[G-ManStrat]

It's becoming more viable as a real guitar rig:

• Existing Windows laptop running Reaper and VST plugins
  
• Cheap USB digital audio interface with MIDI
  
• FCB1010 MIDI controller
  
• 10 or 12" PA speakers like the Alto TSA210
  

Can probably get all this for like $500 (not including the laptop which people already have).  Pretty amazing.

I agree it’s getting more viable but I essentially gave up modeling and sending to a FRFR system in a live situation. Theoretically it should be great. I would get tones that sounded splendid in headphones and low volumes but when I got to the point where I had to compete with a band - it always sounded off and was difficult to hear.  I started with one Alto 212, went stereo with 2, then went to Atomic CLRs. With Atomic I could cut through but kept getting comments that I sounded funny in several different bands from people who largely thought I was playing through an amp. I’ve gone back to a tube amp and pedals.


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Were you in a small gig situation or a much larger room? I think the modeler/FRFR excels at larger venues with a good PA and sound guy -- where there's control over the sound and direction. In smaller venues, I think it's a lot harder to get right and a tube amp works well enough and the sound guys are more familiar with it. Plus, the sound on stage is closer to what you want it to be.

I think you may be right. My situation was in small rehearsal studios and small gigs where my guitar wasn’t going through the PA - just vocals. I think in a situation where the modeled guitar is going through the main PA and the FRFR is used as a stage monitor it would work. My issue with that scenario is it’s hard to dial in your sound before hand. However, I have read posts by people who do it . Most of the still favor a tube combo for small rooms though.


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