Buget bout 700 for amp + guitar + effect.

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hmm... hav been playin acoustic... hopefully i can get a decent electric guitar after my pay... real soon.

Anyway.. i have no idea which guitar and amp to get... i know i know... i budget is pretty low... aroun 700 - 800.

Hmm.. my fav genres are, alternate rock, stuffs from inucbus, alterbrigde, creed... punkrock, jazzy stuff, cool solos... so any idea which guitar and amp will suit? hehs.. i'm jus a noobie ya

Hmm.. have been thinkin to get a strat with a s-s-h setup.. but phew.. i dunno.. or maybe a Epiphone SG special... or a ibanez? oh well... i'm jus a noobie. hmm might be gettin a distortion pedal too.. but kinda on low budget.

Hope you guys out there can help me ya.. thanks :wink:
 
Boss DS-1 75 bucks (Sweelee)

Marshall MG15CDR 208 bucks (Luthermusic)

Yamaha Pacifica 112J 390 bucks (Luther music)

Remaining can use to buy gig bag for the yamaha? Hehe just a suggestion.
 
samick greg bennett - around 200
marshall MG15CD - 208
Boss DS - 75
gig back strap etc etc - 50

total = 533
 
If you are really interested in learning and want to save some money, you could look around the second hand stuff. It'll take some time and a lot of caution to make sure that you don't get a dud, but its something that can be considered. It would be good if you have a friend who knows electric guitars who can help you. You could also do research before buying. Or if you are too lazy, just buying from the shops are also ok.

I feel the yamaha 112j is not a bad starter guitar. Solid alder some more, and you can upgrade the pickups in future if you wish. Quite a good buy. And its quite versatile, with the H-S-S setup, and i think a guitar with a HSS set up would cover everything quite nicely. The floating bridge might be a pain when you want to change strings though. so thats something to think about.

I would suggest not getting the distortion pedal first. you could use the amps distortion for the time being. unless you already know what pedal you want. cos the sound of the pedals really vary alot. and you might want to get to know your guitar's clean sound first. you can always try the pedals later. Plus that would save some money for a better amp, which is very important. even if you bought a gibson it will still sound like crap through a lousy amp. Hope that helps. Feel free to ask about anything. all the best with your guitar playing
 
yea man, i really agree with qwerty. i started off using a yamha pacifica too.....but mine was one wif a fixed bridge. and i think for starters somthing wif a fixed bridge wld be gd. right now im still using my pacifica, the pickups have been changed to dimarzios n kent armstrongs. about the pedals, you could just go down to the shop and try a few after yo've gotten the feel of your guitars tone and all. there isn;t really much rush is there. and you wouldnt want to make any mistakes in your purchase. the sounds really vary a lot, so u shld get one u really like and suites ur music. all the best bro.
 
hmm, in my opinion, i'd go with a:

cort g256 (abt $320+)
its basswood, which means it's quite light, its got this really neat cutaway that gives really easy access to the upper frets, its got a simple wilkinson tremolo, and the pickups are quite decent, with a s-s-h set up

+

peavey blazer 158 (abt $150+)
nice little 15 watt practice amp, its got 2 channels, and 2 types of overdrive, a sort of vintage and warmer overdrive, and a heaver distortion, all selectable from 1 switch, it also has a 3 band eq and a reverb

qwerty said:
I would suggest not getting the distortion pedal first. you could use the amps distortion for the time being. unless you already know what pedal you want. cos the sound of the pedals really vary alot.
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i agree wif this qwerty, coz it would be kinda costly to buy a pedal, den find it doesn't suit your style, and den either not use it or sell it away, so try the amp's drive 1st, then see wad ur lookin 4, based on ur personal experience with ur amp overdrive
 
woo you guys rocks thank you. hmm.. alrighty i shall save more for the pedal first... so meanwhile i will have to stick to the built-in effect first.

hmm personally i wanted to get a yamaha pacifica... but not really sure which one to get.. been to the yamaha store @ PS... hmm i saw this guitar... damn i was like drooling over it for 15mins.. Yamaha pacifica 612v it has black translucent black with those wood grain thingy design solid..yeah.. the design jus blow me off...it cost bout... 750 with Yamaha Single Coil Pickups X 2, Seymour Duncan JB Humbucker X 1... although it's a lil off my budget...here's the url:

http://www.yamaha.com/yamahavgn/CDA...0,6373,CNTID%3D33571%26CTID%3D223600,00.html#

To dric... lol i'm a sista... not a bro.

well since i'm not gettin the pedal... i'll get the amp and the guitar. well hopefully i'll go down to luthermusic nex week and take a look at the stuffs.

alrighty... so amp amp.. which amp... with a good built-in distortion/overdrive effect... anyways.. jus wanna ask ya... wads the diff between a overdrive and distortion?

aaah... cant wait for the day to get my pay cheque.. hehs.
 
Give the Marshall MG15cd some thought. Its a really really nice practice amp to have.

What is the difference between "distortion" and "overdrive"? And "fuzz"?

Effectively none. "Overdrive" started as what you got when you put too large a signal into the input of an amp, causing the signal to be distorted at the speaker. You were "overdriving" the inputs. "Distortion" is the more generic term, and started when folks noticed that you could get a distorted sound from a little solid state amp that was VERY nonlinear. The terms have been used so interchangeably that there is no real difference, although some people will swear that only tubes being overdriven sound good, etc. Let them insist. It won't hurt much either way.

Boss and Ibanez seemed to define this difference with their pedals. The Boss OD-1 and Ibanez TS-9 Tube screamer "overdrives" are a smoother, less harsh sound than the DS-1 and SD-9 distortions.

The distortion pedals add more crunchy, gritty sound, whereas the overdrives add more smoothness and not as much distorted crunch. An MXR "distortion plus" is the definitive distortion pedal from the 1970s.

"Fuzz" seems to be an easier term to agree on a definition for. Pretty much everyone involved agrees that fuzz is a harder, harsher, and buzzier distortion than overdrive, and usually considered harder and harsher than "distortion" by itself. There is no real boundary on all this - it's just which words you want to use, no strict definitions.

the above, courtesy of http://www.geofex.com/effxfaq/fxterms.htm
 
Try the Line 6 spider 15 watter...4 amp models from roland JC120 to mesa's rectifier. i like the "insane" amp for heavy riffing.
City music.
 
well actually i play anything.. providing that i learn the songs... anyway... i'm still thinking...

yamaha pacifica 612v?

hmm.. most probably i'm gettin the marshall MG15rvd amp... i read the reviews... woo looks pretty nice to me.

hmm.. now with the guitar... that yamaha guitar is kinda outta my budget... lets say 200 for the amp... i'll be left with bout... 500-600 for the guitar. sigh... i dunno. :?
 
i know..get one of those new 2005 korean Ibanez guitars..very good quality for the price..go read some of subversion's reviews..i think the sz520 is a good deal, but if you want a fixed bridge then rg321 is very good..
 
IMO:
spend about 500 on a guitar n 200 on an amp. save ur money on de effects part. u dun need one unless ure doing gigs. de ibanez rg321 is a good deal n de ibanez toneblaster 15R will be a gd match. de amp already has pretty gd distortion. will be a gd set to play n practice at home.
 
haha who says you can't have some good tones and variety even if you're a bedroom player...what i think is, if you really can't spare extra cash for a good distortion pedal just yet, then save up for one..cos there are good pedals that won't burn a whole in your pocket..DS-1 is very versatile, AMTs are good for the money..
 
You don't need an amp if you have an amp modeller included in your effects. I'm selling one for $200+ (look for "V-Amp 2" under guitar). Instead of using an amp, plug the effects straight to your computer or hifi speakers - the sound will be just as good. If you don't use your guitar amp's distortion for performances (unlikely, with your budget), the amp's sound will interfere with that of your effects, and will sound different from that during a performance, where another amp wld be used. An amp modeller cld be fixed directly to the EQ board and speakers, and you know what kind of sound to expect. In the long term, it'd be to your benefit as you don't have to keep adding on effects since you would already have a multi-effects set. Use the additional money to buy a better guitar.
 
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