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Oct 25 2009, 02:13 PM
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A guitar needs a proper set-up.
The other day a friend who just starting playing show me his "starter pack", witha strat clone & cheap amp. The problem was that the strat was so poorly set-up that it was barely playable, the action was rocket high, intonation was bad, etc. Maybe your strat is not set-up properly. -------------------- Guitars:
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Oct 25 2009, 02:27 PM
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I think you should wait a bit with purchase. You should take your guitar for setup which is a good idea since cheap guitars are not setup up properly and there for harder to play. You should take it to a local shop for setup its a well worth investment.
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Oct 25 2009, 02:55 PM
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oh yea.. thats when you need an amp to get to know your tones.
 Practice! Practice!! Practice!!! Till then. Good Luck. |
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Oct 27 2009, 09:46 PM
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This may be acquard to you, but I advise that you spend that money on a good audio interface, like POD Studio UX1, or POD X3 or something. This will enable you to play, practice and record with a variety of tones. For 300-400e you cannot get an amp that will give you that much tones and enable you to record anything.
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Oct 28 2009, 05:31 AM
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100% agree with you Ivan. Recording is super important to really listen how you are playing, fine tune mistakes and tone.
Also a good interface will allow you to have a LOT of different professional tones and also allow you to do much more, like recording backing tracks, or layer your guitar and make arrangements. QUOTE (Ivan Milenkovic @ Oct 27 2009, 03:46 PM)  This may be acquard to you, but I advise that you spend that money on a good audio interface, like POD Studio UX1, or POD X3 or something. This will enable you to play, practice and record with a variety of tones. For 300-400e you cannot get an amp that will give you that much tones and enable you to record anything. --------------------  Check my Instructor Profile Rockers! Got a Blog too!, www.adriantracks.com Follow me on facebook and youtube! -Youtube   |
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Oct 28 2009, 08:36 AM
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I think you won't need the super quality POD with hundreds of presets and features. You never really have to explore all those presets.. I bought GNX4 few years ago and I never actually played more than 4-5 presets. Clean, distortion, lead tone and Wah at times. After a year or so, I got annoyed with the digital sound and now m using a tube amp instead. Althought I have the GNX4, I never use it now.
So, the point is, you will always want to upgrade when you start learning more about sound and guitar playing. So, instead of doing a 400$ purchase at this point, I would recommend you to start off with cheaper ones and get one clean tone you like and one lead tone you like and start improving your playing skills. Some really small ones but with great tones which has been recommended here as well are : Line 6 POD 2.0 PX4D PX5D Toneport UX1 - Review on GMC and the famous PX4D review (thread here) by the great Muris Varajic! Good Luck! Note: I think all of these have USB recording facility which is what you really need to improve. Also, if you really want to get it cheap, buy used ones (near you if available). |
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Oct 28 2009, 08:36 AM
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QUOTE (maharzan @ Oct 28 2009, 09:33 AM) I think you won't need the super quality POD with hundreds of presets and features. You never really have to explore all those presets.. I bought GNX4 few years ago and I never actually played more than 4-5 presets. Clean, distortion, lead tone and Wah at times. After a year or so, I got annoyed with the digital sound and now m using a tube amp instead. Althought I have the GNX4, I never use it now. So, the point is, you will always want to upgrade when you start learning more about sound and guitar playing. So, instead of doing a 400$ purchase at this point, I would recommend you to start off with cheaper ones and get one clean tone you like and one lead tone you like and start improving your playing skills. Some really small ones but with great tones which has been recommended here as well are : Line 6 POD 2.0 PX4D PX5D Toneport UX1 - Review on GMC and the famous PX4D review (thread here) by the great Muris Varajic! Good Luck! Note: I think all of these have USB recording facility which is what you really need to improve. Well I never actually said I would make a 400 Euro purchase but those are good suggestions thanks. Also what do you mean by USB recording facility? --------------------  |
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