Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: Bradock PI on April 06, 2009, 02:33:44 PM
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Looked at one of these nice colour to go with my epi and the office in which it lives but also saw a cheap
http://line6.com/tonecore/uberMetal.html?utm_source=Index&utm_medium=DropDown&utm_campaign=UberMetal
pedal would they mix well?
I know, I know shouldn't be aquiring gear already - its a disease can't help it :lol:
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perhaps this is pedal-prejudice... but the Line6 UberMetal pedal doesn't seem to me to hold great promise :/
try a metal muff, or the mesa-boogie sansamp character pedal (california maybe). the sansamp in particular will give you a great deal of versatility, and you'll be able to use it for other things.
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the sansamp in particular will give you a great deal of versatility, and you'll be able to use it for other things.
like?
paper weight? blunt head trauma?
;)
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the sansamp in particular will give you a great deal of versatility, and you'll be able to use it for other things.
like?
paper weight? blunt head trauma?
;)
:lol:
more seriously:
direct recording, backup rig if backline goes down, portable rehearsal setup
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ah! good point, the sansamp stuff is good for that. i've heard of people turning up to gigs with just a sansamp and a guitar.
and they are quite solid, so will still make an excellent weapon :)
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ah! good point, the sansamp stuff is good for that. i've heard of people turning up to gigs with just a sansamp and a guitar.
yes, that has been me for most of my guitar playing career ;)
and they are quite solid, so will still make an excellent weapon :)
agreed :D
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Nothing. Nothing, i repeat: NOTHING with the name 'Metal' in it's name or mission statement will go well with a VOX AC4TV.
The AC4TV is a cute little friendly 1x10 combo that sounds good for light pop and rock sounds. If you are wanting something to sound "Uber" Metal, then you're going to need a big ol' stack of some sort, lol.
Or at least an HT-5...
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Hehe have a HT5 combo for wife mebbe this will complement
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The Uber Metal is a pile of garbage.
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Is this a good little amp then ? was thinking this or a superchamp for upstairs since we have the blackstar combo downstairs
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The ubermetal is horrible.
This, btw, from someone who loves his metal
Just get a vox valvetronix or a roland cube.
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Have a Vox DA5 the AC4 would look really cool in the office :D
Are the Cubes and Valvetronix that good ? I did like the valve tone on the Jnr blues and the HT5 but I don't want another HT 5 looking for something different to complement it
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They arent setting the world on fire, but they are very good bang for buck and give very useable practice tones.
Anyway, shouldnt you be practicing?
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Fingers are sore from holding chords G D7 A E Em - problems with paddy fingers damping those notes but gettin better.
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Dont press so hard.
Dont say youre not.
99.9% of new starters do, I can practically see it from here!
Get your guitar,
Touch a finger onto any sting, on any fret, just behind the fret. Dont press it down. Start picking the string. It should sound like a dead thunk. Now, very slowly, start applying more pressure, pushing the string down while picking it. When the note sounds clearly, add just the tiniest shade more pressure; thats how much pressure you need.
Any better?
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Thanks MDV yes does help, the ends of my fingers were really soft but because I used to weight train (powerlifting) I have a ridiculous grip. Indents a fair bit still even just at the point when it goes clean but still a huge improvement I will work on that now. My wife is way ahead of me learning house of the rising sun atm.
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Any time.
Any other questions or problems, you quite obviously know where we are ;)
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Dont press so hard.
Dont say youre not.
99.9% of new starters do, I can practically see it from here!
Get your guitar,
Touch a finger onto any sting, on any fret, just behind the fret. Dont press it down. Start picking the string. It should sound like a dead thunk. Now, very slowly, start applying more pressure, pushing the string down while picking it. When the note sounds clearly, add just the tiniest shade more pressure; thats how much pressure you need.
Any better?
Oh! I always squeeze everything as hard as possible, lol. That would explain why i seem to melt through frets so quickly...
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Yeah, that'll do it.
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I'm a fret melter too Indy :D
Over 30 years I've tried to lighten my touch, and I have little, but I can't get the tone I want out of the speakers without exerting a certain amount of brute force :lol:
So are these AC4s out yet then? Not seen one...
I got quite excited about them few months back but they weren't available... Almost excited enough to think about buying an amp to use instead of my trusty Vox Tonelab LE... (there are various old gigging amps secreted about our flat, but they're all too loud)
BUT, because I couldn't try/buy one, the 1st quarter's GAS money got used up on another telecaster and BKPs... :roll:
SO... if anyone does buy/try one of these AC4TV beasties, I'll be very interested to hear what they think :D
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Bought mine today was listening against the more expensive Fender pro junior and Fender junior blues there was not a lot in it except the tone control has a much wider range on the Fenders and the fenders go a lot louder. The powerswitch makes for nice breakup at low volumes. It has a great tone and the shop guy helping with the dem had not heard one before also thought it had a pretty cool sound. Mine will now partner aBlackstar HTdistX pedal so I can get more control over the tone and I can get really crunchy sounds as well.
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Bought mine today
Seeing as you have a reputation as an 'amazing negotiator' I wouldn't be surprised if the shop begged you to take the vox off of them for next to nothing :D
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Nah not this time these things are flying out the door !!