So...If money wasnt a huge issue & you could get what you wanted with-in reason of course.

What would your amp Rig for a bar/cover band be?

Would you go Kemper, Axe, tube amp?????? What????

You'll need to cover multiple tones & sounds.....& transport it too!!!

Or would you just use a 3-main sounds & a few pedals?????

I'd love to have a Justin Derrico's Bogner amp touring Rig with racks of gear & pedals, but that might be a little over-kill here!

I am looking to get KILLER tones here & lots of flexability too!!!!!! I may do the patchbay route & a live tube amp since I already have a GCP, but I do LOVE digital modeling amps!!!!! I think I actually play & sound better on digital then tube amps believe it or not.

I thought this might be fun to talk about & there is no right or wrong here so say what you would do or try.

X

PS - I'm using my 11R/EVH 5150 Rig live & still liking it a lot, but it's time to build my ultimate gigging rig!!!

being in 2014 i feel i will go for a kemper or an axe, maybe more kemper than axe for a live use,but ill tell u , i will always want to have a little tube amp to rape when needed

lol

Honestly, the setup I now have would have to be it... unless I suddenly had roadies available to me at all times.



It's compact, lightweight and the backup units are in the same case. It sounds fantastic and is as versatile as a setup possibly could be.

I would love to have an Axe Fx (I´ve never tried one but most people I´ve read agreed is superior to the 11R) but I cant justify it to my wife by any means... maybe if I sold a couple guitars and save some money I could get it eventually

Talk about a 21st century board Marc!!!!! Wow!!!!! That's gotta be some bucks though to put all of that together???? Probably the price of an Axe Fx2???

I still can't justify this for myself & I want one too!!!!!

I see some local guitar (cover band) players with some pretty killer rigs these days & well......I always just find this topic interesting.......

Good stuff guys!!!!

X

X-Mann, I don't think it's as expensive as a new Fractal or KPA, but it certainly wasn't cheap... One thing to consider though is that I bought it piece by piece over the course of several months (except the SoftStep, which I had already had for about a year).

I think, all told, there's about $1300 in there... plus the cost of the materials to make the case, which I built.

Really, you could gig with half that because I have a backup for everything. Originally, I was looking for a backup to the 11R, as some here may recall. But after buying one iPad and one iRig Pro, and trying JamUp at a few gigs, I liked it so much I started buying the rest. A few gigs later, I 'retired' the 11R, built this case and haven't used anything else since.

Silly? Probably.
Too expensive? Maybe.
Happy with the whole thing? Definitely!

well i mean that i still like tube amps as "objects" other than musical instrument, and i feel that they still gives me something different (but not always better)than digital rigs,plus they are a reliable nobrainer backup just lift a switch and u have an usable sound right there

i could gig with the eleven rack, or rocktron prophesy with Epsi IR loader right now.....but price is no object; axe-fx II or XL

the axe-fx with Ownhammer IR's rules for cheap right now, and would probably still be more than i would need.