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the wizards beard posted:That is awesome, good deal for 50 bux. I've been looking for one for a while. I used crazedlist to search craigslist around the entire country and then emailed a few people who had them for sale. Sadly, the guy in WI who had one for $30 didn't respond.. Shartjorts posted:It took me years to fall back in love with my FZ-2 but its never been better. Good deal! What didn't you like about it for that time? I've never owned one before and haven't been home to even plug it in for the first time yet. Any tips on dialing it in or was it just that your taste in guitar tone had to make a loop back to liking it?
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Stux posted:Just FYI to anyone looking at buying either of these they are both fantastic. I'm about *this* close to pulling the trigger and selling my current amp to pick up one of these. Just need to decide between the Blackstar or an Orange Tiny Terror (which I also hear is nice). e: Current amp is a Marshall MG dfx my parents got me  ee: Are those two HT-110 cabs? They look different sizes to me, but that might just be camera perspective screwing with me. Hubis fucked around with this message at 22:43 on Mar 2, 2009 |
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Hubis posted:ee: Are those two HT-110 cabs? They look different sizes to me, but that might just be camera perspective screwing with me. They are I think. I'm having trouble getting an idea of how big the mini stack is though. I can't find the dimensions online anywhere.
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Hubis posted:I'm about *this* close to pulling the trigger and selling my current amp to pick up one of these. Just need to decide between the Blackstar or an Orange Tiny Terror (which I also hear is nice). Yeah they are both the 110s, its just the weird angle. Also I'd personally pick the HT-5 over the Tiny Terror. My friend has one and I think this little baby sounds a hell of a lot better. Also you get the two channels of course. Thoogsby the cabs are 16.5hx17.4wx9.8d and the head is 7.2hx17.4wx8.7d. Thats in inches. With the two cabs and the head stacked up its just shorter than an Ibanez Prestige case stood on end (click for huge low quality human being camera phone): 
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I already have a Marshall DSL 100 4X12. Is it worth it for me to pick up one of the Blackstar HT-5s? The literature seems to read like they work to emulate the sound of a British-style amp in the high-gain circuitry. Can anyone who owns this amp weigh in? Also, Stux, I have an EMG 81/85 set in my 121 Prestige, and it's a high gain metal machine. I would recommend swapping pups out.
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Early Cuyler posted:I already have a Marshall DSL 100 4X12. Is it worth it for me to pick up one of the Blackstar HT-5s? The literature seems to read like they work to emulate the sound of a British-style amp in the high-gain circuitry. Can anyone who owns this amp weigh in? The ht-5 has this knob that basically sweeps from american to uk voicing. Its really nice and you should definatly give it a try although I don't know if you could replace a large amp with it if you're gigging. And yeah I plan on putting in some BKPs which are high gain passives. Just need to get the money for them together.
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Woohoo Boss FZ-2 craziness. haha http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG5JB9aiAIc This thing is extremely high gain. That is with the gain all the way down. In this Mode2 setting, it's really not good for defined notes or a tight sound. It's the sludgiest, nastiest pedal I've ever owned for sure though. I'll have to tweak it around for a while to see what I can get out of it. (Yes I know the amp is shaking the camera like I'm in an earthquake. I actually taped it down this time to prevent that from happening but the ol' Electric Amp is pretty vicious)
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 I have a new friend  Went together pretty easy except for me breaking one of the switches somehow. I'll see about doing some sound clips if anyone is interested.
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Catastrophe posted:Woohoo Boss FZ-2 craziness. haha Every joker with an FZ-2 has to play Funeralopolis, what gives? (I did it too when I first plugged mine in) cheap sunglasses fucked around with this message at 02:53 on Mar 3, 2009 |
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cheap sunglasses posted:Every joker with an FZ-2 has to play Funeralopolis, what gives? Well..... it sounds like that song sounds? hah. Yeah I am really unoriginal.
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Catastrophe posted:Well..... it sounds like that song sounds? hah. Yeah I am really unoriginal. I think it's some sort of mind-control pulse that emanates from the pedal that forces the owner to bust out Electric Wizard. It also doubles as a cheap and effective dental tool. Have fun when your fillings start to fall out.
