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  • I like to invest with this equipment but afraid that it won't last long compared with real amp, anybody has experience on it's durability?

  • What is he playing @2:00? that U2 sounding riff? I like it.. thanks!

  • hmmm, sounds digital and sterile yet again , oh dear.

  • @asianaxeman its just this guy that sucks I own this and it's amazing

  • would i be able to plug in and record a MXL 990 with the eleven rack?

  • well we know it can do chorus delay and reverb

  • this thing is AMAZING!!! played at NAMM the year it was introduced and i didn't want to get off of it... the sounds that came out of it with just the presets alone are the best without comparison Line 6, Digitech all shit compared to this... and i have a Digitech RP1000 and love it but this is at a whole new level for sure!!

  • Michael J. Fox Look-a-like

  • @marwanelhadidi

    I thought that the first time I saw him. Bet he gets sick of hearing it. LOL

  • no more noise gate please!!!!!!!

  • 1:57 is fasntastic

  • Too much delay and chorus, bra. You have much skill though.

  • Hi I'm Paul. I make gear sound like shit because i turn every EQ nob to 10 and use a lot of reverb and delay. Because no reverb and delay=shitty tone!

  • I have the Eleven Rack and took to a Music Producer here in FL who has every amp, pedal, cabinet that players and collectors are searching for in his private warehouse. We set up his API console with G4 MAC Pro-Tools HD, you name it we put it against the Eleven Rack.... The Eleven Rack either sounded exactly like the gear, or better... so for $800 you have 4 decades worth of gear in one box AND works with the leading DAW on the market. Best Investment I made :)

  • poor man's Axe Fx

  • I think my new Boss ME-70 sounds a lot better than this! cool...

  • As per usual, he makes it sound nasally awful.

  • ohh I almost forgot, the 11R is ALSO an audio interface for PT and Logic, while the axe fx is not, so, besides you have to pay like 2K for the Axe Fx, you also need an interface, and all those midi cables, and they are not exactly cheap. Also the Axe Fx is way harder to program because it's so complex! IMO the 11R is more user friendly. I'm not an 11R fanboy, both units are great, I think is just a matter of what you are going to use the unit for.

  • I honestly don´t think that the axe fx is waaaay better as everybody says, it's more complete, yes, but maybe it targets different users, i don't need all those complex harmonizers, and stereo delays and all of that stuff that the axe fx do, in terms of sound quality both units sound awesome, also, the amp models, maybe some of us don't need 100 amp models as in the axe fx, i'm well served with 12 good ones. I would buy the 11R without doubt, besides is almost half the price of the axe fx...

  • Tell us more about the guitar you're playing!

  • So you plug your guitar into the Eleven Rack & then into a Cab. ( If your playing live ).

    You wouldn't use your amp head at all would you?

  • @hawg427 If this thing runs anything like the more expensive Axe-Fx unit, which is basically the same thing, you will need to run this into a power-amp into the cab.

  • uhm you played both axe fx and the elven rack ... can you give me some impressions?

  • sounds better than his axe fx review ...

  • God damn that's some lousy EQing.

  • Axe FX > Eleven Rack

  • @metalhead77479 Axe FX ultra - £1900, Eleven Rack - £700

  • @Zorlak108 Thats true. Basically this is the poor mans Axe FX

  • I must have watched 50 vidoes that this guy has done over the years. has there been any where he didn't like the product he was reviewing ?

  • It's a really nice system. Pretty affordable too. Quiet honestly I just purchased my Fractal Audio Axe-Fx Ultra. If you can't afford that go for this.... The only main thing is the Axe does a lot more than the Eleven Rack it just depends whether you want that "More" or not. Both are great interfaces. To be honest I love my Axe Fx Ultra. There is a lot more in it :D but I guess any guitar player would be happy by owing this or that :) depends what your goals are.

  • Nice playing...but ugh...the tone.

  • michael J,fox.

  • does that thing compare to other modeler like POD XT , VYPYR , V-AMP etc.. im tired of digital modelling cause i think they dont sound good at all . i had line 6 spide r, pod , peavey vypyr 30 and they all sound like 200 $ unit . nothing "profesionnal"

    is that better than a vypyr ??

    Paul look like Marty MCfly .

  • @artifact26 its actually really hard to tell like he uses it ...

    but like he says its about the feel with these things you have to try one out !!

    its not like with pod or some which not feel like actual amps but this thing does !!

    and the modulations of the amps effects and cabs are just accurate !!

  • POD < Eleven rack < Axe fx 

  • You need to start dialing out the high-end fizz in your sample vids man. The demo of the Axe-fx was the same, wayyy too much high end on all your patches. Nice playing though.

  • @cabrasguitar That's how they sound though out of the box. The presets on both are terrible. They use hollowbody guitars when they make the presets or electric/acoustic guitars or something lol. I don't think any of the Line 6/Eleven Rack/Axe FX really start to sound good until you start using overdrive pedals and real preamps and compressors. Hopefully the new upgrade makes the Eleven Rack more appealing like the Axe FX updates and POD HD. Digitech GSP1101 should be in there somewhere too.

  • PAUL,You NEVER Cease to AMAZE with your Chops Brother!! AS FAR AS THE ELEVEN,I HAVE GOT to GET ONE,..Thank GOD that AMS has EASY PAY : ) . I have Been the TUBE SNOB Route until I discovered BEHRINGER,the Vamp-Pro and LX1200H VAMPIRE Head,really turned me! I Know This will get all the "LINE 6 fans in a TIZZY,BUT,Between This Baby (The ELEVEN) and the Behringer gear,DIGITAL has COME A LONG WAY since the "POD" . This Preamp is a MUST HAVE for me in my Quest for THE HOLY GRAIL,.. PAUL YOU ROCK : )

  • This is in fact one of the worst demos of the Eleven Rack I've seen so far....What a pity. Over-processed sound, awful IMHO. :-(

    There are great demos of this rack.

  • @fjavimarti I have learned long ago that guitar world has no clue to audio production. They simply are video only. It's good that they promote new gear, but never judge a products sound by the way these guyspresent it.

  • @smacman68 I don't understand what you are saying....I've an 11R and I only say that the sound he gets out of it in this video is awful. In my opinion.

  • @fjavimarti That is exactly my point. They take a great product, and show it it the worst possible light. Out of the millions of sounds you can get from it, they let you hear the worst one they can come up with. They do it all the time, not just on this video. I like Paul, the staff needs to do a better job.

  • "the great thing about eleven rack is you no longer have to haul your computer to gigs"

    Sorry mate, but when you need a fucking computer on your gig for the guitar, you're doing it wrong.

    Having said that: the rack does sounds good.

  • @santax123

    it's true. all music that's been made since 1970 is redundant. computers have no utility in music or society at large.

    all music, live or recorded, should be made in the same way and basically sound the same. otherwise you are indeed "doing it wrong"

    having said that i will note that the above statements are sarcasm.

    santax123: people had the same attitude when bob dylan went electric.

  • @marouanep

    I didn't say that :) I said computer + guitar... There is a difference there, but you are of course entitled to your own opinion. But still, I have never seen a guitarist haul a PC to his gig. At least not te good ones. But I stand open for any example. Didn't mean to offend you ;)

  • @santax123 what is special about a computer that you think makes it wrong to use one?

    "at least not the good ones" - you have a preconception of what "good" is. you shouldn't be closed-minded.

    also, i don't know what times you're living in, but it's not actually that hard to "haul" a laptop anywhere. considerably easier than an amp/fx rack in fact.

    professionals who use guitars with software to good effect in a live setting: depeche mode, radiohead, nicenice... off the top of my head.

  • @marouanep Completely Agree. Laptops and protools are essential in any situation. Extremely versatile.

  • @santax123 You kidding? Synthesizers are nothing but computers and you haul them around. Any digital unit is a computer.

  • vaisatchatrucci your vids are mostly better than any axe-fx clips. The axe-fx is surely more complete in some aspects (enough to justify it as a "better" product) but better in sound quality for certain sounds it isn't. Your roadking video and some others with recto plexi and mark II lead sounds far eclipse the axe-fx to my liking. Still cliff is an inovative person that supports his product 24 hours a day. Perhaps with the new firmware the axe-fx can become even better

  • @81giorikas Well thank you - and while I don't know about all that, I appreciate it. I think the AxeFX is a wonderful piece of gear and if you have the means, I say go for it.

  • Hey Paul, What's your opinion (or anyone else too ) on Mogami, Klotz, Lava guitar cables?

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  • @vaisatchatrucci: honestly, I was earlier watching some of your demos and it almost turned me off from buying one. So no need to be so arrogant.

  • @peterdemaeyer It's not meant to be arrogant, I'm just disappointed that this video is going to be a lot of peoples first impression of what really is a much better unit than this video would indicate. I apologize if it came off that way. That's the nature of reading something and inflecting your own perceived tone into what otherwise wasn't intended to be arrogant at all. Ask anyone who knows me and I would hope arrogant is the LAST thing anyone would describe me as. I'm far from perfect...

  • @peterdemaeyer Honestly some of the demos of vaisatchatrucci are the best ones out there....sincerely. And I'm not a friend of him. xD

  • @fjavimarti Thanks brother :)

  • I LOVE your strat. Love the old neck and the little buddy on the headstock!

