Although amp modelers have radically advanced over the past few years thanks to some cutting edge tech, there are still those who believe digital guitar gear will never truly compete with the tones of traditional tube amps. However, when it really comes down to it, how many players can actually tell the difference between a real and digital amp?
That's a question Dweezil Zappa has sought to answer. The electric guitar experimentalist has revealed the findings of his 'Eruption Challenge', the concept of which is simple: he shreds Eddie Van Halen's Eruption twice – once with a real Marshall tube amp and once with a Fractal Axe-Fx II – to see if listeners can actually tell the two apart.
