I have been on the fence about this (and other multi-FX boards), but you sold me on this one. Very cool demo showing how to start with a fresh rig. Cheers!
I played a Vox Tonelabe SE for twenty years. I had to repair "this-n-that" until it finally bit the dust. Looks like I've found its replacement. Nice demo.
Thank you for doing excellent and balanced reviews of gear. It's refreshing to see such reviews as many of us players would carrying out if we tested the gear in a store.
Great review as usual! I'm very interested in this new pedal. I've been using a Firehawk FX for a while and really like it. Was considering upgrading to a Kemper, but don't like that it isn't a pedal board (head and pedal only). How does the Headrush models/cabs/effects compare sonically with the Kemper or the Helix? Looking forward to your response and watching the rest of the videos in this series. Keep up the good work!
Hi Brett, this are great videos, congrats. Like it very much. But what I miss in the Videos and What I have not seen yet in any videos and information about the different views the board has. So if I want to use it on stage my prefered usage is, to have the opportunity to change/switch presets and also effects at the same view. As I have seen in the manual there is a mode named Hybrid view. Is it possible to change presets with the four lower middle buttons and then switch on/of effects for this preset with the four upper middle switches? This is essential if you have an intro with total different sound than Vers and Chorus in one song. If you have a video for that it will be great. I need that feature for my preferences to decide for that gear.
well line 6 has itz own issues with patch building compared to which headrush is far better....i cant say in terms of the tonality though bt headrush seems to be far ahead of line 6
Hello! Do you know how Can i get less latency when changing AMP channels ? I use Rig mode with 4 cables method and a midi cable to switch my 100w Revv tube amp...3000 euros spent and get a Big latency ! There should be a solution ! Factory reset? Setlist mode?...Please tell me there's one othetwise i'll sell this unit i was full of Hope! 😥
Love your reviews mate. Is there any chance of a comparison between this, the Line 6 Helix and the Fractal multi-fx pedalboards? I'm having a bit of a tough time deciding which one to get.
I have had the AX8 and its main strenght especially for live use , apart from the quality of its amps etc., was the possibility to run the same patch with 8 different scenes or better 8 different sets of effects and chains of effects thus opening a pretty wide range of options. I'm not sure sure that the Helix or this new Headrush can do the same. If they don't ... mmmmh .... I'm afraid they're loosers.
TheGuitar Person I have the Headrush, and my bandmate has the full AxeFX rack system. Comparing the two, without doubt the possibilities of the Axe are just endless. I mean you can even replace single transistors and stuff in it. With the Axe you can tweak EVERYTHING, more than in real life. But, it is four time the price of a Headrush. And you would need to bring your laptop for easy editing of the rigs. For me, the Headrush is perfect. Soundwise, I don't think it falls behind at all. Especially with the possibility to download and use IR's, which really is a gamechanger, I would really recommend the Headrush if you're on a budget. If you have 5000 dollers burning in your pocket, and need the possibility to tweak a ridiculous amount of parameters, the Axe is your best choice.
I have both (actually I have the Axe FXIII rack, and the AX8). For "Sonic experimentation" and absolutely flexibility nothing beats the Axe FX. But for gigging and touring, I now only take the Headrush. It sounds great, gives me everything I need, and the ease of use on stage absolutely blows the AxeFX away. But, everyone's needs are different, so basically... get the system that suits your needs.
I have a question: once you configure everything the way you want it, are you able to save that setting and name it? For example: set everything. Configure it. Build your rig. And name it say, “master of puppets”? Cuz that’s the setup you’re gonna use if you play master of puppets by Metallica. And then build an entirely different rig and setup and name it “hotel California”... different rig. Different setup. Etc. and then easily go from one to the other? I play lead guitar in a church worship group. Completely different set list every week. I want to be able to customize rigs for specific songs and then call on them easily and quickly from song to song... Hope this makes sense. I can’t justify spending close to $2000 on the Felix or helix. Or whatever it’s called. This looks much more user friendly and honestly sounds better so far.
