Help deciding what gear to buy ?

[Dror520]

Hi, I'm selling all my **** stuff this month and I want your help on deciding which gear to buy ... Couple of months ago someone said to me that an amp is important that a guitar is that true ? if that's true that mean I need to buy the best amp I can with the money and then save up some money to get a great guitar ? plz help

btw I'm moving to the US in a month so plz look at the US price tag .... thx

 

[Elpelotero]

The amp is almost more important than the guitar. If you have a great $50000 guitar, but a $100 amp, it will sound terrible. But a $100 guitar can sound average through a $50000 amp.

WHat kind of bands and music do you like?

 

[Dror520]

Right now I'm doing some Dream theater Cover songs ... so that's the tone I'm looking for

 

[Kaz]

Right now I'm doing some Dream theater Cover songs ... so that's the tone I'm looking for

Mark IV or Road King/Roadster. Or Lone Star for just the cleans.

 

[vertigo_]

mark IV for gain ....lonestar for clean

 

[Herbie the Rad Dorklift]

Mesa Boogie Mark IV may be hard to get hold of now it's discontinued, I don't what the 2nd hand market is like in the USA.

But try and get one definitely.

You don't need the Lonestar for cleans, I personally think having a seperate amp just for cleans is bizarre unless you're rich or something.

 

[SadButTruely]

I have owned all my boogie products second hand in the usa, just pay attention to seller feedback on the ebay.

 

[Dror520]

thx for all you're answers but I can't decide which amp to get a mark IV or a Triaxis and 2:90 ??

 

[Tubes Rock!]

If you narrowed it down to just those two, then a Mark IV.

I will chime in and suggest a Studio or Quad pre, a 50/50 power amp and Formula Pre for cleans. Its all you would need for Dream Theater. Then again, grab a Road King v2, and you will have the Lone Star clean channel, and very dirty gain...

Personally, I would choose the first option since I'm not much of a fan of the Rectifiers, they sound too buzzy for my taste, however, he did a good job with the RKI on TOT..

..and I too am after the Petrucci tone... His tone on Systematic Chaos is prime.. Same for some of his recent live stuff too.

 

[mrd]

..and I too am after the Petrucci tone... His tone on Systematic Chaos is prime.. Same for some of his recent live stuff too.

Pff... all you need for that is a MKIIC+ and eight 4*12 cabs 8)

No big deal, eh?

 

[Dror520]

If you narrowed it down to just those two, then a Mark IV.

I will chime in and suggest a Studio or Quad pre, a 50/50 power amp and Formula Pre for cleans. Its all you would need for Dream Theater. Then again, grab a Road King v2, and you will have the Lone Star clean channel, and very dirty gain...

Personally, I would choose the first option since I'm not much of a fan of the Rectifiers, they sound too buzzy for my taste, however, he did a good job with the RKI on TOT..

..and I too am after the Petrucci tone... His tone on Systematic Chaos is prime.. Same for some of his recent live stuff too.

Thx for you're answer I believe I'm going to buy a used Mark IV ... thx for all you're replays !!

 

[Tubes Rock!]

..and I too am after the Petrucci tone... His tone on Systematic Chaos is prime.. Same for some of his recent live stuff too.

Pff... all you need for that is a MKIIC+ and eight 4*12 cabs 8)

No big deal, eh?

Welp, ya had to get technical on that huh!? We're talking affordable... Without the Mark IIc+ in the mix...