No pickup, but a dynamic mic on a boom-stand is good enough. I'm not planning on running it through anything more than delay and reverb myself, and maybe some modulation.

I play electric guitar.

Will post some pics once I qualify.

I have a Gretsch archtop hollowbody, a Fender Telecaster, and a Fender Stratocaster.

They all sound similiar (bright) through either of two small (tweed type) tube amps I use for all styles from jazz to soul, and blues.

EDIT: OK, I hit the magic number 15 posts tonight, so let's try:

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There ya go. More to follow in other posts.

I am seriously salivating just looking at that Gretsch. It may not be a Falcon but I can still hear the honey tones oozing out of it. Low end tone is easy to replicate on a guitar, but amplifying those bright frequencies at suitable volumes requires more consideration in design and manufacturing. You better not be using that thing with anything less than tube amplification, especially if you're fond of distortion.

As soon as my bankroll hits $3600 a black or white Falcon will be the first thing I buy.

I've never seen those kind of fret markers before... is it an actual Fender?

Couple of tweed Victorias (5112 & 20112), and was using Mesa/Boogie DC-3 and Mark-IV combos for big sounds, but sold those recently as they're just too heavy for my back.

It is a Fender G.E. Smith signature Telecaster. He specs those fretboard position markers, based on an old Fender Lap Steel.

Otherwise it's a lot like a thin-skin finish '52 RI with a big Nocaster-like neck.


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will a bass amp with a horn be okay for electirc drums?

It should work just fine until you can step up and get a drum amp. The Bass amp is made for lows and the horn should handle the cymbals nicely.....

I spent a long time being sad over not getting an 1960s ampeg tube amp I was trying to buy off a guy and ended up getting out bidded. Im not too sad though I ended up getting a nice bugera tube amp and discovered the wonderful mesmerizing sound of tube harmonics. I always thought tube amp people were snobs until I discovered this wonderful sound.

There are some seriously significant reasons for preferring tubes to solid state amps or tube-modeling amps. Longevity is just one of them; I plan on using my AC30 in decades to come. The circuit design for the Top Boost channel is itself over 50 years old.

I only just learned about the mathematics behind bias & tube amplification and it's WONDERFUL. I'd explicate it here but I'm almost positive not too many people on this forum are as interested or intrigued by the beauty in math. Or at least an analytical proof for why tubes will ALWAYS sound different/better than solid states.