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So yesterday I asked “So what cool gear did everyone get this year for x-mas??”, and here were the results from Twitter and Facebook. Please feel free to add what you got by commenting below! This would definitely include gift certificate purchases, etc.

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Christopher M Sheridan A Pedaltrain Pedalboard Pro. I love it.
John Phillips Already replied on twitter but I’m pretty proud of my gifts so I’ll post it here too. I got a sweet Fender Thinline Tele and a Boss DS-1 to add to my pedal board. Best Christmas EVER!!!
Bryant J Robinson Money to buy cool gear. Thinking a fender bassman to add.
Danny Owsley ’77 Les Paul Custom Black….
Justin Vigeant Lava Cable kit… my board is nice and clean now!
Liam Alexander Sutherland Washburn Rover travel guitar. Needed some serious work done on the nut and the bridge and I’ve still not figured out how to sit with it but for parties and trips that I want a guitar with me it’s grand. Thank you Santa.
Iain MacDuff 70′s EHX echoflanger
Jeff Hollers Eric Johnson jazz picks.
Mark van Vranken Ikmultimedia IRig. Most awesome practice tool ever.
Luis Rodríguez Hell Babe!
Sandy Aphid MXR Brick and $100 GC gift card.
Mark Gettemeyer Brand spankin’ new Mesa Boogie Lonestar Special – Santa DOES exist!

Twitter

markgrundhoefer @effectsbay my wife gave me the EHX Freeze. So cool!!
Literate_Monkey @effectsbay I got a sweet Fender Thinline Tele and a Boss DS-1 to add to my pedal board. Best Christmas EVER!!!
brandan_i @effectsbay i got a pedalboard, Metal Muff with Top Boost, and I’m gonna be getting the Holy Grail Plus tomorrow or wed (late present)
KevinPino @effectsbay prs se nick catanese, line 6 dl4, mxr dyna comp and bbe supa charger, i buy all
andrew_9000 EHX Cathedral Reverb!!!

Thanks everyone for your responses!

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I posted this on Facebook and Twitter today. Basically, I was surprised by the great response when I posted pedalboards / pedal lines of musicians from various known bands. I myself am always interested to see what the pros take out on the road. I was curious who you’d like to see, so I thought I would post the results. If you have any more suggestions, please make a comment below. I will definitely pull from this list in the future!

On Twitter

fakeplasticriff @effectsbay Jonny Greenwood, Jonsi Birgisson
Fat_Rob @effectsbay nick reinhart from tera melos
CarlosDelgado42 @effectsbay Eddie Hazel, Dimebag, Chuck Schuldiner, Buckethead, Marc Rizzo, Jeff Kendrick, Warren Haynes, Pat O’Brien, Ernie Isley
SRGuitars Chad Ginsberg #CKY RT @effectsbay: any #guitarists out there that you’d like to see on @effectsbay with their #pedalboards broken down?
GuitarNthusiast Stone Gossard RT @effectsbay: Are there any #guitarists out there that you’d like to see on @effectsbay with their #pedalboards broken down?
RandallMBrown @effectsbay Ever covered @stevendrozd’s pedals?
yod9 @effectsbay Robert Fripp, Reeves Gabrels
SRGuitars Yes – @Slash RT @effectsbay: Are there any #guitarists out there that you’d like to see on @effectsbay with their #pedalboards broken down?
ChrisTUFF3r @effectsbay the guys from Circa Survive!
idtmusic @effectsbay Satriani, Petrucci, Gilmour
denkamikaze @effectsbay nick from tera melos!
EEELIOT @effectsbay RADIOHEAD
geoffsnow @effectsbay yes! dudes from Protest The Hero
KijeraAvA @effectsbay Tom Delonge With Angels And Airwaves

