Thanks for the comment! I don't have experience with those. You could probably get in the same ball park by using the drives in front of the bass amp as I've done on this video. However the SansAmp and Darkglass are both analog preamp pedals with more gain than the digital preamp simulation in the MG-400. Therefore I think the playing feel could still be quite different even though the sound could get somewhat similar

Thanks for the comment! Yes, it does sound pretty good to me as well 😊 but you're right, it doesn't have stereo in nor out

Thanks for the comment, but I am not sure I understand the question?

@@TheBedroomRocker1 you know the DI option? doesn't it essentially just add a separate signal that goes straight to the amp?

@@raheemthesecond I am not using any DI signal in this video. The DI option bypasses all amp/effects/cabinets/EQ/ etc. and that's not the intention. In the video I show two different recording techniques: 1) The first is the wet-dry rig/technique. This means that you split the signal in two and feed each one into a different amp. The wet amp contains all of the modulation, reverb, and delays while the dry amp does not. 2) The second technique is double tracking. For double-tracking you usually record the same guitar part twice optionally using different amps/settings/speakers/microphones. The small differences in your playing and settings helps to make the sound more interesting. Instead of recording the guitar twice, you could also just split the signal and feed them into two different amps/settings/speakers/microphones, but you would lose the difference in the playing which is quite important. Please let me know if that makes it clearer. I hope it helps. Cheers!

@@TheBedroomRocker1 I understand what your saying but the DI option right before the pedal chain does that exact thing. I you press it it adds a blue line that creates that dry signal so what I am saying is you could have one amp line then press the DI button which will add another dry (going straight to the amp with no FX) signal which is exactly what you were doing except its built in. Do you get what I am saying?

@@raheemthesecond I just checked it but the DI option bypasses the entire signal chain, including effects, amps and cabinets, so it does not work for having two amps in parallel, which is what I did. It stands for Direct Injection, meaning it injects your guitar signal directly into the mixing desk, which is the last block in Amplitube. To use two amps in parallel, you should use the signal splitter, which is also a built in block from Amplitube. You can place effects before or after the split.

Awesome deal! Hope you enjoy it

Thanks a lot for the comment! Glad it was helpful

Hey you can use tap tempo with any of the toneprints. You need to activate it using the toneprint app and beam it to the pedal. Then you press and hold the footswitch until it's green to the tap tempo mode

Thanks a lot for the comment. Sure, I've just routed Guitar (Fender Baja Telecaster) -> Overdrive (Fulltone OCD) -> Plethora x5 -> Amp (Victory V40)

Hey thanks for the comment! Yes, the EP usually gets lots of love. I will see if I can get my hands on one for the next shootout

Hey thanks a lot for the comment! I don't usually play worship, but I guess a nice drive sound with loads of delay and reverb should do a nice lead tone in general.

@@TheBedroomRocker1 could you Please do more the videos of NUX MG-400 for the next video ? Thank you !

@@TheBedroomRocker1 do you have any preset for free! so, that I import it in mine?

Hey sure, I have a video of the MG-400 with bass coming up and I can make more. Any particular feature that you're interested or more into the pre-set creation? I'll also try to figure out how to export and share my pre-sets

@@TheBedroomRocker1 thank you 🙏🏻 appreciate your work. God bless you brother!

Thanks a lot for the super nice comment 👍🏼

Glad you like it! Thanks a lot for the nice comment

Nice 👍🏼 I really want to visit Nashville someday. People say there are many awesome musicians and specially a lot of nice guitar players on every corner

Thanks for sharing! Great to hear some other people are also still using these successfully after such a long time 👍🏼

The MG-30 has a more rugged metal body, so if you're gigging frequently and wants durability then the MG-30 is the way to go. Otherwise the MG-400 is newer and more affordable.

Thanks a lot for the nice comment and sub! You are absolutely right about connecting the Vox to the Captor for silent recording using the "External SP" connection. For the attenuation function, you can use an amp-speaker cable like this one: www.tubeampdoctor.com/en/tad-amp-speaker-cable-0.6m-with-right-angle-phon Here are the steps: 1) Disconnect the terminals of the factory speaker cable on the Vox 2) Connect the new speaker cable terminals to speakers and the male jack to the Captor X "Speaker Out" 3) Set the Vox to "External SP" and connect the "External SP" to the Captor X "Speaker In" 4) If you have a Captor X 16 Ohm, set the Vox's output impedance to 16 Ohm 5) If you have a Captor X 8 Ohm, set Vox's output impedance to 16 Ohm when using 0 or -20dB attenuation and to 8 Ohm when using -38dB or full attenuation (silent recording). 6) If you don't want to use Captor X anymore, you can either restore the original connection OR simply plug the new speaker cable male jack to the "External SP" output of the Vox setting to 16 Ohm. Do you have the Origin 50 head or combo? The head has many output options, so I'd get the Captor X 16Ohm so that's fully compatible with the Vox. I hope that helps. It's a bit confusing in the beginning, but it's basically bypassing the internal speaker connection and connecting to the same speaker via the "External SP" so that you can place the attenuator in between. Let me know if you have any more questions and best luck cranking those tube amps at home!

@@TheBedroomRocker1 Hello, thank you so much! I have the Origin 50 combo, but it has either 16 and 2 8ohms outputs. But if you recommend it, i'll get the 16 ohms version. I do not plan to buy or change my amps any time soon, but you never konw... I've allways dreamed about ownin a Plexi ahah... Right now i think i'll stick to the silen recording feature and the connections through the headphones to practice. Thank you so much!

Yes, thanks for the comment. I think they're somewhat out of phase, which creates this effect. I should have been more careful when mixing the signals.

