grunge782
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I've got a friend who has been playing guitar for about 2 years now. Originally for about half a year he was playing with an ibanez through a digitech multifx pedal. Then he decided to start buying amps.
His first actual amp was a Marshall Valvestate. I remember how excited he was about it and he wouldn't stop talking about it too. He found a good deal on a Marshall 1960 4x12. He was satisfied with it until the valvestate started to have problems. We took it in to a shop called Pro Tech which unfortunately did a TERRIBLE job both on my amp (I had a laney at the time) and his amp. I highly recommend staying away from them. Anyways he practically gave up on the amp and it seemed like he stopped caring about guitar.
Around that time he got a new job that paid pretty **** well (for his age at the time which was 17). He told me out of the blue that he got a Randall
G3 and his uncle bought him a new 900 dollar Dean guitar for doing such a grand job at work. The GAS bug bit him and bit him hard.
He went to guitar center and tried some other amps and realized he wasn't satisfied with the randall (even for a friggin less than a year player). So the amp stampede thus began :roll:
He sold me his Randall and then got a Peavey 6505. He played that for a week but thought it wasnt right for him. He then decided to try something new, a rack setup. He purchased some smaller things like a g major, power conditioner, and an ISP decimator rack unit. He bought an engl 530 and a Carvin TS100. This was around last years June. Then about a week llater he got a Vader 2x12 so that he could run it in stereo. I remember him telling me how he thought this was the perfect setup and it couldn't get better. Little did I know how quick his mind could change. He wasn't satisfied of course with how heavy it got so he then decided to sell his Engl, Carvin, Vader and Marshall for a new setup. He bought a Mills 4x12 and an Engl Fireball. All the time this was happening his pay was going up as well because of how well he was doing at work.
Bad fortune became the key to new amps in his life. He was trying to bias his amp and while carrying it down the stairs he slipped. The amp rolled down all 12 stairs like a soccer ball. He thought to himself " I really like the sound of the Fireball, but I wonder what else I can try?"
So he first tried an EVH III. He loved it but because of it being made in Mexico it broke on him. Return. Then he decided to try some other Engls. He first got the Powerball. He didn't like the sound of it. Then he tried a Riche Blackmore. Didn't like the sound of that either. So after 3 failures he went back to the Engl Fireball. He was happy going back to this setup for a while, meantime scoring a nice 7 string schecter with a BKP. Then the GAS struck him again. This was about 4 or 5 months ago.
Recently (this July) he purchased a VHT Sig X and thought there was something buzzy about the midrange. It was of course because of the V30's he was using with it but he didn't want to spend money on a Fatbottom (even though he's spent so much on other things). Return. Then he tried out a Mesa Roadster for a day. Didn't like that. Ok well maybe he should try Engls again. He then bought an Engl Savage and realized he didn't need the Fireball anymore. However he broke one of his kt88 tubes on the Savage while biasing :lol:...again. So he decided to return the amp and try the Engl Invader. Sweetness, it was perfect... or so he said.
Last night he im'd me and after recently purchasing a 750 dollar LTD he asked me "What if i returned the LTD and the Invader? Then I could get a Diezel Herbert?" not again.
I just thought to myself. Only 2 years of playing, the guy's ALRIGHT at guitar but he could practically get a car with this amount money. I think there is a time frame for when you should jump amps. For his age and time frame I think he's set a world record for going through more high end Amps than anyone.
So heres the list for just under 2 years of playing guitar.
1. Marshall Valvestate
2. Randall RH150 G3
3. Peavey 6505
4. Engl 530/Carvin TS100
5. Engl Fireball
6. EVH 5150 III
7. Engl Powerball
8. Engl Blackmore
9. Engl Fireball (new one)
10. VHT Sig X
11. Mesa Boogie Roadster (Recto)
12. Engl Savage
13. Engl Invader
14. Diezel Herbert?
You guys be the jury on this. Does he have the worst GAS ever? l'm just afriad whats going to happen in another year.
His first actual amp was a Marshall Valvestate. I remember how excited he was about it and he wouldn't stop talking about it too. He found a good deal on a Marshall 1960 4x12. He was satisfied with it until the valvestate started to have problems. We took it in to a shop called Pro Tech which unfortunately did a TERRIBLE job both on my amp (I had a laney at the time) and his amp. I highly recommend staying away from them. Anyways he practically gave up on the amp and it seemed like he stopped caring about guitar.
Around that time he got a new job that paid pretty **** well (for his age at the time which was 17). He told me out of the blue that he got a Randall
G3 and his uncle bought him a new 900 dollar Dean guitar for doing such a grand job at work. The GAS bug bit him and bit him hard.
He went to guitar center and tried some other amps and realized he wasn't satisfied with the randall (even for a friggin less than a year player). So the amp stampede thus began :roll:
He sold me his Randall and then got a Peavey 6505. He played that for a week but thought it wasnt right for him. He then decided to try something new, a rack setup. He purchased some smaller things like a g major, power conditioner, and an ISP decimator rack unit. He bought an engl 530 and a Carvin TS100. This was around last years June. Then about a week llater he got a Vader 2x12 so that he could run it in stereo. I remember him telling me how he thought this was the perfect setup and it couldn't get better. Little did I know how quick his mind could change. He wasn't satisfied of course with how heavy it got so he then decided to sell his Engl, Carvin, Vader and Marshall for a new setup. He bought a Mills 4x12 and an Engl Fireball. All the time this was happening his pay was going up as well because of how well he was doing at work.
Bad fortune became the key to new amps in his life. He was trying to bias his amp and while carrying it down the stairs he slipped. The amp rolled down all 12 stairs like a soccer ball. He thought to himself " I really like the sound of the Fireball, but I wonder what else I can try?"
So he first tried an EVH III. He loved it but because of it being made in Mexico it broke on him. Return. Then he decided to try some other Engls. He first got the Powerball. He didn't like the sound of it. Then he tried a Riche Blackmore. Didn't like the sound of that either. So after 3 failures he went back to the Engl Fireball. He was happy going back to this setup for a while, meantime scoring a nice 7 string schecter with a BKP. Then the GAS struck him again. This was about 4 or 5 months ago.
Recently (this July) he purchased a VHT Sig X and thought there was something buzzy about the midrange. It was of course because of the V30's he was using with it but he didn't want to spend money on a Fatbottom (even though he's spent so much on other things). Return. Then he tried out a Mesa Roadster for a day. Didn't like that. Ok well maybe he should try Engls again. He then bought an Engl Savage and realized he didn't need the Fireball anymore. However he broke one of his kt88 tubes on the Savage while biasing :lol:...again. So he decided to return the amp and try the Engl Invader. Sweetness, it was perfect... or so he said.
Last night he im'd me and after recently purchasing a 750 dollar LTD he asked me "What if i returned the LTD and the Invader? Then I could get a Diezel Herbert?" not again.
I just thought to myself. Only 2 years of playing, the guy's ALRIGHT at guitar but he could practically get a car with this amount money. I think there is a time frame for when you should jump amps. For his age and time frame I think he's set a world record for going through more high end Amps than anyone.
So heres the list for just under 2 years of playing guitar.
1. Marshall Valvestate
2. Randall RH150 G3
3. Peavey 6505
4. Engl 530/Carvin TS100
5. Engl Fireball
6. EVH 5150 III
7. Engl Powerball
8. Engl Blackmore
9. Engl Fireball (new one)
10. VHT Sig X
11. Mesa Boogie Roadster (Recto)
12. Engl Savage
13. Engl Invader
14. Diezel Herbert?
You guys be the jury on this. Does he have the worst GAS ever? l'm just afriad whats going to happen in another year.