Two more votes for the EG5

[marvcus]

So my 12-year-old nephew is a Guitar Hero freak, like most kids
his age. He can finish the Dragonforce song on expert if that means anything.

About a month ago, he and I were talking and he challenged me saying he was better
at Guitar Hero than I was on guitar, so we decided to hold a competition with the
family around as judges.

We picked two songs to play: "Top Gun Anthem" and "Surfing With the Alien."

I took my Egnater and used EG5 Channel B for both songs and we went to shredding.

Both of my parents, who could not have been more displeased when I first took up electric guitar over 10 years ago, commented that my guitar had a really nice sound and that this was the best they had heard me play.

I was shocked--my parents are SO not the gain type--they usually only like clean acoustic stuff. My mom was the type to unplug my amp when I was younger because she hated the way it sounded.

All that said, my shout out to the Egnater folk is this: If you can make a high gain amp that MY parents think sounds good, you are almost miracle workers! Thanks for all you do.

P.S--That arpeggiated lick leading to the chromatic run and what follows in the Top Gun solo took me two weeks to get right! Steve Stevens is the man!

 

[Gino]

My mom was the type to unplug my amp when I was younger because she hated the way it sounded.

If my mom ever tried to do that, she'd be pulling back a bloody stump. Luckily she's always been my biggest supporter and would never do that. Good story though. By the way, you didn't mention who won. Or is it a foregone conclusion?

 

[guitarslinger]

Another story like that:

My Mom was watching me A/B test my CAE 3+ Vs. my preRocktron Egnater IE-4.


She said, "Wow, the new Egnater sounds much smoother and fuller than the Bradshaw preamp. The Bradshaw sounds fuzzy."

 

[EWSEthan]

My parents wouldnt know good tone if it smacked them right in the face. Theyve heard Soldanos, Bogners, Mesas, Marshalls and Egnaters and were always like "yeah it sounds good. sounds like all the others."

I think its time to get your nephew playing real guitar! If his fingers can move that fast on guitar hero, with some time he could be a shredder for sure!

 

[marvcus]

My mom was the type to unplug my amp when I was younger because she hated the way it sounded.

If my mom ever tried to do that, she'd be pulling back a bloody stump. Luckily she's always been my biggest supporter and would never do that. Good story though. By the way, you didn't mention who won. Or is it a foregone conclusion?

Yeah, she's actually totally cool now, too! I'm sure my teenaged antics had something to do with it, too...

Nephew did great--but he choked on the solo part of Top Gun. I just smiled and kept playing.
Also did a little improvisation--something you can't do on a computer game.

I think he's getting the hint...

I think its time to get your nephew playing real guitar! If his fingers can move that fast on guitar hero, with some time he could be a shredder for sure!

That's the goal, dude.

 

[broknstuff]

Very nice, I'll add a story too:

When I first got the Egnater i plugged it in to try it out, I think I was on the dlx,vx and sl2 modules. While playing I was surprised when my dad came in out of the blue to tell me how much better it sounded than the mesa. In his own words he said it was far more clear, coherent, and just better overall by a.ong shot, even in higher gain stuff. He's very much an audiophile and into high end audio so it meant that much more . My godfather, who is basically like my grandfather, worked in a music store and also said it sounded incredible.