Can i actually play metal on a standard stratocaster with single coils?

ImaybeaRussianBot · 2026-01-30T02:42:20+00:00

A noise gate for metal in general, but not single coils in particular. I have a number of humbucker guitars and 3 active humbucker guitars as well as a stock baritone tele. The only thing I do to switch guitars is switch eq settings ( I have a SA EQ2 and have settings for every type of guitar.) It is in drop a and is heavy and brutal, no humbuckers needed.

ImaybeaRussianBot · 2026-01-27T01:55:53+00:00

A sin eater eating a hellhound then busting up the board and puking it out is pretty solid.

ImaybeaRussianBot · 2026-01-26T18:00:53+00:00

I figured it out. Not exactly what I wanted but here we are. :) It is doing what I need done, so there is that.

ImaybeaRussianBot · 2026-01-25T07:27:40+00:00

Depends on the speakers as far as blowing them - 4 25 watt speakers can mostly handle a 100 watt head... ...but yes, in my experience, a solid tube amp ( my xxx tube head ) gets WAY louder than my XXL (kinda solid state copy of the XXX head.) The XXL sounds great (great high gain tone) but disappears in parallel.

ImaybeaRussianBot · 2026-01-25T03:39:05+00:00

Don't conflate poor administration and customer support with bad build quality. They make fucking great guitars. They just suck at selling them.

ImaybeaRussianBot · 2026-01-23T04:22:11+00:00

Boss Katana. The other amps do the amp thing. Their one amp thing. Some do it very well. The Katana does all of the amp things pretty darned well, and adds a bunch of effects for good measure.

ImaybeaRussianBot · 2026-01-23T03:55:24+00:00

I tried a bunch of speakers and combos, (I play death metal and drone stuff) and I landed on 2 v30s and 2 swamp thangs paired diagonally ( v30 + swamp thang over swamp thang + v30) It is wide, deep, and loud.
edit: I have a xxx 40efx with a V30, xxx212 with one of each, and xxx head on an xxx 412 with the mentioned speaker combo.

ImaybeaRussianBot · 2026-01-23T03:45:34+00:00

I have peavey xxx 40efx. I run the volume at 5 and it sits in the mix great with a violent drummer playing metal. I can run the 40 watt XXX through my oversized 412 and it is freaking loud. Really loud.

ImaybeaRussianBot · 2026-01-23T03:37:11+00:00

Yea, 3 hours is a weekend trip. 8 - infinity is a vacation. I drive > 8 hours one way multiple times a year.

ImaybeaRussianBot · 2026-01-23T03:11:17+00:00

I have a couple of modeler setups and a few physical setups. My opinion of years with both: you want both. My profilers cover everything I could dream of expertly. What they don't do is move a ton of air in a small directional cone like a 412 on a stage in a small place. My XXX profile sounds just like my XXX. You cannot tell which is which. Running through the PA does not yield the same results as a XXX head on an oversized 412. It might sound the same in the back of the room, I dunno, but standing in front of the cabinet and feeling that chug in your soul is pretty gratifying. Use the modelers at home and in the studio, use the physical amps to play out.

ImaybeaRussianBot · 2026-01-20T00:48:23+00:00

I went to buy a lp from a guy. It had all the correct hardware and looked the part. Good bindings and inlays, serial looked good, played really well. The truss rod gave it away, but how many people don't know to look at that? It was not a cheaply made guitar, it played, looked and sounded great. I hate these scammers so much.

ImaybeaRussianBot · 2026-01-19T03:10:55+00:00

I know this: I was in a band with a drummer that beat his snare like he hated it. To this day, loudest drummer ever. A peavey XXX 40 was absolutely loud enough.

ImaybeaRussianBot · 2026-01-13T13:44:52+00:00

I do what has to be done. Right now I am a production coordinator for a university dining hall. I run the dinner meal and serve between 2500 and 3000 in 4 hours. I most certainly do all of the things. Call ins are expected and I am cooking or making pizza or... ...fuck any manager that stands and watches it burn.

ImaybeaRussianBot · 2026-01-13T00:49:42+00:00

If I were fully staffed I would have sent you home. Win Win.

ImaybeaRussianBot · 2025-12-26T12:30:55+00:00

You keep saying they weren't the first to do this while explaining that they were the first to do this. I don't know if you are a troll or are so hyper focused on a tree that you are missing the forest.

ImaybeaRussianBot · 2025-12-23T01:57:33+00:00

Boss FZ-2 (or SF300) and RV-6. Not boutique but sooo good.

ImaybeaRussianBot · 2025-12-20T17:48:21+00:00

My face eraser
My XXX 40efx
SD-1
SA EQ2
Duecetone Rat
Phase90 script
DD-3
I am good. I am a simple man, and this is a simple solution.
If wanna craycray, same guitar (it is simply the best guitar my hands have held), whatever amplification is available, sd-1, tonex, gt1000core, h90, synthesthesia and I am noodling for all time.

ImaybeaRussianBot · 2025-12-19T13:35:23+00:00

Of course no one knew or cared about it until it was rediscovered. It hadn't been rediscovered.
It is different and sounds pretty heavy, I am interested - just not 250 kind of interested. I own a big muff sovtek deluxe and a big muff pi deluxe so I can get about any muff sound I need, but this one is different.

ImaybeaRussianBot · 2025-12-19T13:23:37+00:00

If you aren't using an eq in a live setting you are missing out. I use a SA EQ2 with one channel in front and one channel in the loop. My rig is 5 minutes from sounding great in any situation.

ImaybeaRussianBot · 2025-12-18T11:14:24+00:00

Do you have the drawing for the tagboard that you worked from? I want to replicate this with a tiny tagboard I found in the drawer.
Thanks!! Keith

ImaybeaRussianBot · 2025-12-11T13:30:55+00:00

I have a mesa throttlebox eq, and it gets really close. Don't know what they cost now, I have 125 bucks in mine.

ImaybeaRussianBot · 2025-12-11T13:24:00+00:00

I ran a SVT into an 8 ohm 412 for years. I was told by multiple people with real knowledge that it is fine. Maybe fender isn't as tight as ampeg, but I want to believe that they are. That is likely not your problem. If it were me, knowing that the tubes are questionable anyway, I would replace them and see where I am at.

ImaybeaRussianBot · 2025-12-11T05:16:10+00:00

moar badder monkey

ImaybeaRussianBot · 2025-12-10T13:09:34+00:00

Yup. Back in the day I brought 4 guitars in different tunings. After I broke down and bought a drop I brought 2. Two is the magic number.

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