At home , and in the studio , the use of multiple amps can deliver a ton of tones . Using two amps at once can make unique flavors of tone , and you can create the illusion of two guitarists playing in unison if you take the double-tracking approach . That ’ s all well and good , but it ’ s not always practical to take multiple amps to a gig . Unless , of course , you happen to have a cheap solid-state practice amp that is easy to carry around . I have a few Vox Pathfinder solid-state combos . They ’ re a lot of fun , and set clean , they sound way better than they should . The distortion is a different story . On its own , I find it uninspiring , but in conjunction with a nice tube amp set semi-clean , the nasty , fuzzy distortion from the Vox sounds awesome . My favorite way to do this is to use an A-B-Y switcher , and place a delay set to slapback after the switcher going to the dirty Vox . With both amps selected at once , this produces a double-tracking effect , with one clean amp and one fuzzy solid-state with the short echo . It ’ s loads of fun , and easy to set up at a gig .
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At home , and in the studio , the use of multiple amps can deliver a ton of tones . Using two amps at once can make unique flavors of tone , and you can create the illusion of two guitarists playing in unison if you take the double-tracking approach . That ’ s all well and good , but it ’ s not always practical to take multiple amps to a gig . Unless , of course , you happen to have a cheap solid-state practice amp that is easy to carry around . I have a few Vox Pathfinder solid-state combos . They ’ re a lot of fun , and set clean , they sound way better than they should . The distortion is a different story . On its own , I find it uninspiring , but in conjunction with a nice tube amp set semi-clean , the nasty , fuzzy distortion from the Vox sounds awesome . My favorite way to do this is to use an A-B-Y switcher , and place a delay set to slapback after the switcher going to the dirty Vox . With both amps selected at once , this produces a double-tracking effect , with one clean amp and one fuzzy solid-state with the short echo . It ’ s loads of fun , and easy to set up at a gig .