I just picked up my xmas gift for myself (Gear costs for dec= $1400.00 and the months not over yet)
Its a ltd/esp MH-301 - mahogany body, quilted maple top, neck thru, blipity blah. These are much better made then the newer Mh-400 series. This is my 2nd mh-301, and will be my main primary guitars for anoxia. So now i can put my 7string back in b flat.



Merry fucking xmas to my gear whore buying ass

looks pretty sweet...for an esp.... heh... (I am loyal to jackson)

sweet dood looks awesome.

I prefer the flamed top that's why I searched for a used mh-300.

thats pretty. looks like it plays nice too.

Christraper said:

Yeah, they play extremely nice. I was an ibanez guy for like 9 yrs( i have had 5 ibanez's over the years) But for a guitar that sold for $589 back a few yrs ago(the 300 series are discontinued) they are a great bang for the buck.
I would really like to have a real Esp someday, ron from Leukorrhea has a really nice esp.

handinjury said:

yeah looks decent, for some reason I like white guitars...

I'd like to have a white esp with black binding all the way around the body.

god damn, I want this:


yes, I know it's a PC-1...but it's freakin gorgeous.

What is that tom? Its a bolt-on, but that top is fucking sweet looking, w/ scalloped frets an real floyd too(?). Rather intresting how the pickup blade switch is surrounded by the knobs.

Too strat style ltd no care.

handinjury said:

yes it is a bolt on, but high end. yep floyd as well.

it's a jackson PC-1...for some reason I dig em, not the most metal looking but definetly fucking beautiful and I want one.

Hooker said:

les pauls are too violin style for me.

hahaha

and a PC-2, lower end, but still nice. I actually want to get one guitar that's not floyd based so I can easily tune it all over the place without having to block the bridge. I hate the string thru's, I'd prefer to have as similar to a floyd a possible like that.

get rid of the emg hzs in your mhs....its key if you want to be heard.

blue said:

yeah it really does make a pretty big difference.

especially when hes got this equation going on....

emg hz (fuzzy sounding pickup) + dual rectifier (fuzzy sounding amp) = no defintion in anything whatsoever.

blue said:

Acutally my recto is a single. And tunning to b dosent help my defintion prolly much.

RustedAngel said:
Waht did you put in your mh-300? (bridge p.u.)
I was thinking on a emg-81 or an dim. x2n. Im not really a fan of active pickups.

yeah just an 81 in the bridge.

no reason to go dimarzio. lower quality parts and magnets. boooo. go with a higher output duncan instead. a duncan distortion might be good. or you could go the typical route and get an emg like everyone else =(.

handinjury said:

sorry, didnt mean to misrepresent your recto. just dont mind me and my enending hatred for rectos.

and tuning to b should hurt the definition in your sound if your using the right gague strings. its all in the recto, baby.

Don't you have a line six in your rack?

damn right.

handinjury said:

Ron's probably got several really nice Esps, and I have 2 shitty ones

his esp is old, too. its got the jackson headstock on it. that was before they had to change it to the newer style. its gotta be pre 1990 i think.

Normally I'd start a useless guitar nerd shit slinging
session with anyone who actually likes line 6 stuff,
but you have pretty damn good tone so I'll leave it alone.

haha! i win. its ok, youve got one of the better recto tones ive heard. so dont worry.

I won't.

Andy(life at zero) uses Line 6 i believe and it sounds fuckin sick

you need to get a keytar

I had an MH301 a while back. It was green with cream binding. Traded it in though.

normally i hate digital amps
but when it comes to metal, i think line 6 blows most out of the water

gorgish said:

that's why most metal bands use 5150's, jcm800's, mesa, framus, engl, bogner's to record

I believe dimmu borgir used engl on deathcult
and the new hate eternal will be all engl.

Todd said:

yes and yes.

i've been looking to get a new amp head, im not to sure on what i want to get, i was thinking about a 5150, any suggestions?

if you can get your hands on an old 5150 then maybe. people RANT AND RAVE about how great they are.
either way, i've never heard a 5150 that i like. i think they sound like garbage.
i don't think you can really fuck with the line 6 rackmount if you want scooped death metal sound. everything else is overpriced and lackluster. but everybody else will tell you different. drop 2 grand on a mesa boogie to sound like everyone else!

go for a triple xxx. cheaper and more usable clean sounds too. or you can get the new peavey jsx head. similar to the tirple xxx, only with different clean preamp and a built in noise gate. perfect if you want everything in one. this is merely if youre looking at a tube head. or maybe you should just replace the chameleon (that is what i think you were using) with a new preamp?

i would just get a new preamp if it didn't take forever to figure out how to modify settings on them, it took me forever to figure out how to use the chameleon, it didn't help i didn't have a manual or anything either, i think i just want amp all together.

if youre worried about trying to create presets easily, then give the tech 21 sansamp psa preamp a try. sooooo easy to use, and so good sounding.



The rackmount PSA is a powerful combination of dazzling analog SansAmp tones, unlimited editing and dependable digital programmability. The result is a phenomenal pre-amp that can be mercilessly tweaked, while favorite sounds can be stored with the push of a button. Each of the expanded range of eight controls, including usefully defined parameters such as Buzz, Crunch and Punch, has 256 incremental steps for ultra-precise adjustments. Shipped with 49 factory presets and 49 user definable locations, the PSA packs a universe of tone in a single rack space.

just dial in the settings and hit save. doesnt get much easier than that. no effects, but everything is so insanely easy to use, it hurts.

blue said:

Dave used that thing for some of the guitar tones on the anoxia album, that and a triple recto.

I wouldn't get a xxx, a 5150 would be a better choice imo and not much more $.

yea im still thinkin about the 5150 a place near by has one used for $600 im gonna go down sunday and try it out

xxx's (with 6L6's at least) have a floppy sound to them, not really tight. It depends on what sound you're going for obviously.

RustedAngel said:

well poo on you. i like a useable clean sound, hence the preference. the jsx head is the same $ as a 5150, and better clean & high gain sounds, along with a built in noise gate. woo.

i dont really need a clean sound thats why im leaning towards a 5150, i want to get one before they stop making them seeing EVH left peavey, and they are remaking them as 6505's now.

ah, i was wondering what they were going to do with that. what is the difference besides the model name?

it looks different, but they say it will sound the same. i dont think it will though

anyone know the difference between the 5150 and 5150 II? cuz they just dropped in price by ~$200 only $749 new now

I've never heard a XXX with EL34's but I hear it sounds better than the 6L6's...

the difference is the 5150 IIs have a clean sound that is actually useable. somewhat.

the new JSX is basically a XXX with EL34's. when it's time for me to change my tubes, i'll probably go with them also.

whoops that was me.

blue said:

go with the JSX if you need clean. i love my xxx, but the clean channel is pretty much garbage without a ton of effects...unless you like a dirty clean like i do, but still i'm not thrilled with it.

the new version of the 5150 (6505)
I don't like the circle peavey logo...

im most likely going to get a 5150 used, im going to try to talk the guy down in price seeing they are only $750 new now

RustedAngel said:


NECROPHAGIST used an ENGL on epitaph...oh yes, I knew it ;)

ENGL Tube Rackhead 860 to be exact.

well i just put money down on a new 5150 II, daddys priced matched musicians friend who are selling them new for $749 now, and with my $200 trade in for my old DKMG im only paying $587 after tax..