Re: Sonuus G2M Yamaha G50 (Axon) Comparison

[andy butler <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk>]

A second opinion.
I had a visit from LDer Stephen Scott yesterday, and
he auditioned both devices.

Stephen pointed out that the G2M reproduced his subtle vibrato,
while the G50 did not. Later however, this turned out to
be just the way the G50 was set up. 
It seemed to me that his playing flowed better with the G2M.
Otherwise Stephen was able to confirm my observations, 
which is handy, as he uses a more regular guitar technique
(with pick) compared to my own rather idiosyncratic approach. 

One difference I didn't mention is that the g50 has endless parameters
to adjust...could be a plus or a minus.

andy butler

andy butler wrote:
> Sonuus G2M  Yamaha G50 (Axon) Comparison.
> 
> The G50 is a licensed version of the Axon technology, but thoughtfully 
> includes
> a mono input. (Tracking is better on hex p/u). I'm using the mono input 
> for this
> comparison.
> 
> 1) Tracking speed. The G50 is faster, it just feels more real.
> 
> 2) Tracking accuracy. The G2M seems to have the advantage, but then when
>  I concentrated on my "ultra clean " playing style I preferred the G50 
> especially
>  as the playing speed increased.
>  Matt Stevens (G2M) modestly claims that the spurious low notes are him 
> hitting
>  open strings
>   http://www.mattstevensguitar.blogspot.com
>  but his demo shows the sort of results that I've been getting.
>  
> 
> 3) Warbling on Sustained notes. G2M wins hands down here, it's not
>   100% perfect, but any warbles are very slight deviations. The G50
>   jumps to new notes on occassion, although I always
>    found it was predictable enough to avoid. (by learning which notes
>   on a particular guitar do the warbling, and keeping them short).
> 
> 
> andy butler
> 
>