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Tell us everything about your guitar, rig, inspirations and so on.

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Guitar Manufacturer/Model: Chapman ML-1
String Gauge: 0.09's - 0.42's (D'Addario's)
Amplifier: Peavey Bandit 112
Guitar Pedals: N/A
Recording Equipment: Line 6 POD XT
Guitar Plectrums: Jim Dunlop Jazz III Max-Grip
Inspirations: Adrian Smith, Janick Gers, Dave Murray, Jimi Hendrix, Slash, Satriani, Vai, Noodles, Rob Chapman.
Dream Guitar: Custom Fender Stratocaster: Maple Neck, HSS Configuration (Seymour Duncan JB in the bridge with hot rails in the middle and neck), Lake Placid Blue body with a black pickguard as well as black knobs and selectors.
 
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Guitar Manufacturer/Model: 1967 Norma (Vintage) Dual Pickup 6 String in Sunburst
String Gauge: 0.09's-.042 Lights and Ultra light, dual B-strings (Dave Murray!)
Amplifier: Tac Thunderbox 28R, Polk Hitmaster, Crate MX-10
Guitar Pedals: Behringer Ultra Metal, Cry-Baby Wah, Behringer Standard EQ
Recording Equipment: Audacity, FL8
Guitar Plectrums: Stock
Inspirations: Adrian Smith, Janick Gers, Dave Murray, James Hetfield, Kirk Hammet, Slash, Eddie Van Halen, Dave Mustaine etc
Dream Guitar: 1967 Gibson Flying V, Gibson Explorer, Replica EVH Strat and several Maiden replicas
 
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Guitar: Epiphone Les Paul with custom handwound pickups and some other good things!
Strings: Generally 9's
Amp: Some rubbishy little acoustic solutions thing, for the time being
Plectrums: Jim Dunlop 60mms
Recording equipment: Dodgy mic, Audacity
Inspirations: Graham Coxon, Tim Smith, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Thom Yorke, Jon Poole, David Gilmour, George Harrison, John Lennon, John McGeoch, The Residents, Pete Shelley, Steve Diggle, and That mysterious town that everybody I know jokes about called Coleford.
Dream guitar: Epiphone Les Paul with custom handwound pickups and some other good things!
 
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Guitar Manufacturer/Model: Michael Kelly Patriot Limited
String Gauge: 0.09's - 0.42's D'Addario
Amplifier: Line 6 Spider III 15
Guitar Pedals: Behringer Heavy Distortion
Recording Equipment: My ears :lol:
Guitar Plectrums: Martin .6 MM
Inspirations: Alex Lifeson, Billy Gibbons, Peter Frampton, Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, SRV, Eric Clapton, etc, etc
Dream Guitar: Kinda hard to pick, but I'd say an Arctic White Strat (Rosewoood), SSS configuration.
 
Camaroyenko
Guitar Manufacturer/Model: Michael Kelly Patriot Limited
String Gauge: 0.09's - 0.42's D'Addario
Amplifier: Line 6 Spider III 15
Guitar Pedals: Behringer Heavy Distortion
Recording Equipment: My ears :lol:
Guitar Plectrums: Martin .6 MM
Inspirations: Alex Lifeson, Billy Gibbons, Peter Frampton, Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, SRV, Eric Clapton, etc, etc
Dream Guitar: Kinda hard to pick, but I'd say an Arctic White Strat (Rosewoood), SSS configuration.
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Glad I'm no the only one running Behringer pedals.
 
Guitar Manufacturer/Model: SX SST(Strat Copy), Fender CD-140S acoustic
String Gauge:0.09 - 0.42 Ernie Ball Super Slinky
Amplifier: Vox VT20+
Guitar Pedals: MXR Dyna Comp(coming this week) -> Behringer Ultra Fuzz UZ400 -> Dunlop Crybaby GCB-95 -> Behringer Blues Overdrive OD300 -> Joyo Digital Delay
Recording Equipment: Nothing currently
Guitar Picks: Fender 351 Premium, Ocean Turquoise, Medium
Inspirations: David Gilmour, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, SRV, Jimi Hendrix, Tom Petty, Mike Campbell, George Harrison, etc
Dream Guitars: Fender Custom Shop David Gilmour Relic "Black Strat", David Gilmour's actual Black Strat, 1966 Epiphone Whilshire(not the reissue), Late 50's Gibson Les Paul Gold Top with P90's, Gibson Firebird V, Gibson Firebird X, 1951 Fender Esquire, 1951 Nocaster, various Gibson ES, Gretsch; basically enough that my guitar room would look like Guitar Center, with all the really cheap guitars replaced with more valuable guitars and tons of different amps and effects.

