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- Unbalanced input for guitar, or guitar through pedalboard Unbalanced guitar output or headphone out (600 Ohm) Balanced output (200 Ohm) for direct recording or PA use (Not digital audio) Aux stereo inputs for MP3, CD or DAT Master output controls the overall and AUX levels The Guitar volume knob controls the instrument volume in relation to the Master volume The Speaker Simulation switch for choosing between open and closed back speaker cabinet simulations
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For anyone who requires to play guitar silently, or requires an amp backup when your amp fizzles out on stage, the Carl Martin "Rock Bug" Amp Simulator does the job well.There are three inputs for the Rock Bug, two RCA L/R line level jack inputs for using with an external mp3 or CD device, and one unbalanced 1/4" jack input for guitar. The outputs of the Rock Bug are a 1/4" unbalanced jack output, and a balanced female XLR output for sending signal to a mixer or other recording device.
The two control knobs, 'Master' and 'Guitar' are used for balancing RCA input and guitar signal, as well as providing overall headroom for sending signal to a mixer or external recording device.
The Rock Bug is best used with a pre-amped monaural guitar signal, such as placed through an effects pedalboard, for best operation and sound quality. Carl Martin has indicated on its website that the Rock Bug will sound good without the guitar signal being pre-amped, but this is debatable. An effects board which was tested included a guitar boost and overdrive provided very good sound quality with the Rock Bug, much like a good tube amp would. The circuitry of the Rock Bug simulates the tone of a good tube amp.
The RCA inputs of the Rock Bug cannot be used to receive a pre-amped amp signal, into the Rock Bug. (This was tried with a Fender Blues Deluxe preamp-out into the RCA inputs; all that was heard through the mixer was loud hiss). The guitar input of the Rock Bug was not tested to receive the preamp-out of the Blues Deluxe.
It is possible to send an external music player through the RCA inputs of the Rock Bug, but if the output of the Rock Bug is intended to play through a mixer, it is also possible to send the music player signal directly into the mixer inputs with a greater degree of flexibility, instead of playing through the Rock Bug inputs.
The purpose of this pedal, the "Swiss Army Knife" of a musician's toolkit, is that if your amp fizzles out on stage, and you don't have spare tubes, fuzes, or needed circuits so that you can repair your amp in a hurry, the Rock Bug can save the gig. Just plug your pedalboard into the Rock Bug, and the output of the Rock Bug into the PA mixer. Set the level on the Rock Bug, and you are back in business.
Another application of the Rock Bug is if you want to play silently through headphones. This can be done by plugging your guitar into your effects board, through the Rock Bug and directly into your headphones (check your headphone impedance before buying the Rock Bug; some headphones will not work with the output of the Rock Bug), or by sending the output of the Rock bug into a mixer, and listening to your headphones from the mixer. If necessary, both the XLR and 1/4" outputs of the Rock Bug can be utilized at the same time, one for headphones at the Rock Bug, the other for recording or PA at a distance.
All said and done, the Rock Bug is a useful tool for a musician who would need a backup amp if his amp failed on stage. The Rock Bug is excellent insurance against such problems, and is recommended for any gigging musician who doesn't carry two stage amplifiers with him at all times.
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Rock Bug has a very nice clean tone better than anything I ever heard thru P.Ds.For me it will serve several purposes:
1. recording on computer hook my pedal board in and XLR into audio interface;
2. backup amp for gigs;
3. no need to haul my amp in if we rehearse where PA is available (I normally use clean jazz am so I am not losing all that much);
4. I can now easily mix in output from guitar synth (using RCA input on Rock Bug) and run both guitar and synth thru same keyboard/acoustic amp;
5. when traveling I can take Rock Bug, XLR cable and maybe fav dirt pedal and show up for open mic and have a decent chance to play;
6. in a hotel that is all you need to practice (well ok... headphones or speaker and iPod thru RCA input).
Very well made and very quiet.
Yes you don't get EQ and reverb but honestly sound is so good you barely miss them (first time I plug in my guitar and headphones I played 30 mins did not want to stop...).soon as i receve it i plug it, and it was awsome ... i mean, i dont need more than this pedal for late home musical recording. it really sound like a real amp. i plug it at the end of my 10 pedal chain, and it work perfect. worth every dollar. I does not replace a real amp, but it will be very helpful for making demos in-house.
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