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General Discussion => MUSIC => Topic started by: ungzilla on February 26, 2017, 08:21:28 AM
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I'm sure I'm not the only nerd who plays music around here. Post up your axes, bongo drums, electric gongs, bagpipes, etc. Or your amps/pedals/etc.
I play bass mostly, here are 2/3 of my current basses, the other is at the luthier right now having it's frets pulled, it's a Fender American Jazz Deluxe 5 string. I'm hyped to have a fretless again.
Warwick Thumb Bolt-on 5 string (2005 or something). This thing is dope, but for a long time I hated it until I learned how to deal with the really loud and woody top end. Gotta roll the treble off a lot on this one if you're playing finger style. It's probably best suited for pick playing and roundwounds though. The string spacing is really tight though, and that is my favorite thing about it.
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Ibanez ATK 305 (something like a 94 or 95 I think). Cheapest bass I own and probably my favorite, maybe just because it has great setup and and action more than anything. Have Nylon flatwounds on it that sound very dark and are real easy on the fingers.
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I've got a lot of miscellaneous gear ranging from keyboards to saxes to pedals, but I figure my guitars would be most convenient for now.
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Danelectro Baritone: Got it for a pretty decent price when I briefly worked at Guitar Center. A lot of fun to play and can do a lot more than low heavy stuff that's normally associated with baritones. But since I keep it tuned to B standard, its heaviness is also really fun.
Takamine Acoustic/Electric: My main guitar I use since I'm mostly a solo performer. Takamine's are pretty decent for the price, but I've had a bunch of work done on it including a number of set ups, adjustments, work on the pick up and more. And I can honestly say I prefer it to some nicer acoustic/electrics that I've played that double in retail.
Fender Telecaster: It's from their Modern Player series which means it has Humbuckers in addition to a Tele and Strat pick up, which makes it sound like a total Frankenstein guitar but it's very versatile in tone. The Modern Players are pretty affordable too, so while it ain't an American Standard, it definitely gets the job done.
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That baritone is sweet! I had a Fender Jaguar Baritone for a time, but got rid of. I regret it, for sure. Coming from bass, I like the long scale of those things, much more comfortable to play than a standard guitar for me.
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I hope to one day own a vintage Mosrite. For now, I play an Epiphone Les Paul, a strat ripoff and a Takamine acoustic. And I have a Fender Blues Jr. and an old Yamaha stereo amp that weighs a ton.
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i play drums, just picked this up last week, easily nicest drum i've owned:
(http://pearldrum.com/common/assets/images/snares/STA1550MH-sm.jpg)
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That baritone is sweet! I had a Fender Jaguar Baritone for a time, but got rid of. I regret it, for sure. Coming from bass, I like the long scale of those things, much more comfortable to play than a standard guitar for me.
I reeeeally want a Fender baritone. Hell, I even played a Squire jag at a store and it felt wonderful.
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I'm multi-talentless when it comes to music. And lifting. And skating. And living.
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That baritone is sweet! I had a Fender Jaguar Baritone for a time, but got rid of. I regret it, for sure. Coming from bass, I like the long scale of those things, much more comfortable to play than a standard guitar for me.
I reeeeally want a Fender baritone. Hell, I even played a Squire jag at a store and it felt wonderful.
Fender Bass 6s are different than baritones, yes? I just started playing guitar about a year ago, but I'd love to have one of those one day. The sound really cool and look like they'd be lots of fun.
My gear isnt really worth posting. I went super cheap and just bought an epiphone LP special and a little practice amp. I'd love to get a decent amp, but it doesnt really make sense living in an apartment. What I have works for my space and ability right now, but I'll definitely be getting something nicer once I have the space to be loud.
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Ibanez bass and Danelectro are ruling!
picking up this Mesa/Boogie bass cab in a couple weeks
(http://i.imgur.com/KBG4wYz.jpg)
Powerhouse 1000, 4x10+1x15 speakers. People generally kinda dog on these online but some people dig em and I thought it sounded good, plus the price was way too good to pass up. I could easily sell/trade the PH1000 for a 610 or 412 if I ended up not liking it and probably come out on top. I still need a head, and am in the process of rebuilding a Mexican Fender Precision to complete the bass rig.
