Whatever it is, I can't wait for the Zakk Micro-Stack (Catchy name, eh?) to be in full production! Finally! Can claim to own a Zakk Signature FULL STACK!! Mwahahahaha!!

i am pretty sure malmsteen wouldn't use a roland microcube or a vox DA-5 to record too

anyway..bashing and comparing marshall , roland, vox DA-5
is like..taking 3 sh*ts and comparing which smells better...really pointless..

save up your money and get a JCM800 straight away

p.s but really , beginners amp : roland cube ..i get bored of the same distortion fast

By the time most of us save up, its already been a few years. In the same price range as the MG, the roland or the vox is a better deal for the money. Obviously people would want something that's better among the lot, if its in the same price range.

Plus, its not like when you turn pro you get all the good gear all of a sudden. Some ppl would still be using their first guitar even after 5 years of playing, simply because they cant afford it. On the other hand, another guy can get expensive tube amps even before they started playing. Level of pro-ness has got nth to do with how much money he/she has.

uh..what have all this gotta do with what i just posted

few years to save up for a JCM800 eh ?
whats your income like ? 400 a month?

^ Even if your income was 3-4k a month, there are still bills and food to pay for. Its not like you get to spend it all on the amp.

And my post was a reply to the bolded words I quoted.

oh really?

if i really want something..guess what ?

i will work my ass up,save, THINK of something ...to get that extra cash and go for what i want..

rather than complaining about how long i need to save up , jealous of other people having it ..

you don't deserve a Good gear if you don't want it badly enough

and..level of pro-ness influence your budget ..
like everdying said , you don't see malmsteen recording with an MG15
and unless you are rich ...usually beginners wouldn't be willing to put in 8k for an amp

This post has been edited by guitarnoobster2: Dec 27 2006, 09:59 PM

guitarnoobster2, what amp are u using at the moment>

guitarnoobster... the 3 amps u mention aint shit pls...if u say like that meaning most practice amps are also shitty? even among advance players also wont be 100% of them willing to spend for 8k amps. talk very easy la. when comes to action its hard. that is why cheap practice amp is being sold by companies....

lol save up n buy jcm 800 straight?u mean b4 learning guitar save up n buy jcm 800for practice? XD...u are wasting the amp then.

This post has been edited by blackangel: Dec 27 2006, 10:50 PM

I guess you're talking about working part-time eh? Yes, it's easy to say that you would work your ass up, save up but in retrospect, would you put yourself into torture just for a guitar or amplifier? Are you willing sacrifice your social life, leisure time & jamming hours just to work? Moreover, you need to feed yourself, your car, pay bills etc... by the time you got enough cash, you would think twice of spending all the hard-earned cash on a bloody half-stack!

Hey.... if anybody here that should have gotten a JCM800 it would be me already...... unfortunately, none of us as rich as you guitarnoobster......
Heck, I STILL don't have cash for the JCM800 and have to settle for a ceriatone next year...... that's LATE next year..... and then I have to save up even more for a cabinet...... Even for that I think I'm crazy to buy that..... It's mostly to satisfy my inner Zakk Wylde fetish really.....

Please remember that most of us here are either college, uni or even high school students. To save up RM8000 for a head and then another RM4000 for the cabinet sounds a little ridiculous for us who are only part-time musicians or hobbiest at the most. Heck, RM5000 for a guitar is already a little extreme.

If you have the means and the cash, fine.... a JCM800 would be an excellent amp..... Or heck..... if you're a working musician, then yes, it would be fine. Even if you're the gigging type and just NEED that Marshall JCM800 sounds... then yes.... you make an investment.
but if you're working on a limited budget, a good, REASONABLY PRICED amp would suffice...... that RM10000 would not come back again as most of us here (I'll employ emphasis on the words MOST OF US) are NOT active working musicians.

