Guitar Rig 3 - Get the most out of your amp simulator

Get a more realistic guitar tone out of your amp simulator using your tube amps 'Preamp out'.

WARNING:
I have done some research and learned that you can fry your amp if you play through it without the speaker connected. Only try the technique featured in this video if you have the speaker still connected or if you have a power attenuator to act as a dummy load.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Preamp
• Tube preamp
• Fender
• Deville
• 2x12 Combo
• Amp simulator
• Recording guitars
• Guitar Rig
• Guitar Rig 3
• Peavey ReValver
• Guitar Tone

[nicolasrivera]

hey great vid. i like your desk, where did u got it?

[DIYMusician]

@nicolasrivera It's from Ikea but they don't make them anymore. It's called the 'Jerker'. 

[uptightkid]

Interesting concept and a very good result but I am cautious about using my expensive tube amp for this purpose. Would my sound be improved by sending my guitar signal through a dedicated tube preamp? Currently I am going straight into my interface but I am thinking about buying a tube pre amp for vocal recording. If I could improve my GT3 sound with a tube preamp then all the better. Please advise mate.

[DIYMusician]

The only only time there is any reason to be cautious is when playing through the amp whithout the speaker plugged in. And that I do not advise anymore. Otherwise there is no downside at all. Though running through a tube preamp would work better than just going direct into your interface going through your amp is your best bet for real guitar tones.

[DIYMusician]

In a preamp you'll have 1 to MAYBE 3 preamp tubes, a normal guitar tube amp will have two POWER tubes and three preamp tubes in addition to all the circuitry the signal is running through. Why try to emulate the sound and feel of a guitar amp when you can just have it?

[thech3eze]

wont you blow up your amp if you unplug the speaker outs? I know that if you run a tube amp without a speaker you will blow your amp, but im not sure if a combo is different.

[DIYMusician]

Thanks a lot for the post. I've done some research and you are right. The speaker acts as the load for the amp and without it you can fry the amp. You must keep the speaker connected to use this technique or have a power attenuator to act as a dummy load. Thanks again.

[Jhey172]

Why don't u use a Noise compressor when using a Distorted Sound?

[slayerbbk]

Question for you.

I have a 65 watt acoustic Laney amplifier.

I get really sweet clean tones from the amp itself with the built-in reverb and chorus, however when I use my DS-1 for distortion, mild or heavy it has this disgusting low-watt practice amp sound, which is unusual to me, since this is a 65-watt amp. Would a pre-amp processor like a Boss GT-8 or Line 6 POD 2.0 help with the distortion sound/shaping?

PS should I run the output for guitar rig 4 from an interface into the amp's input?

[RocketQueenBand201]

@DIYMusician HAHA do you jerk at it ??

Just Joking around

[muzapstar]

@DIYMusician Most preamps have 5 tubes. Even the MTS modules with 2 preamp tubes in the modules have 3 more in the actual box. Some have 7 like the Mark V

[leonardocavaco]

Did you turn off the cabinet simulator to play guitar rig into the loop of the fender?

[dalevanmail]

OK...I'm a bit confused because you keep warning that I'll damage my amp if I play into it while the speaker is disconnected -- but isn't that exactly what you're doing in this video? I have a DeVille as well and I'm wondering if there's a way to use it as a preamp without potentially destroying it in the process. Maybe you could explain your signal path in a bit more detail? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[prettdboy]

Is that John Mayer Strat?!

[WutangClan4LiF3]

@DIYMusician m8 i m playing through pc shity speakers and headphones sometime.. My card is USB M-audio fast track ( not the pro ) that means its not worth to get monitor speakers? cause i dont have the pro and it destroys my quality?ty

[domtar]

@diseasedrealm INTERNET TOUGH GUY ALERT! NTERNET TOUGH GUY ALERT!

[spikedylacid]

lmao... as soon as u sed "out" i knew you were canadian ahaha

[diseasedrealm]

Can you talk without saying "uhhh" every second? is it possible? and smacking your lips every sentence doesnt make you more intelligent or important. "and uh" "and uh" i cant think before i speak "uh" i... uh... uh... god shut the fuck up.