The Line 6 Spider is one of the ones I have marked, along with a Peavey Vypyr, and a little Behringer GM108.
But, I've been reading about all these "modelling" effects on these amps, and I probably wouldn't use any of it. I would be more interested and more impressed with a 6 minute solo with 4 notes with massive bends and vibrato rather than the shredding all over the neck with tons of distortion as fast as possible. I'm all about the blues is what I'm getting at.
Thus, I would think that an amp with just the very basics would be much better at producing the clean sounds needed than one that has parts for all these modelling effects built into it.
Still, I haven't made it to a store yet. Wednesday I have some stuff to do at my kid's school, thus I'll be off work and will go visit a shop or 2 then. Unfortunately, I've found 2 more shops to check out, one of them I forgot about and is a very clean and very nice looking place, but they are all quite a drive from each other (1 shop per town with 40 minute drive between..)
Told the wifey to just give me the guitar early so I could roam the shops next Friday getting off work early and she won't, LOL. Ideally it would be better to hear my particular guitar plugged into any possibly purchased amp. Only the one of the shops has the guitar I have.
But, I've been reading about all these "modelling" effects on these amps, and I probably wouldn't use any of it. I would be more interested and more impressed with a 6 minute solo with 4 notes with massive bends and vibrato rather than the shredding all over the neck with tons of distortion as fast as possible. I'm all about the blues is what I'm getting at.
Thus, I would think that an amp with just the very basics would be much better at producing the clean sounds needed than one that has parts for all these modelling effects built into it.
Still, I haven't made it to a store yet. Wednesday I have some stuff to do at my kid's school, thus I'll be off work and will go visit a shop or 2 then. Unfortunately, I've found 2 more shops to check out, one of them I forgot about and is a very clean and very nice looking place, but they are all quite a drive from each other (1 shop per town with 40 minute drive between..)
Told the wifey to just give me the guitar early so I could roam the shops next Friday getting off work early and she won't, LOL. Ideally it would be better to hear my particular guitar plugged into any possibly purchased amp. Only the one of the shops has the guitar I have.
That is indeed a necessity for me as I am indeed often up at 3 am on the weekends. I like my acoustic guitar, but one of the reasons I want electric is that aside from the fact I like electric blues, I want to be able to play around with it unplugged and not keep everyone away at night which I can't play around at night with my acoustic. Electric I can play unplugged and no one but me will hear (just for practicing) or play with headphones so only I can hear.
Yeah, tube amps are probably out for me, too expensive. I've been reading reviews online on the guitarcenter.com site, but it would probably be better to just take my guitar into a store to listen or at least play the same guitar where mine came from on a selection of amps. From what I'm researching, it seems that the amp sound is pretty subjective and they are all different. I just don't know enough to play it myself in a store.
My other main problem with listening to them in the shop is my wife works evening, thus we pretty much only pass each other at the doorway as I come home and she leaves. I can't run to the store after work (too long of a drive to go home, then go back in to town with the kids having homework and stuff to do.)
We don't have much for music stores around me. There's just two hole in the walls that are a bit disgusting to even walk into, although each of them has been in town for at least the 30 years I've been in this town.
Oh, and one other thing. I guess the $100 currently is a bit misleading due to Christmas time. Stuff I'm looking at online are currently in the $70-100 range, but those are at significant discounts (discounted up to 50% from the "regular" price according to the website.) For example, the Line 6 Spider IV is currently $99, but it lists for $199.
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Ok, according to several other threads, there seems to be quite a few musicians here. I have some curiosities about an electric guitar and a "practice" amp I suppose.
First off, let's say that my wife bought me an electric guitar for Christmas. Let's say she was going to buy it from a retail store, some POS "beginner" packs that are extremely cheaply made that comes with a guitar, amp, and everything else for not so much money. I had thought she bought this for me. But, the other day, she told me what she bought because she was worried about the fact that the guy at the music store told her that all sales were final and she couldn't return it.
So, the guy sold her a Cort G200 Strat-style off the rack. I had never heard of Cort. She showed it to me the other night and dang, it's a real pretty guitar (typical sunburst color.) I am wondering if any of you have heard of this guitar. My guitar site is dwindling down to very little activity lately. The Cort G200 is obviously not a $2000 guitar, but I saw reviews at Ultimate-Guitar.com and they look very favorable for an inexpensive guitar.
From what I'm seeing on the net, it seems to me that this Cort that I've never heard of is one of the largest guitar manufacturers in the world. I've read that they are the company that others farm the work out to for all Asian produced guitars including Fender, Squier, and many others that replicate the Fender Strat. Anyone else heard of them or have an opinion?
Now on to amps. I have absolutely zero knowledge of amps. What I'm looking for is something for noodling around on in the house. I don't know a whole lot nor do I plan on public use or anything. My guitar is strictly for personal use and satisfaction while sitting at home in the evenings.
