1939 Gibson EH-150 Amp - NAM file recording

[GuyBoden]

Here is a recording using a 1939 Gibson EH-150 Amp NAM File.
I pick exclusively with fingers no nails, so unfortunately it always sounds a bit muddy.

I don't know anything about the true sound of the real Gibson EH-150 amp, apart from old CC recordings.

It really needs a demo with someone playing Charlie Christian licks to do the NAM file real justice.
Gibson EH-150 1939 NAM Profiles by @joels . TONE3000

[LC Swings]

Could you give us the recipe of the chain used? I mean : do you put the NAM file into some kind of pedal and then the pedal through an amp (and which kind) or do you play through the computer?
Once I tried through the computer but got too much latency.
I’d like to make another try though.

[GuyBoden]

Could you give us the recipe of the chain used? I mean : do you put the NAM file into some kind of pedal and then the pedal through an amp (and which kind) or do you play through the computer?
Once I tried through the computer but got too much latency.
I’d like to make another try though.

1.) I download the NAM file and load it into a Sonicake PocketMaster device.

2.) I adjust Amp settings in Sonicake PocketMaster. (Vol, bass, treble etc.)

3.) I plug the Sonicake PocketMaster into my mixing desk.

4.) The mixing desk is plugged into my Behringer A800 reference studio amp, it's an inexpensive amp, but very clean sounding.

5.) I place a Rode N3 mic in front of my monitor speakers and press record on the computer DAW. (The Rode N3 mic is better for acoustic recording, but is ok in front of speakers.)

Any more questions, please ask.

[Sigmund451]

So Guy, those are cool little gadgets and not a lot of cash.

What I wonder is this: Does it eat some of the finer aspects of touch and resonance in your signal?

My limited experience with cheaper modeling is that some if the more fine details of an archtop tone get eaten up. Its also the case with some pedals as well. I just sent back a noise gate becuase it ate more signal than it helped (Id rather have the noise than the compression and loss of signal) I realize that is a whole different ball game but its just an example.

How does it behave as a live pedal in front of an amp?

It look like fun but I might be asking too much from an inexpensive gizmo.

[GuyBoden]

So Guy, those are cool little gadgets and not a lot of cash.

What I wonder is this: Does it eat some of the finer aspects of touch and resonance in your signal?

My limited experience with cheaper modeling is that some if the more fine details of an archtop tone get eaten up. Its also the case with some pedals as well. I just sent back a noise gate becuase it ate more signal than it helped (Id rather have the noise than the compression and loss of signal) I realize that is a whole different ball game but its just an example.

How does it behave as a live pedal in front of an amp?

It look like fun but I might be asking too much from an inexpensive gizmo.

Yes, in my opinion, NAM files, pedals, amps, I'd even say that every electrical device in the chain changes the way a guitar responds.

The response of the Sonicake PocketMaster plugged into an amp is no different than most guitar modellers I've had (Mooer, NUX, Zoom). But, the Sonicake PocketMaster is not really a pedal, it would break underfoot, I see it more as a small electronic device.

[Spook410]

Thanks for taking the trouble to do this.

It does sound very vintage. If the intent were to replicate some reference would be needed for those of us that have no idea how the original sounded (probably like 99% of us?). If the intent is to evoke the vibe of an early guitar amp from the beginning of the amp era, it certainly does that.

Oh.. and you're a pretty good player. If you're not gigging, maybe you should be.