I have been gigging with the AA direct into a mixer throuought 2023 with my band around the East Midlands. No background noise or issues and we cover 50s RnR, 60s, 70s Glam, 80s Rock, up to modern anthems.
I just got one of these. You can send a separate signal to the return of an amp or the fully processed signal to a full range powered speaker which you can use as a monitor. For the price, it’s remarkable value.
Sounds amazing my friend! Killer demo and absolutely compliments your playing man...glad to see you excited and smiling brother..keep the faith and fight the good fight Dave 💪😁🎸🤘
His bit about sound guys is spot on! So many times I’ve tried to be nice and try to develop a quick camaraderie with them, but damn. I don’t know where these guys come from but they have their own agenda. I’ve spent thousands of hours and dollars trying to get my tone the way I want it in order to fit into the songs we play.
I’ve had this for a while now. I went down the Tonex rabbit hole and I have a Pod Go. My band mates say that my guitar sounds better with the Amp Academy going into the PA. That is all the feedback I need to continue to use this pedal. Thanks Dave for keeping it real as always!!
I've been a tube amp / pedal board player until recently. I got the Headrush Core (no affiliation) and a couple of the Celestian 150 Watt speakers for my cab and I'm really happy with this set up. Even direct to PA it's great. I think technology has come a long way. Thanks for the review Dave and keep shining!
IR's are definately a game changer. I got some good Plexi IR's and a Neural Amp Modeler(NAM) plugin on Linux, and it makes everything sound real when using an amp sim.
I bought one last year. Used it for rehearsals and haven’t missed my amp yet. I use the interface on my Mac to adjust settings at home and just the pedal itself during rehearsal. It’s a great piece of gear!
So glad you got to this and that people are still discovering these Nu-X products (andertons late to the game). I have the Amp Academy its agreat. And the Might Air.
26:02 argh thought we were going to get some Bad Penny 😊. Another phenomenal video Mr Simpson which is made jointly by your enthusiasm and astounding playing.
Sounds nice, you are definitevely getting some good vibes out of it even with the limits you did set for yourself. I think you should connect a pc or mac to it, update the firmware and explore the other possibilities, especially high/low pass, IR/DI level and check the multiband EQ too. That will aid you with the volume and bass settings, no need to tweak it on mixer and amp, and who ever sits at a venues mixer better let’s the strips EQ settings be neutral! As for output volume both on amp as DI outputs, you can pretty much run them unison with a high output humbucker, setting them a lot higher doesn’t add anything, it doesn’t work like with a real valve pre and power amp. Use the Bias knob for each preamp instead and keep in mind, going hotter also raises volume, so might want to align it to keep it unison. With the preset we use we don’t need to change anything on the AA nor amps between rehearsal room and venues with other/larger cabs, it’s plug and play. Only thing we might do is bring our 1x12’s to set in ear height if the venue only has a single 4x12 each side, in ear might be better but a good wireless system isn’t cheap. Bought one AA last summer and a second one a few months after. Running them as lead to pedal baby, rythm to cr120 clean front with bass/trebble at noon (neutral), both to the PA. Not using it for clean atm. so Red Dirt with gain at 3-5/100 and JCM 800 set to high gain, also got fuzz and comp/boost in front each side. The coolest thing is that the software allows tweaks to the IR, high and low pass filter, own level which I believe can go down -35dB with the latest firmware and a multiband EQ, so even the mixer strips are set to neutral, since it can be set from the AA. It has 6 amp models each channel btw. and the all have a bias control to adjust how hot you want to run the amp model. Oh, and it allows loading in 3rth party IR’s. Two negatives: The build in noise gate isn’t good for stakato riffs and long sustaining solo notes when using one preset and the guitars volume knob to differentiate between rythm and solo. So prefering the TCE Sentry as NG. The build in drives tend to produce a weird digital noise upon mutes when a fuzz is engaged in front of the input, that even with low drive values on the build in drives. As example, had to set Red Dirt’s gain down to 3/100 instead of 5/100 to get ridd of it with a Scrambler, just using that tiny amount of build in OD gain to get the clipping character added into the chain. Maybe weird, but it does make a difference in the mix even with high gain, allthough, all gain levels are set as low as we can get away with to avoid mudd and lowend rumble. Most of my gain is a DIY Tone Bender MK1 with 3 germanium transistors anyway, I just love the 70’s rock’n’roll vibe I manage to squeeze out of it, and it is even useable for 80’s hard rock. Currently playing with a BlackStar Dual Drive, got the TB MK1 and a NUX TubeMan in front, gets me pretty close to the lead sound on Kiss studio albums from the 70’s and early 80’s, which are layered guitars and amps, with a touch more gridd though, I use an open back 1x12 and a partly open back vertical 2x12, both loaded with Neo V-Type speakers, power amp is the Orange PedalBaby. The Amp Academy can do the same, it just doesn’t react on different type of pickups as much, which both can be a good as bad thing, since even the dullest humbuckers can sound great through the AA, the still sound dull with the Dual Drive though, probably because most of the signalway is analog.
