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I am Jake in Atlanta and have recently purchased a Schecter Diamond Series Omen - 6 guitar and a Roland Micro Cube amp.
The amp is just to get me by until I can afford a better one.
I was wondering what sort of petals and amp and other gear I should be looking at getting.
My lovely bride is going to be asking me for a Christmas list and I would like to know what to put on it.
I am interested in classic rock and blues as well as smooth jazz. I like a nice clean tone as well as a bit of heavy music, but not metal.
Any help would be, um. . . . uh. . . . . helpful.
I greatly appreciate the time you have given me by reading and especially to those who will respond with help.
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Sounds to me like either a Peavey Classic 30 or 50, or a Fender Hot Rod amp. I personally prefer the Peaveys, but you may have different preferences.
As for pedals and effects, I advise that you steer clear of messing around with those until you really need 'em, otherwise you'll just be wasting money.
What I'd define as "really need 'em" would be when you have a specific pedal in mind and know what kind of sound you are going for with that particular pedal.
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I personally would buy a Fender Hot Rod (either Deville or Deluxe) or a Blues Jr, then add a Visual Sound Jeckyll + Hyde overdrive/distortion pedal. The Peavey Classic 30/50 is great, but I think the overdrive/distortion of the Jekyll + Hyde is definitely better,
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All up to preference there. I'm personally not a fan of dirt pedals.
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I know it's a Christmas present but, do you know your budget? I'd point you in the direction of one of the smaller B52 combo amps. Great tone for a great price.
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Originally Posted by Casey I know it's a Christmas present but, do you know your budget? I'd point you in the direction of one of the smaller B52 combo amps. Great tone for a great price. That is also a good idea. AT-112 all the way!
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Whatever you do make sur you at least look into a Line 6 Spider 3 75 or 150watt amp. it has 400 presets and will recreate almost any sound. I am looking into one for myself because right now I am using a 10 watt practice amp.
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If you're looking more at Jazz and Blues, the Fender Blues Junior and some Traynor amps are all pretty good shouts, and for either of these, guitar -> amp is your best bet, but if you have to push it a bit dirtier, some smooth OD pedal such as the tubescreamer is generally accepted as the blues OD pedal. You may want to consider a clean boost pedal such as the Seymour Duncan or a MXR microamp for jazz and blues solo times.
Jazz-wise, people say its absolutely imperative to have a humbucker equipped guitar, and really a semi-hollow or fully hollow body guitar, but my friend and I play jazz from time to time and get really beautiful tones from a tele and a jaguar into SS amps respectively.
You have a Roland, whose clean tone is based on the Jazz Chorus clean tone which is one of the top three amps for jazz, along with the Polytone brutes and the Acoustic corp amps. So, for jazz and blues (flick the amp model over to blackface) you'll be fine with the microamp for the meanwhile. I've also seen people use a AER compact acoustic amp or a Roland AC-60 for jazz clean sounds before.
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You probly won't need to buy any pedals if you buy a Classic 30. Do you have a price range?
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You probly won't need to buy any pedals if you buy a Classic 30.
Not true. It all depends on an individual's need for effects.
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First of all, an apology to the admins and mods for placing this thread in the incorrect forum and a thank you for changing it to the correct.
Now . . .
Originally Posted by Casey I know it's a Christmas present but, do you know your budget? I'd point you in the direction of one of the smaller B52 combo amps. Great tone for a great price.
I would assume that the price range would be rather low, about $200, maybe a bit less.
I guess I just want some new toy to play with after Christmas and need to add a few things to my list.
I am mostly new to guitar again. I purchased a Jackson/Charvel back in 1990 and was mostly disinterested due to being young and battling depression. I did take up drums for a while until I moved from St. Louis to Atlanta and didn't have a band to play with anymore.
Enough rambling.
My first love in music was classical, John Denver, and the Beatles until I heard, ahem, . . . . Pour Some Sugar On Me and freaked out for Def Leppard's Hysteria. It reintroduced me to rock music and that is where my main interest lies, although blues and smooth jazz are interesting me a lot now as well.
But I still have a great love for a nice hard (not too heavy) rock song.
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You can check out a used Peavey Bravo or Triumph. Maybee a Fender Blues Junior.
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Since you're in Atlanta you've got a lot of options. Craigslist is a good place to look online. (atlanta.craigslist.org). There are a couple Guitar Centers in Atlanta that would be a good place to look for some used stuff. One of my favorites when I'm over that way for gear shopping is Galaxy Music in Stone Mountain. It's about 7 or 8 miles off the 285 loop (285 or 485? whichever Stone Mountain is near to...) across from Best Buy on the right if you're going away from the bypass. They've got a lot of good used gear and some helpful salespeople...good prices, too. There's another large music store in the same area as the Marietta Guitar Center...I remember it being past that "big chicken" (if you're familiar) on the left.
A Peavey Classic 30 would be a good choice for the styles you are interested in, but maybe a little out of your price range unless you luck out and find a great deal. They've gone for as little as $275 in the past month on Ebay. The Fender Blues Junior is another good one, but also probably in that same price range. The drawback for me for the Blues Junior is it doesn't have switchable channels so you can have a clean and dirty. It only has a "fat" switch, which isn't quite the same. That may be fine for you, but just not what I was looking for.
There's the Epiphone Valve Junior combo that goes for a mere $140 for 5 tube watts (plenty loud for practice and even mic'ing it live). No switchable channels on that one, though. For a little more you could step up to the Valve Standard at 15 watts and switchable channels. A bit out of your range at $299, but if you can catch a used one on Ebay or locally you ought to get it in your range.
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Thanks for all your help and advice. It is greatly appreciated.
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you could use a valve junior combo and use a pedal in front of it for more dirt if you need it.