[chasio649]

I am into modeling equipment....all tube snobs are welcome!!! ;)

Just kidding...let's try not to have this evolve into a tube Vs. digital thread.... ping anyone who may be interested.

[chasio649]

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[chasio649]

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[Rebelbase]

bump for later

[blues_guitarist]

Check out my profile.
I also have an '87 Kramer Pacer Custom and the GNX1 pedal shown has been upgraded to a GNX2.

God bless!

[A CA Guy]

As someone that was introduced to a form of Catholic School torture through accordion lessons, I soon learned I far more loved the sound of a guitar.

I am an adult who would like to learn some time.
I have for practice some acoustic guitar of some quality and to tease myself into future good times I picked up a new 1999 Hamer ecotone that is pretty much a lot like this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Beautiful-Solid-Wood-Echotone-Custom-W-Fralins_W0QQitemZ7382173905QQcategoryZ33042QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

What is a good little amp to get for that as a starter amp that is fairly cheap but sounds good.
Later I will get something better when I deserve it.

[martin_fierro]

Mine's black, but here's an El-cheapo Steinberger bass clone by Cort, which I play very poorly.

[garyhope]

I was going to post, but "I'VE GOT BLISTERS ON MY FINGERS"!!

[Vor Lady]

Guitar ping!

[Poser]

Cherry Sunburst '68 Les Paul Custom anybody?

[ovrtaxt]

I have a Dean electric. It looks just like this one, but the finish is a little darker, called Tiger Stripe.

I also have an Alvarez 12-string that sounds like angels singing.

I run the Dean through a Pod XT and the ALvarez through an octaver, and sometimes a stereo chorus.

Just for grins, I also have an E-Bow and a Crybaby wah pedal.

[Uncle Jaque]

Stictly acoustic.
Pretty much 19th Century, too.


"The years slip slowly by, Lorena..."

Sorry.

[SteveH]

I just revamped my rig:

top 6U SKB (from top):

1. furman md-8 power conditioner
2. korg drt-2000 tuner
3. custom made mono signal volume control
5. demeter vtbp-201 tube pre-amp
6. qsc plx 2402 power amp

bottom 4U SKB (from top):

1-2. bass pod pro
3. open
4. furman ar-15 voltage regulator

The bottom SKB 4U is slated to become a 6U someday,
possibly soon. (To minimize noise, I think I need to move
the voltage regulator further away from the signal path.)

In one of the open slots I will put my RNC 1773
compressor and raven pha-1 microphone/spare pre-amp
on a flat 1U pan.

I also need to figure out if I can put my Sennheiser
wireless in there somehow.

guitars:

G&L 2500 fretted 5 string bass (thomastic enfield flatwounds)
G&L 2500 fretless 5 string bass (thomastic enfield flatwounds)
G&L 2000 fretted 4 string bass (thomastic enfield flatwounds)

fender USA strat (~2000)
fender MIM tele (2) (~2003)

Ovation deep dish acoustic electric (~1980)
Gibson C-1 classical (1950)
Martin D-1 (2005)

Martin B1 bass w/ highlander IP-2 pickup (2005)
(rotosound flatwound strings)

er-hu (well, it's a stringed instrument anyway ;-)


I have been trying the rig out in performances this month.
The korg tuner is popular with my band (as I had hoped).
I haven't patched in the bass pod pro yet but I am eagerly
anticipating also using the tap metronome feature for band
practicing.

I recently acquired a Pandora PX4 effects box and a Roland
micro-amp for practicing on the road in hotel rooms,
and they both work fine (the good Pandora effects
work well standalone , and I just refrain from
using the not-so-good Roland effects when I use it.)
Both of these help me with practicing bass very much,
and I am a bit sorry I held out for so long on getting
them (especially the Pandora).

