#Portable Amp: JOYO MA 10 Vs Orange Crush Mini

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heady mulch
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Which should I get cause joyo is cheaper and is 10watts, can be carried.
Meanwhile Orange Crush is a more well known brand, better build QUALITY, but more expensive and can't be held by a sling
I don't really like the orange amps sound (no offense) so which should I get? I've only tried the orange mini

empty sluice
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if you can afford it, a yamaha thr5, spark mini are great options

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if you don't like the orange crush sound, no reason to get it

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try the joyo out and see if you like it

heady mulch
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Yoo thanks man for the advice

heady mulch
empty sluice
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but it might not come with cubase AI and some cables

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only thing with the thr5. the distortion is a little limited

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what do you plan to play?

heady mulch
empty sluice
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the thr5 will struggle to cut through

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bocchi the rock is pretty basic I'd say

heady mulch
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Nah it's more of a good practice amp

empty sluice
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ah, rehearsals?

heady mulch
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With good OD and Distortion and also for when I just wanna play during lunch break at schools AHAHHA

empty sluice
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thr5 will be good for that

heady mulch
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Our bassist has a JOYO amp so ye

empty sluice
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actually im in a similar sorta position as you

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band that sometimes plays bocchi music

heady mulch
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I could kinda tell from u pfp haha

empty sluice
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I use the thr5 for rehearsals, borrow a 50 watt amp sometimes tho

heady mulch
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I'm basically the kita Ikuyo in my band

empty sluice
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rhythm guitar?

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same lmao

heady mulch
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LMAOOO I do vocals too

empty sluice
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fuck vocals lol

heady mulch
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What does ur band do

empty sluice
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does band stuff
our first performance we played seishun complex

heady mulch
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Sheesh good shit

empty sluice
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fr

heady mulch
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We played a K-On song for a school talent show

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And still got third place somehow

empty sluice
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hell yeah, love k-on

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what song?

heady mulch
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Fude pen Boru Pen

empty sluice
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that one's one of the easier k-on songs yeah?

heady mulch
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We plan to do fuwa fuwa time next year cause we can't find a pianist

heady mulch
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I'm kinda bad so we weren't able to push through with boccher songs sadly I need more practice lmao

empty sluice
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I've been playing for like 3 months, that's the reason why I only qualified as a rhythm guitarist

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but with seishun complex I'd say I did well

heady mulch
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Sameeee I've been playing for like 6 months but I more of just read tabs to play

heady mulch
empty sluice
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it's pretty easy

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I think you can do it

heady mulch
empty sluice
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same as you guys

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mainly J-rock

heady mulch
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Damnnn I didn't think I'd find someone who does the same exact thing

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We're basically Bocchi the Rock in our school

empty sluice
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nah we're not bocchi the rock in our school
we suck ass lmao

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we are a band, but we're not a good one

heady mulch
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Even our personalities match up with the original characters like legit
Lead - introvert and reserved
Bassist - Introvert, random, spends money all the time on basses, is literally ryo
Drummer - positive af, meme man, video editor of the group (like nijika) is basically nijika

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Rhythm and vocals - most extroverted, loudest, bad at their instrument, and can make friends easily

empty sluice
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the personalities don't match up in our band

heady mulch
empty sluice
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everyone is a super extrovert

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except for me

heady mulch
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Kita band HAHAH

empty sluice
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I had a lot of trouble at our performance

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because there was literally more than 50 people watching

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and i did mess up a few times

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but no one noticed luckily

heady mulch
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Man atleast u didn't voice crack in front of your whole batch

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During the talent show HAHAHHA

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We're gonna make up for it during the school festival thou

empty sluice
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hell yea

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what guitar do you play?

heady mulch
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Like what it looks like? Stratocaster with an HSS setup

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I'm so mad I literally saw the Kita guitar in Japan but didn't notice cause there was a sale sign on it, I told my mom and she said she would've gotten it for me back then 😭

heady mulch
empty sluice
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also HSS strat

heady mulch
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What color

empty sluice
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black, I customized it with a black pickguard

heady mulch
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Wtf why are we the same

empty sluice
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you are me

heady mulch
heady mulch
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Was thinking of getting either a black or red pickguard arranagement

empty sluice
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red? so it looks like a regular pacifica 611?

heady mulch
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nah more of cause it a bit different

empty sluice
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ah

heady mulch
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Do u have a Pacifica like this or is it like the Pacifica bocchi uses

empty sluice
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it's a 112v

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im too broke for the 611

heady mulch
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Damn nice

empty sluice
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and you have a 112V too?

heady mulch
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Nah it's a EGC112C

empty sluice
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I was thinking that the headstock looked off

heady mulch
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It's like a normal strat with a HSS

