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I've had a lot of 2204s from different years. Generally they sound about the same, but I've had some that imho are far too bass heavy and boomy (to me), and they tend to me JCM era (though I had one JMP that was like this). The most aggressive one I've played was a JCM from 1990 that had tons...

It's confusing, but NAM is open source I believe and is not the proprietary capture tech of Neural DSP.

NAM support will be nice. Waiting to see how well the new Helix does with its capture/profiling.

One of these two.

Congrats! Love Ibanez guitars. It's nice knowing that you can always pick up a Japanese Ibanez and know it's going to be a great player.

I tend to use JMP 2204s. Had an early 80s cab with the 65s and it was fine but seemed a little dull compared to G12Ms or V30s. Fwiw my preferred speakers with them are V30s so my hearing may be damaged haha.

I use to have a 4010 combo with that cap and a few 2204 heads without it. Each one sounded a bit different into the same cab, but I'm not sure how much of it was from that cap (IME some 2204s are just bassier or gainier etc than others for reasons that I can't explain). Seems with lifting one...

I love the newer Gibsons except for the fret size. Wish they'd go back to at least whatever they used in the 90s. Or just limited runs with larger fret sizes instead of dumbass different colors. I'd think a lot of folks would jump at an LP Standard or Explorer with 6100-style frets.

VH4 for me. I've had several and I like them (and Peter) but eventually something about that amp just bugs me.

I've been very impressed with the E-IIs I've had. I prefer them to the old Standard Series and they hold up fine compared to the Original Series, especially considering just how expensive the Original Series stuff has become. Just have to get over the logo and the use of veneers.

I play a lot more frequently with a profiler thing than I do with tube amps. I have a mental block turning on a tube amp just to noodle for 15 or 30 minutes, but flipping on a Nano Cortex for that is no problem. But when I can dedicate more time to really playing, a tube amp is just somehow...

This was the TSB they issued. Doesn't say a serial number range TECH BULLETIN: "Tremoverb" Update *NOTE: This update does not apply to very early units having a 120ohm, 10W sandblock resistor near pwr transformer. The "Tremoverb" amplifier has two 47-ohm, 1/4-watt resistors (one is located mext...

Congrats! I had one of these with 7-strings. Was a nice guitar for sure.

It'll be much more effective at raising your volume/decibel level in your FX loop (might want it last so that it just raises the level of all other FXs too), unless your amp is so loud it's out of headroom.

I found Triples to be too "cold" or stiff sounding. Just prefer the Dual. But they all work. I had a Rev E Dual and an early ToV (with a serial loop) that I didn't care for (both seemed loose but fizzy). But even those did the job you'd want a Recto to do. I have a late Rev G now that I...