What is your next guitar/gear purchase gonna be?

[MoistTowelette]

Bought an ISP Vector 210 sub on a whim. I've been looking for but haven't been able to find the vector sl for awhile. Have no idea how well the 210 will stack up but excited to try it out. Also picked up an ESP Technical House guitar in a trade. I'll post it in the ESP thread tomorrow when I get a chance.

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

Well shit that Strat project is gonna happen lol. Found a candy apple red Affinity Strat for a hundo so I'm gonna work it off that

So I thought I was gonna get a reverse/lefty neck for this. But that'll probably be a more down-the-road thing. At the moment I'm thinking of just leaving the neck be and refinishing the headstock black

Order a black H-H pickguard, low-profile pickup rings for that primo heavily-modded-70s/80s strat look. I was debating on going H-S, but I found an 81/85 set for a stupid price so H-H. I still wanna get the thing in my hands though before I go full steam ahead

So yeah totally not planning a Brad Gillis sorta-ripoff project.

 

[Spaced Out Ace]

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So I thought I was gonna get a reverse/lefty neck for this. But that'll probably be a more down-the-road thing. At the moment I'm thinking of just leaving the neck be and refinishing the headstock black

Order a black H-H pickguard, low-profile pickup rings for that primo heavily-modded-70s/80s strat look. I was debating on going H-S, but I found an 81/85 set for a stupid price so H-H. I still wanna get the thing in my hands though before I go full steam ahead

So yeah totally not planning a Brad Gillis sorta-ripoff project.

That'd need a Floyd Rose.

 

[MetalDestroyer]

Theoretically the Setius I just bought. But this is my third attempt to purchase a Setius in the last year and I have yet to own one so who knows.

 

[Bearitone]

Kinda want to buy an oscilloscope with a big ass display just to run my signal through and sit on top of my rig:

 

[MatrixClaw]

An interesting one, for sure. Overall, the EQ is very subtle past like 1/4" of each knobs sweep, which is strange. Not nearly as much gain on tap as I'd hoped, either. It has a really cool tone underneath it all, but balancing the EQ to get enough chunk while also retaining clarity is difficult. Interestingly - the clean channel is GREAT and it's super simple, just a volume and a tone.

That said, when boosted, this thing REALLY comes to life. Freaking brutal, indeed. It's supposedly in the same family as the SLO/Recto but I'm not sure I'm really hearing it. It's got kind of a Marshall flavor to it, but as if you rolled off the top end pretty aggressively. Not really sure how to describe it yet. Gotta play with it more!

 

[Choop]

I suggest start with the OG circuits: cheaper, easier to find in various forms and you dont have to spend a lot to see if you like it. This has worked out for me

Also any amp is a doom amp if you play doom riffs on it fuzz will get you most of the way there for sure.

My rec is a used ehx triangle fuzz (OG big muff ‘68 circuit iirc)dunlop fuzzface (ignore the shape fuzz face sounds great), cheapest Rat available locally and a tonebender of some sort. Treble booster is fun but not where i’d start.

In my fuzz journey, fuzzface is my main with big muff being wicked at wall of sound, tonebender mk1.5 for zipper splat goodness (theres many tb’s) and treble booster for a little extra.

Lots of folks love various Rat versions but the mid frequencies and me dont gel. Had a real one, didnt really use it, sold it. My fuzzrocious secret C is rat based and same deal (havent used its dip switches).

Thanks for the recs and advice! *thumbsup* Technically right now I'm ampless (except for an Axe II) so I'm kind of all over the place with what I'm looking for. >.>

 

[MetalDestroyer]

I've been going down a rabbit hole of a youtube channel called ambienttrash, and it's about as dangerous as collector//emitter. Anyway he posts a lot of stuff from Black Mass, a brand I had never heard of before, and they have a pickup set that is a humbucker in the bridge and a hum-sized JM in the neck, so I ordered a set. I've been looking for a hum-sized JM pickup for years and they're basically just not made by anyone so I'm pretty excited. Might also pick up something with 22 frets to put them in as well, unless I can find some self-control.

 

[Jon Pearson]

What is everyone's current high gain amp obsession? I've been having a bit of a struggle lately with my Mark VII - it's just as great as it's ever been, but I'm not sure that I am as in love with the Mark sound as I once was.

 

[budda]

What is everyone's current high gain amp obsession? I've been having a bit of a struggle lately with my Mark VII - it's just as great as it's ever been, but I'm not sure that I am as in love with the Mark sound as I once was.

Your preferred marshall flavour getting boosted by drive or fuzz

 

[CWill91x]

What is everyone's current high gain amp obsession? I've been having a bit of a struggle lately with my Mark VII - it's just as great as it's ever been, but I'm not sure that I am as in love with the Mark sound as I once was.

