• From: over yonder....in PA
  • Registered: 2009-02-09
  • Posts: 240

Re: Why do we spend more on our guitars then our amps?

This is true. But when listening to the sound of what's happening, we can't quite capture the feel. The car stereo is a great example, but the head unit corresponds to the guitar (correct?) and you can't quite get a "vibe" going with a head unit like a guitar. The amp is definitely important, but then we also have to take speakers and temperature into consideration as well tongue

kevman13 wrote:

I think you misunderstood my comment as far as car stereos go. It was an anology - but a bad one I guess. The point was SOME people wanted the flashy do it all deck (guitar) in their dashboard but didn't want to invest enough money into the amp and speakers in the back...the deck was just the signal...the amp and speakers projected the sound. I would take a junk deck and great speakers/amp all the way. Give Joe an Epi goldtop and you wouldn't notice a difference (he would). Now take away the amps and let him play through a solid state Line 6 Spider and you would definitely notice. That's my point...kinda...sorta...Joe would still sound so good I would run out and buy a Line 6 Spider but maybe he's a bad example... wink

t92780 wrote:

As someone mentioned earlier I believe:  I've never heard a great stereo receiver sound good through junk speakers...totally disagree is a nice way.  Amp has more to do with tone than a guitar and fingers....this will always be a long debated topic.

Would love to hear Joe B's opinion.

"The way I like to look at it is....if that's the last time I ever got to play, I'd better give it everything I've got." -SRV

20 Reply by NPB_EST.1979 (edited by NPB_EST.1979 2010-11-18 08:44:09)

  • From: Detroit
  • Registered: 2006-06-02
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Re: Why do we spend more on our guitars then our amps?

lol Line 6 spiders... getting thrown under the bus!  lol

Luckily I had older brothers to tell me not to blow my money on car stereos. Thank God!
So since I was 14 I've been blowing my money on music equipment, and it always pays off... whereas stereo stuff the money gets flushed down the toilet.

- Nic from Detroit... posting on JB's Forum since 6-2-2006
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21 Reply by t92780 (edited by t92780 2010-11-17 18:19:05)

  • Registered: 2009-10-27
  • Posts: 250

Re: Why do we spend more on our guitars then our amps?

TubeSat: Agree, there's a number of issues that create end result, but I'll be stubborn that my CS Strats sound like a Squire through a **## amp (I've tried) and when pluggled into a high quality amp......flowers bloom.  Speaker offers much to do with color of tone more than quality to my ears....EVM12L is very hi-fi to my ears and a 12-65 is darker and has more balls...I'm very much in the learning stage of speakers - I just have EVM12l and TR12-65...so very green in this area and hope to learn from others here on other options that will marry up to my amps.

I wish I had more quality amps than guitars.