New GNX4 user and lookin' for some help
For the last 4 or so years I've played thru a Fender Cybertwin, love the amp except for a particular issue I've never been able to overcome. Depending on where I'm playing on the guitar neck, I get an awful sound from the amp, something to do with the harmonics for that particular note.
Finally I do something about it, buy a GNX4 along with the supermodels. Thinking this was at least a decent amp (since this is a modeling amp) to match up with the GNX4, this turns out to not be the case. I still get the awful sound, same as before. The GNX4 is plugged into the effects return (stereo). I've since looked at the schematic and see the effects return still goes thru modeling as it runs straight into the DSP chip. Hence my original problem, I now believe it to be a dsp issue and there's no way of getting around it.
Here is where I need some opinions.
I'm a basement player, no studio, no laying of tracks, just learn rythm and lead and play against the backing tracks played from Amazing Slow Downer into an old pioneer amp into old 80's 12inch/mid/tweeter speakers. Crank it up and that's what I jam to.
Here's my thoughts: Buy a pair of 2031A's and set them on my Cybertwin, plug the GNX4 into these and use them as a replacement for my amp. For the price I don't know how I could go wrong, but they will be used for something they weren't intended for (near field monitors, the guitar amp sits 10-20 feet from me depending on where I'm standing when jamming).
Other suggestions are welcome : - )
Finally I do something about it, buy a GNX4 along with the supermodels. Thinking this was at least a decent amp (since this is a modeling amp) to match up with the GNX4, this turns out to not be the case. I still get the awful sound, same as before. The GNX4 is plugged into the effects return (stereo). I've since looked at the schematic and see the effects return still goes thru modeling as it runs straight into the DSP chip. Hence my original problem, I now believe it to be a dsp issue and there's no way of getting around it.
Here is where I need some opinions.
I'm a basement player, no studio, no laying of tracks, just learn rythm and lead and play against the backing tracks played from Amazing Slow Downer into an old pioneer amp into old 80's 12inch/mid/tweeter speakers. Crank it up and that's what I jam to.
Here's my thoughts: Buy a pair of 2031A's and set them on my Cybertwin, plug the GNX4 into these and use them as a replacement for my amp. For the price I don't know how I could go wrong, but they will be used for something they weren't intended for (near field monitors, the guitar amp sits 10-20 feet from me depending on where I'm standing when jamming).
Other suggestions are welcome : - )
Comments
God Bless!!
Partch
One of the reasons I was leaning towards the 2031A's is all the positive comments I've read, and if sound quality/volume is sufficient at a distance to possibly replacing my old home stereo/speakers with these with the probability of the added matching subwoofer. I've read so many positive reports, I've got this huge curiousity of this sound quality I read about between the 2031A's and the GNX4.
Again being near field (???) speakers, I don't know how they would sound at a distance. How would these compare to standard home speakers? I understand the purpose of these speakers, but I lack understand what makes this so, phasing,despersion... I may be an engineer, but my knowledge lacks in this field.
Thanks again for the comments!!
BTW - I still don't think they would be a bad choice. Its just that this is not their intended purpose. For my playing, stereo is not important. I use a rig very similar to Partch's but I have 2 Eminence 12's in one cabinet. At my recording desk I use a pair of studio monitors, and they sound great, but they are only 4 feet away from me. Often, I am using headphones, which also sound great.
Depending on your local situation, for the price of the 2031's you could just about get 2 keyboard amps!
I think I'll still get the 2031A's and sub. Factoring in all the applause coupled with the price, just can't go wrong. Especially now that I've found out 'near field' is an environment, monitor is \"flat response\" meaning its a flat response speaker that can be used in a near field environment, but can be used in mid,far also (with reduced flatness). I could use them in the intended near field as glorified computer speakers 3-4 feet from my head, meaning possibly playing after the wife goes to bed without headphones : - )) or set em' on my Cybertwin as a super sounding guitar amp... Ah... the possibilities...
Thanks for the suggestions!!
However, if you do live gigs, your monitors will not be suitable, and that is where you will have to either plug into the PA directly, or tune your patches to your amp.