waymda
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I'd have to hear it in person, but I'm glad its working for you! I heard the same thing about the Gemini stuff and in person it was anemic compared to a pair of Mackie powered speakers that cost 1/2 as much.
How about, before you post a condescending response with feigned happiness about other's actual experiences, you try the product in question.
I'm pretty sure you'll struggle to find Mackies 1/2 the price of the Laney's but hey, I'm sure you can back pedal and say you meant the Gemini stuff.
Opinions offered without even trying the products in question simply don't help the OP at all other than demonstrating existing biases.
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If its 200W w/DSP and all that routing, its probably about 130W (maybe). Unless you're also playing through 8" guitar cabs, there is no way its keeping up with a full rig in W/D/W set-up.
I'm the wrong guy to look into this, though. Pretty much all of the "guitar-centric" FRFR stuff (Gemini, Atomic, Friedman) 'cept for the FireHawk 1500 seems overpriced, underpowered, and over-advertised.
As an owner of a pair of these that I use for onstage monitoring in stereo with a Helix you are straight out wrong. They compete with a hard hitting drummer, bass and a loud Vox AC30 player no problem. I had to roll back the levels for the band. They are very loud and do not sound like you are playing through an 8" guitar cab. They sound like a sub-less but nearly full range system and, as they are wedge shaped, don't kill your audience in reaching very solid stage levels. Personally I'd run them louder, but hey I went to in-ears for my monitoring to stop being the loudest person on stage.
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I was a long time user of a HD500x and a couple of variations of the DT series.
I was going to say the reason they say the Helix will won't and shouldn't work like the HD series is that the DTs used the same pre-amp modelling so why bother. Then I remembered my frustration that the HD didn't hand over pre-amp modelling duties to the DT, thereby not reducing processor overheads. However, I don't think the Helix does a amp pre mode (from what I've seen) so you'd always end up with a modelled power section + the valves being reconfigured (unless pre's only came out).
That said, I personally found the benefit of switching power output modes on the valves in the DT wasn't sufficient to offset the horror of volume matching patches using DTs and went back to power amp and speaker combinations. I also hate to think of the noise you'd get if you were changing models using snapshots, and the additional lag slowing things down. It was bad enough moving between patches with the HD unit.
Overall I'm finding the Helix and Variax combination through FRFR's more if a dream rig than anything I got from a variax + HD + DT setup.
Not sure what your comment about alt tunings on the Helix is. I use them extensively to match keys for singers, for open tunings etc, and have no issues.
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If you'd like a low cost, yet very sophisticated IEM solution have a look at the POSSE personal monitoring system.
I run one and it allows me to blend:
- Helix outputs (stereo 1/4 inch sends set to amp level)
- A send from the desk (just vox and mono but could be stereo)
- My vocal mic (dry and direct - pre-desk)
- A stereo pair of condensor mics on the unit
All balanced from a small unit on my mic stand with a small box on the floor next to the Helix, whilst sending the balanced outputs to a pair of small wedges for stage monitoring for the band, then onto FoH.
I run this up a long stereo 3.5mm extension lead gaffered to my Variax lead allowing a pick up point for my in ears at the guitar.
This allows me to have fully sealed IEMs (I use 1964 triple drivers), and still hear the band and audience without needing to mic anyone else up. We just run vocals and kick (and now Helix) for most gigs.
I have bi-lateral conductive deafness with about 60 db defeat requiring hearing aids to work in the real world and they can't supply the level of clean clear volume I get from my IEM solution and it runs at about half. So I hear better on stage than off - how many of you can say that? I can be as quiet as anyone wants on stage and still have a roaring loud energetic sound hitting my ears - which is how I always ran real amps, yes I was always the guy getting told to turn down.
The POSSE cost me about half what the IEMs did, and I couldn't be happier. I had some minor issues early on using an OEM PSU that didn't supply enough amperage, but that's fixed easily.
Sorry if this sounds like an advert - it just seems a very good solution for lots of pro-am guys.
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Has anyone been (would they be?) game enough to pull the neck off and measure the pocket?
And thanks for the Stewmac info - freights no so bad for light things so long as you're prepared to wait.
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The 69 has a thick neck. That might make you happy.
Maybe - but I really don't like the electronics layout, which is why I didn't pursue one initially. It just looks wrong to me having the tuning knob on the upper bout.
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As per the title.
I'm in Australia and they're not here yet.
I currently have a JTV-59.
Whilst I love what it can do I really, really miss my Fender feel - long time (30+ years) strat and tele tragic.
What draws me to the standard is the control layout and strat shape - but not so much the rosewood fingerboard and fret size.
My ideal would be a slab like tele maple neck with jumbo frets. Yep I apply way to much sting pressure.
So, whats the prognosis? Any chance I make my dream rig run with my dream guitar? (currently line 6 end-to-end)
what are you using the pre blocks for?
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Someone better tell a bunch of players in the analog world to stop using amps/preamps as feeders into their main amp to get their unique tones then.
End of the day this has been done in the real world for a long time, by various people, and a modeler just makes it easier to play with a ton of combinations to create 'that sound'.