The Riccardo Pizzuti pack coming soon ! Stay tuned !
One hint : No Mesa/Boogie content
The Riccardo Pizzuti pack coming soon ! Stay tuned !
One hint : No Mesa/Boogie content
What? So Bud trounced Terence in terms of quantity?
Nothing new there.
The Riccardo Pizzuti pack coming soon ! Stay tuned !
One hint : No Mesa/Boogie content
Something to look forward to!
The real question is : who is Riccardo Pizzuti ?
who is Riccardo Pizzut
I guess someone with lot of blue eyes
Was he involved in the Terence & Bud movies in some way?
Gotta say, I've always loved those movies. Along with Eastwood's "Dollar" westerns, the Earnest series and Cheech & Chong, they were my favourites to hire from the video-rental store back in the day.
None of my friends understood why I liked those movies so much; they said I had strange taste.
What I'm trying to say is that I'm stoked you chose to honour Terence and Bud, Gerald!
Was he involved in the Terence & Bud movies in some way?
He was a stuntman special for fighting in almost every Terence & Bud movies. And he always lost
Ha!
Thanks Harry.
He was a stuntman special for fighting in almost every Terence & Bud movies. And he always lost
So Dje's got a new axfx that he's profiling?
Profiling session finished and quite impressed by the result.
About 7 profiles (i have not counted) that may answer to a request of some Kemper users (me the first !). Tonight, tag editing and voila
Stay tuned !
Gerald
You have an electric guitar and want without piezo some good acoustic tones ?
The Riccardo Pizzuti Pack is now available !!
7 profiles from my beloved 30€ Zoom 504II acoustic sim !!
Taylored for humbuckers (neck or mid position)
5 acoustic sims and 2 profiles for acoustic guitars.
For FX, I was lazy so I took the ones from the Zoom acoustic rig from Ruppert/Gary already posted in the rig exchange (than you Ruppert/Gary !!)
Enjoy !!
But the 504II is not a modeller, or is it? I thought it had to be a modeller because let's face it: the modeller is the stuntman in audio technology. Think about it: Isn't the stuntman the replacement that gets beaten up instead of the real thing? Hence the modeller analogy. And since Sharry mentioned earlier that said Riccardo Pizzuti virtually lost every single fight I just could not help but think about that other modeller.
Ouch, this is what I call a theory!!
the 504II as modellers promised something to the end user that they can't really deliver. But hey for 30€ the device, no problem for me
sorry I have to finish the Trinita movie with a beer
cheers !
Thank you for the new pack!
You're not over-thinking it, Mrs Zambesi. Not at all.
Thank you again, Gerald!
Enjoy the movie/s mate.
I am interested to know your feedback for these new Pizzuti profiles
They work well with my Musicman and should work nice also with Les Paul. Of course your electric guitar will not sound like a Taylor, but for strumming ans small acoustic parts within a song, it gives illusion.
Not tested with single coils...
I am interested to know your feedback for these new Pizzuti profiles
Hi Gerald,
Your dedicated work you give us for free is worth for more intense investigating.
Be aware that I make this with the background of my personal opinion and taste.
Your mesa profiles already have a privileged place in my collection.
I never have seen acoustic profiles with Wah - this was funny
Another general point. I never found an acoustic Profile for use without tweaking. Obviously to create a good acoustic sound is more sophisticated then an electric sound.
I tried the acoustic profiles with 2 SC-guitars. (which are my prefered working guitars at the moment)
A strat with an additional Fishman Powerbridge Piezo able to be mixed with the magnetic PU's (Häussel with a stronger output) or used exclusively. Best results with position 2 or 4 of PU selector
The strat magn. PU's sounds I could use without hissing.The Piezo delivers to much height (overload at Output LED) and the profiles has to be corrected. (But you did not profile for Piezos - In the mix they make a nice coloring.)
Second a Tele with alnico pickups with 4 way switch and 500K Ohm Potis. (for higher output).
The Tele is not so sensitive but also not so versatile to tweak for the acoustic rigs.
So I will go in more detail only with the strat.
At first I installed a graphic EQ in each Profile.
For almost all profiles I made a High Cut about 6-7 KHz. (Even my ears has already a beginning age-related high frequency weakness )
The tone becomes more clearer for me without loosing punch.
I found a Cab which even improved the sound of some Rigs for me. (MaxMesa 4x12 from Gold Lion - high shift -0.4, low shift + 0.3(edit))
JB - Needed less lower middle. Sensitive if use the piezo. Could be a choice for me.
MD - would not my choice - to less character fo me. I did not tweak- exept EQ
NR - similar to JB - could be my choice
PE - not so bad, but a little thin at first impression. I did not tweak- exept EQ
RY - my first impression was - a little hollow sound - some people like that. I did not tweak.
ZFL- pleasant but entirely not so an acoustic sound. Only a short tweak
ZGT- similar to ZFL but with a more character. Only a short tweak
2 of 7 which could be my choice and 2 of 7 I maybe would use. This is really a high percentage.
Thank you for your work - Harry
Thank you for your deep analysis !
I agree ZFL and ZGT have no acoustic simulation, they are more taylored to plug a real acoustic guitar.
I wanted to profile them only as direct amp profiles (no cab), so you can add the cab you want to color them.
Yes, thank you for all that work, Harry!
Gerald, I'm generally not able (almost all of the time) to test Rigs 'til well after I download them. Usually this is because my "test guy" "Fingers" doesn't come 'round except on weekends, and right now I haven't seen him in a month.
I'm also running old firmware so in many cases I can't test free stuff even when he does show up.
Just saying this 'cause I feel bad that most of the time my "reviews" are redundant by the time I get around to tests, so I don't post anything except in extreme cases.
I will try something. Mixing Zoom504II acoustic sim + Body resonnance Acoustic IR is on my top priority list... hope it will sound good. Will check with Mental also about this