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Joined: August 2002 Posts: 8307
Location: Tennessee | I've been doing an enormous amount of travel over the past year+, and my playing time gets extremely limited. I'm toying with the idea of taking my solid body Viper on the road with me ... and am looking at a processor for play and practice. I've seen the Digitech RP200 (or RP300) and the Pandora PX4. Anyone have any thoughts or experience with these, or other gear I should be looking at? I want to be able to play through headphones while I'm in my hotel rooms, and like the idea of the rhythm section and various amp models and effects. Any input is appreciated. |
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Joined: February 2003 Posts: 299
Location: Netherlands | I've been using the Boss GT-3 for quite some time now and am very satisfied with it. No rhythmsection however.
It's loaded with fx, has an acoustic preampsim which is rather good, and an anti-feedbacker that makes a good combination with my optima's notch filter, combined with a truckload of ampsims.
It's built like a tank and can be plugged into the mixing desk, a power amp or your regular guitar amp and has a connection for headphones.
A qualitative even better alternative would be a Line6 POD (portable, but you have to buy the footswitch separately) or POD XT (19", and a lot heavier) or TC-electronics G-major, which is also 19" and comes w/o a footswitch as well.
Budget alternative would be a Behringer V-Amp.
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Joined: February 2002 Posts: 5750
Location: Scotland | I'd agree with Groove, for sheer value for money the V-amp is great, I know several V-amp owners who prefer it over the pod.
If you own a lap-top a very cheap but effective option would be a Line-6 guitar port. They can be had for around $150. It's ideal for travelling as the hardware will easily fit in a lap-top case. The version-2 software is fantastic. I'm in the middle of recording an album for a ska-punk band & we've tracked all the guitars with the Guitar Port.
http://www.guitarport.com/ |
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