Back on the AA in my main rigg with Tubescreamer MK1 and NUX Tubeman, disabled the internal boost plus fx loop and using the build in NG after the preamp, stakato riffs are fine now, so the trick was simply just to move the gate. Replaced the scrambler in the other rigg with a SubZero Arctic Fuzz and also disabled the internal drive there, had to back the presence a tad after speaker swap to Neo V-Type. The Artic Fuzz is quite nice, it’s a drive with a fuzz knob to add more hair to the clipping. Also tried SubZero’s Flanger and Auto Wah, but must say that I prefer the Joyo Vision since it has a mix knob for both modulations, without the original signal it gets to much over the top for my liking with most modulation effects.
I'm a new sub , your playing and no nonsense approach to reviewing gear I really like your work . Damn good sir ! I have and gig with the AA at the end of my pedalboard and the results are excellent. The sound person loves that big hot signal it pushes to the mixing board . I did have to pull the output level on the XLR output down a bit . After that everything good . Great video !
This is really cool! So, if I want to send its signal into a real cabinet, I would have to turn IR off and connect it into a power amp (such as Mooer Baby Bomb 30) first?
I feel silly answering after Mr Dave, who seems obviously very seasoned and knowledgable, lol, but the chain of gear you’re giving the hypothesis of, from what I know, sounds like it would work well. I think it’s clever of you to think of it. I can’t think of why that wouldn’t sound very good. Only thing I can think of is whether what speakers would compliment the rig most. “Brit” flavored Celestions? “USA” flavored Jens or Eminences? Either? lol. … The cheek of me answering over Dave; I’m beet-red now. I think I’ll sentence myself to spend 20 minutes standing in the corner, so I can think about what I’ve done. 😛
Currently using a Katana Mini with a Joyo American Sound pedal for my Fender sounds. This has served me well BUT as I mainly play with headphones, the Katana Mini adds a cab simulation which really messes with the tone. I was looking at the Boss IR-2 but noticed it doesn't have an AUX IN - something I think is essential for home practice if you play through headphones. Thanks for the review mate. Nux Amp Academy is in the post!
sorry so many comments but it helps the algorithm, but the update also fixes the DI volume level issue. and allows you to change that volume from the pedal by holding the scene.
looks powerful brother i love real powerful High gain pedal distortions to feed the eternal Rage of my black SGs thanks for letting me know about this wander how it will sound connected to my Boss Graphic Equalizer? hopefully overkill..
Dave! Thank you for the video! Very informative, just a question come to my head watching this, do yo think can replace the jackhammer or the plexi to make a frusciante tone? Thanks in advance
hey Dave. Awsome review. Tks mate. I have a NUX ACADEMY, but for live plying, I've getting stress moments with it. For DAW recording, or wihth headphones, are amazing. But in live gigs, I have notice that are many variables to be considering to achiev a great sound (almost close to a real amp). We need to consider the mixing console EQ, good stage monitors, a very good sound engineer...anyway, what do you think about that? Thank you!
Been waiting for this video, did not disappoint it sounds great! I think you’d like the JIMS45 by TC, more a meat and potatoes approach. Same type of thing but Just does a plexi into a 4x12 and does it brilliantly.
a lot of people are using these when they just want to go into a PA, but what about if i want to keep a cab on stage, is this combined with a power amp pedal something that is going to be as good or almost as good as having a real amp sat on the cab. ?
