guitar amps and guitars

[poly800rock]

here's my current selection

1980 Gibson Sonex custom, someone replaced the neck pick up (swapped the dirty finger) and in the process screwed up the coil tapping, but been trying to hunt down an orginal dirty pickup. This thing is a workhorse. Weighs a TON, but sounds so nice because the output is so hot. Really interesting sound, best pick one up soon, as they seem to be rising in price as well.

here's my pride and joy, a 1999 graduation gift from my folks. was my sole guitar until a few years ago when I went crazy. SG special, '57 pickup in the neck, been thinking of swapping out for humbucking fit p90's recently. Color is amazing and it's beat to shit and traveled most of the USA with me and previous bands. My guitar guy asked me if I bought it all "aged" and was wondering what process I put it through to get that way, told him it's all natural wear and tear. Recently replaced the tuners to grover deluxe keystones

2007 Fender Highway one strat, the first of my recent aquisitions. Never really liked fenders too much (or they don't really at all work for what I play) so this was on the back burner for while, but I recently replaced the pickups to lace (silver, red, blue aka billy corgan siamese dream era) and have been using it as my back up on stage.

really excited about being able to buy this 1976 Gibson Marauder custom. I remember when I was dirt broke in college (when they were going for $400 MAX) and always wanted one in this color especially (mac from superchunk plays this same one). Tuners sucked, so that was the first to go, replaced with grover deluxe keystones again, need to set up and get rolling, otherwise everything else (sans pickup selector knob) is orginal. this one ends my hunt for guitars until I pony up and buy a 60's Jazzmaster one of these days

sold my jag stang this summer, traded it for synth gear actually.

[asher_roslynn]

Who here plays unnecessarily thick strings that aren't in the metal genre? I'm rocking Ernie Ball 13's right now- even with blues. Though I'll probably have arthritis in two years.

[cure]

How often do you play?

2-3 times a week mainly in my apartment. Nothing bigger than a small jam sesh with 4-5 friends nowadays.

Who here plays unnecessarily thick strings that aren't in the metal genre? I'm rocking Ernie Ball 13's right now- even with blues. Though I'll probably have arthritis in two years.

I always thought about playing with stricker strings to get a thicker tone like srv, but never ventured past 12s

[Ed x TWWK]

Who here plays unnecessarily thick strings that aren't in the metal genre? I'm rocking Ernie Ball 13's right now- even with blues. Though I'll probably have arthritis in two years.

Stevie Ray Vaughan concept

[Rob060]

my latest acquisition. gonna have to get used to the size.

[akuma no uta]

@jack crank, that rig is amazing, and I can't believe your blog is endless blockades I've looked at that shit for awhile now everyday, (former crust punk concept)

The other day I tried out a travis bean through a badcat hot cat 30 and then a 1974 or-120, both amps were mindblowing,

[JackCrank]

Thanks kindly. I've been somewhat neglecting it recently sadly but I'm working on a little EB zine with MLProject. Makes me happy to know people actually look at it. I'd love to get my hands on a bean man. That shit's epic. I'd settle for a kramer but the douchebag guitar shop that had one by me wanted like $750 for the cheapest alu neck one.

I just sold the Sound City (and turned it in to a surfboard deposit. Next to go is that Hiwatt slant cab. Anyone? $550?

@jack crank, that rig is amazing, and I can't believe your blog is endless blockades I've looked at that shit for awhile now everyday, (former crust punk concept)

The other day I tried out a travis bean through a badcat hot cat 30 and then a 1974 or-120, both amps were mindblowing,

[fffffut]

anyone know anything about sitars?

i want one but i dont really know what would be a good choice for my first one

[poly800rock]

marauder getting set up this week. SG resetup for recording with some amazingly talented dude in coming weeks.

[GBOB]

Here's my gear whilst away from home at uni.

Guild GAD f-20, Iced Tea Burst. Needed a smaller bodied guitar after i bust my elbow, as i couldn't reach over a dreadnaught comfortably.

Fender Classic Player '50s Stratocaster, Shoreline Gold. Really well put toegether, good equipment for price range.

Denis Cornell Stinger Amp. Was a kit offered through Guitar Magazine, limited to 60, was used as a prototype to design the Romany model. (I wired it toegether when I was about 15, still going strong after 9 years).10 watts, with a cut off overdrive to 3 watts,1x10inch speaker. Just about loud enough to be heard over drums at full drive, and way too loud for my little apartment.

Zoom G9.2tt. All bells and whistles multi-effects pedal, got too many features to list, effects aren't analog, but are very good.

[marineabilly]

My latest guitar acquisition:

[asher_roslynn]

Thought I'd pseudo-revive the thread again- just picked up an Epiphone Casino (recent, not a 60's one). Love the P90's.

[Blicero]

Thought I'd pseudo-revive the thread again- just picked up an Epiphone Casino (recent, not a 60's one). Love the P90's.

What else did you try out before you got the Casino? Did you mess around with any 335s or anything else?

I've been seriously considering a casino. i love semi hollow body guitars; have an ibanez artcore as73 but ready to step it up a little.

