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QUOTE (HowItIs @ May 31 2011, 03:10 AM)
The H&K amp is finished! What do you think?

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd103/laserspray/HKAmp1.jpg

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http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd103/laserspray/HKAmp3.jpg

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That looks great! I bet that it is loud.

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QUOTE (1-0-0-1-0-0-1 @ May 1 2011, 10:25 AM)
The following vid makes the rounds a lot in threads like these. For all I know it could have already been posted in this one. It's Joe Satriani playing someone else's cheap guitar through a cheap amp. Read the description first, then give it a spin:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9v5e1TTwts

I'm still not sure how much I buy this whole "the tone is in your fingers" deal, and this video is actually doing more to debunk that in my view. Yes that's obviously Satch and he clearly still sounds like him (unmistakeable), but I'm sorry that guitar and amp sound like 100% pure garbage to me. He's not doing anything to make the tonal quality and balance sound any better, he's just proving that you can still play well on a cheapie, not sound better. I agree that a big part of a person's signature SOUND is in their personality and playing, and their fingers, but their tone? Nope. Tone makes up only one part of what a person sounds like overall. People mistake playing better for sounding better. Not the same at all.

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QUOTE (1-0-0-1-0-0-1 @ May 1 2011, 10:25 AM)
The following vid makes the rounds a lot in threads like these. For all I know it could have already been posted in this one. It's Joe Satriani playing someone else's cheap guitar through a cheap amp. Read the description first, then give it a spin:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9v5e1TTwts

I'm still not sure how much I buy this whole "the tone is in your fingers" deal, and this video is actually doing more to debunk that in my view. Yes that's obviously Satch and he clearly still sounds like him (unmistakeable), but I'm sorry that guitar and amp sound like 100% pure garbage to me. He's not doing anything to make the tonal quality and balance sound any better, he's just proving that you can still play well on a cheapie, not sound better. I agree that a big part of a person's signature SOUND is in their personality and playing, and their fingers, but their tone? Nope. Tone makes up only one part of what a person sounds like overall. People mistake playing better for sounding better. Not the same at all.

No, you're right, and we're not saying that Satch is making that cheap guitar and amp sound like thousands of dollars worth of top-notch gear. His fingers and touch aren't making it sound good, but he's making it sound like HIM. And your identity is an important part of your tone.

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QUOTE (WCFIELDS @ Dec 27 2011, 01:17 PM)
Santa brought me one of these....

http://www.hughes-and-kettner.com/images/products/normal/TubeMeister18_head_normal.png

The TubeMeister 18. Heard a clip on YouTube a little while back. Nice little amp! What cab are you feeding it into?

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QUOTE (WCFIELDS @ Dec 27 2011, 01:17 PM)
Santa brought me one of these....

http://www.hughes-and-kettner.com/images/products/normal/TubeMeister18_head_normal.png

The TubeMeister 18. Heard a clip on YouTube a little while back. Nice little amp! What cab are you feeding it into?

It's a really cool amp. Amazing cleans and you can dial it down to 1 watt! I ordered the matching cab for it....but right now i'm using a 2-10" cab....

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QUOTE (analog guy @ Jan 10 2012, 11:51 PM)
Thread needs more Ampeg.

http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt313/mrose1977/Music/pf-stack.jpg

Just got this handy little rig last week.

The world needs more Ampeg!

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QUOTE (defrushfan01 @ Oct 23 2007, 07:27 PM)
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y194/DefRushFan/100_0906.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y194/DefRushFan/100_0908.jpg

Heres the live rig! Its a B-52 AT-100. I took out the Digitech GSP2101 and i put a rack drawer in, and im getting a new Digitech GSP1101 for the rack (thinking about it) but right now im just running the B-52 and my newly updated pedal board consisting of in order from left to right (Ernie Ball VPJR, Cry Baby Classic, Boss TU-2, Boss DS-1, Boss MT-2, Line 6 MM4(modulation modler has chorus, flanger, rotary speaker, and the such) Line 6 DL4.)

If i dont get the GSP1101 i might get the AM4 (amp modler) to get some more tones at my toes.

I have this same amp head with matching cab. The head is decent but the cab is pretty craptacular. I'm upgrading to a Hughes & Kettner Alex Lifeson Triamp and will definitely post pictures as soon as it arrives

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https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3...403611158_n.jpg

 

Here's all the equipment:

 

Hughes & Kettner Triamp MK II (I ordered an AL but they sent me the wrong one doh.gif )

Hughes & Kettner CC 412 A30

B-52 AT-100 w/matching cabinet

1998 Peavey Wolfgang Special

2004 Spirit GT-PRO Deluxe

2000 Fender American Standard Stratocaster (heavily modded)

1987 Steinberger GM-4T (my baby)

2011 Epiphone ES-333 Tom DeLonge signature

 

Pedal Board:

DigiTech Whammy

Dunlop Dimebag DB-02 Wah

Boss BF-3 Flanger

Boss DD-3 Digital Delay

Boss TR-2 Tremolo

Boss CE-5 Chorus Ensemble

Boss TU-3 Chromatic Tuner

MXR EVH Phase 90

MXR ZW Overdrive

 

Decided to keep the regular Triamp simply because they sound virtually the same. Plus the blue is much more stunning in person drool1.gif user posted imageuser posted image

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It's been a while since I posted my own stuff in here (if I did at all). Here's a shot from a few months ago.

