Hi guys, been a while since I played an electric. Recently GASed for one after playing with a friend's. Been playing acoustic sporadically since I traded my last CE24 for a motorcycle 5 years back. :lol:
Pulled the trigger on a LP Standard too quickly, when the first-choice 335 I saw was out of my price range. But managed to score one recently at a more sane price (new was S$3.5k list when I had mine!). I can't afford to keep 2 guitars like that, heart tells me to sell the LP and keep the 335. Please tell me you agree!
Did have a LP and 335 (at different times) 5/6 years back, honestly don't remember both of them to make an educated decision now, apart from that I like cherry better than iced tea. :lol: But seriously noobness tells me I should keep a tonally versatile guitar, at least until I get better at playing. Am out of touch with guitar technology, so came in to get some input from the gurus here.
Amp-wise, I've trawled some of the threads here for small, 15W/sub-15W full tube head+cab/combos and list the following:
Epiphone Valve Junior
Ibanez Valbee
Fender Blues Junior
Fender Pro Junior
Reverend Goblin
Orange Tiny Terror
THD Univalve
Mesa Express 5:25 (technically not small, but you get the point)
1. Where do you get THD and Orange stuff locally? If not, what's the best avenue to buy them from?
2. If I intend to get one with kickass clean tone, and choose to colour tone with digital effects (Line6 etc), is it better to go with an effects loop (bypass preamp, something like that)?
3. How good are digital boxes at replicating the sounds they claim they do? And is it any different when driven through a tube amp?
Thanks in advance!
Pulled the trigger on a LP Standard too quickly, when the first-choice 335 I saw was out of my price range. But managed to score one recently at a more sane price (new was S$3.5k list when I had mine!). I can't afford to keep 2 guitars like that, heart tells me to sell the LP and keep the 335. Please tell me you agree!
Did have a LP and 335 (at different times) 5/6 years back, honestly don't remember both of them to make an educated decision now, apart from that I like cherry better than iced tea. :lol: But seriously noobness tells me I should keep a tonally versatile guitar, at least until I get better at playing. Am out of touch with guitar technology, so came in to get some input from the gurus here.
Amp-wise, I've trawled some of the threads here for small, 15W/sub-15W full tube head+cab/combos and list the following:
Epiphone Valve Junior
Ibanez Valbee
Fender Blues Junior
Fender Pro Junior
Reverend Goblin
Orange Tiny Terror
THD Univalve
Mesa Express 5:25 (technically not small, but you get the point)
1. Where do you get THD and Orange stuff locally? If not, what's the best avenue to buy them from?
2. If I intend to get one with kickass clean tone, and choose to colour tone with digital effects (Line6 etc), is it better to go with an effects loop (bypass preamp, something like that)?
3. How good are digital boxes at replicating the sounds they claim they do? And is it any different when driven through a tube amp?
Thanks in advance!
