Offworld92

Seymour Duncan Distortion or Gibson 500T should do well for that old school DM. Maybe a DiMarzio Super Distoriton.

That sound is honestly really mellow. Not what I think of when I think of DM at all. It's almost PAFy (may even be!). So yeah... definitely give those 3 a look.

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Offworld92

The reason the Vypyr is so highly recommended is for precisely the reason that you're wrong - it's not digital crap. The rest of the modelers all are. The Vypyr is the only one that has a true analog design. Real analog distortion. It sounds amazing compared to the other entry levelers.

People bash Blackstar mostly because they're a shitty company who thrive on false advertising. I and I think others don't want to see them supported because of their practices. On top of that their low end amps just kind of suck. These are the guys who brought out the masterpiece that was the JCM900 after all.

"tube power" doesn't really necessarily mean anything anyway. Look at the Vox modelers. They have a 12AX7 in it, but it doesn't do shit. The Blackstars have tubes, but pretty much all of the dirt is coming from opamps.

The Vypyr doesn't need a tube gimmick to sound great, it's just designed well in the first place.



If you really can't tell the difference between it and the other digital shit out... well get your ears checked.

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terribleguitar

Hold on! You mean the engineers of Blackstar once worked for Marshall and developed the JCM900 Dual Reverb? Wow

MaaZeus

WAAAIIT!!!! I always thought Vypyr was a digital modeler, just a good one. The reason why a beginner like me went for real tube amp like Valveking because I use my Behringer pedal (boss hm2 clone) for having fun with Swedish death metal sound for time to time, and didnt even give Vypyrs a second thought because its quite known fact that pedals and digital modelers do not match. But if Vypyr is all analog, that should mean the pedal should work just fine!?




Implying that JCM900 is poor. But then again this is coming from person who loves old Valvestates, so...

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its_minchew

If bugs me when people talk about the Vypyr as a one trick pony. I have the 75w witha sanpera 2 and its been a godsend for me. I use if for 3 different cover bands and my originals. I use if for classic rock, soul, blues and modern rock. If you can tweak and EQ you can dial in great tones. I got mine for $200 used.

romeozdistress

try to save up for the used peavey vypyr tube 60

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Alucard817

Nope. Vypyrs are analog. All the circuitry is analog, hell even the SHarc (Super Harvard Architecture) processor is used exclusively for analog equipment. For all intents and purposes it is an analog processor.

This is one of the reasons Vypyrs are so highly praised. The signal going in from the guitar does NOT need to be converted to digital so there is no signal degradation/loss like you find in the spiders.

Heres a test. Grab a Fender MIM Strat and a Gibson Les Paul. Play both through a spider. You will notice that they sound almost identical. The reason for this is because the analog guitar signal must be converted to digital so the onboard processor knows what to do with it. The spider then has circuitry to compensate for the original analog signal loss (which sucks) which is another reason the two above guitars sound nearly the same.

This is not the case however for the Fender Mustang, I don't know much about it's circuitry so I don't know how they got around the conversion problem.

Back to the Vypyr. Since the Vypyr is analog there is no conversion, no signal degradation, so you hear a more natural tone from the amp.

Okay I'm done.

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hopespaul

I put a Rockfield Mafia in the bridge of my no-brand japanese guitar and I favor it for metalcore over my Gibson SG Standard. It picks up well if you down-tune, and has a gritty but clear sound. In case you're wondering what bands use it - I know Red Chord does, but there's a full list of sponsored artists on Rockfield's website.

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J_W

Death metal, solid state, cheap. Sounds like you need a Crate.

ilikekfc

seriously? the peavy vypyr? they suck, i had one for a few years and even got the foot controller foe it. ok it sounds OK but its too complicated and there are pletty of amps out there that have X100 better sound, look around and find one you like, dont make the mistake i did and go for what people say are good.

dannyalcatraz

Hmmm...

I'd consider:

1) Lace Pickups- Alumitone Deathbuckers or Matt Pike Dirty Heshers
3) Tesla pickups- maybe OPUS-1

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Alucard817

Really? Really? It was too hard to figure out? First I've heard of this.

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jeleopard

I mean, it's so hard! There's stuff like... Rec... and DZL... like wtf is that. And Tubescreamer? What? Low mid high EQ? Post and pre gain, what's the difference?



OT: The Vypyr is great man.

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Offworld92

^ Even though it is pretty funny, a beginner honestly wouldn't know what any of that is.

Not that that's an excuse.

I got a Vypyr before I ever discovered this forum. I played it and a Spider and a Vox VT, and I very simply just sat down, played some simple riffs, and listened very closely. Even to my undeveloped ear, I could tell the Vypyr was a little better than the rest. My dad wanted me to get the Spider.

So...

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It could be worth looking into a RAT clone pedal. Check out some YT clips to see if they can get you where you need to be. Some of the clones have multiple clipping settings that can send you from hell and back.

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MaaZeus

Well son of a... Despite my research I ended up making a mistake anyway. Not that Valveking is bad amp, infact I love it, but Vypyr is so versatile and if you are correct still can take pedals. God damnit.

Thanks for the information though.

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jeleopard

Even when I started, I had a vague idea of what the EQ options did. Sometimes you just gotta sit down and play with things.

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Sagolik

doesent get more death metal than Boss HM-2 trough a clean tube amp!

dropb81

Nothing wrong with your amp man. The 25r is not a bad amp for what it is... Id play with your knobs a bit more. I dont think theres anything wrong with your guitar or pups either and I doubt you would notice much of a difference if you were to switch them out.

whoever says you cant use pedals with a solid state amp is just wrong. Throwing a metal zone pedal infront of an isp decimator would be one way to go, but honestly I bet you could get the tone you want simply by putting a $90 digitech rp90 in line.