suislidE03
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Well, yesterday i went to one of the local guitar/music stores to give my friend some insight on an acoustic amp he wanted to buy. After a few mins, i couldnt help but grab one of the LTD EC-1000 guitars off the wall and plug it into their XXL half stack. I hadnt played a paul style guitar with REAL EMGs in it, so i was very tempted. After getting them to hook the amp up, i started wailing away on one of its many channels/modes, and i was really blown away by how good it sounded... at low volume. I didnt want to turn it up much for obvious reasons, but since i was sitting directly in front of it that was OK. I didnt play on the clean channel much, but it was fairly good for a SS amp. Overall, it didnt sound great in any way, but maybe that was because of the EMG pickups. The distortion was super crunchy though, and had a nice low end to it. There was no ear piercing treble or such things like with alot of tube amps.
After doodling around for about 15 mins on it, i came to the conclusion that the peavey XXL is the BEST solid state amp i have ever played. I didnt look at the price tag though :smack: i totally forgot cause my friend was getting impatient :laugh2:
The ESP was also a great guitar, but i really hated that neck joint. Above the 17th fret or so, i was having to struggle to work my way around it. I guess thats the main reason i like double cut guitars. I didnt care for the neck much either.. was similar to my jackson but a little bit wider. Had excellent sustain though.. was killer. I did like it overall, especially in the sound department; not sure how much the XXL helped that though.
XXL rating- 9 out 10 (10 out of 10 for SS amps)
ESP rating- 8 out of 10 (mainly cause of neck heel)
After doodling around for about 15 mins on it, i came to the conclusion that the peavey XXL is the BEST solid state amp i have ever played. I didnt look at the price tag though :smack: i totally forgot cause my friend was getting impatient :laugh2:
The ESP was also a great guitar, but i really hated that neck joint. Above the 17th fret or so, i was having to struggle to work my way around it. I guess thats the main reason i like double cut guitars. I didnt care for the neck much either.. was similar to my jackson but a little bit wider. Had excellent sustain though.. was killer. I did like it overall, especially in the sound department; not sure how much the XXL helped that though.
XXL rating- 9 out 10 (10 out of 10 for SS amps)
ESP rating- 8 out of 10 (mainly cause of neck heel)
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