On Wed, 7 Sep 1994, Rick Barker wrote: > > I use an ART SGX-2000 effects processor. Amongst it's 70 > >> effects(16 per patch) is a tube pre-amp, compressor, EQ, noise gate(and > >> other analog effects) and all the digital effects you can imagine. The > >> blues purists might not agree with my choice but I can get an excellent > >> sounding, very flexible over-driven sound...
Then Barry S. wrote: > >I use an Alesis Midiverb III digital effects processor...
Then Rick posted: > The SGX-2000 pre-amp is sounds amazingly good. I think I could fool a > blind-folded purist into thinking it was a vintage Fender amp. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Sorry, no harp content here]
Well Rick, *I* for one would be suprised if the ART you describe gives the tone that could fool someone into thinking it was a vintage Fender. I have once used and still own an ART Mach II SGE multi-effect processor and well, right now the damn thing doesn't work at all, but even when it DID work, it sounded like CRAP! Let me give you a little background: For my guitar rig, I use an ADA MP-1 preamp and a ADA BS200s power amp into two ADA 2x12 cabs. The tone I get is *WONDERFUL* (now that is, w/o the ART in my rack), granted it's not as good as SRV's tone (I wish), but it works for me and I get a lot of compliments from fellow musicians. But it wasn't always that way (the compliments I mean).
I was in a band that had another guitar play with THE SAME EXACT rig as mine that I described above, only he used an Alesis Quadraverb for his effects, and I used the ART. His tone was *ALWAYS* much more cleaner and had much more "presence" than mine, even AT THE SAME VOLUME! I couldn't figure it. I just chalked it up to being my guitar, pickups or the fact that he was wireless and I used a straight cord. Then one day, by the grace of God my ART crapped out on me and I was forced go play DRY. Well, to my suprise, my ADA's pure tone sounded GREAT, and it was because of the ART that I had never noticed it before. The ART was literally "robbing" me of my tone! :-(
Well, to make a long story a little shorter, I bought a Rocktron INTELLIFEX, now I have GREAT effects *and* my preamp's "pure" and full tone comes through!
I haven't heard or played through the ART you speak of (in where they have copied ADA's MIDI Tube Preamp design and added ART effects), but if INDEED it can successfully emulate a vintage Fender, then I will eat my words. :-) But I honestly don't think that's gonna happen - give me a '64 Blackface Twin *ANYDAY*! :-)
Just throwing in *my* two, Craig S.
p.s. Sorry again for posting this to the WHOLE list, but there were no return email addresses that I could have posted this privately to or I definitely would have. Maybe the list admin should set the R)eply to go to the original sender of the message instead of the whole list. Just a thought. :-)
