As of late I seem to be having alot of trouble with feedback coming through my amp when I play with distortion through my MetalZone Mt-2. I don't know why I'm getting so much feedback. The type of amp I play through is an Ibanez SoundWave 35 Bass Amp. I want to have everything set up properly anything suggestions and the kind of music I want it set for is Death Metal.

turn down your gain.



and get a guitar amp.....why play guitar through a bass amp?

Well I used to play bass then I just bought a guitar and I can't afford another amp... and I figure Kyuss' guitar players played through bass amps and it sounded great I love their really bassy sound.

How much of a budget are you on? Vader cabs are the same quality as Mesa, if not a little better and they are only $680 new. www.vadercabinets.com Then you can look on ebay for a used head that is not too expensive. 5150 series 2 are usually not too bad on there. You can get them for like $600 - $800. Which is not too much. Then you'd have a pretty professional sound for not too much money.

Written by Endoftherainbow on 21.07.2006 at 23:55

Well I used to play bass then I just bought a guitar and I can't afford another amp... and I figure Kyuss' guitar players played through bass amps and it sounded great I love their really bassy sound.

I hear ya there! Kyuss has wierdass/amazing tone lol. But yeah, I played out of a 25 watt Fender bass amp with a BOSS Extreme Metal pedal...it was amazing.

Yeah, I fixed my whole set up and now it sounds pretty sweet. So thanks to everyone for their help. I guess this thread can now be open for people discuss what amps they have and there settings and things like that.

For guitar I run a Guitar Research T64 tube driven half-stack. It was 270 American, so I couldn't turn it down...stock distortion is terrible, so I got a nice FX processor [Zoom G2.1u] and they work great. Can't be happier.

Im planing to buy new amp, so I need advice. What do you think about Laney amps??

My Serbian brother how much money you are willing to give up for this desire?!? Other question is what you expect from your amp - home play, local gigs, something more serious..

Written by [user id=4364] on 24.03.2007 at 04:37

My Serbian brother how much money you are willing to give up for this desire?!? Other question is what you expect from your amp - home play, local gigs, something more serious..

Well, I have 15W Marshall for home, if I'm lucky I'll complete a band fith my friend soon, so I nee dsomething more powerfull, as you said, for local gigs. And the money, I dont know.... around 400- 500?

I got an Behringer GX112 Blue Devil when it come out quite some years ago it is 60W with 2 channels clean (heaven) and distorted (hell) footswitch is included to toggle between channels or effects on/off. It is not tube but it have VirtueTube technology - emulation can't replace real tube but this one sound quite fine - and onboard processor which packs 99 preset effects that are great for local gigs and for playing with a group of friends. It was around 250-300 Eur which was great price for quality.. Now I use it to play at home only but I always borrow it to friends when they decide to make some local performance..

I need to buy an amplifier too and I would like to hear some recommendations, as I'm a bit inexperienced in this department. I'd like it to be 60 watts and in the price range of 400 Eur. Could someone give advice as to what things to take into consideration when buying an amp etc?

I looked for the amp you have, Max, It seemed quite good but maybe I can get some more advice.

Thanks in advance

Written by [user id=20090] on 24.04.2007 at 20:22

I need to buy an amplifier too and I would like to hear some recommendations, as I'm a bit inexperienced in this department. I'd like it to be 60 watts and in the price range of 400 Eur. Could someone give advice as to what things to take into consideration when buying an amp etc?

I looked for the amp you have, Max, It seemed quite good but maybe I can get some more advice.

Thanks in advance

If I were you I would get Peavey Bandit (solid state, 80w, 12' speaker, nice distortion, ~300?). If you're willing to stretch your budget a little bit, you could get the smaller Peavey Valve King combo (all tube, 50w, 12' speaker ~460??). Peaveys are pretty good price/quality-wise. Go check them out if you have an opportunity.

if you want quality tone, stay away from solid states... they are great quality amps, but the tone suffers in comparison to tubes, and they usually cant compete in volume... if you are on a tight budget, and still want good tube tone, and a shitload of volume, check out some tube combo amps... you may not believe me, but you can gig with a tube combo amp, even without being mic'd! the good thing about a combo amp, and the fact that its smaller and underpowered compared to its halfstack bretheren is that you can crank it up more... why is that good? tubes perform better at higher volumes... typically 3+ on the volume notches... best sound is achieved 5+.... and believe me, try cranking a halfstack up to 5 in your house.... oh yeah, without earplugs if you dont have cops at your door within 20 mins, you will probably have damaged your hearing, and possibly given yourself a mild cuncussion... lol check out a TSL JCM2000 combo amp, a 6505 combo amp, a JSX combo, or hell... if you are really on a tight budget, maybe even a B-52 combo? make sure the B52 is tube though... they make solid states also... much crappier... but yeah, try that out, you can probably squeeze one out of the store under $900... which aint bad considering the bigger brothers will run you about $1800+ for the amp/cab.

