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Took a few days but was able to give everything a listen. There is a wide range of styles represented and its not difficult to find something to like regardless of your musical preference. Interesting how some of the influences can be clearly heard while others may not be as obvious or a mix of many. Congrats to everyone who participated and Kiz for putting it together

My Diablo has lost some of the tape on one of the pickups, often wondered what it was for.

I don't know the Axe seems to be pretty accurate with the Mesa's, they sound just as crappy in the Axe as they do in real life to me. Owned one Mesa and that was enough. It seems if you are one of those that posses the ark of the covenant, you can get them to sound great. Us mere mortals are doomed to endless tweaking with Mesa's and suffer in constant disappointment. Glad you found the magic combination, mine is hitting a few power switches, plugging in the guitar and playing, serious smiles ensue.

Symphony X - Underworld Leela James - Fall for You Lynch Mob - Rebel House Of Lords - Indestructible Brett Garsed - Dark Matter Leverage - Tides

As mentioned before, our old band (no slouches on any instrument) tried to pull off Hangar 18 and we ended up canning it since we couldn't pull it off with consistency. (I was a hell of a lot better at sweep picking back then.) Good luck, I feel for you, that can tie up a bunch of time trying to nail.

Metal, me too. http://www.soundclick.com/player/single_player.cfm?songid=11979817&q=hi&newref=1 http://www.soundclick.com/player/single_player.cfm?songid=11779351&q=hi&newref=1

^^^^ Damn, do you have two Tally's now?

One of my all time favorites, killer guitarist / singer / performer and always has tone for days no matter what he's playing through. (Although I prefer his Marshall tone to this) We had the chance to do a meet and greet when he did a solo tour four years or so back, that was outstanding. (Vid I taped at the show below) Also saw the Winery Dogs last year, just incredible. Dude has soul for days!!!

I'm just the opposite, the guitar and amp (model in this case) clearly impact my playing. For instance, if I'm playing a T51 through a Matchless I'm not going to be shredding it up. I find myself playing for an hour on one amp, flip to another and play for another hour. As far as tweaking goes, I have to adjust the same or less than a real amp. usually leave the controls at the default "noon" and adjust the master and gain. Having a guitar cab makes all the difference in the world for the amp in the room tone, no need to mess with any cabinet simulations. Interesting that you bring up price as I could have bought two Mark V Mesa's for what I have in my setup. I always like the way others sound on Mesa's but never cared for any of the ones I've played through. Had one of the early Lone Stars and couldn't get rid of it soon enough. Mesa EQ sections always seem really difficult to dial in and often have the opposite affect that you might expect. I tend to like Marshall style amps and their variations. Plexi's JTM-45, Soldano's, Splawn, Carol Ann Triptik, Tucana. As far as Soldano's go, I have played through most of their amps. didn't care for any of the lower wattage single channel amps, Astroverb and Atomic. They sound much smaller than my 18 watt Superdrive. The Avenger is pretty wicked for a single channel amp but isn't very versatile. All of the SLO's I've played through had the deep mod and were killer through their cabs. I really like the Splawn combo's far more than the Soldano's. When I played amps I would be happy for six months or so, always looking at the newest, next best thing. That's how I ended up with six amps at one time. I've had the AxeFXII for well over a two years now and always have a huge smile every time I plug in. I like Fender / Vox type clean tones so it would take two or three tube amps minimum to cover the type of tones I like to have available. That kind of setup would be far more complicated than my current solution and that's without considering pedals and effects. My 2x12 cab weighs less than 30 pounds, same for the rack. I can setup in 10 minutes or less. If you can cover all the basis with a single amp then that would be a great simple solution. Bottom line, play what inspires you.

No argument here.... I've been a tube amp guy since my first one over 30 years ago. Had six of them up until a couple of years ago, only the Budda remains and it hasn't been turned on in close to a year. I still plug in and check them out when hitting the local music store but I've never been happier with any piece of music gear in my life.

I certainly think so too!! Most of his playing is on the flashy side for sure but I'm guessing that gets more attention in the short span of time that people may be walking by than some other style might.

Zen - Thanks for the vote of confidence but that guy is in another universe, he would smoke me like a nickel cigar. As a consolation, you do have the hair part right. I was really digging the drumming starting at 10:50 ish when he was using the concrete.

with nothing but the basics as far as gear goes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr7Dy6j-6eg&x-yt-cl=85027636&x-yt-ts=1422503916&feature=player_embedded

Maybe the layout was confusing but it was seven different patterns. The patterns always repeat themselves regardless of mode or key. The book just showed the entire fret board for every mode and key. (For illustration purposes.) It's all the same seven patterns shifted around for different keys.

I don't consider myself a huge Rush fan but they are one of the few bands I like that I haven't ever seen. Mostly like their older stuff up through Grace under pressure. I know a lot of people don't like that one but I do.

As with anything there are always multiple approaches. When trying to pick everything, the difficulty with two note per string runs is string skipping. (Lifting the pick up over the string without picking). No matter if you start with an up or down stroke there will always be string skipping involved. In this example you could use hammer ons as an alternative. Picking the first note and then hammering on the second note of each string. That way you could avoid the whole string skipping thing. If your desire is to pick every note, I would think most times, people would start with a down stroke on each string, followed by an up. At that point you string skip and go to the next string with a down stroke. You mentioned that you had an easier time with descending runs. Are you picking every note on descending runs or using pull offs? (Picking the first note and pulling off to the next note.) If that's the case, it may just be the difference in technique between hammer ons and pull offs that's presenting the difficulty. My approach would be to practice both methods. Hopefully this makes sense.

So if I understand correctly, an ascending scale in a fixed position? Something like this for example? E |---------------------3-6-------|----------------------------------| B |-----------------3-6-----------|----------------------------------| G |-------------3-5---------------|----------------------------------| D |---------3-5-------------------|----------------------------------| A |-----3-5-----------------------|----------------------------------| E |-3-6---------------------------|----------------------------------|

I'm not sure I clearly understand what you are describing? Is there maybe an example, tab / video of what you are talking about?

Steve, sorry to contribute to further thread derailment, cool post btw. I’ve been a tube amp player for decades, still like them and own one. (down from 5 before I bought an AxeFxII a few years back) I think a key point that seems to be missing from the discussion is that the AxeFx doesn’t emulate an amp. It emulates the end result of an amp and speaker being mic’ed. A more legitimate comparison would be to sonically isolate a tube amp, mic it and listen to the end result on studio monitors, headphones or a front of house setup. Pretty sure at that point the differences would be minimal to non existent. That being said, the amp in the room sound was something I was used to, that’s what lead me to my current setup. (have to like a 2x12 cab that's less than 30 pounds.) It’s an all in one solution for any situation now. Bottom line as stated before, use what best suits your needs and inspires you to play. That’s the most important thing anyway.

Interesting, I have an 80's plain jane mahogany, dot neck and a 93 maple elite and the necks are close to identical.