1010 and some controllers
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Music : http://alonetone.com/pasha
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fender all the way. mostly using a fender mustang at the moment. sounds like ass but i like it because it's weighs almost nothing - i had a les paul for a bit but it was just too damn heavy. my telecaster's falling apart...
i really like my vox tonelab for those fender amp almost-clean tones. i thought the podXT was cool for very clean or distorted sounds, but not so hot on those "hit it hard and it just starts to break up a bit radiohead "lucky" rhythm guitar" sounds. anyone know any software that's good at this kind of stuff? (i'd like to strip away some of the hardware if i can...)
for my money, i reckon there are probably at least as many people who play guitar as there are people who play keys on this forum. (by "play" i mean "play well enough to do it live")
i really like my vox tonelab for those fender amp almost-clean tones. i thought the podXT was cool for very clean or distorted sounds, but not so hot on those "hit it hard and it just starts to break up a bit radiohead "lucky" rhythm guitar" sounds. anyone know any software that's good at this kind of stuff? (i'd like to strip away some of the hardware if i can...)
for my money, i reckon there are probably at least as many people who play guitar as there are people who play keys on this forum. (by "play" i mean "play well enough to do it live")
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Couldn't get planning permission for 8 strings!D K wrote:look again, it's a 7cannone wrote:That 6 string bass needs it's own zip code.
"Not in my backyard".
Wow...a guitar thread...since Live 5, my approach to recording has totally turned around. My Tascam 2488 acts more like an interface now.
I'm using a trusty Parker Nitefly and a 12-string Chapman Stick through a Boss GT-8 and GT-6B.
I'm not a big fan of LPs. Recently, I saw a 7-string Schecter hardtail that gave me GAS but I'm over it now.
Guitar is what got me into Live. After years of accoustic folk-lery on my trusty 000-28, my wife gave me an Eastman 804CE. It's a big, beautiful, warm sounding hollowbody jazz machine. So, wanting some effects (chorus, delay, verb etc.) and a way to record to PC, I picked up M Audio's Black Box. It came with Live Lite. Then, making music with Live was so much fun that I got a Korg K49 mostly to use as a control surface and now I hardly ever play guitar.
I mainly play a very standard epi les paul which sounds great for all round electrc guitar sketching. Right after, an american fender telecaster and a japanese stratocaster of the early eighies - both very nice instruments. Recently I got a matsmumoko aria pro II, incredibile guitar, all pickups splittable, it's like having a tele and a Lp in use at the same time!
Most bizarre one i got is a double neck SG copy, german it seems, 12 string on the first neck and fretless (!) 6 on the other.
My main live amp is a fender twin amp (the "evil" one) but always more often i go onstage with the Vox Tonelab and a Zoom G2 or a trusty boss GT5.
Most bizarre one i got is a double neck SG copy, german it seems, 12 string on the first neck and fretless (!) 6 on the other.
My main live amp is a fender twin amp (the "evil" one) but always more often i go onstage with the Vox Tonelab and a Zoom G2 or a trusty boss GT5.
Live 9 Suite, audio trackles (several audio tracks that crackle)
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-Gibson Explorer Gothic
-Marshall VS 100RH
-Zoom Driver 5000
-Various stuff / NI Guitar Rig II
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