You can do that. It goes one better, it has a set list mode that lets you put all the rigs you will use per song into a “bundle” across the pedals. So you can create a rig then put it in your set list order. It’s pretty cool. Hope that helped.
hello, congratulations for the review, that great sound that you take to the pedalboard is through some monitors? I have a headrush and I do not know how to get that sound that I hear in the video, I would love you to tell me how you do it, thanks and greetings from Spain
Hi Brett! I have a question. Is it necessary to choose an amp? would it make a difference if I don't choose an amp since I'm playing directly through a marshall?
If you're playing an amp modeller into the front of an amp, you switch the amp and cab sims off. If you're going into an fx return (avoiding your preamp) then you would use an amp sim...but no cab. Most amp modellers have settings so that you can send your signal to a PA or an FRFR cab, using the amp and cab sims, while sending a second signal to your amp with the amp/cabs turned off.
Hey guys! Im looking for a new multi effect Pedalboard with bunch of pre preprograms as the gnx3 used to be (yes its super old now but it's what i had till now) so my question is : is this one similar and able to recreate the triplet effect for exemple (sounds like organ) or recreate the bass isntrument etc?
Hi Brett, I always love your pedal presentations, thank you for that. You tested the Headrush and built a rig which sounds pretty awesome. I've been planning to buy one in the closer future. My question: Can I use the XLRs direct into the mixing console plus a mono cable 1/4" out to drive an amp like a monitor both at the same time? Greetings from Germany, Martin
question? is it water proof? I mean during gigs, maybe near a beer bottle when u accidentally spill it especially on the touchscreen area. just wondering...
akosibopet Are amps water proof? I don't think so. They need to make a Headrush rack as well to avoid drunks spilling beer, or dropping other liquids on accident.
Hi Burgs, Can the headrush pedalboard do "sound on sound"? (one tone in heel position and another tone in toe position, and fade between the two?) ex. David Gilmour "Shine on you Crazy Diamond" (from David Gilmour at the royal albert hall)
There's a headrush demo on that actually, check out HeadrushFx channel, the demo-er puts in 2 amps and 2 cabs and blends them together with the expression pedal so on heel position amp 1 and cab 1 have a 100% mix, on toe amp 2 and cab 2 have 100% mix
Anything with plenty of power and a very flat speaker response would do. Personally, I'd choose a CLR Active, but they're pricey. The RCF's aren't bad either. Friedman, Samson... Many companies make them. I'd look for a flat response with a 12" driver and some sort of high-pass facility to roll off subs.
Gary, Headrush introduced the FRFR-112 at NAMM in January. FRFR is Full Range Flat Response. Should be available by April. My guitar pusher says they are perfect for the Headrush pedal.
The UI is great with this pedalboard but does anyone know how he ended up changing around the stomp order? If I go into hardware assign I do not see the AIR reverb anywhere. Just curious!
It's in the manual, Pg.9. "To delete the current rig, tap thebutton in the upper-right corner, and then tap Delete Rig, and then tap Yes to continue or No to cancel."
I am returning mine. Fortunately, I purchased it less than 30 days ago from a major vendor. the USB Transfer is not working. Tried multiple pc's running WIN7 & WIN10 and no good, Headrush drive does not come up. Very disappointed, but I am upgrading to a HELIX LT which I know I will be happy with and for added protection I purchased the vendors extended 3 year warranty.
