I'll believe this crap when a Mayan walks up and tells me. Well, even then its iffy. I just wanna meet a bunch of people who believe this stuff and buy all their **** for cheap and when nothing happens sell it all off for a nice profit.
Not only is fender basically a guaranteed win, the influence of the strat shape on to making super strats is awesome. My strat is freaking amazing for any style, and my RG is fantastic for how I have it set up.
Get an ampeg vh-140C. More gain than you'll ever need. I'm not a pantera fan but this was the go-to amp for early 90s death metal. Plus they're cheap. Equally good are the Randall RG100es.
I played my Tiny Terror through either a 2x12 with V30s or a valve jr. 1x12 which has an eminence lady luck and it had the exact crunch I was looking for. The rebel was cool and has great features but it wasn't like dead-on like the TT was.
I went to GC the other night to try and trade in my Mark III. I kid you not, they said the MOST they could offer me on it was $400. That implies that they may not even give me $400 for it. GC FTL