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  1. Originally posted by vanquish:Yea thanks, I was just checking out the Zoom and it seemed more of a bang for buck option.

    I think i'll be able to grasp the effects side of things ok, I do engineering so its not all double-dutch to me ( I actually find it somewhat interesting, I started reading the M13 manual off their website embarassing I know!)

    The actual guitar playing is what I dont know how good i'll be at (i'm a decent piano player though, does that help?), but this is a long term thing for me and I am somewhat dogged

    See i've been thinking for about a year now, that when I was older ( maybe after uni), I would get a guitar and learn how to play (not just U2 songs either, i'm not thinking of starting a cover band lol).

    It just sort of hit me last week that I had enough dough to start now especially when it seems that there really good, cost-effective options available atm in terms of guitars and FX boxes that do a decent job of emulating Edge. So here I am.

    So far, I think I've decided on the M13 for my FX box, haven't heard anything but praise for it.
    The amp is the issue atm, while I can afford an AC15CC my parents will prob never let me buy it AND the M13 right now, so i'll have to buy an M13 later.

    I also dont want to shell out another 250 for the blue Celestion speaker upgrade for the AC-15, does anyone know how much of a difference the upgrade makes?

    My other option (the impatient one) is to get the much cheaper Vox Pathfinder 15 (is the 15R better?) and the M13 now, the 'rents should relent with some persuasion.

    I'm not looking to play gigs at all, so it's loudness isnt an issue. But how good are they at sounding like the proper tube Voxs?

    I taught myself the guitar after having learnt flute and piano, and the musical side played a great part in working out the theory side of the guitar etc., but knowing scales and arpeggios is a fat load of use if your fingers don't stretch out for a bar chord lol. I started out learning on an acoustic first, for the record, so I don't have much difficulty making the transition, but I know people who do.
  2. Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:[..]

    Good stuff man! I just successfully turned my American Strat into an Edge War Tour Strat!
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    Black accessories, Dimarzio FS-1 pickup, brass saddles. Now all I need is the 70's neck, and it's Edgeified!


    NICE
  3. Originally posted by WojBhoy:[..]
    I taught myself the guitar after having learnt flute and piano, and the musical side played a great part in working out the theory side of the guitar etc., but knowing scales and arpeggios is a fat load of use if your fingers don't stretch out for a bar chord lol. I started out learning on an acoustic first, for the record, so I don't have much difficulty making the transition, but I know people who do.


    Yea that's what I'm not sure, my brother plays acoustic and he says he has difficulty with some chords but not a big deal. And I have bigger hands than him so I should be ok, if I practice enough.

    What do people think about the amp choices?
  4. How do you guys afford all of this? This is why I rarely post in here, I can't just seem to pull an Explorer out of my arse.
  5. Originally posted by U2Nick:How do you guys afford all of this? This is why I rarely post in here, I can't just seem to pull an Explorer out of my arse.

    Can't say I know many people who can...



  6. I have a feeling that this will end in a really bad sex joke (as a lot of things do)
  8. Originally posted by U2Nick:How do you guys afford all of this? This is why I rarely post in here, I can't just seem to pull an Explorer out of my arse.


    Part time job=guitar stuff. I only spend my money on guitar stuff usually, maybe some fast food and video games come into play as well But yeah, most of the time I just buy guitar stuff, sell guitar stuff, and that's how I manage. I've probably gone through about 8 guitars now, and right now all I have is my strat, IMO, most versatile and best to play guitar out there.
  9. Originally posted by U2Nick:How do you guys afford all of this? This is why I rarely post in here, I can't just seem to pull an Explorer out of my arse.


    Well, i'm not rich. As I said before i'm pretty frugal lol, I don't tend to spend smaller amounts all the time like most people, instead I spend occasionally and usually BIG.
    I guess you just have to sacrifice smaller things to save up for something you really want.

    And it's not a proper Explorer, just an Epiphone.

    But any suggestions on amps? How are the Vox Pathfinders?
  10. My mother was in a good mood today, and she agreed (very reluctantly) to me buying the M13

    But she made me promise not to spend any more things this year (financial)

    All I need now is a case, a strap and Herdim picks. Haven't asked her about those yet, might wait a month... or two.

    With regards to the M13, I know next to nothing about this stuff, is it a good FX unit (esp. for getting Edge tones)? Are there better ones I can buy at a similar (or cheaper) price? How does it compare to Line 6's Pod X3 Live?

    And what's the market lifespan of these devices, will it be replaced next year by the M14 or something (so should I wait for that)? Or are there longer intervals between model upgrades.
  11. Since I already own a humbucker equipped Gibson Les Paul (Studio Worn Brown, by the way) I decided to go for something completely different in my Gibson BFG. The neck pickup is already a P90, but at the bridge I replaced the stock zebra Burstbucker#3 with a Duncan P-Rails. Not that the BB3 had been bad... but I wanted something different.

    I didn't install the whole wiring and switching that's nesseccary for all 4 P-Rails modes (Rails / P90 / serial / parallel), but I did install a push-pull for P90 / serial humbucker.

    This thing rocks! As a humbucker it's an output monster, while as a P90 it growls and bites. Edge doesn't use it but he doesn't need a versatile guitar - he just gets one for every single sound he desires.

    The only unexpected Problem was the size. The P-Rails is deeper than the Burstbucker, so I had to extract and bend the metal piece that holds the pickup. But in the end it turned out fine, and thanks to some soft foam rubber it's now exactly parallel to the strings.

    The wiring is Gibson standard, by the way. I bought it unwired, so I went for the original layout instead of the killswitch.



    Alex
  12. Originally posted by Alex:Since I already own a humbucker equipped Gibson Les Paul (Studio Worn Brown, by the way) I decided to go for something completely different in my Gibson BFG. The neck pickup is already a P90, but at the bridge I replaced the stock zebra Burstbucker#3 with a Duncan P-Rails. Not that the BB3 had been bad... but I wanted something different.

    I didn't install the whole wiring and switching that's nesseccary for all 4 P-Rails modes (Rails / P90 / serial / parallel), but I did install a push-pull for P90 / serial humbucker.

    This thing rocks! As a humbucker it's an output monster, while as a P90 it growls and bites. Edge doesn't use it but he doesn't need a versatile guitar - he just gets one for every single sound he desires.

    The only unexpected Problem was the size. The P-Rails is deeper than the Burstbucker, so I had to extract and bend the metal piece that holds the pickup. But in the end it turned out fine, and thanks to some soft foam rubber it's now exactly parallel to the strings.

    The wiring is Gibson standard, by the way. I bought it unwired, so I went for the original layout instead of the killswitch.

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    Nice axe! Too bad about the killswitch, now you can't play Jordan by Buckethead
    Alex


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