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ImRonBurgundy?:
so, i currently have a DiPinto Galaxie IV guitar (on the left: Fender DG-10 that needs its action adjusted), a Reverend Goblin practice amp, and a Fender '65 Twin Reverb reissue (at home).

as far as guitars go, i'm looking for something relatively lightweight, no-frills, and in a left-handed model.  two that i've played that i'm interested in are the DiPinto Mach IV and the Danelectro U2.

on the amp front, i love my Twin Reverb, but it's got no gain whatsoever.  so i've got two options: an outright replacement, at which point i'd probably get a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe; or a good effects pedal.  now having had experience with various overdrive pedals, i know that most of them don't even come close to replicating the sound of a real tube amp going into overdrive, but i've heard that the Soldano Supercharger GTO overdrive pedal comes the closest (and it better, for how much it costs).

so... anyone with recommendations/suggestions/experience with the stuff i'm interested in?

Kai:
Can't tell you much about left handed guitars, but I can say this: I have an old Dan Electro and I loved it. It was my first guitar (Currently I'm rocking a strat). They're not bad guitars.


EDIT: That Electro looks ultra strikingly similar to mine, save that mine is right handed and a cream/white color.

valley_parade:
Hot Rod Deluxe = very yes.

edcho7000:
i bought a dan electro distortion box back in the day coz it looked so cool, but i wound up hating it after like 2 weeks because i couldn't get good enough tone.  I've played the dan electro guitars a few times, coz they look so damn cool, but I've never been that impressed with it.  i guess what i'm getting at is, be careful with the dan electro merchandize coz they look so cool, but often don't work out... at least in my experience.

Jono:
If I were you, I'd try the Fender Hot Rod Deluxe out. They are a lot more versatile than a twin, due to their gain stage/channel (which, whilst not approaching metal levels, still puts out a good dirty sound). One of the most versatile and common amps of our time at the moment - sooo dependable!

On the Pedal front, there really is soooo many overdrives to reccomend... Really, the question is, what SORT of amp boosting into overdrive are you trying to replicate with the pedal? Are you going for the guts-for-glory AC30? The cranked brownface '60's Marshall? The roar of the Twin breaking up (and breaking windows) at 110 dB?

That's the sort of info I would need before giving you a reccomendation.

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