I have a few words about brands and people who judge them.

[Phantasmagoria]

Re: I have a few words about brands and people who judge them.

If you let your tone speak for itself you'll find alot less people join the conversation.

Amen ..and not just your tone :laugh2:

 

[ThisDyingSoul76]

Re: I have a few words about brands and people who judge them.

The tools are what you make of them. Ignoring Behringer's really nice new digital mixers (The X32 is killer and used a ton professionally), I know several professional musicians who use/have used behringer stuff. I personally sold the little plastic graphic EQ pedal to Gary Nichols of The Steeldrivers, and I've seen him use it on stage. He just won a Grammy and uses a Behringer pedal on stage.

Gear is a tool. It's what you make of it. I love nice gear. I love high end gear. But nice gear doesn't always have to be high end gear.

Agreed... Sometimes the difference in sound is just a difference in sound. It may be lower quality parts making that sound difference; but even Brian Wampler has said that top shelf parts are not necessarily the way to go. Some of his designs use really cheap components in certain areas of the circuit because the sound he was looking for couldn't be achieved with the equivalent value hi-fi component.

 

[ThisDyingSoul76]

Re: I have a few words about brands and people who judge them.

That's how I learned to make stuff sound good.... by learning what all the parameters mean, not by throwing a million bucks at the problem and expecting results.

That's the key to it all, right there. Maybe certain pieces of gear won't get the sound you want or there will be aspects of that piece you can't get rid of by tweaking parameters; but if you know how to use it, you can get a good sound from it no matter what it costs.

With modelling, if I could afford an Axe Effects; I'd definitely look into them. They are known to be the best modelling tech out there right now. The stuff in my price range, while getting better, is lacking something in the way it responds to the player...that said, Vox is probably ahead of most in the low to mid priced modelling amps. If an Axe Effects was in my price range, and I found it to respond my touch the way tubes do; I'd provably go for it for the exact reason you're using them... To be able to pull up the sounds of several make/model amplifier without lugging several expensive and potentially temperamental tube amps around.

 

[Lysergene]

Re: I have a few words about brands and people who judge them.

I'm in debt, but it has been worth it.

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

Re: I have a few words about brands and people who judge them.

Agreed... Sometimes the difference in sound is just a difference in sound. It may be lower quality parts making that sound difference; but even Brian Wampler has said that top shelf parts are not necessarily the way to go. Some of his designs use really cheap components in certain areas of the circuit because the sound he was looking for couldn't be achieved with the equivalent value hi-fi component.

There's a huge difference between using specific parts to achieve a sound vs. cheaping out on parts for profit.

As for the OP, play what you want to get the sound in your head. Worrying about what others think is futile.

 

[Lysergene]

Re: I have a few words about brands and people who judge them.

There's a huge difference between using specific parts to achieve a sound vs. cheaping out on parts for profit.

As for the OP, play what you want to get the sound in your head. Worrying about what others think is futile.

Totally agree. I still own most of the pedals I have bought over the years.