What equipment and set-up am I looking for?

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GDPunkRock

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Hi S.O.F.T.ies,I'm looking to get myself an electric guitar with amps this holiday.
I want to play mostly pop-punk sound(1990-early 2000s' Green Day,Blink-182) and I think I'm looking for a Strat here.I want to know what kind of wood I should be looking for,what kind of pick-ups.I will be playing mostly in my room in a 5-room HDB flat,so I don't want AMPs that are too loud that will disturb my neighbours.However,I also want AMPs that will be able to go loud enough for public gigs,let's say in a school hall?
Having done abit of research,I've based my requirements on the Tom DeLonge Strat that was released some years ago.

Body: Alder
Neck: Maple
Fingerboard: Rosewood, 9.5 in. Radius (241 mm)
No. of Frets: 21
Scale Length: 25.5 in. (648 mm)
Width at Nut: 1.650 in. (42 mm)
Hardware: Chrome
Machine Heads: Die-Cast Tuners
Bridge: Hardtail
Pickguard: 1-Ply
Pickups: 1 Duncan Designed Detonator Humbucker (Bridge)
Pickup Switching: None
Controls: Volume
Strings: Fender Super 250L's (.009 to .042) Nickel Plated Steel p/n 073-0250-003
Unique Features: Large Headstock 60's Style Headstock, White Plastic Parts, Black Silkscreen Logo, Dot Position Inlays
Accessories: None

This is what Tom DeLonge has been using for early Blink-182 material,which I hope to recreate.I can't find any specs for Green Day's Billie Joe's guitar,Blue,but his sound is another I would like to try and recreate.So,all in all,I think I want to find equipments that can reproduce the sound from early Green Day and Blink-182,pop-punk sounds.I welcome all recommendations on electric guitars and amps,if possible,even more "detailed-ly",what kind of wood and pick-ups I should be looking for.Even better,if people can post up what EQ settings I should be going for when trying to find this sound I want to create.Thanks,S.O.F.T.ies!

Edit:Woops!Nearly forgot,I'm hoping to keep to a budget of below $500 for everything I'm looking for.I know it's quite impossible giving the specifics I've posted up.But still,I'm praying!!(PS:Doesn't matter if it exceeds $500...I'm just hoping to save as much as I can!)
 
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A modelling amp with good distortion will be good. 15-30 watts is fine.

(shamless plug, i have a vox ad30vt to let go. ha ha)

In most school gigs they will mic up your amp, that should be fine.

Guitar wise, almost anything will do, go out and try all you can.. pick what you like and buy it.

I think you're more suited to something like a HSS strat. The new Fender Standard HSS strats are pretty decent.
 
I think I'd agree with you on the 15-30 watt amp.I'm thinking of a 15watt amp specifically.Seems soft enough,but I'm not sure if it'll be heard if I'm play,let's say on an outdoors gig.
Anyways,I nearly fainted when I saw Fender without a Squier behind.I'm sorry,I probably hadn't edited my budget in when you posted this.My bad!:(
I think Fenders are way outta my league given my budget.I've seen this package @ Swee Lee.I'm not sure if the specs are similar to the Fender Strat you have recommended.If it is,I want to know if the package is worth it anyways.And whether it can create the sound I'm looking for.

http://sweelee.com.sg/catalog/index.php?cPath=1_17_25&osCsid=sje2u48lmab2nl6vc0r2rq9jn5
 
No,no.That's post-Warning Green Day.You know,American Idiot-present era.All I got on early Green Day stuff is that Billie Joe uses a Fernandes Strat with Seymor Duncan Humbuckers.
(PS:Yes,it is BILLIE.)
 
any guitar will do really. humbuckers.

punk rock no one gives a sh*t abt tone. just play ur stuff and enjoy what u're playing.

if u want to look like ur idols, go ahead. dont bother abt all the type of woods or whatever in their guitar. do you actually think tom bothered abt these stuff?
 
