Musical Instrument Technology
Staying traditional thats the way I like it...........

Call me old fasioned but I have to say I still prefer to use tried and trusted equipment when I'm playing. I have tried many of the modern guitars, transistor amplifiers, digital signal processors and effects units but in the end i still find that to my ears Fenders, all valve tube amplifiers and the analogue stomp box's pedals give me the best sound... so far.

What I dislike greatly about the digital effects are that they do not have a true bypass switch so that you can have the clean un alduterated sound from your guitar.

They always have your signal being converted by the ADDA converters so you can never have the direct sound that the guitar produces. This means that the guitar loses its clarity and mainly mid and bottom edge punch and sounds thin and lacking in power.

If you use the Send & Return loop on the Fender twin you can get round some of that using the knob to blend how much of your signal goes through the effects and how much is direct.

That kind of disguises the problem and although it is still not ideal it does give you some of your guitar back au naturelle..

So that persuaded me to go back to the cupboard and retrieve some of my old stomp box's.

Guitar Rig

My Backup Guitar

My Acoustic Guitar

My Amplifier Rig

My Effects Rack