Official Guitar, Amp, Pedals, and Gear Thread

[DerekS]



I can spend my time figuring out thing like ho to play a drop D tuning instead.

i LOL'd.

 

[poly800rock]



current gibsons are meh. decent i guess, but a FAR cry from the old ones. I will say that i loved my newer SG.

i really wish they offered the VT80 without all the knobs and effects....if it only had a volume and a tone knob, id be all over it for a practice amp.

a good gibson out of the box is 100% better than a good new fender out of the box. set ups are horrendous on new fenders.

 

[DerekS]



a good gibson out of the box is 100% better than a good new fender out of the box. set ups are horrendous on new fenders.

lolwut? thats a bit of an exaggeration dontcha think? Ill just assume youre a gibson guy.

 

[patrickBOOTH]

Sources tell me the current 2013 Gibsons are incredible, only the reissues of course. I love Gibson. Pio, don't get a solid state amp. They are for plebs.

 

[DerekS]



Sources tell me the current 2013 Gibsons are incredible, only the reissues of course. I love Gibson. Pio, don't get a solid state amp. They are for plebs.

if youre on a budget, those arent too shabby at all. However, i forget that Piob probably isnt on a budget. in that case...

VINTAGE FENDER CHAMP!!!!111

 

[patrickBOOTH]

Fender amps are only good with single coils, imo. 6L6 and 6V6 tubes pushed sound muddy with humbuckers. Essentially fender amps are made for Fender guitars.

 

[Piobaire]

I am on a budget. I have 10k worth of bagpipes I've not played much in a few years.

 

[Piobaire]

I am on a budget. I have 10k worth of bagpipes I've not played much in a few years.

 

[patrickBOOTH]

If only Caltex posted in this thread...

 

[DerekS]



Fender amps are only good with single coils, imo. 6L6 and 6V6 tubes pushed sound muddy with humbuckers. Essentially fender amps are made for Fender guitars.

ehhhhh i gotta disagree. try a gibson with some P90s thru one.

 

[patrickBOOTH]

P-90's is a different story. I still find 6L6's to not sound great dirty. EL-34's all of the way. KT66 is a good midpoint.

 

[patrickBOOTH]

Also, the best humbuckers sound very much like p-90's due to the mismatched coils.

 

[Piobaire]

See? Now I'm all confused and cannot act.

 

[patrickBOOTH]

?

 

[Piobaire]

If you semi-pros/long time hobbyists can't even decide on a pickup how's a noob to pick a single guitar he'll be satisfied with?

Also, those Vox have a tube power circuit.