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rbasaria: Are you still using the Duncan Custom TB-5? What do you think of the BK Holy Diver or the Norton from DiMarzio? I am looking for the best alternatives to a regular JB for my bridge pickup (in EC-1000/Eclipse guitars). The JB is kinda close to what I like (an alternative to the EMG 81...

I decided to go with the current Vietnam DSL 100, new from Sweetwater earlier this year and I am happy with the choice. I could have ordered a Ceriatone with more uncertainties, but I have a Marshall sound and have been trying various pedals with it. The two best pedals for this DSL so far are...

I want the open/empty-sounding fuzz, not dark, not too bright. I believe Mk. III, possibly Mk. I would be best.

Too firm. I would rather the frets feel a bit softer. I see no reason to change fret material at all. I also do not the guitar sounds of the 21st century in metal. I can see steel frets making things sound worse in that direction also.

I do not really know Trevor TBH. I hung with Erik Rutan a little here and there just to talk about music, but never with Obituary guys. I just had a chance to chat with Trevor and Alex Webster a couple time b/c I was a bass player and sometimes played guitar, etc. Those were confusing times as...

I saw this band in the late 90s too and they had pretty good live sound. from Chicago. Their songwriting left a lot to be desired, but that was most of death metal for me... <yawn> Probably never something I would do, but they were kind of interesting outside of my normal music at that time.

There are a couple of Chicago-area bands that had good sound too: Cianide and maybe Broken Hope's live sound. Cianide's album sound, Broken Hope live... saw them in Tampa probably twice. I suppose I mention this b/c you say "Chicago" and b/c the bands from Tampa didn't always use great guitar...

yeah, I don't have the compulsion to completely replicate that due to the fact that the REAL sound comes from really cranking the amp. good compromise for home playing can be found at more moderate volumes, with pedals added. I found that I usually rolled my tone knob down to "1" before...

yes... I commented on that video after that fellow put it on his channel b/c I have talked with Trevor more than once about his tone (I am from Tampa). I don't care to use the exact same gear, but a Marshall-like amp really helps even if you don't have a JCM800 (for cranking at home?). There...

THAT's 100% correct. And that's typically how I aim my guitar tone by default... pretty much like Celtic Frost and Trevor from Obituary, but not always with the same exact gear. It's just stuck in my head without a reminder, probably from listening to World Demise so many times as a teenager...

thanks for the info on the Ceriatones! Mesas are absolute no-gos for me. Also, the "doom" sound I would be shooting for is the "death-doom" sound, known from the UK record label called Peaceville and other early 90s death metal-oriented doom metal as opposed to "doom metal" or stoner doom. The...

Interesting. what did you indicate to Nik as your desired sounds? thrash/death metal? something else? Gargoyle transformers/preamp and 6550 power tubes? I should just ask Nik why he thinks Yeti instead of Chupacabra for me. He asked me if I want to play something like Meshuggah and I replied...

hah, I just had a brand new (Vietnam) Marshall DSL 100HR die while playing tonight. I've never seen an amp crap out so badly. I don't have enough knowledge to know what might have gone wrong inside. >>>returns dept.

Dan: yes, Nik at Ceriatone seemed to think that I would like a King Kong (Cameron clone, I guess) or the Yeti but with 6550 power tubes instead of EL34s. His frame of reference for extreme metal sound is Slayer, or that saturated, JCM-on-steroids sound, which is about right when it comes down to...

I decided that I do not like the character of the 6L6 amps relative to playing a Marshall, for example. I have never liked Mesa either, and every time I try a typically "American" amp, I am not satisfied because I want the Marshall nastiness. I am not hung up on MORE low end; I just don't want...

Yeah, Dan, I have actually considered buying the SLO in recent months. I like that amp and the (cheaper) Peavey 5150 from the early 90s. I had the crappier version of the 5150, the 6505+, but that amp is definitely too tight and, the EQ is shit IMO. Naturally, I like the lower bass range of the...

I have tried, but I am not sure that he knows more extreme metal than 80s thrash (like Slayer, which I mentioned) and Meshuggah. He's also unfamiliar with the JCM900 SL-X, which is probably Marshall's highest gain amp in the traditional tube amp, JCM family. I will try to get some insight from...

I would like an amp that can do all of those, but NOT be so tight that I cannot get a nice "bloom" from a lightly palm-muted power chord (loose resonance available on the amp?) for doom metal play. The easiest/best way to get the saturation and sustain I like is with the BOSS MT-2, but I want to...

Nice LTD except for the inlays. Charvel has an OK neck but usually a shoddy fretboard. I cannot see myself buying an LTD guitar with steel frets, so it's either re-fret a used guitar or buy a different brand from now on. Likely move will be from LTD to E-II, Fender (ultra series), or something...

I really wish that I weren't stuck with a Marshall DSL100HR as my potential next amp. It has good sound, but I feel some amp builder could do similar and improve upon it with EL-34 power section. Yet, I look at $3000 amps and nothing looks like a great option TBH. They all sound too...