how much did you spend getting YOUR tone

[JammerMatt]

Re: how much did you spend getting YOUR tone

I spent some dough to get an 80's lynch-ish tone. Currently:

Line6 Flex XLII - 850
Jackson Soloist - 1100 (on sale!!)
Gibson 1960 Classic - 1600
Ibanez TS9DX - 110 (a gift)
Guitar Lessons - 1000

That's 4660.

But if you throw in the old albums, tapes and now CD's for influence, the cost must be well over 10 grand.

-Matt

 

[flank]

Re: how much did you spend getting YOUR tone

where are the big hitters like Robert S he he........i remember there was thread like this a while ago, and Rob S was up to 25,000 i think hehehehe

 

[SheDoesntDoIt4Me]

Re: how much did you spend getting YOUR tone

Im not adding it and please dont tell me if you do.
Have I found the tone yet, no... My favorite so far is my POD into my stereo system. Most of this stuff is just passed on on ebay, I keep my favorite stuff and sell the rest to survive.

Guitars:

Epi SG G400 Faded Cherry -230
White Strat Copy -Bag of weed
Red Strat Copy -10
White Ibanez EX -130
Kay Electric Mandolin -5
Silvertone Acoustic -5
1954 Danelectro -10
Fender MIM Strat Red -50
White Epiphone Les Paul Custom -200
Samick Acoustic -20
Red Aria Pro Les Paul Copy -20
White Jackson Rhoads V -50
Black Takimine Electric-75
Purple Harmony Flyin V -30
Epiphone Acoustic -120
New Red Sunburst Epiphone Les Paul Standard -390
Old Yellow Strat Squire -150
Red RGX Jackson Copy -65
Fender P bass Copy -70
Gibson Les Paul Studio -300 (still have it)
Epiphone Acoustic -200
Fender Squire Bass Red - 90
Black Synsonics with speaker and amp built in -10
Red Peavey Tracer -105
Black Jackson Rhoads V -100
Westone Bass -100
Black Esp Ltd Super Strat -85
Global Acoustic Gibson Dove Copy -25
Harmony Acoustic -5
Honey Burst Epiphone Standard -300
Peavey Vandenberg (pink!) -80
WHite Ibanez EX (to replace first one) -125
Epiphone Gothic Explorer -200
Ivory Squire Strat (old style) -100
Hohner L-59 LP copy -170

Amps:

Fender Squire -50
Peavey Bandit 2x12 - 280
Marshall Jubilee 2x12 Combo -400
Marshall Lead 12 -60
Marshall VS65R -350
Marshall Ms1 -50
Marshall Ms2 -25
Old 50s 1x10 Tube Amp (garbage Find)
Marshall JCM800 1x12 Combo -250
Marshall 1965A 4x10 Cab -200
Crate 1x12 Combo -50
Marshall Mini Stack White -175
Marshall 1960A 4x12 Cab -300
Marshall VS100R Head -250
Marshall Lead 20 1x12 Combo -85
4) Crate 1x8 combos -140
Peavey 5150 2x12 Combo -650
Peavey 4x12 Cab -200
Marshall Jubilee 100 Watt Head -400
Marshall JCM 900 Dual Reverb Head 100 Watt --600
Kustom BA15 Bass Amp -50
Peavey VTM60 Tube Head -75
3) Peavey Rage 158 1x8 Combos -175
2) Peavey Balzer 1x8 Combos -80
Tube Works 1x15 Bass Combo -85
Tube Works 1x12 Combo -60
Kustom 1x12 Bass Combo
Peavey 5150 Angle 4x12 Cab -300
Peavey 5150 Straight 4x12 Cab -300
Mosvalve MV962 Power Amp -100
Ba10 Bass Combo 1x10 -40
Crate Vintage Club 20 Tube Combo -100
Baldwin 2x12 Combo -30
Marshall Reverb 12 -100
Marshall Lead 12 -50
Marshall Jubilee 2x12 Angle Cab -240
Marshall Jubilee Straight 2x12 Cab -240
Marshall Reverb 75 1x12 Combo -100
Marshall 4203 Artist 1x12 Combo -150
Marshall 2558 Jubillee 2x12 combo -750
30 Crate 1x8 Combos -80

Effects:

5 Boss Metal Zones -100
Marshall Jackhammer -40
Pod -180
Pod 2.0 -150
Pod Pro -300
Furman Power Conditioner -60
BBE Sonic Maximizer 362SW -50
BBE Sonic Maximizer 482 -200
BBE Sonic Maximiser 402 -15
Aphex Aural Exciter -15
Rocktech Dist -25
DOD Grunge -50
DOD Multi Effects -200
RP6 -300
DOD Grunge -40
Zoom 1010 -50
Zoom 505 -100
Zoom 510 -100
RP7 -325
Boss DS1 -30
Boss MS2 -40
RP6 -200
RP6 -35
Boss DS1 -35
RP3 -150
Zoom 4040 -50
Danelectro Dist -60
Danelectro Echo -90
Rocktech Compressor -35
Boss Chorus -10
Ibanez CF7 -80
Rocktech Dist -5
6) Dunlop Cry Baby Wahs -200
Fender Reverb -2
MXR EQ -2
Boss DR550 Drum Machine -35
Pearl Export Drum Set -800
Generic PA -200
4) 4 Tracks Various -300
Assloads of pickups.
Boxes and Boxes of Cords Cables Mics Guitar Parts ?????

 

[Luke Duke]

Re: how much did you spend getting YOUR tone

I forgot my

Silverface twin (dad's but is a cherry) no idea what they fetch these days

Blackface Vibro-champ probably worth more than the twin b/c it's a b/f

Fender Bullet Reverb $110

I'd love to hear from the big hitters too. Scott Gearjoneser, Robert, Rob, etc.

Luke

 

[frigginalex]

Re: how much did you spend getting YOUR tone

Gibson SG Standard ($1075)
Parker Nitefly ($500)
Marshall DSL100 ($1000)
Marshall 1960A 4x12 cab ($725)

$3300 total and counting

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

Re: how much did you spend getting YOUR tone

Dunno...one gets to buy alot of gear in 23 years
As it is I always ends up sounding like myself no matter what...hehe
Effects I can make on my own now....

 

[BluesGuyJ]

Re: how much did you spend getting YOUR tone

For what I mainly use

Ibanez JS1000BP $1,200
Roland VGA3 $550
Fender Acoustic $550.
Total is
$2,350.

Not including a $500 and $350 Dean. So that'd be a total of
$3,150
Yikes.... lol

 

[Rainmaker]

Re: how much did you spend getting YOUR tone

***Australian Dollars
Les Paul - 1000 (sold)
Duncans - 200 (sold)
New pots - 100
Wolfgang - 1000
Fender stage - 300
Zoom 3030 - 100
Vamp 2 - 300
Countless strings to find me
Mesa/ Boogie mark 4 - 1500
2x12 avatar cab - 500
Crybaby Wah - 200


alot of dough.
luckily, I have found tonal heaven
Wolfgang -> mark IV -> 2x12 with v30's.

Where I'm at, Gibby LP's cost around 5000, one Duncan humbucker costs 260 dollars... and I'm damn sure that a Mark 4 would be above 1500... where do you shop?!

Bee

 

[bagpipe]

Re: how much did you spend getting YOUR tone

list what your setup is for what you feel is the best tone you can get, and all the things you bought searching for it
used hrdx - $400 including shipping
1x12 cab with eminence - $250 or so?

Sorry, this is hijacking the original thread, but do you find that the 1x12 extension cab helps out with the HRDX? I have a HRDX and I find that the speaker doesnt really seem to handle the output too well, especiialy when I've got it turned up a bit at gigs. Rather than replacing the original speaker, I was thinking of buying an ext cab to run in parallel. Worthwhile ?

 

[sweet_lou]

Re: how much did you spend getting YOUR tone

My tone let's see

10 months of lessons @ $60.00 per month tons of hours of practice. 55 years of abuse to my body, arthritis. So you can imagine my tone, but it's mine :burnout:

 

[ex-250]

Re: how much did you spend getting YOUR tone

White Strat Copy -Bag of weed

:laugh2:

 

[ex-250]

Re: how much did you spend getting YOUR tone

in chronological order...

LTD starter pack (m10 & amp)- $350
dunlop crybaby- $30
LTD ex351- $450
case for ^- $100
bc rich gunslinger + case- $290
peavey XXX 2x12 combo- $930
sd invader- $65
sd distortion- $35 (went halfway)
mxr phase 90- free (xmas gift from parents)
sd '59- free (xmas gift from parents)
LTD viper300- free (graduation present)
anderson H3- $70
behringer v-amp 2- $120
dunlop rotovibe- $130
i dont remember what any straps and cables and stuff cost

so out of my money, ive spent at least $2,570.

now if you narrow it down to my main setup-
LTD ex351- $450
DD- $35
'59- $0
peavey XXX- $930
dunlop crybaby- $30
mxr phase 90- $0

$1445...not bad at all...less than an lp standard

 

[TheLizardKing]

Re: how much did you spend getting YOUR tone

Well let's see here, I buy my gear on sale.
Yamaha Guitar EG112c with 15W Yamaha amp $150 New, awesome little guitar

Gear that I'll be purchasing soon-
Schecter C1 Classic $600
USED Peavey Delta Blues $200 in the Classifieds Can anyone tell me a thing or two about this amp, I know it's tube and is suppose to be a real good blues/rock combo 2/10" amp.
So I guess that totals to around $1,000, hopefully I'll cut that down a bit and score a deal on that Schecter one of these days.

 

[drew_half_empty]

Re: how much did you spend getting YOUR tone

Sorry, this is hijacking the original thread, but do you find that the 1x12 extension cab helps out with the HRDX? I have a HRDX and I find that the speaker doesnt really seem to handle the output too well, especiialy when I've got it turned up a bit at gigs. Rather than replacing the original speaker, I was thinking of buying an ext cab to run in parallel. Worthwhile ?

no problemo, I'm happy to answer

see, my problem was, well, the tone with the amps volume on like...near 2, is PERFECT, couldn't ask for a better tone. But for live situations, well, once it hits about 6, all the bass is gone, my pedal sounds weak, and well, shrill highs. But, I didn't wanna get rid of the stock speaker, cuz in the studio, I'll be recording most of the stuff with well, the volume at near 2. So i got an extension cab with that wonderful speaker for live situations.

but back to your question (sorry, i get carried away) yes, it would help. I don't run in parallel because i find that each speaker has its job, and, well, no room for improvement on either. If i'm correct, the stock speaker is an eminence legend 125 rated at 75 watts, but, if i'm correct on this also, its been pussed down to somewhere around 30-50 watts, i can't remember exactly. So if you're wanting the tone you're getting at mid-level volumes at higher ones, I'd try first researching to see if i'm correct about the lower wattage, and if i am, go get a real eminence legend 125 & put it in there, if that still doesn't work, get an extension cab with another & run them in parallel like you were saying, or get a 2x12 cab & put both in & plug it into the main speaker jack, which may or may not work better, i think the extension speaker jack is quite a bit quieter. Then, if you go with the 2x12 put the stock speaker back in for bedroom purposes. People at avatar are good people, let me or them know if you have any trouble with the cab, assuming you get one.

putting in some red-label groove tubes also helped me, later breakup

 

[mrfjones]

Re: how much did you spend getting YOUR tone

well, here is most of it:

standard strat: 300
50's reissue strat: 500 + antiquities 240 = 740
50's reissue tele 629 + antiquities 174 = 803
50's reissue tele 629
bluesbird 1600 + 240 antiquities = 1840
gauge tele about 1400 all together
martin 1000
soldano 650
zvex 225
dyna comp 70

all together that makes $7657 and that is just the stuff i now own, not including my recording equipment.

this list is forever growing. Soon i will add another Gauge guitar to the list. and probably top $10,000

 

[callous_frigid_chill]

Re: how much did you spend getting YOUR tone

pod 2.0-$220
cheap epiphone sg-$150



nothing to brag about, but i don't complain.

 

[fourbanger_82]

Re: how much did you spend getting YOUR tone

around $4000 im not goign to list how much stuff i own, or owned but 4000 is about how much i spent not including how much i made back when i sold some items

 

[Maggot]

Re: how much did you spend getting YOUR tone

Scary thought (and I did it on the cheap)

Mexican Strat $350
Fat 50s Pickups $115
Fralin Steel Pole bridge pickup $70
Peavey Delta Blues $325
Fulltone Soul Bender $150
Guyatone Mini-OD $50
Akai Intelliphase $35
Arion Stage Tuner $20

$1105 - not counting 20 years of fussing w/ stuff.

 

[danglybanger]

Re: how much did you spend getting YOUR tone

Schecter omen-$200
fender jag-$600
line6 spyder-$300
dunlop cry baby-$50
dd- $40 (I had a gift card at gc)
miniswitches-$15
1205 total, I believe
raising the bridge pickup and cranking the mids-priceless
dan

 

[Gearjoneser]

Re: how much did you spend getting YOUR tone

Tone? Thousands of hours practicing, rehearsing, recording, and gigging.

How much spent? What I own now is valued at around $75,000. If I added up all the stuff I've gone through, it would have to be close to half a million.
After all of it, I've come to my personal conclusion that the players with the best feel are the players with the best tone, regardless of the gear....within reason.