

This is the problem, and why so many guitarists are considering a digital guitar rig. If your max cap in a venue is less than 2000 people? There’s no way you are going to be able to crank that amp. I used a Mesa Boogie half-stack for a little while, and it was just too big for most venues. I have always been a “combo amp person” when it comes to playing gigs. Those Blackstar amps were very lightweight, but they were still large and cumbersome. You even have amp companies trying to make products smaller and lighter, like the Blackstar St.

Lugging around a 100 pound half-stack has become very rare, especially for guitarists that gig for a living.

Having a digital guitar rig in 2012 was often scoffed at by guitar purists, as it was brand new technology at the time.īut now the digital realm has come so far, and guitarists are moving further away from using big amp rigs. It is a little crazy to look back at the last 10 years or so when it comes to technology, and just how far we have come. The 2023 Digital Guitar Rig: More Popular Than Ever!