  • Axe Fx.......

  • i likes his old guitar better

  • want to kill your guitars tone?

  • What the fuck has happen to that guitar? Kratos is a bad guy -.-"

  • @nmestre2 It's called a relic. I guess there popular because it shows how much wear you've put in the guitar by playing for so many years.

  • This guy has improved his playing since the beginning of these reviews

  • i was like, "oh, crap!" at 1:58. how do these guys come up with those riffs?

  • @kenmags he didnt come up with it, he ripped off U2

  • WOW i want one

  • is it just me or are those fret wires freaking huge?

  • @AraGuitar damn those things look massive.

  • so hard to hear the emulation with all that reverb and delay :s

  • Really enjoyed this video, thanks!

  • why the fuck is paul not in a band?

  • @bobdabuilder1000 he actually is in a coverband

  • @bobdabuilder1000 more money this way

  • @bobdabuilder1000 he get more money that way xB

  • @bobdabuilder1000 because working at guitarworld is a good paying job

  • @bobdabuilder1000 paul doesnt need a band, a band needs paul :O haha

  • @bobdabuilder1000 2 words. Hair. Do.

  • @bobdabuilder1000 He is...its called The Monster...Google is your friend.

  • @bobdabuilder1000 Because 75% of their concerts would be him talking.

  • @DavidRayT HA i just laughed so hard at that.

  • @summitthescale  :D It's true.

  • @bobdabuilder1000

    How do you know he's not in a band ?

  • @bobdabuilder1000 he is...

  • @bobdabuilder1000 cause he must make awesome money doing this gig lol

  • He makes me want to practice! Such a tasty player.

  • I might just get me one of these, this thing looks and sounds pretty cool.

  • this is PR

  • kool.i want one lol

  • Thats a dream tone!!!

  • what guitar is that?

  • to be honest.... I'd rather have the amp with a delay pedal, distortion pedal, a wah pedal....and my guitar... with a mic on the amp =/ old school style.

  • @holyswordsmanoffaith completely agree, besides, it may sound good, but you can tell from the first tone he demonstrates, that it is digital,

  • that guitar headstock looks horrible and another fender look-a-like isn't needed

  • @ForumAddiction yeah looks horrible, must be hard though for builders when Fender nailed it first time 60 years ago lol!

  • @guitarnoize and by first time, I mean both the Strat and the Tele headstocks.

  • JUST ENJOYING THE FCKING VIDEO. WHO CARES ABOUT ALL YOUR GODDAMN OPINIONS.

  • @TheIttoHimself you dont need to care it's just opinions...

  • that sounds like Angels And Airwaves 2:00

  • sounds like crap to me.

    and I suppose that it costs 500% more than it needs to.

  • it sounds like total shit.

  • Looks like it's dirty...

  • gotta look up the price tag on this one \\m//

  • WOW guitarworld.

    You make this sound cool and make the Axe-fx sound like horsepoop when the Axe-fx is such a better unit. Something tells me Digidesign paid money that Fractal audio didn't and therefore this demo is a lot better.

    To everyone watching this: Check out the Axe-fx instead. It's a shitload better.

  • @MistahhB True Dat!! AxeFX is WAY better than this crappy orange box!

  • @MistahhB

    I own the Eleven Rack and I agree the Axe Fx is more versatile and sounds better. However in Australia the 11R costs $1,195 (incl. shipping) for that you get an interface and Pro Tools LE (for virtual instruments) - so you can start composing real songs. Or, you can go for the Axe FX for $3,299 (excl shipping) and have a real nice piece of rack hardware.

  • So can u just plug in a midi foot switch and use it as a live rig??

  • @11slash711

    check out the Eleven with the Ground Control by Voodoo Labs

  • probably hell of expensive

  • @BUFFW no its 600-700

  • 2 words... AXE FX

  • @tlarson19 agreed.

  • Eesh idk. It sounds like every other cheap digital pedal out there just all put in to one unit. Im sure it sounds fine under certain circumstances but it isn't quite for me :-)

  • wat guitar is that? is it a fender strat?

  • Excellent rendition of Bad.

  • Anybody know what guitar that is? I know it isn't a fender...

  • @VolcomSk8r14 i think a vintage icon

  • @laschma12 Naw, definatly not a Vintage Icon, I think it's just a cheap-o Strat with some decent pick-ups in it. Sounds pretty nice

  • @laschma12 Cool, cool. What year/ model is it? And did anybody else see Woody woodpecker on the headstock? haha :-D

  • Paul .. in your hands all sounds great.