I'll get some pictures of the whole setup once I get my Dyna Comp this week.
 
Guitar Manufacturer/Model: LTD Viper 100-FM
String Gauge: 0.09 - 0.12
Amplifier: Peavey Vypyr 15
Guitar Pedals: None
Recording Equipment: None
Guitar Plectrums: Martin .6
Inspirations: Mostly youtube guitarists. Killrbuckeye, musicman1066, persemb (guitarperry), krimh and my biggest inspiration, Lee Kyung Won.
Dream Guitar: Peavey PXD Void
 
Guitar:2004 Gibson Les Paul Standard. (before they started the chambering nonsense)
Strings: Gibson brite wires 10-46
Amplifier: None at the moment. Sold when I left the UK.
Effects Pedals: None atm. Previously owned various Boss Stompboxes (distortion, Delay, Flanger, 2x Chorus, Phaser, Chromatic tuner) and a Dunlop Crybaby wah. All stolen when moving house and haven't been replaced.
Recording Equipment: Sold when I left the UK.
Plectrums: Dunlop Tortex 1.0
Influences: Page, Clapton, Hendrix, Moore, Kossof, Ralphs, Brian Robertson, Scott Gorham, John Sykes etc
Dream Guitar Don't really have a dream guitar, but I have a long list of various Gibson Les Paul's the I'd like to buy. I'll buy one every year or two until I'm happy. Starting with the Goldtop with p90's I sold to a friend.
 
Guitar: Turner TG42 CE/NA (are electro-acoustics permitted?)
Strings: D'Addario custom light
Amp: Erm... various software, including Mixcraft 5, Cubase 6 and Reaper through my high-end PC
Effects: Countless within said software
Recording equipment: Focusrite Saffire 6, M-Audio Solaris (and again, the software)
Plectrums: An infinite variety, but mainly Dunlop (not sure which one)
Influences: Paul Weller, Noel Gallagher, Cat Stevens, Paul Simon, Richard Ashcroft
Dream Guitar: I already own it. Had my turner 8 years and madly in love with it.
 
Slashfan
They sound really good despite price. I'll keep buying them. Very pleased and very durable.
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Yup. I shoulda gotten the normal distortion because the Heavy Distortion sounds a little too modern for what I play :(
 
Guitar: Squier Bulletstrat HSS
Strings: Fender Bullet end regular gauge (.10 to .46)
Amp: Vox VT20+
Effects: Digitech Grunge distortion pedal
Recording equipment: None, yet :(
Plectrums: Fender Medium gauge
Influences: KMFDM, Marilyn Manson, Pantera, Lamb of God, Twisted Sister and Motley Crue
Dream Guitar: ESP Eclipse-II in Volcano Red.
 
Camaroyenko
Yup. I shoulda gotten the normal distortion because the Heavy Distortion sounds a little too modern for what I play :(
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I think mine is the Ultra or something. Pink and the number is UM300. Badass.
 
Got myself a JD Crybaby, awesome pedal. Just 6 more and my board is complete..
 
Guitar Manufacturer/Model: Epiphone Wilshire Limited Edition
String Gauge: Ernie Ball 9's
Amplifier: 100 watt Marshall, not even sure of the model. Beaten and bruised but 🤬 awesome.
Guitar Pedals: Some crappy little Zoom pedal I've had ages, never use it.
Recording Equipment: N/A
Guitar Plectrums: Authentic Hendrix
Inspirations: Jimi Hendrix, Matt Bellamy, Dan Auerbach, Jimmy Page, Brian May, Slash, John Frusciante
Dream Guitar: Either the Manson MB-1 with the Kaoss Pad add on or a Gibson Black Beauty; that gold hardware.....
 
Guitar Manufacturer/Model: 1999 Fender American Telecaster (L/H) with Catswhisker higher wound single coils. :D
String Gauge: Ernie Ball .10-.52 (for chunky bottom end)
Amplifier: Fender Hot Rod Deluxe
Guitar Pedals: Boss DS-1 (sounds decent through a good amp- bad in a bad amp. 👍)
Recording Equipment: N/A
Guitar Plectrums: Tortex .60mm
Inspirations: Nirvana, Queens of the Stone Age, Soundgarden, Melvins, Foo Fighters.......anything loud and with a nice guitar tone basically. :lol:
Dream Guitar: Not sure. I'd love Kurt Cobain Sig. Jaguar :drool:. But the Pawn Shop Fenders are cool, I love Gibson Hollow Bodies as well, and Gretsches......
 