[mcshot]

beginning/intermediate that just gave up on the blues. Going back to the fun stuff and storing or selling the library of "How to" books.
Have Alvarez 12, Guild 6, Kay 6 and Epiphone electric with Peavey 112.
As an explanation I wouldn't have most of this stuff if my kid had his finances together and be darned if I'll own something, cept guns, that I can use.

mc

[ccwoman]

Hey maybe one of you can help me. My boys age 18 and 10 want to play acoustic. I want to buy them guitars next month but I do not know what i am looking for and I and don't want to spend a lot in case they lose interest after just a short time. both of them have musical talent. The youngest plays the sax.

[derllak]

Looks like your scoping out whos house has the equipment you need so you'll know which house to rob first. Well I ain't talkin'!

[Old Flat Toad]

Hofner 12 string
Washburn 6/12 doubleneck
Dean Backwoods 6 string banjo
Home made 12 string banjolin

[Mr. Jeeves]

Tubes suck dude! LOL!

Actually, I just got tired of lugging tube amps around - they sound great, but the roughly 3% tone improvement over the vastly improved modeling products available these days wasn't worth hurting my back any more.

Current equipment list:

Effects & Modeling: Line 6 PODxt and PODxt Live, DigiTech GNX4, Boss GT-6 (which I never use), Roland VG-88 and GR-33.

Amps: Roland VGA-7, Cube 30, and two KC-550 keyboard amps so I can run them in stereo.

PA/Amp: Bose PS/1 Personal Amplification System.

Guitars: Paul Reed Smith Modern Eagle (coming next week), Custom 24 IRW, Custom 22 IRW; two Brian Moore C90P.13's; Taylor T5, 612CE, and NS62; Carvin DC400, DC727, CT6M and CC275.

Recording: Yamaha AW16, Lexicon Omega.

Software: Steinberg Cubase, Cakewalk Pro Tracks Plus, Sony ACID Pro 5.0.

Yes, I spend way too much money on music... ;)

[Cedar]

1969 Gibson 12-string acoustic

6-string Goya acoustic (bought in 1980's)

Just bought a "Memphis" electric guitar last year, has a nice smooth sound.

[Drew68]

list their guitar related equipment, gear they long for or gear they have recently tried

Before I went into the Navy, I left my gear with a buddy in Denver. Now he is loath to return it! Haha! I don't blame him. Nonetheless, I have faith I'll see my babies soon.

Gear in Denver:

• Fender Telecaster (Mexican, white, nice little guitar)
• Fender Stratocaster (Japanese, red, rosewood fretboard)
• Fender "Squire" Stratocaster (this one's from the early 1980s when Fender first made instruments overseas in Japan using the Squire name. These are quite sought after these days as they were excellent instruments unlike today's Indonesian made Squires which are very much starter guitars. Mine isn't worth anything because I routed it for a humbucker, put in a Floyd Rose and scalloped the fretboard. Keep in mind, this was the 80s! Haha!)
• Late 80s-early 90s (red knob) Fender Dual Showman tube head and offset 2 x 12" cabinet. This is my baby. 100 watts of screaming tube power. Loud as a Marshall and great reproduction of EVH's famous "Brown Sound." I love this amp. Fender doesn't make them anymore. I want this one back from my buddy more than anything.

Gear in Florida:

