mrw1960 Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 I just picked up a Wildkat-LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can anyone who has a Wildkat give any info about what strings they are using in regards to blues? Mine has 11's on it and I just got a few sets of DR Pure Blues 11-50's. I am running through a Epiphone Blues Custom 30 amp. Sounds AWESOME. Yesterday I decided to try some of my pedals. The Tubescreamer is nice, Boss SD-1 "Bad to the BONE", I also tried my Marshall Bluesbreaker II, NICE. Has anyone had any experience with the BOSS Fender '59 Bassman FBM-1 pedal. I went to their website and heard a demo,AWESOME SOUND!!!! Any info would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks..:) My Guitars: Epiphone Wildkat PRS SE Custom Squier Standard Strat modded with Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates Plus Humbucker, Lindy Fralin Blues Special Single Coils My Amps: Epiphone Blues Custom 30 Line 6 Spider III 75 Watt My Toys: Boss SD-1 Ibanez TS9DX Tubescreamer Marshall Bluesbreaker II Crybaby Wah-Wah Digitech Metal Master Heavy Metal Distortion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSDx Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Can't comment on the pedal, but congrats on the Wildkat ...... a 'kat is on my wish list, for sure :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrw1960 Posted November 15, 2009 Author Share Posted November 15, 2009 Thanks Bro, You will be amazed what tones you can tweak out of this. Sweetwater is where I got mine. They have a great payment plan. You can't go wrong! Life is good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie Sammler Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Congratulations on the WildKat. I've got one myself and like it quite a bit. I found that it didn't take on the warm, round character I was looking for until I started using flat-wound strings. I like Gibson 12-56. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 I have a Wildkat and I don't use anything above 10-46 because heavy strings annoy me and I think they're highly overrated. I also don't really value sustain much, if I want to hear a note go on for longer I can just hit it again if I have to. I don't play blues these days but when I was in a blues band many years ago I used a Fender USA Strat Plus. I was never completely happy with it, and trading it for the Wildkat and some amp gear is a move I've never regretted. I do teach blues guitar a lot though, and the Wildkat makes blues a no-brainer if you ask me, I dare say it would be almost impossible NOT to get a good blues tone of some sort out of it if you're a reasonably competent player. People use pedals for blues? Crybaby wah maybe but you don't need anything else if your amp is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrw1960 Posted November 16, 2009 Author Share Posted November 16, 2009 Thanks All. I'll try flatwounds down the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hector Arcadius Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 Congrats on the new guitar man! Enjoy her and play her as much as possible! Pedals is a tricky question, since you do not specify budget and there is a HUGE market out there... Generally speaking, for blues / rock / hard rock, I don't think you can go wrong with one of the following: M.I. Audio Blues Pro Digitech Bad Monkey Digitech Hardwire CM-2 MXR GT-OD Ibanez TS-9 / TS-808 (or the equivalents from Maxon) Fulltone OCD CMATMODS Signa Drive / Butah Gearmanndude Luther Drive and I'm sure I'm leaving others out of the picture... Good luck deciding! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrw1960 Posted November 16, 2009 Author Share Posted November 16, 2009 Thanks Man, I sure will!!!! Thanks for the links of pedals,I will check them out.. Have a great one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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