Recent content by 570ex

Just as i was about to go and buy a new guitar i stubled across a few people that make custom guitars for not unreasonable prices. i was wondering has anyone here had one custom made? any good/bad experiences? and (if your UK or maybe USA if i could get it shipped) do any of you have recomended...

Obvoiusly alot of people swear by valve, and it certainly ups the price of the amp, i am a young guitarist and have only played through my own 50 watt solid state, which sounds nice, but am wondering what im missing out on with valves, so are they really THAT much better and worth THAT much more...

Ive always used the distortion straight from the amp i use (Marshal 50DFX) and found it to be fairly sufficient, but an awful lot of people use distortion pedals/stompboxes, are they really much better? My friend has a Vwah which also comes with a few distortion settings, but to be honest i am...

Ok, main guitar is an ibanez RG, so i got the shreadding covered, now i want another guitar but im really not sure of what to get, so much choice! I want something a bit more classic, so this points me towards fender, gibson, ricks, those sorts of guitars. My ibanez has high-gain p/ups, so id...

ok my friend who has decided to go for a jb (thanks for you help there btw) no wants to know the difference between a SH-4 JB, an a TB-4 JB?, what a trembucker is and does he need one as his guitar has a floyd rose? thanks again.

I play in a punk band (and use and invader which sounds very fat with not too much gain), and my mate who also plays is looking to upgrade his bridge pickup, we want to try and keep our sounds separate so can anyone suggest any pickups that are good for punk? (from other companies as well as SD)...