We found that the direct stuff sounded the best and most reliable at a variety of venues in the Los Angeles area.
I'm glad that FINALLY someone else knows what I've known for years.
What kind of amp head case is that?
Generic, some guy sells these things by the truckload on eBay. It's not as rugged as an expensive flight case but it still does the trick and is more than adequate for local gigging.
Do you know what seller, NY Case, Island Cases, etc.?
I'm looking to get one for my 6505+...I just bought a XXX that came with a Peavey branded road case, and I love it. It looks to be spec'd out about like the NY/Island cases you see on ebay. Just wanted to make sure.
did you sell it for 599$ thats 1000 away from the retail price (1399) in europe
I'll post some clips once I get the Engl, but in general my answer is "whatever works." Top shelf EQ emulation is key. Use a Neve, API, or Pultec emulation plugin and your guitar will sound much better, impulses or otherwise. Sometimes I use more than one of these, such as a Neve+Pultec (in that order - usually...) The Waves C4 is always a useful tool as we all know, in moderation...
I don't compress guitar signals other than using some careful, subtle multiband compression, otherwise it gets that annoying overcompressed nu metal sound - see the band Three Days Grace for the most vomit-inducing examples of compression plus hard/lazy edits ruining a guitar sound.