At guitarcenter.com there are quite a lot of amps in my price range of $100 or less. They are all about 15W which is what I am assuming I am looking for to play around with in the house. Anyone have any suggestions on a nice simple amp for noodling around in the house with? The only names I know are Fender, Ibanez, and Peavy, which there are a handful of each on the guitarcenter.com site to choose from.
First off, let's say that my wife bought me an electric guitar for Christmas. Let's say she was going to buy it from a retail store, some POS "beginner" packs that are extremely cheaply made that comes with a guitar, amp, and everything else for not so much money. I had thought she bought this for me. But, the other day, she told me what she bought because she was worried about the fact that the guy at the music store told her that all sales were final and she couldn't return it.
So, the guy sold her a Cort G200 Strat-style off the rack. I had never heard of Cort. She showed it to me the other night and dang, it's a real pretty guitar (typical sunburst color.) I am wondering if any of you have heard of this guitar. My guitar site is dwindling down to very little activity lately. The Cort G200 is obviously not a $2000 guitar, but I saw reviews at Ultimate-Guitar.com and they look very favorable for an inexpensive guitar.
From what I'm seeing on the net, it seems to me that this Cort that I've never heard of is one of the largest guitar manufacturers in the world. I've read that they are the company that others farm the work out to for all Asian produced guitars including Fender, Squier, and many others that replicate the Fender Strat. Anyone else heard of them or have an opinion?
Now on to amps. I have absolutely zero knowledge of amps. What I'm looking for is something for noodling around on in the house. I don't know a whole lot nor do I plan on public use or anything. My guitar is strictly for personal use and satisfaction while sitting at home in the evenings.
At guitarcenter.com there are quite a lot of amps in my price range of $100 or less. They are all about 15W which is what I am assuming I am looking for to play around with in the house. Anyone have any suggestions on a nice simple amp for noodling around in the house with? The only names I know are Fender, Ibanez, and Peavy, which there are a handful of each on the guitarcenter.com site to choose from.
Really? All of my Toyota 4 poppers I could have set in any gear, laid a brick on the pedal, and rode around at 7700 rpm (rev limiter) all day long without a worry. (89 truck, 88 4Runner, and 99 Tacoma) The 88 and the 89 were the best running and toughest vehicles I've ever had with the 88 being the most mileage (189k). My new-to-me 94 Honda with 181k is catching up though.
A CR-V and a Toyota Tacoma are vastly different vehicles. The CR-V is nothing more than a higher center of gravity Honda Accord. The Tacoma is a truck with probably the toughest and most dependable decedent in vehicles ever to be built (the Hilux.)
Can you get a CR-V with a manual? I was thinking they are auto only (much like everything over here anymore unfortunately.)
An overweight and underpowered pig of a small car in a Rally. That's good stuff (are we halfway down the page yet?)
Congrats to you. At our age, I would have had to take a breather halfway down the steps...
Actually, when I was probably your all ages, yes I use to run and use to enjoy it (somewhat). I would get in a kick where I would run, then I would get lazy, then get the itch for some weight lifting, then get lazy about it again, etc, etc.
Mostly I did a lot of pickup sports in the younger days. All day on the basketball courts or vollyball courts. Winter was spent nearly every evening for hours with ice skates on and a stick in hand. If there wasn't any snow, even in the freezing cold we still played basketball when we weren't playing hockey. I was impervious to the cold back then. It's only down to about 20 F out right now and I just came in from taking the dog out. In my old geezer age now, I couldn't wait for the dog to finish her business so I could get out of the cold. In the old days, I'd be out on the ponds in nothing but a sweatshirt and sweatpants on the ice in 0 F weather without blinking an eye.
Mostly I did a lot of pickup sports in the younger days. All day on the basketball courts or vollyball courts. Winter was spent nearly every evening for hours with ice skates on and a stick in hand. If there wasn't any snow, even in the freezing cold we still played basketball when we weren't playing hockey. I was impervious to the cold back then. It's only down to about 20 F out right now and I just came in from taking the dog out. In my old geezer age now, I couldn't wait for the dog to finish her business so I could get out of the cold. In the old days, I'd be out on the ponds in nothing but a sweatshirt and sweatpants on the ice in 0 F weather without blinking an eye.
I'm 37 years old. I am on my feet in heavy steel toe boots all day for 8-10 hours. I have to take about 120 trips up and down flights of stairs all day (I counted one day, sometimes more, sometimes less). I go home and have the kids to take care of. I cook dinner (wifey is at work), clean up, do homework with the kids, work on some laundry, go out and work on the car or the house, take care of the dog.....
No, I do not enjoy jogging/running nor do I have the time.
No, I do not enjoy jogging/running nor do I have the time.
At work, we have many trailers sitting in the parking lot. Just yesterday a coworker was out moving a trailer and told me he found a pile sitting between two of the trailers.
A few years ago, another coworker I share office space with told me I had to go down to the bathroom to see what kind of pigs we work with. No, I definitely didn't need to see it, but he insisted. I opened the door at his insistance and found the toilet not only clogged, but piled up several inches above the seat! The toilet was clogged, yet someone continued to use it over and over again! It is the most disgusting thing that I have ever seen in my entire life.
