I found that the cabIR.eu PIN68 sample 2 that @Morphosis made freely available for a limited time sounds absolutely amazing with the Dirty Shirley - At first I loved it with the stock "Acrox mix (TAF)", but then I tried the PIN68 and BAM, that was it for me
Yeah, I was actually just about to buy some ownhammers - But I might have to buy this triple collection instead.
I've played entire gigs on just one preset with the DS as the only amp and very few efx's in the preset, just using pick attack and the guitar's volume knob to vary the tones from clean to mean to scream. The DS does this transition perfectly.
I like the R121 sounds I get from different IRs (never tried one in real life), but live I often found that they do not cut enough. I remember when I first got my Two-Notes Torpedo CAB. I had set up my sound based on Celestion Blues with R121. Sounded great at home, but with the band, I immediately had to change the mic to a 421 (that was before my Ax days)
Be a big spender and get bothYeah, I was actually just about to buy some ownhammers - But I might have to buy this triple collection instead.
Well said man!
That's the way I like it: dirty and sweaty...
The name comes from a beverage mix: a Shirley Temple (Ginger ale™/Sprite™ and a splash of grenadine syrup) with vodka
I do the same thing in reality in my home studioWhen I've had to mike a real guitar speaker in the studio, my approach was always to go for a combination of a SM57 (for the punch) and a Royer 121.
I do the same when I make a preset in the Axe - it's a classic combination for a reason, and the SM57 adds the mid range "fist" that make the guitar cut through and sit in the mix.
Sometimes I experiment with a 421, AEA R92 other mics, if I'm looking for a different sound - but my starting point is the SM57 and R121 combo.
I do the same thing in reality in my home studio
Royer 121+SM57 , perfect
Dave and I were vacationing with his wife and my girlfriend. We were having cocktails in the lounge area of a hotel. Dave and I were discussing what to name our new amp. My girlfriend is a bartender and was telling Dave's wife about a shirley temple with vodka in it. I said , so its a Dirty Shirley." Dave said, perfect, that's the name of the amp.
And there you have it
Be a big spender and get both
here's a short preview clip of the DS model I did way back then for firmware 18 beta (G3). eventhough we've moved on in firmwares since then, it's still representative for the dynamics and crunch this amp is capable of at higher gain settings...