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Will a tube guitar power amp make a difference? I would say yes. The main thing I've noticed from using the Mesa 20/20 as a power amp is that it does bring back the 'punch' and dynamics that you want from a guitar amp. The looping stuff would probably sound more high fidelity going through a PA, but you have to compromise somewhere, unless you can afford to have separate rigs for your 'straight' guitar and guitar synth/loopers. Regarding mixers for live setups, personally I'm trying to avoid using a mixer outside of the studio, mainly because of the hassle of carrying a desk around as well as everything else. I'd love to be able to use my powerbook as well, run the guitar through Logic and use plug-ins, but I don't want to spend hours setting up every time I want to play. Paul On Wednesday, March 31, 2004, at 06:01 pm, L. Angulo wrote: > Hi Paul, > Good that you bring this up! > This has been one of my frustrations trying to have a > good configuration to balance between digital > versatility and the warmth of a tube power amp.I Run a > roland GP 100 and a Roland GR33 guitar synth into a > small 1202 mackie mixer, sending its aux into both the > Echoplex and Repeater, and then returning them back > into the mixers input channels so i can bounce loops > between both loopers.Then the overall sound goes to a > pair of yamaha active P.A. speakers. > The advantage of this is total flexibility; being able > to mix all the signals into the loopers and then being > able to bounce the loops into each other,so if i > recorded something i like into the EDP, i can send it > to the Repeater through the mackies aux and either > save the loop or twist the loop further,with the > repeaters pitch shift capability,speed it up,slow it > down etc. > But i am not still 100% satisfied with the guitar > sound.I played with tube amps half of my life and i > just dont get the punch i am used to just running the > preamp into the mixer and to the active speakers;The > question is if it would make a difference using a > dedicated guitar power amp instead? > Louie > > > > > --- Paul Greenstein <paul@ubiq.co.uk> wrote: >> I posted several weeks ago about problems with >> trying to run my >> Repeater through a Mesa Boogie combo - lack of >> volume control, noise >> problems etc. A few people replied with the general >> consensus being >> that looping and tube amps do not mix well. >> >> Anyway, I've managed to finally come up with a >> system which works well >> both for 'normal' playing and for looping purposes, >> so I can be at >> least reasonable versatile+portable (without >> spending ridiculous >> amounts of cash). I've ended up with a POD XT pro >> (rack) as a preamp, >> going into a Mesa 20/20 stereo power amp (the combo >> went back to the >> shop). This goes into a couple of EV speaker cabs >> I've had knocking >> around for years. I run the Repeater and a G-Major >> via the POD's >> effects loop. All controlled from the FCB1010 of >> course... >> >> This seems to produce minimal to non-existent noise >> and hiss, and gives >> me a good balance between digital versatility and >> the warmth of the >> tube power amp. >> >> I thought it might be interesting to hear what other >> people use >> sound-reinforcement wise, guitarists or not... >> >> >> Paul >> > > > ===== > www.luis-angulo.com > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. > http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html > >