Way too thin sounding. As a guitarist I dont want the produced in the mix sound these gizmos do. It's just bees buzzing

I've had a QC on loan for 3 weeks now (returning it to its owner tomorrow), did 2 gigs and a bunch of rehearsals with it (all on IEMs, a bit with also a wedge monitor in front of me), and what impresses me the most with it is the feel, and specifically the way it responds to your playing. I'm used to a pretty responsive amp (Marshall Studio Vintage into an EVH 2x12, with a couple of pedals), so what usually throws me off with modellers is how inert they feel, and how none of what you do to guitar controls (pots and selector) translates. Not at all the case with the QC, it feels really responsive and dynamic. That is very, very impressive in my opinion.

Listening to both of you play those clean lines and chords with an effect or two is quite therapeutic. You really have a great channel here Paul, and thank you for stopping by Lee.

Hi Paul, the cortex looks and sounds great but its a bit expensive, I took a slightly different route and bought a Boss Gt1000core and put a tonex in the fx loop. Does very nearly the same job as the cortex but at nearly half the price roughly £880 ish and sounds incredible.

Paul, you know what’s strange for me it sounds and feels great and as far as that goes, that part for me has never changed. This guy right here- Paul is the reason I figured the quad out so quick a few yrs ago. He’s a great teacher and player. Thx again Paul!!! I think you can turn the top right knob and it will go through all the fx so u don’t have to click out and into guitar settings and go down the list. Just click like you did at the beginning and start turning the knob. Cheers.

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Lee is a great guy, luv his playing & his mindset for great sound on the cheap. Nice vid ST's!

Great show, everyone needs a moddler imo , i got mine six months ago and even though I’ve only scratched the surface of it’s potential, i think it’s fantastic

Do you guys have a video doing an overview of exactly how you record your demos? This channel consistently has some of the best sounding demos on KZread

Lee has a good point about cost - a lot of people don't need a Cortex with all its obvious abilities. Too many people compare these units = Fractal, Helix, etc etc without putting the price into the equation. Especially for live use. Having said that I am delving into in with a Fractal AX8. Not the latest but still has massive abilities. I don't need the capabilities of capturing even if i did have a studio to record all these amps (that I don't own, lol).

I think in light of new releases this week, the ultimate board might just be an HX Stomp paired up with the Tonex One. You could put that board together for around $600-700

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Hi Paul, harmonic trem is coming soon just FYI as well as a lot of other fun FX and of course the plugin integration

Couple things that I caught about the Tonex pedal. The capture processing goes much faster if you are using an NVidia video card in your computer, the process is designed to work with one of the components in that make of video card. Second is you dont really need an effects loop, Anything you would put in the loop, you can simply put those effects after the output of the Tonex pedal. I have a delay pedal set after the output going into my FRFR and it sounds great.

Great discussion guys! Loved the video

I have this modeler. I'll tell you all the tones you've played sound so good and the feel had to be there for me to want to buy it

First song was absolutely beautiful. Bravo!

As always, I super enjoy the Skinflint Lee videos 😊

Great video. Maybe you can try Valeton GP200 , I love it. The presets are little too wet. But amps and everything sounds great. I got one for new $350 CAD, $200 under retail. Cheers

I too have purchased the QC twice now. Once early on and sold it… regretted it and bought again. I also have a fractal fm9 and hx stomp. I don’t think the sound on the QC is quite as good as the FM9 but the UI and ease of use and ability to capture gear and take it with me is a real joy. It’s staying :)