I don't think anyone hear thinks the gear makes them better, I do however think that several of us all share a common interest in it and enjoy discussing it.

My setup:
60's strat w/kinman avn blues>Teese RMC3 wah>Eh Qtron>Hotcake>Fulldrive2tr100>maxon compressor>Fulltone Fat Boost>Sweet Sounds Ultravibe>Boomerang Phrase Sampler

Amps:
68 Deluxe Reverb(ab763) and Princeton(aa964)

My setup:
60's strat w/kinman avn blues>Teese RMC3 wah>Eh Qtron>Hotcake>Fulldrive2tr100>maxon compressor>Fulltone Fat Boost>Sweet Sounds Ultravibe>Boomerang Phrase Sampler

Hi Willis..How do you like your Maxon Compressor? Is it the new reissue? I was wondering if you ever tried it against the MXR Dynacomp? Need your comment 'cause I'm planning on getting one...peace

I like the Maxon Compressor a lot, the dynacomp was too squashed and seemed to change my tone in a bad way, I tried both vintage and reissue dynacomps. The maxon is the most musical pedal compressor I've used.

Yeah, as far as gear goes, more is not better; but I'm still a gearwhore nonetheless. You can take a mediocre guitarist through primo gear and he will still won't sound anything as good as a great guitarist playing through the worst gear in the world. BUT, most great guitarists (not many of these.....hmmmm, 2 maybe)I know play through good stuff. It just boils down to the fact that it really wouldn't make a world of difference either way, it's all in the fingers.....BUt it sure as hell doesn't hurt.

Thanks for the reply Willis.

I agree it's all in the fingers, and not to sound arrogant but people have tried to play my setup and ask "How do I make it sound good?"
I'm not saying that I'm the best guitarist in the world, but it does go to show that you can't just have all this stuff to sound good, there's more to it than that. Music should be about emotion and feeling, pedals give us a broader pallete to paint from.
Sorry for the wierd reply.

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Originally posted by KIMONA:
I am curious what everybody's set up is?
Guitars>effects>amp

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guitar:sg

amp:marshall vs100r

fx (all front of amp, i don't use fx loop):
-electro harmonix bass microsynth
-crybaby
-boss dm3
-ibanez ts9
-marshall jackhammer
-dano grilled cheese
-marshall vibratrem
-korg toneworks 411fx
-dano cool cat
-DOD vibrothang
-Boss dd3
-DOD stereo flanger
-Electro harmonix small stone

that's my setup, i'm after a new amp to get a better overall tone, but effects wise i'm very happy with what i have at the moment, although i am always on the lookout for new weird and wonderful boxes! the bass microsynth is my pride and joy because not only is it the best SOUNDING pedal, but it's easyily the best LOOKING pedal i have! the DOD flanger is also a very worthy purchase because it's fairly cheap for a flanger, but it's the deepest most organic sounding flanger i have ever heard....having said that i haven't tried the electric mistress. small stone is also another extremely cool pedal, and it goes great with the jackhammer which is a brillian rhythm for heavy stuff.

Hey- I use -
1980 Gibson Custom LP Silverburst
2000 Gibson Les Paul Gothic
1 Marshall JCM 800 2205 w EL34's
1 Marshall JCM 800 2205 w 6550's
ADA Flanger
Eh Bad Stone Phaser( Modded By Howard Davis)
Morley Bad Horsie
EH Small Clone
Dunlop Tremolo
Morley ABY- Box
Plan on-
replacing the ABY box w a Framptone
Adding a DD-5 ( Hopefully if I can ever find the Schematics w the reverse Mod) -
I jsut recently aquired the ADA Flanger so I have to mess w it to find the right tone- but maybe adding a Hi Band Flanger from Boss-
1 Marshall 1960 Cab JCM 900
1 Marshall 1960 Cab JCM 800

I wonder if Elmore James, John Lee Hooker and Muddy Waters used to argue about tone and gear? Somehow I get the feeling they didn't. I read a bio on Magic Sam that said he was in and out of debt so much that often times he would show up to gigs and have to borrow a guitar and amp from whoever else was there or from the house if they had one. As for me, I'm as bad as anybody. I drag my stuff with me everywhere like a security blanket, but I think it is just that. Talent comes through any set up.

It took me a while to realize that one's sound is 90% you and 10% gear. This after tons of money spent. But after I got my chops down, I realized what gear was good; the stuff that is bare bones, no effects loops, just one channel, great tone. Essentially, a naked tone. I think a lot of times guitarists use effects in the wrong way, to cover up bad playing, not expand their sound pallete. Now, I'm not gonna be a poseur, I've got a Marshall JCM2000 with 3 channels, effects loops, all that garbage, but I find myself using it less and less the better I get.

This is a gear forum sponsored by a company that sells gear.If we all actually realized that we don't need any of this stuff to play music,"Toys" would be pretty bummed.So would I,I love talking about gear.My latest "pride & Joy" set-up:G&L ASAT,
Arbiter RI FF,
Fulltone ChoralFlange,
VoodooLabs Tremolo,
GrooveTubes Solo 75 head w/Bogner 1-12" cab.

Wow! look what have I created! I haven't visited the forum for awhile so I just saw all your responses and thanks a lot.

