Suhr ACE Analog Cabinet Emulator, demo by Pete Thorn

A demo of the Suhr ACE, an analog cabinet emulator that allows you to get a great mic'd cabinet guitar tone for recording or live performance. For info: www.suhr.com
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[@joshie4330]

I've been looking up cab sims all day. I'm so glad I waited. This sounds great.

[@2UProduction]

This is so unfair, because i think this is the best cabinet simulator demo video on youtube, u made this product sounds so amazing here lol. Outclassed all the other cabinet simulator demo videos. Good job Pete. Sounds amazing!

[@mudwiser1391]

man alive Pete that was some ferocious pickin', The ACE sounds real nice too.

[@L.Scott_Music]

Hey Pete. So great to have met you at NAMM. Sorry you couldn't make it to the Aspen Pittman Designs booth. Damn NAMM is huge. I kept an eye out for you but found myself taking notice of every fade hair cut that walled by and that was a lot. LoL!

[@cheeseUout]

i'm so glad cab emulators and direct to PA system solutions are getting trendy. I'm at that stage of life where silent practicing and silent monitoring in live situations are key. I LOVE amps, but holy crap they only sound good when they're loud, or even when you still make a little bit of noise, they don't sounds as nice (and why would you pay $5000 for an amp you barely crank) and people still complain about the noise

[@scottanderson6807]

Are you playing with no drummer?

[@_patrikjay_]

Pete, thats the FUTURE right there...BRILLIANT

[@cliffgold3840]

Another great demo thanks Pete. Have to tell you, I think your playing has stepped up another level in the recent demos. Always great to watch you play and listen to your pre demo tracks but it seems like you may have had plenty of play time recently. Smokin man...!

[@PeteThorn]

cliff gold thanks!!!

[@KelsterVonShredster]

Agree. Pete, your demos are simply stellar.

[@trillrifaxegrindor4411]

no,it isnt stepped up,he has always been this amazing and this is just his normal beatification

[@kscotth]

I've said it before in another video but that SL68 is special amongst amps trying to produce the same sound. That is the best stock British-style tone I've heard from a modern-made amp.

[@dapperdanman1956]

Absolutely tremendous sounds Pete thorn, thanks!

[@SlinkyT82]

Fantastic playing as usual dude! Great demo! Also that leather jacket is 🔥🤘 Cheers from NYC.

[@2GoldensTosa]

Great demo, Pete. I always learn *something* when I watch your vids. Keep up the great work & keep them coming!

[@akshaychowdhry1]

Nice demo Pete- That first hybrid picked riff is really neat!

[@chrisact9601]

I'm a big fan of the Ownhammer IRs (which I bought on your recommendation, Pete), and I am really surprised how great that thing sounds. I used to use H&K Redbox DIs back in the early 90's and they just never got that bite and bark you get from a mic'd cab. They always sounded dull (I know the newer Redbox tech they're selling these days sounds a lot better). But that Suhr ACE thing really nailed it. Great vid, Pete.

[@onefinger1691]

Excellent demo ! I really want this cab emulator !

[@livingabovethe12th]

I'm very impressed that suhr kept the pricing on this very reasonable. it's actually the same price as the passive Palmer pdi-03

[@DaveKaplowitz]

Great playing, Pete!

[@duaneanderson9492]

another great demo, great great playing

[@Stratamania]

I was just thinking the other day whether Suhr, would produce such a product. Will check it out on the website for the manual.

[@flippercarlin1657]

Hey Pete...I see our mutual friend Doug Aldrich is now using this on tour. Had no idea this was out there. As always your vids ROCK

[@PeteThorn]

Yeah I saw his post as well! Makes sense it really sounds great, so easy and consistent

[@flippercarlin1657]

@@PeteThorn Im sold!

[@lyradguitar]

Amazing playing..amazing tone!!

[@StreetsOfVancouverChannel]

Do you realize how DAMN EASY YOU MAKE THAT LOOK to play like that!!! ;) Peace and greetings from Canada, Pete.

[@FURAPANZA]

As always, awesome job! To me the point of buying a product like this would be eliminating the need for a cab. But being that I'd still need to use some other gear to unload the amp before using the ACE it's still too expensive (at least for my pockets). The reactive load is € 555 on thomann, and the ACE would be something more than € 300 I think. Of course we're talking about Suhr products, so no compromises on quality or sound. Still I would be more interested in a single piece of gear that could do both. Maybe sometime in a not so far future. Cheers

[@mikeault]

Do you need the Suhr reactive load box to make it silent recording from a tube amp? Or will the ACE work silently through a tube amp with no speaker hooked up? thank you

[@MattPriceGuitar]

I use the poor man's version of this rig, amp into a Weber Mini Mass attenuator into a Behringer Ultra G DI. It does the job, especially if you've got a sound guy who can massage the EQ a bit.

