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This was a game changer for me. For the first time I could easily record good quality guitar tones, without having to go through the absolute nightmare of micing up, or putting up with the some really bad VSTs. No doubt my desire to play, practice and write increased dramatically. Almost every single creative thing I've done in the past 5 years has been a direct result of that combo. Plus with NI I could easily create full band tracks.
Helix has now replaced Sgear for connivance reasons - but the joy still remains.
I currently have a Cornish TB-83 Extra but have used equally as good TB's from Catalinbread, Guitarsystems, Throbak.
Also bottleneck slides.
I mostly use a clean tone when using lots of modulation, delay and reverb, so going straight into the front of the amps is no problem. I can't honestly say I have ever missed having an effect loop, although I guess if you're using your amp's overdrive, it could well be an issue. If I need an amp style overdrive before the effects (sometimes a little crunch makes all the difference) I just use my DIY Liquid Sunshine clone.
So basically, I set both amps up with a nice, chimey clean tone (it's hard to get any distortion from my Twin anyway!) and then make sure any effects are set at unity gain, so as not to overdrive the input, unless it just happens to sound good. Sometimes it works!
I said maybe.....
https://soundcertified.com/speaker-ohms-calculator/
Gives you a change of flavour and inspires me to play differently. Not better, just differently.
In terms of other gear then it was when I was 13 and saved up enough to buy a Gibson SG standard so I could butcher Sabbath riffs but still feel like a badass. Got it shipped over fresh from the Gibson factory, can still remember the smell when I opened it! Prior to that I had a Squier Affinity strat, my first electric, that I had bought from Costco and it was just the least inspiring thing to play when all you wanted to do was play evil shit. I'm still prejudice towards all Squiers to this day.
I have just got a Walrus Audio Julia, haven't used chorus for many many years but this thing is so inspiring. Last night I was messing about with quite a heavy compression. Sounded so good!
After effects was an eye opener for me as well. After I'd learned how to use it properly of course. Took me a while to get my head around it and I've loved it ever since!
Guitar wise I'm not sure really. I always like faffing around with a delay but don't really create much useful stuff with one.