[asher_roslynn]

I actually did a quick shootout between the casino, an epiphone sheraton, and the epiphone dot (not studio) through a fender hot rod deluxe. I personally thought the sheraton had the most balanced sound of the three, but the neck was slightly thinner for my liking. The dot seemed a little muddy in comparison and felt cheaper in my hands, and I think the reason I went with the casino was the fact that it's fully hollow, and wanted full hollow (the other two have center blocks), and it has P90 pickups. Only thing that sucks about the casino is the sustain on the higher strings, since it is in fact truly hollow and a little more light-weight than a full sized jazz hollowbody per se.

I'd say go for it if you can try it out- I actually got it via ebay with a hardcase for $450 shipped, which is a steal since they're $599 new sans hardcase.

[poly800rock]

i just got a modded blues jr from my local shop for cheap. finally excited i don't have to lug around the twin all the time now.

[haploid]

You guys have a recommendation for a small amp for relatively cheap? Looking for something that sounds great and is suitable to be mic'ed up for recording. Into the Blues Jr. but want to keep my horizons open.

[asher_roslynn]

You guys have a recommendation for a small amp for relatively cheap? Looking for something that sounds great and is suitable to be mic'ed up for recording. Into the Blues Jr. but want to keep my horizons open.

What's your budget? and does it have to be a combo? Tube or SS? American or British Voiced?

Blues Jr is definitely the way to go imo as far as small tube combos go- I had one at one point. Otherwise I would recommend an Orange Tiny Terror head, or a Vox Night Train head. Very solid little dudes.

[poly800rock]

You guys have a recommendation for a small amp for relatively cheap? Looking for something that sounds great and is suitable to be mic'ed up for recording. Into the Blues Jr. but want to keep my horizons open.

i'm replacing the stock speaker and reverb unit on my blues jr.

will report when they come in. think it will take the blues jr next level

[Blacktocomm]

You guys have a recommendation for a small amp for relatively cheap? Looking for something that sounds great and is suitable to be mic'ed up for recording. Into the Blues Jr. but want to keep my horizons open.

If you are using it for just recording there is a 5 watt Bad Cat Mini Cat on E-bay for under 400 bucks shipped right now, that would be a killer amp for recording. There are a couple other 5 watters out there like the Epiphone Valve Jr or the Blackheart. If you need 15-20 watts you could also look at the Crate Vintage Club 20. Those should all be attainable under 400 bucks.

[Blacktocomm]

This thread has been buried. So I am going to bring it back with a story and a picture. I almost bought a Matchless Lightning last week, it was on sale for 1000, so I emailed the guy but he already had 4 offers before mine, and it was only on the market for 3 hours when I offered. So long story short I still do not own a matchless.

The cab in the picture is for sale to fund a Matchless and the guitar is a Gibby the jeans are just some 501's but they were sitting on the cab and I thought it was a good photo for this forum.

[poly800rock]

report is the reverb tank is fucking killer. speaker needs some burn in time though

[asher_roslynn]

report is the reverb tank is fucking killer. speaker needs some burn in time though

What verb tank/ speaker setup did you replace the stock ones with? Curious. I would've loved to put a greenback in mine when I had it, but now I have a deluxe. Waaay to lazy to pull out the circuit board just to replace the speaker- that and the greenback will blow up with its 40 watts

[haploid]

Still no amp :/

Was reading reviews about the Vox AC4TV and they all seem good. Anyone have any input?

[poly800rock]

What verb tank/ speaker setup did you replace the stock ones with? Curious. I would've loved to put a greenback in mine when I had it, but now I have a deluxe. Waaay to lazy to pull out the circuit board just to replace the speaker- that and the greenback will blow up with its 40 watts

http://www.torresengineering.com/newru3spshta.html

i put a greenback in mine

25 watts

[asher_roslynn]

Still no amp :/

Was reading reviews about the Vox AC4TV and they all seem good. Anyone have any input?

It's a legit amp, wouldn't exactly go on tour with it, but great for recording/bedroom jam sesh's

[Blacktocomm]

Still no amp :/

Was reading reviews about the Vox AC4TV and they all seem good. Anyone have any input?

The AC4TV8 is on sale for 110 bucks from some site. I just heard about it today, figured you might like some news on that.

http://dealnews.com/VOX-Guitar-Amplifier-for-110-free-shipping/381602.html

[haploid]

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Edited July 8, 2018 by haploid

[maakuruii]

The Little Giant's are awesome! For the price they are pretty hard to beat.

I picked one up a while ago, it has been the perfect apartment amp.

also if you want a little more versatility I've heard good things about the Bitmo kits. They have a reverb kit, and a Triple Bypass Switch which adds 3 different voices to the amp.

http://www.bitmomusic.com/products

[Blacktocomm]

My new amp! I just shipped off the head case for a 1x12 combo cab. I will take pictures of it when it is all done!

[watchyrscrew]

Lakland Skyline Hollowbody, Sunn 1200s, Emperor 2x15. I recently bought an Eastwood Sidejack baritone which sounds reaaaally nice through this setup. Oh, and the thing on top is a Bleep Labs Thingamagoop. They now make an upgraded, more versatile version of this that you buy as a kit to put together yourself. It's a synthesizer that is controlled with a photoresistor. It has a high/low switch, one that changes the sound from rhythmic (the knob on the face works like a tremolo's rate selection) to a sustained tone. Fun to blast.