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The soon to be released fifth episode of our guitar show will feature the Watts Up team taking £10,000 worth of digital and analog gear, and putting it to the test to see if there really is a big difference in sound.

As a teaser for the episode, which will be released this weekend, here is a blind test for you guys. Can you tell if the audio from the video above was recording with a digital or analog rig?

Just to make this a bit easier, the song was recorded on a Fender Stratocaster, on the neck pickup. But what was the Strat plugged into?

There are no prizes for guessing it right, just a well-earned sense of smugness and self satisfaction.

More challenges will be uploaded later in the week!

Rich Beech
@sonicamped

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Don    Said...

Most of us are not going to be able to tell analog vs. digital via computer headphones and speakers. IMO, the difference is in the player experience, the feel. Since we are not playing the gear, we're missing that big part.

30-Nov-11 10:51 AM

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Spacebinge    Said...

That's a fair opinion. But the test is about sound, as Youtube doesn't yet have the capabilities to convey the sense of touch.

I would guess that companies like Line 6 put more effort into the sound of their equipment, than the 'feel' of it. Otherwise everybody would just use digital equipment on records, as it is easy to record, no?

30-Nov-11 11:53 AM

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WattsUpShow 30-Nov-11 09:40 PM

Haha, unfortunately I feel that me and Rob will never be able to fulfil your need for more notes! Thanks for posting us on your site a while ago by the way, that was really cool!

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AlSabbagha 30-Nov-11 09:13 PM

it sounds digital but maybe thats because of youtube's compression and what not, so ill go with analog ;)

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lauriemonk 30-Nov-11 08:16 PM

who cares... there just not enough notes for me :)

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mafew129 30-Nov-11 06:45 AM

Digital

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mrtridente 30-Nov-11 04:09 AM

digital?

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sjonesm 30-Nov-11 02:35 AM

digital. either that or you sucked all of the soul of out a valve amp.

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Brainbox97 30-Nov-11 12:50 AM

digital reverb i think

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