FordMKIVJ5
Guitar Manufacturer/Model: 1999 Fender American Telecaster (L/H) with Catswhisker higher wound single coils. :D
String Gauge: Ernie Ball .10-.52 (for chunky bottom end)
Amplifier: Fender Hot Rod Deluxe
Guitar Pedals: Boss DS-1 (sounds decent through a good amp- bad in a bad amp. 👍)
Recording Equipment: N/A
Guitar Plectrums: Tortex .60mm
Inspirations: Nirvana, Queens of the Stone Age, Soundgarden, Melvins, Foo Fighters.......anything loud and with a nice guitar tone basically. :lol:
Dream Guitar: Not sure. I'd love Kurt Cobain Sig. Jaguar :drool:. But the Pawn Shop Fenders are cool, I love Gibson Hollow Bodies as well, and Gretsches......
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I never realised you were a south-paw. :lol:
 
Guitar : - 1994 Ibanez Jem 7V
Strings: - Daddario 11-52
Amp : - Cornford Hellcat
Pedals : - Digitech Digidelay, Marshall Bluesbreaker, Digitech Bad Monkey + loads more
Recording Equipment : Presonus Firestudio, Shure Sm57, SM58, SM7B, Rode NT1 + lots more stuff
Inspirations? - Eddie Van Halen, Gary Moore, Guthrie Govan, The Beatles, The Eagles, The Police, Devin Townsend - Then too many to list various rock/metal bands.
Dream Guitar: I'm not entirely sure, I love my current guitar. I don't think I have a dream guitar, though I like the idea of a 51 Nocaster from the Fender Custom Shop.



I do also have a Peavey 5150 with a Marshall 4x12 cab, a Fender strat, a 1976 Fender P-bass and a Hartke Bass amp, and a custom built Class A 10 watt recording amp. Some other things lying about too.
 
Tom
Tell us everything about your guitar, rig, inspirations and so on.

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Guitar Manufacturer/Model: Chapman ML-1
String Gauge: 0.09's - 0.42's (D'Addario's)
Amplifier: Peavey Bandit 112
Guitar Pedals: N/A
Recording Equipment: Line 6 POD XT
Guitar Plectrums: Jim Dunlop Jazz III Max-Grip
Inspirations: Adrian Smith, Janick Gers, Dave Murray, Jimi Hendrix, Slash, Satriani, Vai, Noodles, Rob Chapman.
Dream Guitar: Custom Fender Stratocaster: Maple Neck, HSS Configuration (Seymour Duncan JB in the bridge with hot rails in the middle and neck), Lake Placid Blue body with a black pickguard as well as black knobs and selectors.
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Never learned to play it, but my mom was in a band in the 70s and has a 1971 Fender Stratocaster. I think it's just the American Standard one.

Dream Guitar: Robot Les Paul or the VG Stratocaster. You can change tunings, etc, without really doing much but turning a few knobs.

I think if I couldn't get my hands on those, I'd get a standard Gibson Les Paul. An old Fender Esquire would be cool too since I like a lot of Rolling Stones songs.
 
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Guitar: I'm playing a stock '05 American Series Stratocaster today
Strings: EB Skinny top Heavy Bottoms (10 - 56)
Amp: Either my early Peavey Classic 30 or Roland VGA-7
Plectrums: Medium thickness, very stiff - Dunlop 'Gator, Big Stubby or the like. Fingers are also an option :)
Effects: Don't really bother
 
Bassist here! I'm assuming I'm welcome here too ;)

Basses: 09' Mexican Fender Jazz Bass, White with black hardware and seymour duncans, 85' Fender Jazz Bass Special in a kinda red colour (aged), 06' ESP LTD B-154 in Green

Strings: Rotosound roundwounds on the jazz bass special, D'Addario Chromes on the Jazz Bass, Whatever I have spare on the ESP

Mainly a Pick player, I use Tortex .73's.

Effects: Bass Big Muff, Digitech Chorus, Synth wah and Overdrive.
 
hogger129
Never learned to play it, but my mom was in a band in the 70s and has a 1971 Fender Stratocaster. I think it's just the American Standard one.

Dream Guitar: Robot Les Paul or the VG Stratocaster. You can change tunings, etc, without really doing much but turning a few knobs.

I think if I couldn't get my hands on those, I'd get a standard Gibson Les Paul. An old Fender Esquire would be cool too since I like a lot of Rolling Stones songs.
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You should be able to pick one of the robots up cheap. They aren't popular and aren't faring well on the second hand market. And be careful with the standard. They aren't the same guitar they used to be.

Just thought I'd post a little update about my les Paul. I'm going to try a set of four wire paf clones made by a boutique operation in tokyo. If the pickups are as good as their others, I'll buy a "21 tone jimmy page wiring harness" from jonesy.
 

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