Between the Licks

So what do you play and, more importantly, why?

This is an offshoot of the article Finding 'The Tone' which is such a huge topic, it was difficult zeroing in on specifics.

1. Guitar
2. Amp
3. Effects

My Guitar

I play a custom Fender strat. It started as a 50's Reissue Fender Mexican Stratocaster. I decided on a Seymour Duncan jazz humbucker in the neck and a Seymour Duncan JB in the bridge. I bought a body, routed it myself, and painted with the wood grain flames. I love the sound. The jazz humbucker in the neck offers a smooth sound when I want it and the JB offers that bite. Together, they sound awesome and twice as fat as single coils.

My Amps

I have two tube guitar amps: a blackface Fender Bassman 50 watt head and a Peavey Classic 30 combo. They've both been retubed and the Peavey has a 12" Weber speaker in place of the lack-luster Blue Marvel speaker. The Peavey sounds great and is easy to move around but the Bassman is the star.

My Effects

I have an old Vox wah-wah and a Marshall jackhammer. I don't use them that often because I am more of a meat and potatoes kind of guy. When you run a good guitar through a loud tube amp, what more do you need? I do use a bit of reverb withe the Peavey to open it up.

Guitar
one of the cheaper Jackson Dinkys
standard humbuckers on it
nothing much to brag about
definitly not a blues guitar
but if been able to coax some good sounds out

Amplification
Vox Valvetronix
I dont use the onboard effects much anymore because of my....

Effects
Zoom G2 pedal
Tons of great amp types and effects
I get everything from a decent acoustic simulator to a hard rockin Peavey
I recommend it.

gman92004 wrote:

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Amplification
Vox Valvetronix
I dont use the onboard effects much anymore because of my....

I actually really liked the Valvetronix amps. They are small but have a decent sound for the package. Maybe you can share some demo's of the tone you get.

Oh dont get me wrong I love the valvetronix tones.
But I prefer my Zoom just because its a lot easier to use and has more variety.
I also get much better blues tones with the Zoom.
Maybe I will.
I have a lot of things I need to put on here don't I.
Haha

gman92004 wrote:

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I have a lot of things I need to put on here don't I.
Haha

Heh, so do I! I'm glad to see a little action in the forums though.

bryanhelmig wrote:

Heh, so do I! I'm glad to see a little action in the forums though.

Me too.
I think this is an excellent site for guitarists to inspire one another and just have fun playing off of each other. I hope it grows and we get a lot more than just what seems like the two of us on here. haha. But even if it is only the two of us I know I will still get a lot out of it.

Guitars:
I have a Ibanex Sz320 Brown Sunburst w/ the 2 stock ibanez seymour Duncan Humbuckers , the also i have a Antares acoustic which is a huge pile of junk, they stoped making them in the 80's, for a good reason.

Amp:
I have a Line 6 Spider 3 15 watt 1x8
best little amp for the money IMO, sound like a full stack when plugged in to my churchs PA. It has all the fun little addons you would expect from line 6. i had a peavy Bandit 112 but it started to crap out on me.

Effects:
I sometimes use a boss Ds-1 distortion but thats about it
i mostly just use the built in Effects

I have never played a Line 6 Spider. But I have never heard anyone say anything negative about them. I really need to play one. Props on having one.
Im jealous. Haha

Excuse me if I don't know exactly everything about the guitars I own. I've only started playing for over a year and all the equipment I have was given to me.

I have a Fender Squier Strat Affinity series, just a cheap starter for messin around..... which is all I can really do with guitar anyway. And I have an acoustic guitar, but I'm not sure what brand it is. There's a gold foil sticker with Kimberly on it so I'm assuming it's a Kimberly guitar, but I've never heard of a Kimberly guitar before, and I can't find a lot of info on it, but I know it's around 25 - 30 years old.

As for amps I have a Zoom Fire - 15.

And I don't really use effects, I like a clean sounding guitar.

I've played pretty casually for a long time, and have never really gotten that far into anything. But I have:

1. Schecter Diamond Series Omen - 6 with the standard double humbuckers it came with.

2. A tiny and crappy little crate amp. (If anyone has any fairly cheap suggestions on a new one, let me know )

3. A digitech RP-100 effects pedal.

1. 1973 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe; Two home built Strats (high end parts ie Warmoth, Musikraft, Callaham, Kinman, etc.); Ibanez GSR100 Bass;
Gibson cerca 1950's classical guitar; Ibanez steel string acoustic.

2. Winfield 18/30 watt tube head w/custom made 2x12 angle faced cabinet loaded with British made Celestion Vintage 30's; Epiphone Valve Junior
(home modded) tube head w/1x12 ported cabinet loaded with no name cerca 1970's 30 watt speaker; 1981 Carvin XV112-E tube combo amp.

3. Pedalboard with various combinations of the following depending on the situation: Loop Master effects switcher; Carl Martin Red Repeat; three
Cry Babys one stock and two home modded; MXR Distortion III; MXR Distortion+(old version); MXR Dyna Comp(modded); MXR Phase90 homemodded);
Guyatone Micro Chorus; Ibanez Mini Flanger(old version); Catalinbread Hyperpack Dirty Channel; Danelectro Milkshake; Behrenger Vintage Tube Overdrive TO-808.
I also run through a Digiteh GNX 3000 guitar workstation for recording, writing study and silent practice.

1 I play a cheap Spirit hollow body electric, nothing special, its like the worst electric guitar i've ever seen , but it works
2 My amp is a California (no idea about the brand ) practice amp
3 I have a crybaby wahwah , and am considering getting a digitech RP250 multi effects

Guitar: Fender Strat: American Delux
Amp: Line 6 Spider II
Effects: Boss ME-50 and Boss RC-1 Loop Station

solventpop wrote:

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Effects: Boss ME-50 and Boss RC-1 Loop Station

I was wanting to get one of those. How are they when it comes to ease of use and timing to fit the beat? I keep imagining having a difficult time keeping it in time with a band but I figure the organic feel of a live band would make it more or less intuitive.