Well, I chose Peavey Triple XXX cause of ability to tune down meaty sound, even if power of 120W is way too much. When you are shorter of budget you can buy Engl fireball, it's good choice and you save a lot money (in EU it costs about 600-700E new), even its 60W it will blow your ass up. Cheaper thing is transistor amp Peavey XXL, no bad one, it fits to metal, easy to get satysfying sound. One more thing - better not to buy cheap tube amps, you can be very dissapointed.

the 6505 does a pretty good job of getting meaty tones, not quite as bassy as the XXX, but i like the scoop myself, so im more into the combo of highs and lows, with a little bit of that mid range whip... as i said, the cab is supposed to be a better combination for the 6505 than the cab that is paired with it.., so i guess they have a bit of everything between them.. all a matter of taste. mine bangs out 120w as well, but without the 2nd 4x12 cab, i suppose im not really using most of it... i cant wait to stack mine (O_O) will be hell on my neighbors... im thinking about stacking it with a XXX cab up top, and the 6505 straigh cab at the bottom... ive heard the 6505 cabs have more breakup than the XXX... might be a good combination.

hello all .. i have a cort x 6 guitar and i have a line 6 pedal : POD 2.0 ... and i wanna get an amp and i dont know what to get does any one can help ... i need to get amp for practice at my room !!! does randall amps are good ?

so im thinking of buying an amp, with good distortion for christmas, and im thinkin maybe marshall... any suggestions on models?

Written by BurbotsRevenge on 15.12.2007 at 05:54

so im thinking of buying an amp, with good distortion for christmas, and im thinkin maybe marshall... any suggestions on models?

ENGL fireball.

Edit: thats a head though, a prolly out of your price range unless you already have a cab of somekind.
More realistic might be a decent sized roland cube?

Written by BurbotsRevenge on 15.12.2007 at 05:54

so im thinking of buying an amp, with good distortion for christmas, and im thinkin maybe marshall... any suggestions on models?

Everyone has different tastes or else everyone would be using the same thing. Check out the amps and choose which one you think is most suitable for you. Thats the best advice I can give on this.

yeh, i ended up picking myself a marshall 50 watt amp today. along with my new sweet-ass jackson guitar (king v x series)

Written by BurbotsRevenge on 17.12.2007 at 09:17

yeh, i ended up picking myself a marshall 50 watt amp today. along with my new sweet-ass jackson guitar (king v x series)

Can you tell us a bit more about this amp, please?? Price, performance, etc...

Vox amps are the shit. Cheap, reliable, and built in with dirty-old school sounding distortion.

Written by Stalker on 14.01.2008 at 20:19

Written by BurbotsRevenge on 17.12.2007 at 09:17

yeh, i ended up picking myself a marshall 50 watt amp today. along with my new sweet-ass jackson guitar (king v x series)

Can you tell us a bit more about this amp, please?? Price, performance, etc...

its a good amp, i like it its price is very good for its performance - its a great sound, good ditortion (though i genreally use my dis pedal) built in FX, great amp fro a good price

is that good? im not one of those people who can rattle off all the crazy features ans small imortant things about it

Written by BurbotsRevenge on 15.01.2008 at 00:33


its a good amp, i like it its price is very good for its performance - its a great sound, good ditortion (though i genreally use my dis pedal) built in FX, great amp fro a good price

is that good? im not one of those people who can rattle off all the crazy features ans small imortant things about it

OK, how much did it cost anyway? Hows the sound when you crank it up a little?? I have small Marshall, and the sound is excelent, but the quality drops as the volume goes up...

Written by Stalker on 15.01.2008 at 00:49

Written by BurbotsRevenge on 15.01.2008 at 00:33


its a good amp, i like it its price is very good for its performance - its a great sound, good ditortion (though i genreally use my dis pedal) built in FX, great amp fro a good price

is that good? im not one of those people who can rattle off all the crazy features ans small imortant things about it

OK, how much did it cost anyway? Hows the sound when you crank it up a little?? I have small Marshall, and the sound is excelent, but the quality drops as the volume goes up...

well i got it in a package and everything which dropped the pricve a bit but on its own it woulda been AU$700-800 or something

the sound is good, it does of course drop a bit when volume is up, but most do

Written by Endoftherainbow on 21.07.2006 at 09:28

As of late I seem to be having alot of trouble with feedback coming through my amp when I play with distortion through my MetalZone Mt-2. I don't know why I'm getting so much feedback. The type of amp I play through is an Ibanez SoundWave 35 Bass Amp. I want to have everything set up properly anything suggestions and the kind of music I want it set for is Death Metal.

It has a lot to do with your pickups to! the better your pickups are the less feedback you get!
But you shuld also avoid that your pickups are faceing your amp, espesialy when you stand close to your amp!

Written by Sunioj on 14.01.2008 at 20:23

Vox amps are the shit. Cheap, reliable, and built in with dirty-old school sounding distortion.

Price doesn't mean anything. For instance, Harley Benton stuff is just a copy of pretty good stuff (Marshal, for instance, or Ibanez). This stuff is cheap, but sounds pretty good, and the prizes always make me laugh.

Written by [user id=20090] on 24.04.2007 at 20:22

I need to buy an amplifier too and I would like to hear some recommendations, as I'm a bit inexperienced in this department. I'd like it to be 60 watts and in the price range of 400 Eur. Could someone give advice as to what things to take into consideration when buying an amp etc?

I looked for the amp you have, Max, It seemed quite good but maybe I can get some more advice.

Thanks in advance

You'd better try different amps in music stores - because each musician plays his own style (technique). God knows what you want from that stuff. You need to understand what you really need.

Written by Alex Smith on 19.01.2008 at 13:17

Written by Sunioj on 14.01.2008 at 20:23

Vox amps are the shit. Cheap, reliable, and built in with dirty-old school sounding distortion.

Price doesn't mean anything. For instance, Harley Benton stuff is just a copy of pretty good stuff (Marshal, for instance, or Ibanez). This stuff is cheap, but sounds pretty good, and the prizes always make me laugh.

I agree 100% though I don't know too much about guitar amps in general, I hear the same from other guitarists about brand names just being expensive for the value of the brand name itself.