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GALLERY: Summer NAMM 2012 - Day 3

Everything the PG editors saw at NAMM on Saturday.

"Amptweakerуs new TightFuzz features both germanium and silicon modes and, like all Amptweaker pedals, features a tight control and an effects loop. Designer James Brown was actively tweaking the circuit during the show based on user feedback, hence the adjacent boxes. amptweaker.com"

Stompboxtober Day 23 is here! Today’s prize is a pedal from J. Rockett Audio. Enter now and come back for more daily prizes!

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Your 100 Guitarists hosts are too young to have experienced SRV live. We’ve spent decades with the records, live bootlegs, and videos, but we’ll never know quite how it felt to be in the room with SRV’s guitar sound.

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A Telefunken ELA M 251E large-diaphragm condenser mic, seen in its natural habitat.

By now, we’re all familiar with the many options out there for amp modeling. Mic modelers are another reliable asset to digital recording tech, and can rapidly grow your inventory with just a few clicks.

As guitarists, we’re very aware of amp-modeling and profiling technologies, such as the Line 6 Helix, Fractal Axe-Fx, Neural DSP Quad Cortex, and Kemper Profiler. While our bases are covered for these (with modelers available for every “holy grail” amp under the sun), we are still missing another vital area of the recording process—microphones—for the acoustic instruments and vocals we might want to capture.

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With simple controls, models from the award-winning HX family, and the option for battery power, this compact unit is designed to be perfect for Metal guitarists seeking versatile tone options.

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