I also have an Orange AD30HTC + PPC 212, and a '91 Gibby LP studio that I just finished rebuilding that absolutely screams. Will post a pic later
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That baritone is sweet! I had a Fender Jaguar Baritone for a time, but got rid of. I regret it, for sure. Coming from bass, I like the long scale of those things, much more comfortable to play than a standard guitar for me.
I reeeeally want a Fender baritone. Hell, I even played a Squire jag at a store and it felt wonderful.
Fender Bass 6s are different than baritones, yes? I just started playing guitar about a year ago, but I'd love to have one of those one day. The sound really cool and look like they'd be lots of fun.
My gear isnt really worth posting. I went super cheap and just bought an epiphone LP special and a little practice amp. I'd love to get a decent amp, but it doesnt really make sense living in an apartment. What I have works for my space and ability right now, but I'll definitely be getting something nicer once I have the space to be loud.
Fender Bass VIs are the things they made way back when, and are now ultra expensive vintage instruments, generally. But it's basically the same thing as the Fender Jaguar Baritone that they make in Japan now. I mean the basic layout/range/tuning of the instrument, not the tone, which I have no idea about.
Ibanez bass and Danelectro are ruling!
picking up this Mesa/Boogie bass cab in a couple weeks
(http://i.imgur.com/KBG4wYz.jpg)
Powerhouse 1000, 4x10+1x15 speakers. People generally kinda dog on these online but some people dig em and I thought it sounded good, plus the price was way too good to pass up. I could easily sell/trade the PH1000 for a 610 or 412 if I ended up not liking it and probably come out on top. I still need a head, and am in the process of rebuilding a Mexican Fender Precision to complete the bass rig.
I also have an Orange AD30HTC + PPC 212, and a '91 Gibby LP studio that I just finished rebuilding that absolutely screams. Will post a pic later
Dope! I used to have a bigger 6x10 cab but I was over owning such a huge piece of furniture. I like the sound of 15s though. Now I've got a super light 2x10 Markbass cab, and 1x15 Bagend cab. It all sounds pretty good being driven by a Genz Benz Streamliner 900 amp.
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I barely get to play these anymore because of kids and neighbors so it's usually just my no frills Yamaha acoustic.
I've bought and sold a few guitars in the past, the highlights being a Duesenberg which was awesome except mine had some tuning issues and Rickenbacker 610 (which was kinda small and didn't really do anything a Tele couldn't.
Currently I just have these 2. Both Japanese Fenders. I'm a huge fan of Japanese guitars because the build quality is usually way beyond Mexican and Korean models but the price is far less than US Models (used prices are still generally good but newer ones have crept upwards).
(Not my pics)
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Japanese 62 Tele with US made pickups. Just a super solid guitar. The bridge is kind of shitty and hard to intonate. Ordered new from Japan 10 years ago. Apparently Fender USA got mad about these being sold here and it got harder to get them soon after. I don't know if that's still true.
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Same guitar the Yeah Yeah Yeahs guitarist has. Mine is red, which I always thought looked dumb. The fake Floyd Rose is useless and I leave it unlocked although I do like the fine tuners. The stock electronics are junky and I replaced the pickups with some vintage reissues.
You can find similar 1980s Japanese Fenders and Squiers for $300-400 and they are incredibly well made guitars.
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94' Twin aka "Evil Twin". Kind of a flawed early attempt at a Fender/Marshall hybrid and way too loud for a duffer like me to have but it's still fun. The Clean channel is just that - unlimited clean. Not amazing but suitably Fenderish with reverb. The Overdrive loses definition as the volume goes up sounds more mushy than crunchy. The other high gain Fender from this era, the Prosonic is way better.
The Evil Twin does have a "Vintage Gain" on the clean channel with its own volume so the amp effectively has 3 channels. VIntage Gain sounds like an overdriven Bassman and is by far my favorite thing on the amp. Great for 60's sounds. Even better with humbuckers, which I am sadly lacking at the moment. The Twin also has wattage switching to make it break up a bit easier and Bias test points which let you easily replace tubes yourself.
Fender eventually did this amp better with the Super Sonic Twin although I think those cost $$$.
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bedroom studio:
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^damn that is awesome. Where can I hear some of your stuff?
