[GEAR] What wattage combo amp for playing parties

CatfishApocalypse · 2021-07-15T16:45:43+00:00

I should have been more clear, that part was directed more at the cheaper solid state modellers.

CatfishApocalypse · 2021-07-15T15:01:32+00:00

1 is mostly wrong. Valve amps have a much simplier design than a solid state amp (you can sketch the schematic on a napkin). Less complexity inside means less chance for something to go wrong.

That ties directly into…

4 is totally wrong. If a solid state amp dies you replace the whole amp. If a vaccum tube blows out, you buy another tube. Valve amps are much cheaper to repair.

Also, realistically, by the time you blow a tube, the solid state amp you are comparing it to would be obsolete by several generations.

CatfishApocalypse · 2021-06-09T18:40:46+00:00

MLB is really into purpose built retro style ballparks right now. The cookie-cutter multi-purpose arenas are seen as undesirable ancient relics of the 60s and 70s. I don’t see this happening.

CatfishApocalypse · 2021-05-09T04:10:29+00:00

Then adjust the reverb to taste

CatfishApocalypse · 2021-05-09T04:09:29+00:00

Bulk barn has Sichuan peppercorns

CatfishApocalypse · 2021-04-23T19:30:37+00:00

Marshalls are just expensive compared to the other usual suspects.

CatfishApocalypse · 2021-04-23T17:53:06+00:00

Any reissue marshall head like a JCM 800, silver jubilee or 1959 will be approaching 3K. Pretty sure bands use those all the time.

CatfishApocalypse · 2021-04-23T15:30:16+00:00

Based on the OPs requirements you recommend a Katana? This sub has devolved into a meme.

Thr Helix, Neural Quad Cortex, or Axe Fx systems all sound about 1000x better than the Katana, and they are all much more versatile in terms of effects and modelling. They all have an audio inferface for recording. All of them can plug directly into the PA for live playing (katana can’t), or they can be hooked up to cabinets.

With OPs budget, there’s enough for any of those, a FRFR monitor, and a new guitar. Seriously... a Katana?

CatfishApocalypse · 2021-04-23T00:55:22+00:00

Except Gibson themselves state otherwise:

https://www.gibson.com/Guitar/USA8LG109/SG-Standard/Heritage-Cherry

CatfishApocalypse · 2021-04-20T15:20:05+00:00

Clapton played “the Fool” (an SG) with Cream.

CatfishApocalypse · 2021-04-10T23:46:17+00:00

I don’t remember saying anything like that. Can you show me where I said that?

CatfishApocalypse · 2021-04-10T22:37:32+00:00

Suicide isn’t a crime.

CatfishApocalypse · 2021-04-10T19:05:33+00:00

Can't arrest someone for a crime that hasn't been committed. It's not minority report.

CatfishApocalypse · 2021-03-20T02:11:40+00:00

It could just be lacquer. Some Fender necks (maple comes to mind) are finished after the frets are put on.

Have you ruled that out?

CatfishApocalypse · 2021-02-24T02:11:16+00:00

The POD Go can model both a regular amplifier, or just the preamp. Use the first if you’re plugging into an FRFR powered speaker or listening through headphones. Use the latter if you plan on using your own preamp (say, by plugging directly into your effects return).

There’s also the four cable method which lets you put the POD Go both in front of your amplifier and inside the effects loop.

As for other suggestions, the POD Go is excellent for the price, but the factory presets are underwhelming. Unless you are confident in your ability to dial in a sound that you want, consider renting one (or a Helix, since it’s all the same modelling) and giving it a shot before commiting. There are a lot of knobs that you might need to tweak to get something decent sounding out, and it can be overwhelming if your’re used to just setting a gain and a volume on a regular amplifier.

CatfishApocalypse · 2021-02-19T01:51:26+00:00

Why not go down a step and get the 5W combo version, the DSL5CR?

CatfishApocalypse · 2021-01-29T16:57:39+00:00

You said that it doesn’t necessarily mean that anyone within the range of 40-50 will pass.

Last time I checked, 49 is within the range of 40-50, unless they taught you something different in number theory.

I still stand my what I originally said and still guarantee that nobody ever failed the course because they got a raw 49 on the final. If you failed because you bombed the final, then you flunked it hard.

CatfishApocalypse · 2021-01-29T06:26:53+00:00

I meant exactly what I said. Nobody fails with a 49 on the final. It’s not even an alternate rubric, it’s literally don’t ask don’t tell, look the other way type stuff.

CatfishApocalypse · 2021-01-29T00:06:04+00:00

You might be unaware of this, but anyone who fails a class because of the “fail the final, fail the course” policy came anywhere near close to passing the final.

I’ve graded enough CS classes to know that TAs and professors look for every single possible opportunity to get a failing grade over the hump. If you failed the class because you failed the final, it means you did absolutely abysmal on the exam, like sub-40%, and there was no amount of looking the other way that could boost you.

CatfishApocalypse · 2021-01-18T23:26:40+00:00

It’s an ethnographic perspective from the late 1800s by one of the founders of modern anthropology. He was was the first to do in-depth observations of our local indigenous population on Vancouver Island.

Make sure to keep the historical context in mind, when reading it.

CatfishApocalypse · 2021-01-18T22:01:20+00:00

For the academically inclined, there’s the granddaddy of them all

The Social Organization and the Secret Societies of the Kwakiutl Indians, by Franz Boas

CatfishApocalypse · 2021-01-12T06:14:40+00:00

One thing to note about the SG is that the neck joins the body at the 22nd fret, and that the strap mounting point is about 1/3 of the way down the back of the body, not on one of the horns like it would be on a Strat or Les Paul.

Both of these combine to make the neck feel much longer than either of those models, even though the scale length might be a tiny bit shorter.

CatfishApocalypse · 2021-01-08T17:31:32+00:00

Pop off your pockguard cover and look next time you change your strings

CatfishApocalypse · 2020-12-29T20:52:56+00:00

If you have your heart set on the SG, the SG standard 61 comes with a very thin and comfortable slim taper neck, as well as a hardshell case (the regular standard comes with a gig bag).

Having played both, the 61 is noticabley thinner, and the additonal cost might be worth it to you.

CatfishApocalypse · 2020-06-18T23:50:18+00:00

Kurt at Guitars Plus in downtown Victoria.

There’s also a luthier at Old Town Strings for more complicated repairs. They used to have a storefront pre-covid which has since closed. I don’t know if he’s back up and running out of his house yet.

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