Dutch said:
My thinking was more along the live-playing lines: whatever you don't need to drag along... well... you don't need to drag along, do you? That saves weight and space and it will not get dropped off the side of the stage...
For recording I'd always take the tone over comfort, but for live playing... Through most PA's, who ever is going to hear the difference of an IR in the Axe or the same IR in the Torpedo. Except maybe you. .
people don't care about guitar sound, you can bring a rockman or zoom 9002 it will be the same for all of people.what count for me is the pleasure i take when playing a gear , because it direct influence my playing, and what people hear..the pleasure to play a good amp, a good guitar...is great
if you don't care about that take a 300 buck guitar , an old rockman and it will do the job without a pb ! i know that....
for the weight, well i have 4u rack (with axe fx and torpedo) and my combo amp , and pedalboard.
that's ok for me it's less than the drummer or keyboard player.
torpedo has avantage live for me : mic has pb of taking other's sound on stage , the placement etc , and i want to know what i exactly send to the pa , because a soundman can kill your sound.
Dutch said:
And of course there's the academics of it all. Is it the quality of the machine or the IR in the machine?
I will never (well, not soon) swing 2k at a machine that just does cabsims so its not of any concern for me. I'm just curious.
nobody will tell the difference between axe fx or pod on stage, or eventide and boss effects....so why do you have bought an axe fx ?
you buy a machine for it's quality and what it will bring to you.my music romm has really bad acoustic, i only have a sm57 , and i can't play really loud.
torpedo take all these pbs out , and use the juice of the real power amp.i really want it live and when i record.
and believe me i will use with axe fx for exemple in clean channel of my amp with drive like fuzz etc, i'm sure it will sound good
in the other way, i have a tyler guitar and cheap guitar that i use less.
i don't anderstand people who have 3 amps, and 4 expansive guitar.
i prefer one amp, one guitar , and axe fx and torpedo than 4 amps that i can't use at full power.
just a vison of things.