Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: HTH AMPS on April 07, 2007, 06:50:53 PM
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finally got my Explorer all tarted up with the hardware I like, looks purdy eh? still undecided about the black pickup rings though, think I'll have some creme ones on there and see how it looks.
(http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/2213/korinaexplorer1ih5.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
the 'death metal' pedal is surprisingly good though limited to that one thing - not bad for £36.
(http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/8742/korinaexplorer2ru6.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
the bridge pickup is a Nailbomb and the neck pickup is a SD '59. Will be putting a NB neck p/up in there soon as funds allow.
the NB just loves distortion - begs you to heap on as much gain as you dare and still stays focused but is still a very natural guitar tone (not forced)
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SWEET!
I like the black pup rings. They bring out the pups making them easier to see!
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Love it! :D
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There is an exactly copy of that explorer here in brazil for sale.... oosp, the only problem is that its“not an explorer, but a FLYING V epiphone korina gold.
And the guy don“t want to trade it with me for a ibanez rg 570
ah theres an explorer too
same colour, wood/model
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Keep the black pickup rings!
I tried a digitech death metal once and it was surprisingly good for a budget distortion stomp box, much better than boss!
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i actually think white pickup rings would look better..
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I'd keep the pickup rings but change the pickguard to black :twisted: I love black on natural.
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natural explorers are really nice- awesome!
the decimator is a nice piece of kit too.
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keep everything the same. looks killer, and yes, the pup rings accent the pickups :twisted:
could you describe that pedal's (digitech DM) tone? also, could you tell me if you could turn the gain down and use it as a boost in front of an amp?
thanks dude, sexxxy setup!
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keep everything the same. looks killer, and yes, the pup rings accent the pickups :twisted:
could you describe that pedal's (digitech DM) tone? also, could you tell me if you could turn the gain down and use it as a boost in front of an amp?
thanks dude, sexxxy setup!
i have one, there is no gain knob. The gain is permanently set to 11.5 Its $%&#ing rediculous. All you have is volume, and an EQ... i find it has a very scooped sound, sterile lows, sterile mids, and hissing highs. I could make a PERFECT dying fetus sound with it though... heh I find that the gain is very buzzy grindy styles, very interesting tone... sounds GREAT when you downtune, not so much in standard tuning.
i'm addicted to valve crunch so i dont like mine anymore...
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keep everything the same. looks killer, and yes, the pup rings accent the pickups :twisted:
could you describe that pedal's (digitech DM) tone? also, could you tell me if you could turn the gain down and use it as a boost in front of an amp?
thanks dude, sexxxy setup!
the pedal reminds me of some of the bands I grew up on like Carcass & Napalm Death. it does have a naturally scooped tone but it's still ballsy - depends on how you have the amp set. it's a one trick pony, but it IS called 'death metal' so it's unlikely to do 'booster' duties or have much 'valve crunch' - not what it's designed to do.
I'm using this whole rig with the Explorer in D or C depending on my mood. It nails the sound I was after, but then again - I WANTED that grindcore/death-metal tone from the 80s that was all over those Earache records albums, most people probably don't (heh).
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Sweet!
Only one pedal and you have to use an ISP? You must be running some crazy gain :D
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Sweet!
Only one pedal and you have to use an ISP? You must be running some crazy gain :D
this one goes to eleven :lol:
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Where's the amp??
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http://www.digitech.com/flash/DeathMetal.htm
Digitech Death Metal demos
totally off topic - but what do you guys think is a better metal pedal; the digitech death metal or the line6 uber metal? Been looking for something HEAVY AS HELL for use with my ibanez (+Nailbomb) and 100W peavey poweramp. (looking for pure death metal tones kinda like WFD's 5150 clips)
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The Uber Metal is a great distortion. It eats batteries for breakfast though. And I mean this, if you play at night the battery will be dead for breakfast.
I couldn't find a sound I liked from it, but it's a real good one.
I thought the Death Metal was absolutely horrible and annoying sounding in comparison :P You may want to try the Uber Metal.
But neither pedals are really organic or natural sounding.
It's a bit useless having a BK and then playing through those pedals I'd say. I mean obviously it's better than a Powersound on those cheap Ibanez... but you're ruining the pup a bit.
If I were you I'd save up some more and get some real cool like a Vox Bulldog or a Radial Hot British. Or a valve amp with a distortion channel ;)
Though all this may just be me :)
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Where's the amp??
out of shot (heh), it's a '76 Superbass 100w head.
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The Uber Metal is a great distortion. It eats batteries for breakfast though. And I mean this, if you play at night the battery will be dead for breakfast.
I couldn't find a sound I liked from it, but it's a real good one.
I thought the Death Metal was absolutely horrible and annoying sounding in comparison :P You may want to try the Uber Metal.
But neither pedals are really organic or natural sounding.
It's a bit useless having a BK and then playing through those pedals I'd say. I mean obviously it's better than a Powersound on those cheap Ibanez... but you're ruining the pup a bit.
If I were you I'd save up some more and get some real cool like a Vox Bulldog or a Radial Hot British. Or a valve amp with a distortion channel ;)
Though all this may just be me :)
The uber metal is pure shite. I had one and all it gave me was gay line 6 nu metal distortions.
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The Uber Metal is a great distortion. It eats batteries for breakfast though. And I mean this, if you play at night the battery will be dead for breakfast.
I couldn't find a sound I liked from it, but it's a real good one.
I thought the Death Metal was absolutely horrible and annoying sounding in comparison :P You may want to try the Uber Metal.
But neither pedals are really organic or natural sounding.