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Justin Vigeant Brian Aubrey’s setup (from Silversun Pickups)
Steve Thompson Josh Homme. Tom Morello. John Frusciante.
Charlie Webster I second all the above and add Rich Robinson.
Chris Bradford KT Tunstall
Kevin Ian daniel kessler from interpol, and any shoegaze bands you come across
Gaz Ariff Tom Morello uses about 4 pedals, i always thought he’d have massive racks.
OBscure OBject Ian Williams and Dave Konopka (Battles) … Johnny Greenwood and Ed O’Brian (Radiohead).
Mark Gray Jeff Loomis (Nevermore)
Jack Wallsten How about The National?
Douglas Montminy trey anastasio!
Shaun C Bryant How’s about the Jovi’s Richie Sambora?
Andrew Coviello Trey Antastasio
Frederick Lyons Chris walla
Sammy Binder Alan Sparhawk. Daniel Johns. Kaki King. Michael Travis. Portishead.
Ron Zion Ichirou Agata from Melt Banana…
Brad White Billy Corgan.
Thomas Edward Allen Mark Knopfler and the brothers from the National.
Matt Denton Have you done Pepper Keenan? Or Dave Navarro?
Jason Sadler Mike einzeiger would be kewl. Might be a two parter though.
Jason Lopez Kevin Shields…and that would need to be a 3 parter!
Ken Stern Prince? Andy Summers (Police)? The Edge? Robert Smith (Cure?) Porl Thompson (Cure)? Joe Perry (Aerosmith)? Robert Holmes (til tuesday?) And believe it or not I actually came here to add Kevin Shields…looks like I missed being first on that by a few minutes….
Nico Meijer Andy Timmons and Popa Chubby.
Geoff Shrieves Robin Trower.
Jairo Pereira da Conceição Greg Howe, Paul Jackson Jr. Lee Ritenour and Larry Carlton

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I’ve been seeing a lot of “bucket list” type posts on Facebook lately… maybe I’m just spending too much time there lately, but I thought I’d ask a “bucket list” question for the site. Yesterday I asked “What effects would you like to own/play before you kick the bucket”. I was surprised that there weren’t too many replies to the question, but when you think about it… effects probably fall pretty low on the priority list when we’re talking about bucket lists. I mean really.. any effect could be a  realistic purchase in the big picture. If you have anything to add to the question, please do so by commenting below. Thanks for everyone that participated, here were the responses:

On Twitter (@EffectsBay)

@niksuela @effectsbay I would love to try a Klon Centaur and an Ethos Overdrive.
@dantemilo @effectsbay I’d like to try one of the original roger mayer octavio’s that hendrix and a few people used. That’s kinda what started it all
@axeslinger13 @effectsbay …JUST THE ABSOLUTE BARE NECESSATY MINIMUM TO GET THE DESIRED TONE.WAH,OVERDRIVE/BOOSTR,DELAY ,AND IF REQUIRED,REVERB…PERFECT
@ghosteffects @effectsbay original 1965 Tone Bender mk1
@jomarbassman @effectsbay Chunk Systems Octavius Squeezer.
@GaryStauffer @effectsbay Would like to live long enough to play “all” of them @ least once, then I can let you know in about 100 yrs which ones
@BenzPearl @effectsbay I guess an EHX Soul Preacher would be appropriate… Just saying…
@KevinPino @effectsbay line 6 dl4
@AntonWO @effectsbay I would like to at least own Lovetone Meatball, Lovetone Ringstinger and a Schumann PLL someday^^

On Facebook (EffectsBay)

Sammy Binder Alesis Bitrman
Thomas Edward Allen how can you pick nowadays? everything is so cool, and outside of the basic commercial store stuff, very well made. I would like an all 70′s era vintage board, but I can only imagine the noise. Honestly…at 54….I have what I’m gonna have…some nice, not too expensive things. what I use most is this 18watt Marshall simulator pedal, my Earthquaker Devices & Lovepedal stuff. And in this economy….a bucket list? Jobs.
Joshua Dawson anything by squarewave parade, Hexe Revolver, Death By Audio Robot, and the new Electrofaustus quad oscillator, which I’m going to buy next time I have the money. Also, I wouldn’t mind some of the noisier Dwarfcraft fuzz pedal
Kevin Ian Mid-fi, Death by Audio, more Devi Ever, Solidgold Fx Electroman, Moody Mushroom Echo, still looking for a plethora of delays and reverbs as well.
Mark van Vranken Fuzz factory, wiggle worm, pog, nano pog, eventually my talkbox design.
T.J. Harris Whammy IV, all the Moog pedals, Chicago Iron Parachute Wah, a tube Echoplex, POG2, Earthquaker Devices Hummingbird, Throbak Strange Master, Empress Phaser, Roland Jet Phaser, HBE Frost Bite Flanger, Fender Reverb Tank, Rotovibe, Empress Superdelay, EHX Flanger Hoax, ZVex Fuzz Factory . . . I better start writing some hit songs if I’m going to make this happen .
Mick Blowe Still haven’t got the Subdecay Proteus, but i will before too long…before i kick, presumably.
Dean Tompkins Maybe some early stuff…like what Jimmy Page probably has laying around in his storage

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I realized that lately I haven’t asked any Community Questions in a while, and figured I should get back on it. Yesterday I asked what is the best overdrive out there. I figured I would get a lot of different replies, and I did. Some were very common.. while others were not so common. I have to say, these community questions are bad for my GAS. Below are the replies from Twitter and Facebook!

