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Post subject: 2 Products That Amaze Me
Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 5:56 pm
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I am new to electric guitar (actually a newbie in general). I purchased a very good MIA Strat on ebay and a new Super Champ XD. These following 2 simple things have just amazed me:

1) I have been swapping strings on the Strat (so far, dAddarrio, several Ernie Ball, and several ghs). I have much preferred the playability and sounds of ghs and EB (ghs is more of an attack sound and EB is more vintage and harmonic/I lean to the EB). However, the dAddarrio and ghs feel "stiff" to my fingers, and I just cannot believe how supple, "soft", and "flexible" the Ernie Ball strings feel. Pushing them down, or bending, just feels so natural and easy, I cannot believe they are actually metal. How do they do it?

2) The speaker in the SCXD is a small magnet, flimsy looking thing. I am not certain where it is made, but the amp itself is from China. Many of the posts in here talk about swapping out that OEM speaker (10") with a Ragin' Cajun'. I have tried an Eminence Copperhead, 15" Electrovoice, and 10" Fender OEM, and that SCXD speaker is totally impressive with how pure the sound is; and how complex, with lots of harmonics, ESPECIALLY on the bass end. Nothing else seems to be able to duplicate it. I'll bet the Ragin' Cajun' can't either. How did Fender do it with such a "wimpy" looking speaker?


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Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 6:37 pm
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Hello Whatsthatsmell,

It's called good engineering. :wink:

Cheers.


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