drrrty_harris's forum posts 18

I currently own a '59 Fender Bassman LTD Reissue. I absolutely love it. So loud. So clean. Classic Fender vibe. I'm looking at picking up a smaller tube amp, as the Bassman is still relatively heavy at around 50 lbs. What, in your opinion, would be the exact polar opposite of a Fender Bassman that would fit in the realm of a smaller (<30 watt) tube amp? I'm open to whatever interpretation of 'polar opposite' you deem appropriate.

What do you think would be the best-suited guitar amp for an octave-down guitar? I've had my heart set on a '65 Deluxe Reverb because I love the sound, but I wonder if there's another option out there that would handle the lower frequencies of a guitar with a Bass9 pedal - I like to play simple bass lines then loop them behind my regular guitar sound.

Just wanna confirm I understand correctly first: you want to achieve Krist's bass guitar sound on a regular 6-string guitar... is that correct?

Thanks so much. I've looked at the Nord and someone I know has one - they look amazing.

I'm in no rush, so my thoughts may change a hundred times before I actually purchase but, right now I'm settled on:

• Alesis Vi49
• Logic Pro X
• Some semi-affordable portable loudspeaker

As I've mentioned before, I'm a guitarist... and that will always be my main instrument when playing but, I think having a reasonable MIDI set up like the one above. Don't mind having a computer on stage either as I have a lot of notes on guitar pedal settings and the like so it will be helpful.

My synth set up will just be like "oh cool, I can loop this background synth for this Floyd song while I play the guitar over it". I feel like the set up I mentioned above will more than cover that.

Thanks again for all the helpful information.

Thanks! I'm actually in the process of building out a franken-tele. It's modelled after Springsteen's Fender Tele/Esquire. It will be my first build so, we'll see how it goes.

I believe more expensive is better, to a point. I would argue that a $3,000 guitar is infinitely better than a $300 guitar within the same category, however, I believe that the difference in quality between say, a $1,500 guitar and a $3,000 guitar would be negligible. But again, to echo most people here... many of these things can be subjective.

Thank you Sire!

Way ahead of you. Got my sights set on either a strat or tele.

Thanks for the input!

Hey all,

This is my WIP rig. I'd like to see what people think of this and if you have any recommendations on changes. My goal for this is to have the most versatile set-up as we often jam sans bass player or keyboardist.

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Yes, I'm starting to realize that I may be over-extending myself and the limits of the equipment I'm looking at. Of course, if price was no object, couldn't we all spend $100,000 and get a perfect rig. But for my purposes, I think what may be better suited, is a decent MIDI set up. As a graphic designer by trade, I already have the computer power to handle a good DAW, so perhaps a nice MIDI controller would be better... I've been looking at the Alesis Vi49 and the Novations to start.

Thanks again for your help. It might seem like I've been going around in circles, but it really has helped me get my head around all this.

Thanks, I've seen people do the looper option before, that's why I suggested it but I'm open to better ideas. I would plan on getting a dedicated speaker set up just for the synth/piano... I wouldn't be playing it through a guitar amp.

Yes I do play some piano though certainly not expert proficient. But like mentioned, this will mainly be used to fill in gaps in the soundscape of the song, certainly not centre stage in the performance.

As for budget, I'd like to keep it between $1500-$2000 range for both the synth and the piano (not including any other peripherals/amplification). So I don't know what that is... Entry-level? Not sure, that's what I'm trying to find out.

I'll take your word for it... I generally plug into an amp and strum - that's about the extent of my mixing capabilities.

Just to completely throw a wrench into the gears here... Is there something that may be better suited than the minilogue? Maybe something more along the lines of a digital piano? something that still has some synth capabilities but also has a decent sound library for pianos/organs, etc.? Or would it be better to get a dedicated synth and a dedicated digital piano?

Yes, mostly live. As I mentioned I predominantly play guitar, either on my own, or with a 2-piece (guitar and drums). Mostly covers and some originals. I intend on running the synth through something like a Boss RC-505 to loop it and do things like ambient background effects, maybe some bass lines, a few keys here and there... mainly to beef up the sound in a 2-piece set up. After running through the looper, I would run it out to a speaker/PA/amp, etc.

All really great info, thanks so much. I'll have to wade through the information slowly, as being a guitar player, a lot of the names you mentioned are foreign to me but, as I understand it, I think I'd go with:

• Minilogue XD
• Proteus 2000 (using the Minilogue as the MIDI interface)
• Line mixer

As I won't be doing a lot of electronic music (just stuff to fill the gaps in rock music) seems like this will fit the bill fine.

Thanks again

Thanks so much!

After watching a fair amount of videos on both, I really like the synth sounds from both the JD and the Minilogue however...

I can't find alot on basic piano/organ sounds which, as evidenced by my Beatles reference would be nice to have. Does either of these have a decent piano/organ library to work with? Again, I don't need it to be studio-quality accuracy, but something I could use for keys. Any opinions?

I'm looking for advice on purchasing my first synth. I have been playing guitar for over 30 years, predominantly in the rock n' roll type genre. I would like to get an entry-level synth that I can use in a one-man or 2-piece guitar and drums type set-up. Something I can run into a loop machine to fill in spots of the song. I would look for something that can kind of do everything reasonably well - everything from Pink Floyd, to Daft Punk, to Beatles. I have sort of narrowed down to either the Roland JD-Xi or the Korg Minilogue.

Thoughts?

I use these Dunlop Ultex .94 James Hetfield Signature Black Fang picks for electric, and these Dunlop Tortex .60 Triangle picks for acoustic.

I love my Boss DS-1 Distortion, but it sounds really low compared to my other pedals. What would you recommend to boost the volume of the DS-1 without it effecting the rest of the signal chain?

I play an Epiphone SG modded with Hetfield EMG pickups. I play Ernie Ball M-Steel Skinny Top Heavy Bottoms (.10-.52). The added high output of the M-Steel coupled with the heavy bottoms of the strings gives me some serious heavy tone.