Ampless love - what's your combo in 2022?

Fatboylim

What is your ampless set up?

I've had the DSM Humboldt Simplifier and RevivalDrive Compact for the best part of a year and still loving it (as a hobbyist player).

The Simplifier whilst great, it has a DI dryness that the RevivalDrive compact elevates to a more 3D tone. Even with headphones (using the Simplifier sweep switch) the tones really are fun.

Optionally, I add in a cheap compressor in the FX loop to create a slight amp sag effect (Marshal Ed-1 the Compressor).

What I like about this set up is that I can add an analogue delay between the RevivalDrive and Simplifier to darken the sound with a Boss DM2. 

Pre amp pedals: Keeley 2 knob Ross style -> klon partspipe
Core sound is: RevivalDrive -> Boss DM2 -> Simplifier
FX Loop: Ed-1 compressor -> modulation pedals

Unfortunately no pictures as I have a pedal pile rather than a board as I'm still experimenting with pedal order.

So what is your experience with ampless more recently?
Hr
Apologies if this should be in the FX discussion thread! It started out as a love of this pedal combination to date. 

digitalscream

Well...is modelling cheating?



That board can run straight to the PA or through the power amp into a cab (guitar cab or FRFR, it doesn't care). Both delays are in the loops of the Stomp, with bypass handled by snapshots.

While it's the most compact rig I've ever had, it's also the most versatile - both in terms of how it can be used hardware-wise and what it can do sound-wise.

Oh, and it's all battery-powered apart from the power amp.

chrisj1602

Helix LT

kennedydream1980

Blackstar Dept 10 Dual drive running into a TC Nova System then out in stereo to my mixer. Sounds glorious through my studio monitors.

Roland

AxeFX straight to PA, with a Matrix Q12 as a personal monitor. It’s been that way since 2009.

vasselmeyer

Boss GT-1000 direct into PA with IEMs and a DV Mark Micro 50 and a 2x12 if I ever need an amp on stage.

Kebabkid

For bass, Zoom B1Xon to PA using a Gallien Krueger amp setting - the best £40 I've ever spent!

DavidRees

Revival Drive Compact into a Neunaber Iconoclast cab sim [with a Neunaber Immerse Reverb in between] into a Genelec 8030C. perfect for making musical mayhem in a big front room ...

Rowby1

My direct recording rig. ODR1 > Revivaldrive Custom > Boonar > Flint > Mooer Radar (Celestion IRs) > interface and studio monitors. 

Fatboylim

digitalscream said:

Well...is modelling cheating?



That board can run straight to the PA or through the power amp into a cab (guitar cab or FRFR, it doesn't care). Both delays are in the loops of the Stomp, with bypass handled by snapshots.

While it's the most compact rig I've ever had, it's also the most versatile - both in terms of how it can be used hardware-wise and what it can do sound-wise.

Oh, and it's all battery-powered apart from the power amp.

I am so tempted to get a Stomp for the modulation effects alone. 

kennedydream1980

kennedydream1980 said:

Blackstar Dept 10 Dual drive running into a TC Nova System then out in stereo to my mixer. Sounds glorious through my studio monitors.

Now with pic:

John_P

Quad cortex and Shure wireless with a wah and volume off the board for those gigs that need them.    I run it in a powered speaker or power amp input on my little bogner.   

The QC is awesome but I’m conscious that any damage means gig over so I’ll probably add a bluguitar amp1 as a backup in the near future.   

Stratavarious

Boss GT100

Lebarque

Interesting that a bunch of you have for revival drives. Are they particularly good with modellers, it just great all-rounders?

blobb

'78 Badass into Beebo. I could probably create the '78 in Beebo but I like having a dirt pedal on it's own. oh, and a lime green curly cable. 

AntonHunter

Quilter Superblock US does what I need it to for headphone practice, going direct for online teaching, or direct recording. It's also an amp head in its own right, so I pair it with a Toob Metro GP 6.5" speaker cab for an incredibly lightweight solution for rehearsals or gigs where I'm not driving.

Fatboylim

Lebarque said:

Interesting that a bunch of you have for revival drives. Are they particularly good with modellers, it just great all-rounders?

Most definitely and especially used as an amp. For me the blend is particularly useful.  It dials in the 3d tone for me. 

 And the more/presence knob has a very good amp like treble cut. 

With the DSM Simpifier having a flat/thin DI sound, the Revivaldrive really adds a "3D"element to the tone.

Of note it does provide a bit of compression (which I love) so it does the classic vintage sounds well. It may not be so useful for modern alternate tones. Or I'm doing that tone profile wrong! 

amc30

HX effects, a few extra drive pedals, into the Simplifier - perfect!

AsterixTG

Helix Floor.

Only outboard is a 90's Crybaby on occasion.

LionAquaLooper

Nux Cerberus with a Joyo American Sound in its FX loop. Then I just load whatever IR I need into the Cerberus. Versatile, cheap and and the analog OD/Dist on the cerberus are insanely underestimated. 

Musicwolf

Full-fat Helix direct to PA for me. The other guitarist in the band uses an HX Effects into my old JMP-1 pre amp.  I use a Kemper in my home studio which I’ve also gigged in the past but, whilst I think that the Kemper sounds better, the Helix is more flexible.

Our Drummer quit at NY so in a couple of weeks’ time we’ll be doing our first gig with the drums on a backing track.  This has enabled me to do all of my preset loading / snapshot changes remotely via a MIDI track running in sync with the drums (I’ve also programmed the lights to do the same).  I just plug my guitar in and play, no tap dancing.  It’s very liberating.