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By: Brain Sample Pan

Brain Sample Pan — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:22:12 +0000

Then
“vintage” brand telecaster copy (which was a great guitar made in Korea)
ProCo Rat
Yamaha JX30 solid state which had a late 70′s ibanez tube screamer chip for overdrive and a great spring reverb

Now
A warmoth telecopy i assembled(hollow swamp ash body, lightly flamed maple 1 11/16 std neck, bill lawrence pups, four way switch, tone midrange boost and cut.

Planet waves stomp strobe tuner, Boss aw-3, Super Comp, BBE Green Screamer, ProCo YDR, BBE Soul Vibe and a Boss DD-3.

Tech 21 30 with reverb.

By: Austin Remington

Austin Remington — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:37:51 +0000

My first rig…

… Marshall MG100DFX, Ibanez AC500, Danalectro PB&J, Danalectro Pastrami, Danalectro Hashbrown, Danalectro Milkshake, Danalectro Tuner, Boss Metal Core. (Not in that order)

My current rig…

… Vintage Rivera Knucklehead 55, American Fender Stratocaster with Bill Lawrence Pickups and AC500 with Seymore Duncan Pickups, Line6 Dl-4, Danalectro PB&J, EHX Small Stone, Danalectro Hashbrown, Vox Satchurator, Boss DS-1, DOD Ice Box, Danalectro Milkshake, Digitech Whammy IV.

By: Harpo111

Harpo111 — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:04:46 +0000

Then: 1987 Les Paul Standard, Peavy ss amp, MXR distortion +, cheap analog delay, cheap chorus pedal.
Now: 1987 Les Paul Standard, DS1 (need a new drive box..don’t really like), DD3 delay, Fender tuner…into my 18 watt Marshall clone head(i built it) with Celestion in a external open back cab.

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By: marcoaml78

marcoaml78 — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:42:55 +0000

first:
guitar: washburn entry level guitar(dont remember the version but the one that comes with those entry kits)
amp: laney hcm30 (30w solid state with hardcore max crappy crunch)
pedals: original cry baby wah (still have it) and metal zone, always cranked at 10 cause according to my ears, i never had enough distortion.

now:
guitar: schecter omen-6 (saving for a prs custom 24)
amp: blackheart bh-15h handsome devil combo
main pedals: sd-1 (soon to be keeley modded) and still my crybaby wah, i now use soft overdrive and pretty much dislike heavy distortion

By: loudif

loudif — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:02:09 +0000

First rig: gtr:80′s Squier Strat Lake Placid Blue maple neck. Made in Japan.

amp: Fender Power chorus: solid state, 2X12, stereo chorus.

Pedals: Boss hi-band flanger, Boss Heavy Metal.

Now:

Primary gtr: 1986 USA Fender Tele 52 reissue.
amp: Fender Hot Rod DLX White Lightning LTD edition.
pedal board: Boss TU-2 zoom UF-1, Boss CS-3 (MIJ), Xotic AC Plus, MXR Micro Amp, Danelectro cool cat vibe, MXR Carbon Copy, Boss TR-2, Boss DD-20

other pedals: EHX Deluxe Memory Man reissue, 1994 Proco Turbo Rat, 1970s Crybaby, Russian Big Muff, Russian Small Stone, EHX LP-1 nano, Boss Superfeedbacker and distortion, Guyatone wah rocker

By: Peter Berki

Peter Berki — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:52:05 +0000

First Rig: Ibanez Destroyer, Fender Frontman 212, Channel switcher and Ibanez Flanger

Now: Carvin Bolt, Charvel HSS, Carvin X100b, Nameless Cabinet, Crybaby Wah, #1 Echo, Coffin Case Blood Drive, and Korg Pitchblack. Still not the rig I completely want, but it’s definitely an upgrade.

By: anthony chang

anthony chang — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:12:28 +0000

oh man, this brings back memories. my first electric was a completely torn up asian jagstang one-off. the people who owned it before were “kind” enough to have completely sandpapered off the headstock, so make and model were indistinguishable…someone also drilled holes through the body in multiple places for reasons completely unknown [and possibly...unknowable]. the amp i had then was a TINY borrowed yamaha practice amp that i believe comes with a starter kit of some form.

fortunately, soon after i built a wine red mexican strat from parts [SD duckbucker, texas special mid, SD twang banger bridge] and a white mexican tele..

my official set up now is mexican tele > original crybaby > dyna comp > catalinbread DLS > boss BD2 > mxr smartgate > fender blues jr.

have come a long way…still a ways to go :]

By: MJS

MJS — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:19:25 +0000

#1 Guitar:
Then: Charvel Model 5 with Floyd Rose

Now: Parker Fly Classic

#1 Amp
Then: Marshal Valvestate 80 watt Combo

Now: Egnater Rebel 20 into a 2×12 Vintage 30 Cab

#1 Effects
Then: Cry Baby Wah –> Marshal Guv’nor –> Ibanez Chorus –> Ibanez Flanger –> Ibanez EQ –> Digitech Whammy –> Digitech Delay

Now: Modified Vox Wah –> Fulltone Fulldrive Mosfet –> TC Electronic Nova System (in loop)

Lessons learned: less is more. less wattage, less effects, less in the signal chain.

By: dlab

dlab — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:57:32 +0000

First rig was my Les Paul through my Pro Co Rat into a Peavey Bandit.

Today I play the same LP and Rat plus some additional pedals into a Fender Princeton.