| Virtual Machines [message #84633] |
Tue, 15 May 2007 18:17  |
Kim
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Registered: October 2005
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>>>>Does that make me a bad person?
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>Uh . . . Neil's the one with the tattoo and the chain, right?
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| Re: Virtual Machines [message #84664 is a reply to message #84663] |
Wed, 16 May 2007 09:16  |
Neil
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Registered: April 2006
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ture there is noticeable latency but my
> brain has had no trouble adjusting. A little latency isn't a problem per
> se - for example I don't have trouble adjusting to the latency when
> playing with an amp stack at the back of the stage (although I don't do
> that anymore, I've reformed and go for low stage volume/close monitoring
> now).
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> I haven't noticed a "dead feeling." The guitar feels as alive as my
> other guitars. I can even get feedback (the good kind).
>
> In short, my variax gets good tone and is amazingly flexible. I also
> added a GK3 pickup to it to drive a guitar synth at the same time, and I
> use that setup with live multitracking in my solo show to build gigantic
> arrangements. Very fun!
>
> But my PRS is my favorite guitar to play, and I take that on gigs where
> I don't need to cover acoustic/electric/synth/alt tunings. When I just
> need to be the electric guitar player in a band, the PRS is flexible
> enough to cover a wide palette of electric guitar tones and it's a
> better built guitar. Plus it has 24 frets. Plus I have two of them in
> case I break a string. :^)
>
> When the new Roland VG99 ships I'm going to check it out. It would let
> me play the PRS and still do guitar modeling. I think the variax
> modeling is better than the VG88's but we'll see if Roland has raised
> the bar with the new box.
>
> Another option would be to take variax guts and put them into a better
> guitar. Like Adrian Belew did with a Parker Fly. OK I WANT that guitar,
> (but not in that color). :^)
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> I've considered transplanting variax guts into a custom body - which
> would also let me add a 24 fret neck, but then again, my variax is
> pretty decent as it is so there's no rush. If I go that route I'd grab
> the guts from a 300. There's no sense gutting my expensive 700. :^)
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>
>> Also the instrument was shite and looked like a toy to me, but I don't
>> think it was the expensive model. I do really like the concept of it -
>> maybe I should give it another shot, but they need to make a pretty
>> version. A guitar is like a woman - it should be as pretty as
>> possible, don't you think.
>
> I dig a good looking instrument, and I have the coolest looking variax
> on the planet (cherry sunburst 700). Although the very best looking
> variax is the acoustic model with the natural wood top, I love mine. But
> I don't sleep with either of them...much...
>
> My cherryburst PRS looks and plays a notch better. I've never had a
> luthier setup the variax for optimal playability though (since it's been
> good enough) but that's on my todo list.
>
>
>> I'm also surprised by
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