Gear Aquisition Syndrome is a serious disorder.... FX etc
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Bg - Wed Nov 21, 2018 7:45 am
- Wed Nov 21, 2018 7:45 am
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jeremyb wrote:slash-ed wrote:I'd say that the Headrush FRFR speaker is cheap enough to go the whole digital, but then with BG's reliability issues with the pedal, you'd be worried about the speaker as well!
It's just a rebranded Alto with a few mods, cheap and cheerful, but reliable 
I have one, it's excellent, no reliability issues with it. Getting a second for stereo shortly.
Headrush have said it's tuned differently to the Alto and uses different components. Take that as you will.
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jeremyb - Wed Nov 21, 2018 7:51 am
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Plenty of people rate the Alto stuff for FRFR, I think it's pretty hard to go wrong with building a clean solid state power amp, the only thing the cheaper ones seem to skimp on is the resiliency of the cabinet and perhaps the speakers...
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HackSaw - Wed Nov 21, 2018 11:02 am
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Looks like there’s a near-new Line 6 Firehawk on TM for $400. Any good?
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- Sun Dec 02, 2018 8:32 pm
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HackSaw wrote:Get this in mate. Awesome way to check out modelling, and I don't think you would pick up a secondhand one for what you'd bring it in for...
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail ... ools-first
edit - might want to use youshop though for the shipping!
Would probably be wasted on me as I’m only using it for playing, looks like this unit is primarily aimed at the recording side of things?
There’s one on TM for $600 at the moment.
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HackSaw - Mon Dec 03, 2018 4:45 pm
- Mon Dec 03, 2018 4:45 pm
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recording is quite good with it, but I just used it for headphone jamming mainly. The key was that they had it for US$199 in the black Friday sale, which was damned good value.
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Bg - Mon Dec 03, 2018 4:50 pm
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Mini Forklift Ⓥ wrote:HackSaw wrote:Get this in mate. Awesome way to check out modelling, and I don't think you would pick up a secondhand one for what you'd bring it in for...
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail ... ools-first
edit - might want to use youshop though for the shipping!
Would probably be wasted on me as I’m only using it for playing, looks like this unit is primarily aimed at the recording side of things?
There’s one on TM for $600 at the moment.
It is essentially a headrush in a box. There are differences but they're still a great unit.
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Bg - Mon Dec 03, 2018 4:54 pm
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- Mon Dec 03, 2018 5:04 pm
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Bg wrote:Mini Forklift Ⓥ wrote:Selling a few pedals and an amp, thinking of this unit...
https://www.rockshop.co.nz/shop/guitars/effects/multi-effect-pedals/line-6-helix-effects-multi-fx.html
good choice 
Thanks, good to know. Reviews definitely seem favourable.
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Bg - Mon Dec 03, 2018 5:06 pm
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no amp modelling but the effects are excellent

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