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Johnny Gibbons I don’t know about THE best but the Digitech Bad Monkey is certainly one of ‘em in terms of bang for buck. Also worth a mention is Roseland Electronic’s Fat Bastard, handmade one-offs.
Michael Carpenter Disnortion…
T.J. Harris The Tube Screamer’s more than earned its classic status and I’m very fond of old-school treble boosters, but for a straight overdrive I’d say the best I’ve heard is the T-Rex Michael Angelo Batio Overdrive. It does exactly what I think an overdrive pedal should primarily do: take the signal coming in and make it a bigger version of itself. It doesn’t sound like a pedal – just like you went to 11. Very transparent, and the ’60s jet fighter graphics look classy too.
Joe Harley the best? the first! Maxon OD-880
Joseph Smolinski Danelectro Daddy-O
Brandon Bishop My absolute favorite is the Guyatone Flip Metal Monster
Jamie Laboz The Angry Troll is pretty decent ~ very versatile!
Kevin Ian i love the barber small fry, the barber ltd sr (perhaps the sweetest low gain pedal i’ve ever heard!), but right now, my baby is my HOLY FIRE!
Jeremy Hainline Catalinbread WIIO
Liron Cohen Greenhouse effects – goldrive mk-3 ))))
Scott Niles For the money, the Danelectro Cool Cat Transparent Overdrive.
Mick Blowe I’m partial to the old Marshall Bluesbreaker, despite the name.
Sammy Binder Barber Direct Drive
Lee Lundgren The Rockett Flex Drive. In front of a Deluxe, its not bad.
James Sego The volume knob on the amp.
David Caplinger Xotic bb preamp, most versatile od ive ever played
Jarno Junnonen Fulltone OCD sounds great
Matthew Thompson the Cusack screamer. http://cusackmusic.com/wp/?page_id=9
Matt Cheezem Love the Fuchs Plush drive
Dave Jones I’ve enjoyed the Carl Martin AC-Tone and G2D Cream Tone recently, but presently I’m really rating the T-Rex Mudhoney : smoothness, thickness, bit of added grit, and *very* versatile !
Denis Guillard Rockbox Boiling Point ? !
Cedric Bertin Love the barber stuff… but the Keeley Time Machine Boost is killer.
Rik Wade The screwdriver.
Phil Weust Fulltone GT-500 overdrive and distortion in one pedal. You can use one or the other or both and switch the order.
Brendan McLaughlin Amp O/D all the way.
Steve Rogers I used an Ibanez Mostortion for many years with a clean Marshall amp, and it even gave me a decent sound straight into the PA, but these days I just use the many levels of overdrive available from my 30th Anniversary Marshall combo and, for lead solos, the additional poke of an Analog Man Beano Boost.
Leopold Zitnik I’m a huge fan of the original MXR Distortion+, the one with the “script” logo

Twitter

@hernandobloise @effectsbay Fulltone GT-500
@StationGuitars @effectsbay Disclosure: I sell @jhspedals but the Morning Glory is terrific!
@Chris_Basener @effectsbay Xotic BB-Pre for a lovely smooth overdrive
@RivetheadRasta @effectsbay Boss OD-1, always loved the sound of it.
@indrapjg Ibanez Tubescreamer 808!the best a man can get!
@Jeff_Abraham Timmy overdrive pedal….so transparent and harmonically rich!
@plastik_g @effectsbay Digitech Bad Monkey
@jlosavio @effectsbay lovepedal COT50
@jamie_frank Keeley modded TS-9.
@Crimsontone @effectsbay hard to go wrong with an original TS808.
@JohnHaselden @effectsbay Tech 21 tri-od always does it for me
@audioissues @effectsbay Overdrive only, or distortion? For overdrive I’m partial to the Marshall Jackhammer.
@daveuhduh @effectsbay the Fulltone OCD has my heart. Ibanez TS808 Reissuse is good too though, but only the reissue.
@_jwhk_ @effectsbay Well, I can only comment on the pedals I’ve used, but it would be either the Sitori Sonics Sitori Drive or the Timmy. #pedals
@ianmcclintock @effectsbay Best OD pedal I’ve personally ever played is Catalinbread’s Dirty Little Secret. It’s awesome.

