AspiringShredder
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Hey guys.
I've been playing guitar for a year and a bit, and I'm already beginning to be able to shred. Currently, I'm able to play Holy Wars by Megadeth perfectly, but I want to get into harder stuff, like Jeff Loomis solo, John Petrucci solo, Paul Gilbert, and Steve Vai.
Anyways, I'm stuck playing with my Epiphone Studio 10S amp, and Epiphone Les Paul Special II for another 2 years. My parents reguse to spend money on luxuries, so I'm going to have to buy gear myself.
I'll most likely be getting a job early-mid 2010. I've calculated, that with a minimum wage paying job, I should make approximately $4700CAD after 2 and a half months. I'll be uprgading my amp first, because although my guitar sucks (Pickups are sterile and unresponsive, and the strings are an inch or so off of the neck, and cannot be lowered anymore), my amp sounds even worse. I play tons of Metal (Prog Metal, early and Melodic Death Metal, Thrash Metal, early Metal), so I'm looking for an amp that'll give me a great versitile metal tone. By the time I get the amp, I'll also be playing lots of mid-gain shred type stuff, Steve Vai, Paul Gilbert, Yngwie Malmsteen, etc. I occaisionally play Blues/Jazz, but I'll get a Fender Blues Junior for that.
tl;dr, which amp will give me the best High-Gain Metal, and Mid-Gain shred tone with at least half decent cleans?
I've been playing guitar for a year and a bit, and I'm already beginning to be able to shred. Currently, I'm able to play Holy Wars by Megadeth perfectly, but I want to get into harder stuff, like Jeff Loomis solo, John Petrucci solo, Paul Gilbert, and Steve Vai.
Anyways, I'm stuck playing with my Epiphone Studio 10S amp, and Epiphone Les Paul Special II for another 2 years. My parents reguse to spend money on luxuries, so I'm going to have to buy gear myself.
I'll most likely be getting a job early-mid 2010. I've calculated, that with a minimum wage paying job, I should make approximately $4700CAD after 2 and a half months. I'll be uprgading my amp first, because although my guitar sucks (Pickups are sterile and unresponsive, and the strings are an inch or so off of the neck, and cannot be lowered anymore), my amp sounds even worse. I play tons of Metal (Prog Metal, early and Melodic Death Metal, Thrash Metal, early Metal), so I'm looking for an amp that'll give me a great versitile metal tone. By the time I get the amp, I'll also be playing lots of mid-gain shred type stuff, Steve Vai, Paul Gilbert, Yngwie Malmsteen, etc. I occaisionally play Blues/Jazz, but I'll get a Fender Blues Junior for that.
tl;dr, which amp will give me the best High-Gain Metal, and Mid-Gain shred tone with at least half decent cleans?