The Official Guitar Thread
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Yeah, that was my thought too. The various things that the Digitech can do are cool, but I'll probably at most use 25% of them ever, and I'd rather get my base tone better. The Blues Jr. should do that.
Stosh
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Suspect you will find the 15W too loud for home use and learning. Look at the Blackstar and Marshall 5W and 1W combos and find a shop where you can try them out and wind them up so you can appreciate what so special about tubes.
I'd go for one of the Marshall 1W combos that has a 0.1W switch.
I think one of the worst mistakes a new guitarist can make is get an amp that they think is 'quiet' enough for home use and will be 'loud' enough for when they join a band. Especially if you are buying a tube amp.
I'd go for one of the Marshall 1W combos that has a 0.1W switch.
I think one of the worst mistakes a new guitarist can make is get an amp that they think is 'quiet' enough for home use and will be 'loud' enough for when they join a band. Especially if you are buying a tube amp.
Cutlery
Kill All the White People
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I will admit that I do not have a tube amp, but my 40w Cube is in no way too loud for home. And 40w is WAY overkill for home.
It doesn't always need to be on 11.
Gonna go try a few things at GC, including the Blues Jr and a Vox AC4TV I've been reading a lot of good things about.
Stosh
Bronze Knight of the Realm
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Picked up the Blues Jr. after all. Tone-wise, even my newbie ears could tell that it was the nicest thing among the options I was looking at.
Not much of interest came out of NAMM this term but this caught my eye :
SOftware editor for Toneprint :
http://www.tcelectronic.com/toneprint-editor/
SOftware editor for Toneprint :
http://www.tcelectronic.com/toneprint-editor/
BTW if anyone has a Nexus 10 or similar larger tablet Ultimate Guitar has a Tabs Pro app that is pretty nice. It is basically the Pro tabs they have on their website but shrunk down for tablet viewing. So now I just load up the app on my tablet, put the tablet on the sheet music holder and use that. Works out pretty nice. Still plays the song and everything for you so it's great if you're completely tempo inept like myself.
I tried it on my Nexus 7 and felt it was too small to really see the music.
I tried it on my Nexus 7 and felt it was too small to really see the music.
Yay first post on new forums.
Does anyone have suggestions on a good wah? I have an original crybaby but I don't care for it much. Been looking at the Bad Horsie 2 but there are so many choices.
I'd also like to express my love for the Blackstar HT-5R. Best sounding bedroom amp I've ever used. Does very well at lower volumes and you should be able to get a good tone without disturbing other people, as long as you don't live in a house or apartment with paper thin walls. Bonus points for having an aux input so you can play downloaded backup tracks through your amp instead of having to use a separate audio source. I'm pretty sure it won't keep up with a drummer and band though, and if you're into heavier stuff you'll need an overdrive to give it some extra kick.
The rest of my shit:
Epiphone Les Paul Standard w/ EMG 81/85
Gibson Les Paul Custom stock
Ibanez S470 that hasn't been touched in about a year
Keeley mod SD-1
Various other cheap shit (chorus, delay, tuner, noise gate)
Only using the SD-1 and tuner for the most part until I get a power supply on my board.
Does anyone have suggestions on a good wah? I have an original crybaby but I don't care for it much. Been looking at the Bad Horsie 2 but there are so many choices.
I'd also like to express my love for the Blackstar HT-5R. Best sounding bedroom amp I've ever used. Does very well at lower volumes and you should be able to get a good tone without disturbing other people, as long as you don't live in a house or apartment with paper thin walls. Bonus points for having an aux input so you can play downloaded backup tracks through your amp instead of having to use a separate audio source. I'm pretty sure it won't keep up with a drummer and band though, and if you're into heavier stuff you'll need an overdrive to give it some extra kick.
The rest of my shit:
Epiphone Les Paul Standard w/ EMG 81/85
Gibson Les Paul Custom stock
Ibanez S470 that hasn't been touched in about a year
Keeley mod SD-1
Various other cheap shit (chorus, delay, tuner, noise gate)
Only using the SD-1 and tuner for the most part until I get a power supply on my board.
I haven't checked it out before, but I do like the features. Like I said, there are so many, and google search brings up a thousand different people with a thousand different answers. I was looking for a true bypass but to be fair, I don't have a lot of effects so I don't think it's a huge issue.
I guess I should ask, have you used the original Crybaby much? It sounds pretty awful to me, but I am a wah noob so maybe I'm just bad.
I guess I should ask, have you used the original Crybaby much? It sounds pretty awful to me, but I am a wah noob so maybe I'm just bad.
Alex
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I used to have an original CryBaby and I wasn't a big fan because the effect wasn't prevalent enough. As for true bypass, I've used theBuddaanda RMC modeland think they're pretty great.
I know I posted this about a dozen times on the old site, but I never get sick of it. Pretty much the best lead tone ever. Marco is a fucking monster, what a fantastic player.
Noodleface
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