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My son has a Fender showmaster ftm hh. He got rid of the pgp, kept the '59. He put a DD inthe bridge. He like's it, but wants fuller/wetter sound. I told him to buy a Mesa, he want's try the invader.
So how's the what's and why's you got it?
He plays thru a dsl 401. Better speaker?

Thanks

What does he mean by quot;wetter'?

The Invader kind of sounds like a hotter, bassier Distortion, with a blanket over the speakers... but in a good way

My son has an Invader in his Ibanez RG. That is a quite thin sounding guitar, so the Invader really helped him to get a nice fat sound with it. I would not agree on the quot;wet blanketquot; review - even if that is probably the case with darker guitars. He can easily get a lot of aggressive pinch harmonics with that guitar, and he´s the only one in his band who can do that - so I guess it is the pickup that makes it possible.

The Invader is a real sledgehammer. It certainly can't hurt. As far as the speaker in the DSL 401 goes, I don't have enough experience with that combo to comment on the speaker in it, but I will say that adding a 2x12 or 4x12 closed back cab to the rig will improve the fullness of the sound.


Originally Posted by adrian

I would not agree on the quot;wet blanketquot; review - even if that is probably the case with darker guitars.

Have you ever used the Distortion? That's what my quot;blanket over the speakerquot; comparison was being made against.
He can easily get a lot of aggressive pinch harmonics with that guitar, and he´s the only one in his band who can do that - so I guess it is the pickup that makes it possible.

The Invader does make pinch harmonics stupid-easy, but I'd attribute his being the only one able to do it to the other's poor technique. If you know how to do them well, the pickup doesn't matter.