GUITAR CABINET SIMULATOR- ADA GCS-5 ...If you use a combo ...this could be a game changer!!!

 ADA GCS-5 GUITAR CABINET SIMULATOR & DI 

Those that have followed my escapades in finding such a box will

$200.00 USD
GCS-5

know this is not my first Post on such an animal.
Many of you are aware of the ease of getting a great recording by using pedals and and recording with amp simulator and speaker simulator boxes or software.

That has never been my first interest.

Lets face it ...99% of you use a combo amp. Often 30 to 50 watts with a single 12 inch speaker. The amount of players playing in a band using a Marshall type OD into that combo are in the thousands. Who hasn't been impressed by favourite recordings  of artists that are  playing a stack.
My point is a pedal that could turn your combo sound into a Marshall stack is invaluable.!!!
The sound makes you OD twice as fat and 10 times as exciting!!!

A/DA do 4 models ... GCS-2 and GCS-3 are the same
except 3 has a volume control for the headphone output and
a 30db pad for high outputs from your pedal board.

$120.00 USD
GCS-2

GCS-5 has the American/British switch and GCS-6 is a stereo version of 5.
They all have AD/A's Natural Resonance Responce' The natural
resonance of a speaker cabinent with a closed back is a big deal ...period.  The Marshall 1960 A with 4 x12 celestion speakers is the loudest and fattest. This is either neglected by the competition or poorly done!!

Oddly enough by moving the mic placement on 2
the Marshall type cab sounds fuller and more in your face then 5 The 5 does gives you a switch to choose a Brit sound to start
with? Tecnicially It is probably slightly more accuate to the actual sound of a Celestion as the GCS-2 is trying to give you
an Eminence/Celestion hybrid sound. The Vintage is quite simply the sound of an old Jensen in all of the models.
The Jensen has less highs and a chunky mid range.It sounds great with an open back cab especially when using the 10 inch
and a clean sound.
On the other hand I think AD/A did a truly Rock &Roll thing!
If it sounds good ...it is good. They let you exaggerate the sound
on the GCS-2
Result? A fatter sounding pedal.
On the other hand unless we had a side by side comparison
who knows?

So ponder, ponder, ponder ...which should I get???

Well I decided that first I really want this to use live not to record. The GCS-2 does this as well as the the GCS-5 from what I can hear on-line. New it is the cheapest and since it was the first unit on offer the possibility of buying one for a good price used is possible.
So I bought one. I got it used for $84.00 USD as apposed to $200.00 new.

Be sure to return in 2 weeks for my 'Hands On'
The pedal is shipped and I should have it written up about here by ...Apr.14.
The cab simulators I have sounded passable on-line but not this good! So I have guarded but high hopes for this effort.

Hey...at the price of a SM57 this could be a good deal in many ways!

____________________________________HANDS ON

I have had the pedal now for about 5 minutes.

my first impression is F__KING WOW!!!

So let me take a breath and tell you the whole deal.

First when I took it out of the box and gave it a visual once over the first thing I noticed was the build quality.  It majorly exceeded my expectations. It is so solid and well made I quite simply do not know how they can sell so cheap!!!!

Next I plugged it in ...it was dead quiet!

My pro equipment is in the city. My only amp is a very dirty old no-name brand made in China little practice amp. I found it in an underground garage covered in garbage.

The tone is brite, harsh and brittle.

So turned on an old OD I have been meaning to sell ...it is at least voiced to give me a Marshall type sound.

I set up the ADA for there take on a Marshall 1960a 4x12 cab with V30 Celestion speakers.

SO WHAT DID IT SOUND LIKE ????

It Sounded like a Marshall 1960a 4x12 cab with V30 Celestion speakers! 

NOTHING MORE TO SAY!!!   :-)

       

EXCEPT MAYBE ..."GET ONE!"

IMPORTANT
UPDATE MARCH 2020
Well I am retiring my A/DA
Yes ...there is something new and significantly better
the ....SHIFT LINE A+CABZONE LE II ...cab simulator
It gives you a selection of cabinets and they are all excellent.
It is an 'ir'....yes it is digital but with a very high sampling rate
If you are new to the 'ir' thing it not only simulates the speaker 
but even how the speaker changes its sound following the 
dynamics of your playing. It is 100% convincing!
At $100.00 USD it is a steal. It is even smaller then the A/DA

So check out the Post. .... CAB SIMULATOR SHIFTLINE A+ CABZONE LE II