Guitar Porn - Show Me Yours

[PackJason]

For in the house, I run my keyboards through studio monitors, but for live performance, I run through this -- a Mackie srm450v3, 1000 watt monitor speaker.View attachment 378

Oooooo ... I bet that fucker is loud,

 

[blindbaby]

Oooooo ... I bet that fucker is loud,

It cuts through 100 watt Marshalls, no problem. The "1000 watts" title can be a bit misleading, though; sort of like the law of diminishing returns. It has an SPL rating of 127db. I'm pretty sure a 400 watt Marshall would dwarf it in loudness.

 

[DayButtAssMans’s]

It cuts through 100 watt Marshalls, no problem. The "1000 watts" title can be a bit misleading, though; sort of like the law of diminishing returns. It has an SPL rating of 127db. I'm pretty sure a 400 watt Marshall would dwarf it in loudness.

Wattage is the most overrated thing people get fixated on and rely on. It’s all about speaker area and efficiency.

 

[PackJason]

Wattage is the most overrated thing people get fixated on and rely on. It’s all about speaker area and efficiency.

This fucker agrees.

This

My buddy has this and it pushes huge sound.

I don't understand the sorcery.

 

[Illustrious Potentate]

This is my fiddle and bow. Ole Bull is stamped in the wood on the backside, but it’s a replica from the 40’s. Sounds great, I can saw a mean damn fiddle. The bow needs rehaired, but I can still make due.

I have cheap, Japanese acoustic guitar, but I’m only a 3 chord finger picker on the guitar, good enough for me, but the fiddle is my bread and butter. Can also play the mandolin at a high level(a mandolin and the fiddle have the same chords), but I don’t have one at the moment

 

[DraftNerd]

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This is my fiddle and bow. Ole Bull is stamped in the wood on the backside, but it’s a replica from the 40’s. Sounds great, I can saw a mean damn fiddle. The bow needs rehaired, but I can still make due.

I have cheap, Japanese acoustic guitar, but I’m only a 3 chord finger picker on the guitar, good enough for me, but the fiddle is my bread and butter. Can also play the mandolin at a high level(a mandolin and the fiddle have the same chords), but I don’t have one at the moment

That’s gorgeous!

Had to show my oldest daughter. She played viola growing up a lot.

She might be looking online for a fiddle now lol

 

[Illustrious Potentate]

That’s gorgeous!

Had to show my oldest daughter. She played viola growing up a lot.

She might be looking online for a fiddle now lol

It looks real good cleaned up, but I like the rosin powder there, it shows it gets played.

 

[Kburjr]

Not mine but would be a cool wall hanging

 

[Neighbordude]

My Martin Acoustic

 

[Neighbordude]

Nothing big. I just snag a couple minis that can be moved room to room as needed.

My Peavey Vypyr VIP1 - ran about $100 but there are some good tones/effects to be found with some trial and error. The XXX and Twin settings get used a lot. It sounds better than the price reflects with the exception of getting a muddy tone on the top E string Higher up the neck. But that's clean tone only and I rarely go there and any distortion/gain gets rid of it. I know it's not the guitar because it sounds fine on my mini Marshall.

Verdict - yes it is worth $100. I would buy it again.

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I have that same amp. Not bad.

 

[DayButtAssMans’s]

Does anyone have one of those stratacoustic or telecoustic guitars? Those are rad.

 

[blindbaby]

My Martin Acoustic
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Looks pretty sweet. Is that a Mahogany body?

 

[Poultrygeist]

The answer is Yes, it sounds as bad ass as it looks.

 

[Cobrabit]

Missed this thread when it was first posted and @rfjeff9 suggested I post up what I'm currently using.

Started off learning about 14 years ago after hanging out with my very accomplished cousin. My father lent me this 1964 Gibson LG0 he bought on eBay just to collect as he doesn't play.




My cousin was also building electrics as a hobby and around that time and helped walk me through building my own i based off a 1962 Telecaster:




Upon his suggestion and the fact he had never played a Vox, I picked up this Vox AC30CC2. I primarily played at the house and very much a beginner. He would borrow the amp from time to time at some of his gigs.




I then got married and other things took my time, so I sold the Vox, returned the Gibson to my father, and put the tele in the case for the next 12 years.

For Christmas, I bought my wife a Casio digital piano and decided to pick my tele back up. With a few gift cards, I also bought a Fender CD-60S and a Vox AC30 amPlug.




I've been practicing daily since Christmas and wanted a practice amp that could be used at a small venue if i ever got up the nerve, had built in effects, but still small enough to be a bedroom amp. After reading all the reviews and watching YouTube comparisons, I settled on the Boss Katana 50W mkii that arrived last week and I love it.




So that's it for now. Don't plan on buying anything else but there is always the plus- one attitude. If I did, I'd likely go for a Les Paul or Strat.

 

[Hu War Yu]

Here's my collection, starting with my squier. It's a dark green that you can't see all that well unless it's in the sunlight:

Here's my acoustic:



And my old bass amp that I'm still using:


This was my Aria Diamond bass that I owned for a long time, I recently donated it:View attachment 17868

 

[Hu War Yu]

Marshall MG10, I don't like it. The tone is good, but too bright, I feel like I am trying to play jangle rock. It is better than nothing but I wish I had a do-over and could spend a little more and get something with actual treble, mid, bass control. The way it stands, I only play it if I am in that room with my axe.

Verdict - do not buy. Get the next step up with tone control.
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I had been thinking about getting one of these, you probably just saved me 40$.

What would be the "step up" model? The 15?

 

[rfjeff9]

I had been thinking about getting one of these, you probably just saved me 40$.

What would be the "step up" model? The 15?

It has to have at least low mid high adjustment. I kinda been on the acoustic kick again lately so haven't really researched more. But yeah, stay away from this one, way to bright. Needs a way to tone it down.

 

[Cobrabit]

I had been thinking about getting one of these, you probably just saved me 40$.

What would be the "step up" model? The 15?

If you don't have someone near you can borrow an amp you're interested in or a store that will allow with COVID, check out YouTube. I was able to find a few comparison videos. Toby's Guitar Gear Comparisons were the best ones I found that took four different amps in a particular "class" and played them back to back for several seconds on the same riff so you could hear the differences.

Here's the one I used to help with my Katana purchase:




Here's one that was for beginner amps that included @rfjeff9 Marshall 10:

 

[PackJason]

Here's my collection, starting with my squier. It's a dark green that you can't see all that well unless it's in the sunlight:View attachment 17863View attachment 17865

Here's my acoustic:

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And my old bass amp that I'm still using:
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This was my Aria Diamond bass that I owned for a long time, I recently donated it:View attachment 17868

I really like the color of that Squire.

 

[Hu War Yu]

If you don't have someone near you can borrow an amp you're interested in or a store that will allow with COVID, check out YouTube. I was able to find a few comparison videos. Toby's Guitar Gear Comparisons were the best ones I found that took four different amps in a particular "class" and played them back to back for several seconds on the same riff so you could hear the differences.

Here's the one I used to help with my Katana purchase:




Here's one that was for beginner amps that included @rfjeff9 Marshall 10:

Thanks man, will give those a listen.

I don't quite have the ear yet to warrant buying anything expensive, but I do know that my bass amp just isn't optimal for some of the tones I want