One thing that I have hated about New Year’s resolutions is that many of them are about denial. For instance, one of my sons said, “For 2012, I’m going to stay away from fast food.” That’s not really a bad thing, considering how unhealthy fast food can be, but it’s still a denial. It’s like a year-round Lenten sacrifice. Bah-humbug!
Me? Since I don’t like the negativity of New Year’s resolutions, I haven’t made one in years. But this year, I’m turning 50 (on January 5), so I’m going to make a resolution. Actually, several… but on the positive side.
In 2012, I resolve to:
- Buy a DV Mark Little 40
- Sell my Les Paul Replica
- Replace my sold Les Paul Replica with a Les Paul Standard Traditional Plus
- Get all my tube amps that aren’t working serviced (there’s actually only a couple)
- Buy a 2 X 10 cabinet and house it with Jensen Jet Electric Lightning speakers
- Buy a Fender ProSonic head
Now those are resolutions that I can deal with! 🙂
Guitar Gear 
So I read through this and have to look up what a DV Mark is. but other than that the only thought is I’ve heard Prosonic’s aren’t made well. Like the Marshall JCM 2000 TSL you don’t have to look far online to find people that have had problems with them.
What’s wrong with the les paul replica?
My resolution is to sell off “STUFF”
and exercise 1 hour a day 5 days a week.
Heard the same criticisms of the ProSonic, but it depends on which version you get. Early models had Bruce Zinky more involved with the amps. I’m eying one on eBay right now that’s a combo, but really would prefer the head version. After playing one of these several years ago, it has been on my list to get. I just got sideracked with other gear… 🙂
As far as the replica is concerned, there’s nothing wrong with it, but I did buy it more as an investment to sell later rather than keep. It was made by Marc Culbertson, made of old growth mahogany and has a Brazilian rosewood fretboard. Plays great, sounds great.
BTW, the DV Mark Little 40 is made by the same folks that make the MarkBass bass amps. These are awesome little amps. Check out this post I made of it: https://guitargear.org/2011/12/26/hehehe-where-do-i-spend-my-christmas-money/
Happy Birthday, I’ll be 61 on the seventh myself. I don’t have much to say about the Amp factor, but if the Gibson Standard Traditional Plus is at all similar to an Epiphone Les Paul Traditonal Pro, I’d tell you to look at both of them and consider the $1800 difference in price. I have an Epi LP Trad. Pro and it plays great. I love the Push/pull Pots in both volume controls.
I also have an Epiphone Joe Bonamassa Les Paul Gold Top, which is a really great sounding guitar, and again $725 less than the Gibson counterpart.
Here is part of the Epiphone Les Paul Traditinal Pro product discription taken from the Guitar Center web site.
“The Epiphone Les Paul Traditional Pro electric guitar combines the best of Les Paul’s original design with new features that set this Epiphone guitar apart. Professional Electronics. The Les Paul Traditional Pro uses Epiphone’s 4-wire, nickel/silver base humbuckers with newly tooled, USA-style bobbins. In the neck position is the Alnico Classic Pro humbucker with Alnico-II warm, thick vintage tone and open zebra coils. It’s uniquely paired with Epiphone’s ProBucker-3 humbucker. An inspired by version of Gibson’s BurstBucker-3, the Les Paul guitar features unevenly wound coils and Alnico-II magnets that replicate that “Patent Applied for” airy tone. You’ll love the way they sound! To top it all off, both volume controls feature push/pull potentiometers allowing you to coil-split each pickup for single-coil sounds. Combined with the 3-way toggle, you get 6 unique sounds from one great Les Paul guitar. Tone Woods with Great Feel!”
Keep Rockin’
Steve Z.
Hmm… I’ll have to check that one out, Steve!
I agree with you Dawg – it is easier to do something positive then deny ones self something (I’m working no cream cheese on bagels on that end) – positive assertions for the year?
1.a Work through ‘Arpeggios for the Modern Guitarist’ by Stephen Ross, a Hal Leonard publication
1.b Figure out the pedal configuration (different pedals of the same type with the same guitar sound different through different amps; running a stereo pair consisting of a Mesa Eng.Solo Lead and a Marshall JCM 900 with numerouis pedals yields to many combinations to manage on the stage smoothly professionally)
2. Get employed.
3. Update transformers on Marshall JCM 900 and, maybe, recone (still need to work on which speakers)
4. Give thanks for the blessings I have and continue to recieve. — Ron
I’m buying a pair of Tom Holmes pickups for my 96 Gibson Les Paul Standard. Should make it really sound amazing!
Happy birthday. Mine is the 5th also, but I am only going to be 39.