New amp...what should it be?

gopats1479 · 01-26-2011, 03:09 PM

eBay

**thesteve** · 01-26-2011, 03:30 PM

Try Craigslist: champaign urbana musical instruments classifieds - craigslist

They have MIMs in the $300 range (and less). For example: Fender Standard Mexican Strat

I didn't see any cheap MIAs on there...your market might just be too small to support anything like that. If you could travel to Chicago to get a guitar, I bet you'd start finding some great deals.

**Rainer.** · 01-26-2011, 04:01 PM

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I didn't see any cheap MIAs on there...your market might just be too small to support anything like that. If you could travel to Chicago to get a guitar, I bet you'd start finding some great deals.

+1 Definitely consider a trip to Chicago if it'll score you a great deal on an instrument you can use for a lifetime.

gopats1479 · 01-30-2011, 07:18 AM

I found one!
American Fender Stratocaster - Edge U2 Black
It has a really nice look too!
However, I don't have the money right now.

metropolis4 · 01-30-2011, 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by gopats1479

I found one!
American Fender Stratocaster - Edge U2 Black
It has a really nice look too!
However, I don't have the money right now.

I would get some more information before making an offer on that guitar. There's something... not quite right... about it.

The only American strats I can think of with the 70s headstock are the Robin Trower models, and that's not one of those. The neck also has 22 frets which is odd for a 70s neck. I don't think I've ever seen one before. And it's not an authentic one either because it doesn't have the bullet truss rod. And black isn't a standard color for the knobs and pickup covers. It could be that he just bought black covers, but I'd want to know if it was the original electronics in there, or if they've been swapped out. The bridge and saddles are an older style as well. The six screw bridge is the old style used, the only current American made strats that use that bridge are the reissues. The saddles are the old style also. If they're stamped, then they are either reissue, or pre-1971 vintage. He say's he has the original white covers, which along with the two string trees would date a guitar to around early 1975, but as he says the Corona factory wasn't opened until 1985 and I seriously doubt this is an original vintage model.

It looks to me like an instrument that's been pieced together from a lot of different parts. And I don't know if Fender has ever made a neck with the 70s headstock, no bullet and 22 frets. The American made reissues have the bullet and the original 21 frets. And I would be really skeptical of an America vintage reissue selling for $585. I wouldn't be surprised if the neck is a replacement that someone put a Fender decal on.

Might be really nice, but I would definitely want more information

gopats1479 · 01-31-2011, 04:06 PM

It said that the guitar was made in 2007-2008 in the ad.

gopats1479 · 01-31-2011, 04:06 PM

It's too expensive anyway. There's a modified highway one strat there as well, along with a parts guitar.

gopats1479 · 01-31-2011, 08:13 PM

What about a G&L Tribute Strat?

to_be_released · 01-31-2011, 08:41 PM

I like my '79 Ibanez strat copy, which I scored for 375 NZD (290 USD), and would rate over most genuine Fenders I've played. I suggest stopping looking at random guitars online and going and trying random guitars in second hand shops in the hopes of finding a random gem (and by that I don't mean the specific model, Ibanez Gem, I just mean a very good guitar that happens to be cheap).

gopats1479 · 02-05-2011, 01:49 PM

I was thinking...
Should I go digital? (variax, vg strat, roland synths)

**thesteve** · 02-05-2011, 01:58 PM

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I was thinking...
Should I go digital? (variax, vg strat, roland synths)

What makes you think you'd want to go digital?

**Rainer.** · 02-05-2011, 05:44 PM

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I was thinking...
Should I go digital? (variax, vg strat, roland synths)

My gut reaction is no. Mostly because you are on a budget, and you will probably get a lot more bang for the buck with just good straight analog gear. Digital gear can be good, but it is by no means cheap... And if you are trying to save some cash, I would look elsewhere.

gopats1479 · 02-06-2011, 07:51 AM

I want to go digital because I can get more guitar sounds out of a Variax than I can out of a Fender Strat. What I mean is that a Strat has the Strat sound, while a Variax has a Strat sound, a Tele sound, Paul sound, etc. And they can be affordable. I have found many a Variax 300 or 500 on eBay for 3-400.

**Rainer.** · 02-06-2011, 11:39 AM

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I want to go digital because I can get more guitar sounds out of a Variax than I can out of a Fender Strat. What I mean is that a Strat has the Strat sound, while a Variax has a Strat sound, a Tele sound, Paul sound, etc. And they can be affordable. I have found many a Variax 300 or 500 on eBay for 3-400.

That's what we call sacrificing quality for quantity.

Do you really want to sacrifice quality for quantity?

gopats1479 · 02-07-2011, 02:59 PM

Here's my answer:
Are the Variax sounds going to be seriously worse than the actual guitar, or will they be very close to the actual guitar?