Ibanez Sa260fm + Peavey Valveking 212 Options

[SonofDestiny]

I used to have a H&K Warp Factor. It was a badass distortion pedal, but when I went from clean to distortion... it just sounded like shit. As if I started out with some jazz-stuff and then began to play some death metal So I sold that pedal and I started using my amp's distortion.

Now, that distortion should be good, right? And quite frankly, it is good, but not for what I want to sound like. It just sounds way too twangy for me now. My Ibanez sounds like AC/DC and I don't want that. It just doesn't fit in my kind of music. I've tried everything to make it sound better (with the treble, bass, mids, presence, resonance, A/B-switch), but hasn't worked so far.

So my question for you guys is: do you think I should get another guitar? If so... (and this is going to sound really like I'm a spoiled princess or something...)

My new guitar needs a very good clean sound. I should be sweet, not twangy and I want it to give goosebumps. I want it to sound beautiful and biiiiiig. It has to have a good sustain too. When it comes to distortion... I need a very unique sound, but not unique in a way that annoys. It should have a bit of a dark, brown colour. I want my distortion to make the sound of my band complete. Like a basis. But I wanna be able to do some soloing too.

Hmm... I guess this has become a bit of a weird story. I hope you guys got through it. Thanks if you got this far reading! I hope you can help me find a new guitar

EDIT: I definately need a new guitar. My fretboard is gone, it detunes all the time, it's just not my thing anymore. Shit, feels like saying goodbye to an old friend

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This post has been edited by SonofDestiny: May 30 2008, 09:14 PM

[VinceG]

for the guitar part, ever tried playing a hollow body guitar? They have a very big and clean sound w/o being too trebly or twangy. Try one.

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[Ivan Milenkovic]

Also try Peavey V type guitar. It is not twangy at all, and a great choice for heavy.

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[SonofDestiny]

Allright I'll try both of em. Don't think I'll go for the hollow body though... it's not my kind of biscuit really But who knows... maybe it's awesome for me

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