I don't have pics on my phone but at home I have a 70's silverface fender twin reverb, fender tele deluxe(i hate this thing but got it for cheap), danelectro heaven hawk, martin dx1000, and a fender p bass. I haven't jammed with anyone or played in a band in like 6 months and it feels weird. I definitely feel like something in my life is missing a bit. ???
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these are both kind of old at this point:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4XCke72IjwxJzAkh1VEIiR
https://open.spotify.com/artist/6Z7KSe86gvkrsOelnHviz0
trying to transition into "solo" work and having difficulty finishing anything on my own. leaning toward soundtrack, electro, disco, dark techno type stuff these days
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^damn that is awesome. Where can I hear some of your stuff?
I don't have pics on my phone but at home I have a 70's silverface fender twin reverb, fender tele deluxe(i hate this thing but got it for cheap), danelectro heaven hawk, martin dx1000, and a fender p bass. I haven't jammed with anyone or played in a band in like 6 months and it feels weird. I definitely feel like something in my life is missing a bit. ???
Is the Tele Deluxe the one with binding or the one with the 2 wide range humbuckers? I had a 72' Custom with the one humbucker but I never thought it sounded wonderful. (Although mine was Japanese and their version of the WRH doesn't get much love)
Those Silverface Twins are great. I wish I had gotten one when they were cheaper.
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it's the one with the two humbuckers. I bought it off a friend a few years ago for $300 bucks when I was playing in bands and needed a guitar badly. Now it just sits in my closet. I am honestly thinking i'm going to sell it in the next few weeks here and try to get like $250 for it as is. I never got a tone I liked with it - I always felt it sounded so thin and the two humbuckers threw me off.
and oh man yea i love the silverface. that thing can get so loud and has the ability to hook up to an external cab if needed. I paid $600 for it which is great, but had to drive about an hour and a half out too the boonies to pick it up.
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these are both kind of old at this point:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4XCke72IjwxJzAkh1VEIiR
https://open.spotify.com/artist/6Z7KSe86gvkrsOelnHviz0
trying to transition into "solo" work and having difficulty finishing anything on my own. leaning toward soundtrack, electro, disco, dark techno type stuff these days
sorry double post cause I missed this
damn this stuff sounds awesome. getting heavy cure disintegration vibes mixed with more synth + cocteau twins. good shietttt
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guitar rig
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these are both kind of old at this point:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4XCke72IjwxJzAkh1VEIiR
https://open.spotify.com/artist/6Z7KSe86gvkrsOelnHviz0
trying to transition into "solo" work and having difficulty finishing anything on my own. leaning toward soundtrack, electro, disco, dark techno type stuff these days
sorry double post cause I missed this
damn this stuff sounds awesome. getting heavy cure disintegration vibes mixed with more synth + cocteau twins. good shietttt
thanks man
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Rad modular setup August!
I'll see if I can get some pics up at some point. I recently just purchased a Rickenbacker 620 (Midnight Blue), a Vox AC15C1 amp, a Squier Venus (Black), A Proco Rat Distortion pedal, and a Janglebox Compressor/Sustainer pedal.
I also have a Novation Bass Station II, an (K)Arp Odyssey, a Yamaha Reface CP, I also have the Waldorf Streichfett as well! As well as various clone pedals.
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Had a 1969 oyster blue Ludwig kit I had to sell recently. My mom picked it up for me when I was 9-10 years old for 75$ off a retired music teacher. Mint condish, brahs. Drummers drop their drawers over those things hitting the market in decent condition. Waited til last minute to part with it & sold it for 500$ on craigslist twenty minutes after I made the post.
That 500$ went into a 600$ car repair bill. Life really chomps your nads hard sometimes. I think one of the toughest parts of growing up is having to sell out..
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Had a 1969 oyster blue Ludwig kit I had to sell recently. My mom picked it up for me when I was 9-10 years old for 75$ off a retired music teacher. Mint condish, brahs. Drummers drop their drawers over those things hitting the market in decent condition. Waited til last minute to part with it & sold it for 500$ on craigslist twenty minutes after I made the post.
