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Is there another way to control the amp modes without the app? What if in a few years the app isn't available any more... does that mean you're limited to what you can control using the buttons/knobs?
Nope- I bought a Yamaha Leslie Amp - RA100. Which is the absolute opposite of this as it's about as portable as the Statue of Liberty and as versatile as a welding torch
*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
I am not saying the new one is worse but apart from the extra features it didn’t wow me (for the price). Depending on your needs though, it still might be a great solution as it brings a lot of things together (usb recording , battery etc)
Yesterday I spent some time with a vox amplug and some nice headphones and I don’t think it was bad for headphone practicing that is not tethered to an amp.
so that leaves us with quiet no headphones practice and pc integration. I think it you are looking at a van Halen sound at whispering level it is still a great choice.
Finally, I would for once pay attention to marketing :”it’s your third amp”. For that, it’s very good (if you don’t mind the money)
p.s. tried the THR for electro acoustics (forget the model). I thought that was amazing
just my two cents
I had one more go at it yesterday. Again, lots of boxyness and often harsh too end that took my ears off BUT I definitely can see there are good sounds in it if you spend too much time for my liking. I think Yamaha needs to throw some big firmware update that might make it excellent. The feel is ok too.
oh and the difference in using cable vs the relay is fairly noticeable
Had a few plays and here’s my first impressions, note this is all through headphones as of now.
The difference in where you need to set the knobs to get balance of volume and tone between the amp types is vast, and somewhat strange.
I can get some very nice cleans that are on the slightly cheesy side, but the good side of cheese, think lightly chorused crystalline cleans like Scott Henderson or Mike Landau.
I can get some great mid focused lead sounds, kinda 80’s type gain levels and sounds.
The place where I live most, lightly broken up organic tones with trem or spring reverb, and fairly low gain sweet lead tones, I can’t get there at all. I have been spoilt with boutique amps and the UA Ox as my headphone solution, but for these sounds it just sounds and feels like a cheap modeller.
Biggest surprise is that the crunch amp, which is where I thought I’d live, is terrible, can’t get anything useful out of it at all.
Sounds negative, but it will see me through the next month and I’ll likely keep it because a). It does do a decent job of those LA cleans and gains which my main rig doesn’t and is a place I like to visit occasionally. But for the other tones, it just doesn’t make me want to pick up play.
I also need to experiment with the app which I’m sure will unlock a lot more.
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