Caparison?! AWESOME!!! Nice stuff man!
Guthrie Govan is pretty cool. I used to learn all kinds of stuff from him when he did articles in Guitar Techniques. That song fives is hella cathy and cool too.
I just ordered replacement tubes for my amp! 3 Tung-Sol 12ax7s and 2 electro-harmonix 6l6s. Plus I got a Dimarzio clip lock strap and some picks.
I play with a clip-lock. I used to hate it, but now I really like it.
Clip locks aren’t pretty, but they’re useful as hell.
I just hate how the clips are on my guitar even when the strap isn’t. It’s purely aesthetic, but something about it just doesn’t seem right.
I’m working on finding my high dollar strap locks, but I can’t seem to find washers in the right size.
I just saw a YouTube video of some guy wrangling a shockingly legit 1984 tone out of a Peavey Bandit, without outboard shit. I also seem to remember my drummer having a Peavey Bandit collecting dust somewhere due to a blown speaker. I might inquire about it, since buying a busted amp off a friend and replacing the speaker is probably cheaper than buying one fresh or off eBay.
IIRC, Bandits are fairly cheap to begin with.
Has anyone fallen in love with an amplifier?
I recently heard a Fender Twin Reverb for the first time.:lovin:
Picking one up in August.
$300 new, or something in that area. As cheap as that is, I don’t have that particular amount of money at my disposal for at least the summer, and it would be a major bummer to have to wait until it isn’t even prime gigging season anymore.
I want me a Peavey Ultra Plus head, the one with the light up logo…
sexy.
Damn! The Bandit in question apparently met its demise at the hands of a can of beer, which was being carried inside and burst while rattling around. Folks… an amplifier is not an appropriate beverage container.
I still want one.
Man… I got those tubes and I switched them out of my amp. The tubes in the amp must have been 10 years old… it sounds… like… A MONSTER!!! It really sounds a lot more clearer and crisper. Much more chunky. The best way to describe it is that it sounds like its actually breathing now… almost as if it was choking before I changed the tubes.
Amazing.
And the clip lock strap its pretty cool! I like it! Its more light weight compared to my other strap so its comfy.
Did you have to bias the new tubes?
I’m quite inexperienced with changing tubes, but IIRC, you’re supposed to re bias your amp when you change out tubes.
I didn’t have to do it because I used the same types of tubes as the amp originally had. 6L6 power and 12ax7 for pre. Theyre just different brands of those types of tubes.
Doesn’t matter.
Unless the tubes are set cold from the manufacture. A lot of Peavey amps are like this. Most are not.
Oh!!!
Well, I think I’m going to stick with the advice from a local amp tech thats been dealing with tubes for 35 years. Thanks though! :tup:
What’s a good guitar to start out with?
shrugs that would be your prerogative buddy.
http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/product/Ibanez-IJX30-Electric-Guitar-Pack?sku=517552
Cheap, decent, easy to start off with and comes with everything you need.
I can vouch for the budget-line instruments at musicyo.com, and the ones at rondo.com are supposed to be good as well. They both have some models below $100, which isn’t terribly common.