 

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/461120_3335475183299_199457979_o.jpg

(Sorry it's so big Jim).

 

Fender Super Champ XD + 1 x 12 cab (my buddy's), Marshall Class 5, Ampeg 100 (permanent loan), Fender Deluxe Reverb, Electar Tube 30 and Fender Princeton 112. Also in the rack is my Ibanez multi effects unit and Bass POD Pro and various stomps.

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QUOTE (CygnusX-1Bk2 @ Oct 11 2012, 05:54 PM)
It's been a while since I posted my own stuff in here (if I did at all). Here's a shot from a few months ago.

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/461120_3335475183299_199457979_o.jpg
(Sorry it's so big Jim).

Fender Super Champ XD + 1 x 12 cab (my buddy's), Marshall Class 5, Ampeg 100 (permanent loan), Fender Deluxe Reverb, Electar Tube 30 and Fender Princeton 112. Also in the rack is my Ibanez multi effects unit and Bass POD Pro and various stomps.

Nice rig!

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QUOTE (Jake2112 @ Oct 11 2012, 01:06 PM)
https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3...403611158_n.jpg

Here's all the equipment:

Hughes & Kettner Triamp MK II (I ordered an AL but they sent me the wrong one doh.gif )
Hughes & Kettner CC 412 A30
B-52 AT-100 w/matching cabinet
1998 Peavey Wolfgang Special
2004 Spirit GT-PRO Deluxe
2000 Fender American Standard Stratocaster (heavily modded)
1987 Steinberger GM-4T (my baby)
2011 Epiphone ES-333 Tom DeLonge signature

Pedal Board:
DigiTech Whammy
Dunlop Dimebag DB-02 Wah
Boss BF-3 Flanger
Boss DD-3 Digital Delay
Boss TR-2 Tremolo
Boss CE-5 Chorus Ensemble
Boss TU-3 Chromatic Tuner
MXR EVH Phase 90
MXR ZW Overdrive

Decided to keep the regular Triamp simply because they sound virtually the same. Plus the blue is much more stunning in person drool1.gif user posted imageuser posted image

Played an ES-333 the other day at a local guitar shop and I loved it! Great rig!!

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Played an ES-333 the other day at a local guitar shop and I loved it! Great rig!!

Thanks! When MusiciansFriend sent me that guitar the neck was bowed inward, action was super high and the tuners were horrible. Took a little bit to get set up properly but now it plays pretty sweet. The Dirty Fingers pickup is massive

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QUOTE (Jake2112 @ Oct 11 2012, 09:48 PM)
QUOTE (default236 @ Oct 11 2012, 10:14 PM)

Played an ES-333 the other day at a local guitar shop and I loved it! Great rig!!

Thanks! When MusiciansFriend sent me that guitar the neck was bowed inward, action was super high and the tuners were horrible. Took a little bit to get set up properly but now it plays pretty sweet. The Dirty Fingers pickup is massive

So you swaped the tuners, or kept them the same? It's kinda hit and miss with Epiphones for me, but when they're a hit, the guitar's usually great and superb, as this one was. I liked how is wasn't too heavy, at least for me, and all satin. Satin necks are so comfortable, but anyways, that's a nice axe!!

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QUOTE (Jake2112 @ Oct 11 2012, 09:48 PM)
QUOTE (default236 @ Oct 11 2012, 10:14 PM)

Played an ES-333 the other day at a local guitar shop and I loved it! Great rig!!

Thanks! When MusiciansFriend sent me that guitar the neck was bowed inward, action was super high and the tuners were horrible. Took a little bit to get set up properly but now it plays pretty sweet. The Dirty Fingers pickup is massive

So you swaped the tuners, or kept them the same? It's kinda hit and miss with Epiphones for me, but when they're a hit, the guitar's usually great and superb, as this one was. I liked how is wasn't too heavy, at least for me, and all satin. Satin necks are so comfortable, but anyways, that's a nice axe!!

I replaced the tuners with some nice Sperzel locking tuners so it plays pretty sweet. The crown jewel in this, though, is the H&K and the red Steinberger.

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(Sorry it's so big Jim).

 

 

 

The picture. He hates that.

 

Yours truly,

The Other Jim

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