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Re: What gear do you have ?

*avoiding fucked up quote like a ninja* :P I don't really like pedals, I think that as long as your amp is rather decent it's enough. mostly because I never find myself in the use of any special effects.
I fucked up the quote again.... FUCK! I like some pedals :P
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I fucked up the quote again.... FUCK! I like some pedals :P
just to jump into the conversation... :lol: Yeah, you dont need shit loads of pedals to be honest, no one does, and people who have loads are either to rich or spoilt brats... You only realistically need a Wah and a boost/delay pedal. (unless you play with shit loads of distortion, in which i case i find a noise gate or suppressor is rather handy at keeping things neat)
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just to jump into the conversation... :lol: Yeah, you dont need shit loads of pedals to be honest, no one does, and people who have loads are either to rich or spoilt brats... You only realistically need a Wah and a boost/delay pedal. (unless you play with shit loads of distortion, in which i case i find a noise gate or suppressor is rather handy at keeping things neat)
I'm the anti pedal guy (girl) and I don't play guitar solos so I'm not really in the need of a wah either, though it's included on my FloorPod. I just want to keep it as simple as possible. But I'll never forget my first dist pedal, a Behringer Ultra Metal... What a piece of garbage :lol: my acoustic guitar has more dist than it had :P
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Re: What gear do you have ? conclusion, pedals are overrated! I see you have a Boss dist pedal, they guy I bought my behringer from wanted me to buy a Boss but I didn't have the money at the time, lucky now I didn't :P hahaha quotes just aren't your friends!

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conclusion' date=' pedals are overrated! I see you have a Boss dist pedal, they guy I bought my behringer from wanted me to buy a Boss but I didn't have the money at the time, lucky now I didn't :P hahaha quotes just aren't your friends![/quote'] Quotes hate me.
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Re: What gear do you have ? I've got 2 guitars, the first is an Epiphone Les Paul that set me back $800 Australian, and the other is a Dean ML with EMG active pickups which set me back $1700 Australian, and I run a Peavey amp, its pretty solid but i think I'm gonna upgrade to a Marshall, also thinking of getting some effects pedals but don't know what the good brands are or what i should look for, anyone have some suggestions?

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Re: What gear do you have ? I need to compile a list of all my guitar-related gear, but in the meantime, here are all of my guitars (I think!) :) Been playing the axe since I was six years old. ?? Amada 8011 '01 Fender Iron Maiden Stratocaster '03 Fender Highway 1 Showmaster HH '03 Fender Mark Knopfler Stratocaster '10 Fender American Standard Telecaster '06 Gibson Les Paul Classic Goldtop '07 Gibson Flying V Faded ?? Guild GAD-50 '04 Ibanez Destroyer DT200 '09 LTD EC-CZ II (#34/250) '00 Martin D-16GT '07 PRS Singlecut Satin Trem Natural '09 Schecter Jeff Loomis C7 FR '99 Yamaha Pacifica 112M (mods: Lil' Screamin' Demon/Screamin' Demon) ?? Yamaha Pacifica USA 1 (Custom Shop)

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I need to compile a list of all my guitar-related gear, but in the meantime, here are all of my guitars (I think!) :) Been playing the axe since I was six years old. ?? Amada 8011 '01 Fender Iron Maiden Stratocaster '03 Fender Highway 1 Showmaster HH '03 Fender Mark Knopfler Stratocaster '10 Fender American Standard Telecaster '06 Gibson Les Paul Classic Goldtop '07 Gibson Flying V Faded ?? Guild GAD-50 '04 Ibanez Destroyer DT200 '09 LTD EC-CZ II (#34/250) '00 Martin D-16GT '07 PRS Singlecut Satin Trem Natural '09 Schecter Jeff Loomis C7 FR '99 Yamaha Pacifica 112M (mods: Lil' Screamin' Demon/Screamin' Demon) ?? Yamaha Pacifica USA 1 (Custom Shop)
Holy shit.... Which is your favourite?
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Re: What gear do you have ? I've had up to 7 guitars at one point. A: Shecter, Hamer, Peavy Vortex 1, Jackson, ESP MH, Charvel, Epiphone, Dean, BC Rich & Sammick (not in that order or necessarily at the same time). What I've always wanted was a baritone guitar so I could play low tunings without having to fight the guitar's natural desire to play higher tunings.

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Re: What gear do you have ? The only ML style guitar I've ever liked was the Phantom ML. Eric Peterson from Testament used one for a few years. I've played a few of the Dimebag models and was never impressed. A 7 string is something I've wanted for a few years. I just have a hard time parting with the money required, especially when we live in a time when music is trivial to more.

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