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I am using Ibanez RG series and Roland micro cube amp.
The sound is good enough for the space i play in. Adjusting to appropriate settings it gives you pretty clean sound in any mode you want to play from accoustic to heavy... cheap solution actually ! Orion plays awesome, i play many of metallica's tunes, although i suck at soloing

What kind of guitar you're playing or you prefer? and who's your model legend guitarist?

Salam

PRS would be the guitar i want, i have an old Ibanez SA, BC Rich Beast (The old one that looked bad ass) and an ibanez 12 string.

Just sold my Marshall JVM410H stack though, kinda regretting it, i just use an old korg effects processor and a PA Amp now.

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joe walsh of that band is also my idol wearing polka dots on gigs hehe..

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that flying V design in you pic? nice gear bro

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i think you can washburn too

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Anyone likes Steve Clark of Def Leppard? I used to blow the sound up to hear his solos.

Actually, I'm still hung up on his guitar playing, even though he passed away long ago, in the 90s.

Salam

I've been an electric guitarist for years now, and I personally have not come across a more balanced guitar than the Ibanez Prestige ones... You got the quality, the Brand name and service, The Flexibility, The nice styles of designs, the 24 frets, the string locks, the Ease to install custom made pickups and much more !

I use Ibanez Prestige guitar with custom ordered Fernandes Sustainer pickups, Boss GT-8 Multieffect Pedal, and Roland Cube-60 amp ... rocks on real well ...

quick note to help ppl who want this: if you want metallica guitar sound, just max up the Bass and Trebble of your tone, and put the middle on Zero .. you'll get exact Metallica guitar sound that way ! keep it up !

Keep Shredding the Solos !

Heavy scooping (max bass & treble/0 mids) is something NO ONE DOES. Not even the heaviest chugga chugga death metal bands. The guitar is a midrange instrument, in the heaviest of Metal mixes it occupies the space between 60hz and 12500khz. Usually the mids may be tamed with a multiband compressor in the studio to eliminate booming tones and irregularities in level but in general that's a bad approach.

I'm quite sure Metallica have been using Diezel amps lately in the studio. Those are quite a pretty penny. If you want the vintage Metallica tone (MoP era), back then they used the Mesa TriAxis preamp and the Mesa Mark IV amps. For cleans Hetfield used a Roland Jazz Chorus 120 combo. Hope I've helped!

A note on something many folks don't know...

When it comes to quality, every company has a main/premium line that is manufactured either in the USA or in Japan, and a number of cheaper instruments made in China, Indonesia, Korea, India...depending on whether it's an entry level instrument or something with a few bells and whistles, the price will vary.

Guitars like those cheap Yammys, BC RIch Bronzes, Jackson 10s, Ibanez GIOs, LTD 50s...they're all pretty much the same. Bad wood, bad fit and finish, you get what you pay for. Those are for kids that just started, if they show talent they'll get something else. If not, no biggie. You can't really do much to those guitars to make them into studio instruments. I'd always recommend a no brand Chinese instrument like the SX. Not only are they cheaper but at least they used legit woods (Alder, Basswood, etc) to manufacture them instead of Agathis, or worse particle board or MDF.

Once you get into the $2500+ "custom shop" zone, it's all very comparable as well. It's purely a matter of personal preference, there's no better/worse, merely value for money.

I think Schecter have been lately offering some pretty solid instruments for cheap, but Chinese companies like Agile too.

If anyone has any old Jap guitars such as Westone, old Aria Pro, Daion, Tokai, Greco, Heartfield...that they want to get rid off for a reasonable price, do holla! Oh yeah old Ibanez Destroyers or Rocket Rolls too. Those were some great Ibanez guitars :)

PAUL GILBERT AND JOHN PETRUCCI STUFFS ARE COOL TO PLAY!

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