I’ve been in love with the Bogner Uberschall since getting the chance to play one, and I keep trying to get close using the Uber model on my helix but it’s just not quite there, or I haven’t quite figured out the trick to dialing this one in yet. But either way, i don’t see my broke ass getting an Uberschall anytime soon sadly.

 

[Jon Pearson]

Your preferred marshall flavour getting boosted by drive or fuzz

Saying your preferred Marshall flavor is a bit like saying your favorite jelly-bean - so many good choices!

I've been thinking hard about big brash Marshall sounds lately, just don't know if I would want something more 800 ish or more Super Lead lineage.

I’ve been in love with the Bogner Uberschall since getting the chance to play one, and I keep trying to get close using the Uber model on my helix but it’s just not quite there, or I haven’t quite figured out the trick to dialing this one in yet. But either way, i don’t see my broke ass getting an Uberschall anytime soon sadly.

No doubt, the Uberschall Ultra caught my eye when it came out. I don't think it's the thing for me right now, but I'd love to try one.

Anyone play a Mesa Triple Crown? Supposedly Wes Hauch used one for the Sarcoma album, that shit hits like a lead pipe, just not sure how close it is to the Royal Atlantic for high gain. I really liked the RA, but then part of me thinks there are better options for the refined high gain Marshall-thing.

 

[nightsprinter]

Once my rg5120m sells, I'm buying a used ESP and retiring my debit card. I'm gassed out.

 

[budda]

Saying your preferred Marshall flavor is a bit like saying your favorite jelly-bean - so many good choices!

I've been thinking hard about big brash Marshall sounds lately, just don't know if I would want something more 800 ish or more Super Lead lineage.

No doubt, the Uberschall Ultra caught my eye when it came out. I don't think it's the thing for me right now, but I'd love to try one.

Anyone play a Mesa Triple Crown? Supposedly Wes Hauch used one for the Sarcoma album, that shit hits like a lead pipe, just not sure how close it is to the Royal Atlantic for high gain. I really liked the RA, but then part of me thinks there are better options for the refined high gain Marshall-thing.

Well yeah that's the point - my preferred marshall (which changes based on the mood) may not be someone else's, and I'm not going to pretend mine is the best (though they are the classics for a reason).

Really it depends on two things: what voicing do you want, and how much gain do you want?

I cant get my superlead to volume of breakup, but unlike many that's not why I bought it - clean platform sounds fantastic (though a fender bassman is cheaper and in the ballpark..). I hit it with a fuzzface and to me it sounds fantastic. If I want to "modernize" the sound I use my carl martin plexiranger plexi side which gets me enough gain to chug and squeal and generally play loosely melodic metal riffs when the mood strikes.

The JCM800 is for me punk rock in a box. That's why I bought it. Yeah I can clean it up and hit it with fuzz too but the sound with the preamp at around 8 and the power section engaged is exactly what I want it to do. I haven't tried hitting it with the treble boost side of said plexiranger yet for a little squeeze, but I imagine it'll do nicely.

For vintage crunch I actually go to my JTM-45 clone as it has a master volume and does the classic rock/blues thing damn well (again, why I boughti it). It also takes fuzz very well and I'll do that at times too.

And if you want all those options for about the price of a JTM-45 clone/kit, buy an FM3 run it into your mark VII power section and enjoy.

 

[CWill91x]

Well yeah that's the point - my preferred marshall (which changes based on the mood) may not be someone else's, and I'm not going to pretend mine is the best (though they are the classics for a reason).

Really it depends on two things: what voicing do you want, and how much gain do you want?

I cant get my superlead to volume of breakup, but unlike many that's not why I bought it - clean platform sounds fantastic (though a fender bassman is cheaper and in the ballpark..). I hit it with a fuzzface and to me it sounds fantastic. If I want to "modernize" the sound I use my carl martin plexiranger plexi side which gets me enough gain to chug and squeal and generally play loosely melodic metal riffs when the mood strikes.

The JCM800 is for me punk rock in a box. That's why I bought it. Yeah I can clean it up and hit it with fuzz too but the sound with the preamp at around 8 and the power section engaged is exactly what I want it to do. I haven't tried hitting it with the treble boost side of said plexiranger yet for a little squeeze, but I imagine it'll do nicely.

For vintage crunch I actually go to my JTM-45 clone as it has a master volume and does the classic rock/blues thing damn well (again, why I boughti it). It also takes fuzz very well and I'll do that at times too.

And if you want all those options for about the price of a JTM-45 clone/kit, buy an FM3 run it into your mark VII power section and enjoy.

my dream Marshall is a jubilee, alas not in my budget either.