Tell us about you guitar setup/rig Everyone!!!

[wilch]

Originally Posted by vaijem777

I just added a gorgeous PRS CU22 in Raspberry and an SWR California Blonde, which I'm running the piezos from the RG-2027X-VV through. Incredibly versatile guitar!

vaijem, nice dude. The last time I saw a pic of that room there was more...umm..."floor space" .

So tell me, if someone said, "hey jam at my place (assume loud drummer)" which amp/s / rack/s would you bring? I think if I had that much stuff that would be my dilema. But hey, not a bad dilema to have!

wil..

[vaijem777]

LOL Nah..no dilemma at all. The Mark IV combo and the Furman pedalboard. That's basically why I kept the Mark IV combo- it's compact and sounds great. It's a great practice amp

[PiSan]

Oh great, I've been looking for a good practice amp for a moderate price. I'll go pick one of those Mark IV's up.

All this gear talk makes me feel like a major amp n00b. I was under the impression a high quality amp didn't need extra effects to sound good .

[vaijem777]

A high-quality amp doesn't NEED effects to sound good, but depending on the band situation that your in, it's nice to have the versatility to create different atmospheres using effects. They just add more colors to the tonal palette. I've done a couple of gigs with nothing but a couple of guitars and my Matchless Chieftain head/cab with the only "effect" being a guitars volume control. But...given the choice, I'd rather have a selection of different effects available, whether I needed them or not.

[wilch]

my rig is pretty basic, and pales in comparison to the majority of stuff people have here.

guitars:
Ibanez Jem 2kDNA #285/300
Ibanez RG570 Flame Maple transparent red
Ibanez RG421 (w/ dimarzio evolution pups)
Seagull Artist Series - Cameo CW 2003
Samick Warlock

FX:
Line 6 Pod XT pro
BBE Sonic Maximiser 362NR
Morley Bad Horsie Wah
Keeley modified Boss MT-2 Metal Zone
Boss GE-7 Equalizer

Amp:
Marshall JCM2000 DSL 100watt head
Marshall JCM2000 TSL 2x12 cab

live and rehersal:
Marshall JCM2000 DSL 100watt head
w/ BBE Sonic Maximiser 362NR in the loop
Keeley modded MT-2 Metal Zone for boost only
GE-7 EQ to cut through a bit more if I need to
Morley Bad Horsie wah

home recording and practice:
Pod XT pro
BBE Sonic Maximiser 362NR
Bad Horsie wah

I was going to sell the marshall. But then I got the BBE Sonic Maximiser. Night and day difference. Marshall's staying.

wil..

[ATDVSBL]

Here is an update:

I don't have much , but the collection is becoming a lot more swirly

Guitars:

Jem 2K DNA #199 with flight case
ATD UVMC swirl
ATD/LGM/Heatley 7 string custom ocean swirl with killer LGM inlay...coming soon, still in progress.
Heatley baritone 7 string hollowbody with piezo
Yairi DY80 12 string acoustic
Dauphin classical

Amps:

Carvin Legacy combo with greenbacks
Mesa Boogie Single recifier combo
Genz-benz G-flex 2X12 ported cab
Line 6 POD and guitarport through celestion 12" road series PA speakers

Shad

[hobz]

My setup is financially challenged because I spent all my money on my guitar.
Ibanex RG1077XLRB--Planet Waves!--Then I usually use the Ibanez 7th heaven. It kinda sucks. Far too...modern, in a very silicon way. Sounds good sometimes. Then, if I use an amp, it's a peavey minx 110. It's good if you are into bodybuilding and kicking it around in a feedback frenzy. Too much low end though. I also use a zoom BFX-708 from time to time. It's not bad, but, as with most of my stuff, it's made for bass. I usually run it through my zoom 4-track.
I have had the oppertunity to play my guitar through a mesa boogie half stack, with a electro-harmonix tube distortion pedal, and a roland multi-EFX. Perfect. Nothing I have ever heard sounds better.
Acoustics?-My father's 1953 Martin.

[Gresh]

Originally Posted by Gresh

Update to the Update:

Same guitars and gear, just added more stuff:

Rivera TBR1SL (whenever it gets here)
Going to be setting up a two amp system
Morley ABY
Tonebone Classic
Boss RC-20 loop station
Voodoo Lab Analog Chorus and Boss Delay on Rivera side

The volume and tonebone will be global, then signal will split with mod and delays available for each side. Probably keep the loop on the Rivera side, but I'll have to experiment with that.

Also added a Roland VS 880ex and powered monitors.

Studio build is starting after New Years so I'll finally have a place to put all this stuff and keep it away from my two little hellraisers.

Update to the update's update

Studio room is complete!!! (finally)
TBR1-SL is in house and racked
Bogner 4x12 w/V30s (wheat grill)

[Jammy]

Rack is coming together... all I need is a decent reverb unit and a tuner and Ill be done for now.


This is the current crop of guitars.