Not as good as freedman but it’s ok. Great show as usual you rock! I have a strat pro II and it’s a stellar guitar 🎸 however I’m tempted to buy Monty’s pups but I really don’t know which of those. Any suggestion? Keep on rocking
That is how I use them in the band. Got one on my side and another on the rythm guitarists side, both go to amps as the mixer. The IR/DI level slider and high/low pass filters also fix what the Mooer Preamp Live couldn’t do, unison output levels to amp and mixer.
I use IR's all the time except for times when I don't. Some are better than others, the best ones are good and sound pretty close to the real thing and yes the best ones can even be dynamic and you can achieve feedback using them, they aint all sterile sounding. They don't weigh anything which is good for your back, I don't mean your back specifically, I mean your back, never mind, I know what I mean! Lee, Mr Anderton, the big cheese, el capitano, he says yeah OK, yada yada, but they don't push air. I push plenty of air without tube amps, thank you, Mr Anderton. Not through speakers though. Flat you lance. I broke that word down into smaller sized bites for people who can't spell and by people who can't spell I mean me.
sorry havent watched the whole thing but checking you updated the firmware? they updated the fender model to a higher quality. same with soldano and one of the others.
What's your perception of stacking overdrive/boost in front of this pedal? Is there enough headroom to accomodate stacked gain in front of it? Or does it Fart out, with too much gain in front?
Been noodling with my new fx pedal last night. Got a Valeton gp100 for practice at home. My brain wanders off listening to technical things and terms. Feeling like a total noob to modern stuff. With that amppedal u just need to take a gigback with you. That soundguy story made me laugh. Been working at a venue for many years. I know guys like that.
sounded thin through the pa then through the orange it was dark and mid low so through the cam it sounded great as for live get on the good side of the sound man buy him a beer or 2 worked for every club i played mind you the clubs i played ranged from 250 - 500 seats
The sounds you were getting in this particular video are the vibiest stuff I’ve heard from you so far. That’s just in my limited little opinion, mind, lol. Absolutely filthy with timeless “rock mojo”. So filthy, in fact, you should be ashamed of yourself…JK ! Sounded great. I think I’d better get this!
Thanks Dave, great playing and video, as always. I am a bedroom guitarist who records a wide range of music. I need an awful lot of varied tones. Which would anyone recommend, the NUX Trident or the NUX Amp Academy? I know the former is nearly twice the price, but still. Thanks in advance :)
Hey hi. ^^ I'm huge fan of yours. :) I just have short question: do you prefer your Ibanez AZES 31 or your old Ibanez GRG140 (white HSS Strat with 24 frets) ?? Those 2 are next 2 guitars on my list to try out, so your feedback would be usefull. ^^ Really thanks in advanced for answer. Love ya.
Just to give you update .. I tried both today and I think I like AZES 31 more. I find pickups sound tiny tiny bit better to my ears then GRG140. AZES 31 sounded more round and balanced, GRG140 sounded tiny bit more snappier and brighter, but still nice. AZES 31 leads for now in terms of which guitar I'm buying. :) But I think both guitars sound better than price range. You get good value out of both instruments. But tnx. You sold me on AZES. :D
Don't know why, but so many sound techs don't even seem to get it that the best sound mix will have distinct contrasts betwixt instruments and their individual tonal characteristics. The sonic spectrum isn't meant to be this ungodly glaze of mush that inappropriately makes the volume levels of all the instruments nearly the same. Songs are telling a story up there - meaning, sometimes the vocals need to be the focus, or perhaps one of the instruments should be more so - but certainly contrasts between them should be of significant and constantly changing consideration. Some of these guys seem as if they are mixing sound for a cheap car radio being pumped through crummy speakers. Some of the sound guys are just lazy - probably as they don't want to have to constantly tweak the mix ("Hey, man, sounds ok and there's no feedback."). And outdoor gigs are typically the worst, sound-wise. I remember seeing the late-great jazz guitarist Tal Farlow, near the end of his career - and the sound guy was simply butchering his performance, as his guitar sound was mousy and drowned out by bass - I couldn't bare this sacrilege, so I marched back to complain to Mr. Tone Deaf! But onstage, I doubt Tal heard much beyond his own amp - which likely sounded just fine.
