The Great Gear Show: Amps Effects Guitars and what not

[AnalogFrog]

Hey I thought I'd start a thread on everything we plug our el Degas' in to.. and other instruments we might be using as well...

My collection of artifacts:

Guitars:
2005 Gibson SG special (with 57 classic PUs)
2006 Hagstrom Viking (with 57 classic and 57 classic+)
late 70s el Degas Black Beauty
1987 MIM Stratocaster Deluxe (fave)
parts built Nova (sears) strat (over 500$ worth of new parts) (#1)
parts built Squire Strat (3 humbuckers from various origins, custom switching)
1998 Simon & Patrick Spruce Dreadnaught
2007 Takamine 12 string cutaway

Amps:
1972 Traynor YBA-1 (main)
2008 Traynor YCS50H (backup)
1974 Traynor YRM-1 (MINT)
1993 Fender Blues Deville (original run)
1976 Fender Bassman (master vol.)
197? "Myster Box" (possibly a Garnet made for Hohner)

1971 Traynor YSC412 cab
1973 Traynor YSC212 cab
80's Randall 4X12 cab

Effects:

too much to list... check out the pictures
the cherry stained pedal board was made by our bass player
(i used to have two boards as you can see in some pics but have now switched to the 'trunk' which has a detachable lid)
newest purchase was an MXR carbon copy delay... unless you have a tube powered delay, GET THIS BOX!!!

heres my "collection"

[charles]

That's a really nice stable of Traynors you have there.

That Mystery Box is mysterious!

Here are some random shots of my music room from a while back.

[AnalogFrog]

Hey nice Garnet! what is that cab a 2x15" ?

[charles]

Hey nice Garnet! what is that cab a 2x15" ?

You bet it is.

It's amazingly loud. Shame it doesn't get turned up anymore. I've been considering selling it to someone who can crank it up again.

I considered becoming as obsessed with Garnet amps as I did with El Degas but darn if they haven't gone way up in price. And I tend to just play unplugged or into the computer anyway. I'd grab a little Blackheart Killer Ant if they weren't so expensive up here in Canada (atrociously priced, in fact).
(RIP Gar Gillies.)

[mikedem]

Wow , my collection seems so.....inadequate
My electric collection has grown by 2 in just the past 2 weeks - I bought an OLP MM1 from a guy here locally - great little guitar and the closest I could ever justify to getting a real Music man and I can pretend to play like EVH (well at least look the part . I also had a bit of a rare 12 string by Standel (made by Harptone) from the mid 60's. Problem was I rarely played it and it deserved to be played so I made a trade for a guy Friday for a mint Hagstrom Ultra Swede with EMG's in it.


I had a Line 6 Spider III 30W amp but recently sold it along with a Sqiuer strat I had a week or 2 ago and picked up an Orange Crush 15. If you ever get a chance to try one of these, do it. You will not believe the sound of these little things. I was sold on the spot at the music store.



As for effects , I sold most of them a long time ago before my 17 year playing hiatus. I picked up a nice little Digitech RP 150 - It does everything and the kitchen sink too and is all I need anymore. Pretty good at amp modelling too but I find with the Orange I just use the effect strings now.

[charles]

Cool gear - can't say I've ever seen a Hagstrom with EMGs in it before!

[mikedem]

Cool gear - can't say I've ever seen a Hagstrom with EMGs in it before!

I had listed 3 types of guitars in my ad I was interested in trading for and a Hagstrom wasn't one of them. The price locally on them was @ $200-$300 more than I thought the Standel was worth so when this guy offered an even trade I had to take a look. What sold me is the neck. It is @ 18mm thick , great for smaller hands. The finish on the guitar with the maple top was also an eye catcher. I don't know what I think of the EMG's yet though. They certainly sound great with a lot of distortion and the neck pickup is coil tapped ( all Ultra Swedes have a factory coil tap) But for a bluesy tone, wait for it..... the El-Degas kicks it's butt. I have to play with it some more though . I'm sure I'll find a sweet spot.

[charles]

the El-Degas kicks it's butt.

That's been known to happen.