So, I was playing a private party last Friday night at a country club (very snooty crowd, but they did party hard, lots of drinks). Of course, there's a guy somewhere in the crowd that plays guitar & prods you for information. I'm always happy to spread the Gospel of ADA and inform people of their true potential.
These days, most folks have a combo amp or a stack that has two, maybe three (or sometimes four) channels. Then, they either use a multi-effects pedal or a bunch of stomp boxes, or both. I'm not saying that's bad, that's just the most common setup I see from other guys. Now, when I show up with a rack and two tiny speaker cabs (that weigh as much as my old car), they generally don't think much of the 'stack' because it's looks like a bass rig (I guess). After the first set, that's when they come asking what the hell that is.
Here's my pitch:
Y'know how cool it is to play through a Boogie?
Y'know how cool it is to play through a modded Marshall head?
Have you ever felt the transparent goodness of a Fender combo cranked way up?
Now, what if you could have all that in one amp? Hell, what if you could have 128 different tones in your rig? That's what this does.
Of course, there are other programmable amps & preamps out there, but y'know...my drug of choice is gonna be the originator