Guess the Year...

JammerMatt

JammerMatt

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I was digging through some old photos and found these gems. This is my and my brother's "arsenal" back in the day. We grew up on the rainy north Oregon coast, where nobody knew about metal, and gear was scarce (as well as money).

What you're seeing is a Kramer Striker, an Ibanez Roadstar, a Hondo Flying Star, a garage-sale bass, a Carvin 60 watt combo, a Marshall Micro-Stack, and a Sears Silvertone Twin 12. Also, a smattering of effects pedals including the obligatory Tom Scholz Soloist.

Still wish I had the Sears.

-Matt
 
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1982! i only guess that b/c the roadstar i've been looking for is a black S/S/S '82...same one as in back to the future hehehe.

-Mike
 
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I'll guess 1984....although maybe 85 too. It resembles my bedroom, which would have had a 2-12 version of that Carvin combo, a Peavey Studio Pro 40, Carvin DC400 in red, cream pickups, and gold Kahler, BC Rich Stealth, Kay acoustic guitar, Sears Explorer in white, and DOD Dist + and Chorus

That was gearjoneser in 84......rubbing his pennies together for his next guitar, a black San Dimas Charvel with my first Duncan, a zebra JB.
 
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I used to have one of those silvertone twin twelves...it was given to me when it was found in a closet...it was a great amp...I traded it for a Fender Princeton Reverb II....never regretted it..though it was a great amp
 
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I'm diggin' the rainbow guitar strap! Looks like you were Emo before even Emo was Emo. THAT is hardcore! :dance:
 
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CapoFirstFret said:
I used to have one of those silvertone twin twelves...it was given to me when it was found in a closet...it was a great amp...I traded it for a Fender Princeton Reverb II....never regretted it..though it was a great amp
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i own a 1964 silvertone twin twelve right now lol, look at my signature, i love the amp, anyways back on topic i will say 1983.
 
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1986, actually. At least that was when the photo was taken. However, you're all correct in a way as that gear spans the time period between about '83 and '87.

I don't remember having that rainbow strap. WTH was I thinking? I'm gonna go on a limb and say it belonged to my brother... yeah right.

The Roadstar has a zebra JB in it if memory serves. No logo. The guitar actually played great with super low action. Hot Grits is right, it was some strange tremolo. It was not floating and only lowered the pitch. The trem arm just snapped in and snapped out - not a screw in type. I loved that guitar when I had it. 250 bucks.

The Carvin I didn't care much for. It wasn't dirty enough for me. However, several others who used it really liked the tone. It was probably operator error on my part, as I didn't know jack about getting tone back then. If I would've had a place like this to go, back in the day, it probably would've sounded real nice.

-Matt
 
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