After driving myself demented
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It appears so far to be working fine - I'm trying to check it out pretty thoroughly this weekend so I can leave feedback. The LE seems very transparent and responds well to dynamics and changes to tone and playing style on the guitar. I suspect the more dynamic feature will be at least partly down to the tube built into the LE.
You'll guess from looking at the picture of it that there's quite a lot to get my head around as far as using it goes. 16 amp types, 12AX7 miniature triode valve (vacuum tube) to create the sound of actual power amps with various clas A and clas AB circuits, 11 different cabinet emulations, 16 pedal effects, 11 types of modulation, 11 types of delay, 11 types of reverb and also noise reduction. For all of those you can change the various settings individually and assign the pedal to a variety of parameters. Throw in the option of changing the order of the chain of modulation, delay and reverb.
So I have a great opportunity to make some awful sounds as well as good ones!
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I've only had multi fx units that were like a bunch of pedals before - and I prefer this. it's more like getting a load of extra settings and controls for your amp than getting a load of fx pedals.. It's a bit like my Vox Tonelab ST which I use for direct recordings but it's a lot more flexible, powerful, big and heavy!
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There's a UK Blues setting on it already that with very little tweaking I like a lot. Vox describe it as "based on the "High Treble" channel of an extremely rare handwired head made in England in the early 80s which had 3 x ECC83s in the preamp, 1 x GZ34 rectifier, 2 x KT66s in the power amp". Could this be a Marshall - maybe the JTM-45? NOT that I've got it maxed out and howling of course - but here's some sounds in 4 styles (with a twist of VB) I've recorded today over segments of 4 BTs - direct recording to PC, not through my amp.
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Would be grateful to know if anyone thinks if this is going in the right direction.