It's a bit useless having a BK and then playing through those pedals I'd say. I mean obviously it's better than a Powersound on those cheap Ibanez... but you're ruining the pup a bit.
If I were you I'd save up some more and get some real cool like a Vox Bulldog or a Radial Hot British. Or a valve amp with a distortion channel ;)
Though all this may just be me :)
The uber metal is pure shitee. I had one and all it gave me was gay line 6 nu metal distortions.
Hehe exactly what I thought of the Death Metal or Boss MT2 myself. The Uber Metal almost felt right compare to these two. But still not organic enough for me. It's VERY modern sounding and yes, you can make it very nu metal. I boosted my mids myself though so it didn't sound anything like Nu Metal, sorry to disapoint you ;) There are many ways to set it up.
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The Uber Metal is a great distortion. It eats batteries for breakfast though. And I mean this, if you play at night the battery will be dead for breakfast.
I couldn't find a sound I liked from it, but it's a real good one.
I thought the Death Metal was absolutely horrible and annoying sounding in comparison :P You may want to try the Uber Metal.
But neither pedals are really organic or natural sounding.
It's a bit useless having a BK and then playing through those pedals I'd say. I mean obviously it's better than a Powersound on those cheap Ibanez... but you're ruining the pup a bit.
If I were you I'd save up some more and get some real cool like a Vox Bulldog or a Radial Hot British. Or a valve amp with a distortion channel ;)
Though all this may just be me :)
i have multiple valve amps.I'm not looking for something "organic and natural sounding", hence why i'm looking at cheap stupidly high gain solid state distortion boxes :P i just want something that will sound like death. my mesa's very bluesy and my marshall's very rocky and my matamp's very clean (and organic and natural), i want something really cheap'n'cheerful for the VERY little death metal i play.
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Well then the Uber Metal should be just right your alley :)
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Well then the Uber Metal should be just right your alley :)
sweet. thanks man
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Nope you're all wrong :P The 'old-skool' pedal to have for 80's/90's DM is the Boss HM-2 Heavy Metal, loads of bands were using this back in the day. Really cheap off Ebay too.
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Nope you're all wrong :P The 'old-skool' pedal to have for 80's/90's DM is the Boss HM-2 Heavy Metal, loads of bands were using this back in the day. Really cheap off Ebay too.
i've heard nothing but bad things about it though... keeley one looks good but it's expensive
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Not to be awkward but i think the Digitech will be better for Death :lol:
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bar-stewards...¬¬ *goes cross-eyed and falls over*
I thought this was gonna be a real quick decision, lol. Looks like i'm gonna have to do some more research...
http://www.digitech.com/products/xseriesflash/MetalMaster.html
the tour of hell setting on here sounds cool 8) the rest is yuck though
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For high gain death metal the Digitech Death Metal leads the way, such a good pedal for death metal, hence the name :lol: You can get it in my local shop for £45! Theres no point spending another 20 or so quid on something that you aren't really going to use, there isn't much difference in them anyways.
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I've got all the organic valve overdrive I want... '76 Superbass, 60's Laney Supergroup, AC20 (homebrew), 3x Simms Watts heads, '63/43 copper panel AC30, Fender Tweed Deluxe (5E3 homebrew). The last thing I need is more organic overdrive, I bought the Death Metal pedal specifically for masses of mental gain and that oldschool buzzsaw tone.
I got mine off ebay for £36, ended up as £41 by the time postage was figured in. Digitech also do a distortion pedal called the Distortion Factory, that'll do a wider range of overdrives/distortions... http://www.digitech.com/products/DF7/DF7.htm
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heres my rule: avoid pedals with "metal" in the name
i have an hm-2, and it sucks... no wonder it only cost me 12$... very nasally and smooth... no crunch that i like. Listen to a celtic frost album, thats straight up hm-2 tone. Its fun to put into a lightly overdriven tube amp though... that can get you chainsaw grind a la dismember... i'll post a clip
Personally, for the deth metallzlzz tone, i'd plug a tube screamer into a mesa v-twin... or just use a straight up engl preamp
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=686797
clip details:
eastwood GP bridge pickup (super 2), tone knob set to 0, volume to 10
--> hm 2 (volume dimed, gain layed off a bit... dont remember EQ)
--> marshall 6100 LM crunch channel, VERY sparing on the amp gain.
--> line 6 spider II cab
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heres my rule: avoid pedals with "metal" in the name
i have an hm-2, and it sucks... no wonder it only cost me 12$... very nasally and smooth... no crunch that i like. Listen to a celtic frost album, thats straight up hm-2 tone. Its fun to put into a lightly overdriven tube amp though... that can get you chainsaw grind a la dismember... i'll post a clip
Personally, for the deth metallzlzz tone, i'd plug a tube screamer into a mesa v-twin... or just use a straight up engl preamp
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=686797
clip details:
eastwood GP bridge pickup (super 2), tone knob set to 0, volume to 10
--> hm 2 (volume dimed, gain layed off a bit... dont remember EQ)
--> marshall 6100 LM crunch channel, VERY sparing on the amp gain.
--> line 6 spider II cab
y'see, I actually LIKE Celtic Frost.
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Yeah what's wrong with Celtic Frost?! :lol:
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i like the first two albuns/ep
Emperor“s return and Morbid tales.
Q:p
Not the new stuff. to slow for my tastes.
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Yeah new stuff isn't thrash anymore :(
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Yeah what's wrong with Celtic Frost?! :lol:
i just dont like their guitar tone... it doesnt sound heavy in my ears.
listen to my soundclip though! :roll: