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The Guitar Topic
MakuseruSukotto:
--- Quote from: Objects inside Clouds on 28 Feb 2009, 10:50 ---Wait since when did ampeg make guitar amps? I thought they only made bass amps.
Unless that is a bass amp which in that case SDLKFJSDLK FWJELKRTJW WANT
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They have been making guitar amps since the early 60's. They were the first company to have onboard spring reverb in their amps, they had it even before Fender did.
sean:
Oh wow really? Heh, shows what I know.
edwinalink:
is that ampeg WRAPPED IN CARBON!!!???? :-o
atimholt:
So I'm officially starting on a layaway plan to get a Megatar. I've been emailing Traktor Topaz, and as soon as we have the price settled, I'll be on my way. I'm going to try to pay enough each month so that I'll have it in six months.
I'm getting a True Tapper Storm (the one with the Bartolini pickups), with black trim. I'm getting "bass bottom" tuning, i.e., both courses are in fourths, but I'm customizing it so the strings are in reverse. With my custom tuning, he said I might want to get an adjusted pickguard (at a price) so the pickups are positioned for tone the same as in non-reverse. He also said it really wouldn't make a significant difference in tone, but that he'd throw in edge dots for free, so I said yes.
So I'm way too excited about it. You should watch this video, and maybe this one too, to see a Megatar in action. Heck, I'll just put a bunch of links below. Follow them or not, it's okay. I promise none of them are a rickroll.
Kontinuum
Traktor explains their basic model, the Truetapper eclipse
Some guy plays "baby elephant walk"
megatar played by Brian Welch
In the interest of fairness, I must tell you of the existence of the Chapman stick. It's been around a lot longer, and indeed Emmet Chapman, the founder, invented this method of "upright neck, arms parallel to the frets" tapping. However, I much prefer the tone and appearance of the Megatar, not to mention the enormously lower price. That, and the Megatar has a couple significant innovations built in, like the Buzz Feiten intonation system (and a friggin' body). Anyways, in the vein of the Chapman stick, here are some general tapping videos that show off what a Megatar can also do.
"One Cloud"
Guillermo Cides, "The days they are coming" (I think). Awesome looperfication
Guillermo Cides plays Bach
Not a Chapman stick, but same principle
[/overexcited oververbose rant]
valley_parade:
--- Quote from: Objects inside Clouds on 28 Feb 2009, 20:34 ---Oh wow really? Heh, shows what I know.
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I believe Josh Homme plays a lot of Ampeg amps. Which can't be a bad endorsement.
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