My family is now blaming David S. Wallens for the noise...

Because I ended up buying an Apogee Jam and can now audibly annoy everybody with my guitar skillz (or rather, the lack thereof).

Thanks for the post mentioning the Jam, saved me a bunch of money for a "real" amp.

Too cool. Modern technology is freaking amazing. I was at a wedding this weekend that my buddy DJ'd...from his iPad/phone. He could add effects, scratch, mix, all that. Truly amazing. The only "big thing" he had to bring was one large PA speaker. No turntables, no mixer, no crates of records, no drunk bitches bumping into the table.

I was pretty impressed, given that my experience with amp modelling so far dates back to the days of the Rockman. Even with "lowly" Garageband, with the current technology you can definitely hear the differences in sound between my two guitars.

I thought this thread was going to be about aircooled Porsches....

ya the technology stuff is neat... our church runs the sound board though a computer (mac)... on stage each person has a set of earphones for monitors that they control the mix levels with an IOS device... so simple, tons easier then having to get the soundboard guy to tweak settings for every single person and a lot smaller/ then dealing with a bunch of bulky monitors

njansenv wrote: I thought this thread was going to be about aircooled Porsches....

Ha, me, too. Yeah, the Apogee Jam is neat.

What software are you using? I use it with GarageBand on my iPad. I find that turning off the noise gate helps. There's some hum when left on, but it just seems more natural with the noise gate off.

At the moment I'm using GarageBand on my Mac Pro but there is a little too much hum when I'm using my G&L. Need to play with it a little more.

I also have a bunch of amp simulators for OS X that I need to try at some point...

I thought you had bought another 911.

By the way, I have one of these, too: http://www.fender.com/products/pawnshopamps/models.php?prodNo=2303000000

It's only 2 watts, but that just means it's not super-loud when cranked. I'm using it right now, in fact. (Just taking a break to check the time.)

I love my Greta, but the Excelsior looks cool, too: http://www.fender.com/products/pawnshopamps/index.php#PSA-excelsior

(Love that promo video.)

Woody wrote: I thought you had bought another 911.

I wish . Given how utterly reliable my DDs are it looks like we need to replace some of them first before I can dream about another 911. Unless I get a 911 with a Tiptronic so my wife can drive it.

I also have to wait until my 911 in the UK sells. I haven't quite figured out if I will then ask my friend who's selling it for me to find me a Westfield or Caterham that's 25 years old and put that on a boat, or if I ask him to send the cash over instead.

poopshovel wrote: no drunk bitches ...

What kind of a wedding is it without those?

BoxheadTim wrote: I was pretty impressed, given that my experience with amp modelling so far dates back to the days of the Rockman. Even with "lowly" Garageband, with the current technology you can definitely hear the differences in sound between my two guitars.

I'm a diehard analog guy, but I'm VERY impressed by the sound that comes out of my 40 Watt Fender Mustang II. A similar Line6 sounded like shrill garbage, but the Fender has a very organic sound to it.

Granted, I only use the "57 Deluxe" clean setting and let my pedals do the rest (because 90's musician), but I can't believe the tone I get out of it. Plus, it beats lugging my Marshall JCM800 rig just to jam around.

I'm not a gear geek anymore, though. I like what I like and worry about the actual playing.

poopshovel wrote: Too cool. Modern technology is freaking amazing. I was at a wedding this weekend that my buddy DJ'd...from his iPad/phone. He could add effects, scratch, mix, all that. Truly amazing. The only "big thing" he had to bring was one large PA speaker. No turntables, no mixer, no crates of records, no drunk bitches bumping into the table. Edit: probably why the company is still around, and twice as big as it was when I worked for them 4-5yrs ago....

People that do that detract from the nature of truely being a disk jockey as well.......prolly why when at my old job, people always seemed amazed by the fact we had a proper sound system, proper mixer, lightshow, etc....for the same money as people who did as you mentioned.

poopshovel wrote: no drunk bitches bumping into the table.

What were they bumpin' into?

I've got a Greta, too. I plug my phone into it for listening to the internet radio through some old thrift store bookshelf speakers. Then I found a old Raymer Tuner to use as a source.

The Greta with a guitar cranked through it is pretty crunchy, not a lot of head room. But I am using a vintage Tele Deluxe with the Wide Range Humbuckers; they're hot!

You know, I haven't tried hooking my iPod to the Greta yet. I need to try that. I'm using it with two pedals, Delta's Metal Distortion and a Boss SD-1. I still have my 30-watt PRS amp, though. That thing goes to 11, especially in an all-tile house.