

- #Positive grid bias desktop vs professional Bluetooth#
- #Positive grid bias desktop vs professional mac#
it develops an unnatural digital pulse effect. Strum an E on the 7th fret (a shape) and let it ring out. I can't fathom a situation where I would want to send loop-based effects to FoH and not hear them onstage, but if you want cab sims off through the powered output but not the line outs, that's what they give you. I guess they assume everybody wants to use unpowered FRFR cab and not a guitar cab. This is basic live modeler functionality and PG absolutely failed it. If you want to use cab sims/IRs on XLRs to FoH but want to use no cab sim onstage with the power amp, you lose the fx loop on the onstage cab! It must have something to do with where they tap the output but this decision is a showstopper. Write down your patches on your phone and you will always know what number corresponds to what.Īnyway, I did a very extensive demo of it and wanted to post it. You also don't need an iPad or iPhone to work with the head of you don't want to. The app only needs iOS 7.x which is old and can be used on older devises so you don't need a brand new iPad to use it. The use of the iPad actually makes it fun and is so simple to use and manipulate for changing tones on the fly. It takes pedals just like any amp would and the effects loop is super transparent. I'm a tube purist so I know all the debates about real tube versus the modeled or profiled stuff. Yes it works best with an apple iPad or iPhone etc so you can see the setting you select.īesides the lack of effects.which I will get into and the lack of a small screen on the amp itself.this amp is amazingly good for what it does.

I ended getting the Bias Head and I'm super happy with it. Note - i dont play live, but i cannot imagine it would sound any different than my bedroom setup when it is pumping some dBs. Also, PG is releasing an OD pedal soon which you can customize the OD pedals.
#Positive grid bias desktop vs professional Bluetooth#
It has built in bluetooth and PG sells a 4 button bluetooth pedal.

Sounds great to me.Īlmost forgot, no footpedal control, but the ipad app sort if makes up for it. it also doesn't have FX built in, so you will need pre and post FX boxes. Downloading patches from the cloud and loading them is very easy, but you cannot load tone match patches via the ipad, but can via a mac. The sync between the app and head works very well. Has a can sim switch on the unit so you can easily play through gtr and real cab.
#Positive grid bias desktop vs professional mac#
So you need to memorize the 25 preset slots or use either an ipad or Mac to see what amp is loaded. Downside is no screen to see what amp you have loaded (it really should have had a small LCD screen to say what amp is loaded. i run the BH into a Xitone powered cabinet (use the non speaker out) and it sounds just as good as every other modeler i have. PG is releasing a non-powered version soon. I have the Bias Head version that has the power amp built in.
