Guitar-fi: help me pick a guitar/headphone amp

[patalp]

Seriously, try out an all tube amp.

[Hermitt]

That's a sweet looking ESP there afphreak, I really like flamed and quilted top guitars. But ever since I saw my first photo of a Gretsch Falcon, it was instantly on my dream list. Once my funds recover, I want to look for a nice little all tube 30w pignose. For now the black bird sounds awesome on my VOX AD30VT set to the AC30TB setting with a little bit of comp/reverb

Man, this thing is huge tho, the lower bout is 17". Kinda akward to hold while sitting down unless I hold it in a classical position

[rokko]

Originally Posted by Hermitt

GAS hit me bad yesterday...

Not sure what GAS is, but that Gretsch is a beauty!

I'm also looking for a headphone or practice amp. Thinking of a Fender Frontman ($140) or a used Princeton... maybe a small Peavey or the Roland yous guys mentioned.

The ESP from the OP looks pretty sweet; I was wondering about the Epiphones... heard they are no Gibson and don't stay in tune (all hearsay, of course).

Good luck with the ESP... I'm just starting to learn as well.

R

[Chu]

I have a quick quesiton for those guitar players here.

I'm thinking about buying a certain guitar. It's very well built and extreemly inexpensive. I don't want to link to it because, well, I know what you people do to Grados' on eBay and I'd rather not have that happen to this guitar

The seller says it's in almost new condition, has been sitting in the original box for about two years and only took it out a couple times to play. He has two puzzling assertions though:

(1) The guitar was never set up by a tech
(2) There is a very slight buzzing on a high fret on the high E string, which if set up properly probably will still be there.

I'm a little bit worried about (2) though, because with my limited experience I would think the fret has to be incredibly badly aligned to make this sort of assertion. Am I wrong?

[lan]

There was some good deals at guitarcenter today. Got a bass though.

[Hermitt]

GAS <- Guitar Aqusition Syndrome. Almost as bad a Upgradeitus, but guitars can get rather expensive and there are literally thousands to choose from. Makes you want them all

I bought my first (Jay Turser Strat) in April of this year (2007) to start to teach myself


Then I ran across this Ibanez ADX120 Arondite at a bargan so good it was almost a steal...


Then I picked this Jay Tursser Colonel up on ebay at 1/4 of the retail price...


Then fate brought me together with my dream guitar.. The Gretsch.

I still would like to get a true Gibson (not Epiphone) Les Paul Studio with a flamed or quilted top and maybe a telecaster.

I recently read that Joe Bonamassa started collecting his guitars when he was 13 (started playing when he was 4) and just turned 30 this year and has aquired over 150 guitars. Now THATS a bad case of GAS!!!

[Hermitt]

Chu, if the fret buzzing doesn't go away with a good setup, it is most likely a high fret. Whoever does the setup will tell you if it has any high frets. One easy way to deal with it is to raise the action (strings) untill it doesn't buzz any more, or take it to a good guitar tech and have the frets leveled and recrowned. It could also be just a loose fret where the end it sprung and just needs to be seated or glued down.

[DJShadow]

Originally Posted by Hermitt

I bought my first (Jay Turser Strat) in April of this year (2007) to start to teach myself
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Then I ran across this Ibanez ADX120 Arondite at a bargan so good it was almost a steal...
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Then I picked this Jay Tursser Colonel up on ebay at 1/4 of the retail price...
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Then fate brought me together with my dream guitar.. The Gretsch.

I still would like to get a true Gibson (not Epiphone) Les Paul Studio with a flamed or quilted top and maybe a telecaster.

All that and not even a year (or five) has passed?

Originally Posted by Hermitt

Chu, if the fret buzzing doesn't go away with a good setup, it is most likely a high fret. Whoever does the setup will tell you if it has any high frets. One easy way to deal with it is to raise the action (strings) untill it doesn't buzz any more, or take it to a good guitar tech and have the frets leveled and recrowned. It could also be just a loose fret where the end it sprung and just needs to be seated or glued down.

Yes, but ideally you want to avoid raising the action too high as it makes flowing across the fretboard more cumbersome. The strings come in contact with your fingers sooner and for longer meaning a greater likelihood of your fingers inadevertently becoming 'tangled' when releasing and moving away to adjacent strings.

[Hermitt]

Originally Posted by DJShadow

All that and not even a year (or five) has passed?

Wellll.... I figured that this way, I won't get bored always playing on the same guitar while practicing

The great thing about the hollow bodies is that you don't have to plug them in to hear 'em.

[nothing101]

Originally Posted by afphreak

wow, thats a beauty hermitt!

just went to the back patio to take a couple of pics of my ESP LTD in the sun real quick:





theres some fingerprint smudges on the last pic, guess i should to get a chamois cloth to keep it clean

nice!! Its quite interesting how esp is the new craze at my school That guitar looks very similar to an ibz rg. just smoother horns.

My experience with headphones and guitar amps is not good.

ive tried using my little dot as an effect for my guitar amp and it actually works. not quite the tone im looking for though.

btw has anyone here tried lag guitars?