[@jasonwilliamshuck]

i own a couple custom Suhr guitars and a killer Hedgehog amp. i know the ACE is great, but I didn't want to spend $300 to get DI into the PA. i picked up a H&K RedBox5, mounted it in the back of my 212 cab and installed an XLR-M panel jack. now i can just show up at the gig and snap an XLR cable right into the back of my cab instead of having to mic the front. the phantom power even powers the RB5. it doesn't sound quite as good as the ACE, but i have a QSC TouchMix 16 with very powerful parametric EQ and it's good enough for my modest needs. cheers

[@oslopez8828]

I was hoping a close up of the pedal and using it with the ditto looper

[@zendrive]

Awesome demo. I will be using one of these to get a cab-emulated line out from my Kelley for W/D reverbs and delays, which I run into a full-range wedge. Slightly OT, but...what's up with that scripty TopHat?

[@rdejianne]

Wondering how this sounds when A/B'ed against a Greenback cab IR in the Torpedo CAB. Wondering if the analog signal path makes a noticeable improvement. While I love using my CAB with my Suhr RL I sometimes fear that it does sound "digital" compared to mic'ing a real cabinet. I'm certain some of the difference I hear is the difference between my room and cabinet vs the ones used to make the IR, but the CAB does sound a tad "digital" to me.

[@RizingZeppelin]

Pete, I have a little 1×12 combo amp (Boss Katana) that has a line out option. I image the line out signal will have a low enough output to where I could skip running it into a load box. To draw a picture of what I'm thinking, I should just be able to plug my guitar into the amp, run the amp signal from the line out, into the ACE, and then into my DAW without any problems, right? I'm looking for a way to record in my dorm quietly without the use of plugins that ultimately bog my computer down. Thanks in advance for any advice/answers you may have! Always love the demos

[@alchemyinstruments5650]

how does this compare to the two notes torpedo? The torpedo seems to be more versatile to me but I'm not quite sure.

[@bigjoeisgood]

Hi, i discovered this vid totally random and it's really cool ! Do you thing it works with just a pedal in front of it ? Guitar - Be OD Friedman, A.C.E emulator and DAW ? Without using amp head and load box. THX if someone tried !

[@deansandy1]

Hey Pete, Dean from Canada. Great demo video! I am wondering if this product will meet my needs and I would appreciate your input. I made a new small board for pick up and go jamming. I have guitar going to suhr eclipse, then Suhr RIot, then to a strymon Ola chorus, then to Strymon Elcapistan delay and then to my seymour duncan power stage power 170 solid state power amp with a 1x12 mesa widebody open back cab. Everything sounds great but when suhr pedals are off and I just want clean I would like to add some presence to the clean sound to brighten things up as well and I would also like to go direct to the PA if required. I am thinking this unit will do all that. Am I correct or do you have other suggestions? If i the ACE doesn't do what I think it would do,the main thing is to sparkle my cleans up with my les paul classic custom and SG. If I have to mic cab no big deal but it would be great to get the best of both worlds.

[@WOTUFAKA]

Pete do you think this would sound good for heavier/thrash metal tones? I have a Suhr reactive load and a ton of IR's but getting a good thrash metal tone seems way harder to get vs clean or slightly dirty tones. Looking for suggestions thanks!

[@motrock2]

Pete, how does this sound with a Suhr SL68 with all on 10? Can you get that sizzle that the classic EVH tone gets with greenbacks? I hear your original SL68 clips and I am curious if this Cab Emulator can compare to that quality? Sounds good from the clip though man. You did a great job!

[@The_Absurdistt]

Looks interesting. How does it stand up to I.R.s?

[@endesp]

Hi Pete! Need your advise. Have some great pedals a nice strat and a basic Marshall MG15CF combo. Can not use it, so I purchased an AKG-K240 MKII semi open headphone. Although the Marshall has an emulated output the sound I hear through the headphone with Proco RAT and other dist is terrible. I came to a realization that I might need a CAB which could sound great using only headphone and plug in all my pedals, too. I narrowed it down to Two Notes Torpedo Cab. Is there another (maybe this Suhr) device you could recommend instead? BIG Thanks!!!!!!

[@EverettDudgeon138]

Hmmm how would you compare it to the ADA Guitar Cab simulator?

[@davidhartly9333]

pete how well would this work with the rk5 flyrig??? you sold me on the rk5 bro i ordered it today!!! so could ya let me know what you think???

[@seongkim7594]

can I use without amp? direct recording? just pedalboard.

[@gerardo9838]

Yes but I suggest you also to use a preamp pedal! Like the clover by jhs

[@northof50now]

Sound good Pete. Any ETA as to when more info will be on the Suhr website?

[@PeteThorn]

Within a few hrs most likely :)

[@cleavey100]

Okay then Pete, in your honest oppinion how does this compare to something like the Torpedo Cab/Live?

[@ibinTZY]

I have few pedals and a processor..can this be used to connect my pedal board through this to a PA to get a got miced cab sound?

[@PeteThorn]

Yes!

[@intrsoul]

I'm new to the reactive load approach - I understand the concept but had a question: if you're in the studio and want to track both a mic'ed cabinet AND reactive load>ACE, can you do that from the same amp? So for instance, if I have two 8 Ohm outputs on a head, one could drive the load>ACE and the other the cab...? It would be terrific to track both and blend to taste during final mix.