I was just thinking about the ethics of these digital fx. If I go and paint a copy of a famous new painting ( no more than 50 years old ) and then I go and sell it, it would be immoral and I would also be liable to be sued. If I took a photo of that painting and sold it I would be sued too. Now, someone exactly copying an analog circuit has been found to be the same (look at vertex effects history). If I then do what is arguably the equivalent of taking a photo (making a digital snap shot of the pedals response and audio signal aren't I infact breaking the same codes? It is an interesting discussion point for the industry and its 'consumers' I know the market drives things but does this make it right? I mean someone like Brian Wampler spends hours doing things the right way and actually develops an idea, creates, tests and makes it work in a production line and then some crafty computer and audio engineers essentially steal his material and rebrand it. It's not moral is it? (presuming that these digital algorithms are exact copies) Are the companies in discussion with each other about how much like the real thing is acceptable to both parties etc? or is it more of a case that it is seen as something unstoppable? Or is it a Fender Marshall JTM thing where Fender can't sure because they too borrowed their ideas from old tube radios? I like the new Boss Katana and Yamaha THRHD 100 HD as they seem to have digitally built the amp models themselves rather than copying an audio signal? (correct me if I am wrong)
As an owner of several major league modellers and software emulations I can say that really none of them sound THAT good, so close that they could be construed as actually copying or taking away business from the real thing....pedal manufacturers have done a similar thing for years, with sound-a-like fuzz, delays and then theres SansAmp etc. With digital stuff just think of them as not much more than a tribute act... I doubt, like myself you would want to stop tribute bands from gigging?
I get your point, and i'm 100% in favor of protecting intellectual property, but: 1/ This is the Music Industry, which seemingly has different rules. If Nash and Suhr can make Strat and Telecaster copies, and the Marshall Plexi was originally a copy of the Fender Bassman, and there have been a brazillion different PAF pickup copies and variations, and most pedals are just rehashes of old pedals... modeling the SOUND of a circuit, or even modeling the circuit itself can't really be an infringement. Even Brian Wampler is only making variations of older, tried and true designs. Didn't he begin by directly copying? Heck, all the pedal names are pretty much 'riffs' off of what they emulate. Even the Kemper.... the most literal copy of a 'tone,' can't be considered infringement any more than a microphone could be. We've had Samplers in keyboards/synths for years. We've had samples in music for years. Personally, i'm more offended by guitar manufacturers that steal legendary guitar designs than by amp, pedal, and modeling which all establish their own aesthetics. I mean, Fender has been marketing and evolving the Stratocaster for 70 years - a lot of money and man-hours - and some guy can just copy it? That bothers me.
CentaurusRelax314 using the same painting style as Monet is fine or buying the same paints he used is also, just as borrowing small portions of musical note ideas is also fine but completely copying sections surely is not? Look at Boogie Amps Mark series, preamps have borrowed blackface ideas that have been adapted and gain stacked. This is OK I think. But copying the sound of the final product is simply selling a digital audio copy is it not?
If you search "fine art reproductions" or "painting reproductions," you find an entire industry of direct, literal copies of paintings. www.1st-art-gallery.com re: Music - there has long been an industry of samples and presets being sold that emulate classic instruments. You can buy presets that copy a Roland TR-808 drum machine, for example. Or, string patches from a Solina or bass sounds from an Oberheim. You can buy actual samples of sounds from other synthesizers. So, sampling a machine and reproducing its sound at '100%' is sorta accepted. Amps.... I think a lot of the boutique amp builders have been copying circuits. A Morgan or a Divided by 13 are probably based on Fenders or some such. Put it in a different shell, and it's all 'okay.' It's confusing, where the intellectual property 'lines' are drawn. Gibson famously banned PRS from making a guitar that didn't resemble its Les Paul very much, and yet now years later, those lines have been crossed. Oh - i just read that one amp company (can't remember which) actually is providing its own profiles for the Kemper! The manufacturer actually said he had heard other profiles of his amp and just wanted to be sure consumers had an accurate representation of his product. Lunacy. But, the rationalization is that people might fall in love with it and want the real thing. I kinda doubt that strategy, though.... Free, and 95%+ is kinda better than $2,000 for 100%.
Brett Lingle. It sounds better I agree, but that doesn't mean Headrush sounds like crap either sir. Line 6 products sound more digital IMO, but others my differ with me.
What a lovely straightforward tutorial. Great sounds, great playing, just a great demo. Thank you.
Thanks I’m now sold I don’t want anything complicated to use thanks.
I have been on the fence about this (and other multi-FX boards), but you sold me on this one. Very cool demo showing how to start with a fresh rig. Cheers!
Your tone in this demo is incredible!!
I played a Vox Tonelabe SE for twenty years. I had to repair "this-n-that" until it finally bit the dust.
Looks like I've found its replacement. Nice demo.
Thank you for doing excellent and balanced reviews of gear. It's refreshing to see such reviews as many of us players would carrying out if we tested the gear in a store.
One pedals boards, done, the jobs. All in one .super nice !
Wow! You make it look so easy to dial in great tone.
I love interface, colour coding and touch screen.
I don't think I've ever been sold on something so quickly
Thank you! I just bought a used one today. I can’t wait for it to get here now.
Killer demo as always from Brett. 👍
After the adventure with Feactal and kemper, this effect is my number 1
Well, you sure made that look ridiculously easy!
Great segment, thank you for doing this. 👍
Thanks for a great video. I'm excited to try one out. For the money it's hard to beat.
So how do you find the reverb since it was the last effect but all the footswitches were already assigned effects? Great video btw!
Killer review as always, Brett. Headrushfans.com approves!
Hey man! Thank you so much for doing this video. Big help. Happy holidays.
Great review as usual! I'm very interested in this new pedal. I've been using a Firehawk FX for a while and really like it. Was considering upgrading to a Kemper, but don't like that it isn't a pedal board (head and pedal only). How does the Headrush models/cabs/effects compare sonically with the Kemper or the Helix? Looking forward to your response and watching the rest of the videos in this series. Keep up the good work!
Sounds amazing. I am in the market....in your opinion is Headrush the number 1 choice today? Is it still your choice today? Thanks for help.
Helix schmelix, you need this, cheaper, easier to use, no farting about, buy it
This sounds amazing. What are you monitoring it through? Through an FRFR speaker or studio monitors?
Best Demo Ever
Fabulous job! Very informative! Thank you sharing this!
Hi Brett, this are great videos, congrats. Like it very much. But what I miss in the Videos and What I have not seen yet in any videos and information about the different views the board has. So if I want to use it on stage my prefered usage is, to have the opportunity to change/switch presets and also effects at the same view. As I have seen in the manual there is a mode named Hybrid view. Is it possible to change presets with the four lower middle buttons and then switch on/of effects for this preset with the four upper middle switches? This is essential if you have an intro with total different sound than Vers and Chorus in one song. If you have a video for that it will be great. I need that feature for my preferences to decide for that gear.
Wow I'm not sure if the line six or the head rush is better I really like ur demos and ur clean sounds
well line 6 has itz own issues with patch building compared to which headrush is far better....i cant say in terms of the tonality though bt headrush seems to be far ahead of line 6
Flynn Hanbury Tenison 1. Fractal Audio 2. Kemper 3. Helix 4. Bias Effects 5. Head Rush. In that order from best to worse.
I need it in my life.
You do man, you'll never regret it :) Loving mine
Hello! Do you know how Can i get less latency when changing AMP channels ? I use Rig mode with 4 cables method and a midi cable to switch my 100w Revv tube amp...3000 euros spent and get a Big latency ! There should be a solution ! Factory reset? Setlist mode?...Please tell me there's one othetwise i'll sell this unit i was full of Hope! 😥
Hey Brett, great video and great playing. Question.... GT 1000 vs Headrush.... which one and why?
Love your reviews mate.
Is there any chance of a comparison between this, the Line 6 Helix and the Fractal multi-fx pedalboards? I'm having a bit of a tough time deciding which one to get.
I have had the AX8 and its main strenght especially for live use , apart from the quality of its amps etc., was the possibility to run the same patch with 8 different scenes or better 8 different sets of effects and chains of effects thus opening a pretty wide range of options. I'm not sure sure that the Helix or this new Headrush can do the same. If they don't ... mmmmh .... I'm afraid they're loosers.