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Happytime. I have finally assembled everything! Dual Rec, Catastrophe's Hot Plate, and an Avatar 2x12 with Hellatone 60 and Celestion G12T75. It sounds awesome the small amount of time I've been able to play it. I've been super busy so the knob-twiddling has been very cursory, but it sounds awesome no matter what I do, pretty much. And somehow it makes pinch harmonics seem ridiculously easy. Sorry about the bad image quality. I'm terrible with cameras and also red-green colorblind.
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Raze posted:And somehow it makes pinch harmonics seem ridiculously easy. That would be the ludicrous amounts of gain.
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Raze posted:I have finally assembled everything! Dual Rec, Catastrophe's Hot Plate, and an Avatar 2x12 with Hellatone 60 and Celestion G12T75. It sounds awesome the small amount of time I've been able to play it. I've been super busy so the knob-twiddling has been very cursory, but it sounds awesome no matter what I do, pretty much. And somehow it makes pinch harmonics seem ridiculously easy. Argh I already miss the Hot Plate. Glad you're enjoying it, though.
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Raze posted:Happytime. Glad to see that cabinet ended up working out! What did you end up paying for it if you don't mind me asking?
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Gramps posted:Glad to see that cabinet ended up working out! What did you end up paying for it if you don't mind me asking? Cab was 468, hot plate 200, amp 987. So $1655, all told.
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dissin department posted:I'm..not even sure what this is Looks like a bleep labs thingamakit! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIiqGVKPgPE
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I forgot to post this. I commissioned someone on HCEG to clone a Lovetone Ring Stinger, seen here:  Still waiting for it to arrive, I had him paint it white so that I can draw cool poo poo on it.  I'll post more shots and sound clips when it gets here.
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Handen posted:I forgot to post this. What's the extra knob for?
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Gramps posted:What's the extra knob for? The Funk knob. 
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Just got C5 EDU: Click here for the full 1522x1740 image.
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Got this not too long ago. It's a Crate GT212 really nice amp and sounds great. Only downside is no headphone jack but drat it is loud.
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Gramps posted:What's the extra knob for? I don't know... Guess I'll find out.
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This should be coming to my door any minute now. Come on, UPS guy...
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DaFuente posted:This should be coming to my door any minute now. Nice, Im curious as to how you like this. People over at TGP have orgasms over this pedal, and I dont really get it.
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7 Bowls of Wrath posted:Nice, Im curious as to how you like this. People over at TGP have orgasms over this pedal, and I dont really get it. I was in Nashville a few days ago talking to a guy in a music store. Every so often, Paul Cochrane brings him a shipment of Tims and Timmys, so I put myself on the waiting list. The next day, the guy called to say that he just got 5 in and I was 5th on the list. I Paypalled $135 shipping included to the store. Soooo basically I just lucked into a pretty sweet deal.
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Raze posted:Happytime.  Clips as soon as you're able, mister.
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7 Bowls of Wrath posted:Nice, Im curious as to how you like this. People over at TGP have orgasms over this pedal, and I dont really get it. Timmy is a great pedal. The way its tone controls work (some before and some after the clipping) preserves a lot of your guitar's character, leading the TGP crowd to wax audiophilic about how it is just so darn transparent. Compare that to the Digitech Bad Monkey, an overdrive whose design has a somewhat homogenizing effect, making nearly any guitar sound good but losing some of the timbre of the instrument in the process. Transparency isn't BS, but the way it's talked about sometimes is. It also has a switchable number of diodes in the signal path if I remember correctly, which lets you further tune the sound of your clipping. I think it's one of the best pedals to use in front of an amp when you like your amp's sound but you want "more." It doesn't have a strong voicing of its own (compared to a pedal like the Vox Satchurator or the Marshall Guv'nor, both of which could almost be used as a preamp into a power amp and cab it has such a strong voicing), which is another design element intended to improve the transparency of the pedal and which makes it very versatile in terms of the gear you're using around it. It isn't going to sound good into everything, of course, but hardly anything does, and in my experience this is one of the more versatile ODs around. Plus if you buy it from Paul directly, though there's a substantial waiting list, it's only $129, competitive with mass-produced pedals like the reissue Tubescreamer or Maxon 808. Edit: They're not really "simpler," that was unfair. Agreed fucked around with this message at 18:58 on Mar 3, 2009 |
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Crosspostin' from my modeling thread... I've been lucky enough to get to beta test the latest version of the software, and publish a review based on my experiences. Obviously since it's a pre-release beta and hasn't received final approval from Fender, changes could be made to the software by the time of release or patched in afterward. But those changes should only be improvements, if they are made, and honestly it seems like a "finished" product to me, in terms of how it looks, feels, and sounds. The review's up at https://www.frugalguitarist.com, and I'll be happy to answer any questions about the software here. We'll be putting up clips later today or tomorrow, so if there's something you really want to hear, let me know and I'll try to accommodate you. To be clear I don't speak for IK Multimedia in any way, all I can give you are my thoughts as a modeler user, freelance reviewer and software tester.