That 500$ went into a 600$ car repair bill. Life really chomps your nads hard sometimes. I think one of the toughest parts of growing up is having to sell out..
omg $75 for that Ludwig is awesome. I bought a 70's Ludwig with a ton of sizes for $750 several years back (12,13, 14, 15, 16, 18,20,26). i sold all of the small sizes and kept the 15, 18 and 20 floor toms and 26 inch bass drum and made all of my money back. I haven't played drums in a minute, but i'm thinking about pulling it out of storage to re-wrap the shells.
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Quick question -
Been saving up for a proper keyboard amp , but I got no idea what to get . I'm noob @ electronic equipment , currently running a yamaha cp33 through an old bass amp that sounds like mud (got it for peanuts off craigslist) . Gonna get a new keyboard specifically to gig on so I need it to get loud enough to play smaller trio/quartet gigs+big band rehearsals .
If anyone knows an ideal keyboard amp or has any suggestions , the help would be greatly appreciated !
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I have a Roland one that an ex-bandmate left at my house, and it always sounded really good. I'd try one of those out if you get a chance. Also if you're running your keyboard through a mixer first, get a decent one like an Allen and Heath or Soundcraft, it makes a big difference.
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currently running these guys. Play bass in a band. guitar is just a hobby of mine.
Also i really love offset bodies.
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currently running these guys. Play bass in a band. guitar is just a hobby of mine.
Also i really love offset bodies.
Right on! Do you ever frequent offsetguitars forums? That place is a great resource/community! Lots of fellows with great taste in music.
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Had a 1969 oyster blue Ludwig kit I had to sell recently. My mom picked it up for me when I was 9-10 years old for 75$ off a retired music teacher. Mint condish, brahs. Drummers drop their drawers over those things hitting the market in decent condition. Waited til last minute to part with it & sold it for 500$ on craigslist twenty minutes after I made the post.
That 500$ went into a 600$ car repair bill. Life really chomps your nads hard sometimes. I think one of the toughest parts of growing up is having to sell out..
omg $75 for that Ludwig is awesome. I bought a 70's Ludwig with a ton of sizes for $750 several years back (12,13, 14, 15, 16, 18,20,26). i sold all of the small sizes and kept the 15, 18 and 20 floor toms and 26 inch bass drum and made all of my money back. I haven't played drums in a minute, but i'm thinking about pulling it out of storage to re-wrap the shells.
You should man. Music is (damn near) everything. How do the shells look now?
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got my fender jazz back. had the frets pulled. stoked to have a fretless bass again.
(http://i.imgur.com/RPSMzfB.jpg?1)
and here are the pedals i play through. if anyone is after good ass bass distortion i can't recommend the solidgoldfx beta pedal enough. pretty much the only bass distortion pedal that i've truly liked the sound of.
although I also just did the "Ruetz" mod to the ProCo Rat and it sounds a lot better than it did previously. A super easy mod for anyone who plays a bass through one of those, you just open that thing up and clip the 47ohm resistor thing, and it stops filtering out as much of the bass frequencies.
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Ampeg 810 - Ampeg svt classis - musicman stingray 3eq (2)
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damn man, that's the classic set up right there. I used to have the 8x10, I don't have it anymore and don't regret it all since it weighs like 14 metric tons, but I have always wanted that SVT sound.
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Just picked up a TC Electronic T2 reverb pedal. It was a toss up between the T2 and the More conventional Hall of Fame pedal, but I chose the wilder option.
Very atmospheric/cosmic reverb that should pair well with my synths as well as guitar.
Should tide me over until I can justify paying what it costs to get my hands on the Styrmon Blue Sky, and El Capistan delay.
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my martin dx1A and danelectro heaven hawk. love both these things dearly ;D
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I have a fender jaguar special HH (white / tortoiseshell) and a jazzmaster
Pedals:
Big Muff nano which is nice and small as opposed to the regular big muff. It sounds exactly the same but doesn't take up so much room.
Digitech Lexicon Reverb that models the old lexicon racks. Pretty decent and has a lot of different variations effects.
Boss DD7 delay. Love this thing. the 40 second loop feature is nice too when I just want to play over chord progressions in my bedroom
Electro-Harmonix Small Stone phaser
TC MojoMojo overdrive pedal. This thing rules actually for those subtle overdrive tones. I usually keep this on really low and it sounds great.
Boss TR2 Tremelo. A must.
Then of course the boss Chromatic tuner. This thing is much better in my opinion than that TC electronics one.
I have a fender Ultimate Chorus amp, which is a competitor to the Jazz Chorus from Roland. Not as good in my opinion. Need to get a new amp.
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Fender Jag-Stang (almost 20yrs old)
-basic dan-o-electro distortion pedals.
-I usually just run it through my roland mixing board if i want more effects.
-For speakers im using $300 M-Audio Monitors
I usually just play delta style/ detroit style blues so it gets hard to justify buy more stuff to setup
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I have a yamaha rbx 250 and an ampeg 112h cab. bass is a low end p bass copy from the nineties i need to get tuned. I'm just learning theory and technique on my own right now, but some I also play in this band my high school friends are doing. still scoping out an amp, 100-250w but my fender rumble is doing alright in my bedroom for now. any recs?
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currently running these guys. Play bass in a band. guitar is just a hobby of mine.
Also i really love offset bodies.
Damn I was just looking at that same squier jaguar on the fender website same color and everything! How do ya like it? Been thinking of grabbing one sometime since I'm not trying to spend too much money by picking up a fender rn
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So I have been involved in a multitude of bands and have had gear and sold it for expenses and just sick of wasting money on being a musician, So I will run it down on the gear I have had and if I could get them back there'd be a few bass guitars and amps I am bummed about selling. Fender precision jazz bass red and white, switched out the neck to fretless and changed the pickups, had a Peavey bass amp combo also Orange head plus small 10" bass cabinet that was my last rig. One thing I will say about why and whose to blame of selling my shit is myself. the idiots I was hanging around with didn't take shows serious and I figured why not? music gear comes and goes to me all the time.
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I have some decent cheap gear that I quite enjoy.
sonic blue Squier VM Mustang with a Seymour Duncan QP in the bridge
worn cherry Epiphone G-400
1976 solid state Peavey Deuce 212... so fucking loud
Fulltone OCD
Small Clone Chorus
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Bumping this because I've recently got a bunch of new cool stuff. I think last year all I owned was a $100 Epiphone LP Special and a tiny Blackstar battery powered amp. Things are a lot different now.
Guitars
Yamaha Acoustic/Electric: I think it's a AC1M, but I'm not 100% sure. My dad bought this for himself around the middle of last year and gave it to me for christmas. It sounds awesome and is really easy to play. I don't really plug it in, but I guess it's nice to have the option if I ever want to. The onboard tuner is really nice though.
Yamaha Revstar RS320: I was looking to upgrade from my Epiphone last year and after I played that Yamaha acoustic I decided to check out what they had for electric guitars. Got this on sale for $300 and I love it. It's the cheapest model in this particular line, but it's just super stripped down and basic compared to the higher priced models, which is fine by me. It's super light, got a great feeling neck, and the stock pickups are awesome. I personally like the way this guitar feels and plays more than some of the American Fenders my dad has which cost a hell of a lot more. The only thing I'll probably ever change on it is swapping out the knobs for some black tele style ones.
Amps
Fender Hotrod Deluxe: My buddy sold this to me for $100. Not much to really write about, everyone knows this amp. It's an older one, but everything works and sounds great. The only downside is how loud it is. I even swapped out one of the preamp tubes to one with a lower output and the thing still wants to blow the roof off the house if you crank it past 2. Great for playing with a band, but not the most practical for practicing.
Yamaha THR5: I just bought this to solve the loudness problem I had with the Fender. Only played on it for a few minutes and I can't believe how nice this thing sounds for how small and cheep ($200) it is. It's got 5 amp models, one Fender, one Vox, two Marshalls, and a Mesa Boogie. It's also got four effects (chorus, flanger, phaser and trem), tap tempo digital delay and spring and hall reverb, all of which sound awesome. On board tuner, aux in, headphone jack and USB out so it can be used as a recording interface. It's fucking awesome.
Pedals
Fender tuner: It tunes.
TC Electronic Cinders: I use this as my always on overdrive. It's pretty light gain, but gets pretty hairy if you crank it. I mostly play rhythm stuff and this gets nice and crunchy, but doesn't get muddy with open chords. It's an awesome, kinda garagey dirty sound. Got it for $40 new and for that price I don't think it can be beat.