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Mhmm

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Do u play for ur school too or do u guys do gigs

empty sluice
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for school, but we plan on doing some street performances sometime

heady mulch
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We wanna do gigs maybe cause we want money

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Our lead bought a Yui sunburst LP but not Gibson ofc

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Our bassist got the ryo's bass

empty sluice
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our instruments don't match up with the anime lol

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bassist has an ibanez gio, lead has a squier classic vibe

heady mulch
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Good shit nonetheless

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Tbf our lead needed a new guitar cause his red strat was cheap and had so many problems

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Our bassist was turned acoustic guitar to bassist so he bought one

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He's planning to buy the kikuri bass since he learned how to play bass with a bachi like her

empty sluice
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I was on the verge of getting a harley benton sc-dlx cause it looked like bocchi's guitar, then I realized I could customize a cheap pacifica to look like bocchi's pacifica

heady mulch
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I want a Harley Benton DC-Junior Fat Pelham Blue

heady mulch
empty sluice
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it's pretty easy actually

heady mulch
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I was thinking red cause kita color lmao

empty sluice
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just do it while changing strings

empty sluice
heady mulch
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I didn't do it cause I know a friend who has a black strat with a black head stock

heady mulch
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I got the exact kita Ikuyo guitar bag thou

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When I was in JP I got it custom ordered it's so good ong

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Did u get ur Pacifica as a set with an AMP like the gigmaker? That's what I got

empty sluice
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nah I got my amp and guitar separate

heady mulch
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Ayt I see

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How'd u get into guitar

empty sluice
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bocchi the rock

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huge inspiration

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but it was also just me wanting to play guitar and become famous since I was in kindergarten lol

heady mulch
empty sluice
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frfr

heady mulch
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Ano Bando performance was the Kickstarter for me

empty sluice
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for me it was just seeing how much bocchi grew throughout her music journey

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i thought to myself that i wanted to change too

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up until that point I was pretty much a shut-in

heady mulch
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Damn that's deep

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But ye getting into a new hobby can always change ur life

empty sluice
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its changed my life for sure lmao

heady mulch
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I started out with piano / key board in the pandemic but never really took off on it. All I learned was Sweden from Minecraft

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Got inspired by bocchi the rock since I thought playing guitar was for those who were talented from birth and you had to be one of those popular kids to play and shred seeing as those are who play guitar in my school

empty sluice
heady mulch
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Seeing bocchi, no friends, and just practiced to get good, shredding on stage made me realized that's not true

empty sluice
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bocchi is just that good fr

heady mulch
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Ong

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We gonna play rockn roll morning light bocchi parody for our school festival

empty sluice
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love that song

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you got to tell me how it goes

heady mulch
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Will do my friend

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Awesome to meet someone who's in the same position like me

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Nice meeting u man

empty sluice
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you too

heady mulch
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I would ask where ur from but I wanna respect ur privacy

empty sluice
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not an issue

heady mulch
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Ayt can I ask where ur from

empty sluice
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czechia

heady mulch
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Europe?

empty sluice
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yea

heady mulch
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Damn

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Philippines

empty sluice
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well genetically I'm vietnamese but I was born in Europe so I consider myself European and not asian

heady mulch
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we asian fr

empty sluice
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there's so many similarities that I'm wondering if this is staged

heady mulch
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Ikr help

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Also thanks for ur advice for what this original post was about

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Convinced my mom to get me a JOYO amp

empty sluice
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have fun

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personally i would've gotten a marshall ms-2 (no I wouldn't)

heady mulch
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I tried it

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It sounds cheap 😭

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Like no offense to marshall but it does not sound good with clean or OD

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And plus both are the same price (joyo and ms-2)

empty sluice
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i know the marshall is legitimate ass

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but it's so tiny and goofy

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10/10

heady mulch
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U can play it while u walk fr

empty sluice
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frfr

heady mulch
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That is one thing

empty sluice
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spark go does that better I'd say

heady mulch
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ONG BUT ITS SO EXPENSIVE 😭

empty sluice
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it lacks bass

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expected since it's legit tiny

heady mulch
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Yep I heard it's better for practice

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Or like transfer to a DAW

empty sluice
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yea I'd say so too

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but then again most mini amps are just for practice

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or really portability

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I'm glad I stretched for a thr5 though it sounds awesome

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and it's super loud for its size

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and the fact it's 10 watts

heady mulch
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It's 10 watts??? Damn

empty sluice
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yeah 2x5 watts

heady mulch
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I just want a portable amp because I'm tired of bringing my 15 watt amp everytime I got to school

empty sluice
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what amp do you have atm?

heady mulch
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Because we get to use the bandroom there anyways and the guy who owns it has like super huge fender amps in there that are just 2 years old

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And Im tired of always looking for an outlet to play music since I don't own an acoustic

empty sluice
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we have a marshall stack in there but we have to ask if we can use it

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is the joyo battery powered?

heady mulch
heady mulch
empty sluice
heady mulch
empty sluice
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oh, probably not amazing in that case lol

heady mulch
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It's pretty good, even our lead said it sounds like a 30 watts amp sometimes

heady mulch
empty sluice
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good to hear!

heady mulch
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I don't need anything else until I get better it already annoys my neighbors

empty sluice
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lol my thr5 annoys my neighbors too

heady mulch
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Ahh wait is ur THR5 ur main amp

empty sluice
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yea

heady mulch
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AHHH now I see how u got to spend for that

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That's actually a really good choice since u don't need a portable amp and it already works for a main amp too

empty sluice
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i do need a portable amp

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and the thr5 is super portable

heady mulch
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Yeah so it's like 2 in one

empty sluice
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since im lugging it across the entire school (I don't have a locker)

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yeah

heady mulch
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Good for u

empty sluice
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it's loud enough to annoy the neighbor? it's loud enough for rehearsals

heady mulch
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Is it heavy or light btw

empty sluice
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it's 2kg

heady mulch
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I've been curious ever since I looked into it

empty sluice
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pretty light id say

heady mulch
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Cause my amp is a pain to carry around

empty sluice
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how much does it weigh?

heady mulch
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Tbh idk I have to check

empty sluice
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all amps are a pain to carry around all day honestly lmao

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even my thr5 occassionally

heady mulch
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It's 5kg

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Our bassist has the joyo amp and it's light af

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U can also attach a strap around it and I still have my old Yamaha strap so that's what I'm gonna do with it

empty sluice
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you can attach a strap on that joyo?? that's awesome

heady mulch
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Main reason for why I wanted to get it

empty sluice
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I needed to get a case for my thr5 to get it a strap

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it's a lot comfier now

heady mulch
empty sluice
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looks good, i like the strap

heady mulch
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This photo was the deal breaker for me between choosing the orange crush mini and that

heady mulch
empty sluice
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still

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strap looks nice

heady mulch
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It's gonna come in like a week my mom just bought it rn

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Fr

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How'd u even get ur THR5? From a store?

empty sluice
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from thomann

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it's a European website, don't know if you've heard of em

heady mulch
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OHHHH

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Lucky I know it

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I was checking where to get a Harley Benton DC-Junior Fat Pelham blue

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It's literally Kita's guitar

empty sluice
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oh yea harley benton is thomann's house brand

heady mulch
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It's so hard to get good instruments here in PH

empty sluice
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harley benton is good when you get lucky but their quality control is a mess

heady mulch
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Because they're usually overpriced af due to shipping

heady mulch
empty sluice
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a lot of the time you get a usable guitar, but you need to re-adjust action, polish the fret ends, it has cosmetic defects

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if you get lucky you can get something really nice though

heady mulch
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Ahh shit I've heard that was the issue during the review thou

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Ye I heard cheaper price and good quality

empty sluice
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yea mostly its just QC

heady mulch
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Mhmm

empty sluice
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it has good features for the price

heady mulch
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It costed fucking $132

empty sluice
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oh fuck

heady mulch
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Such a scam

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I'm surprised someone bought it

empty sluice
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a ds-1 is usually around 70$ from what I remember

heady mulch
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Ye

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I actually found a used one in Japan

empty sluice
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speaking of pedals, i got a blues driver and a t-rex mudhoney for around 140$ total, awesome deal

heady mulch
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I got it for literally $100 less and its my favorite pedal

empty sluice
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fuck yeah

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used is the way

heady mulch
heady mulch
empty sluice
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it's not worth it for me just because of the shipping prices

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it's 70$ to ship from Japan + tax

heady mulch
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Since I'm from ph, 1 peso is 2.6 yen so something that costs 10k yen is like 3.6k for me

empty sluice
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is 3.6k a lot?

heady mulch
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And then you go there in November for black Friday sale

heady mulch
empty sluice
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whew

heady mulch
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It's like 60 dollars for us

empty sluice
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not bad

heady mulch
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Then boom

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And even fucking better if u get used shit

empty sluice
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very good deals, yeah?

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used is usually cheaper than sales imo

heady mulch
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Used shit from Japan is basically brand new since they take good care of their stuff there

empty sluice
heady mulch
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I'm saving up tons of money for this year's trip since we might go to Tokyo

empty sluice
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get bocchi's gibson

heady mulch
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I wanna go to Ochanimizu guitar street and maybe SHIMO KITAZAWA to visit bocchers

heady mulch
empty sluice
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take pictures of the real life locations in shimo kitazawa

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visit SHELTER

heady mulch
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Gonna visit Starry fr

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That's the plan

empty sluice
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fuck yeah

heady mulch
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I'm debating whether to put all my money into getting a super nice guitar

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A complete pedal board

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Or a really good amp

empty sluice
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amp is more important than guitar imo

heady mulch
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I wanna get a BOSS KATANA MKII

empty sluice
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those things are really heavy tho

heady mulch
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Tried it at a studio I got to practice with my band it feels great especially with all the effects

heady mulch
empty sluice
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ooh fair

heady mulch
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Since if I do gigs or play at school there's usually already an amp setup

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So I just bring my guitar

empty sluice
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true

heady mulch
empty sluice
heady mulch
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SHIIIT good stuff

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I'm a stupid beginner guitarist who likes nirvana after learning it so that's why I aimed for getting a ds-1

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I got a JOYO delay pedal which is also a looper too

empty sluice
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ds-1 is super nice though

heady mulch
empty sluice
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also i got blues driver because of bocchi so

heady mulch
empty sluice
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frfr

heady mulch
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I wanna get a chorus pedal for the come as you are tone

empty sluice
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thr5 has built in chorus, tremolo and flanger

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so i'm saving on pedals at the very least lmao

heady mulch
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I don't have any effects for my amp damn lucky

empty sluice
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modelling amps are great and i love em fr

heady mulch
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I'm gonna get an audio interface soon, Behringer UMC22 so I can probably use effects in plugins

heady mulch
empty sluice
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i can use it as an audio interface

empty sluice
heady mulch
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Maybe I should've bought that

empty sluice
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it's like extremely versatile

heady mulch
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Do u have other pedals btw

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I only got 2 so I was wondering if u had more haha

empty sluice
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nah i just have an overdrive and distortion

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that i just ordered

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"have"

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basically i just ordered them to cover what my amp couldn't do well

heady mulch
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Maybe I should get an amp in Japan

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I'll look into it

empty sluice
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get a thr10ii it's legitimately so good

heady mulch
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I wanna get either the kita guitar or a good Les Paul in Japan

heady mulch
empty sluice
heady mulch
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Shiiit that's actually good af damn

empty sluice
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i tried the thr10ii and was convinced to get a yamaha thr

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cause it sounded awesome and it was super versatile
my thr5 delivered but man i wish it had a 3 band eq

heady mulch
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Man I wish I could try those out

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Theres not much of the things I'm looking for here in PH

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Im gonna ask my parents to like leave me alone for 2 days in ochanimizu

empty sluice
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try seeing if they have some yamaha amps in japan

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they are pretty big there i'd say

heady mulch
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Oh my god. You don't even know how much shit they have there

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It was like a magical place

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Where I went they had a fender and Gibson room

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Bigger than a small cafe

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And most of them are USED

empty sluice
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damn

heady mulch
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That was just a store inside a mall

empty sluice
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wish i could go lmao

heady mulch
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I mean atleast u can order stuff via thomann

empty sluice
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i can but seeing it in person is a diff experience

heady mulch
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There's like $70+ shipping for us

heady mulch
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How are the guitar shops there in Czech anyways?

empty sluice
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they have some stuff

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but meh

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somewhat overpriced

heady mulch
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Damn

empty sluice
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and they have some low quality chinese brands mostly for budget guitars

heady mulch
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Donner?

empty sluice
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encore

heady mulch
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Never heard of it

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We got our own brand of pH guitars here but I tried them out and I'm not convinced

empty sluice
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probably not worth it

heady mulch
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Fender is also expensive here af

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I mean it's normal but like s h I t

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I'm ngl I don't think I'd ever buy a fender or Gibson

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Unless I take guitar as like a serious hobby throughout my entire life

empty sluice
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in which case.. just get an epiphone honestly

heady mulch
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That's actually my plan

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I tried this in a store

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It's super light and pretty good but didn't get it (I don't have money rn)

empty sluice
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also surprised that a les paul is light

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the ones i tried were comfortable but quite chunky

heady mulch
empty sluice
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i wish i got a les paul honestly

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i never use single coils

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they sound too thin

heady mulch
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IKR HAHAHA

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Plus no offense but no matter what color you use I find the look of stratocasters boring for me

empty sluice
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i like both stratocasters and les pauls

heady mulch
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Les Paul has just a beauty unmatched for me

empty sluice
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it's mostly just about the pickup config for me lol

heady mulch
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Fair

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Ok well I mean I fucking love my pacifica

empty sluice
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i love my pacifica too of course

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it has a bridge humbucker and that's all i need

heady mulch
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But when I think about design I love how the Les Paul looks but it's so uncomfy for me

empty sluice
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i found it comfortable, just chunkier than my pacifica lol

heady mulch
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Oop brb gonna get food downstairs

empty sluice
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i coil split when i play clean but other than that, humbucker

heady mulch
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I'll try that next time

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Ey imma dinner now let's talk again soon super cool to meet another guitarist who is literally me on this server

empty sluice
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have a good meal