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dave_mc

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« Reply #30 on: April 23, 2007, 05:26:30 PM »
^ i'd have said the lack of krank was a sign of taste, lol.

they do have diezel though (also a sign of taste). and I can try engl here, lol (which allows me to skillfully avoid the fact that if I lived in exeter, I couldn't)...
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« Reply #31 on: April 23, 2007, 05:28:15 PM »
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^ i'd have said the lack of krank was a sign of taste, lol.

they do have diezel though (also a sign of taste). and I can try engl here, lol (which allows me to skillfully avoid the fact that if I lived in exeter, I couldn't)...

heh, yeah

diezel? the citizens of exeter aren't made of money!
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« Reply #32 on: April 23, 2007, 05:30:40 PM »
^ well, they had diezel in their ads, lol.
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« Reply #33 on: April 23, 2007, 06:04:01 PM »
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^ well, they had diezel in their ads, lol.

 :lol:

back on topic, then...
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« Reply #34 on: April 23, 2007, 09:32:21 PM »
oh yeah, sorry!  :oops:
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« Reply #35 on: April 24, 2007, 12:39:44 AM »
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Oh and I prefer to buy new stuff.


What's wrong with second hand? you can get the same thing for cheaper. I got a 6 month old Mesa Boogie F50 for half the original price.


Nothing at all, I just prefer to buy instrument/electronics new, I like to be the only one who's owned it.
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« Reply #36 on: April 24, 2007, 09:17:57 AM »
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Oh and I prefer to buy new stuff.


What's wrong with second hand? you can get the same thing for cheaper. I got a 6 month old Mesa Boogie F50 for half the original price.


Nothing at all, I just prefer to buy instrument/electronics new, I like to be the only one who's owned it.


High end amps tend to be like cars in that they lose a lot of the value when you buy it. This is especially true for Mesas imo I've seen dual recs and MkIVs go for less than £900. Oh yeah if you want bang for buck go for this I just came across this on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Laney-GH50L-50W-Head-Like-New-2-Months-Old_W0QQitemZ200102402074QQihZ010QQcategoryZ10171QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

£300 in mint cond!! Damn it why do good deals always appear when I'm not looking for them grrr  :evil: If you get a good cab to go with it you could have a kiler stack for well under £600.
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« Reply #37 on: April 24, 2007, 05:04:46 PM »
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Oh and I prefer to buy new stuff.


What's wrong with second hand? you can get the same thing for cheaper. I got a 6 month old Mesa Boogie F50 for half the original price.


Nothing at all, I just prefer to buy instrument/electronics new, I like to be the only one who's owned it.


High end amps tend to be like cars in that they lose a lot of the value when you buy it. This is especially true for Mesas imo I've seen dual recs and MkIVs go for less than £900.


That's because Mesa are so popular - Try putting a Diezel on Ebay and you'd get bids pouring in.
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« Reply #38 on: April 24, 2007, 11:57:34 PM »
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Oh and I prefer to buy new stuff.


What's wrong with second hand? you can get the same thing for cheaper. I got a 6 month old Mesa Boogie F50 for half the original price.


Nothing at all, I just prefer to buy instrument/electronics new, I like to be the only one who's owned it.


High end amps tend to be like cars in that they lose a lot of the value when you buy it. This is especially true for Mesas imo I've seen dual recs and MkIVs go for less than £900.


That's because Mesa are so popular - Try putting a Diezel on Ebay and you'd get bids pouring in.


actually, that's not true. There was a guy on HC who tried to sell his Diezel Einstein for £1100 and he got no bids in two listings. But yeah maybe he'd have done better if he started at a lower price.
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« Reply #39 on: April 25, 2007, 10:16:06 PM »
Koch Powertone II 120w head and a Koch 4x12 cab. I've got one and it just blows me away.

www.koch-amps.com
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« Reply #40 on: April 28, 2007, 01:07:54 AM »
I'm thinking about going by the way of getting a single channel lead head, maybe a Marshall JCM800 or a GH100L, And sticking a Distortion pedal infront of it. I dunno...

If I get one of these, are there any setups you recommend? Like is there some worthwhile equipment i need to get a clean to brutel agression.

Cheers!

P.S. BTW Can you daisy chain the JCM800 like a GH100L? I'm sure its possible...
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« Reply #41 on: April 28, 2007, 09:45:35 AM »
JCM800  :twisted:

Check out the protone body rot pedal, thats pretty heavy!

I think you can daisy chain them. Zakk Wylde does.
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« Reply #42 on: April 28, 2007, 11:02:20 AM »
I'd second that GH50L recommendation, never heard a bad thing about them. Fantastic cleans and very heavy organic distortion, not as tight as 5150/ Engl etc but still easy to get Thrash-sounds out of it. Considering its only one-channel its actually pretty versatile if you run a clean boost in front of it for the heavy-stuff and roll-back the guitar volume for cleaner parts.
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« Reply #43 on: April 28, 2007, 11:20:04 AM »
Quote from: ChrisMetal
I'm thinking about going by the way of getting a single channel lead head, maybe a Marshall JCM800 or a GH100L, And sticking a Distortion pedal infront of it. I dunno...

If I get one of these, are there any setups you recommend? Like is there some worthwhile equipment i need to get a clean to brutel agression.

Cheers!

P.S. BTW Can you daisy chain the JCM800 like a GH100L? I'm sure its possible...


Why would you do that?! Buying a JCM800 then running it clean is like buying a Ferrari and driving under the speed limits :lol: If you need cleans, I'm sure rolling down the guitars volume will sound great, then again I dont really like a pristine clean, I prefer it slightly crunchy when you dig in.

edit - I'd say, for the money, you cant beat Laney. With a boost, my GH50L can get seriously heavy if you need to (though thats not really my style so I never really do this - crazy_joe boosts his with an SD1-808 though and seems to like it). I have a load of clips of mine in my sig, probably not heavy enough for your tastes but theres an Opeth kinda clip which sounds plenty heavy to me :P
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« Reply #44 on: April 28, 2007, 11:40:32 AM »
Hey Tom, I didn't notice your Bark At The Moon and High Wire soundclips!

Now I want one even more :(
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