EHX Big Muff w/tone wicker: It's basically a classic Big Muff, but with a few extra features. The tone bypass switch sounds like it cuts out the highs and boosts the volume a bit. It just makes the whole thing sound bigger and meaner. The tone wicker adds in more highs, but I don't really use that. When I play this I want a big dark tone. I probably sound the worst when I use this, but it's fun for heavy stoner riffs.
TC Echobrain Analog Delay: I wanted a super simple delay and this was onsale for $40. It sounds good and does all that classic self oscillating analog delay space ship sounding shit which is fun. I might go for something with more features down the road, but for my skill level, this thing is fine.
Donner looper: Dirt simple looper. One switch and one level knob. All I really need for practicing.
Drums:
This was my brothers set he had when he passed away. It's just a simple ddrum kit, I don't really think there's anything special about it. We used to have a really nice Ludwig kit when we were younger and lived with my parents, but I don't know what happened to that. This doesn't sound as good, but I'm happy I have it. He had a bunch of crasy china cymbals and some other weird ones with holes in them, but I like a simple set up. It's got a double bass pedal hooked up, but I don't mess with that either. I kinda just keep it on there because it was his thing. I really don't play it much unless friends come over because I'm still a better drummer than a guitar player, but guitar is more fun to play by myself.
The skateboard was something I found in my brothers room when I went to clean it out after he passed. I don't know where it came from, but I think it's pretty cool.
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Condolences about your brother. Looks like you've got a nice set up all around. The singer of one of my favorite bands has one of those mini Yamaha amps and uses them for solo sets, and I too was surprised on how nice it was.
I'm mostly a guitarist, but a few months ago I treated myself to a nicer bass and have been extremely hyped on it.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BqA8uKqFFLq/
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Half of my stuff is in LA and half here in Miami. If been fortunate to own all my dream Basses since I used to buy vintage/rare basses, fix them up and see them for twice as much after playing it for a month.
I'll start with the medium scale jazz bass I put together:
http://youtu.be/S75WBB-pPe8
My friend who's an artist and luthier has a commercial 3D laser printer so we engraved this Gretsch that I had just bought:
(https://i.imgur.com/cOxAFwY.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/CYNGMfE.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/6Dm9srp.jpg)
This is my favorite guitar (I'm a bass player). It's a rare Eastwood tribute to the even more rare and expensive Gibson SG Tenor guitar from the early 60's.
(https://i.imgur.com/4xDujXg.jpg)
Rare Hagstrom bass:
(https://i.imgur.com/uu8kerK.jpg)
This is the older version of the Danelectro hodad. It was 3 lipstick pickups, a stacked vol/tone knob and a 6 way rotating switch to get all the combinations. The blow switch activates the 3 pickups.
Telecaster style flame maple Ukulele:
(https://i.imgur.com/Dt4ysLx.jpg)
And flutes from traveling around the world buying random instruments:
(https://i.imgur.com/tIgYDvb.jpg)
I have some more stuff like instruments and portable amps I made.
And random shit I need to get rid off. Sorry for the huge photos.
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^ That's some cool shit. The Gretsch bass is real nice and I like that tele uke thing. Is the SG an offset? It might just be the way the photo is, but it looks a little weird.
(https://i.imgur.com/4XcPEwQ.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/PjW6i3Q.jpg)
I just got this new Squier Duo Sonic. Got some money for my birthday and the local shop had it for pretty cheap so I jumped on it. It's my second electric guitar, and I wanted something totally different than my other one, and this is different in almost every way. I'm still getting used to the short scale length, but I really like it so far. Open chords feel a little crammed, but barre chords are a lot more comfortable and the strings can bend like crazy on single note stuff. The pickups are pretty low output, but it barks if you give it some fuzz. It's kinda fun because I can run my dirt pedals a lot harder than I can with my Yamaha.
(https://i.imgur.com/uJzSUbE.jpg)
Also got a bunch of new pedals since the last time I posted. I'm thinking about building a board soon just to clean everything up and make it easier to move.
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Money’s been tight for a few months so music kinda got low on list of priorities.
