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Metal dorks, sound off.

Metal kids growing into full blown metal adults, whatchu using? Do you prefer high gain amps or crunchy with a boost? What gear are you looking to get to up your live or studio game? How do you like your corn flakes?

Currently: Guitars: 1973 Guild S-100C 2008 Gibson Flying V Both loaded with DiMarzio X2Ns in the bridge, but might be switching to Lace soon.

Amps: Peavey Butcher or ADA MP-1 preamp paired with whatever I feel like luggin around as a power amp that week

Cabs: Peavey 412MS URUZ 4x12 prototypes 1, 2, and 3

Effects: Dragonfly BM-1 Black Metal Pedal EHX Holy Grail Nano

I'm not a metal guy but I have a secret love of judas priest and some other 80s NWOBM bands as well as ahving been really into KYUSS, Mosnter Magnet, Sleep etc at one time.... my weapon of choice for that stuff was always a Gibson of some kind into a Marshall Superlead turned most of the way up with eitehr a rangemaster or a fuzz to boot (typically a tonebender of some kind or a univox fuzz, occassionally a colorsound overdriver) but when I indulge now I use my Traynor Voicemaster PA ehad which is not much of a PA but is schematically like an early Orange head. Just turn that shit up, maye throw some Rat or OD250 out front if i wanna get silly... tuen to Drop D or lower and have at it. Being a PA Design it has the low chug that the plexis didn't, even through a 2x12 isntead of an oversized 4x12 or two. When i ahd an 800 and 900SLX I could squeeze some of the right stuff out of them through abss cabinets for that sort of thing too.

the ADA preamp is a beast and the chorus is stunning. Is yours noisy?

GEAR:
  • Roland Juno-6
  • Gibson SG Standard
  • Vox AC30 Guitar Combo Amp

I love Sleep, I'm actually seeing them next month in Indianapolis.

Mine isn't incredibly noisy. No more than my Butcher or anything else.

so pretty high self nosie then, but not intolerable if you use higher gain amps then an 800 regualrly... okay, I always ask people about the hiss ebcause thatw as the main delabreaker for me, esecially as a DI option

GEAR:
  • Roland Juno-6
  • Gibson SG Standard
  • Vox AC30 Guitar Combo Amp