lol!despite feeling glad that there're punk rock peers among us Singaporeans,I'm still looking forward to trying to recreate the sounds of Blink and Green Day.Maybe I shouldn't have used the word 'pop-PUNK' in the first place,if I knew 924 Gilman St. would show up in here. >.>
 
lol.j_m_s has officially put the finishing touch on my project called "Put S.O.F.T on Banlist".squirrel had already pissed my off enough with the "so why ask?" attitude.And you come around,calling me this and that.I don't get what was so offensive about me responding back to squirrel,the way he communicated with me in the first place?
I thought this Forum was here for people to ask any queries they had.Obviously,that isn't the case.It's here for people like you to vent their anger after a hard day's of work on anyone you see.
Case?I was here just to get information that I was looking for and couldn't find elsewhere.What do I get?Helpful people,yes.But then also,the kind of people like you,who just want to start something out of nothing.You don't owe me anything.You didn't have to reply to my thread.If you can't help,okay,good enough.You don't have to click on the Reply button just so you can put sacarstic comments on around here.
By the way,comments like "bottomline is, if you don't play like billy joe armstrong ( i dont give a shit if its billy or billie, i like billy, so lets leave it at that). You won't sound like him." aren't lines from the Bible.They're not going to forcefully change my mind.Like I said,if you can't help,good enough.Don't try to rub things in another direction.
This thread has lost me all confidence in this forum.I would like to thank all the helpful people like teleplayer and LadyInTears who have helped me in one way or another,providing useful information.
If I'm "stuck up",so be it.I think this forum doesn't deserve another stuck up person with people like you around.
 
if you really want their sound,get a mesa rectifier or modified marshall head.
guitars with humbucker will help too :)
 
GDPunkRock said:
lol.j_m_s has officially put the finishing touch on my project called "Put S.O.F.T on Banlist".squirrel had already pissed my off enough with the "so why ask?" attitude.And you come around,calling me this and that.I don't get what was so offensive about me responding back to squirrel,the way he communicated with me in the first place?
I thought this Forum was here for people to ask any queries they had.Obviously,that isn't the case.It's here for people like you to vent their anger after a hard day's of work on anyone you see.
Case?I was here just to get information that I was looking for and couldn't find elsewhere.What do I get?Helpful people,yes.But then also,the kind of people like you,who just want to start something out of nothing.You don't owe me anything.You didn't have to reply to my thread.If you can't help,okay,good enough.You don't have to click on the Reply button just so you can put sacarstic comments on around here.
By the way,comments like "bottomline is, if you don't play like billy joe armstrong ( i dont give a shit if its billy or billie, i like billy, so lets leave it at that). You won't sound like him." aren't lines from the Bible.They're not going to forcefully change my mind.Like I said,if you can't help,good enough.Don't try to rub things in another direction.
This thread has lost me all confidence in this forum.I would like to thank all the helpful people like teleplayer and LadyInTears who have helped me in one way or another,providing useful information.
If I'm "stuck up",so be it.I think this forum doesn't deserve another stuck up person with people like you around.
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Dude chill. You must understand that you cannot control the actions of others and hence getting upset because of them will not solve anything but bring more harm to yourself than good.

Frankly speaking what JMS is trying to get at is that billy or any other guitarist out there regardless of genre has developed a signature tone or style with their playing. This comes with creativity as well as copying others and bettering their stuff. Ultimately, getting a signature guitar model or signature amp that these artists use will not get you as close to them as you can unless you play like them.

Do understand that there are a variety of factors that affect guitar playing as a whole.

Firstly is the guitar. The wood of your guitar will determine many things, basswood, agathis, maple, etc. Different woods have different densities and hence will shape your tone accordingly.

Secondly the pickups whether they are single coils or humbuckers and their own characteristics. Do some research on this. Let me emphasise that these are NOT the only thing to affect your tone as ive heard many people complaining that their tone sucks because of their pickups alone.

Thirdly will be your cable. The cable you are using believe it or not will affect your tone accordingly. This once again is too much for me to explain so do a bit of googling.

4thly would be your amp. A $500 guitar can sound great through a full tube amp while a $2000 guitar can sound like shit through a crappy solid state amp. For the diffs between solid state and tube do some research. The importance of the amp is as or even more important than that of the guitar as it is the platform from where your sound is projected from.

Lastly. Your playing. Your fingers create the music as well as your picking/strumming. How clean you play or how developed your technique is will be in accordance to your playing. A pro can make a 150$ guitar sound beautiful. Hence the saying any guitar can sound good in the hands of a pro.

All these factors will shape your overall tone. Having role models to chase is good but unless you can emulate what they do exactly with the exact same equipment you will never be able to sound 100% like them.

Instead, develop your own personal style and choose the guitar/amp which suits you the most
 
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need lol

need marshall jmps,vintage moderns, vox ac30s,

hhahahah

just giving an analogy, im using a solid state too relax. home practice only la. :)
 
dont meant to crash,but anyone of you find that tube amp only sounds good after its above hdb sound treshold level?
 
no, you need a tube amp. its a must! omgwthbbq, you mean you guys dont use tube amps!?!?!?!

ha ha. i kid..

in all seriousness, an SS amp will do for now.
 
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