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Post by alexkirtley on May 3, 2014 23:16:14 GMT
I am hopefully going to be buying an Epiphone dot sometime soon but the problem is that I wont have enough to buy a good electric amp yet however I do have a Marshall AS50D acoustic amp, would an electric guitar play well through an acoustic amp.
Also, if I were to buy new, can you haggle with the shop?, I've heard of people doing this but I don't know if it is common practice.
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Post by alig on May 3, 2014 23:19:50 GMT
Funnily enough, I used to play a 335 through that amp with good results.
Wouldn't over-do the volume - I was wary about speaker damage, esp the tweeter.
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Post by 007 on May 4, 2014 7:50:20 GMT
Definitely haggle start at 25% lower than the asking price you should end up with a discount of around 10/15% . If you don't feel comfortable doing it
take someone who does
Good luck
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Post by ocarolan on May 4, 2014 8:18:23 GMT
Hi Alex, and welcome to the Forum!
Yes, you can play an electric guitar through an acoustic amp. It may well sound better with some mid-boost applied, unlike most acoustics. If you want more "meat" in the sound then some sort of pedal would do the job and help to achieve more "electric" tones, but depends what you're after. I reckon something like a Dot (nice!) would sound rather nice through your Marshall - why not take it with you when you try out Dots?
Haggle? I always do. If you have a p/ex then it's easier somehow, as it's the "price to change" that is up for haggling, and the shop has two ways of altering that from their point of view, though to you it doesn't matter how they achieve any reduction. With a straight purchase it's still worth it though, whether or not they agree. Shop mark-up on most new guitars is quite considerable. If they don't budge it's worth trying for some goodies thrown in free - eg one or more of - case, strap, lead, strings, and, as a last resort - picks! And, if the object of your desire doesn't play exactly how you like it, ask them to set it up so it does - especially truss rod and nut.
All the best with your purchase - let us know how you get on!
Keith
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Post by jackorion on May 4, 2014 12:17:45 GMT
"Shop mark-up on most new guitars is quite considerable. " Actually I think you'd be very surprised how little it is... |
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Post by ocarolan on May 4, 2014 12:51:56 GMT
"Shop mark-up on most new guitars is quite considerable. " Actually I think you'd be very surprised how little it is... ... yes, it was a few years since I actually saw the figures for one particular shop, and I guess these are somewhat straightened times, but there's usually some wiggle room esp if something has been hanging there with no interest for a while!.. My small local shop will often do better deals when he wants to change his displays around and there's new stock coming in - no spare space! Keith |
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Post by alexkirtley on May 4, 2014 16:50:54 GMT
Cheers guys!, I'm now thinking about getting a used one, I'd like a new one but I am going to fit it with a Bigsby B-70 so buying used may give me a bit more money towards buying the bigsby
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Post by clydeslide on May 4, 2014 17:51:34 GMT
Get a stetsbar instead of the bigsby.
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Post by alexkirtley on May 4, 2014 18:03:28 GMT
Get a stetsbar instead of the bigsby. thanks but I much prefer the looks of the bigsby, which is partially the reason I want to install one |
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Post by clydeslide on May 4, 2014 18:33:43 GMT
Then I hope you like tuning your guitar  |
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Post by alexkirtley on May 4, 2014 18:52:17 GMT
For what it's worth considering I would not use it too often, then it may be best to just keep the stop tailpiece....
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Post by clydeslide on May 4, 2014 18:56:59 GMT
Probably, especially if you plan to sell the guitar at a later date. That's one if the benefits of the stetsbar though, off and on as much as you please. They make plates for the bigsby now I think...
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Post by wildworld on May 5, 2014 16:30:13 GMT
Re your original query
Check out the cheapest price on the internet and tell them where you have seen it for that price and ask them to match it. They probably will or at least come close. If they don't go somewhere that will.
As for the acoustic amp , I cannot be certain
I am not sure what an electric guitar would sound like through an acoustic amp but an electric guitar usually needs a bit of distortion so maybe a cheap distortion pedal would help. Look around on the internet . Reckon about £20. I have an old Simms Watts amp, which has a very clean sound and I guess a modern acoustic amp might have similar characteristics. It sounds ok but needs the pedal and even then I prefer to use my little Orange Crush C6, which has built in overdrive switch, in the house but, seek other peoples opinion and see what you think.
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Post by sigmadel on May 5, 2014 21:14:34 GMT
I've played an electric through that amp and it sounded fine if your after a nice clean sound but as has been said if you want to add a bit of grit then get an overdrive pedal guitarguitar are doing the Akai od for 30 bucks just now which is £70 normally and they get great reviews . I'd only go for a distortion if your looking to play metal . The Marshall amp is cracking by the way and the reverb and chorus is very nice indeed . Good luck .
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