My favorite guitar of all time was a $100 Fender acoustic! Played it till the bridge pealed off!
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New guitar I’ve been really enjoying and thought I’d share with you all. It’s a Guild DS-240, essentially a very close copy of the famous J45.
This is my first “nicer” acoustic after only playing electric for years and years and man, I have been absolutely loving it. 24.75” scale, which is my preferred length these days, solid top but laminate back and sides. I don’t have much experience with all solid wood guitars but it’s hard to imagine one sounding better than this DS-240. It just absolutely sings. Also has great intonation when capo’ed up. Got really lucky with it, as it came with a K&K Pure Mini pickup installed, which I’m also loving. It’s made my other acoustic (another Guild; the M240e) feel like an absolute toy.
Haven’t done much recording with it yet but if I do, I’ll make sure to share some clips. Highly recommended if you are looking for a sloped shoulder J45-like guitar.
Cheers all
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Bill Burr takes shots at the guitar thread. I think this is from his latest comedy special 
(Not my video)
I actually visited a Guitar Center on my trip back to the US last week. My first time in one. Not such a great vibe. The staff was way overworked. One person trying to help like 10 customers. I felt bad for them. I tried a used Benson pedal after the guy offered me a pretty decent discount on it, but when I tried it out, it was totally messed up (scratchy pots, sound intermittently cutting out). Glad I skipped it. Not sure I’d visit again. 
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To balance out Bill Burr’s savage routine, here’s some positive vibes. This guy’s restorations have become one of my favorite things to watch on YouTube lately. I also love that stuff he chooses to play at the ends of all the videos as well. Really cool atonal stuff. Appears to mostly be covers from the comments, but really interesting.
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Anyone plugging into the A4? Do I need to relocate my mixer and use a line level or is a preamp pedal (like any gain pedal) enough to do the trick. Recently acquired the A4mk2.
Specifically I’m thinking about plugging in the Bass ( passive p’ups) to do some sequenced high pass filtering.
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@hausland I bought a Tonex One !
Convinced, selling HX STOMP and Pod Expres (I tested it 15 minutes : impossible to have a clean I like).
I will compare with Tonex Pedal next week and will keep my favorite.
Tonex One apparently sounds as good, very small and usb powered ability. Essential controls (bass mid treble, noise gate, compressor, reverb level, gain and master level.
The new Tonex Editor makes editing much more efficient.
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Tonex One vs Tempera
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I had the Helix floor, sold it to downsize and got the ToneX. Definitely sounds a bit better than than Helix, but I missed the Helix effects so I traded it in for the HX Stomp 
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Yeah, I’ve never owned a helix floor but it’s huge.
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It’s amazing if you want maximum connectivity, built in expression pedal, and all the switches…but yeah, it’s huge and fairly weighty.
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Amp modelers sounds better by default I think. With good IR and tweaking you may get as good sounds with Line 6 Helix stuff. But I always lacked some mojo using it.
I tried a JCM 800 (used in the video).
No brainer. More limited fx on the Tonex, but I always found Line 6 a bit cheap.
I was about to take a Kemper Player or Nano Cortex. This tiny Tonex One can do great things imo.
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HX Stomp is impressive too in that concern, with a very compact size.
But I made my mind for a better amp simulation sound without much tweaking or preset search / buy.
At a better price.
Really deceived by Strymon Iridium.
Now I have something alive.
Anyway this is very promising for all amp sim users !
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can you expand on what you mean by this?
Not much to say. I didn’t like the sound, flat, not realistic to my ears whatever settings were. I decided to sell it quickly, no hesitation.
I prefered HX STOMP I am selling soon for Tonex Pedal.
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Brilliant! That’s precisely the direction I was thinking of heading.
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The fact that AM modulation worked on incoming signal was a good surprise !
Congrats mon ami! The Tonex sounds great, doesn‘t it? Interested to know how you fair with the Tonex One!
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Sounds good yes !
I kept Tonex Pedal because of tweaking possibilities but I miss the small size and usb power of Tonex One. The new Tonex Editor made it much more interesting (no latency by editing loaded preset parameters).
No I have to select my favorite models.
I may buy a Tonex One again later. I hope they will make something with ios audio compliance, small and with all parameters.
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I have a Line 6 HX Stomp with FRFR portable cab and that works well for recording and jamming besides my tube amps. I probably will sell off my tube amps due to maintenance and space. Tried a used Fractal and loved it so looking to get a new Fractal Axe FX FM9 or FX III next year once I sell off more gear.
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