Re: OT-SUPER LATE POST to MULTI-effects..

[=?utf-8?Q?tEd_=C2=AE_kiLLiAn?= <tedkillian@charter.net>]

Scott,

I picked up a VG-99 last October as well.

Used it for the first time in public last Friday night.

I'll never be the same . . .

Lots of weirdness potential there.

And cool "normal" potential too . . . heheh.

Dual multi-FX COSM processors for each of 6 strings can get pretty freaky.

I've still got my dual Vortexes and Akiras and EDPs too.

But the freak factor has been upped by 10x.

It's just a little expensive and you gotta use a GK (or Axion) pickup.

Most folks are not willing to bolt another "thing" on the front of their 
guitar.

Since I've been using GKs for 15 years it seemed like "the next step."

For those who are willing, it's pretty neat-o.

It certainly helped me get rid of the rack of doom.

Duke Sexton (on this list) uses one as well - and was very helpful with 
pointers and info when I bought mine (and since).

Cheers,

Ted

---- scott hansen <evanpeewee@yahoo.com> wrote: 
> to the person looking for some other multi-effects options (although why 
>since you had an eventide unit i can't imagine)...anyway...was doing some 
>reading of reviews recently and 2 units that seem to be the "she-bang" in 
>recent multi-effects supposedly:
> 
> 1. the line 6 POD v.3-supposed to have options for 2 sets of processing 
>at once (from what i understand)
> 
> 2. the roland VG-99-similar -to above in that it has routing options 
>that multiple amps &/or effects can be used at once.
> 
> and i was looking at pics of vernon reid's recent gigs w/ the free form 
>funky freqs, and w/ his setup (which looks massive) he has a vg-99 
>mounted on a stand. so he's using it. i remember guitar player had an 
>advanced review late last yr of vg-99-said it had options of running 2 
>different amp models w/ multiple-effects- they said something about using 
>flanger w/ tremolo w/ filter w/ delay options and wacky reverb-and the 
>sounds you could get....they gave it a good review i remember.
> so some gear to look into for you....
> 
> my funny comment was while reading the vg-99 review is that w/ my set up 
>of zoom g2 into a digitech rp150, i can have 2 amp models (plus 
>distortion box models) w/ loads of wacky effects (i think of it as budget 
>adrian belew's 80's rack of analog doom)--there are funny textures you 
>can get w/ running a mesa rectifier model into an acoustic model w/ large 
>reverb into small reverb,etc...and my set up cost 200$ vs the 1000$ 
>vg-99. granted i know it does all kinds of pu modeling and has stereo 
>options etc,...oh well....
> s---
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