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Guitar Amp by A. Arsov

Marshal versus Marshall

The next amplifier is The Duke, a high gain amp emulation, having a good The main secret lies in one of the and aggressive sound. Finally, the three presented amplifier models. The last one is The Jackal, a clean amp Stealer, which seems to be the most with a not so exciting sound (my realistic simulation of one of the best personal opinion). Never mind – The known and most used amps in rock Stealer and The Duke are absolute history. Of course, the name of that winners, from country to rock to the well known amplifier is a registered blues. S-Gear sounds rich and full trademark, so that's why they call it even without reverb, and the one and The Stealer and not ... There was a only delay works so well that you well known band in ex Yugoslavia, "No almost forget that there are no Smoking Orchestra" and as some of additional effects - except for the you know, the president in Yugoslavia chorus which can be found inside the used to be the late Marshal Tito. No delay under the additional modulation Smoking Orchestra played a lot of controllers. concerts around the country and it once happened that the main guitar S-Gear comes with two channels for amplifier suddenly went off in the cabinet emulations and I have to middle of the concert. The leader of admit that I never experimented the band announced that they couldn't much with this area since the guitar play anymore, because, as he tone sounded just right. Also, I'm a claimed: The Marshall kicked the bit sick and tired of having to bucket. Of course the whole band constantly tune and tweak this area went to jail for the next few days, as on all other amp simulators, so I've the whole country knew which Marshal decided to leave this alone as long as really "went dead". The police I could. In this section we can also couldn't prove anything, as the find two basic microphones that Marshall amplifier really collapsed in accompany the cabinets, a Shure the middle of the concert. But the SM57 and a Bayer Dynamic M160. moral remains – don't mess with Both microphones work as they trademarks. should, doing its job perfectly. All in all, S-Gear is simple to use, it comes with a very clean graphical interface

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and it also sounds as it should. For 75 US dollars you get one of the most playable amps in the virtual world. The only competitor which comes close to that is Vandal in combination with distortion. For this money you really can't find any excuse not to own it, no matter how many amps you already have. There is no bass amp, there are few effects, it does not have many amp models – it is just a good old Marshall sound for you and your guitar. It does offer a number of useful presets, good sound and a clear interface, all for a more than reasonable price. That sounds almost like poetry for my guitar ears. I can just say: Mike, thank you for this one... you'll have my gratitude for many years to come. Price is 75 USD. Do yourself a favor. Download the demo at http://www.scuffhamamps.com and try it. Have I mentioned that it also works very nice with synths? Nope? Oh, yeah – it does.

Played by A. Arsov.

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