[@johnmsuhr]

If you want to do both you can use our ISO line out. If you want to do it in silence use the Reactive Load as the load and that line out can feed the ACE If you use the Reactive load AND a cab you can do that too and it will lower volume by 3dB since it is behaving like an 8 ohm speaker

[@joaopedrolemos28]

Hey Pete! Another great demo, tanks and congrats man! I need to ask, did you tried the ACE with pedals too? I think it's a great option to the GCS-2/3 (ADA) and the Iconoclast (Neunaber), but I don't know if it's really the same thing. Thank you again, cheers from Brazil!

[@johnmsuhr]

I'm not a fan of eliminating the tube amp from the equation, that is where it all comes together.

[@SuperHotrod4]

When using the ACE cab simulator, what does the reactive load do? When would you need the reactive load? Thanks!

[@davidsunhun]

To my understanding, you need the reactive load to "dumb down" the power to a line signal, so you can connect it to your PC if you wish. The cab sim comes in between the two, so it doesn't sound sh*t.

[@ChristianIce]

Pete, is there a small piece of hardware to simply load an Impulse Response? I mean, it's a very simple process that an economic chip would easly handle, it would be great live and in home studios (latency stuff). All I see is very expensive hardware with tons of extra features that I don't really need, like the Torpedo.

[@ChristianIce]

P.S. If it doesn't exist, you should really suggest it to the guys at Suhr :)

[@heyyuyeung8729]

ChristianIce Try Logidy EPSi, it has a firmware dedicated to IR loading.

[@ChristianIce]

Hey Yu Yeung Nice! Thank you!

[@jasonleib4840]

Another Logidy EPSI user here. Works great!

[@JorisGriffioen]

Logidy Epsi or AMT Pangea

[@antonanderstam9675]

Does this device need to be used together with some type of loadbox, or what if i just plug in some pedals to it and run it into my audio interface? Would that work as well? Sorry, i'm so green on this topic...

[@rockinchippy]

Anton Anderstam yes it would if the pedal is more a preamp-ish amp in a box type pedal.

[@antonanderstam9675]

Oh okay! Thank you!

[@ai4nlp]

No headphone jack for late night practicing? :( i don't want to turn on computer every time I wanna play...

[@ctld5266]

Hi Pete, what do you use as Drum vsti ? Ezdrummer ? Thanks.

[@rubenj5269]

Can I use a light overdrive as a preamp pedal?

[@PeteThorn]

You could- I’d probably use a preamp pedal though like an Ethos

[@_patrikjay_]

Version 2...a toggle to switch between Greenbacks and Vintage 30's or SPLIT...sign me up!

[@paulhawksworth1586]

official patrik jay - you may want to have a look at this. www.gfisystem.com/cabzeus.html

[@johnmsuhr]

That is all in the simple controls and many more.

[@byebyebeano8616]

Hi Pete, any headphones out on the device?

[@rikorisu11]

so this or the neunaber iconoclast ?

[@livingabovethe12th]

11f This. NB only accepts line level (preamp) input. This is a proper spk sim that taps off the speaker output thus capturing the power amp sound/OD and and capturing the reactance between the speaker and amp, which is a big part of hearing the sound "breathe".

[@georgerichard7823]

suhr ace is a stereo like neunaber iconoclast? or just mono?

[@lpgoog]

If this thing took a load I'm certain the sound quality would smoke a Mesa cab-clone. I'm looking for something similar that takes a load 👍

[@johnosstreeter]

What bike do you drive Pete?

[@MichaelDespairs]

Just doesn't have the sparkle and 3 dimensional quality of a mic'd speaker cab. But at least you know this will outlast anything two notes makes, their stuff only lasts a few years sitting on a studio shelf.

[@albertonunez1616]

Dude why! why! why! the DI output is on the right side instead of the left side of the pedal....

[@chinesename]

Did anyone see if this has an XLR out?

[@johnmsuhr]

chinesename yes !

[@bradly373]

John Suhr great feature

[@JRRoss-vx1ni]

Evidently there was nothing they could do to correct that eye huh Pete? I was just kinda wondering because I have that too, just not as bad.

[@tomulator]

Friedman “Mic No Mo”

[@GuitarWithDofka]

No mid knob and guitar is a midrange instrument

[@PeteThorn]

That’s why there’s no mid knob there’s mids always there some might even say they are haunting

[@lowpowermodelife]

:( outputs on the right hand side.

[@SSvebor]

The Hedgehog sounded too compressed (to my ears), nice tones otherwise. 'The' Guitar looks and sounds great, and it's been long overdue.

[@johnmsuhr]

Simply the way it was set

[@RBASHA1]

sounds better then that crappy mesa cab clone.

[@jesterraj]

yea how much is this gonna cost us mere mortals?

[@ChristianIce]

There is the link in the description. Nobody usually talks prices in a video review, because prices can change according to your location, offers, distributions, age of the product and so on.

[@2UProduction]

$299 USD

[@tomulator]

Friedman “Mic No Mo”. $99. Check it out.

[@zweex3463]

to the west nothing new high gain is cramped and rough

[@limerot]

Sounds very flat and dull. Analog is great for latency, but what is the point when all analog speaker simulators sounds dull.