Go ahead mate. I know how it works but not the math behind it.

One of the main problems with solid state amps is the fact that companies try so hard to make them sound like tube amps. There could be some great potential in solid state amps, but people are pretty damn obsessed with keeping that tube sound.

Thats a good point. Emulation isn't too bad sometimes but there doesn't seem to many solid state amps doing their own thing.

Its not just the tube sound. Its mainly the dynamics of your playing. Thats primarily what ss try and encapsulate. Also the clipping of natural distortion. Their is really nothing else a good amp can do than have a good clean and dirty channel.

And a peddle will NEVER sound as good as the sound breaking up on its own. Maybe in 100 years I will be proven wrong, but I figure everyone will be playing laptops by that point.

To me, a barely overdriven tube amp with reverse reverb and delay is one of the best sounding things in the world

I currently play guitar but I can also play the bass. I've only been playing the guitar for one and a half years but I'm in a band. (as the guitarist and singer)

I currently own an Epiphone SG G400 (Personally I hate it.)
And I own a Boss GT-5 multi effects processor for the guitar. (Love it.)
I only own a Crate GX15 amplifier however when practising I use a Fender Frontman as our drummer owns one.

I can set up my guitar pretty well but do not have the tools to cut and shim nuts. I took my nut in and they didnt do a very good job because im still having tons of problems despite having it intonation nearly perfectly. It is so god damned frustrating. I am afraid im going to have to get a new nut and pay them the 40 bucks to cut a new one.

I paid 60 bucks for a new nut for my guitar, but at least it was cut properly, and it works better than the older one by far. We have similar guitars, but I'm guessing the nut that came with your tele was very thin, and shallow.

I'm thinking about cutting one exactly like the one I have on my guitar right now as blanks (2) only cost a couple of bucks, and I have a pretty good guide as to how to where to cut.

Fender Nut Blanks for Vintage Strat / Tele: Shop Accessories & Other Musical Instruments | Musician's Friend

Guitars are pretty damn irritating when it comes to intonation. I know I've been pretty pissed when trying to get it to sound in tune up the neck, but it's in pretty good shape right now (thank god).

I actually had to sell that (stupid I know) a while back because I couldnt find a job and needed to pay rent. I now have an SX strat copy with a mahogany body and 2 p90s. Replaced the tuners/bridge/block and nut. The new nut isnt cut well though. Was preslotted from gfs and the guy at the shop trimmed it and shimmed it. Other than the nut the guitar plays amazingly well, its only a 120$ to start with. The new saddles and heavy brass block really made a big difference though.

Ill put some pictures up soon as I get the cts250k pots and speed knobs in.

Found my old clarinet in the closet yesterday. I remember that this was the instrument I wanted to play in school, before I switched to the flute. My dad bought this clarinet for me (he had something against renting one from the school), and he was quite mad when I decided I didn't like it and wanted to switch to flute. I don't blame him - he paid almost $1,000 for it!

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That a 100 watt bass amp behind it?

The manual that I got with it says its 30 watts. Has a great sound though :)

Here's the amp: a Peavey Max 110 bass amp. And I think it's only 20 watts, not 30.

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That's in very good condition!

The clarinet or the amp?

I can't see the clarinet as clearly as the amp, but they both look pretty well preserved.

Yeah, the first pictures of the clarinet were taken with a ****ty iPhone camera, lol! Here's a couple of better ones:

Front:

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Back (with reed):

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And for anyone who hasn't seen it yet, here is my most prized possession - my flute!

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Yes, the only good spot (read: clean enough to post online) was in front of the closet door with the Beatles poster on it!

Nice. I still have a crappy clarinet in my closet but I've never managed to produce sound from it, pretty sure the mouthpiece is missing a few components to hold the reed in place with enough pressure or something.

I also picked up a flute earlier this past summer for all of $30 (and a melodica the same week), the flute is a Gemeinhardt M2, and I CAN make sound with this one :D

I wish my flute was $30, but no... the base price for mine was about $3,500 but then I outfitted it with a custom mouthpiece (head joint), which was another $1,500, so $5,000 plus tax. Silver body, silver plated keys, and solid silver head joint. Of course, everything is chrome plated because tarnished silver is just ass ugly. Bought it at Long and McQuade in Toronto. It's for school, so well worth the investment.