Yeah, they are all great boards very much a tough decision
TheGuitar Person I have the Headrush, and my bandmate has the full AxeFX rack system. Comparing the two, without doubt the possibilities of the Axe are just endless. I mean you can even replace single transistors and stuff in it. With the Axe you can tweak EVERYTHING, more than in real life. But, it is four time the price of a Headrush. And you would need to bring your laptop for easy editing of the rigs. For me, the Headrush is perfect. Soundwise, I don't think it falls behind at all. Especially with the possibility to download and use IR's, which really is a gamechanger, I would really recommend the Headrush if you're on a budget. If you have 5000 dollers burning in your pocket, and need the possibility to tweak a ridiculous amount of parameters, the Axe is your best choice.
Or buy a second hand AX8.
I have both (actually I have the Axe FXIII rack, and the AX8). For "Sonic experimentation" and absolutely flexibility nothing beats the Axe FX.
But for gigging and touring, I now only take the Headrush. It sounds great, gives me everything I need, and the ease of use on stage absolutely blows the AxeFX away.
But, everyone's needs are different, so basically... get the system that suits your needs.
super well done!
How to achieve the settings from the beginning of the HeadRush Pedalboard video: Part 1 - BUILD YOUR RIG 101. Thank you in advance. regards
Powerful dude!
I have a question: once you configure everything the way you want it, are you able to save that setting and name it? For example: set everything. Configure it. Build your rig. And name it say, “master of puppets”? Cuz that’s the setup you’re gonna use if you play master of puppets by Metallica. And then build an entirely different rig and setup and name it “hotel California”... different rig. Different setup. Etc. and then easily go from one to the other? I play lead guitar in a church worship group. Completely different set list every week. I want to be able to customize rigs for specific songs and then call on them easily and quickly from song to song...
Hope this makes sense. I can’t justify spending close to $2000 on the Felix or helix. Or whatever it’s called. This looks much more user friendly and honestly sounds better so far.
You can do that. It goes one better, it has a set list mode that lets you put all the rigs you will use per song into a “bundle” across the pedals. So you can create a rig then put it in your set list order. It’s pretty cool. Hope that helped.
hello, congratulations for the review, that great sound that you take to the pedalboard is through some monitors? I have a headrush and I do not know how to get that sound that I hear in the video, I would love you to tell me how you do it, thanks and greetings from Spain
Awesome Review
How is the sound and feel compared to the Helix?
I have the headrush and the AX8.
Lux Imani. Which one would you keep if you had to sell one?
This Awesome Mate !
I'm thinking of purchasing this. It's been a few months since you posted the review. How's it holding up and any changes on your thoughts?
How did you hooked your sound card to your gear?
Hi Brett! I have a question. Is it necessary to choose an amp? would it make a difference if I don't choose an amp since I'm playing directly through a marshall?
If you're playing an amp modeller into the front of an amp, you switch the amp and cab sims off. If you're going into an fx return (avoiding your preamp) then you would use an amp sim...but no cab.
Most amp modellers have settings so that you can send your signal to a PA or an FRFR cab, using the amp and cab sims, while sending a second signal to your amp with the amp/cabs turned off.
Downloaded your rig from headrushfx.com. Awesome stuff.
Can you use an iPad with this unit?
Can you still download it from there?
Hey guys! Im looking for a new multi effect Pedalboard with bunch of pre preprograms as the gnx3 used to be (yes its super old now but it's what i had till now) so my question is : is this one similar and able to recreate the triplet effect for exemple (sounds like organ) or recreate the bass isntrument etc?
I got one! Owns everything, giving away all my pedals
Gave away all your cheap pedals?
I got a helix lt and I have always regretted getting over the headrush.... To my ear hr is better and faster to dial in but I have never used one
Does anyone know how are the harmonizer and whammy FX are in this unit?
Hi Brett, I always love your pedal presentations, thank you for that. You tested the Headrush and built a rig which sounds pretty awesome. I've been planning to buy one in the closer future. My question: Can I use the XLRs direct into the mixing console plus a mono cable 1/4" out to drive an amp like a monitor both at the same time? Greetings from Germany, Martin
maddle60 yes you can!
Thank you, Joel :-)
HeadRush gigboard or fractal fm3?
Hi Brett.How would you rate TheGT-100 in comparison with the Headrush?
ragnarbg. You get what you pay.