@@thedavesimpson My humble advice is that, with your current knowledge of music theory and your ability to play the guitar, you can make a new video series of all the how to play a guitar like John Frusciante videos, from the very beginning to the last video.
Just taken delivery of an NGS6. Manual implies it is just plugged in and links to PC, DAW and Editor app. It doesn't ! None of those recognised the unit. Tried updating drivers but that didn't help. Took me half a day any several emails to the supplier and NUX before finding out that I had to ignore the message on the software updater that says the NGS6 could not be detected before updating the firmware. Why do I have to do that anyway? Surely the supplier - Artist -and/or NUX should ship a turnkey product. It's not for Customers to make things work! After updating and trying many combinations within the editor found that NO combination was to my liking. The only good thing about the NGS6 is that it is a nice clear i/f into my Reaper DAW. Otherwise I don't like it at all!
I don't like your second gain sound, on both the amp and the NU-X. It sounds underwater, or like talking with your hand cupped over your mouth, if that makes any sense. The second gain structure is too wooly, and without presence. It feels out of context with the other tones which are more musical.
I love this channel but does Dave actually find everything 'awsome' yes he is a great guitar player who can probably make the most shit gear sound good, but come on everything isnt awesome and amazing is it?
Dave is one of the most honest youtubers you will ever find. He typically will only show you products that he enjoys. I understand where you are coming from because there are guys on youtube that are being payed and just peddling products, but that is not Dave at all.
That’s a great device. Does it do the same thing as an amp head? Sounds good like an entire amp. Could we see a picture of that pedal board? I’m curious to see what’s on it. Thanks for the demo. 👍🌞☮️🎸🎵🩵
"If it sounds good, Im in" is a healthy way to approach gear I think.
I have been gigging with the AA direct into a mixer throuought 2023 with my band around the East Midlands. No background noise or issues and we cover 50s RnR, 60s, 70s Glam, 80s Rock, up to modern anthems.
Hope youre well Dave. Thank you for being a great teacher as well as a friend, and the most true and authentic version of yourself
I just got one of these. You can send a separate signal to the return of an amp or the fully processed signal to a full range powered speaker which you can use as a monitor. For the price, it’s remarkable value.
Sounds amazing my friend! Killer demo and absolutely compliments your playing man...glad to see you excited and smiling brother..keep the faith and fight the good fight Dave 💪😁🎸🤘
His bit about sound guys is spot on!
So many times I’ve tried to be nice and try to develop a quick camaraderie with them, but damn. I don’t know where these guys come from but they have their own agenda.
I’ve spent thousands of hours and dollars trying to get my tone the way I want it in order to fit into the songs we play.
I’ve had this for a while now. I went down the Tonex rabbit hole and I have a Pod Go. My band mates say that my guitar sounds better with the Amp Academy going into the PA. That is all the feedback I need to continue to use this pedal. Thanks Dave for keeping it real as always!!
I've been a tube amp / pedal board player until recently. I got the Headrush Core (no affiliation) and a couple of the Celestian 150 Watt speakers for my cab and I'm really happy with this set up. Even direct to PA it's great. I think technology has come a long way. Thanks for the review Dave and keep shining!
IR's are definately a game changer. I got some good Plexi IR's and a Neural Amp Modeler(NAM) plugin on Linux, and it makes everything sound real when using an amp sim.
The pedal sounds great through the camera audio
I bought one last year. Used it for rehearsals and haven’t missed my amp yet. I use the interface on my Mac to adjust settings at home and just the pedal itself during rehearsal. It’s a great piece of gear!
Dave, your playing is so inspiring..
So glad you got to this and that people are still discovering these Nu-X products (andertons late to the game). I have the Amp Academy its agreat. And the Might Air.
26:02 argh thought we were going to get some Bad Penny 😊. Another phenomenal video Mr Simpson which is made jointly by your enthusiasm and astounding playing.
Sounds nice, you are definitevely getting some good vibes out of it even with the limits you did set for yourself.
I think you should connect a pc or mac to it, update the firmware and explore the other possibilities, especially high/low pass, IR/DI level and check the multiband EQ too.
