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I would recommend test-driving the Fender Super Champ XD - the price just went up, but you can find them used under $300 (hey, sometimes under $200, I hear) and they're still not that old. Class A/B tube power section (15 watts, but sounds good on lower volumes too, unlike a 15-watt all-tube)...

I went into a small store near me that carries them. I like their designs (visually) and pickup combinations (like those with tele bridge and "revtron" neck). I have only heard good things about them and they've actually put thought into the pickups. they're great if you don't like changing...

GFS Dream 180 and any of their current Retrotrons (Memphis, Liverpool, Nashville) would definitely be very different. I have a set of Dream 180's already wired for splitting and have the Memphises (didn't split yet, but everybody who's split Retrotrons says their great). My dreams are in a...

well, with case it sounds like a really good value. IF that's the sound you like/want. And if you like it visually. I couldn't like it, but that's taste and you might PREFER it to stuff I'd like - so then you should get it. :)

yeah, my dislike for the artcores is purely visual. they're probably about the same quality, but since the Douglas comes cheaper - it just seems a no brainer. and since we're talking about a budget under $400, i doubt we should even invoke solid spruce tops :p And I'd just assume that most...

those ibbies aren't bad to hot-rod, but those ACH pickups are aweful (and wrong for this type of guitar). You could always buy this: http://www.rondomusic.com/product724.html or http://www.rondomusic.com/product1242.html or http://www.rondomusic.com/product1243.html Most likely pickups...

I still consider my Fender Super Champ XD the best/most versatile amp in the price range. 15-watt tube tone (it's a digital modeling preamp into Class A/B dual 6V6 power amp) footswitchable (2 channels - clean and modeling) moddable - starting with the popular speaker upgrade and on to...

others are welcome to disagree, but i really think that if you simply upgrade your pickups (and if your current guitar plays well) - that might be all you need. i doubt that many (if any) production semis are made of carved (solid) woods - i think most (if not all) semis and full-hollow...

so you mean the new kits you buy don't even have magnetized magnets? one would have to DIY it? doesn't that take a machine? I didn't know that! (and that's why I'm not in the pickup making business!) :rolleyes:

A. could you make a decent pickup in the first few tries? maybe. but to be able to make a consistently GREAT pickup, which you can call a certain "model" and which would have predictable "specs", for that you'll have to go through thousands of mediocre tries. B. could you make a really good...

I think I could agree, especially if you think of them as filtertron "copies". They'd look goofy in a gretsch (except maybe electromatic 5120's which already look goofy with those "dumbuckers"). They can look good and even great in other guitars which are being "styled" as gretsch without being...

I have a pair of the current-production GFS Retrotron Memphis alnico 2 pickups in my archtop (they're fantastic): but do you remember a few years ago when they looked like this: that's a picture of the original Nashville (ceramic), but I don't have an actual picture of the original...

Ok, the dude is on a budget (even considering ... Rogue) and nobody mentions: www.RondoMusic.com shame on yous :D seriously, though, Rondo's SX line makes excellent copies of Fender strats/teles/basses, which are quite playable and way better than squier (and IMHO even better than many MIM...

congrats, looking forward to that review! I test-drove this same rig at a store a few weeks ago and really dug the tone. I would SO spray-paint mine orange (i have an orange archtop guitar). Otherwise I'd paint it blonde or tweed or some such. I already test-painted an older cheap amp I have...

el19, to "spread your sound" you need to mic your amp and have it go through the PA and floor monitors. that will sound better and it's "free" :rolleyes: re: daisy-chaining speakers, google "speaker impedance matching" and read up on that. I mean, I still don't understand what it means (of all...

el19, you're right, I misunderstood (because it IS confusing). you're still gonna have to wire up the 2 speakers together as a single load. from what i'm reading online (i am NOT an expert, i'm only participating, because i've had similar thoughts and also have an SCXD).. so, from what i'm...

apparently not, because you're basically trying to drive the two 8-ohm speakers with 1 power amp (which has a 8-16 ohm power out). From what I understand, if you run the 2 speakers together (I wanted to do that too) you'll end up with a 16 ohm load, which will defeat the purpose of having 2...

there's been good guitar forums, but the trouble is: once guitar players find out and membership grows, those "values" you're looking for get diluted by useless information, political (etc.) 'debates', etc. lately i've been mostly using this one, also gretschpages.com and agileguitarforums.com...

i haven't seen any. among other things you'd need a "drive" knob added. i really don't think so. what you COULD do is the "line in" mod and then use a modeling preamp (like pod or vamp). That's like turning your SCXD into a "power engine" - just the Class A/B power section. MODS like that VOID...

www.RondoMusic.com - been around for a while, you can google for reviews by model number. Outstanding service and great deals on guitars - some are "mod platforms", others excellent as is. most of them have better woods than Squier (and likely MIM fenders) or even "cheaper" Epiphones. there's...