After gettin my taxes though, fixed my saxophone then took in my two busted Squire Strats to get fixed. Had guitars for years n cleaning them never happened, just replaced the strings n kept playing. When he gave them back they looked completely brand new n sound better than I could ever remember.
Anyways, after lookin around the pawn shop was torn between buying a banjo or trombone. Ended up goin with the trombone thinking I could eventually play like that one guy in the middle of the Bobby n Hijalte video. Stoked on my purchase n hope the banjos still there in a couple weeks.
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(https://www.premierguitar.com/ext/resources/images/content/2016-10/REVs/Mustang-WEB.jpg)
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currently running these guys. Play bass in a band. guitar is just a hobby of mine.
Also i really love offset bodies.
Right on! Do you ever frequent offsetguitars forums? That place is a great resource/community! Lots of fellows with great taste in music.
Funny I actually just got a new pearloid guard for my PJ mustang. Had to change from the mint. Only play short scale. After havig a Japanese mustang and an old American 78 musicmaster, I now have this Mexican one. This one plays the best oddly enough, but best sounding was definitely when I put a red lace sensor pickup in the musicmaster. Still can’t be beat.
Also just didn’t want to start a new thread so posted here. I know some of you guys have some cool stuff, let’s see it.
(https://i.imgur.com/93Qd1Wv.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/7IOepoF.jpg)
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Nice bass
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this thread is old and op focused no reason to keep it going
It doesn’t matter op focused, thread is still about the same thing. Gear. No point to make a new one for the same exact reason.
Edit: Also your 120+ posts in 3 days shows you’re a troll or just an insane person.
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why not both
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fine i'll participate in the thread one sec
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this is my Yamaha CS-15 it's an analog synth from the late 70's. I bought it for my Dad (he rented one back in the 80's) but he never uses it so I've been playing around with it over the last couple days. It has a unique sound in my opinion and can be found at reasonable prices as far as vintage analog synths go. I paid $750 Canadian for this one a few years ago off a friend.
I did 2 recordings with it today and posted them on my soundcloud. The CS-15 is kinda interesting in that it has 2 cv/trigger inputs for each section of the synth. You can get 5 different parts out of it at the same time sorta if you use the feedback trick. Its a fun synth that has a lot of weaknesses I like it though.
https://soundcloud.com/user-35182782-90989724
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why not both
I like the cut of your jib kid. Also very nice piece of gear^
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Thanks but it's a pain in the ass, I like to sequence my synths which means playing it once and then getting a machine to play it. Most of the old synths use Volts per Octave for being controlled externally but the Yamahas and Korgs use Hertz to Volts which means you have to convert the voltage somehow. I use a Korg SQ-1 for this but it isn't optimal. The recordings I posted are attempts at getting a usable note range from my current method of conversion.
There's a good handful of modifications I would do to this thing if I owned it outright but it's technically my Dad's so if he wants to put the money or work into that he can do it.
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I wish I had my gear still, had to pawn it all for car repairs, which later turned out to be a micro cracked head after I spent $3000.
Here's my bass rig
(https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pmtonline.co.uk%2Fmedia%2Fcatalog%2Fproduct%2Fcache%2F1%2Fimage%2F2400x%2F9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95%2F4%2F8%2F48283-0193610709-fender-american-professional-precision-bass-rw-candy-apple-red.jpg&f=1&nofb=1)
(https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.guitarcenter.com%2Fis%2Fimage%2FMMGS7%2FWalkabout-1x12-300W-Tube-Bass-Combo-Amp%2F000000112366104-00-500x500.jpg&f=1&nofb=1)
In hindsight I only paid for the Bass and the rest I made deals for or traded a shit load of what I thought was useless crap. Oh well as they say it'll comeback eventually.
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(https://i.imgur.com/OUP84ho.jpg)
Guitar:
Squire telecaster with Seymour Duncan’s
Got from some old school guy on Craigslist
Pedal:
Line 6 M5 modular
I mostly use it for the echos and delays
And the tuner is great.
Amp: fender mustang gt200
It’s amazing and super futured out, I use an app the fender provides to tweak and set up all my effects. Has mass amounts of amp models and old school heads and cabinets to choose from.
I play a lot of post hardcore shoe gaze type stuff so I really don’t need much to make it happen.