Recent content by desertrat

I'll have to wait a week or two to be able to post some pics, as I'm driving down to L.A. to pick up the guitar next week. The photos I do have, while stunning, and pretty cool to look at, are under copywrite protection by the painter, which would show pretty much the completed project after...

I understood it was modified PRS

Did you happen to try out the Archon 50? I don't have anywhere near $1000.

Great idea - - I didn't think of that!!

I purchased a custom made/modified swamp ash Strat-style guitar used. It has a Fralin single coil neck pickup, a Duncan Seymour single coil middle pickup and a Don Mare single coil bridge pickup. I can't determine any more about the individual pickups than this. I'm guessing that it cannot be...

You've given me some excellent background - similar to my own situation, for sure. I like what you got to say. I'm going to post the guitar pics and its pickups, and so on. Hopefully I'll get a little feedback. Apparently, the choice of the pickups installed on this piece is very unique...

OKAY! Another amp to check out. Nice! I like to play a variety of music, actually. If I was able/good enough, I'd play JJ Cale stuff all the time, haha.

That's a very helpful perspective you've provided. Thanks for the input.

I checked out the Modified you mentioned - very interesting, and it does a lot. A couple of used prices I saw were just shy of $400. Is that about right, or should I look around some more? Seems like there is a lot of competition out there at that kind of money?

Thank a lot, guys - - those are a couple of really interesting suggestions.

Sounds nice. It's probably a little more than is left in my budget after buying my guitar - which was more than I intended to spend (how does that happen, right?).

I get what you all are saying about the quality of the amp. Just like in my audiophile world, same principles apply. That said, I will have to save $$ for quite awhile to afford what some you guys are talkin about :) @viper - - Are you asking if I'd considered a PRS amp?

Cool. I checked it out. Good for my new short-list.

Just yesterday I a couple of guys were remarking how they liked the Blues Jr for practice, they were really liking the tone and so on. Plus cheap. My nearest town is Reno, so I'll poke around there....Though sometimes I'm in San Diego, so that might get me a better stab at the market.

Thanks for that perspective - I hadn't considered the music type per se as a part of the equation. Good point. I'm pretty much middle of the road because I do like some rock at times, blues others, and folksey/Americana and bluegrass, too. I don't know too much about the amps except for what...