Any CP guitar players use Line 6?
 

Having issues with my Zoom amp modeling software, no longer being updated and the driver is horrible. I have to run it in a Windows XP VM which further screws up performance.

I'm think of switching to a Line 6 Spider amp. Has a more limited range of modeling options but doesn't depend on being connected to a computer. They get great reviews and I could get a 15W practice amp for under $100.

- Which Zoom product were you using? I use a crusty 'ole G2.1u as my modeler
- What is the purpose of your amp (home recording, jamming with buddies, farting around, etc...)?

1. I'm using the Zoom C5.1t foot controller with the ZFX modeling software. It's very similar to what you have. The problem is that I've since switched to a 64-bit operating system, so the software has to be run in a VM. They're no long updating anything. I really want to get away from being dependent on my computer.

2. Sitting in my room practicing scales and playing along with audio tracks.

Have you checked out the Peavy Vypyr? It's the same price and it looks like it has some more effects and modeling options.
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IMO - For the money, you can't go wrong either way.

Get rid of the modeling amp and computer toys and just go buy a GOOD tube amp and try to find your own sound... :D

1) I had a GOOD tube amp. It's overkill for what I need and doesn't offer me the range of different sounds that I want.

2) I've been playing for over 30 years. I have my own sound. That's not what I'm looking for here.

I've been playing for over 30 years too. I just happen to think most modeling amps sound too processed and fake (at least the solid state ones do). I think guitar players are better off with one or two good amps and a bunch of pedals over modeling amps. Just my two cents.

How many tones do you REALLY need? (a question I've asked myself a lot of times) My list: very clean; mild overdrive; more overdrive; full on distortion; chorus can be added to all of the above as can delay and wah. I can add more variety by picking a guitar with humbuckers or one with single coil pickups.

Have you looked at the Line 6 Modeling amps? I've heard good things about the newer ones, even if they are not my cup of tea (I don't like sounding like others...my tone is my own and is based mostly on a heavily overdriven Fender Super Reverb--my main amp; or a Fender Blues Junior--for practice).

If your budget allows it, the Line 6 DT25 looks badass!

Nothing will ever top my old Marshall JCM2000, but it was too much of a pain to play around the house.

lol. Old people not wanting to adapt to technology.

Axe-FX paired with the right cabs will blow anything else away.
Even the Line 6 HD500 is boss.

There have been an abundance of professional musicians now come out and say that they cannot even tell the difference between digital modeling and the real deal anymore.


Now, there is nothing wrong going with a vintage tube amp to get your tone, but to dismiss the quality of technology being put out and telling him he cannot find his "own sound" by going digital is just a very uneducated statement.

I'm not playing live or recording, I'm playing in my bedroom practicing.

As many as I can get. Again, I'm not playing live or recording. I'm practicing, which means I want to experiment with as many effects as possible without breaking the bank.

Um, the thread title is "Music Any CP guitar players use Line 6?"

ROFL :thumb:

htis,

The HD series (300,400,500) are phenomenal.

If you are truly on a budget, I would get the 300 and then just find the most transparent mini practice amp you can find within your budget.

Modeling is close enough for me since I don't play live anymore. I love the convenience. That said, I've never found any modeling amp that can mimic the setup I had with my old tube amp. The biggest issue I have with it is changing from clean to distortion.

ROFL

I love the guys that use a bunch of pedals to get a sound that sounds like they aren't using pedals...




IMNSHO, processed is processed whether it's digital or analog...

This.

I just watched some videos that demo the 500. Now I want one. Thanks a lot, asshole!

:D

The HD Pods are just way out of my price range right now. I can get a 15W Spider practice amp for under $100.

What I have is exactly like that almost. Foot switches, way pedal, the whole thing.

It just depends on the computer and they've stopped updating the software and drivers.

I have played around with the Spider amp a ton at GC, I was looking at getting the Spider IV 30... I really like the thing, like the sounds and it is easy to use. I ended up getting a Beheringer V-Ampire head used for $50... I LOVE the thing! I use it for jamming in the basement when the family is home and also for my direct recording. My son has a Fender Mustang modelling amp that is fun to play around with.



After playing the digital thing for 20+ years I am now going to the tube amp and minimal effects route for my live stuff and I am loving it!

Yeah, my buddy uses an HD500 and it's awesome.

He runs two 4x10 cabs and For his main distortion tone, he models a diezel VH4 on the left and a Triple Rec on the right.

and to fix the clean into distortion problem, the HD500 can use the expression pedal to blend the clean INTO the distortion tones so you don't get latency on the switch.

You actually got my point!

There are some variables into what a good decision for gear is.

Budget, Style, Genre, personal taste, etc.

There is no right or wrong answer.

Anymore, I just run direct out of my BOSS ME-25 into the board. Easy as hell, no luggin' the Marshall around anymore, one less mic needed to mic the cab...

I have used Line 6 amp heads and cabs for the last 6 years. Absolutely love them.
I have a Spider III 150 w head and 2x12 cab right now.

I have a Line 6 Variax 300 guitar and love it. I don't have any of their amps.

Do any of you use a drum simulator for recording? Or do you have some other solution other than knowing a drummer?

Loops in Logic, program my own in Logic, and ReDrum in Reason.

On my ZFX software, I absolutely love the tone from the Diezel VH4 model. I use it a lot.

I've used Hydrogen and digital drum pad. I can't play drums, hands and feet, so I play both parts on the pads with my hands and then mix them.

I'm ordering a Line 6 Spider IV 15W this morning. Wish me luck!

And I stand corrected. The Diezel model I have in ZFX is the Herbert.

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I have a Fender Mustang III 100w combo modeling amp. It kicks!
On a related note, I have on old valvestate Rogue Tuberider 100w half stack for which I need to get a multi-effects pedal. Not sure what's good. Been awhile since I've purchased one.

Pfffftttt! Old people. :rolleyes:




























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ROFL

Actually you omitted the bulk of his post.

The part where he says he's using modeling for PRACTICING IN HIS BASEMENT.

Stop hijacking the thread.

fyp... :D

:D

The thing is, we all know that going straight tube and minimal effects is fun. It's especially useful for live gigs, as you mentioned.

I just thought it was pretty clear from the 2nd post on that I wasn't looking for a band rig, I was wanting to fart around in my bedroom practicing scales...

I think they were mocking me for calling people who only worship vintage tube amps uneducated old farts.

Well, you didn't say anything until after he said "ditch the computers and get a tube amp" without bothering to consider the ask.

In all fairness, that post was meant to be funny but it got blown out of proportion (as does much on CP...go figure).

Had I added that I think the modeling amps/pedals produced by Line 6 are the only ones worth having...that whole bit of BS would have been avoided. That's on me.

It's cool man. Just busting your balls.

It's a CP thing - we have so many purists around here, for everything from beer, to babes, to BBQ.

When you come in a "what modeling amp should i buy" and post "**** modeling amps, get an old tube amp and go minimal" you're fitting right in.

:D