I had a 2:90 and it kicked some serious butt!!!!!! sold back when it was vogue to plug straight into an amp!!!! Damn I was dumb. I now own a V3 and I'm happy with it! $$$-sound it's solid!!!

If you go with the 2:90 make sure you get a good Tube driven preamp! Don't get me wrong the 2:90 can warm up some harsh pre's, but wouldn't it just be better to have an all tube path?;)

If I had the $$$$ it would probably be the Mesa for power, I haven't really shopped for pre amps so it's a wash there.

the 6505 is solid for sure. try and dig up and old first gen 5150 if you want something that screams metal!!!!

Or if you dig the VH tone find a Marshall and do as Eddie does and turn every knob to 11!!!!!

Anton,

Good to see you again. I still think you got shafted in the competition though. Nice guitar! I guess it beats the loaner you had to make do with. Are you working on a new album yet (not that I'm getting tired of "Anti". I actually work with a lot of Russians. It's fun to see their facial expressions when the tracks in Russian start.

Mike

Anton, you've really outdone yourself. Not only is that great playing but the overall cool factor is off the charts. You russians are crazy, in a very good way.


I wasn't sure we'd ever hear from you again man. Don't think I've seen you on this site since the guitar hero competition. I hope all is well.

Hi guys! My name is Anton Tsygankov, I've been posting some of my music here in the past....


Checkout my new video recorded live on a top of a moving truck! Let me know if you like it!

http://my.break.com/content/view.aspx?ContentID=451755

First off: This thread is evil.

Yes, vince knows his stuff probably much better than I do.

I've just been fortunate enough to play LOTS of amps cranked to ear bleeding volumes because the local music store owners like me.

Vince made some good recommendations, and the 6505 is definately one of the best bang for the buck amps out there right now. I think the 6505 is better then the last 5150 they made too, but that's just opinion not based on quality of the amp or anything.

But I'd still take the carvin V3 over one for quality/price ratio. There's not many amps under 2k that I'd take over the carvin even if it was FREE to me. That should say a lot about the quality of that $900 amp...

Just remember, if those carvin amps were being sold in guitar center next to that peavey they'd be selling for $1500+ maybe more. Factory direct gear brings the costs WAY down. Less shipping back and forth between ware houses, less middle men asking for 100% markup and the likes.

But is it my favorite amp?

I honestly don't know.

I'm the same way with cars. I can tell which one I first fell in love with, and I can tell you what I want most right now, but I can't for the life of me tell you which one I would love most if I owned all the ones I like.

So I'll give you my top 10... or 20...

Carvin V3
Diezel VH4
Mesa Roadster
Orange Rockverb 50
Peavey Classic 30
Peavey JSX
Peavey 6505
Egnater Tourmaster 4100
Engl Powerball
Matamp 1224 Mk2
Matamp GT1
Vox AC30
Supro (almost any from the 60's)
Bogner Uberschall

That's a pretty comprehensive list of my dream amp "garage" of amps I'd love to have on standby, availble at will.

But if I had to pick just one it would probably be the mesa or diezel. If I had to actually buy one with my own money, the cavin is it, hands down time and time and time again.

Yes I have and they're good.

Maybe we should start a metal band recommendation thread eh? ;-)

Yah thanks guys. Im looking for a good guitar hopfully under $1000 and I thought this might be the 1.

Please don't discount anything from Vince. He knows his stuff too. In fact, he could easily (make that EASILY) be the lead guitarist for any of todays popular bands (that includes the likes of Megadeth, Trivium, etc., etc.) He is THAT good.

I don't have one either. I bought a 1/4" mono to 2.5mm? mono (I think it's 1/8") male to male converter and plug the guitar directly in to the microphone input on my sound card. In the advanced options for the mic in, you need to check the mic boost (20db boost) box and then set the recording level. Not ideal by any means, but it works. If you have a muliteffects box like a POD, Digitech RP-50, etc. you can put that between the guitar and computer. Of course if your sound card has a line in jack it'd be better to use that with the effects unit since the levels would match up better.

Oh, I got the converter at Radio Shack for like $5

alright that sounds good, ill have to give that a try, thx dan!

mssmith, i would much rather do that but i dont have an interface to record my guitar onto my computer. that reminds me i should probably start trying to set up a home studio again...