electric-acoustic patch considerations
<div style="displaynone">fiogf49gjkf0d</div>i see that this forum is still very active. i haven't been here for a long while, nor have i put many hours on my gnx4 in the meantime -- mostly because i've never found what i consider to be useful patches for my takamine e/a. most of the patches pertain to rocker noise. i've set the gnx4 to blackface (which i happen to be playing through anyway), but the sound is still pitiful. can anyone who reads this direct me to a discussion about electric-acoustic patches (heck, i only need, say, a dozen to make me happy), and/or a tried and true method for setting up the gnx4 so it sounds decent with my takamine and fender superreverb? thanks so much, in advance.
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FWIW: I feel the GNX works wonderfully with an ac/el. I play my Dean through my '4 all the time.
And yes, you can make fantastic patches for it.
One of the things to remember is that playing ANY git'r through ANY patch into a guitar amplifier AUTOMATICALLY sounds bad. The GNX is much better suited to playing into a PA or FR/FR speakers, like powered monitors. Any preset you create will instantly be sonically mangled by going into the limited-response, purpose-tuned sound of a git'r amp. So consider yourself informed.
That said - if used correctly, the GNX sounds great...my ac/el presets are mostly based on clean tube amps and small cabs, including the 'boutique' one, which I think sounds great. Just bear in mind that both amp and cab models, when selected for a preset, can be modified dramatically to suit your needs.
Something you might consider: one of those \"acoustic guitar\" amps. I have the Roland AC60, it's full range, everything sounds great through it. You could also pick up a powered stage monitor and run the GNX right into it. Many users say that a keyboard amp is similarly usable - flat response, lotsa power.