Sir, what’s a valve?

@@aphekrecordingstudio4274 Is it like a tube ?

@@jcisme Yes, depending on where you live.

Thanks. I don’t have measurements, but they varied in width. My MC888s are narrower, as is the MC2940 fretless. Back shapes varied even more though. No two of my necks feel the same. Definitely hand shaped.

If the price is good, the Bassman is a great amp and if maintained, will last another 60 years. 😎

Yes. Amazing how similar they are, with the massive price difference.

@@aphekrecordingstudio4274 yes i agree but believe me older celetions ten inch speakers are far better these 2. i have g10l-35 and g10s-50 there are much similar to 12 counterpart.

Thanks. Yes, I’m just finalising the website, to offer packs for ToneX, Kemper and Quad Cortex. Hopefully ready in the next week or so.

I was surprised too. Incredibly similar. So much for the supposed differences between alnico and ceramic magnets.🤯

The real amps definitely sound best.

@@aphekrecordingstudio4274 Yea, real amps sound the best at the right volume, which is. Volume many can’t pull off at home. That’s why I have to go digital/ modeling. It sounds better at low volume then the amp. I recently got a Friedman dirty Shirley 20 watt head and 1x12 cab but returned it because my kemper sounded better at bedroom volume.

Thanks. I'd need to lookup my notes, but they were standard 'vintage correct' number of turns. Slightly more for the bridge pickup. Possibly 10% difference between them.

Thanks. Great description of the difference between them. 😁

No. I did choose amps the Kemper struggles with, though. I wanted to hear how the ToneX would handle them. So I knew it wasn’t the best demonstration of the Kemper.

Yes. Should be in the next 2-3 weeks. Been a whole series of setbacks, but very close. Thanks.

@@aphekrecordingstudio4274 looking forward to it mate. Loved the captures you did on the Quad Cortex specifically

Initial Captures out now. aphekstudio.com.au/shop/

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No, haven’t got that far yet.

Being accurate isn’t essential for sounding good. I usually think of the Kemper as having the essence of the amp and creating something similar, but new.

@@aphekrecordingstudio4274 I totally agree. And I'm more than happy with the tones I get from my Kemper. It effortlessly copes with the requirements I have (mostly play classic rock style covers), and it was an absolute game changer when it was released. I just think that we've now seen profiling/capturing/cloning technology advance quite a bit since the KPA was released. ToneX in particular seems very impressive. I think IK Media could/would claim a huge piece of Kemper and QC's market if they produced an all-in one unit along the lines of Kemper Stage or Quad Cortex. But I'm in no hurry to move away from Kemper though. It does still sound fantastic, and still gets sporadic but useful updates, and does everything I need it to.

Kemper still sounds good. You obviously notice it isn’t exactly the same, in a test like this. If it was a question of which one do you like the sound of, the results might be different.

Not crazy at all crazy. Different needs and situations and the Kemper still sounds good. Most amps need to be turned up to at least 3, to start opening up, which is usually pretty loud for most homes.

Thanks for noticing. Trying very hard to keep these factual and honest. Too much misinformation around.

My experience is that none of the modellers sound as good as a good capture of a great amp/cab. It needs to be really well captured though. No idea why the capture sounds so much better, as it’s all digital?

I know. I’m doing a follow up, as there was clearly something wrong.

I agree. ToneX is very close to the real amp. Very impressive. Quad Cortex was just a little lifeless, in comparison.

Yes, you can’t beat the real thing. Like all emulations, it all adds up too. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXKlpHSGgdWebpI

@@aphekrecordingstudio4274 oh missed that one!

I think that might be KZbin. There definitely isn’t any compression, other than whatever the amps add.

I just plugged into the input on the TX pedals. Didn’t change anything there. Yes, the ToneX is phenomenally accurate.

@@aphekrecordingstudio4274 i Little advice is to adjust the input trim on the pedal when it comes to more gainy amps :) Will you make more gainy comparisons like this? Thanks :)

Today..but these are computers, tomorrow QC increases parameters and capture time to half hour and... ...or nor

I'm just testing the Kemper again, as it's never sounded that bad before. I think there is an issue with using it to reamp.

@@aphekrecordingstudio4274 remember to adjust reamp sens or something like that. There are several settings that have to be tweaked for reamping purposes