Public service shout out

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SHEPPARDB.

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Just a reminder to all of you tone seekers out there that if you can save $300.00,then you can save $1500.00.Dont let a lack of patience decide
your next amp purchase.A quality amp should be in every guitarist arsenal.
I think a lot of the so called shoot outs of smaller amps round here are being
conducted by people that have no experience outside of the bedroom studio.
You certainly couldnt use any of those things and expect to have any headroom in a live situation.Why would you think it any more versatile in the studio?
Anyway,not trying to pick a scrap,just saying that most people that can afford $300.00 can afford high end if they want to.Skip that 6 pack after work
or the bag of pot.Eat ramen noodles for a month.Get a part time job.But dont
settle for shit tone.
 
hey, that bag of pot keeps me from killing people, and well the sixpack can stop!

self-control is a scarce thing for some people.
 
Since when does $$$ = great tone?

I mean, it usually does, but you make it sound as if any amp that cost $1,000 or more is automatically a tone monster and a wise investment. That's not always true. There are cheap little tube amps and SS amps out there that blow away some of the expensive, overpriced offerings by Marshall and other well known amp makers.

Tone is subjective to the listener and I haven't seen any documented proof that your ears are better than mine or anybody else's here at deciding what tone is "the best." And while your assertion is true most of the time, it's not true all of the time. This is 2008, not 1978. Technology has improved so much over the years that even small, inexpensive amps can sound quite comparable to their bigger, more expensive counterparts.

Besides, who needs an expensive high-quality amp anyway?

Great tone comes from the fingers, right? ;):D:D
 
Great tone is subjective. Who are you to say a cheap amp doesn't have great tone?
 
Buck62 said:
Since when does $$$ = great tone?

I mean, it usually does, but you make it sound as if any amp that cost $1,000 or more is automatically a tone monster and a wise investment. That's not always true. There are cheap little tube amps and SS amps out there that blow away some of the expensive, overpriced offerings by Marshall and other well known amp makers.

Tone is subjective to the listener and I haven't seen any documented proof that your ears are better than mine or anybody else's here at deciding what tone is "the best." And while your assertion is true most of the time, it's not true all of the time. This is 2008, not 1978. Technology has improved so much over the years that even small, inexpensive amps can sound quite comparable to their bigger, more expensive counterparts.

Besides, who needs an expensive high-quality amp anyway?

Great tone comes from the fingers, right? ;):D:D
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this man posted the words right out of my mouth.

Ive heard rediculously priced amps..vintage marshalls/fenders...mesas..oranges...and yeah they sound great..but i dont need that tone...i want something that i think sounds good enough to me...how about a thread around here about people that are proud of their cheap amps doing amazing work? Someone posted a sample out of one of those mini marshalls that i thought sounded amazing...I love my line 6 half stack, and when i crank up the metal channel that tone is sick(personally). This thread pertains to a lot of tube junkies that want to settle for a cheap tube amp instead of going for the big ones their after, but im not like that and not everyone else is either.
 
Jimmy Page recorded songs with Danelectro guitars and Fender Champs.
My self I prefer having a few $300 amps over having one $1500 amp.
 
Over the last couple of weeks I have played my Les Paul Deluxe and a Martin EM-18 as well as an acoustic with a Fishman soundhole pickup through a '67 Super Reverb, a '63 Silvertone Twin Twelve, and a Pignose G40V.

Which one was best?

That's a remarkably pointless question.

When I was playing 'em, whichever one I was plugged into was the best.

Wanting the **best** guitar amp is like having four children, picking out the best one, and selling the others into slavery. Make sense?
 
lpdeluxe said:
Wanting the **best** guitar amp is like having four children, picking out the best one, and selling the others into slavery. Make sense?
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Point taken, but the way mine were behaving tonight...well you get the point.:D
 
cusebassman said:
Don't blame the Pignose, it didn't stand a chance to begin with :D
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Depends on the Pignose. As noted, I have a G40V (I think it is): 40 watts, I traded out the speaker (which rattled on the first note I played) with an Eminence Ragin' Cajun and swapped the middle preamp tube for a 12AU7 (slightly lower gain, gives you less harshness) and it weighs all of 31 lb! Compare with my Carvin X amp (now traded off) which was 91 lb, or my Music Man HD130 Reverb head + 2X12 cab, total 150 lb.

It only lacks reverb, for which I bought a Danelectro pedal of some kind and now it's a highly portable all-tube amp that makes me smile.
 
cusebassman said:
Don't blame the Pignose, it didn't stand a chance to begin with :D
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Nah, I'm not raggin' on the Pignose - it is what it is. I'm raggin' on all those people who had to have one of the nasty sounding little things just because they heard that EC had used one on - what was it, the Ocean Blvd album? :D

lpdeluxe said:
Depends on the Pignose. As noted, I have a G40V (I think it is): 40 watts, I traded out the speaker (which rattled on the first note I played) with an Eminence Ragin' Cajun and swapped the middle preamp tube for a 12AU7 (slightly lower gain, gives you less harshness) and it weighs all of 31 lb! Compare with my Carvin X amp (now traded off) which was 91 lb, or my Music Man HD130 Reverb head + 2X12 cab, total 150 lb.

It only lacks reverb, for which I bought a Danelectro pedal of some kind and now it's a highly portable all-tube amp that makes me smile.
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Right, I was referring to that 1/2-watt thing (or whatever it was).
 
Sorry to confuse - I was making fun of Eric Clapton, from the standpoint that any amp HE owns or has played through doesn't stand a chance of sounding good from the outset.

But moving on.
 
lpdeluxe said:
Over the last couple of weeks I have played my Les Paul Deluxe and a Martin EM-18 as well as an acoustic with a Fishman soundhole pickup through a '67 Super Reverb, a '63 Silvertone Twin Twelve, and a Pignose G40V.

Which one was best?

That's a remarkably pointless question.

When I was playing 'em, whichever one I was plugged into was the best.

Wanting the **best** guitar amp is like having four children, picking out the best one, and selling the others into slavery. Make sense?
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All kinds of amps make cool and different sounds. But I think the original poster's point stands. If you have to pick ONE amp, you should shoot your load and get a nice one. I like having several amps, but that's not an option for everyone.
 
For the record

One of the greatest guitar sounds I ever heard was a P-90 SG through a Pignose, the little one.

Of course, it was Frank Zappa playing it.
 
well, some of us are hobbyists.

i don't have to "save up" for an expensive piece of gear - i don't smoke anything and i can afford beer that doesn't come in 6-packs :D

i just can't justify even a $500 amp with my $175 guitar (don't worry, it sounds as good as a gibson, decent piece of wood + mods).

and i'd rather get an extra instrument, maybe a bass, maybe some other piece of gear i need. but that's only my situation - i "need" to own drums, basses, amps, PA - i can't just have one rig. i'd be playing with myself.

also some people go for small amps because of volume concerns. and transportation.
 
acidrock said:
Jimmy Page recorded songs with Danelectro guitars and Fender Champs.
My self I prefer having a few $300 amps over having one $1500 amp.
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I 100% agree. I would much rather have 5 amps that do one thing incredibly well, than one amp that does a few things okay.
 
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