Please feel free to continue the discussion by commenting below!

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The other day I thought I was in a rut of music listening, so I wanted to ask a community question – What’s your favorite band/album.. at the moment. When I ask this, I’m not referring to your all time favorite, but the band/album you can’t seem to get out of the MP3 player. Could be a brand new acquisition, etc. I saw some really great stuff. Some I knew.. and some I’ve never heard, so I’ll be checking those out for sure!

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Todd Stanton veil of maya- id
Bertram Dh the dead weather, 100% !
Jeff Suter Green Day, 21st Century Breakdown is such an underrated album. And while it has quite a bit of piano, it is a serious rock guitar album IMHO.
Luis Rodríguez Backspacer, Pearl Jam
David Caplinger Tony danza tapdance extravaganza – Danza III
Brad White Daughters – S/T
Kevin Ian Interpol – TOTBL and Bowie – Station to Station… tie
Santiago Pérez Constanzó Sumo – After Chabón
Ben Brandt Alter Bridge – One Day Remains
Jack Wallsten The National – High Violet
Steve Gerlach Hawkwind – PXR5
Austin Remington Saturdays = Youth – M83
Dave Gonsalves James Gang “Rides Again”
Christopher Keith Young The Duke Spirit – Neptune
Jonathan Holloway Gifts From Enola – Gifts From Enola
Tomonthly J. Meldville The Unbeheld – In the Arms of Mother Chaos
Glen Tenoff TV on the Radio – Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
Marvin Misanthropy Revocation – Existence is Futile
Chris Mintie Anything mars Volta, but I have to say the new dead weather album is amazing!
Fuzz Stang NRBQ – “Scraps” It’s truly music to my ears!!!

Twitter

@stevekeagle @effectsbay Marty Stuart and the Fabulous Superlatives! Awesome Band
@paulfinney @effectsbay favourite band/album at the moment has to be new junk aesthetic by every time I die. Or my band @stoveband new ep
@nogoodguitarpkr @effectsbay Digging “Haywire” by @joshturnermusic right now.
@Guitarinsight @effectsbay The wife has me enjoying Keith Urban. The man can play guitar! We are seeing him in a couple weeks. Looking forward to it.
@Literate_Monkey @effectsbay Favorites: Doolittle-Pixies, Spilt Milk-Jellyfish, Copper Blue-Sugar, 1984-Van Halen, Appetite-GnR and the list goes on…
@Literate_Monkey @effectsbay lately I’ve been listening to the new SmashingPumpkins tracks, Zwan, the Sufferer & the Witness By Rise Against & HHNF by Civet
@TOMBTHEMUSICIAN @effectsbay The Murderous http://www.myspace.com/themurderous
@jcrusso @effectsbay Minus The Bear…
@indrapjg Them Crooked Vultures RT @effectsbay: Community Question: what’s your favorite band/album.. at the moment. I’m not talking all time favorite

Thanks everyone for your responses. If you were late to the question, please post your answer below in the comments!

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Yesterday I asked the question – What pedal(s) would you like to see EffectsBay give-away in the future? I’ve been working on some future give aways, and thought it would be good to get a feel of what you guys are interested. Obviously.. you guys are into the good stuff. I’ll try to do my best to continue the give aways. Overall, they’ve been really successful and I really appreciate all the support and interest. I’ll be having another pedal give away in a few weeks, and I’m working on securing a few more down the road… so keep your eyes on EffectsBay.com to catch those opportunities when they come up!