That will aid you with the volume and bass settings, no need to tweak it on mixer and amp, and who ever sits at a venues mixer better let’s the strips EQ settings be neutral!
As for output volume both on amp as DI outputs, you can pretty much run them unison with a high output humbucker, setting them a lot higher doesn’t add anything, it doesn’t work like with a real valve pre and power amp.
Use the Bias knob for each preamp instead and keep in mind, going hotter also raises volume, so might want to align it to keep it unison.
With the preset we use we don’t need to change anything on the AA nor amps between rehearsal room and venues with other/larger cabs, it’s plug and play.
Only thing we might do is bring our 1x12’s to set in ear height if the venue only has a single 4x12 each side, in ear might be better but a good wireless system isn’t cheap.
Bought one AA last summer and a second one a few months after.
Running them as lead to pedal baby, rythm to cr120 clean front with bass/trebble at noon (neutral), both to the PA.
Not using it for clean atm. so Red Dirt with gain at 3-5/100 and JCM 800 set to high gain, also got fuzz and comp/boost in front each side.
The coolest thing is that the software allows tweaks to the IR, high and low pass filter, own level which I believe can go down -35dB with the latest firmware and a multiband EQ, so even the mixer strips are set to neutral, since it can be set from the AA.
It has 6 amp models each channel btw. and the all have a bias control to adjust how hot you want to run the amp model.
Oh, and it allows loading in 3rth party IR’s.
Two negatives:
The build in noise gate isn’t good for stakato riffs and long sustaining solo notes when using one preset and the guitars volume knob to differentiate between rythm and solo.
So prefering the TCE Sentry as NG.
The build in drives tend to produce a weird digital noise upon mutes when a fuzz is engaged in front of the input, that even with low drive values on the build in drives.
As example, had to set Red Dirt’s gain down to 3/100 instead of 5/100 to get ridd of it with a Scrambler, just using that tiny amount of build in OD gain to get the clipping character added into the chain.
Maybe weird, but it does make a difference in the mix even with high gain, allthough, all gain levels are set as low as we can get away with to avoid mudd and lowend rumble.
Most of my gain is a DIY Tone Bender MK1 with 3 germanium transistors anyway, I just love the 70’s rock’n’roll vibe I manage to squeeze out of it, and it is even useable for 80’s hard rock.
Currently playing with a BlackStar Dual Drive, got the TB MK1 and a NUX TubeMan in front, gets me pretty close to the lead sound on Kiss studio albums from the 70’s and early 80’s, which are layered guitars and amps, with a touch more gridd though, I use an open back 1x12 and a partly open back vertical 2x12, both loaded with Neo V-Type speakers, power amp is the Orange PedalBaby.
The Amp Academy can do the same, it just doesn’t react on different type of pickups as much, which both can be a good as bad thing, since even the dullest humbuckers can sound great through the AA, the still sound dull with the Dual Drive though, probably because most of the signalway is analog.
Back on the AA in my main rigg with Tubescreamer MK1 and NUX Tubeman, disabled the internal boost plus fx loop and using the build in NG after the preamp, stakato riffs are fine now, so the trick was simply just to move the gate.
Replaced the scrambler in the other rigg with a SubZero Arctic Fuzz and also disabled the internal drive there, had to back the presence a tad after speaker swap to Neo V-Type.
The Artic Fuzz is quite nice, it’s a drive with a fuzz knob to add more hair to the clipping.
Also tried SubZero’s Flanger and Auto Wah, but must say that I prefer the Joyo Vision since it has a mix knob for both modulations, without the original signal it gets to much over the top for my liking with most modulation effects.
Sounds great !! Nice work
If it lets you change the IR you could fix any low end or the brightness issues with a more suitable IR.
Noice pedal sir.🌹👍⚘🙏🎸🎸dave is still the king of the blues.🎸🎸🎸
I love mine too and overdrive pedals sound great through it.
changing the IRs really helps. I put some York Audio IRs in there.