Hi witch is the best: Line 6 helix or the head Rush?
question? is it water proof? I mean during gigs, maybe near a beer bottle when u accidentally spill it especially on the touchscreen area. just wondering...
I can only guess that it would be a lot safer to spill a little beer or liquid on this than it would be on a traditional amp.
akosibopet Are amps water proof? I don't think so.
They need to make a Headrush rack as well to avoid drunks spilling beer, or dropping other liquids on accident.
Thanks 😊 ✌️
Hi Burgs,
Can the headrush pedalboard do "sound on sound"? (one tone in heel position and another tone in toe position, and fade between the two?)
ex. David Gilmour "Shine on you Crazy Diamond" (from David Gilmour at the royal albert hall)
There's a headrush demo on that actually, check out HeadrushFx channel, the demo-er puts in 2 amps and 2 cabs and blends them together with the expression pedal so on heel position amp 1 and cab 1 have a 100% mix, on toe amp 2 and cab 2 have 100% mix
Any way to assign one switch to turn on/off or bypass several modules?
you can set up a scene
If I wanted to use this live and not plug into the PA, is there an amp or reference monitor you would recommend to play thru? Thanks!
Anything with plenty of power and a very flat speaker response would do. Personally, I'd choose a CLR Active, but they're pricey. The RCF's aren't bad either. Friedman, Samson... Many companies make them. I'd look for a flat response with a 12" driver and some sort of high-pass facility to roll off subs.
Gary, Headrush introduced the FRFR-112 at NAMM in January. FRFR is Full Range Flat Response. Should be available by April. My guitar pusher says they are perfect for the Headrush pedal.
Dont you find the distortion harsh ?
Sensacional ❤❤❤
Great Video!!
The UI is great with this pedalboard but does anyone know how he ended up changing around the stomp order? If I go into hardware assign I do not see the AIR reverb anywhere. Just curious!
How did you manage to get one so soon?? They're not available in Australia yet?
well duh
What model and brand are that guitar?
beautiful piece of gear, too sad i can't afford it
Killer!
HI!Could you please tell us how to delete a rig?
It's in the manual, Pg.9. "To delete the current rig, tap thebutton in the upper-right corner, and then tap Delete Rig, and then tap
Yes to continue or No to cancel."
cool!!!!
I am returning mine. Fortunately, I purchased it less than 30 days ago from a major vendor. the USB Transfer is not working. Tried multiple pc's running WIN7 & WIN10 and no good, Headrush drive does not come up. Very disappointed, but I am upgrading to a HELIX LT which I know I will be happy with and for added protection I purchased the vendors extended 3 year warranty.
Don't think you gave it a fair chance why not get a working unit.? You May have gotten unlucky with one dud... It happens.
These things are great UNTIL someone spills beer or something drops on it at a show... ;-/
Paul Rooney someone needs to make a cling wrap style cover. See though plastic or some shit.
Someone has, a guy in the US was selling something he'd been developing
That could literally happen to any piece of gear at a gig!
Darren Turner exactly what I was gonna say haha
Helix LT or Headrush?
headrush ! more easy to program !
Headeush is so fast and easy. I felt the tones are more accurate
I was just thinking about the ethics of these digital fx. If I go and paint a copy of a famous new painting ( no more than 50 years old ) and then I go and sell it, it would be immoral and I would also be liable to be sued. If I took a photo of that painting and sold it I would be sued too. Now, someone exactly copying an analog circuit has been found to be the same (look at vertex effects history). If I then do what is arguably the equivalent of taking a photo (making a digital snap shot of the pedals response and audio signal aren't I infact breaking the same codes? It is an interesting discussion point for the industry and its 'consumers'
I know the market drives things but does this make it right? I mean someone like Brian Wampler spends hours doing things the right way and actually develops an idea, creates, tests and makes it work in a production line and then some crafty computer and audio engineers essentially steal his material and rebrand it. It's not moral is it? (presuming that these digital algorithms are exact copies)
Are the companies in discussion with each other about how much like the real thing is acceptable to both parties etc? or is it more of a case that it is seen as something unstoppable? Or is it a Fender Marshall JTM thing where Fender can't sure because they too borrowed their ideas from old tube radios?