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Dean Tompkins hmmmm…Tonebutcher or Devi-Ever?
Michael Howard lovetone meatball peadal!
Steve Gerlach EHX has some new pedals that seem interesting…
Chad Cesaro Toneczar Echoczar. Gold Klon.
Justin Vigeant Devi Ever!
Mick Blowe The Boss Slicer is a trip…
Matt Drozdeck a good vibe pedal
Chris Mintie Devi ever rocket dual fuzz pedal!
Travis Lumpkin Pigtronix EP2 Envelope Phaser, pretty pwease.
Antoine Camelin Death by Audio
Austin Remington Toneczar Echoczar or an Empress Super Delay Vintage Modified
James Hume Pigtronix Echolution or anything Devi Ever
Jon Baum Marshall SUPA FUZZ~~~[..] !!
Christopher Keith Young Catalinbread ‘Formula No. 5′ and/or ‘Pareidolia’. Tech 21 Character series ‘Leeds’ or any of those really. Thanks for asking. : }
Eric Freberg anything from WMD! the Geiger counter, and super fat man are unreal!!
Johan De Paepe BMF Holy Balls would be something!
Jack Wallsten No matter. As long as you give them to me.
Jeff Suter Any analog delay
Rebel Mastermind what about IK Stealth Pedal?
Sammy Binder EHX ring thing

Twitter

@derekdebeurs @effectsbay pog2
@theprocreator @effectsbay digitech whammy please!
@dannoraz @effectsbay Eventide Timefactor fo’ sho’
@Grunhido @effectsbay well….. Phase (90-mxr) – MUFF EHX – ring modulator …. do you like ?
@Mayhem208 @effectsbay Definitely a compressor or a tap tremolo of some sort.. Perhaps that’s selfish of me, but hey, you asked!
@rrevenge @effectsbay Line6 Uber Metal. and i’d have to win it lol
@indrapjg Roger Mayer Octavia! RT @effectsbay: Community Question. What pedal(s) would you like to see EffectsBay give-away in the future?
@theacre @effectsbay anything zvex, freakshow, or frantone

If you have other suggestions, please feel free to comment below. Thanks everyone!

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Seems like it’s a been a bit since I asked a Community Question, so I let one rip yesterday. “What pedal are you dying to replace in your line… and why?” I definitely am curious what people are into.. or not into.. or dreaming of upgrading to. Seems like a good way to get some ideas for yourself. Here were the responses from Twitter and Facebook. If you have something to add, please comment below!

Twitter

@SRGuitars @effectsbay looking to replace a @line6 dl4, a boss metalzone, and maybe a vox wah… Maybe not the wah if I mod it like @22frets w/whipple!
@klajenstein @effectsbay nothing…I just want more pedals!
@nogoodguitarpkr @effectsbay My DigiVerb is not my favorite, but the church setting is just killer. So, if I could get a quieter pedal with *that* sound…
@bigddallas @effectsbay tu2 for a tu3 or tc polyphonic n ts9 keeley for ts808 handwired.
@Literate_Monkey @effectsbay I’d also like an EH Memory Man because… Well the same reason as my last post.
@Literate_Monkey @effectsbay I’d love to replace my old DOD phaser pedal with an EH Small Stone. Why? Because the Small Stone is insane.
@jhale667 @effectsbay I’d like to try the CAD/MXR Boost/OD in place of my Micro Amp to give my @MesaBoogie MK III rhythm channel a bit more OOMPH
@cosibar @effectsbay gotta replace my Boss chromatic tuner TU-3 soon… I think it’s ready to give up the ghost.

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Daniel Wesolowski My wah, I love it, but there are so many cool new ones!
Kevin Ian none… but i’d love to add more!
Sam Lawson I need a ts-9 maxon keeley or ibanez not sure which!
Cosima Ybarra gotta replace my Boss chromatic tuner TU-3 soon… I think it’s ready to give up the ghost.
Chris Thompson To Sam: Spend the money and get a Roger Mayer Voodoo Blues….soooo much nicer with out all the mud of a TS-9 to Cosima: go with a korg pitch black or peterson strobe…definitely awesome tuners
Nicholas Greenwood …I’m ready to downgrade from a Boss DD-20 to a DD-7. I’ve already got a Space Echo and I’m not using the DD-20′s memory modes. I still like having 2 delays on my pedalboard, though.
Will Spicer not dying to replace anything, but i think the GigFX Chopper trem looks a lot more fun than my boss trem.
Sammy Binder my moogerfooger (but only for a MuTron III or III+)
Joe Harley need to replace the phaser that i’ve apparently lost somewhere in the last 16 years… and eventually switch my TU-12 for a TurboTuner. yo, and sammy… if you’re looking for a real mutron, then avoid the III+ or any other that says anything other than “Mu-tron III”…anything else is a counterfeit. you probably also wanna watch out for the HAZ…
Steve Gerlach Wanna upgrade my Talent Boost. I hear the Mark III is way better than the Mark II….
Steve Gerlach But seriously… yes Cosima, i’m with Chris – the StroboStomp is way better than the Boss tuners with their tone-sucking bypass circuit.
Matt Cheezem As far as tuners go… I really can’t say enough about the TC polytune. The only thing I’d like to replace is my russian big muff pi (newer black box) with an old green box one. anyone selling???
Matt Drozdeck my old mxr filter. as much as I love it, there is no 9volt adapter and I really dont feel like getting it modded for it. would rather sell it for a wah. anyone interested let me know.
Kelly Morris my bass wah. i love the 105q, but i’m wanting something else with a different flavor.

