ak301
Power User
I've posted Dave's musings on modelling before, but last night I went to Dave's event at Peach Guitars here in England
After Sam (didn't get his full name) did a demo of a few songs of his own through a BE, great tone, Dave did a Q&A, and eventually the topic of modellers came up, one of the audience members asked Dave about them and told Dave he thought they "were just a fad", and asked what Dave his thoughts were about the various brands modelling his amps. Dave said he thought of it almost as theft and said moddellers had no dynamics or depth, and the interaction between the guitar and speaker weren't the same, and mentioned something about them "not being music" - Though I didn't quite hear that last bit, so can't confirm 100% what he said.
I found it ironic what he said, considering at the time he was stood right next to the two FRFR cabs he sells specifically for modellers, one of which I own
I did feel like asking if he knew how many people bought his products after trying them through modellers, but the conversation had moved on.
I get that he is there pushing his products, but what annoyed me was with other types of amps he was all "well if that's what works for you" but any mention of digital it was all meh
And then this morning I watched this,
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Watch from 1:06, after a question or two on picking dynamics colouring tone he has a dig at modellers, specifically Neal Schon's rig, saying it sounded horrible,
To be honest I doubt I'd use Neil's tones as an example of what the AXEIII can do, but it's certainly not the POS Dave implies
Now I like Dave, and I do think he does know how to make a classic ballsy marshall sounding amp, but I do find it ironic him ragging on new technology.
Which as much as he might not like it, isn't going to go away anytime soon, considering how he's built his company on reproducing other amp sounds
Thoughts?
After Sam (didn't get his full name) did a demo of a few songs of his own through a BE, great tone, Dave did a Q&A, and eventually the topic of modellers came up, one of the audience members asked Dave about them and told Dave he thought they "were just a fad", and asked what Dave his thoughts were about the various brands modelling his amps. Dave said he thought of it almost as theft and said moddellers had no dynamics or depth, and the interaction between the guitar and speaker weren't the same, and mentioned something about them "not being music" - Though I didn't quite hear that last bit, so can't confirm 100% what he said.
I found it ironic what he said, considering at the time he was stood right next to the two FRFR cabs he sells specifically for modellers, one of which I own
I did feel like asking if he knew how many people bought his products after trying them through modellers, but the conversation had moved on.
I get that he is there pushing his products, but what annoyed me was with other types of amps he was all "well if that's what works for you" but any mention of digital it was all meh
And then this morning I watched this,
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Watch from 1:06, after a question or two on picking dynamics colouring tone he has a dig at modellers, specifically Neal Schon's rig, saying it sounded horrible,
To be honest I doubt I'd use Neil's tones as an example of what the AXEIII can do, but it's certainly not the POS Dave implies
Now I like Dave, and I do think he does know how to make a classic ballsy marshall sounding amp, but I do find it ironic him ragging on new technology.
Which as much as he might not like it, isn't going to go away anytime soon, considering how he's built his company on reproducing other amp sounds
Thoughts?