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[Arlabester]

[quote author=TNT link=topic=14020.msg182904#msg182904 date=1183522599]
Have you considered Solid State or a hybrid? Think of a band whose sound you like and find out what amp they're using maybe?
[/quote]dimes, but you cant get any type of amp he ever touched in his life.

 

[TNT]

Now we might be gettin' somewhere! :)
http://www.myspace.com/dimes
It sounds to me like they use a Vox AC30 or some sort of Fender amp with a delay pedal, plus something like a TS-808 or TS-9 distortion pedal with a Strat or other single coil guitar? They're fans of U2 so you could probably get close with a rig like the Edge.

Personally I would recommend for the quickest way from point A to point B and to satisfy changes in the way you want to sound a used Fender Cyber-Twin or a Vox AD100VT amp.

 

[Arlabester]

lol, dimebag darrell. not the band dimes.

 

[Zeppelin Rules]

[quote author=Arlabester link=topic=14020.msg182989#msg182989 date=1183569746]
lol, dimebag darrell. not the band dimes.
[/quote]

Didn't he use Randall's sometimes ? I've seen tons of those used on craigslist.

 

[Arlabester]

[quote author=Zeppelin Rules link=topic=14020.msg182990#msg182990 date=1183569894]


Didn't he use Randall's sometimes ? I've seen tons of those used on craigslist.
[/quote]thats all he used. but he played warheads and centuries which you cant find anymore.

he never used the krank. that was just for money.

 

[ESSER]

[quote author=Arlabester link=topic=14020.msg182894#msg182894 date=1183514188]
what do you mean by that?
[/quote]

I mean instead of poncing around for 15 pages, getting suggestions of folks of every concievable type of amp ever produced, go out and get one, Then if you dont like the tone, or its not enough like "dimes" :-X then return it or sell on and get another.

 

[Arlabester]

[quote author=ESSER link=topic=14020.msg183003#msg183003 date=1183578277]
I mean instead of poncing around for 15 pages, getting suggestions of folks of every concievable type of amp ever produced, go out and get one, Then if you dont like the tone, or its not enough like "dimes" :-X then return it or sell on and get another.


[/quote]i never wanted dime's tone. i wanted lighter.

and i cant just buy a custom amp and return it.

 

[ESSER]

[quote author=Arlabester link=topic=14020.msg183005#msg183005 date=1183578503]
i never wanted dime's tone. i wanted lighter.

and i cant just buy a custom amp and return it.
[/quote]


You said a few posts back that was the sound you want. Is this a wind up?

 

[Arlabester]

*smacks own forehead*

no. someone asked if anyone i liked uses solidstates. and i said dime, but any amp he never touched you cant find anywhere.

 

[ESSER]

Maybe this would suit you?

 

[Arlabester]

right now im just deciding between the plexi or the 800.

the plexi would be getting a master, more gain, jumped cables, an effects loop, and darkness.

the 800 would be getting more gain, an effects loop and darkness.

i like the classiness of the plexi, and its a tad more bassy, but im worried even with the master and the more gain that it still would have enough gain for late 70's early 80's mid 80's metal and rock. i cant really try one out, becuase if i even found one it wouldnt have a master...

so does anyone know?

 

[guitarweasel]

[quote author=ESSER link=topic=14020.msg183026#msg183026 date=1183583757]
Maybe this would suit you?

[/quote]

:funny: X 22,000 !!!!!

 

[ESSER]

[quote author=Arlabester link=topic=14020.msg183030#msg183030 date=1183584384]
right now im just deciding between the plexi or the 800.

the plexi would be getting a master, more gain, jumped cables, an effects loop, and darkness.

the 800 would be getting more gain, an effects loop and darkness.

i like the classiness of the plexi, and its a tad more bassy, but im worried even with the master and the more gain that it still would have enough gain for late 70's early 80's mid 80's metal and rock. i cant really try one out, becuase if i even found one it wouldnt have a master...

so does anyone know?
[/quote]

just hit it harder arla.

 

[Strange Brew]

This thread reminds me of a Marty Feldman sketch.... :)

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I beg your pardon?
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Charles Dickens?
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Did they.
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Olsen's Standard Book of British Birds?
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B-i-r-d-s?
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[Strange Brew]

sorry

just felt the urge to add another two pages....

 

[ESSER]

;D

 

[Arlabester]

[quote author=ESSER link=topic=14020.msg183035#msg183035 date=1183584600]
just hit it harder arla.
[/quote]no, i mean. the plexi that marshall makes would sound not so much like the plexi ceriatone would build, thats the problem. it would still sound like a marshall, sure, but a lot darker and more grit. plus i couldnt crank one that marshall makes.

 

[ESSER]

[quote author=Arlabester link=topic=14020.msg183047#msg183047 date=1183585472]
no, i mean. the plexi that marshall makes would sound not so much like the plexi ceriatone would build, thats the problem. it would still sound like a marshall, sure, but a lot darker and more grit. plus i couldnt crank one that marshall makes.
[/quote]

you could always boost it with a pedal. I find these suffice.

 

[Arlabester]

theres no point in purchasing an amp i still need a pedal to get the gain i want which is what i do now and is the reason why im buying a new amp.

 

[Strange Brew]

That's peddle with two "d"s..... :cry: