How happy are you with your gear?

[Gr8Scott]

Re: How happy are you with your gear?

I voted 4 because there was no 4.5. I don't suffer the same gas attacks I used to go through, but I occasionally hear a piece of gear that makes my eyes roll back in my head. I have a lot of great amp choices now and I can pretty much get any tone I personally want at this point. I can't get every tone per se, but I can get the ones I like the best. Nothing is more inspiring than plugging into a cranked all tube amp with a few choice pedals and having a good time with them. I have the JTM-45, Modded JCM-800 sound, Vox AC-30 clean / semi dirty and Fender Blackface Bassman covered. I honestly can't think of any other amps that I want to own or play through. I have three strats (two modded and one that I'm bringing back to standard strat pickups), one Kramer and one Yamaha Weddington Classic.

Most of my gear needs a little "massaging" here and there before I'm completely done with them, but I could be entirely happy without modding them again. Mainly I'm talking about putting a smaller capacitor in the tone knobs of my guitars and my usual tinkering with the amps that will probably never stop entirely. No major overhauls are scheduled in the near future.

 

[tonefreak1527]

Re: How happy are you with your gear?

I've got 5 good electrics, a kick a** acoustic a good pedal boar that needs a distortion and a really crappy amp that needs replaced

 

[korovamilkdud]

Re: How happy are you with your gear?

I'm pretty content with my rig now. There's nothing I need to get. I have all that matters.

 

[lpmarshall]

Re: How happy are you with your gear?

Pretty content right now. As I mentioned in another thread, I don't usually lust for new gear when I'm gigging/practicing a lot.

Recently I needed a new overdrive so I got the Zvex Distortron. And I had to replace my tuner (Korg DT10 to Polytune) and power supply (DC Brick to TRex Fuel Tank) since they both died. The only thing I really want at this point is a new pedalboard.

 

[guitfiddle]

Re: How happy are you with your gear?

I could use all kinds of nice guitars and amps and pedals and such, but I can also use just about any amp and sound like me, so what's the point?

I trade around on whatever whim strikes me when I can afford it.

 

[Ninja Monkey]

Re: How happy are you with your gear?

My rig is fine for practice, but I completely lack a live rig, which makes for a sad me. I'd be content with a 50 watt vox valvetronix, and some random pedals, a crybaby, fuzz face, and some cool looper, maybe. I'm not very picky with gear. as long as it sounds like not-crap, or at least like good crap. I just need a clean-ish tone and a fuzz tone, that's all I ask.

 

[Markk]

Re: How happy are you with your gear?

I believe I'm happier than I think I am. But it's probably the thought that maybe there's something better or something that I'll like more that drives the urge to get more gear.

 

[Diego]

Re: How happy are you with your gear?

Happy, but could be better. I guess it's a 3.5!

Guitars, I'm really happy with my Ibanez but the Strats... not so much. I'm thinking of selling both and hot-rod a hollowbody or something.
Turns out everything I liked about single coils is done better to my ears by low output humbuckers.

Amp/pedalwise, I'm turning a corner where I'll do something I haven't tried before: Investing in a few high quality distortion/OD stompboxes.
My Cube's distorted sounds are decent at best, but it has an excellent clean channel.
So I'll throw a Zvex Distortron as the basis for my dirty sounds, with help from an OD box to get more juice if needed. Sort of a three channel thing.

We'll see if that's good enough, I think it will be. But if not, the Cube's going out and shall be replaced by a good ol' tube amp.