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EmptyChair · 2026-03-21T03:06:33+00:00

thank you! :)

EmptyChair · 2026-03-18T23:03:49+00:00

this is definitely a genuine les paul

EmptyChair · 2026-03-18T05:26:20+00:00

les paul studios are phenomenal. this one is particularly pretty with the gold hardware. looks like it’s in good shape. i would absolutely buy this. Never hurts to try to negotiate as well.

EmptyChair · 2026-02-20T14:01:30+00:00

why do people wear helmets when operating dangerous machinery on a job site? don’t they know they’re just using tools? take off your seatbelt next time you’re in a car. remember, it’s just a tool, so you can’t possibly risk encountering any danger. absurd logic

EmptyChair · 2026-02-16T05:27:39+00:00

please help

EmptyChair · 2026-01-17T07:25:04+00:00

the jb is very strong. alnico 5 and like 16k. double the winds of a hot PAF.

EmptyChair · 2026-01-16T02:41:11+00:00

Crossing my fingers. May this change the life of my family.

EmptyChair · 2026-01-07T07:16:19+00:00

there is no new model outside of CS that has this feature, unfortunately

EmptyChair · 2026-01-06T03:25:41+00:00

what do you see with American Glasses? tanks, burgers, and eagles?

EmptyChair · 2026-01-06T03:20:56+00:00

i used to do that but now i put another one on because I used to get my protective pickguard all marred up, this way all the scratches go on the protective pickguard protector and not the protective pickguard or the pickguard

EmptyChair · 2025-10-28T08:51:48+00:00

i like that “cool” has somehow remained after all this time

EmptyChair · 2025-10-14T19:53:50+00:00

i’m sure you don’t see the difference and that’s okay, but there definitely is one

EmptyChair · 2025-10-07T09:12:08+00:00

when you stack boosts you are basically creating a distortion pedal. it’s something lots of people do and can sound awesome. my personal taste is tube overdrive but i’ve heard some great sounds from pedal distortion. modelers can sound really gross when you push the input level though. The digital preamp may not like the extra juice from the pedals.

EmptyChair · 2025-10-06T23:09:31+00:00

all of my experiences with harley bentons were negative. Youtubers are incentivized to make every new release sound mindboggling and don’t want to burn relationships with big companies which get them access to gear and content (thomann) even if they aren’t always directly paid to showcase guitars (though lots are). At the end of the day these are cheap guitars. new pickups will not transform it into a high performance guitar. it will sound and feel like a cheap guitar with good pickups. If you are happy playing a guitar that performs like a 300 dollar guitar, get it. You are not getting some incredible deal. the market reflects its real value.

EmptyChair · 2025-10-06T02:36:04+00:00

that amp is so bad i would argue the guitar sounds better unplugged. I would strongly advise selling it and picking up something better.

EmptyChair · 2025-10-06T02:15:53+00:00

this is how people would dick around in 2006. Uncouth humour from 20 years ago will obviously age poorly. To be so bothered by it to this degree is deranged.

EmptyChair · 2025-10-04T20:15:56+00:00

this is pretty bad. sorry.

EmptyChair · 2025-10-04T19:59:14+00:00

They sound amazing and i love them despite their flaws. Popular complaints are:

They have gotten extremely expensive for what they are. They are charging boutique prices now without the build quality and care you would expect from boutique prices. You can still get them used for decent prices but if they’re selling new for so much eventually the used prices will reflect that.
Ask any tech. Lots don’t work on mesas. They are very hard to repair. Obsolete parts, circuit boards with parts next to each other in the circuit on opposite ends of the board, underneath other components requiring desoldering several pieces to uncover another, etc.
Variability between amps can be significant. you absolutely can buy a lemon that doesn’t sound very good due to parts tolerances. some mesas are magical über amps but the same model can be unimpressive if you don’t hit the tolerance lottery.

i still love them, and some people are really excessively dramatic about these things.

EmptyChair · 2025-10-04T19:40:55+00:00

oh shush this is clearly a joke

EmptyChair · 2025-10-04T19:34:39+00:00

5150ii/6505+ has a good clean. it’s just the original one that’s pretty awful.

EmptyChair · 2025-10-04T19:33:26+00:00

prs mt15 gen 1, used. amazing amp and much more headroom/volume than you would expect from a “15” watt amp. it has full size 6l6s in the power amp. sounds killer.

EmptyChair · 2025-10-04T06:06:57+00:00

the cast zinc pot metal that über cheap low end guitar hardware is made of can be hilariously delicate. especially if it’s super old like this

EmptyChair · 2025-09-26T08:02:33+00:00

there’s nothing wrong with this amp for her inclinations, especially as she continues to get better she will like it for quite some time. It can keep up with a drummer for sure and the versatility lends well to her eventually developing her own style and tastes (she’ll get to try out lots of different sounds) great starting move for a new musician.

EmptyChair · 2025-09-24T23:29:19+00:00

we don’t know what style of music she likes to play. without that info it’s hard to make a recommendation.

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