What To Get

[guitarfreak141]

Im saving up some money and even if its next year i plan on getting some new major gear. firstly, either an amp or guitar. i have an epiphone les paul custom, and a crate fx series(the red one) 120watt amp. If i got an amp I would go for some kind of halfstack, if i get a gutar probably a schecter or an ibanez, i really like the C-1 classic, schecter, its awesome, and there were a few ibanezs that i liked to, well, any suggestions would be appreciated, thanks

[bigbuda]

Im saving up some money and even if its next year i plan on getting some new major gear. firstly, either an amp or guitar. i have an epiphone les paul custom, and a crate fx series(the red one) 120watt amp. If i got an amp I would go for some kind of halfstack, if i get a gutar probably a schecter or an ibanez, i really like the C-1 classic, schecter, its awesome, and there were a few ibanezs that i liked to, well, any suggestions would be appreciated, thanks

Schecter C-1 would be my choice.

[Armenian]

ibanez would be mine

[Homebrew1709]

personally, I'd invest in a solid tube amp....

[markc2005]

whats a solid tube amp? i thought it was either solid state or tube,
id go for ibenez

[pogohead]

get the crate. theyre excellent :cool:

[phillip!]

No I don't think he's using solid that literally. He probably meant constructed well.

What type of music do you usually play?
How loud is it/how distorted is it?
How much are you willing to spend?

[Homebrew1709]

No I don't think he's using solid that literally. He probably meant constructed well.

Thank you! I just think that if your guitar is decent enough, then a nice amp would benefit your sound better. So let me rephrase my previous statement: get a QUALITY tube amp.

[PonyOne]

before you get a nicer guitar, get a real amp. you can take a Benedetto, D'Angelico, Gretsch, PRS, Custom Shop LP, etc and play it through a lower end solid state amp and it will be harder to discern the difference (and thus justify the purchase) than it would be if you played a crap guitar vs. a great guitar over a nice amp.

[guitarfreak141]

No I don't think he's using solid that literally. He probably meant constructed well.

What type of music do you usually play?
How loud is it/how distorted is it?
How much are you willing to spend?

mostly rock/metal stuff
im willing to spend about or up to or around $1,000 or i can save for a logner time and go above

im pretty happy with crate right now( i dont play much live and if i do its usually a small gig so 120watts does it) but id really like a half stack, probably tube,and im also pretty happy with my epiphone(les paul custom) but that c-1 is just, awesome

for amps, could somebody reccomend something? not too expensive, but not crap either

[Fenderalltheway]

get the crate. theyre excellent :cool:

umm....i have a crate 15 watt amp....and well......ugg!!!!!!for those too, well i dont exceptionaly those 2 brands, if i had to choose something in that style id choose a jackson, i saw one for like 230$, point being with those two...i like ibanez.

[feenix dude]

Ever think about Making one or hopping up a current guitar? Try installing a hot new active pickup , like an EMG.

[pogohead]

personally I like the crate cos I think it has a decent metal tone. Best way of looking at it is, Slash likes valve, Dimebag liked solid state. What kind of tone do you want?