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Give A Hand To Your Fellow Gear-noob :) |
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Feb 10 2012, 02:40 PM
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I've been thinking to get a new rig for a long time but didnt have enough money to satisfy my needs. Now that I have a reliable income source I cant think a better time to strike on .
About my current gear; I have an Ibanez rg370dxl and a micro cube. I couldn't have asked for a better starter gear but now they are a bit inadequate for my level of play. What I want is, a versatile gear that I can get good tones. Lets start with the guitars. As a lefty I don't have much choice on guitars, only Ibanez and Fender are generous on us lefties. I am aware that my current guitar is one of the best guitars for lefties with some modification. It can be a total shred monster with some touch, and that's what I am exactly going to do: change the pickups. I have chosen DiMarzio as pickups as It was rather well documented than other brands. Here is what I picked: http://www.dimarzio.com/pickups/humbuckers...ivator-x-bridge -- D-Activator for bridge. http://www.dimarzio.com/pickups/humbuckers...uper-distortion Super Distortion for bridge. Notice that; according to the website they differ significantly at trem-mid-bass settings. For Neck pickups: http://www.dimarzio.com/pickups/humbuckers/breed-neck http://www.dimarzio.com/pickups/humbuckers/liquifire Some elaboration on these pickups are much appreciated. Furthermore, I'm planning to get a new axe for blues-rock spectrum. I'm planning to get a Mexican Stratocaster as clean sounds from my Ibanez never sounded good enough(and hell, its a Stratocaster that I always wanted ) . I've always wanted to focus on blues but all I can get was frustration . I've heard that Mexican Strats are weaker than their American cousins and this leaves me in a dilemma. As an amplifier I cant think an alternative to Roland Cube 80x. I was pretty content with my micro-cube, and this amplifier offers nearly everything I ask. Here is a link for 80x : http://www.rolandus.com/products/productde...?ProductId=1122 After I choose what to do, I'll go after pedal settings. Please keep in mind that I have absolutely no previous knowledge about gears, every detail and advice will be much appreciated. Cheers! |
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Feb 13 2012, 02:06 PM |
Thanks for the guidance guys After jax's post, I took a look into petrucci combo and they kinda attracted me, I'm probably going to install those pickups (CrunchLab - LiquiFire). I can spend 600-700 $ on amplifier(can push a little more if something significant comes up). I don't think I'm going to play at huge venues too soon but the amp I'm going to buy must be powerful enough to rock your run-off-the-mill places. Hmmm, you would probably want a combo not a separate head and cabinet if you are not heading for big venues yet. So, here's what I would choose if i had that budget and be willing to push it up a bit. Since out of what I am figuring out, you want an amp that will rock, here we go: http://www.thomann.de/gb/peavey_valve_king...tarrencombo.htm http://www.thomann.de/gb/peavey_6505_plus_112_combo.htm http://www.thomann.de/gb/blackstar_ht_stag...venue_combo.htm http://www.thomann.de/gb/peavey_valve_king_212.htm http://www.thomann.de/gb/blackstar_ht_club...venue_combo.htm these are just a few, but I chose them, having in mind a few things as the budget, tubes, rock oriented sound let me know what you think man Cosmin |
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Feb 16 2012, 06:23 PM
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Hmmm, you would probably want a combo not a separate head and cabinet if you are not heading for big venues yet. So, here's what I would choose if i had that budget and be willing to push it up a bit. Since out of what I am figuring out, you want an amp that will rock, here we go: http://www.thomann.de/gb/peavey_valve_king...tarrencombo.htm http://www.thomann.de/gb/peavey_6505_plus_112_combo.htm http://www.thomann.de/gb/blackstar_ht_stag...venue_combo.htm http://www.thomann.de/gb/peavey_valve_king_212.htm http://www.thomann.de/gb/blackstar_ht_club...venue_combo.htm these are just a few, but I chose them, having in mind a few things as the budget, tubes, rock oriented sound let me know what you think man Cosmin These amps look reasonable. There isn't a Peavey distributor here but Blackstar do have one. Alas, prices are way more than my current budget. I think new guitar has to wait a little more. |
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