By the way here's mine:

Standard Tele
Standard strat

MJM London Fuzz
Fulldrive 2
Maxon Phasetone
Vox wha
MXR DynaComp(script)

Fender Twin Reverb

Hello. My main rig consists of the following:

Gibson SG Special (or Gibson SG-X)>P.E. Yardbox>Boss 6 pedalboard (Power Supply>Turbo Overdrive>DS-1>Metal Zone-Sustain Punch Modded>DD-5 Digital Delay>CE-3 Chorus)>Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Electric Mistress Flanger>Maxon AD-80 Analog Delay>CE-5 Chorus

Thanks.

guitars: Fender Mustang, Danelectro DC-3, vintage Fender Lap Steel, swamp ash body Steinberger (w/ Seymor Duncan Pickups)


standard pedalboard: Way Huge Swollen Pickle > Lovetone Brown Source > Way Huge Saffron Squeeze > Hush Pedal > Ernie Ball Volume > Lovetone Doppelganger > Way Huge Aqua-Puss > Prescription Electronics Throb > Z.Vex Super Hard On

when playing abstract / experimental stuff (which I do most of the time these days) this setup is augmented by the following:
in front of the pedalboard: Z.Vex Fuzz Factory, Boss LS2 Line Selector (for switching / mixing of guitars/ringstinger)
after the pedalboard: Digitech PDS 8000 8-second delay > Electro Harmonix Frequency Analyzer > Line 6 DL 4 Delay Modeller > Lovetone Ringstinger (VCO out of the RS goes back to the LS2 at the beginning of the chain)

from time to time I also add a Lovetone Meatball and a Roger Mayer Voodoo Vibe.


amps: Orange OR120 non master volume head or Boogie Mark3 (non graphic-eq) head > THD Hotplate > Sovtek 1x15 cabinet and/or custom 2x12 cabinet
for small and lapsteel-only gigs I use a Ampeg J-12R

zvex "drip" (sn # 2)
vintage rat
ts9/808
zvex fuzz factory
boss dd3
marshall jcm 800 2204
roland jc 120

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Originally posted by frankie teardrop:
zvex "drip" (sn # 2)
vintage rat
ts9/808
zvex fuzz factory
boss dd3
marshall jcm 800 2204
roland jc 120

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hi Frankie,
how is the Z.Vex guitar??? just very curious ...

Usually I play this set up.

Fender Stratocaster CS CC '56, stock, Pyramide 10-48
Fender Stratocaster CS CC '60, Fralin Vintage hot, Pyramide 10-48
Gibson Les Paul Standard, Seth Lovers, Pyrmaide 11-50

Kendrick 2410 "Tweed Bassman" GE JAN 5751x3 Valveart KT-66's and Mullard GZ34

1 Budda Bud-wah
2 Aspect Design Labs. True Bypass Double
2.1 MXR Dynacomp Block
2.2 MXR Dist+ Script
3 Fulltone Ultimate Octave
4 Fulltone Soul-Bender
5 Barber TonepumpII
6 Crowther Audio Hotcake
7 Fulltone Supa-Trem
8 Fulltone DejaVibe
9 Aspect Design Labs. True Bypass Double
9.1 Boss CE-2 Chorus
9.2 Boss DC-2 Analog dimension & Boss RV-2 Digital Reverb
10 Ernie Ball Volume
11 Line6 Digital Delay
Powered by Aspect Design Labs. JuiceBox, all cords are George L's, mounted on a 105cm x 60 cm slanted Plywood board. 3M Dual Lock SJ355D velcro for all fastening. Rufo flight case.

It happens often that I play other amps and guitars, but the above is the usual one. If I don't need to cover many bases I often use the following fx. board

1 Teese RMC3
2 Way Huge Green Rhino
3 Fulltone 69
4 Roadrunner Supersonic Fuzz
5 Crowther Audio Hotcake,
6 Voodoo Lab Micro Vibe
7 Voodoo Lab Analog Chorus
8 Way Huge AquaPuss Analog Echo
9 Klon Centaur
10 Roland Space-Echo RE-201
Same cords and velcro. VoodooLab pedal power No flightcase :-)

Later
Sofus

I have a twine estor multie function pedal series s-972 with three thousand five hundred diffrent settinge. some of the distortions make is sound like the gates of hell were opend and the underlord and his minions are taring the earth down to its bare core. it set me back over a thousand dollars but it is worth it

My brand new setup (early xmas present):

BASES:
Ibanez 4-String w/Hipshot D-Tuner
Stingray 5-String (Strung EADGC)
Washburn 4-String Fretless

INTO:
SWR Mo'Bass (brand spankin new baby! - this thing kicks major butt!!) w/ onboard analog: Tube Overdrive, Octave Divider, Bass Synth, Chorus.
ZVex Wooley Mammoth Bass Fuzz
Trace Elliot Dirt Box
Guyatone Flanger
Lovetone Doppleganger
Zoom Delay

I run directly into the ZVex and TE and run the other pedals through the effects loop of the MoBass into an Ampeg 212 cabinet.

hey legend their is no such thing as a twine estor series s-972 with 3,000 diffrent settings. Did you make that up?