Apologies for the bad photos . Once I have all my rack gear im gonna make a integrated 2x12 cab and 6 space rack unit, should be a fun project

-better shred than dead-ANDY

[tech_dude]

Had a blast reading about everyones gear........wow........can't believe how many people are still using the rack systems. Racks will always be far superior to stomp but the cost factor is huge. Glad to see that there are true musicians out there willing to pay serious money for serious tone.

Here's what I'm sport'n:

GUITARS:

Ibanez Jem 77fp......one of the first run......still like new

Peavey G-ninety......with the kahler system.....like the Vandenburg
put a scream'n demon in this one and tribal art on the body.

Ibanez Roadstar II .......fastened chain around the body and headstock of this one......star inlay at the 12th.....3 humbuckers just for looks......made it a hardtail and drop D. Put the high output cermic pickup from the peavey in this guitar. Nice pickup for a stock model.

Pan double cut hollow body with bigsby trem.........put 2 gibson 598t pickups in this one.......nice maple top with a great burst. Nice sound but the neck has alot of radius......makes it hard to go from any guitar i own to this. It also has a boy playing the flute on the headstock....lol...not real cool.

Ibanez RB850 bass........this is the poor man's spector.....lol .....Candy apple red metalic.....2 massive pickups with coil taps on both. Nice small neck.....great bass for a guitar player!

Seagull Model 6........Cedar top....cherry wood back and sides......got one of the first runs of these........great little guitar.....I've noticed that alot of the jem owners also play a seagull. Too cool. I treat mine like crap because it's my most played guitar. Sits by the computer to make downloads go by faster.

Yamaha DW-8 - 12 ......This is a 12 string acoustic with a kent armstrong pickup. Used it to record our first cd......very impressed with the result. Hey, it's a yamaha acoustic.....enough said.

Next guitar: Ibanez EP7 acoutic.....maybe.....after reading the posts here.......sounds a little pricey for laminate.

Amps:

Marshall JCM800 2204 head......50 watt
Marshall JCM900 angled cab with metal grill.......see my thread on this!
Line 6 Flextone II head
Laney AOR 50 combo

Effects:

Boss CE -2 chorus
Ibanez delay
dunlop crybaby wah
Ibanez tube screamer.......i have the original......and the reissue
Electrohamonics small stone phase
Line 6 pedal board

Lots of junk thats not worth mentioning..........like the rocktek plastic distortion I just saw.......where the hell did that come from!

[Integrum]

Guitars:
Ibanez JEM 7VWH
Fender Std. Stratocaster (Modified with Lace Sensors)
Epiphone Les Paul Standard

Effects:
Boss DS-1
Dunlop Crybaby

Amp:
Crate GFX-65


I'm going to sell my amp and Les Paul and get a Carvin Legacy and a T.C. El. G-Major

[Jeff]

Guitars:
Ibanez JEM7VWH
Ibanez RG421 w/ PAF Pro & Steve's Special
Ibanez GRX40Z
JC Penney Acoustic :P

Effects:
Ibanez TS9 Reissue
Boss DS-1
Morley Bad Horsie 2
Dunlop Crybaby

Amps:
Marshall JCM 800 2204 50-watt single channel
Marshall JCM 900 cab
Peavey Envoy 110, 40-watt solid state
Ibanez cheapie amp

Wow, it seems like I have 4 of everything!

[Kontalonis]

http://community.webshots.com/user/kontalonis-date

Not bad for a 15 year old eh? I even got joe sat in my rig! So my dad got lucky with the pawn shop thing, what are you gonna do? Turn a '76 strat down? Hell no!

[Jeff]

Quite impressive for being 15...but man, you're young like me (I'm 16)....get something besides Fenders and Gibsons! Leave those for the old geezers!

[trouble311]

Updated:

The Bows (Guitars):
- Ernie Ball Musicman John Petrucci JP6, Mystic Dream (The Miracle)
- Ernie Ball Musicman John Petrucci JP6, Blue Pearl (The Sleeper)

INTO

The Quiver (Rack):
- Samson Powerbrite Power Conditioner (love the backlight, and the fluorescent drawer light, so much better than Furman's)
- Mesa/Boogie Triaxis, v2 without Fat Mod
- Rocktron Hush Super C Noise reduction
- TC Electronics G-Major
- Mesa/Boogie 2:90 SimulClass Power Amp

CONTROLLED BY:

The Crosshairs (Pedalboard)
- Custom self-made pedalboard
- DMC Ground Control standard, soon to be Pro
- 3 Ernie Ball Volume Pedals, 1 with minimum volume knob, for input gain, 2 standard mono pedals, rewired with 100K linear taper pots for expression/master volume control

INTO

The Arrows (Cabs)
- 4 Avatar 2X12 cabinets, closed back, loaded with Celestion Vintage 30s, 2 to each side, run in stereo


Makes for a nice little sound! The control of it is the best part, honestly, I love it...and the TONE of the Triaxis/2:90...to quote Homer Simpson, when he got free cable, "It's more beautiful than I dared hope."