The very first flute I had was a Gemeinhardt 2SP. Lasted me throughout middle school and high school. It had good sound, but it was quite heavy as I think it had a nickel body. It was just a student flute - not the open hole kind that I have now.

It's possible that your clarinet is missing the ligature - the metal piece that holds the reed in place. I know mine is missing the cork from the mouthpiece, so air leaks out a bit when you play it. Since I'm not a serious (or very good, for that matter) clarinet player, I'm thinking about getting one of the cheaper mouthpiece kits they have at Long and McQuade - mouthpiece, ligature, and molded cap.

I'd love to get a melodica, they're not that expensive, are they?

Not at all expensive compared to a proper flute. I think the top end melodicas with fancy hardwood bodies are like $300. I paid $75 for a plastic Suzuki student model.

My flute is also an old student model from the late 70s, and for $30 it could use a little work. A couple of the valves stick or don't move smoothly but that's just a matter of cleaning and possibly replacing a spring, but it also leaks a little so I'm not really sure how to address that (thinking blowtorch and pliers is a bad idea). Either way for a completely non-professional player with no intent of really doing anything besides annoying the apartment cat, it's pretty awesome hahahaha.

I have a few guitars: USA Charvel So Cal, Ibanez Prestige RG2620, Peavey Wolfgang, Ovation Celeb Deluxe...... plus a whole bunch of other Kramers and Ibanez's that I don't really play anymore.

I use a Hughes and Kettner Switchblade head and a Peavey 5150 I head.

I am a bit of a gear nut and have aload of stuff I very rarely use.

R x

I own a Framus Cobra and a Crate BV300. The Blue Voodoo is an incredibly versatile item to have that is criminally underrated.

Sorry but pics or it didnt happen.

I swear, if you could marry guitars, you would.

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I just got this and this a week ago. They're both very darling, little things. Boutique pedals are like an addiction, man.

Those are sexy pedals! The artwork on that first ones great.

My blues Jr just came in but sadly its ****ed up (reverb wont work and it crackles) so I have to go and try and get guitar center to fix it for me. Got it online so (used) i refuse to pay them to fix a problem it came with.

I also am getting my strat remade, as soon as thats done ill post some pictures and/or a video of some tone!

I have a few guitars laying around but the 1st one I reach for is my little Alvarez RD8. Simple, affordable and effective. I have her strung with Elixir extra light .010 .014 .023 .030 .039 .047.

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I`m going to add a little Tenor to my collection here shortly, I`m looking forward to that too!

Blueridge BR-40T Tenor

I play guitar. After selling a Gibson SG bass, I'm currently only playing a Takamine G Series acoustic electric. I've had many guitars through the years.

I play the piano and keyboards. Atm I have a Yamaha psr-E323, which is a pretty good "cheap" keyboard but I'm hoping to upgrade to something better soon.

Squier Vintage Modified Jaguar Bass (Special SS) - Cherry Red
Squier Affinity Series P Bass - Black
Fender Rumble Bass Amp - 15 Watt
Dunlop Nickel Plated Steel Strings - Medium
Monster 20'' Cable

Getting some "used" (the guy took them out of his Paul in favour of another set) Gibson pickups put in my Epiphone Special II. I still play this thing all the time, so I may as well get some better sound out of it.

Well I finally got the tone I have been hunting for the last few years. Sadly I had to go through about 5-6 amps (just the ones I owned) another 5-6 guitars (again just the ones I owned not counting all the others I borrowed and tried). While I say sadly it was actually tons of fun and Im sure ill change my setup around but no time to soon.

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It is a Mahogany Strat with 2 vintage voiced cream 90's. They can do a tele sound real well for the neck and middle position as its wired just like a tele. The bridge sound very similar though to a old single bridge p90 sg special. I love this combo because I can get VERY convincing fender single coil tele/strat tones with these 90's and still crank up the gain/drive and the p90 can handle it much better than any regular strat/tele single coil. My only real problom is the hum is rather loud (louder than most singles since p90s are bigger) but I may just need some better shielding inside.


