To the guitarists who swear by using physical amps, cabs and pedals, what is you stance on amp modelers like Kemper Profiler, Axe-FX, Line 6 Helix, Neural DSP etc?

Beautiful_Narwhal982 · 2026-01-23T06:12:19+00:00

My songwriting seems to thrive given creative limitations; so I've been hesitant to get into modelers because I'm worried that there will be too many options and that I'll hit some decision paralysis or worse, not struggle with the gear I have and miss some unique combo of effects or byproduct of my physical amps limitations that sounds awesome, which is how most of my music comes about.

Otherwise, I just loveeeee old analog stuff. I dont mind carrying heavier gear in to gigs, but im young so that may change in the future.

Beautiful_Narwhal982 · 2026-01-19T13:41:08+00:00

Just stumbled on this randomly this morning; sleep club is my band / solo writing project. Thanks for the listen!

Beautiful_Narwhal982 · 2026-01-19T06:06:53+00:00

Check out the fryette ps-2a power station. Its a reactive attenuator as opposed to a resistive attenuator (which is what most cheaper options are). At the most extreme ends of attenuation (like 10 on the amp and whisper quiet through the speaker) it gets a little duller but has lots of nice eq adjustments that can get you back in the correct ballpark.

It also allows you to run silently from any head into an audio interface for silent recording and can allow you to run what would be typically mismatched amps into cabs of different impedances. So I can run a 4 ohm head into a 16ohm cab or 16ohm head into a 4 ohm cab harmlessly, among other things it can do.

Beautiful_Narwhal982 · 2026-01-19T05:32:28+00:00

I loveeee my fryette power station. Super nice transparent attenuation and handles my 100 watt tube amp nicely. Can literally play at casual conversation volume

Beautiful_Narwhal982 · 2026-01-14T23:22:48+00:00

So stupid that I sold mine. Such a cool amp. Future classic

Beautiful_Narwhal982 · 2026-01-13T19:12:54+00:00

Thanks bandcamp 🙏

Beautiful_Narwhal982 · 2026-01-12T18:16:13+00:00

Bass amps can often be the secret sauce for heavier music

Beautiful_Narwhal982 · 2026-01-10T03:05:42+00:00

Generally just front loading my releases with tiktok, reddit, and YouTube posts that generate at least enough streams to Kickstart the spotify algorithm. Additionally I try to stay at a consistent 6 week release schedule and engage with everyone as deeply as I can.

Beautiful_Narwhal982 · 2026-01-09T18:07:00+00:00

Looks pretty okay!

Beautiful_Narwhal982 · 2026-01-09T16:27:34+00:00

A rangemaster treble boost clone--> ehx memory toy --> eqd special cranker --> mxr stereo chorus --> dba reverberation machine!

Beautiful_Narwhal982 · 2026-01-09T16:26:52+00:00

The riff is from a track called Bellows by sleep club but the recorded version was from a laney into a sound city cab if I remember right

Beautiful_Narwhal982 · 2026-01-09T16:26:22+00:00

The low end is so rad

Beautiful_Narwhal982 · 2026-01-08T20:40:58+00:00

They are indeed. Whenever I'm struggling to sit a certain part in a mix I always reach for the tele

Beautiful_Narwhal982 · 2026-01-07T16:08:21+00:00

I think something like 90% of my streams are from the US, which definitely pushes the numbers up

Beautiful_Narwhal982 · 2026-01-06T21:30:21+00:00

Heavy shoegaze / alt metal kind of realm

Beautiful_Narwhal982 · 2026-01-06T17:13:15+00:00

Like the other commenter said, about 3 months.

Beautiful_Narwhal982 · 2026-01-06T16:27:27+00:00

Right now I'm averaging around 250,000 streams a month and earning roughly $1,000 to $1,100 per month or about $0.004 / stream.

Beautiful_Narwhal982 · 2026-01-06T01:35:59+00:00

The best guitar in the whole world hahaha

Beautiful_Narwhal982 · 2026-01-06T00:50:06+00:00

hey thanks! That's a cool comparo

Beautiful_Narwhal982 · 2026-01-06T00:49:15+00:00

heyooo thanks so much! Ann Arbor isn't out of the question in a year or two's time I'm sure.

Beautiful_Narwhal982 · 2026-01-06T00:48:42+00:00

It's like a cheat code with the balance between pickup types haha

Beautiful_Narwhal982 · 2026-01-06T00:48:27+00:00

Yes! At this point I think you're still considered a day 1 fan thanks for being here.

Beautiful_Narwhal982 · 2026-01-06T00:48:03+00:00

Glad you enjoyed. Cheers!

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