"Jonathan Roberts" wrote in message
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The Vox Tonelab does a real nice job for not too much money. None of
these things will compete with a good tube amp -- but how many home
recordists can afford a whole roomful of such amps?

I don't know?

Does one really need a whole roomful of amps?

Armed with a single decent tube amp, a couple of pedals, and if you are
lucky enough to maybe have a couple of different guitars one can cover a
whole lot of ground.

If you are recording you don't need very large amps and that can certainly
help to keep the cost down. A little SF Fender Champ, an overdrive, a nice
distortion pedal, and an SM57 would cost a bit more than a cheap digital
modeler but it is the real thing for just a couple hundred more or so.