New gear suggestions
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Post by New gear suggestions on May 15, 2005 14:44:21 GMT -6
Hello everyone  Just joined! Anywho im sure most of you are fairly adept guitar players. Now I would like to get some suggestions from you guys if you would be so kind! Right now im using an austin eclipse, 10 watt crate(you may start laughing nowlol), a turbo tube screamer and a cry baby wah. I was woundering if you guys know of some cheaper amps that would sound good and a guitar that has the most bang for the buck. I've been playing with this crap for the last 4 years and im not to fond of the tone/playabillity....yeah it's sad... thanx |
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Post by seed2003 on May 15, 2005 14:45:44 GMT -6
hehe sorry that was me, the thing signed me out hehe
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Post by Blondie on May 15, 2005 14:58:53 GMT -6
That's a big question... let's try and narrow it down a bit  What type of music do You play? Who are Your heroes? Do You use Your TS for boost or distortion? How many frets do You want/need? Floyd Rose / Vintage style vibrato or no vibrato? What pickup config; sss, hss, hsh or hh (h=humbucker, s=singlecoil) |
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Post by Blondie on May 15, 2005 14:59:20 GMT -6
oh, and Welcome aboard  |
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Post by seed2003 on May 15, 2005 15:13:22 GMT -6
im sorry i did leave that open ended lol I play alot of different music, but id have to say i shred alot lol My major influences are vai, malmsteen, hendrix, rhoads, and now michael(hes flippin amazing lol). Right now im using my TS for the main overdrive and using the amp to boost(because my amp has crappy ass overdrive lol) and most likely i'd use it to boost if the amp has nice clean distortion/overdrive on it. I've never really had the chance to use a whammy bar alot but id love to have one, preferably a floyd rose..and something that locks, tuners, nut whatever lol long as it helps keep it in tune. I'd like 24 frets but thats no big deal, but as far as pickups go i like humbuckers(not emgs though lol). I would like an ibanez jem but money is kind of an issue lmao and i hear michael's dean and im quite impressed with it so far...i dont know lol..
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Post by Blondie on May 15, 2005 15:34:55 GMT -6
The only Deans with Floyd Rose (custom 450) , also has EMG  So guess You should check cheap Ibanez. Or maybe a Kramer f.ex. a striker (I have one and before I dropped it on the floor and broke the neck it played great) www.musicyo.comIf You don't need the Floyd (remember that setup and stringchange can be a pain in the a$$) Dean has loads of great and cheap guitars, like the Vendetta, the Babys, Cadillac, Hardtails etc. www.deanguitars.comoh I forgot that Dean has also some Dimabag tribute/signature guitars with Floyd Rose, not using EMG. btw, I never care much for the stock pickups, as mostly I wanna put DiMarzio pick-up in anyway. As for amps with those heroes it's a Marshall type amp You want, though Vai now uses his Carvin signature amps (worth checking out as they are fairly priced www.carvin.com ). Also check out Laney. Don't forget to try everything in Your local shop (no, not the bakery, that'll only make You look like Malmsteen ;D ups sorry  ;D) Good Luck (and feel free to ask whatever You need to know) on Your quest for tone |
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Post by Succubus on May 15, 2005 15:38:42 GMT -6
Don't forget to try everything in Your local shop (no, not the bakery, that'll only make You look like Malmsteen ;D ups sorry ;D) Rofl, good one Blondie ;D |
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Post by Blondie on May 15, 2005 15:41:02 GMT -6
;D
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Post by seed2003 on May 16, 2005 9:13:03 GMT -6
lol that was great hehe thanx all our local shop has is crate amps and some schecters(or however thats spelt) and as far as the price goes i havent been impressed, the 700$ guitars dont play much better than my austin lmao I've got to mess with those legacy amps vai made and it doesnt seem to matter what you plug in, you sound like vai lol Any comments on the Line 6 spider 2?(i heard it's fairly versitile tone wise) hehe they should name a dounut shop after malmsteen |
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Post by Blondie on May 16, 2005 9:30:48 GMT -6
Forgot to tell You, Vai practiced 12 hours a day for many Years and also has a refrigiator sized rack with FX ;D See if You get a tone that You love on what the shops have |
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Post by jkerr on May 16, 2005 9:32:50 GMT -6
Malmsteen isnt that fat. He may be over weight but not really that fat.
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Post by seed2003 on May 16, 2005 10:13:09 GMT -6
im doing 8 hour days now but i started doing 12-18.
And malmsteen is chubby lol I am too lol
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Post by jkerr on May 16, 2005 10:15:31 GMT -6
im doing 8 hour days now but i started doing 12-18. And malmsteen is chubby lol I am too lol Yea i agree about him being chubby. However, you are very fat!!!!Even though i haven't seen a pic of you, i can tell. I am chubby also. |
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Post by Blondie on May 16, 2005 11:08:14 GMT -6
Ups sorry for turning this in to a Malmsteen size thread ;D Everybody back on topic |
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Post by Paul on May 16, 2005 13:42:39 GMT -6
Sorry to go off topic (again) but has anyone seen new pictures of Malmsteen? He's actually back to his normal size now. Pretty impressive.
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Post by clameo on May 16, 2005 14:06:12 GMT -6
Sorry to go off topic (again) but has anyone seen new pictures of Malmsteen? He's actually back to his normal size now. Pretty impressive. I've heard that he used somekind water pills. |
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Post by Succubus on May 16, 2005 14:18:30 GMT -6
I did a search but I can't find any recent pics... got any links? |
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Post by Paul on May 16, 2005 14:20:47 GMT -6
I'll see if i can find one
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Post by Paul on May 16, 2005 14:53:55 GMT -6
Here we go:  The picture is pretty small but you get the idea. |
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Post by Succubus on May 16, 2005 14:55:43 GMT -6
Wowzers,whatever he did worked!!
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Post by jkerr on May 16, 2005 15:02:47 GMT -6
Here we go: The picture is pretty small but you get the idea. Thats malmsteen now???  |
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Just joined! Anywho im sure most of you are fairly adept guitar players. Now I would like to get some suggestions from you guys if you would be so kind! Right now im using an austin eclipse, 10 watt crate(you may start laughing nowlol), a turbo tube screamer and a cry baby wah. I was woundering if you guys know of some cheaper amps that would sound good and a guitar that has the most bang for the buck. I've been playing with this crap for the last 4 years and im not to fond of the tone/playabillity....yeah it's sad...