A few years ago, another coworker I share office space with told me I had to go down to the bathroom to see what kind of pigs we work with. No, I definitely didn't need to see it, but he insisted. I opened the door at his insistance and found the toilet not only clogged, but piled up several inches above the seat! The toilet was clogged, yet someone continued to use it over and over again! It is the most disgusting thing that I have ever seen in my entire life.
Speculate all you want folks. Back in the 80's, they told us we'd all be in flying cars by the year 2000.
Still waiting for my flying car....
Still waiting for my flying car....
I'm off from the 18th through the 3rd. You want me to give the basic or hour by hour?
We have what is called "Firewatch" at work when the place is shut down. You basically just have to be present for any alarms and make sure everything is ok. It's really cool to be the only person in a giant manufacturing plant. I am pretty sure Wifey bought me an electric guitar (cheapie, but that's ok) so I'm thinking of working a few of the Firewatch shifts so I can just hang out in my office and play around with the guitar for 8 straight hours. We are not allowed to even touch a broom being the only one there, so it's a nice time to get some peace and quiet away from the screaming fighting kids and get paid for playing the guitar, washing my car, or whatever personal project I want to do.
Flying RC airplanes, or driving RC cars around an empty manufacturing plant is really cool too. Great place for my micro RC aircraft.
We have what is called "Firewatch" at work when the place is shut down. You basically just have to be present for any alarms and make sure everything is ok. It's really cool to be the only person in a giant manufacturing plant. I am pretty sure Wifey bought me an electric guitar (cheapie, but that's ok) so I'm thinking of working a few of the Firewatch shifts so I can just hang out in my office and play around with the guitar for 8 straight hours. We are not allowed to even touch a broom being the only one there, so it's a nice time to get some peace and quiet away from the screaming fighting kids and get paid for playing the guitar, washing my car, or whatever personal project I want to do.
Flying RC airplanes, or driving RC cars around an empty manufacturing plant is really cool too. Great place for my micro RC aircraft.
Just happy that I know the names of each and every one of my steaks and hamburgers. There was Buttercup, Firefly, Bear, Butterfly.... My kids have seen the majority of them born, named each one, fed them, have petted them, and then we eat them.
Had a guy tell me the other day that my camera takes nice pictures.
I told him his mouth makes nice comments.
I would guess the rivers are probably wet.
I need to get out with the camera. I haven't done much of anything with the camera lately. I think the most I've done was take some snaps of my "new" car to send to the insurance company as proof to what shape it is in so I can get deer coverage.
Had a Sony head unit myself that did the exact same thing. Seemed as though pushing any of the buttons just did a random function. I'd try to change the radio station and the CD would eject. Try to change the station again and the volume would increase.
I had a wired joystick remote so I was lazy about removing it and returning it (it was a week old.) I waited too long and someone smashed out the window and stole my broken Sony unit, but left the remote. It was a 2 door Toyota 4Runner and I had 2 amps mounted under the seat. They had to have stepped on my good Denon amp to get to the 12 inch subs in the back. They were broken too, and they stole them.
Left me everything that was still good and stole all my broken stuff!
Love how Luke S picks random posts from the link and posts them here as if he just thought of the comment...
I've never met any of them, so I don't know anyone in the list.
Yup, got Taavi and ACCAkut mixed up with those full res postings...
So ACCAkut, where is the uncropped of the redhead??????
Don't know about all that, but I do know, we've now seen full res photos of everything but the redhead. That's the one I want to see..... uncropped
Man, love those redheads. Guess that's why I married one.
Man, love those redheads. Guess that's why I married one.
Although, you can get that the picture was taken in November 2008....
Why? Because it's different...
confused... Is this songs about cars or songs to listen to in the car? Seems it started out as the former, then progressed to the latter....
Song about driving
Song about driving
I remember you posting that. Either that, or someone else also found a dSLR.
For $1200 US, you could find a Nikon D90 with kit lens. That would smoke the Canon 450D.
450D with kit lens should be about half of that $1200 price budget. Better would be to get the lesser body and spend the money on a better lens than kits. But then you have the poor ISO performance of the beginner consumer bodies.
450D with kit lens should be about half of that $1200 price budget. Better would be to get the lesser body and spend the money on a better lens than kits. But then you have the poor ISO performance of the beginner consumer bodies.
Indeed. Not a sorry Suzuki but a sorry 4wheeling driver for not knowing his vehicle's limits and compensating for them.
Use to cross a river on my way to a camping spot that was about that deep with my stock Toyota. Difference is, I knew what was in the river and knew how deep I could go in stock condition. And.... I wasn't foolish enough to stop.
Nothing wrong with the cabin filling half-way with water. That is what they are suppose to do and shouldn't have anything that would be damaged by doing that.
Well, duh... He put directional tires on backwards. Of course he is only going to be able to drive backwards....
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