Just put switchcraft jack in as well as gfs pots/3way/tele chrome knobs. Also replaced the stock bridge with a very heavy brass block and a gfs trem/saddles, as well as gotoh style tunes. The only things I can think to upgrade now are the saddles to stainless steel and he poly nut to bone. Who knows though if that will really make that much of a difference.

The amps a Blackheart Handsome Devil 15 Watter Combo. Its basiclly modeled after an old low wattage plexi combo. Their are 2 ElL84's aand 2 12ax7 preamps tubes. While the headroom isnt that loud the cleans still sound amazing. Sadly its without reverb but for what I paid im not complaining. I also like the one channel as it has a master volume which makes playing at home quietly soooo much easier, and doesnt require a pedal. Just got the stand in tonight and I love it! Sounds much better facing my ears and not my knees.

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The pedals are a rocktron wah which does the job but is certainly no Vox or Dunlop :( The Big muff is incredible but alas you all know what a muff sounds like, its a wonderful thing and a necessity for dooooommmmm! The best pedal I own is that Barber direct overdrive. I can set it almost exactly like a ts8/9 while also have much more gain on tap that doesnt affect the low overdrive quality. I have never heard a pedal as transparent as the barber, sounds like amp distortion and not a pedal. To give credit where its due though, its obvious they just based it off the Ibanez Tube-screamer like almost every other overdrive/gain pedal out their.

On the left side of that first picture is my old amp, a Vox Valvstate vt30. It sounds pretty good on a few settings and has great clean but the overdrive as most solid state and hybrid amps go is lacking when compared to a full tube amp. The mistake those companies make with hybrids is that its not the preamp tubes making the big difference but the power tubes. So while having even 1 million 12ax7's or whichever in your preamp section your postamp section will never overdrive itself. With that said its still a great amp, very loud, tons of quality effects, and tons of amp models to chose from. If anyone wants to buy it, or my DS-1 Boss let me know! Sorry to be so lengthy in this post as I dont mean to go on about my stuff but maybe itwill kickstart this thread a little bit as people dont really give much effort in descibing their gear. Coughcough Dave/bizzare



ps: Does anyone know of any noise free p90s that wont break the bank? The 60 cycle hum is so loud on these. Also the speaker is 16 ohms and the back has place to plug in 2 4ohms 2 8ohms and 1 16ohm. If I wanted to attatch a 2x12 cab rated at 8 ohms would I plug the onboard speaker and the cab into the 4 or 8 ohm slots?

I am a self-tought keyboardist, vocalist, and guitarist. I hope to perform someday.

i play alot of different types of music from death core and metal core to reagea soul and i love to play the blues dose anyone else play those and if you do do you have any addvice for an up and comeing musician im infulenced by:
-sublime
-the expendables
-born of osiris
-white chaple
-311
-led zeplin
-the who
and bands like these so if you know anything please help me out i want to make it into music its my life and performing has been my dream since i was a young kid

No offense guy but you just named about every style of music you could get gear for. Maybe be a little more specific.

Quite frankly, learn to spell, seriously dude it's Led Zeppelin, you missed 2 letters in the name of the most quintessential classic rock band ever. If you're serious about doing it for a living you're going to need to market yourself like a business. That does not necessarily mean you have to reduce your creativity or band to a product but it does mean you need to be able to present yourself professionally to possible contacts and collaborators.

The old adage of "Who you know counts for more than what you know" is rarely truer than in the entertainment field. How you chose to present yourself is going to be a huge factor in how people that know who you are remember you.

The first impression you provide with your comment here is that of a drunk kid with big dreams and little else. Also just what do you mean by wanting to 'make it into music'? It can be very different things to different people. Some are happy making just enough to get by without having to rely on a day job, others want to tour the world and bang groupie like they're in Nickelback.

It sounds so funny singular. I want to go bang groupie.

Boys, tonight were gona bang us some groupie!

We have mad groupie that follow us around! :beer:

Sounds like trout.

:laughing:

I can't help reading that with a thick broken English / Eastern European accent. There's also just something that seems 'right' when comparing groupies to fish hahaha

Peavey PA
 

XRD 680S. I recently bought this head used, but man does it sound great.

Why was this moved? It has no reason being in this section of the forum.

Yes this is ludacris. :yikes: