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Sounds like you just need to pull up some new songs with different/more difficult skills required to keep your interest and progress at the electric. Acoustic and electric are two totally different animals. Songs that sound great on an acoustic can sound atrocious on an electric if played using the same style.
If you start pulling up some great riff driven R&R like the Kinks or AC/DC I suspect it would reignite the fire a bit.
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Completely agree. I love listening to others' play with effects. I'm not actually a purist--still just enjoying and learning the gear I have, and I am a slow learner. |
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learn new things that are you, not little riffs of someone else. write a song, but, above all, twist the knobs on the guitar and amp. it takes time but you'll love it.
play music!
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I'm interested in the new version of the DSL amps, specifically the 20HR. I've read lots of great reviews on the 40HR - congrats on the amp. Les Paul through your DSL probably sounds great.
If you get bored after a few minutes then I doubt that no amount of pedals will help. You gotta have that feeling. I have some pedals on my board but I really just use one - my Soul Food. It's a fantastic OD. |
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There are several things I really like about this amp:
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Sweet! If I'm not mistaken, that's a Soul Food you have. I use it to boost the gain a little and it does a fantastic job for me.
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Yes! I love my Soul Food. Great as an OD dirt pedal, great as a clean boost after the Hendrix Fuzz Face (sustain for days!), and great as a preamp for my acoustic electrics.
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you probably should try a strat/ tele type guitar before you dump the marshall to be honest about it
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Recommend moving on and up to the progressive offspring of blues: fingerstyle jazz. Good luck! |
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MXR hit a homerun with the Soul Food. First time I tried it in the guitar shop 2 or 3 years ago I was amazed and bought it. Hard to believe it's so inexpensive.
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PS. The DSL40 is a nice amp; I would pair it with a Strat or Tele for home use. Last edited by Jaden; 10-02-2018 at 01:50 PM. |
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Methinks perhaps you are confusing parhaps a need to increase or redirect self motivation, with equipment choices .
It might help to understand that while any new guitar or gear may give an initial boost to interest and motivation, regardless of brand or wether electric or acoustic, is actually a different concept than waning or increasing self motivation. The concept of continuing self motivation beyond any honeymoon period is in the mind not the gear.
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I get where your going and I think at some time, we have ALL been there, and we've all gotten close to where we want to be, and other times, failed.
Joe can plug into anything, and just with a cable, amp and guitar, sound like Joe.. He's the only one that will sound like that. We can get it close, but the only guy who will sound like Bonamassa is Bonamassa. I would humbly suggest one simple goal. Endeavor to always sound like "you". Chasing someone else's tone is elusive as it gets. 95% of a players tone, is in their hands. It's almost the same equation for vocals. I can't sound like "Name anyone" all that great. but I can sound like "me" 100% of the time, and that's where I stay... vocally and as a guitarist. |
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Thanks for the responses guys!
I actually did return the DSL and I bought a Line 6 Helix. I can't tell if that was a mistake yet or not haha! On one hand, it allows me to get solid tone with headphones, but on the other hand, I really think I hate patch building! Again I'm on the fence. Not really with Helix, but more with electric guitar in general. Too much peripheral that takes my mind off of playing and more on gear. |
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Sometimes less is more. The KISS method (keep it simple, stupid) works well for me. VERY simple amp and a handful of pedals. That approach might work for you as well, perhaps. Just great tone as a foundation and avoid gadgets. Keeps your attention on the music and not fidgeting with doodads so much. Just a thought. It works for me. Then again, electric just may not be your thing. The more I play electric, the more I enjoy it. I hope it goes this way for you too.
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