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Fun Stuff => BAND => Topic started by: billiumbean on 14 Aug 2008, 02:33
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I've just bought a Squire M80 guitar off of eBay, and I'm really happy with the purchase. Though I've just bought it and don't technically have it yet, I've fiddled with one in a store, and it plays really nicely, it has a great tone, and not to mention it's sexy. But all I have is a practice amp that a friend of mine gave me, and I really want to break out of that phase quickly.
I'm looking for an amp that can handle a good amount of effect pedals and that sounds really nice, but one that's budget-friendly (I'm buying a Squire, for shit sake). It seems like a hefty request to me, but I've been on this forum longer than my post-number implies, and you people know basically everything. Could you point me in the right direction?
This is the guitar, in case you like making use of your eyes.
(http://members.aol.com/s2bf/m801.jpg)
(http://members.aol.com/s2bf/m802.jpg)
PS: I'm sorry if a thread like this exists, I can't be bothered to look. If there is one, please link to it or direct me or leave breadcrumbs or something, I'd really appreciate it.
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The Guitar Topic: http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,16326.0.html
it's on the front page...
The Guitar Pedal thread came up with a simple search of "guitar pedal": http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,18953.0.html
You probably should be bothered to look next time.
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You gotta let us know your budget ampwise first.
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Get an Epiphone Valve Junior or a Blackheart Little Giant/Handsome Devil. Both are very nice Class A tube amps and are all less than five hundred dollars. You're not going to get a lot of wattage with these, though. They're all five or fifteen watt tube amplifiers, but they sound hella good.
Here (http://www.gearwire.com/blackheartamps-BH112.html) is a demonstration I found of the Blackheart Little Giant.
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Low wattage, whatever. Everyone's ruining their jeans over the Tiny Terror, and that's only a 15 watt head.
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The Guitar Pedal thread came up with a simple search of "guitar pedal": http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,18953.0.html
You probably should be bothered to look next time.
Interestingly enough, I posted in that thread. Page five or so, one about the Shoe Gazer and the Cherry Pop from DeviEver. And, quick correction, I don't need recommendations of pedals, just amps, though I appreciate it anyway.
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The Blackhearts are pretty damn awesome, from what I've seen. Never seen one in meat life though, unfortunately, or I'd probably be playing through it right now.
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The Blackhearts are pretty damn awesome, from what I've seen. Never seen one in meat life though, unfortunately, or I'd probably be playing through it right now.
...meat life?
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Real life, ie. not on the internet.
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I don't usually think of myself as meat. Bag of organs, maybe. Organ life?
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That suggests you play an organ.
I prefer the term meatspace, myself, not sure where it originates from, some cyberpunk book, I would expect.
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...they have cyber punk books? And you're reading them?
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Derailing your own thread is just gonna serve as a distraction from me helping you (I cannot speak for others).
A Vox AC30 is the only Good Amp, and I am going to steal that guitar from you.
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Dude, budget-wise, that thing might as well be a yacht, to me. I'm but a mere Pizza Hut cook, and my paycheck is only so easy to encumber... Fuck, it has it's own chrome stand (http://"http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Vox-VS30-Chrome-Stand-for-AC30?sku=421532"), the bastard has to be good.
And, I want to steal it from myself, it's quite a little sexbot. It's really inexpensive (I think the shelf price was $300, I got it used for 200), and it plays like it should be much more than that. I recommend you nab one (from someone else's garage, mind you), it's discontinued and thus dying out.
I like socializing, though. And thanks to the derailment, I've now added a few words to my nerd-dictionary. Try getting that in the guitar thread. And, yeah, I know that thread's there. I'm not here to show my guitar off, I figger pickytures will help give people and idea of the what-and-how.
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What exactly is your budget for this project? I mean, obviously it's less than $3500 if you're not gonna go balls deep and get an AC30 (pansy, a little paralyzing debt never killed anybody). I'll be a bit more reasonable, then, and assume it's something like <$1000.
Any low-wattage tube-powered box (as mentioned before, the Valve Jr., Blackheart Little Giant, Orange Tiny Terror, etc) is a pretty good deal. I swear by my solid-state Marshall MG100DFX, though.
I've got a buddy who has a Crate 30w tube combo (1x10" speaker) that puts out some pretty bitchin' sounds. I think that set him back something like $300.
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Never killed anybody? Haven't you heard of the Great Depression?
Yeah, that's basically my budget, >$1000. I'm a little apprehensive to say that, as it's a kick in the dick to save up that much with the state I'm in. The bitch better last a while if it's a thousand bucks.
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Patrick, what AC30 do you mean, exactly? Because I have seen some of them for less than €900.
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The Custom Classic one sells for about a grand and a half.
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I know. There is also a limited edition, hand-wired and all that jazz, for €2300. But, I ask, is that really necessary?
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Handwired is a bit overboard I suppose, but the Custom Classic comes with Celestion Blues instead of the stock Vox speakers, which are pretty necessary.
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Patrick, what AC30 do you mean, exactly? Because I have seen some of them for less than €900.
Which, when converted to Real Money, is about $1400 or so. Depressing as all shit, man. I agree with the enthusiasm over the Celestions, though. I suppose you could get a standard old AC30 head and get one of their 2x12 cabs (I'm pretty sure they've got one with those speakers, although I could be wrong).