I like the new Boss Katana and Yamaha THRHD 100 HD as they seem to have digitally built the amp models themselves rather than copying an audio signal?
(correct me if I am wrong)
As an owner of several major league modellers and software emulations I can say that really none of them sound THAT good, so close that they could be construed as actually copying or taking away business from the real thing....pedal manufacturers have done a similar thing for years, with sound-a-like fuzz, delays and then theres SansAmp etc. With digital stuff just think of them as not much more than a tribute act... I doubt, like myself you would want to stop tribute bands from gigging?
I get your point, and i'm 100% in favor of protecting intellectual property, but:
1/ This is the Music Industry, which seemingly has different rules. If Nash and Suhr can make Strat and Telecaster copies, and the Marshall Plexi was originally a copy of the Fender Bassman, and there have been a brazillion different PAF pickup copies and variations, and most pedals are just rehashes of old pedals... modeling the SOUND of a circuit, or even modeling the circuit itself can't really be an infringement. Even Brian Wampler is only making variations of older, tried and true designs. Didn't he begin by directly copying? Heck, all the pedal names are pretty much 'riffs' off of what they emulate.
Even the Kemper.... the most literal copy of a 'tone,' can't be considered infringement any more than a microphone could be. We've had Samplers in keyboards/synths for years. We've had samples in music for years.
Personally, i'm more offended by guitar manufacturers that steal legendary guitar designs than by amp, pedal, and modeling which all establish their own aesthetics. I mean, Fender has been marketing and evolving the Stratocaster for 70 years - a lot of money and man-hours - and some guy can just copy it? That bothers me.
CentaurusRelax314 using the same painting style as Monet is fine or buying the same paints he used is also, just as borrowing small portions of musical note ideas is also fine but completely copying sections surely is not? Look at Boogie Amps Mark series, preamps have borrowed blackface ideas that have been adapted and gain stacked. This is OK I think. But copying the sound of the final product is simply selling a digital audio copy is it not?
If you search "fine art reproductions" or "painting reproductions," you find an entire industry of direct, literal copies of paintings.
www.1st-art-gallery.com
re: Music - there has long been an industry of samples and presets being sold that emulate classic instruments. You can buy presets that copy a Roland TR-808 drum machine, for example. Or, string patches from a Solina or bass sounds from an Oberheim. You can buy actual samples of sounds from other synthesizers. So, sampling a machine and reproducing its sound at '100%' is sorta accepted.
Amps.... I think a lot of the boutique amp builders have been copying circuits. A Morgan or a Divided by 13 are probably based on Fenders or some such. Put it in a different shell, and it's all 'okay.' It's confusing, where the intellectual property 'lines' are drawn. Gibson famously banned PRS from making a guitar that didn't resemble its Les Paul very much, and yet now years later, those lines have been crossed. Oh - i just read that one amp company (can't remember which) actually is providing its own profiles for the Kemper! The manufacturer actually said he had heard other profiles of his amp and just wanted to be sure consumers had an accurate representation of his product. Lunacy. But, the rationalization is that people might fall in love with it and want the real thing. I kinda doubt that strategy, though.... Free, and 95%+ is kinda better than $2,000 for 100%.
CentaurusRelax314 that is weird.
These things are all re produced under license don't forget.
Want to buys... first to spending, will be the old kind of stomp pedals....one by one.than this , headrush pedal boards.
I see.i buys two sets .soon.because .like .very much
Traduci
Sounds far from authentic to me , am I messed up ? These things never sound right to me -
When Metallica in not on Tour 🤘😍😂
Compared to my Axe-Fx II XL + this thing sounds like shit. It's going back to Guitar Center.
Brett Lingle. It sounds better I agree, but that doesn't mean Headrush sounds like crap either sir.
Line 6 products sound more digital IMO, but others my differ with me.