Excessive Gear Day (EGD) Thread

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null_pointer wrote:Ok, while not as ridiculous as some, I am starting to agree with my wife that I actually do have a little more gear than is strictly necessary. She made me tidy up the rumpus/music room today as I'd spread out over the whole room, and afterwards once it was all stacked nicely against the wall I had to admit there was a little more than I probably need.

I think a distillation will be in the works in the coming months, I just don't really know where to start!

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Your board is probably the one thing that doesn't need distilling. Looks tight and refined!
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Got some rack preamps/poweramps that are not in the picture, but here are most of my amps:
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Soldano SLO100 x2 | Wizard MC1 & MC2 | Diezel Herbert
Fryette Pittbull CL | Marshall 2203KK | Krank Rev 50 | Mesa Mark 2A

Rack stuff:
VHT/Fryette GP3, GP/DI & 2/90/2 | Peters FSM/Chimera
Verellen Meatsmoke | Synergy SYN1 | Mesa Studio

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godgrinder wrote:Got some rack preamps/poweramps that are not in the picture, but here are most of my amps:
:zomg: What is that awesomeness on top of the Mode Four cab? Is that the Peters Chimera? Looks utterly demonic...

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Yummo! Love that EGC and the Soldano's!!
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Darth Sabbathi wrote: :zomg: What is that awesomeness on top of the Mode Four cab? Is that the Peters Chimera? Looks utterly demonic...
That's actually a JCM800 Kerry King. Bought it off a friend, it had the retarded tribal graphics so he blacked out the chassis and grill cloth. Looks way better than stock.
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Love that guitar man... as well as just about everything else, haha :)

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As per my workshop post, most of my gear could be classed as excessive as it never sees the light of day, far less played!!

See, you fullas all have your "excessive" gear out and in use; that's not excessive at all, but necessary, I think you'll agree!

Funny seeing all of the huge amp/cabs there; as soon as I could get away with not carting the godawful heavy things about, I did just that!! Bought a little 35w valve amp and ran it through the PA!!
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corsair wrote:Funny seeing all of the huge amp/cabs there; as soon as I could get away with not carting the godawful heavy things about, I did just that!! Bought a little 35w valve amp and ran it through the PA!!
I find tube combos a lot more awkward to carry than separate heads/cabs. If I'm being weight conscious I'd be running a modeller unit with IEM.

And small combos never sound like 100w stacks anyway.
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godgrinder wrote:And small combos never sound like 100w stacks anyway.
Yep, true but proper miking up of said little amp goes a long way to tricking the the ear!!

I very rarely played a gig where I needed a full stack, eh, hence the downsizing!
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corsair wrote:I very rarely played a gig where I needed a full stack, eh, hence the downsizing!
There's no gig that "needs" a full stack. In fact there's no gig that even needs a real amp.

But unless you're an established touring musician then you'd be mostly playing for your own entertainment than anything else. And it's more fun to be excessive IMO.
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corsair wrote:I very rarely played a gig where I needed a full stack, eh, hence the downsizing!
There's no gig that "needs" a full stack. In fact there's no gig that even needs a real amp.

But unless you're an established touring musician then you'd be mostly playing for your own entertainment than anything else. And it's more fun to be excessive IMO.
This is exactly it. Over they years I've observed that once the drummer starts, you can't hear anything anyway.
So its better to have a bloody big quad and something punching it, so at least you stand a chance and you're having fun :) I dimed the JTM45 at the last mission bay blues fest, I loved it and the crowd loved it :) Ok, they may have been stood back a few feet....

Pretty much stopped playing live after that, you can only take so many requests to turn down or play 'something we know' so whats the point if you're not having fun? :)
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.

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Well here's my current EGD confessions (posted for historic reference when all these change in 6 months...!)

Duesenberg Caribou
Duesenberg Starplayer TV
Suhr Classic Pro HSS (surf green)
Suhr Classic Pro HSS (Sonic Blue)
Suhr T Pro SH (Oly White, RW board)
Vox Virage DC
Vox Virage SC
Fender Am Std Tele channel bound RW
Fender Strat (Jap 85)
Reverend Slingshot
Ernie Ball Musicman Axis
Taylor 314CE
Ovation Balladeer 1861
Fender Aerodyne Jazz bass

Matchless Lightning
Matchless Nighthawk
Jackson Ampworks Scarlett 30
Tamerlane Hodgee Baba
Fender '65 RI Princeton Reverb w/Celestion Gold + Merc Mag OT
Bognor Mojado 1x12 (modded to Palermo specs)
Markbass Jeff Berlin CMD151P

At least the bass stuff is at a reasonable level...and I play that more live...
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null_pointer wrote:Well here's my current EGD confessions (posted for historic reference when all these change in 6 months...!)

Duesenberg Caribou
Duesenberg Starplayer TV
Suhr Classic Pro HSS (surf green)
Suhr Classic Pro HSS (Sonic Blue)
Suhr T Pro SH (Oly White, RW board)
Vox Virage DC
Vox Virage SC
Fender Am Std Tele channel bound RW
Fender Strat (Jap 85)
Reverend Slingshot
Ernie Ball Musicman Axis
Taylor 314CE
Ovation Balladeer 1861
Fender Aerodyne Jazz bass

Matchless Lightning
Matchless Nighthawk
Jackson Ampworks Scarlett 30
Tamerlane Hodgee Baba
Fender '65 RI Princeton Reverb w/Celestion Gold + Merc Mag OT
Bognor Mojado 1x12 (modded to Palermo specs)
Markbass Jeff Berlin CMD15P

At least the bass stuff is at a reasonable level...and I play that more live...
WOW!! killer gear!! :zomg: :zomg: :zomg: :zomg:

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Photo for historic reference (not pictured is the Suhr T, Sonic Blue HSS Suhr, Axis, Ovation or bass).

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