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Wolfen « Could be better but very interesting guitar »
Published on 05/10/13 at 02:52I have this guitar now for a little over a year. I threw myself on to the exit, after testing for a living, then store.
What I really liked it more than the qualities promoted by the marketing Line6 was the possibility to change the tuning on the fly, and the range of sounds available. This is useful for bosser home to go into a shot of a standard tuning knob to any open tuning, a baritone tuning etc.. In addition, it is possible to define himself his favorite tunings and save them in the guitar through some manipulations explained in the manual.
On the available sounds, to be honest I'm not convinced by the "realism" all promoted on the quality of simulations. Already it is difficult to get to render this or that guitar just changing the behavior of the microphone, while the violin is also involved in the sound ... After that, it is very correct, and personally I see the possibility of changing the "guitar guy" more like a nice way to expand his sonic palette. In particular, I enjoyed myself with simulations of acoustic guitars or weird instruments. But in recording, I prefer to use "real microphones." You really feel a difference in play between the models and reality, especially if tuning a little violent or doing palm mutes are used. Weird thing also, I wanted to add a little gain in output types microphones Les Paul (a metalhead metalhead it all day), using the software and the interface provided with the guitar, I was able to saturate circuits of the guitar, which has forced me to reduce some of the settings that I provided ...
For the rest, I do not like the tremolo arm that breaks the mouth all the time, I like the violin in general, handle, mechanical, the cover and all that came with, I do not the weight of the beast. And I have not hooked on the original pickups. I changed (some difficulty) the humbucker for a SH-6 (metalheads blah) and then it gets better right away: I found the bass! Oh I forgot: I do not like the price
To summarize, an original concept, a nice guitar to use modeling that could be better microphones and a little weak, editable tunings and sound palette are really huge, and a slightly higher price for an "average guitar range "with gadgets.
I suggest you also try the other models if you are interested in the guitar, the original pickups were different to me it seems, and I remember especially hooked on JTV-89 (...), but unfortunately had no vibrato ...
What I really liked it more than the qualities promoted by the marketing Line6 was the possibility to change the tuning on the fly, and the range of sounds available. This is useful for bosser home to go into a shot of a standard tuning knob to any open tuning, a baritone tuning etc.. In addition, it is possible to define himself his favorite tunings and save them in the guitar through some manipulations explained in the manual.
On the available sounds, to be honest I'm not convinced by the "realism" all promoted on the quality of simulations. Already it is difficult to get to render this or that guitar just changing the behavior of the microphone, while the violin is also involved in the sound ... After that, it is very correct, and personally I see the possibility of changing the "guitar guy" more like a nice way to expand his sonic palette. In particular, I enjoyed myself with simulations of acoustic guitars or weird instruments. But in recording, I prefer to use "real microphones." You really feel a difference in play between the models and reality, especially if tuning a little violent or doing palm mutes are used. Weird thing also, I wanted to add a little gain in output types microphones Les Paul (a metalhead metalhead it all day), using the software and the interface provided with the guitar, I was able to saturate circuits of the guitar, which has forced me to reduce some of the settings that I provided ...
For the rest, I do not like the tremolo arm that breaks the mouth all the time, I like the violin in general, handle, mechanical, the cover and all that came with, I do not the weight of the beast. And I have not hooked on the original pickups. I changed (some difficulty) the humbucker for a SH-6 (metalheads blah) and then it gets better right away: I found the bass! Oh I forgot: I do not like the price
To summarize, an original concept, a nice guitar to use modeling that could be better microphones and a little weak, editable tunings and sound palette are really huge, and a slightly higher price for an "average guitar range "with gadgets.
I suggest you also try the other models if you are interested in the guitar, the original pickups were different to me it seems, and I remember especially hooked on JTV-89 (...), but unfortunately had no vibrato ...