What type of amp system should be used in combination with a V-AMP unit ?
Connecting it directly to a stereo channel in PA system is an idea I have.
You would then be able to use the stereo effects in the V-Amps FX part and the AMP/Speaker simulation sound would go unchanged out in the "clean" channels of the PA system.
This is maybe heresy for a guitar purist, but if you like the monitor/headphone sound from a V-Amp and want to get it out from the stage, is this a possibility ?
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The result, heard through an amp, is different to what you hear in headphones - the preset effects come across as overpowering, through an amp.
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Is it the stereo effects that will be overpowering and not work work in a stage situation?
Or is it the Amp/speaker simulation sound or the other effects ?
Tanglewood TW28STE (Shadow P7 EQ) acoustic
Yamaha RGX 320FZ electric guitar/Egnater Tweaker 15 amp.
Yamaha RBX 270 bass/Laney DB 150 amp.
http://www.soundclick.com/kalleinsweden
They seem to set the level of effect far too high. Very often subtle effects work better than "in-your-face" effects. Headphones (i.e. PC cheapies) tend to lose the quality of reproduction of even relatively primitive speakers.
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I thought of using a POD through a PA system, and I think the V-Amp is very similar. My main concern would be having a good stage volume behind me - a monitor of some sort. I played a gig on bass earlier this year and finally got to use a SansAmp that the sound company provided; the only problem was I could only hear the bass a tiny bit through the mains. It was like playing with my ears plugged.
In an ideal situation with a POD or V-amp, I'd probably go with a small 4-channel powered mixer and a 12" slant monitor (or a regular mixer and a powered monitor) for my own personal sound, and then run a line-out (or two maybe, for stereo) to the PA. That way I'd have control over my own level (for feedback and just having a speaker near me), and the PA guys would have their own feed to fool around with.
