api4u
Experienced
Well, I've been sitting on the fence on ordering AustinBuddy's Naked Amps Tone Pack. I've tried hundreds of other users' presets over the years, and frankly usually only find a couple that are exceptional, and many that are marginal, or probably wouldn't really work for me. I also tend to use about 15 or 20 of my own presets, and tend to stick with those, even though I'm constantly playing around with them, in that elusive perfect tone search.
After checking out some of the samples, I finally decided to bite the bullet this weekend.
All I can say is WOW! These presets are exceptionally well-done. AB has really done a ton of work, and nearly all of the presets are useable, out of the box, as-is. After going through Cooper Carter's demo video, and hanging in the man-cave all weekend, I made it through most all of the presets, and found them mostly evenly matched, with accurate tone set-ups. The presets made me want to play the songs that they were modeled after. I can only wish I had AB's ears, and ability to decipher the necessary adjustments to bring those tones to life. I'm now a fan-boy, and will be checking out more stuff from AustinBuddy.
One caution for new users: I was using OUT1 for FOH, and OUT2 for Stage monitors. The presets are set up so OUT2 is after the Amp block/before the Cab IRs; this is outlined in his manual. If I kept my setup as-is, I'd lose the Cab & Effects that are Post-Amp, at my stage monitors. So I am now running my Stage monitors from OUT3.
Since I also often use the Factory presets as a reference point, to check how I'm doing on my effect tweaks, this required adding another OUT box to my Factory presets. I added an OUT3 block to most of my Factory presets that I'm using, tapped off parallel at the next to the last effect block (stacked over or under Out1).
After checking out some of the samples, I finally decided to bite the bullet this weekend.
All I can say is WOW! These presets are exceptionally well-done. AB has really done a ton of work, and nearly all of the presets are useable, out of the box, as-is. After going through Cooper Carter's demo video, and hanging in the man-cave all weekend, I made it through most all of the presets, and found them mostly evenly matched, with accurate tone set-ups. The presets made me want to play the songs that they were modeled after. I can only wish I had AB's ears, and ability to decipher the necessary adjustments to bring those tones to life. I'm now a fan-boy, and will be checking out more stuff from AustinBuddy.
One caution for new users: I was using OUT1 for FOH, and OUT2 for Stage monitors. The presets are set up so OUT2 is after the Amp block/before the Cab IRs; this is outlined in his manual. If I kept my setup as-is, I'd lose the Cab & Effects that are Post-Amp, at my stage monitors. So I am now running my Stage monitors from OUT3.
Since I also often use the Factory presets as a reference point, to check how I'm doing on my effect tweaks, this required adding another OUT box to my Factory presets. I added an OUT3 block to most of my Factory presets that I'm using, tapped off parallel at the next to the last effect block (stacked over or under Out1).