Thanks a lot for sharing your thoughts

Thanks a lot 👍🏼

Many thanks for the comment 🙏

Thanks a lot! I don't know about the shaft itself, but the tip is indeed plastic. They generally feel OK, but I would not try to abuse them. If durability is a major point for you, then I'd probably recommend looking into the MG-30, which is more rugged.

Thanks for the comment! Cheers

Hi, please note that the counterparts, even though coming as individual stomp box units, are not really analog circuits but digital models. The models are the same as in the Plethora. I only have the Flashback 2 Mini as a standalone pedal. The Plethora sounds pretty good and close enough to the flashback sound in my head that I've never felt the need for a back-to-back comparison. I feel the differences would be marginal, if any. I hope that helps and just let me know if you have any more questions! Cheers

@@TheBedroomRocker1 exactly the answer I was looking for, thank you!

Indeed it's a fair comparison. Amazing quality guitars. Thanks for the comment!

Ciao, thanks for the comment. It's of course the same guitar and the same player but there's still a substantial difference between the 3 pedals. Maybe try listening with a good set headphones or studio monitors.

Thanks for the tip! That's indeed a good idea. I'll keep it in mind for future reviews

Shijie only uses top quality woods, it really is dark roasted (I have 8 Shijies). They only made of few of these dark roasted necks

Thanks a lot for the comment!

Yes, the quality of guitars coming from far east countries has improved a lot in the past 10 years or so. Now they're going beyond doing budget guitars and going into the higher end game. I think it's amazing for the competition and can only benefit us players with more options. Which brand is your Les Paul?

@@TheBedroomRocker1 It is an Epiphone Slash goldtop with Custombucker's. Highly recommend.

@@johndaugherty4127 Nice! I've heard good things about those, but haven't been able to try one yet

China is doing the same thing as Japan in the 1960's and 1970's They started out making trash, then got increasingly better. By the 80's Japanese built guitars were starting to out perform USA built ones at lower prices. Shijie seems to be to China in the 2010's and 2020's what Ibanez and ESP were to the 1970's and 1980's. I will be placing an order in the next year or so. I just have a few other things I need to spend money on first.

​​@@TheBedroomRocker1It has Custombucker's and real mahogany body, no veneer. I JUST recieved a Gibson Les Paul Classic today. Dang, it is heavy. Got a "blem" for $1800. I have not made up my mind yet, of course, but, so far, I am not seeing that it is 3x better than my Epiphone. In fact, gulp, I am not sure it is better at all. We will see.

That something I've considered many times to be honest 😅 I really don't use it often enough but every time I play it I remember why I keep it. It really does something very unique, brings new inspiration, and takes me to places I wouldn't normally go as a guitarist. The new ones seem amazing but are also quite expensive, but you may have luck finding a used GR20 or GR55 on the used market 😉

According to spec this tuner goes down to A (27,5 Hz) which is enough to tune a 5-string bass a full step down 👍🏼

Thanks for the comment! The guitar I'm using is a Fender Classic Player Baja Telecaster. If you want to know more, I've also done a full review of it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKrMnIJ5nKaYedk

Thank you kindly! Cheers!

Many thanks!! Rock on

There are no stupid questions 😉 yes, you can totally use this instead of a headstock tuner independently if you're a beginner or not. The headstock tuner is more portable, usually cheaper, easy to power with batteries, and very convenient for home use. For rehearsals or gigs, however, it may be a bit clumsy as you may forget to bring it, the battery may die out, and most importantly, you might get interference from other instruments or not get a very accurate and stable note reading. That's when having an inline/floor/pedal tuner like the CPT-20 or Boss TU3 or TC Electronics Polytune comes in very handy. It's more reliable because your guitar is plugged into it and you can use it to mute your guitar when tuning or not playing. If you place it in a pedalboard with your other effect pedals, then you're sure to never forget it and it will always be powered. For home use and small gigs, the headstock tuner is totally fine, but for more serious work or whenever I use a pedalboard, then I always have a floor/pedal/inline tuner with me and that's usually the CPT-20. Hope that helps!

@@TheBedroomRocker1 thanks for the reply.

Awesome, thank you for the comment!

Thanks for sharing! Yes, I agree that this is also great as an always on pedal to enhance your clean tone

Glad you enjoyed it Mr. Benton! Thanks for providing us with such amazing affordable gear!

Thanks for the comment and sorry for my late reply. The GR-20 does have a full patch category called BASS/GTR with patches for bass and electric and acoustic guitars (patches 30 to 46). However, these re-create the sound of those instruments using the GK pickup and MIDI and they sound like MIDI. It might be cool to use those sounds for some alternative applications, but they will sound and feel radically different from a real guitar through a real amp or even through modern amp modelers...

@@TheBedroomRocker1 Thank you very much! As soon as I realized this I gave, for free, the GR to a friend of mine :) Keep Rockin'!

You're right! Depends a lot on the lighting, but on stage is basically impossible to see anything. It's also crazy that no one realized or thought about it before sending that into production... But I guess that's why it's so cheap 🤷 thanks a lot for the comment!

@@TheBedroomRocker1 If you need a separate spotlight on your pedal board to operate the Dealbreaker then it's not cheap anymore. 😁

Hahah that's indeed true. But if you need different settings, you could also get two of them for a similar price of the spotlight 😉

@@TheBedroomRocker1 😄 True. I have the 'Rodent,' a HB Rat clone that also misses the marks on the 2 tiny knobs, so it's feeling and guessing. But at least the lettering is white on black. Weird choices ...

@@Lamz.. How does that one sound? I've been curious to try the Rodent as well! It's unfortunately quite common not to mark the tiny knobs in pedals (even for more expensive ones like my Ibanez Tube Screamer Mini...). Gotta buy some white marker at some point and paint all of them manually

Glad you like it! Thanks for the comment

Thanks a lot! I'll keep pushing content out 😉