RE: Talk me out of buying this
August 7, 2016 at 5:28 pm
(This post was last modified: August 7, 2016 at 5:37 pm by I_am_not_mafia.)
(August 7, 2016 at 7:46 am)paulpablo Wrote: It's actually very wise of you to point this out, I don't have an amp, I've got a model amp pedal which I plug into a bass speaker, it's actually not bad but a lot of people are sceptical about model amps in digital pedals.
Before I could drive I bought a pocket pod because travelling with a huge guitar amp on public transport wasn't doable.
When I was an avid guitar player I started with a shitty amp and a shitty guitar. I saved up for a professional quality guitar, a Japanese Fender HM strat. Sure it sounded better but the main advantage was that it allowed my playing to improve. I got so used to the feel of the guitar, the width of the flat classical finger board, the weight etc. I then saved up for a Marshall JCM 900 all valve combo and that made everything click. I didn't just sound better, the amp influenced my playing as well. It inspired me to get different sounds out of my guitar. I expect there's not so much difference now, but back in the 90's and noughties, an all valve amp was such a pleasure to listen to.
I know I've often retold this before, but when I wandered into a music shop in 2001 looking for a Fender Champ practise amplifier, much to my surprise I actually came away with a completely different amp and a guitar that I hadn't planned on buying. I tried the Fender Champ and it just wasn't what I expected. So the shop owner suggested I try this really old, tatty all valve practise amp that I had noticed in the front window. I plugged my HM Strat into it and just wasn't sure. The shop keeper then suggested I try a second hand 62 reissue (with Stevie Ray Vaughan Texas special pickups). He pointed at a large poster on the wall of some local professional blues player and said it used to belong to him. When I plugged it in, I suddenly had the sound that I had dreamed of for so many years. If the shop owner didn't have that guitar for sale, I probably wouldn't have bought anything.
Next time I walked in he was trying to get me to sell the 62 reissue and replace it with a Paul Reed Smith. The PRS by itself felt bland. He said that the previous owner of the Strat was hoping to get it back again. I decided to stop visiting the shop after that.
