I can already send a feed to the PA with the FM3, FM9 or Axe-Fx III. I’d have to disconnect the combo part for live performance, so what do I gain? And now that it’s being fed to the PA, it sounds different. So we’re back to Step One.
Right, but that combo would have a quality power amp and speaker onboard, so it'll sound good anywhere.
It's a big stretch, and it likely won't sound the same because your hands and guitar are not the ones in the video. This is bourne out by countless "why don't I sound like xyz's vid" threads here posted by those using Axefx and testing with the same preset on flat or identical montoring.
I've never bought into the "tone is in your fingers" argument. In fact, I strongly disagree. Your musicianship, your phrasing, your "soul" are in your fingers. Put Yngwie on any amp and he'll sound like Yngwie on that amp. Same for Eric Johnson and anyone else. Tone is the sound the guitar, amp and effects make.
It's not a "wish" or request, or at least not from me. I was just making conversation and tossing out some possibilities.It is amazing how these wishes keep spinning on and on even after the boss has clearly said no, and provided his rationale
For the difference in cost it would be far better to just give the power it needs to hang in a gig volume mix!
I agree, and that's why I photoshopped a 4x12 half stack.
For the record that post was regarding powered floor monitors! I remember that thread and that comment is correct! This thread is somewhat different in the fact that it would be a new product that contains the hardwear, algos and is made to function and look like a traditional amp!It is amazing how these wishes keep spinning on and on, even after the boss has clearly said no, and provided his rationale
Well no, it won't sound good on stage in a band situation, as you won't be able to hear it. And keep in mind that if someone makes presets for your dedicated combo, they're basically limited to that unit. Or they'd have to make a "combo only" version and a "non-combo" version. Someone else mentioned having specific software that would work with this powered cab, which would make it even more specialized. And then there'd be firmware for the combo and firmware for the non-combo. It just sounds like an awful lot of work for little return. Of course I could be completely wrong; wouldn't be the first time...
You couldn't mic the speaker and run it across the PA?
Why would you do that when you can run it direct to the PA already?
Would be great if you would participate in all the thread examples here and everywhere of players challenged to get the tone they heard on a video even with the same preset on the same modeller with flat or identical monitoring. I always suggest they get a DI from the person who made the vid along with the preset so they can reamp it back through their own same modeller to prove it can indeed sound exactly the same and that it's only different when played with his / her own guitar + hands (this test was actually done with LT in a thread here but few seem to have interest in it as a part of a methodology for tone chasing). Modellers reproduce in exactly the same way across instances, but players and guitars do not - no getting around it -
Of course. Now for me personally, I've never been a fan of running direct. If I like the sound of my amp, I want a mic in front of that amp.
I'll bet that if I went to the studio of a YouTube demonstrator and played a riff, then went to the studio of another YouTube demonstrator and played the same riff, sure, there would be a different sound in the recorded videos.
So are you saying that if I play my friend's amp, then he gives me the patch to plug into my identical amp, I won't sound the same on my amp?
