In praise of the Tribute Comanche and PTB

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patricks
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In praise of the Tribute Comanche and PTB

Post by patricks »

I've just had a wonderful afternoon - after 4 weeks of tearing my hair out troubleshooting, I finally got my audio interface working this morning (hopefully it's fixed permanently) so I can finally test out the delay and reverb pedals I got recently. The pedals themselves are excellent, but the guitar made all the difference to how they sounded. I spent 2 whole hours just messing about with various sounds, it was great!

I've played a few guitars that lose all their individuality when they're plugged into effects, but with the Tribute Comanche I could still sculpt the tone any way I liked. Even with dirt pedals, which was neat. I found myself playing the controls (pickup selector and PTB controls) as much as I was playing the guitar and the pedals. :ugeek:
For example, you can make a sound seem further away when playing through reverb by reducing the volume and rolling off the highs. Normally I'd do that in my DAW with an EQ plugin, but I found I could get the same effect by rolling back the treble knob as I was fading out. It made the whole thing more real, more of a performance.

Anyway, I was just so happy with it that I thought I'd sing its praises for a bit. Now I have to remember what my settings were the next time I play... :crazy:
G&L Tribute Comanche || G&L Tribute L-2500 || Roland XV-88 keyboard || Roland TD9 V-drums || Austin ribbon mic || Sennheiser HD280 Pro cans
Studio One 2.6 (64 bit) || Audiobox USB || Asus U50f Intel Core i3, Windows 7 x64

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