  • which one's better: eleven rack or pod x3? to me, the tones on this thing sound a little cold. i still feel line 6 owns the market on the amp simulation.

  • @jskim1 eleven rack by far jskim1

  • @jskim1 Only thing thats better than the eleven rack is the fractal audio axe fx at this moment in time..

  • @jskim1 You cant go by the presets on this unit like many others they are lacking. Get in create your own and it kills. Line6 dropped the ball long ago when it comes to modeling all they are doing is repackaging the same stuff over and over. Companies like Digidesign/Avid, Fractal with te Axe Fx and Digitech with the GSP1101 and RP1000 units are pusing the tech alot farther than L6 at this point. Line 6 is more content to focus on the Spider line than anything new

    This is all my opinon though

  • @jskim1 The Line 6 is good, but this thing is KILLER. The zero latentcy and tone manipulation is second to none. When you dial in, say a '68 Plexi tone, you actually feel like your playing thru the amp! It's not just sound, it moves air like a real one. If you can't get a killer tone you want, then you don't know what you really do want, cause this thing will create it.

  • @smacman68 Yeah, everything but one thing.

    A good tone.

  • @OneTimer1127 Why do you say that? I'm using a Gibson Les Paul Custom into a Mesa Roadster 212. That combo right there is as good as tone gets, my friend. I run the eleven rack thru the effects loop and my tone IMPROVED, which I didn't think possible. I am old school, and a tough musician to please. I resist the urge to use something unproven, but this has made a believer out of me. And Pro Tools is what every musician dreams of having. Agrument over, I win.

  • @smacman68 I make my assumptions based upon what I hear. And what I hear are thin, shitty tones with nothing much to them. Unlike yourself, I'm new school, and by what you've said, apparently I'm very easy to please. I guess this means that this really is a shit piece of gear. You don't win, you're just a jackass.

  • @OneTimer1127 Your probably what, 20? 21 maybe? Minimum wage and still living with parents. You have no money so you couldn't buy a pick, let alone like a great peice of gear. Get a life, loser, and get out of everyone elses. The world will be a better place.

  • @smacman68 Close, all of the above except I'm 18. And if I did have money to buy a great piece of gear, I certainly wouldn't buy this piece of shit.

  • @OneTimer1127 Just means that you are not accustomed to single coil pickups. Nor did you listen to the entire thing. You're looking for drop C tones. They are there. He's playing with the tones that work with this single coil equipped Stratocaster.  There is more tone out there than you have heard. Some of us have been playing longer than you've been alive. So, we've heard more and our ears are more attuned. Like it or not. It's the truth. This box sounds very good.

  • @hueseph lol, You hit the nail right on the head. Especially considering I play a Strat through a Blue Jr. I love dem drop C tones. No, to be honest, either Paul looooves his treble and really doesn't like his bass, or the tone on this is way to frail for me. And I really couldn't care less as to how old you are. There is no absolute truth in anything we're speaking of here, so stop acting as if there is. We're all equal on the internet, so quit trying to pull your age superiority bullshit

  • @OneTimer1127 Oh. I See. You're a troll and you don't care about anyone for yourself. Here's a test of absolute truth for you: Go jump off the roof of the tallest skyscraper. My absolute truth tells me you will fall down and go splat but you just prove me wrong. No cheating. No nets or parachutes. Please. Do it for me and the rest of humanity with value.

  • @hueseph The intent of my comment on this video was not to troll. It was to voice my opinion. But apparently I'm not entitled to my entirely subjective opinion while the old-schoolers are about.

  • @OneTimer1127 Alright. Understood. You have to understand though that what you hear on this video is affected by two things.

    1: The recording is done with a boom mic not a mic at the amp. The reason for doing this is so that you can hear what the amp sounds like in a room. It gives you the most natural sound instead of close micing which people might mistake for being processed.

    2: The room itself is not treated acoustically. It is a very "Live" sounding room.

    Eleven has a ton of amp mods

  • Do a search for eleven. Avid has a lot more vids. Try Luna's Dream. It's all about the user. You can't judge based on presets. A tweaker will always squeeze more out of a box than it shipped with.

  • I'm not in this, but you don't decide wether you win an argument, so therefore you lose. And you're a dumbass.

  • @ruffles272 Yeah, your right, so shut the fuck up and comment on what you know. Carrying out the trash at McDonalds and polluting the internet with the shit that came out of your head.

  • @smacman68 So smacman, I just read your comment to ruffles, and I wanted to ask you a question. Do you have anything better to do than to let your apparent frustration with your life out on unsuspecting teenagers on YouTube? Sounds real mature to me, man. How old are you, 6, 7?

  • 3rd

  • Looks cool.

  • FIRST ... haha jk!

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