Using a bass amp for guitar
Question: What is everyones opinion on this? I play both bass and guitar, I know a mesa or marshall tube amp would be the best thing for the music I like to play( Slayer, Lamb of God) but I dont ha...
- Using a bass amp for guitar .
Question: What is everyones opinion on this? I play both bass and guitar, I know a mesa or marshall tube amp would be the best thing for the music I like to play( Slayer, Lamb of God) but I dont ha...
- Different guitar-amp settings and sounds?
Question: have a Strat and Roland Cube 30 amp, and just recently started playing electric guitar. Both have all kinds of knobs and settings. Are there some guidelines for standard settings for pla...
- Mesa Boogie Power
Question: I'm servicing a Mesa Boogie .50 Caliber + guitar amp. Nasty noises turned out to be a detached reverb ferrite...but various tubes want replacing to freshen it up. Can anybody help me with...
- Vox Tonelab help
Question: I'm a long time viewer (I hate that word lurker as it does sound a bit sinister) of this NG and belong more appropriately in alt.guitar.beginner and most of you guys seem to know what's wh...
- Gallien-Krueger guitar amp?
Question: Has anyone seen a 80's model Gallien-Krueger guitar amp? Not a bass amp, but indeed a rhythm/lead guitar amp? I tried one for year or so when I used to gig back in the 80's and thought I w...
- Mesa Boogies New Stiletto Ace(is it any good)
Question: I checked out the Mesa Boogie web site today and saw they had a new amp out this year. Stiletto Ace, I was looking at the combo, it's 50 watts. The description of what this amp has sound...
- how about acustic simulator by BOSS?
Question: how about acustic simulator by BOSS? anyone tried it? please post impressions about. Answer: I use an Acoustic Simulator with a Gibson Les Paul with single coil PA-90s. I also have a ...
- Down on Peavey tube amps.
Question: I had a 50 watt Peavey tube combo (forgot the model) a few years ago that I picked up cheap. It was ok and had a good overdrive till it caught on fire from a burning output transformer. ...
- Looking for a tube combo amp that can get good bluesey to medium gain sounds.
Question: I'm looking for a tube combo amp that can get good bluesey to medium gain sounds. I tried out the Fender DeVille but didn't like the overdive (great clean sounds and reverb) Peavey Classi...
- Peavey Studio Pro 112
Question: Anyone playing through the Peavey Studio Pro 112, transtube series? The built in distortion is okay, but I think it could be better. Wondering if anyone has added a distortion pedal on th...
- Do I NEED a tube amp? Which one?
Question: I play ONLY at home along to CDs, I have a Digitech RP2000 multieffects with good amp simulation. I like my Crate GX15. But, I'm wondering would a tube amp make sense for me? Why? Whi...
- Preamp vs. Power Amp Distortion .
Question: I'm in the process of doing some preliminary designs for a guitar tube amp. I'd like to have some comments on preamp versus power amp distortion. Should I design for saturation in the pre...
- Metal Guitar Lesson
Question: I'm 16 years old and have been playing on and off for about 2 years. My current setup is a Fender Pro 185 run through a BOSS Metal Zone, into a Gretsch hollowbody guitar. My major weakne...
- Vox Cambridge Reverb info wanted
Question: I've got a line on a Vox Cambridge Reverb for about $450. I'm an EL-84 fan and this seems like a reasonable price. I'd like any info (good or bad) about this amp from others please. An...
- Looking for a good book on Tube Amps.
Question: Can anyone recommend a book that will show examples of tube amp modifications? Specifically, I have a 1981, 50 Watt, Marshall head that has already been altered form 6550s to EL34s, and ...
- Electric guitar help
Question: I'm lookin to get an electric guitar for christmas... I got an acoustic last year and would like to learn to play electric now as well... My price range isn't really too high, I just want ...
- novice classical player
...icult to figure out what you're doing wrong My son has an affinity for Jackson guitars and Marshall stacks. Here are a few observations I've noticed watching him when he picks up my CG and proceeds to...
- fender amps
...ey are bright and shrill and brittle...In the right hands and with the right touch, both fender and marshall can be pushed into distortion quite musically.
- ART tube mp users
Question: Im trying to find out if there is a way to back off some of the tube coloration.I bought mine used and I like it a lot but I dont know if the input or the output gain controls the colorat...