• Samick Artist hollow body (Korean made, double cutaway. Don't laugh. Let me tell you the story behind this guitar. I went to boot camp, A-School and did a 6 month cruise not picking up a guitar the whole time. When I returned home I was jonesing to play a guitar. I didn't have much money to spend because I just bought a car and moved into an apartment. I found this little gem in a music store for $250. It is quite pretty. Mahogany body with a carved top capped with a flame maple veneer. Glued in mahogany neck with a rosewood fretboard and trapezoid inlays. Cream binding around the whole instrument. Basically, a double-cutaway "Les Paul" style guitar. The thing played perfectly! The only problem were the pickups which I quickly replaced with DiMarzios. The Koreans are building some excellent instruments these days thanks to computerized routing technology. It makes it fun to buy guitars again because you can go out and spend $500 or less and get a quality instrument. I love this little guitar!)
• Epiphone 335 (Red. Not really pleased with this guitar. The action and frets need to be worked and the pickups are weak but I've always wanted a 335 and I found this one used so I grabbed it. Maybe when I get around to it I'll have a tech work the frets and I'll replace the pickups. It spends a lot of time on the guitar stand. Plus, 335s are just strange to play. Big and off-balanced. I leave it in a DGDGAD tuning for when I feel like belting out some Stones.)
• Marshall CDR practice amp (15 watts of screaming Marshall Solid State power! Haha! Actually, this little amp *does* scream! I bought it when I bought my Samick. What good is an electric guitar without an amp? For $130 this is a great little practice amp. Excellent "Marshall" distortion and reverb as well.)
• Marshall 4 x 12" JCM800 series cabinet (top, slanted 4 English made 65 watt, 15 ohms (yes, you read that right, 15 ohms) speakers. I saw this used for $200 and grabbed it. The tolex and speaker cover are ripped to shreds but the speakers themselves are fine. For a while it served as a stand for my practice amp. One day I was screwing around and decided to jerry-rig a 1/4 outlet from my Marshall CDR and, low and behold, that little 15 watt amp drives this monster cabinet! And loud too! If I turn the volume up to the 9 o'clock position my neighbors will be banging on the walls! All I need for it is a head.)
• Crybaby wah pedal (Gotta have one of these. Everybody needs one)
• Boss DS-1 distortion pedal (Bought it on sale for $30. Toyed with it for a couple of days. I never use it anymore.)

Dream Gear:

• My dream amplifier is a Hiwatt DR-103 100 Watt head with the original Partridge transformers and Mullard tubes coupled with a Hiwatt cabinet loaded with Fane loudspeakers. Just like Townshend and Gilmour used. MilSpec wiring, loud as a jet engine! Hiwatt made these throughout the 1970s and into the early 80s. After founder Dan Reeve's death, the company switched gears and started using inferior parts. Quality suffered as a result and in short time, Hiwatt was sold and these amps disappeared altogether. Until now. Hiwatt is now producing the "Custom 100" which is a replica of their old powerhouse. They've wisely returned to using MilSpec wiring and the old transformers and tubes. Unfortunately, the $2500 price tag attached to their head and the roughly $2000 price tag attached to a single cabinet is a bit prohibitive. What do I need a 100 watt Hiwatt stack for anyways? I live in an apartment! Go here for their lackluster web page.
• Marshall DSL 50 all tube head. 50 Watts, 2 channels. Here Marshall attempts to blend their two most famous amps into one package. Their 1959 model (produced from 1966-69) and their standby JCM-800 (produced during the 1980s). The price isn't bad (anywhere from $1000-$1400) and the reviews on Musician's Friend are pretty good. I'd love a JCM-800 but they are expensive new and buying one used is a crapshoot. There is some junk out there. I'm seriously looking at this amp. They make a 100 watt head as well but I really don't need 100 watts.
• Gibson Les Paul Standard. What more is there to say. Sadly, I would never buy one sight unseen as Gibson has serious quality control problems. Too many lemons leave the factory. I'd play 50 of them until I found the right guitar. They are also wildly overpriced these days. I'd settle for a Les Paul Classic which are a little cheaper.
• Fender 1960s model Stratocaster. I love these guitars because they utilize Fender's single coil routing. More wood = more tone! Most Strats these days are routed for humbuckers under the pickguard. Shortsightedness on Fender's part. The 60s model Strats are also made in Mexico. The way I see it, I can pay $600 for a guitar made by hard working Mexicans in Mexico or I can buy one of their American made guitars for twice that price made by hard working Mexicans in California! I miss my Stratocasters. Everyone should have one.
• PRS SE series "Soapbar" model. Korean made, $450. Played one of these. Plays like a dream. I love the sound of P-90 pickups. High output and very unique. Pair this one with my dream Hiwatt and I could reproduce Townshend's bombastic "Live at Leeds" tone. Ooooh!

That's all for now. I'll add more as I think of stuff to keep this thread bumped.

[Squantos]

Ovation Ultra 6 & 12 strings. 6 string set up same as Adrian Legs w/ banjo tuning pegs etc ...... Kottke, Gilowitz and Legg .