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    #32
    It wasn't me!
    Registered Users Posts: 13,034 ✭✭✭✭It wasn't me!


    Heh. I'm starting to like the sound of this Microcube.

    /scowls at MG beside him.


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    #33
    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,359 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    TBH, I'm pondering getting a job til Christmas. Should end up with about €1500. Then an ENGL combo wouldn't be unreasonable or even something from Ernie Ball. Spend the other money on the amp or guitar (whichever I didn't buy).

    TBH, I'm not impressed by Mesa cleans. ENGL sounds nicer :D The microcube roxors tbh.


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    #34
    Karl Hungus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    Go for the job so, that way you won't have to skimp on the old Guitar, and at the same time, you can get quite a nice amp. Although I still say a Microcube would be a good option.

    Why not get the John Petrucci signiature model Musicman?
    How much would one cost, do you know?


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


    The JP model is pushing five grand the last time I checked :(


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    #36
    Karl Hungus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    ERK!

    That's a lot of money!


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


    Two and a half times the price of a Leviathan...


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    #38
    Karl Hungus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    Are you considering getting a Leviathan?


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    #39
    Mongo
    Registered Users Posts: 581 ✭✭✭Mongo


    Not a fan of the Tremonti SE doc?I heard they were good value!I don't know play bass myself.I like the distortion off a MGDFX.Better than a Fender Stage Combo.


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


    And tbh, the distortion from a Microcube is nicer than the MGDFX.

    Na Karl, too expensive for me. Plus the style doesn't suit me.


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


    Mongo wrote:
    Not a fan of the Tremonti SE doc?I heard they were good value!I don't know play bass myself.I like the distortion off a MGDFX.Better than a Fender Stage Combo.

    Nah, there are much, much butter guitars out there which just have less fashionable brand names and cost a lot less too.


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    #42
    D!ve^Bomb!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,089 ✭✭✭D!ve^Bomb!


    i have the mg250dfx... i have to admit,, depending on the settings you can get **** distortions.. but mess around with it for a little while and you can get some awesome distortion!!! and the effects on it are pretty good also..


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


    Hmm, it seems that the option for an ME-50 and and Engl combo are suddenly quite possible...

    Engl combo, about €800


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


    Get a better guitar then the LTD FFS!


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    #45
    D!ve^Bomb!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,089 ✭✭✭D!ve^Bomb!


    i know you said no second hand but... but.. mmmm


    36_1_b.JPG

    see here


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    #46
    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,359 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    TBH, my LTD feels and sounds better than basically every guitar I've ever tried. Admittedly, the only high end guitars I've tried have been a Gibson Les Paul Special, Gibson Gothic Explorer and a few high end Godins.

    As for that PRS, I've seen nicer looking haemorroids. TBH, if I was going to spend €1200 on a guitar, a PRS is near to the bottom of the list.


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    #47
    Doctor J
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,848 ✭✭✭✭Doctor J


    A Gibson Les Paul Special? Godins? High end guitars? This isn't North Korea, my friend.


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    #48
    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,359 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    Godin are made in Canada...


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


    Eeen my cowntreeee, Godins don't qualify as high end, more upper-middle class. Sort of like a new Primera.


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


    OK then boss, what's your version of High end?


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    #51
    Doctor J
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,848 ✭✭✭✭Doctor J


    This would qualify.

    rg8520.jpg


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    #52
    Zombienosh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,911 ✭✭✭Zombienosh


    big fan of ibanez aren't we? :cool:


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


    Unfortunately, I'm not. HAven't played a prestige neck but generally I don't like the feel of the lower models (rg570 etc)


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


    This too. The fact that the one your thinking of has LTD written on it suggests corners were cut somewhere.

    MII.jpg


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    #55
    Doctor J
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,848 ✭✭✭✭Doctor J


    Meh. Lower models and higher models are different guitars. If Epiphones felt like Gibsons, noone would buy Gibson.


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    #56
    Zombienosh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,911 ✭✭✭Zombienosh


    that esp looks like a jackson dxmg......


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


    See, I'm still trying to see the logic of running a €1200+ guitar into a €100 amp. Really doesn't make sense to me.

    That ESP is basically what I have, except in LTD with a rosewood board and EMG's. Bolt On.


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    #58
    Zombienosh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,911 ✭✭✭Zombienosh


    you'll just have to do what i did.
    blow all your money on the guitar then wait a while to get the amp.


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


    But my point is, no matter how good the guitar is, it's still going to sound ****e going through a bad amp.


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    #60
    Doctor J
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,848 ✭✭✭✭Doctor J


    The amp is temporary, the guitar is for life. If you're selling your gear to upgrade, then upgrade properly. Get a top quality guitar. You will always play that guitar, at gigs , at rehearals, at home, whenever, you will always have to play your guitar, so don't compromise. It will be the one constant in your musical life. Buy a decent amp for the moment, a la Peavey Bandit, Line 6 Spider, whatever. The amp will only serve a purpose for a time. It will do. When you do a gig, you may or may not use your own amp, either way, it will do. When you're rehearsing, you may or may not use your own amp, either way, it will do. When you're playing at home, are you really going to be playing loud enough to get the best of of a good amp? Unlikely. You don't really need a great amp until you're gigging and recording in studios. Since that may not be next week, or even the week after, I put it to you, you have time to save and get a great amp while making use of a decent amp in the meanwhile. If you compromise on the guitar or the amp at this stage, you will just be going through this process again in the future, for both the guitar and the amp.


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    #61
    D!ve^Bomb!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,089 ✭✭✭D!ve^Bomb!


    not as **** as a **** guitar through a **** amp


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