Love this pedal nice playing Mr S!🙂
Justo lo recibo en un par de días, deseando probarlo, gracias por el video saludos desde España ;)
You need to check out the Friedman ir-x. It’s amazing. Also just got a blackstar Jared james Nichols head. All top notch
I'm a new sub , your playing and no nonsense approach to reviewing gear I really like your work . Damn good sir ! I have and gig with the AA at the end of my pedalboard and the results are excellent. The sound person loves that big hot signal it pushes to the mixing board . I did have to pull the output level on the XLR output down a bit . After that everything good . Great video !
This is really cool!
So, if I want to send its signal into a real cabinet, I would have to turn IR off and connect it into a power amp (such as Mooer Baby Bomb 30) first?
I don’t know. Sorry.
I feel silly answering after Mr Dave, who seems obviously very seasoned and knowledgable, lol, but the chain of gear you’re giving the hypothesis of, from what I know, sounds like it would work well. I think it’s clever of you to think of it. I can’t think of why that wouldn’t sound very good. Only thing I can think of is whether what speakers would compliment the rig most. “Brit” flavored Celestions? “USA” flavored Jens or Eminences? Either? lol.
… The cheek of me answering over Dave; I’m beet-red now. I think I’ll sentence myself to spend 20 minutes standing in the corner, so I can think about what I’ve done. 😛
Yes I’m fairly sure you’d need a power amp before a physical cab.
But not for a FRFR type speaker. Also works good via the RETURN on an amp
I've plugged it in and used it for an hour through headphones. It sounds pretty great. I'm making a smaller board (Helix + Full board was too much).
Great video Dave! As always 👍
Currently using a Katana Mini with a Joyo American Sound pedal for my Fender sounds. This has served me well BUT as I mainly play with headphones, the Katana Mini adds a cab simulation which really messes with the tone.
I was looking at the Boss IR-2 but noticed it doesn't have an AUX IN - something I think is essential for home practice if you play through headphones. Thanks for the review mate. Nux Amp Academy is in the post!
I tried plugging my fuzz pedal for the first time in my Marshall Valvestate 80v 8080 yesturday and i ended up finding the Kingdom of Heaven.
sorry so many comments but it helps the algorithm, but the update also fixes the DI volume level issue. and allows you to change that volume from the pedal by holding the scene.
I got that little joke Dave. There reading over there. 😂
Ive had one of these! Couldn't get on with it, I can just about handle a 2 channel amp with 3 band eq 🤣
looks powerful brother
i love real powerful High gain pedal distortions to feed the eternal Rage of my black SGs
thanks for letting me know about this
wander how it will sound connected to my Boss Graphic Equalizer?
hopefully overkill..
Witchcraft….. to the river with it. And bring the ducking apparatus! (Again!) 😂
Reach down and unplug the monitor or pount the mic at it let it squeel till he kills it or tweeter bursts
Dave! Thank you for the video! Very informative, just a question come to my head watching this, do yo think can replace the jackhammer or the plexi to make a frusciante tone? Thanks in advance
Not sure. I haven’t tried yet.
hey Dave. Awsome review. Tks mate. I have a NUX ACADEMY, but for live plying, I've getting stress moments with it. For DAW recording, or wihth headphones, are amazing. But in live gigs, I have notice that are many variables to be considering to achiev a great sound (almost close to a real amp). We need to consider the mixing console EQ, good stage monitors, a very good sound engineer...anyway, what do you think about that? Thank you!
Lmfao! I love the intro. Epic.
Hi Dave
the Strymon Iridium sounds great, have a look. cheers
Fantastic video - thanks.
Awesome looking pedal!
(edit) PS: My order for a Tone City Golden Plexi v1 came yesterday, you were right, it is an amazing pedal and sounds great!
Been waiting for this video, did not disappoint it sounds great!
I think you’d like the JIMS45 by TC, more a meat and potatoes approach. Same type of thing but Just does a plexi into a 4x12 and does it brilliantly.
Been there with the moniter feedback ..I just yanked the lead out of it .soon sorted it out ..😂
a lot of people are using these when they just want to go into a PA, but what about if i want to keep a cab on stage, is this combined with a power amp pedal something that is going to be as good or almost as good as having a real amp sat on the cab. ?
