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    #32
    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,359 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    Mmm, seven.

    Ever think about making your own? Or getting a custom shop job?


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    #33
    Antisocialiser
    Registered Users Posts: 1,375 ✭✭✭Antisocialiser


    What amp do you use doctor j? RG2000 looks nice btw


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    #34
    Doctor J
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,848 ✭✭✭✭Doctor J


    No, and no. I'm too lazy to make a meal of something the good folks of Japan are pefecting. I want a guitar that will only kick ass, no funny business, no shenanigans, it kicks ass cos that's all it knows. The bass I got has convinced me that the good people at Ibanez are really doing a bang up job at the moment, I believe the Prestige line of guitars are as good as anything, custom built or not. I'm happy to play one of their guitars. Plus, I'm on a budget and my free time is scarce, so this is the way forward, of that I am sure. As for custom paint, I couldn't care less. Once it's not flaming, I don't care what it looks like. I want it to play beautifully and sound beautiful, that's what matters. If it looks nice that's a bonus, but I don't care enough about that to invest in it. I'm suck a clumsy bastard it'll be chipped and dented in no time, so I've learned not to get attached to aesthetics :)


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    #35
    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,359 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    Gah, I'd hate seeing damage on that guitar, considering the price of it. I'd be terrified gigging it in case some **** was light fingered and made off with it.


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    #36
    Doctor J
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,848 ✭✭✭✭Doctor J


    I've an Ampeg VH-140C that crushes. I bought it from my mate Big Al. He was looking for an amp many years ago and, when we found this, he wouldn't let me leave the shop while he went to source funds, I had to stay and make sure no-one else bought it. It has "the tone". One New Years eve we stayed in and played Sabbath riffs through it all evening... and it was the best New Years eve ever :D

    He sold it to me so it wouldn't fall into the wrong hands. it's a very special amplifier.


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    #37
    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,359 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    Ah, it goes to 11!


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    #38
    mr_angry
    Registered Users Posts: 3,312 ✭✭✭mr_angry


    That money's going to your head man. Meanwhile, I forgot to budget for LIVING next month. I reckon I have to find about €300 to keep a roof over my head! At least I have plenty of manuals to keep me amused during the cold, homeless months to come!


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    #39
    Doctor J
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,848 ✭✭✭✭Doctor J


    I've never put it past 3. It's 140 watts, stereo chorus (not that I use the chorus, mind) and louder than the devil farting in a particularily reverberant cave. It doesn't really need 11 :D

    You wanna hear Into The Void coming out of it :cool:


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    #40
    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,359 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    140 watts eh? All tube? Mmm, could be nice.

    Right, how much do I owe you angry?


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    #41
    Doctor J
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,848 ✭✭✭✭Doctor J


    mr_angry wrote:
    That money's going to your head man.

    That money went straight to pay off my college debt. I've got to work for this guitar.


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    #42
    Doctor J
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,848 ✭✭✭✭Doctor J


    feylya wrote:
    140 watts eh? All tube? Mmm, could be nice.

    Solid state. But oh what a tone :cool:


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    #43
    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,359 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    :o You, saying solid state is good??? I thought you were a tube only guy?


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    #44
    Doctor J
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,848 ✭✭✭✭Doctor J


    Not at all. Generally tube is better (especially compared to pedals) but I'm a bass player first, I grew up with solid state and any snobbery I had is long gone. If it sounds good, then it is good, it doesn't matter what it's made of. And let me tell you, this amp sounds damn good.


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    #45
    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,359 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    Good stuff.

    Tell me, have you ever tried the Fender FM212r?


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    #46
    Doctor J
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,848 ✭✭✭✭Doctor J


    Nope. I'm guessing it's an amp?


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    #47
    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,359 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    Yup. I'll let you know what it's like in a couple of weeks so. I was impressed with it when I played it in the shop so went online, bought and saved myself €100. ****ing Rip Off shops.


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    #48
    Karl Hungus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    I'd love to check out your amp, doc. And your when it arrives, feylya.


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    #49
    Doctor J
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,848 ✭✭✭✭Doctor J


    In time Karl. I have a plan :D


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    #50
    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,359 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    Karl Hungus wrote:
    I'd love to check out your amp, doc. And your when it arrives, feylya.

    Well, you're more than welcome to whenever you're in this part of the country.


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    #51
    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,359 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    Doctor J wrote:
    In time Karl. I have a plan :D

    Plan? Does it involve beer and monkeys?


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    #52
    Doctor J
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,848 ✭✭✭✭Doctor J


    Of course it involves monkeys, what a dumb ass question :p


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    #53
    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,359 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    Hmmm. Go to the PRS thread NOW!!!

    Monkeys wearing fezes?


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    #54
    Doctor J
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,848 ✭✭✭✭Doctor J


    iban82iceman-ic400cs.jpg


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    #55
    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,359 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    Tis. It isn't me though :p


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    #56
    Doctor J
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,848 ✭✭✭✭Doctor J


    Me neither, but it's easy on the eye. You going for the HH or HSH RG?


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    #57
    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,359 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    Well, I like HH cos my pick normally hits the single but the HSH is really appealing to me for both looks and tonal possibilities.

    But that's for teh future. Must sell my computer first.


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    #58
    Doctor J
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,848 ✭✭✭✭Doctor J


    Meh, for the amount of time I'd use a middle single coil, I wouldn't bother personally. In fact, I could probably live happily without the neck pickup too :D


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    #59
    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,359 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    No, I need the neck pickup. I really couldn't live without it. I love the bluesy type tones you can get by just changing to it, especially with the EMG 85 :D

    I'm actually looking forward to getting a good guitar now that I have a decent rig that doesn't include the words Zoom or Harley Benton :p


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    #60
    It wasn't me!
    Registered Users Posts: 13,034 ✭✭✭✭It wasn't me!


    Meh. I rarely use anything but my bridge pickup but occasionally I'll switch to the neck just for a mellow kind of style, and for cleans a lot of the time.


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    #61
    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,359 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    TBH, I just like playing with different sounds and tones which is why I want the ME-50 so much.


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