maybe i will buy a new amp in october/november, but i don't want to get a marshall amp.
it should be good enough to play small gigs - maybe 80watt or something like that.

[QUOTE=Apocalyptic Raids]I think he meant that his technique takes priority over the quality of his equipment.[/QUOTE]

Yeah exactly.

I don't [i]need[/i] an amp, I don't have enough for an amp, so I'm not going to work my arse off [i]just[/i] to get an amp, because I make sure my playing sounds good through the one I have at the moment. As soon as I have enough for decent one, I'll probably get one unless there's something else that's more important, obviously.

Mitch has the right philosophy!

most guitarists forget that you make music through your four fingers on your left hand and your two fingers on the right hand, which hold the pick (abstract) - music is made by your finger movement, not about your equipment.

a friend is buying always the best equipment he can get. his first guitar cost over 1,300Euros and his first amp was a marshall 100watt.
my first guitar 250euro, first amp 200€ and i'm still the better guitarist :p

equipment doesn't make you better, practise does


NP: Ravel - Bolero

What's so hard to grasp?

A better amp sounds better. Therefor more enjoyable to play.

A nicer guitar plays, feels and sounds better. Therefor more enjoyable to play.

more enjoyable, yes! But it doesn't make you a better guitarist

Haha I know someone who's like your friend repcak. He's had 3 guitars, has a full keyboard and now has a full £500+ TAMA drum kit. I'm better than him on all 3 instruments and all my equipment probably comes under £1000.

Gtr 1 and amp - £100
Gtr 2 - £300
Gtr 3 - £300
KORG PX4 - £100

There, £900, and that's not a lot really.

:lol:
nice to know, that we have the same kind of friends :D

what kind of guitars do you have exactly?

1st - some crappy strat copy
2nd - BC Rich Warlock, 2003 Body Art series - Fleshring
3rd - Ibanez RG770, which I'm using now to record a Satch song.

[QUOTE=I'm Charming]I have excellent tone. A few days ago I cracked the secret to tone. lol. I lowered the gain just a bit, lowered the dept of the distortion and raised the treble a tad.
[/QUOTE]

I hate playing with lots of gain.

I also hate scooping the mids. I think the mids add chunk to the sound.

I usually do
Bass: 5
Mids: 7
Treble: 9
Gain: 4

Alexi only has his gain on around 4-7 too, you can hear it on say that intro riff to "Downfall", or the single note in "Children of Decadence" or the "Children of Bodom" riff.

Also he has higher mids and lower bass. At least that's what it sound like on Follow the Reaper.

i don't even have "mids", i only have a contour... or is it the same?

[QUOTE=MRDuCran]Alexi only has his gain on around 4-7 too, you can hear it on say that intro riff to "Downfall", or the single note in "Children of Decadence" or the "Children of Bodom" riff.

Also he has higher mids and lower bass. At least that's what it sound like on Follow the Reaper.[/QUOTE]
His Follow the Reaper tone had no bottom end. Hate Crew Deathroll has the greatest guitar tone I've ever heard - nice and trebly but chunky with plenty of mids.

[QUOTE]i don't even have "mids", i only have a contour... or is it the same?[/QUOTE]
same thing.

I hate no mids.

[QUOTE=ShadowsFallen]His Follow the Reaper tone had no bottom end. Hate Crew Deathroll has the greatest guitar tone I've ever heard - nice and trebly but chunky with plenty of mids.[/QUOTE]

Yeah I think HCDR has the best guitar tone too.

for me FTR has the best guitar tone

I think HCDR has a pretty good tone. I still don't like the fact that it's pretty much distortion all the time, it ruins the dynamics for me, even if it's the kind of band CoB is.

omg... i'm so stupid.

i said that the DXMG is about 465€, but its the price in germany... in austria its 521€ :upset: fcuk it!!
i think i need more money than i thought at first... sh[I]i[/I]t

[QUOTE=repcak]omg... i'm so stupid.

i said that the DXMG is about 465€, but its the price in germany... in austria its 521€ :upset: fcuk it!!
i think i need more money than i thought at first... sh[I]i[/I]t[/QUOTE]
Yea that's always dissapointing... Have anything you can sell to get more money fast?


And I agree, the tone on Hatecrew Deathroll was very very good.

i have money... enough money to get two guitars, but i don't want to pay more than 500.

guitar 521€ + digitech RP-80 72€ ... 600€ ... maybe i can get them for 550€

Where are you getting them? Local guitar shop or an online store like Musiciansfriend or something?

[url]http://www.thomann.de[/url]

free international shipping.

[url]http://www.thomann.de/at/search_dir.html?sw=DXMG&x=0&y=0[/url]

in austrian...

its a shop near vienna, they have almost all guitars there!
[URL="http://www.musik-produktiv.at/home/home01e.asp/sid/!18121995"]musik-produktiv[/URL]

i will try to trade down the price.... when i have to pay 550€ its ok.

@corkofski: i never played the DXMG before, so i first want to hold it in my hands and the second thing is that i'm not a big fan of online-stores and shipping.

now i have a plan... when they will show me the DXMG and say that its 520€ i will say that i have seen this guitar for 470€ on the internet... if they won't believe me they will check it out and then they have to go down with the price :D

[QUOTE=repcak]now i have a plan... when they will show me the DXMG and say that its 520€ i will say that i have seen this guitar for 470€ on the internet... if they won't believe me they will check it out and then they have to go down with the price :D[/QUOTE]
Sounds like a good plan. Your currency must be about the same as here in America, My DXMG was also about 470 on Musiciansfriend.

1Dollar = 0.78Euro
1Euro = 1.277Dollar

its not exactly the same... though 1euro should be 1dollar... well that was the plan of the politics

[QUOTE=repcak]1Dollar = 0.78Euro
1Euro = 1.277Dollar

its not exactly the same... though 1euro should be 1dollar... well that was the plan of the politics[/QUOTE]
It would be so much easier if all countries used the same currency. I wished I lived in Europe somewhere. Seems so much cooler than lame America.

[url]http://media.putfile.com/Nothing-Else-Matters-attempt[/url]
I was bored...and its not very good

why do you think europe is better than america?

[QUOTE=repcak]why do you think europe is better than america?[/QUOTE]
Well, just seems generally cooler. Not to mention our president isnt the sharpest tool in the shed, and we keep getting into other countries business. And about all of the middle east hates us :lol:
I don't know, I just think it would be cooler to live somewhere in Europe, like England or Finland :cool:

[QUOTE=Forlorn Hope]Well, just seems generally cooler. Not to mention our president isnt the sharpest tool in the shed, and we keep getting into other countries business. And about all of the middle east hates us :lol:
I don't know, I just think it would be cooler to live somewhere in Europe, like England or Finland :cool:[/QUOTE]
:lol:

You sound like a thirteen year old psuedo-intellectual. First of all, the middle east doesn't hate the United States, certain groups do. Second of all, it shows that you're doing a great job of lumping the middle east together, which is a very sad trend in many Americans. Can I ask you a question? Do you think Middle Eastern people think Britain and France are the same?

If you don't like living in the U.S. that's fine, but atleast make a good arguement.

/starts arguement