When all the amps in the world have died, then IR/AI will be all there is to believe... No-one will know otherwise
Amps will never die. :)
Hey Dave have you heard of the band Earthless? Seems like you would like them
Have you updated to the latest firmware (4.0.2 - March 2024) which adds six additional amp models etc?
all is well well is all amen.
Not as good as freedman but it’s ok. Great show as usual you rock! I have a strat pro II and it’s a stellar guitar 🎸 however I’m tempted to buy Monty’s pups but I really don’t know which of those. Any suggestion? Keep on rocking
From what I understand, you can run this through the PA and an amp at the same time. Would help resolve the negative aspect of this pedal
Most possibly. :)
That is how I use them in the band.
Got one on my side and another on the rythm guitarists side, both go to amps as the mixer.
The IR/DI level slider and high/low pass filters also fix what the Mooer Preamp Live couldn’t do, unison output levels to amp and mixer.
I use IR's all the time except for times when I don't. Some are better than others, the best ones are good and sound pretty close to the real thing and yes the best ones can even be dynamic and you can achieve feedback using them, they aint all sterile sounding. They don't weigh anything which is good for your back, I don't mean your back specifically, I mean your back, never mind, I know what I mean! Lee, Mr Anderton, the big cheese, el capitano, he says yeah OK, yada yada, but they don't push air. I push plenty of air without tube amps, thank you, Mr Anderton. Not through speakers though. Flat you lance. I broke that word down into smaller sized bites for people who can't spell and by people who can't spell I mean me.
sorry havent watched the whole thing but checking you updated the firmware? they updated the fender model to a higher quality. same with soldano and one of the others.
What's your perception of stacking overdrive/boost in front of this pedal? Is there enough headroom to accomodate stacked gain in front of it? Or does it Fart out, with too much gain in front?
Cue sound guy from far side!
Been noodling with my new fx pedal last night. Got a Valeton gp100 for practice at home.
My brain wanders off listening to technical things and terms. Feeling like a total noob to modern stuff.
With that amppedal u just need to take a gigback with you.
That soundguy story made me laugh. Been working at a venue for many years. I know guys like that.
Great playing as usual, but to me the pedal sounds a bit naff unless it's drenched in reverb and delay.
Dave iam surprised you don’t have tonex pedal 😊
Thanks man good video.
sounded thin through the pa then through the orange it was dark and mid low so through the cam it sounded great as for live get on the good side of the sound man buy him a beer or 2 worked for every club i played mind you the clubs i played ranged from 250 - 500 seats
The sounds you were getting in this particular video are the vibiest stuff I’ve heard from you so far. That’s just in my limited little opinion, mind, lol. Absolutely filthy with timeless “rock mojo”. So filthy, in fact, you should be ashamed of yourself…JK ! Sounded great. I think I’d better get this!
Can you use it straight into amp without going into p a
You can yes but its not the best way.
Thanks Dave, great playing and video, as always. I am a bedroom guitarist who records a wide range of music. I need an awful lot of varied tones. Which would anyone recommend, the NUX Trident or the NUX Amp Academy? I know the former is nearly twice the price, but still. Thanks in advance :)
Trident.
Thanks Dave, you're a gent @@thedavesimpson
That’s especially impressive, seeing that the rig you’re showcasing isn’t even “real”; it’s “only” a sim (gasp!) into a PA (gasp!) 😛
Please make a JF feedback tutorial.
Already have. Its in the series somewhere.
I have over 30 guitars.....do I need to seek help?
Nope. :)
Or keep a powered cab in the car for bad foh guys
Have you ever tried the seymur duncan power stage?
You can actually plug all your pedals and the seymur Duncan is just a very compact and powerful guitar power amp
Sadly not no.
Hey hi. ^^ I'm huge fan of yours. :) I just have short question: do you prefer your Ibanez AZES 31 or your old Ibanez GRG140 (white HSS Strat with 24 frets) ?? Those 2 are next 2 guitars on my list to try out, so your feedback would be usefull. ^^ Really thanks in advanced for answer. Love ya.
I liked the gio more.
