Official Guitar, Amp, Pedals, and Gear Thread

[patrickBOOTH]

I am waiting on some new stuff for this thread to come soon from England.

 

[gomestar]



There are so many amp makers out there today, but honestly the classics have survived for a reason. It seems like every 8 years or so there is a new fad amp. It used to be Fender, then Vox then Mesa, then H&K, then Bogner, now it is Dr. Z and New Vintage...

I don't even pay attention to any of that **** anymore.

My Fenders (or my 335) + some Marshalls + maybe a few effects like a Big Muff or a little push, and my original Ibanez WH-10 wah = perfection.

 

[patrickBOOTH]



I don't even pay attention to any of that **** anymore.
My Fenders (or my 335) + some Marshalls + maybe a few effects like a Big Muff or a little push, and my original Ibanez WH-10 wah = perfection.

Yeah, part of the reason is life takes over. I barely have the time to play anymore let alone keep up with amps and such. In high school I lived it, but now forget it. I recently sold so much stuff I had collecting dust in my parent's basement. Actually, I have been incredibly out of the loop in the music world all together. After college I can't tell you what new bands have popped up.

 

[gomestar]

+1 on no time. My telecaster has a lot of dust on it now, and it's such a shame.

but so it goes.

 

[patrickBOOTH]

So today this is happening. Historically accurate hand wound PAF replicas:

 

[dganderson]

So I bought a new guitar yesterday, an Ibanez RG3EXFM1, just to mess around on (and it was only $200 so I'm not breaking the bank). Normally I play Fender Strats and Teles through a Vox AC15 with a Fulltone Full-Drive 2 to get some dirt. The Ibanez sounds okay through this set up but I think I want to buy another overdrive or distortion pedal to get a tighter and more singing lead tone. Any suggestions? I don't really have much time right now to go out and spend hours testing out pedals so I thought that I might ask for a few recommendations to help the process along. Thanks for the input.

 

[guitarpkr76]



So today this is happening. Historically accurate hand wound PAF replicas:

These are gonna be nice.

 

[guitarpkr76]

Thinking about getting this. Trying to make up my mind.

 

[gort]



I finally got my first tube amp....a huge step up from the cheapo solid state practice amps:

at 10W it's still too loud for my apartment

That is neat but the price of a mini rectifier is simply absurd for what you're getting.

 

[guitarpkr76]

It's not really my style, but $1000 for a 25w, 2 channel, all tube head isn't too absurd.

 

[gort]

I mean, I view a mini rectifier as a simple jam at home amp for the scenario where you are leaving your main rig at your band's practice space or you're just a casual jammer at home. To fill that role I'd just buy a small peavey or something for a lot less money. I mean, ****, you can get a 6505 2x12 combo for the same cost.

 

[patrickBOOTH]



So I bought a new guitar yesterday, an Ibanez RG3EXFM1, just to mess around on (and it was only $200 so I'm not breaking the bank). Normally I play Fender Strats and Teles through a Vox AC15 with a Fulltone Full-Drive 2 to get some dirt. The Ibanez sounds okay through this set up but I think I want to buy another overdrive or distortion pedal to get a tighter and more singing lead tone. Any suggestions? I don't really have much time right now to go out and spend hours testing out pedals so I thought that I might ask for a few recommendations to help the process along. Thanks for the input.

It depends on what kind of music you play. Honestly Analog Man's Beano Boost is the only kind of boost pedal I would ever consider using. I don't really like overdrive pedals that color your guitar's sound too much. I like just running the amp very loud and distorted and using the guitars volume and tone knobs to go clean.

These are gonna be nice.

We will see, I haven't played them yet.

 

[origenesprit]



So I bought a new guitar yesterday, an Ibanez RG3EXFM1, just to mess around on (and it was only $200 so I'm not breaking the bank). Normally I play Fender Strats and Teles through a Vox AC15 with a Fulltone Full-Drive 2 to get some dirt. The Ibanez sounds okay through this set up but I think I want to buy another overdrive or distortion pedal to get a tighter and more singing lead tone. Any suggestions? I don't really have much time right now to go out and spend hours testing out pedals so I thought that I might ask for a few recommendations to help the process along. Thanks for the input.

I've never played this, but maybe look into a Suhr Riot?

 

[El Argentino]



Yeah, part of the reason is life takes over. I barely have the time to play anymore let alone keep up with amps and such. In high school I lived it, but now forget it. I recently sold so much stuff I had collecting dust in my parent's basement. Actually, I have been incredibly out of the loop in the music world all together. After college I can't tell you what new bands have popped up.

This has been my downfall. Used to be able to repeat back any spec of any piece of anything in guitar center. Now I'm lucky if I can strum a bit on the weekends.

Dream setup though is still a late 60's 335 through a vintage VoxAC30.

 

[patrickBOOTH]



This has been my downfall. Used to be able to repeat back any spec of any piece of anything in guitar center. Now I'm lucky if I can strum a bit on the weekends.
Dream setup though is still a late 60's 335 through a vintage VoxAC30.

Classic combo! The new handwired AC30's are awesome.