You know.... winky has a point.... you do sound like someone who does the Bop along to the Ramones tune........

for rm8k u may only get the jcm800 head. what about cabs? guitar?..
if some beginner followed ur advise n he did purchased rm20k worth of equipments. Then he found himself another problem. Hmm where should i put it? and OMG.. its too dem loud for my bedroom.

guitarnoobster...i think u really need to think before posting comment..more over this thread is talking about practice amps! i tot u only like to tease me in my thread..u also come here say ur wonderful thoughts.....JCM 800 for a newbie which u mention straight away save up to get it...is kinda wasting...u expect a newbie to shred madly or what ? maybe u are richer than us..if im Berjaya group son maybe ill get tons of them =D but too bad im not.

Ya its like preeching to Africa that they have to wear condoms and work their a$$ out and start building KLCC's...

Ya, unlike you we can talk also, but the reality is always not so easy as talking...ya they maybe facts and numbers but i've you mom suddenly needs an operation and cost the same for you dream JCM 800...Would you let you loved ones die just because you can spend you money on a head, and the money from the Will she left you on a sets of Cabs and a new guitar??

I too can talk...so talk something that is common and not too logic...Logicly it can be done...but until you got yourself a JCM800, start working yourself the shit out...and don't forget to call me when you buy... Can do free testing for you....

Yeah read above reply...i'm tired already...btw why always wanna compare JCM 800 with a stupid amp like Vox AD series and Roland....???Marshall gempak siall...


Again read above lar....

But I wanna add a bit..

I'm no pro...i'm not attach to the music industry (for now of course)....And I'm sure as hell gonna get me myself a Soldano 100 when i manage to save up...But that was a dream i kept long ago...

Now i don't think i need it coz I got 3 type of guitars with 3 diffrent config(SSS, HSS, HH), Boss CS-3, Line 6 POD XT Live, Vox AD 100VT and my Technic headphones...
Wanna JCM just click, wanna Soldano just click, wanna Tweed, just click...hahahha..

I think i'm lucky now....and not so if i just only got me myself a Soldano 100 head only with my "authorised copy of Les Paul Custom by Epiphone"....Damn I even can sound "like" Zakk Wylde in just a matter of click...damn technology nowdays..

P/S; Dont even bother to preach me about tubes and solid state coz I just don't care about the facts...I like what I hear and when I'm playing it...

looks like i am getting some gang ..

hey blackangel ..did i mentioned before learning guitar..save up and buy JCM800 straight ?go read lol

i already said ..beginners amp : roland cube ..

i have a JCM sitting at home

did i compare JCM with vox AD ?

go ahead and play with yourself

You aint...but the way you talk shit to amps that were used by us fortunate enough (unlike you My Lord with your JCM) makes us just wanna....i dunno... "piss on your grave" Zakk Wylde...

But anyways...nonetheless your advice in how to get your dream amp is good and has been told many times, over and over again....

Fuyo, JCM dowh. Do you have the Road king as well?

looks like you all are really DIE HARD vox AD fans yeah ?

well..not this way not this way i have a cube as well..

anyway..just my 2 cents for those "vox AD is the best!!" people

go try out other amps ..high end ones..then make your judgement
my opinion is some of you guys are overrating things

Dunno about others, but i sure know to respect other people stuffs...i know and everybody knows that GIO sucks...but when a dude pop in should you go like..

"Hey why you buy shit...GIO is shit ok...But JEM only...dont go get GIO...now you like shit already..."

Of course you wont sound like that, but sometimes "same meaning diffrent sentences" also are understandable by some people....

Just like you compare the mighty JCM with VOX AD or Roland Cube of course the same as VoX AD or Roland Cube users gives credits to both those amps rather than a Marshal MG...

And by the way...This is about MG not the Supreme Cosmic Eternal Living Grace JCM800...

This post has been edited by antonio: Dec 28 2006, 12:12 AM

In the words of Meg Ryan's character in Joe VS The Volcano.....
"I have no response to that"

I dunno about you guys......... but I really don't want this to be a Jam Tank forum...... The War Is Over....... Merry Xmas......