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HandlingByJebus posted:I bought it without having played one ($400 is a reasonable gamble when I can realistically flip it for $350 without blinking if I don't like it) - just listened to all of the YouTube demos. That is because there is nothing stopping a solid state amp from sounding as good as a tube amp. Slew rate, headroom, even/odd order harmonics, reasonable filtering, blah blah blah. All of this can and has been tweaked to make some great solid state sounds.
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HandlingByJebus posted:See my rant on this exact subject in the Stupid Music Stuff thread. You were my inspiration.  I think several of the modern "amp in a can pedals" (some of which I own) are fantastic examples of this very idea since they are pretty much straight-up preamplifiers and they sound great and "warm" and holy moly they use jfets and transistors and diodes!
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Just remember they are gloriously "tone-sucking buffered bypass."
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Feb 26, 2017 18:37
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Shugojin posted:It got to the point of being generic because so many people use one or at least a circuit based off of one Also, Boss used the same 2sc2240 op-amp in most of their pedals of that era plus the 1n4148 clipping diodes are straight out of a Tube Screamer. Lots of similar in one box.
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Feb 26, 2017 21:19
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That guitar looks like you are holding a tuxedo mannequin sideways. And that is somehow still very cool.
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Feb 28, 2017 22:03
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Dr. Faustus posted:Ok, so my dead gay amp arrived back at the retailer this morning about 11am, and they've already shipped out the replacement tonight, for arrival on Thursday. That's a reasonable turnaround. Noice. I'm trying to find op-amps with a slow slew rate to replace the JRC 4558Ds in my Orange Micro Terror. edit: wow you're right. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNRk9mPJ_58 Dang It Bhabhi! fucked around with this message at 08:20 on Mar 1, 2017 |
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tarlibone posted:Much of this is new. I've taken it to a couple of rehearsals, and it's all cool. So I looked up your Phatbass because I'm always suspicious of "all-tube" overdrive circuits. It has an input transformer to take 12v to the 200-300v range, enough to soak the 4(!) 12ax7s inside. drat son.
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sout posted:Ah that makes a lot more sense. Better yet... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KigM0F9heE8  edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqAbB1piGSk Dang It Bhabhi! fucked around with this message at 00:47 on Mar 23, 2017 |
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Mar 23, 2017 00:43
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Stopped by a pawn shop while I was out today to see if I could get lucky and I did: One of the best overdrives for guitar and a genuine analog delay with a Cool Audio V3205 BBD chip. Result!
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Mar 27, 2017 23:08
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Just bought a friend's Shin-Ei FY-2 Companion Fuzz for $200. Gonna get my Jesus and Mary Chain on. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUH_kVFBlVM
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After The War posted:I would just be playing early Mudhoney riffs until My Brother the Cow comes home. Yea it was a coin toss which one I did first. You don't get a Superfuzz-adjacent pedal and not play Touch Me I'm Sick.
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Apr 3, 2017 07:14
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New poo poo day: some P90s for my Jazzmaster and a Sunn Model T in a can which will replace my orange micro terror as my recording "amp."
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Dr. Faustus posted:My buddy has been tracking solos for his LP and he's using Lollar singles in his Strats and they sound sublime. Is that a P-90 type or a soapbar? I bet whatever it is, it's fantastic and now I need yet another guitar so I can have a set of those. They are P90s in Jazzmaster form so less chime and more growl.
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Apr 4, 2017 01:51
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Do any of you own a Rivera Silent Sister? It seems like the only good iso cab on the market but it's $1,000!
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Gorgar posted:No, but I have a couple of the Rockcrushers with the EQ built in. Sounds pretty good so far, my iso cabs are in the storage room now. Rheostats ARE pretty good but sound off for me.
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Postmaster GBS posted:
People love their Tumnuses. Must be a great sound, I've never heard one. The Jext Telez White I ordered just shipped and I mean holy gently caress listen to it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaJDYYxQ6Ug
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Remulak posted:I like the casual 'just happen to have a Travis Bean' in there too. haha yea how I didn't comment on that I don't know. GIMME DAT BEAN!
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Apr 7, 2017 23:21
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GreatGreen posted:Jesus, did they really need to put that kind of distraction in the video just so they could tell themselves they're being progressive? I could hardly concentrate at all on what was actually being said. Yea I was like forget the pedal I want to lick that guitar.
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Apr 8, 2017 20:40
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The Leck posted:If you want to go cheaper, GFS has humbucker sized p90s as well. I've used the Mean 90 and really liked the sound. Or if you want to do it right: http://curtisnovak.com/pickups/Hum-90.shtml
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rio posted:
I don't really know anything but is that how the pole pieces are supposed to be?