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scuz posted:That looks REALLY slick! There's something about concise, awesome-sounding rigs that make me go Well, I do have a pedal board with a few things on it, but I'm a true-bypass whore, so they don't usually interfere. Sadly I have no real recording setup at the moment, but I can make "widdly widdly widdly" sounds into my headset mic to simulate the experience, if you so wish?
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Raze posted:Well, I do have a pedal board with a few things on it, but I'm a true-bypass whore, so they don't usually interfere. Sadly I have no real recording setup at the moment, but I can make "widdly widdly widdly" sounds into my headset mic to simulate the experience, if you so wish?   yes please!
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Any thoughts on this guitar? http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/product?sku=481915X Ibanez RG4EXFM1 Electric Guitar - Scratch 'n' Dent (Transparent Grey Burst*) Pretty cheap. I've always been looking for an old RG550 to play with, would this be close? Advantages/Disadvantages?
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Schatten posted:Any thoughts on this guitar? Ive probably said this a lot, but low end Ibanez guitars are great. You'll want to get it setup properly and also think about changing the pickups, but if you do both of those you'll end up with a guitar that plays far outside its price range. Even though they're made in Indonesia/Korea, the necks are almost as good as the Japanese models. I would recommened checking out the used market for Ibanezes first though, as you can usually pickup a Japanese model for surprisingly cheap, or one of the older Korean models which are absolutly insane for the price.
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Rojo_Sombrero posted:Got this not too long ago. It's a Crate GT212 really nice amp and sounds great. Only downside is no headphone jack but drat it is loud. Is the 'Murder Happens' sticker on your pedal from the STL band? I got a copy of their album from Paul at GC and its pretty sweet. That was a few years ago though, dont know if they are still around. Also i have a Crate MX120 (and a Fender Deville i use way more but whatever) and even though the tone leaves a lot to be desired i can melt the face off just about anyone with it cranked.
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Stux posted:Ive probably said this a lot, but low end Ibanez guitars are great. You'll want to get it setup properly and also think about changing the pickups, but if you do both of those you'll end up with a guitar that plays far outside its price range. Even though they're made in Indonesia/Korea, the necks are almost as good as the Japanese models. I would recommened checking out the used market for Ibanezes first though, as you can usually pickup a Japanese model for surprisingly cheap, or one of the older Korean models which are absolutly insane for the price. Yeah, there's a Prestige RG1550 on our local craigslist right now for $500.
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Schatten posted:Any thoughts on this guitar? Looks good to me. Stux is right that the used market is good, but if you like the look and feature set that's a good guitar for the money. The IBZ pickups tend to get shat on a lot but I actually don't mind them. I'd especially recommend at least trying to adjust them to the ideal height before replacing them; I get the impression most people don't since they just assume they're crap. That said, Dimarzios are awesome and the guitar would be that much cooler with quality electronics.
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Nosir posted:Is the 'Murder Happens' sticker on your pedal from the STL band? I got a copy of their album from Paul at GC and its pretty sweet. That was a few years ago though, dont know if they are still around.
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This is my next baby. I already own a Diamond Series Gryphon but I listen and play a lot of metal and I have been wanting a 7 string. Then the next purchase after that will be a new amp but I have no idea what's a good combo amp for metal. I love these guitars they're so pretty.  Click here for the full 700x250 image.
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Nosir posted:Is the 'Murder Happens' sticker on your pedal from the STL band? I got a copy of their album from Paul at GC and its pretty sweet. That was a few years ago though, dont know if they are still around. Paul is still at the Bridgeton GC. Murder Happens is in limbo or something, they do shows here and there.
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