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Yesterday,  I thought it would be cool to see what everyone is doing for a band or music project. It’s a good way to discover some new great music and to get to know some of the people that participate at EffectsBay. If you have some time, check out some of the links below!  If you’re late to the question, please feel free to post below in the comments.

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ThatSockPuppet @effectsbay Musical Saw / Jam Band / http://musicalsawtoolshed.com
deeperbluesband @effectsbay Deeper Blues – original Blues & BluesRock www.DeeperBlues.com
WrathOskvro @effectsbay Wrath Oskvro. Its my alias and an experimental project dealing with multiple genres. My music can be found: http://djb.artsie.me
gmiddleb @effectsbay Stolen Sheep / one-man home-recorded headphone-rock and ambient sounds / http://stolensheep.org
drewstreetmary @effectsbay Drew Street Mary, Alt/Rock/Indie, www.myspace.com/drewstreetmary
pventuramusic @effectsbay Pedro Ventura/ blues, rock driven, piano compositions/ youtube.com/pventuramusic and myspace.com/pventuramusic @pventuramusic

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Tomonthly J. Meldville Galaxicon – doom/sludge/experimental rock – www.myspace.com/galaxicon
Steve Thompson Steve Thompson – varied sounds of guitarist/songwriter Steve Thompson (with a backing band live) – http://www.stevethompson.net/
Austin Lunn The Mighty Auroch! – doomy stoner metal – http://www.myspace.com/aurochdoom
Sammy Binder Ifdakar / House-jam-funk-trip-pop-tronica (music is like soda right? the more adjectives, the more XtReMe?) / http://ifdakar.com/
Dick Jezus Nature Abhors Normality – Harsh/Psychedelic noise for drunks and scumbags – http://www.myspace.com/natureabhorsnormality – http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nature-Abhors-Normality/386191300357
Dean Tompkins MAMMOTH THUNDERPOWER…..good old dark, Heavy Metal www.mammoththunderpower.com
Conrad Young Pig Chicken Suicide REBEL GRINDCORE!!! http://www.myspace.com/pigchickensuicide
Thomas Edward Allen the Lyin Tamers. early Mountain meets Slade meets R.L. Burnside meets the Atomic Bitchwax……in hell…..holding a root beer float!
Patrick Flanary Also “The Mighty Auroch” (See Above) Louisville KY. And “Seidhr” Ritualistic Doom.
Brian Gee Main bands/projects: WURMKRAUT (instrumental doom metal): http://www.myspace.com/wurmkraut SOMNIFERUM (Dark Folk/ Psych Folk/Neofolk): http://www.myspace.com/somniferumky
Owen Vickers Ninja Monkey – melodic rock (is that a genre? probably!) – http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ninja-Monkey-band/114605419949

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Last week I asked the following community question: “What’s the oldest piece of music gear you own/play? I’m talking the physical age of it” and I wanted to post the responses.. since they were quite interesting. I’d also like to thank everyone for becoming a fan on Facebook… EffectsBay broke the 1000 fan mark. Thanks so much everyone!