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massive spider posted:I've always wanted to Les Pauls but the price plus the fact I don't like guitars with shiny finishes I'd be afraid to dent has put me off. That looks like my ideal paul. lawsuit les pauls rule and are better than the real thing usually: https://reverb.com/item/4417295-burny-fernandes-flg-60-les-paul-1978-mij-w-fenandes-stone-logo https://reverb.com/item/4820039-ibanez-les-paul-standard-lawsuit-guitar-w-case Dang It Bhabhi! fucked around with this message at 17:56 on Apr 24, 2017 |
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Carbohydrates posted:I had an old one of these when they were called the "Vintage Mahogany" model - I think that was the first run of the satin red and brown Studios, anyway. Really, really a great Les Paul. Also, the headstock repair is not a bad thing at all (except for resale value, which is lol). Assuming it was done decently, it's now stronger there than any other Les Paul. some aren't some are no big whoop. (ps gibson sucks) Dang It Bhabhi! fucked around with this message at 18:18 on Apr 24, 2017 |
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Apr 24, 2017 18:15
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Carbohydrates posted:Yeah it was largely gonna be about the semantics of what technically is and isn't (most of them) a "lawsuit guitar" and which ones are considered quality and aaaaa it's just an interesting topic Oh definitely! It's fascinating stuff.
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Apr 24, 2017 18:38
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Can you imagine Les Paul hanging out with Henry Juszkiewicz? "Surround yourself with happy, positive people." -Les Paul on being successful "I will turn down all requests for long weekends and for periods of less than 5 contiguous days without special circumstances. I also do not believe it is appropriate for a request of this kind is to be shared with others. This suggests where you are coming from [employee name]. I also do not appreciate being lied to about being ill so you can game the system to get what you want [employee name]. As soon as I return from my travels, I will schedule a private conversation about this." -Gibson CEO Henry Juszkiewicz in a company-wide email to employees on not taking time off ever
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Literally Elvis posted:What's this now? http://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2011/08/31/140090116/why-gibson-guitar-was-raided-by-the-justice-department Gibson management are assholes, basically. Huge, grade A assholes.
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Dusk Tiger is what I call my balls.
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I mean why wouldn't you go maple fretboard?! I respect your decision, however.
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Apr 27, 2017 07:31
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It's a MURDER Tele!
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rio posted:I don't know, the 1970's lawsuit Ibanez and other Japanese guitars are really good so I can't really get on any moral high horse about copies. There's a shitload of Tokai and Greco lawsuit guitars out right now for ok prices, especially compared to the originals. Given their weird history and known high quality, they are weirdly cool in their own way (except the Guild Polara S-100 which looks cooler than an SG imo). https://reverb.com/item/4894162-tokai-sg-japan-wine-red https://reverb.com/item/4990909-greco-eg700-1978-brown-burst-very-sweet-guitar https://reverb.com/item/3338512-greco-eg-500-super-power https://reverb.com/item/5009038-greco-eg-500-1978 https://reverb.com/item/4944134-greco-egc-super-power-1981 edit: also, nothing is a funnier, more low-key gently caress you to Gibson than proudly performing with your lawsuit guitar. Dang It Bhabhi! fucked around with this message at 10:57 on May 1, 2017 |
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scuz posted:
As card carrying member of the sludge doom stoner community, the idea of ripping the neck pickup out permanently is abhorrent.
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scuz posted:As a card carrying member of the punk rock community, the idea of leaving the neck pickup in permanently is whatever but it's useless. Oh definitely rip that fucker out. Punk does not suffer the neck pickup excess of the ruling class.
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GreatGreen posted:If you truly wanted to pay homage to the Stoner drone gods, you'd rip out the current net pickup and replace it with a Fernandez Sustainer system. Dawg I do whatever the reptile masters tell me.
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I've always wondered how adjust the intonation on a guitar with a bridge like that.
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Wow that's neat. Thanks. Also, speaking of one-pickup guitars: https://reverb.com/item/4700559-hondo-11-1970-brown
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Wark Say posted:Listen: Snakes for the Divine is one of my top 5 records from the past decade and "Bastard Samurai" gives me a boner, but let's not pretend that Matt Pike does anything particularly note-worthy with his tone. Uh Dopesmoker?
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butros posted:True fact: I prefer Holy Mountain to Dopesmoker Holy Mountain, the song, is peak Sleep.
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After The War posted:King Buzzo didn't need no neck pickup when he was building the sludge foundation. Oh look the exception that proves the rule (I think that's how that works?). Buzzo does as he pleases. He also uses solid state amps. HE DOES AS HE PLEASES! edit: I rarely used the bridge pickup on my Jazzmaster when it had original pickups in it, too ice-picky. When I switched to P90s the growl of the bridge pickup is amazing and I'm using it equally. Dang It Bhabhi! fucked around with this message at 04:51 on May 2, 2017 |
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ugh NOTHING worse than Om snobs! Sheesh! 
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Kilometers Davis posted:HoF is best because Pike realized 40 minute songs full of slow repetitive riffs are boring and fast metal rules. Also when all else fails take what you're good at and mix it with Motorhead. I dunno man I think what you like is cool and I like slow stuff too I think it's cool. More than anything I think we can all agree on being excellent to each other.
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