@@thedavesimpson - Thanks for the reply. Sry about comment not being about gear included in video. :/
Just to give you update .. I tried both today and I think I like AZES 31 more. I find pickups sound tiny tiny bit better to my ears then GRG140. AZES 31 sounded more round and balanced, GRG140 sounded tiny bit more snappier and brighter, but still nice. AZES 31 leads for now in terms of which guitar I'm buying. :) But I think both guitars sound better than price range. You get good value out of both instruments. But tnx. You sold me on AZES. :D
Could the generic name for this type of product be Pamp? I bags copyright if anyone wants to use it.
You can make anything sound great Dave…….but it sounds to me like some muscle was missing, too muffler like……but if you like enjoy it!!!
Thank you
nice
Don't know why, but so many sound techs don't even seem to get it that the best sound mix will have distinct contrasts betwixt instruments and their individual tonal characteristics. The sonic spectrum isn't meant to be this ungodly glaze of mush that inappropriately makes the volume levels of all the instruments nearly the same. Songs are telling a story up there - meaning, sometimes the vocals need to be the focus, or perhaps one of the instruments should be more so - but certainly contrasts between them should be of significant and constantly changing consideration. Some of these guys seem as if they are mixing sound for a cheap car radio being pumped through crummy speakers. Some of the sound guys are just lazy - probably as they don't want to have to constantly tweak the mix ("Hey, man, sounds ok and there's no feedback."). And outdoor gigs are typically the worst, sound-wise. I remember seeing the late-great jazz guitarist Tal Farlow, near the end of his career - and the sound guy was simply butchering his performance, as his guitar sound was mousy and drowned out by bass - I couldn't bare this sacrilege, so I marched back to complain to Mr. Tone Deaf! But onstage, I doubt Tal heard much beyond his own amp - which likely sounded just fine.
Yeah that’s not a negative of this pedal, that’s a negative (‘risk’, actually) of just “running direct”; handing your tone off to an engineer.
That said, good review and you are a fantastic player!
Try turning your phone off, it always works for me .
I want more how to play guitar like John Frusciante videos
Theres not much more i can teach about him that i haven’t already.
@@thedavesimpson My humble advice is that, with your current knowledge of music theory and your ability to play the guitar, you can make a new video series of all the how to play a guitar like John Frusciante videos, from the very beginning to the last video.
hi 🌹dave how are hope your well God bless.🌹
use it with a amp on stage and use the amp in.
#9 is good
Hi Dave 🖐️
Just taken delivery of an NGS6. Manual implies it is just plugged in and links to PC, DAW and Editor app. It doesn't ! None of those recognised the unit. Tried updating drivers but that didn't help. Took me half a day any several emails to the supplier and NUX before finding out that I had to ignore the message on the software updater that says the NGS6 could not be detected before updating the firmware. Why do I have to do that anyway? Surely the supplier - Artist -and/or NUX should ship a turnkey product. It's not for Customers to make things work! After updating and trying many combinations within the editor found that NO combination was to my liking. The only good thing about the NGS6 is that it is a nice clear i/f into my Reaper DAW. Otherwise I don't like it at all!
supr guitars are amazing and supro amp review just a review dave just one.🙂🙂🙂 heres lookin at ya ,with love
I have reviewed some supro amps in 2013/14.
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I don't like your second gain sound, on both the amp and the NU-X. It sounds underwater, or like talking with your hand cupped over your mouth, if that makes any sense. The second gain structure is too wooly, and without presence. It feels out of context with the other tones which are more musical.
Nevertheless, that toneage is useful for some things.
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I love this channel but does Dave actually find everything 'awsome' yes he is a great guitar player who can probably make the most shit gear sound good, but come on everything isnt awesome and amazing is it?
No its not. Only the stuff I review. :)
Gosh, another 'influencer' that tells you that this is the 'best product'. Is there anybody on RUclips that does still honest reviews?
Yes. Me. Now on your way.
Dave is one of the most honest youtubers you will ever find. He typically will only show you products that he enjoys.
I understand where you are coming from because there are guys on youtube that are being payed and just peddling products, but that is not Dave at all.
Did you actually watch the video?
That’s a great device. Does it do the same thing as an amp head? Sounds good like an entire amp. Could we see a picture of that pedal board? I’m curious to see what’s on it. Thanks for the demo. 👍🌞☮️🎸🎵🩵
Great video Dave! As always 👍