Most underrated piece of gear?

[NoMoreMKIV]

Re: Most underrated piece of gear?

i'd have to say that a decent (even if homemade) pedalboard is greatly underrated. i can't tell you how much time it saves to have things set up, wired correctly, and ready to go in 10 seconds flat.

in fact, i would argue strongly in favor of homemade, because you can build it to your specs, and probably do it for a small fraction of the cost of a commercially available board.

as for electronic devices, i agree that a compressor is a great effect for clean tones, and also for use on leads with a little bit of overdrive right after it.

[beandip]

Re: Most underrated piece of gear?

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[kmcguitars]

Re: Most underrated piece of gear?

Okay .Ready for this ?? A Capo !! If you ever find yourself in a situatation
where you have to transpose keys on the spot. It will save your live.

[Mincer]

Re: Most underrated piece of gear?

Learn to transpose by ear and you never have to worry about where you capo is...
my vote goes for...the guitar case, the rack holding my equipment, locking tuners, graphtech saddles (the bent metal ones tear up my palm), and my midi footcontroller- makes no sounds, but controls it all.

[xerxes]

Re: Most underrated piece of gear?

your hands are....

[southadc]

Re: Most underrated piece of gear?

Dava control picks. Found them slightly awkward at first, don't use anything else now.

[Duncan]

Re: Most underrated piece of gear?

Pickups? Capos? Pedals? Nuts? You're all way off base.

The groupie - simple as that

[Mr Wolf]

Re: Most underrated piece of gear?

A tool kit and duct tape for when the bassist brings his broken bass to practise. Saying that, something simple and reliable

[Lee_M.]

Re: Most underrated piece of gear?

I know, it's been done before, but it's fun.

For me, it's the Fender custom Vibrolux reverb amp. A partially handwired, custom shop (Bruce Zinky) designed screamer. A sort of a brownface/blackface hybrid clean that is nice and fat with single coils, and a fat, sweet cranked overdrive with nice presence. Nice tube reverb and trem, too. 40 pounds dripping wet, and killer into a 2x12. Most importantly, the midrange character of this amp is such that it can cut through a mix, something even some classic fenders can come up short on.

You can hunt them down in blonde tolex, too. I'm told they were made in the custom shop for the first three years.

What about you?

Yes, yes, yes! I totally agree. I have had my CVR for about 5 years, now, and love it. I recently got out the earplugs and cranked my R8 through it on 10.....simply amazing. All I needed was a 2x12 cab and I was ready to rock. If I can finally get the D120's into a 2x12, I'll have some smokin Duane tone!

[Norman_T]

Re: Most underrated piece of gear?

Good quality leads & patch cables.

You can spend hundreds on upgrades/guitars and then use cheap leads. Buy a good decent set of leads and patch cables they will last you and will probably be the last thing you will sell - guitars/pups/amps etc will all come and go.

Remember a decent set of leads/cables is for life!!

[ArtieToo]

Re: Most underrated piece of gear?

An understanding wife.

[some_dude]

Re: Most underrated piece of gear?

An EQ.

Quality patch cords.

[sooperunkn]

Re: Most underrated piece of gear?

A bone nut. And for acoustic, a bone nut and saddle. The only thing better is ivory if you can find it.

[MattPete]

Re: Most underrated piece of gear?

Strings. A bad set if strings (or string construction mismatchd to the timbre of the guitar or musical style) can make even the best guitar impossible to play.

[Nightburst]

Re: Most underrated piece of gear?

Your ears! Can't make music without them. Just how many of you wear earplugs everytime you crank it up?