Members MichaelSaulnier Posted January 21, 2010 Members Share Posted January 21, 2010 Last night at band practice, I was playing several of my guitars through my Mesa F-50. All of them sounded very nice... (I do have nice guitars)... One of my bandmates was selling another amp, a low cost Fender, on CL, and the person was scheduled to come check it out right at the end of our rehearsal. When the guy arrived, my bandmate, a drummer, asked me to plug into the Fender and the whole band played a song. Whoa. I was using my Fender American Deluxe QMT, which just "sings" through my F-50... but it really did not sound so good through this amp... we tweaked it a bit and tried again, but imho, we NEVER got a decent sound out of this amp. The guy buying it didn't seem to care, (I don't know why he didn't try it with his own guitar and played it himself), and he ended up buying the amp... but it made me realize that no matter how nice your guitar is, the amp has just as much, if not more, impact on the tone. Honestly, my F-50 makes all my guitars sound good, even the el-cheapo squires I have... So if I had to choose... I'd make sure I had a decent guitar, and a great sounding amp... not the other way around. How about you? M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members photon9 Posted January 21, 2010 Members Share Posted January 21, 2010 Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members peavey_impact Posted January 21, 2010 Members Share Posted January 21, 2010 Amp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bsman Posted January 21, 2010 Members Share Posted January 21, 2010 In general, I'd rather play a piece of {censored} into a nice amp than the other way around. I find that if my amp settings aren't right, the sound is bad no matter what guitar is plugged in, whereas I can get decent tones from any guitar if I've got the sweet spot dialed in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mandooks Posted January 21, 2010 Members Share Posted January 21, 2010 AMP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bleak Posted January 21, 2010 Members Share Posted January 21, 2010 I typically say amp. Without taking into consideration the whole tone in the fingers thing, think about this.Play a $2k guitar through a 100$ amp. Your tone will sound like a 100$ amp.Play a $100 guitar through a $2k amp, and you have a great starting point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ΨWindingΨ Posted January 21, 2010 Members Share Posted January 21, 2010 Both. But a good guitar won't sound good through a {censored}ty amp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members csm Posted January 21, 2010 Members Share Posted January 21, 2010 I have to say ... My 1969 Super Reverb gives me the basics of my tone whether I'm playing a Strat, a Tele, my LP-alike Vintage Lemon Drop, my P90-loaded PRS Santana SE or even (for slide) my Ibanez DT-150 w/Super Distortionesque V2 humbucker. Naturally there are variations, and the FEEL of the individual instruments always counts for an awful lot, but ... As Muddy Waters once said of HIS Super (and I'm paraphrasing from memory), 'If I forgot my guitar and had to borrow one at the gig, but I still add my amp ... I'd have my sound.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Prages Posted January 21, 2010 Members Share Posted January 21, 2010 The amp has way more effect on your tone than anything else, IMO. That said, it doesn't have to be a really high end amp to sound great. My favorite amp cost me all of $200. But yeah, a good sounding amp will make most guitars sound pretty good. A great guitar will sound like {censored} through a {censored}ty amp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members scuzzo Posted January 21, 2010 Members Share Posted January 21, 2010 Amp.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ExiledCrow Posted January 21, 2010 Members Share Posted January 21, 2010 I'm in the amp camp! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Riffer Posted January 21, 2010 Members Share Posted January 21, 2010 amp for me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bsman Posted January 21, 2010 Members Share Posted January 21, 2010 ...That said, it doesn't have to be a really high end amp to sound great. My favorite amp cost me all of $200... This. I currently play through a Fender Pro Jr and a Tech 21 Trademark 10 - neither of which will exactly start the folks on HCAF drooling, but I can get some nice tonez out of either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Superrust Posted January 21, 2010 Members Share Posted January 21, 2010 Amp for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members crowguitar Posted January 21, 2010 Members Share Posted January 21, 2010 yup... Amp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RaoulDuke Posted January 21, 2010 Members Share Posted January 21, 2010 You guys are deluding yourselves. Everybody knows that truly good tones only come from $150 cables. Doesn't matter what is on the ends. At least that's what they told me at Guitar Center when they tried to sell me a cable made of stranded platinum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tidal Rhythm Posted January 21, 2010 Members Share Posted January 21, 2010 The amp has way more effect on your tone than anything else, IMO.That said, it doesn't have to be a really high end amp to sound great. My favorite amp cost me all of $200.But yeah, a good sounding amp will make most guitars sound pretty good.A great guitar will sound like {censored} through a {censored}ty amp. This post nailed every point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrbrown49 Posted January 21, 2010 Members Share Posted January 21, 2010 amp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EADGBE Posted January 21, 2010 Members Share Posted January 21, 2010 50/50. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members monstermaker Posted January 21, 2010 Members Share Posted January 21, 2010 I'd have to agree with Keith Richards when he said, "The right guitar with the right amp..." And when he said "Pass 'er this way one time Mick." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bro Blue Posted January 21, 2010 Members Share Posted January 21, 2010 Both, really, but more the amp. And more specifically the preamp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vintage clubber Posted January 21, 2010 Members Share Posted January 21, 2010 The amp has way more effect on your tone than anything else, IMO. That said, it doesn't have to be a really high end amp to sound great. My favorite amp cost me all of $200. But yeah, a good sounding amp will make most guitars sound pretty good. A great guitar will sound like {censored} through a {censored}ty amp. what my WV friend said here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members roygbiv Posted January 21, 2010 Members Share Posted January 21, 2010 I say it all the time: Spend your money on the amp before the guitar. And more specifically, make sure you have the right speaker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dimmypage Posted January 21, 2010 Members Share Posted January 21, 2010 AMP all the way:thu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members snowaie Posted January 21, 2010 Members Share Posted January 21, 2010 Guitar that plays well to you. Into a good amp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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