Trust me it sounds better when played by someone who knows how to play and plugged into a huge fender fm amplfier, with 2 12" speakers. It was played with the bridge pickup with the coil tap activated.

http://www.gamingw.net/pubaccess/54690/sounds.mp3

Also I don't use any other tunings and I'm not violent enough to break strings so I guess a floyd rose is good enough for me! Except for some floyd roses that are taller than this one and then the fine tuners get in the way. In this case I'd prefer a willkinson bridge over it.

aren't fender fms solid state? :-(

Yes they are and I think you must be some kind of purist who worshipes outdated things like fender stratocasters and vacuum tube amplifiers

Just because it's solid state it doesn't mean it is bad

...or maybe he just likes tube amps and dislikes solid state amps. For someone accusing someone of being a purist, you certainly sound pretty elitist!

(also vacuum tubes aren't outdated in amplification technology, and stratocasters have never been superceded)

Yes they are and I think you must be some kind of purist who worshipes outdated things like fender stratocasters and vacuum tube amplifiers

Just because it's solid state it doesn't mean it is bad

 

i never said that, however the majority of solid state amps blow. they really just cannot compare to tube amps! there's a reason professional (and serious musicians) almost exclusively use tube amps, ya know

Do you have a tube amp?

yes. i also have several solid state amps.

i mean honestly unless you are tone deaf there is absolutely no way you could argue ss amps over tube amps

Then why is it that "the professionals" use solid state amps for their PA systems instead of tube amps.

... what? i don't understand what you're saying.

I'm saying that even if "the professionals and serious musicians" use tube amps, their tube amps themselves are amplified by solid state amplifiers in serious concerts and other live acts

uhh, some examples of this? most musicians who play large venues use full stacks which are most certainly all tube!

that's just a completely wrong statement, i dunno where you got it from!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_amplifier#Solid-state_amplifiers

Yes but the sound of their "all tube" amps are almost always amplified by solid state amplifiers

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/document?doc_id=99523

you realize people who have good/loud enough amps (ie not solid state amps) don't need pa systems, right?

PA systems were invented because there's no such thing as a loud enough amp and this is the reason why they still exist and are used by every serious musician like Dream Theater Led Zeppelin Metallica Britney Spears etc.

ahahah what? i can't even tell if you're joking or not

I think you're the one who is joking because what do you think those microphones are for???

do you really think over 400 watts of amp going through 2 4x12 cabs needs a pa system?

Guys, to be honest, it's what we call 'a bit of both'

what? no, it's really not. no professional musician uses solid state amps. and the "solid state pa systems" are only "solid state" because all they're doing is projecting the main (tube) amp's sound. they have no individual tone. they're also much, much cheaper