Are there people here who still just mainly want all analog guitar stuff?

[stephen sawall]

Its uncommon in Texas. Doesnt seem common here in Chicago either, at least, among blues guys.

There are places here that only have silent stage.
There is no drums or only electronic.

 

[Al Chapo]

This all has a 100% analog signal path. The only FX that are digital are the reverbs and delay, but they have analog dry-thru. The only one that is full digital is the Boss SL-2 Slicer, but I rarely use it and it's just an analog buffer when bypassed.
I use analog reactive load boxes when recording direct. The signal remains analog until it hits the Thunderbolt interface. IRs are applied in the DAW and I use IRs I made of my own speakers.
I also use two analog drum machines (both Arturia DrumBrutes) for the majority of my drums and I have probably the cheapest analog synth available (Arturia MicroBrute) that can be patched into this whole pedal/amp chain with an A/B switch.
I wish I could record to 2" 24-track analog tape, but that requires a lot of money and space. I still have over 400 original albums on cassette, which is my preferred medium for listening to music.
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[romanianreaper]

I'd have no problem going digital if I HAD to but it isn't there yet. To be honest, our scene is still typically stacks and combo amps mic'd. Some bands we have done shows with use modellers but I'd say it leans more analog.

I saw Whitesnake probably ten years ago and they were using modellers. I didn’t realize it until the P.A. went out. They had in ears and didn't realize all the crowd could hear for about 10 seconds was the snare going ",pop, pop, pop" and was total silence other than that. It was s9 awkward. They were posing, etc and couldn't hear a damn thing.

 

[VonBonfire]

I'd have no problem going digital if I HAD to but it isn't there yet.

People have been saying "it's so close" on guitar forums since the late 90's because it's never been close at all.

 

[7704A]

People have been saying "it's so close" on guitar forums since the late 90's because it's never been close at all.

Eh, people say all sorts of nonsense on guitar forums, like the body wood of a solid electric guitar mattering. That said, I was surprised to find out that this tone was a POD from the turn of the century:

Not a favorite tone of mine at all, but not one I associated with modelers.

 

[VonBonfire]

Eh, people say all sorts of nonsense on guitar forums, like the body wood of a solid electric guitar mattering. That said, I was surprised to find out that this tone was a POD from the turn of the century:

Keep me posted on your new reverb. My main worry is it will pick up stage noise through the springs and become unusable for live work.

 

[DrewJD82]

The big ass pedalboard I started building last year was supposed to be an all-analog board but once I got to the time based aspects it stopped being realistic as I couldn’t fit two Echoplex’s and an actual church cathedral on it.

 

[7704A]

Keep me posted on your new reverb. My main worry is it will pick up stage noise through the springs and become unusable for live work.

Will do! Probably going to be a few months before building. For stage noise, if a twin reverb spring tank is fine, wouldn't that suggest this probably would be too? The main question in my mind being whether stepping on pedals couples through to the springs.

 

[VonBonfire]

Will do! Probably going to be a few months before building. For stage noise, if a twin reverb spring tank is fine, wouldn't that suggest this probably would be too? The main question in my mind being whether stepping on pedals couples through to the springs.

I can only speculate since I removed the tanks outta mine before gigging them hard. I'll be interested to hear your experiences and how easily/not easily you can induce noise into it. I would guess it would be fine but 130dB band can change things.

 

[Devin]

I'm something of an anal OG

 

[japetus]

I'm something of an anal OG

Sweet, short, and raw baby! WOOOOO!!!!!!!!

 

[7704A]

I can only speculate since I removed the tanks outta mine before gigging them hard. I'll be interested to hear your experiences and how easily/not easily you can induce noise into it. I would guess it would be fine but 130dB band can change things.

Why'd you take them out? And sounds like a reason for me to go pester my friend with the cinderblock shed about a dB day celebration...

 

[VonBonfire]

Why'd you take them out? And sounds like a reason for me to go pester my friend with the cinderblock shed about a dB day celebration...

I don't use them because they either kick out too much reverb or none at all. The control is too sensitive and it becomes fiddly when you are trying to dial in at a gig. Also, no dwell control. People have suggested using a different spring tank, or modding the amp to get a dwell control, changing driver tubes, some kind of channel jump arrangement, various stuff.

If you're familiar with the tanks the point of failure are the little wires. They tend to snag on stuff and the connectors will short out up near the jacks into the amp, more issues. Maybe I should give it some more consideration but I hate tech visits to begin with so I'm thinking the smart option is a board mounted spring unit of some sort or just sucking it up and buying a Fender RI tank.

 

[7704A]

If you're familiar with the tanks the point of failure are the little wires. They tend to snag on stuff and the connectors will short out up near the jacks into the amp, more issues. Maybe I should give it some more consideration but I hate tech visits to begin with so I'm thinking the smart option is a board mounted spring unit of some sort or just sucking it up and buying a Fender RI tank.

The little ones in the tank? I have one tank on an amp where those broke.

 

[VonBonfire]

The little ones in the tank? I have one tank on an amp where those broke.

The little ones on the right, near where they go into the chassis. High snag factor when you are loading in/out. I dunno, maybe it's worth one more shot since it's free but again, previous experiences they didn't work good for dialing in the very light touch of reverb I'd be after.

 

[7704A]

The little ones on the right, near where they go into the chassis. High snag factor when you are loading in/out. I dunno, maybe it's worth one more shot since it's free but again, previous experiences they didn't work good for dialing in the very light touch of reverb I'd be after.
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Ah those! Got it. Could also have a tech switch it over to a more robust connector, though may not be much point if it doesn't do the job anyway. Also then you'd need your special cable to connect reverb tanks to it.

 

[VonBonfire]

Ah those! Got it. Could also have a tech switch it over to a more robust connector, though may not be much point if it doesn't do the job anyway. Also then you'd need your special cable to connect reverb tanks to it.

The tank that came with my '72 has a more modern connector, those sealed in plastic/rubber kind. Maybe I'll give it a run next week and see how it performs. I made a thread where I think Churchill and Music and Chaos, among others, did make some legit suggestions so maybe I should review it and give some of what they suggested a solid try. I still haven't even decided whether to haul my board to Helena or not, LOL.