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Then you'll LOVE this.
Line 6 now has a guitar that, you guessed it, emulates other guitars! Need a
martin acoustic and don't have the $2k? No problem. Preset number 3. Banjo?
#4. A Gretsch 6120, no wait a Rick 360. It's there too.
See if you can find the demo video. It's a Hoot!
Phil
> From: "surfbandbill" <>
> Reply-To:
> Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2002 22:46:00 -0000
> To:
> Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Re: Stupid-hat award/no bother
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> Let me start this out by saying I'm not a "tube nazi" nor do I
> immediately write off any type of digital effects (yeah, I have a dan-
> echo instead of an echoplex for delay), but I just don't like the
> direction of music as having a digital equivalent for anything and
> everything. I had to cringe when a few days after purchasing a '64
> Blackface Twin Reverb (a steal at $800), a guitarist friend told me I
> was dumb and should just buy a Line 6 for a couple hundred more,
> since you could get it to sound exactly the same.
> So, with that said, I think the CT has it's place -- mainly among
> either guitarists playing a wide range of musical styles which all
> require distinct tones, or those who play for themselves and want to
> have a variety of amp sounds at their fingertips.
> Naturally, if you're playing surf, nothing beats the sound and tone
> of a vintage Fender amp, but as has been stated in earlier posts,
> this can run up to $2700. I, for one, would buy a Cyber and
> say "close enough" if I'd be saving $1800. Hell, at least it has
> SOME tubes in it....
>
> While I'm writing I guess I'll also add fuel to the purists fire by
> just throwing something out there about the Japanese-made Jags and
> Jazzmasters. I've had my MIJ Jag since '97 and have never had a
> single problem with it. Now that I've added a buzzstop (the best
> thing to happen to Fender Trem systems since the whammy bar), I
> couldn't be happier with mine.
> -Bill Bergstrom
> The Lava Rats
> www.thelavarats.com
>
>
>
>
> --- In SurfGuitar101@y..., "Dick Messick" <rmessick2@a...> wrote:
>> O.K., I'll bite . . . yep, I've got a Cyber-Twin. Can't say how
> the
>> BF Twin Reverb preset compares to the real thing (since I can't A/B
>> it).
>
>> On the whole, I pretty happy with mine. Tube purists/snobs may
>> disagree, but the amp sounds pretty good (to me). For my basement
>> playing, I've never had the master volume above "4" - this thing
> can
>> get LOUD! If anyone is considering it, though, don't think you can
>> toss your outboard reverb tanks . . . also, be sure to dig down and
>> tweak the presets - it's not a time consuming process, but it can
>> yield some nice tones.
>>
>> -Dick
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