What is your next guitar/gear purchase gonna be?

[MoistTowelette]

I need to stop myself from buying any more amps. Picked up a mint fully loaded Splawn Quickrod locally for a steal.

 

[BabUShka]

Just scored a nice set of BPK Miracle Man with nickel covers for my Flying V. Thought I'd give them a chance. Short cable that needs to be exteded, that scared away a lot of potential buyers and pushed the price down. Perfect.

 

[NickS]

Just scored a nice set of BPK Miracle Man with nickel covers for my Flying V. Thought I'd give them a chance. Short cable that needs to be exteded, that scared away a lot of potential buyers and pushed the price down. Perfect.

Miracle Men rule, I've had a burnt chrome set in one of my guitars for probably about ten years now.

 

[Crungy]

Ordered some Blackouts for my RGA 8. I was going to go EMG, the Blackouts in my recent RGA 7 (did a NGD on that) impressed me enough to make the switch.

Now to decide if I want to copy the 7 and put an EMG PA2 in, another EMG accessory or a regular tone knob.

 

[BabUShka]

Miracle Men rule, I've had a burnt chrome set in one of my guitars for probably about ten years now.

Great, good to hear! I sold my Mule / Riff Raff set as I wanted something bit heavier for the Flying V. I was thinking about the D Activator set.. But then I came over this Miracle Man set randomly for $100 with super short cables and he had done som weird stuff to the screws holes.. . I have a lot of spare extension cable and soldering gear, so this feels like a good score 😁

 

[Shask]

Apparently a set of E34L tubes.

I decided to remove almost all the mods in my JCM800 2203 clone. I put it to stock except a small tweak in the poweramp for more bass and a depth control. I had an extra tube gain stage in there, but there is something about an extra tube that smooths out the tone vs. using an OD pedal like a SD-1. It was sounding great, and then one of the EL34's blew out

I decided to order a set of E34L's to replace them. Now it sounds even better, and I was even able to change the depth circuit to handle more bass.

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

Apparently a set of E34L tubes.

I decided to remove almost all the mods in my JCM800 2203 clone. I put it to stock except a small tweak in the poweramp for more bass and a depth control. I had an extra tube gain stage in there, but there is something about an extra tube that smooths out the tone vs. using an OD pedal like a SD-1. It was sounding great, and then one of the EL34's blew out

I decided to order a set of E34L's to replace them. Now it sounds even better, and I was even able to change the depth circuit to handle more bass.

How's the tubes? I heard they have a similar tonal footprint to big bottle tubes like KT88s or 6550s.
And I can believe the mod doing that. I'm guessing the extra tube stage just adds dBs while the SD-1 is adding that bass cut + naaasty ass midrange.

 

[Shask]

How's the tubes? I heard they have a similar tonal footprint to big bottle tubes like KT88s or 6550s.
And I can believe the mod doing that. I'm guessing the extra tube stage just adds dBs while the SD-1 is adding that bass cut + naaasty ass midrange.

I can tell they have some more bass and are more aggressive than the old Ruby EL34s I had in there. I don't know if they are like the big bottles, but they do sound good. I have been listening to a lot of Coal Chamber lately, so I kind of had that type of sound in my head.

The extra tube does add gain, but the cathode pair does cut some bass, and I had a cap on there to cut highs, so it was a peudo subtle tubescreamer type curve. I still found I preferred to use a pedal anyways to add that grind, and the mod plus an OD pedal was just too much and could squeal. I might put the extra tube on a switch sometime so I could still use the gain boost if I wanted but I just didn't feel like it. It is still wired up, just not connected in the signal.

 

[ThePhilosopher]

I've got a set of Babicz saddles to replace the old vintage bent steel style saddles on my partscaster that I need to install.

 

[Spaced Out Ace]

Were Celestions offical Two Notes DynIR cab packs worthwhile? They released some M65 and H75 DynIR cab packs and I may have to check those out if they are any good.

 

[Furtive Glance]

Well... wasn't planning on buying what I just did, but it sorta just naturally happened, you know? Hopefully the thread will be met with vast amounts of approval from my SSO brethren. The only validation I need in my life!

 

[KnightBrolaire]

I've had my esp for like a week and I already want to rip out the EMGs lol. The bridge is alllmost there soundwise for me. It's just a bit too murky with some of my riffs. The neck pickup is godawful and needs to go asap. Might be cool to try the dino retribution set.

Edit: welp I found a retribution bridge for cheap so I pulled the trigger. I don't really use the neck pickup anyways, so why bother replacing it

got the Retribution installed last night.

 

[TonyFlyingSquirrel]

Preparing to get a Temple Audio pedalboard to go with my resent Helix Floor acquisition.

 

[-Cetanu-]

I need to stop myself from buying any more amps. Picked up a mint fully loaded Splawn Quickrod locally for a steal.

I already stopped myself from buying more amps but in that situation I would've done the same.

 

[Seabeast2000]

Well... wasn't planning on buying what I just did, but it sorta just naturally happened, you know? Hopefully the thread will be met with vast amounts of approval from my SSO brethren. The only validation I need in my life!

Hello Furtive are you still there? Great, Good news, we've been authorized to pre-approve you for this purchase.

 

[MoistTowelette]

I need to stop myself from buying any more amps. Picked up a mint fully loaded Splawn Quickrod locally for a steal.

Saw a Bogner Shiva pop up cheap on Reverb and haggled it down to $875. I don't know what's wrong with me.

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

I don't know what's wrong with me.

I'm more wondering whats wrong with the other guy. Selling a Shiva for like $900? Goddamn lol

 

[Bearitone]

Preparing to get a Temple Audio pedalboard to go with my resent Helix Floor acquisition.

The power supply modules are the primary reason I went with a Temple Audio board and years later i still haven’t invested in actually buying said modules lol. If you get one let us know what you think.

 

[MatrixClaw]

Saw a Bogner Shiva pop up cheap on Reverb and haggled it down to $875. I don't know what's wrong with me.

I'll give you $876 for it.

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

Thinking about the EMG Daemonum. Anyone had any experience with it compared to other EMGs?