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Postby Dr.bob7 » Fri Jul 31, 2009 5:21 pm

Ive been playing my Acoustic lately but I got the cheap Epiphone SG Special bundle, It comes with an amp with very few options and I cant do much in the overdrive setting all it truely does is make the amp grumbly and adds a litle bit of edge to the sound, Ive seen amps at guitar center with many overdrive options on them can anyone recommend a affordable amp thats good quality?
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Re: Guitar Amps

Postby Omag 2.0 » Sat Aug 01, 2009 3:48 am

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Re: Guitar Amps

Postby Fozzer » Sat Aug 01, 2009 4:34 am

Ive been playing my Acoustic lately but I got the cheap Epiphone SG Special bundle, It comes with an amp with very few options and I cant do much in the overdrive setting all it truely does is make the amp grumbly and adds a litle bit of edge to the sound, Ive seen amps at guitar center with many overdrive options on them can anyone recommend a affordable amp thats good quality?


I would have thought that a solid-bodied Electric Guitar with multiple pick-ups (Fender Strat') would be more suitable for producing volume, overdrive, distortion, etc, together with a Valve Amp (Marshal, etc).

An Acoustic Guitar (steel strings?) normally only has one cheap Pick-up near the sound hole, mainly intended to just increase the Volume to the Audience, via any old Amp..;)..!

Paul...Electric Strat', etc, and various Acoustic Guitars (nylon and steel strings)... 8-)...!

I design and build my own Valve Amps... ;)..!
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Re: Guitar Amps

Postby scalper_old » Thu Aug 06, 2009 5:08 pm

I set of peddals would help to. Or a all in one peddal would be good too.
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Re: Guitar Amps

Postby ShaneG_old » Thu Aug 06, 2009 7:28 pm

I set of peddals would help to. Or a all in one peddal would be good too.



Agreed, look into a Zoom 505 on ebay, should be able to get one for around $20.

That combined with your guitar & amp, and you can make just about any sound you coud desire.

If you would rather just have an all in one type package, look into amps from Line-6, they feature a ton of sound fx built in, and software that models all of the great amps of the past, giving you virtually a ton of amps to play through all in one amp.
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Re: Guitar Amps

Postby Mazza » Fri Aug 07, 2009 5:11 am

You should get an Ulbrick amp, might set you back a couple of grand but worth it, I don't have one, But my best friends dad makes them ;D

You might not have heard of him, David Ulbrick, used to be a famous Aussie Guitar player  ;)

http://www.ulbricksound.com/

They make one of loudest amps in the world  ;D
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Re: Guitar Amps

Postby Apex » Sat Aug 08, 2009 10:22 am

I've always found Fender amps to be reliable.
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Re: Guitar Amps

Postby Jared » Sun Aug 09, 2009 9:09 pm

Im kind found of the marshall half stack with the 50W head :) I also have a small 15W marshall practice amp which works pretty well..

I use the Zoom 505 pedal for the effects... :)
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Re: Guitar Amps

Postby patchz » Fri Aug 14, 2009 1:50 am

[quote]I've always found Fender amps to be reliable.
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