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Raleighsband @effectsbay the oldest piece of musical gear I play is a strange and unidentified japanese electric guitar from the 60s. It’s awesome, dudes anthony chang
pelossus @effectsbay probably my old school white squier 2 strat..by the production codes it’s from the late eighties i think..gonna fix it up soon!
Kenben @effectsbay I’s got a 1979 Gibson Les Paul Custom.
PeterBerki @effectsbay oldest piece of gear is my charvel guitar. It’s an early 90′s model
markgrundhoefer @effectsbay a Mutron Phase II. My grandfather was the original owner and I started using it in the late 90′s.
zaphryn @effectsbay oldest instrument i played … could be this autoharp that must be at least over 30 to 40 years old
JROCKS42 @effectsbay: i have a 1980′s ibanez TS-9 tubescreamer and an ’86 @Fender Squier Super-Bullet Strat… I play them all the time !
thomas4th @effectsbay I’ve got an Ibanez FL9 Flanger from the ’80s that might be older than I am.
tsworthin @effectsbay 1972 Guild Dreadnought 12 string. Its the one pictured in my tshirt shop. (shameless Plug) http://bit.ly/9Ymq2Y
Josh_Kampa @effectsbay I play a 37 year old Gibson Ripper quite a bit.
cordinatedcable @effectsbay My GIbson EB0 Bass is 15 years older than I am. It was born in 1967
stubish @effectsbay oldest piece for me is a 25 year old Seagull S6. Sounds nicer than most new high end acoustics I play. Time is magic on Cedar.
AustinRemington @effectsbay i have a boss ds-1 from the mid 80′s as well as a DOD icebox from around the same time
gmiddleb @effectsbay Probably my Yamaha FG340 acoustic. Just about 30 yrs old.
madboxsully @effectsbay 65 gibson sg jr.
DoktreBeardly @effectsbay 1963 Gibson ES-120T, though there’s the more impressive 1965 Gibson Reverse Firebird

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Matthew McGowan 197X Gibson L6-S. Two of them…
Matt Streit 1985 Limited Edition Ovation Celebrity acoustic guitar
Muhammad Fahri 1982 Roland Juno 6 polyphonic synthesizer
Steve Gerlach1934 Martin OOO-17 (Acoustic-wise), 1957 Gibson LP jr (Electric-wise), Early-70′s Maestro Phase (Effects-wise)
Ryan Lang 1977 Gibson LP Custom w/ custom Tremolo
Mark Young 1967 Fender Bass man head
Neal Bushaw 1957 Martin D18
Matt Cheezem 1972 Fender Rhodes Stage Piano
Dean Tompkins mmm have a ’63 Guild M-20 that was my uncles.looks like satan, but plays like a dream…and an Ampeg GeminiVI that i think is ’65
David Verdugo 1996 Peavey guitar pic (my first one!)
Jeremy T Grunstra 1932 bacon banjo company acoustic guitar
Joe Harley heheeh…i probably got this one cello made by unknown builder, dated between 1880 and 1900
Eduardo Poetasinmonóculo Viramontes My piano was made around 1890 (haven’t found the actual date), from my grandfather to my mother to me (though it’s at my parent’s home right now)…other than that, my 1977 Ibanez Musician
Christian Lembach 1965 Fender Mustang.
Daniel Wesolowski 83 American Strat.
Michael Hubbard 50′s National Lap Steel 40′s Regal Lap Guitar
Eric Hansen 1975 Strat
Ben Jones oldest instrument:50′s fender lap steel oldest effect: maestro fuzz tone
Matt ‘Bass Demon’ Wagg 1989 boss delay
Sammy Binder 1902 Boston Piano Company upright, 1970′s Shure Vocalmaster PA, 1960′s Teisco guitar with detuner – er, whammy bar, 1977 small stone
Joshua Fernandez a home built ibanez/Jackson guitar that i built. the body is pretty old (i think it was from the 80s not really sure) and beat up and the neck is barely new
Ronald Neely II I have an early 1900′s parlor guitar that’s awaiting repair. I also have a 1918 Gibson L-1 acoustic.
Walter A 198X fender lead II electric guitar. 198X peavey renown 400 amp
Omar Everett Findlay I have two vintage Japanese-made guitars, both in need of some TLC before they’re back to 100% original spec. I think they date back to the late 70s or possibly the early/mid 80s.
Patrick Flanary ’74 tele that was left to me by my uncle when he passed in ’95.
Andy Nichols German violin from the late 18th century. After that, a 1923 Vega tenor banjo.
Thomas Chang Turn of the century Chicago Bush & Gerts Upright Grand Piano.
Matt Drozdeck mxr filter from the 70s
Jared Singleton Used to own a 1964 Teisco Del Ray. Trying to purchase another one, if someone could point me in the right direction.
Ben Brandt I have a Yamaha acoustic from the early 70′s I inherited from my mother-in-law that I play every once in a while.
Andrew Mondi Gibson A-style mandolin from the late 20′s-30′s is being restored right now. Also have an old Danelectro convertible from the 70′s as a daily pick-up-and-play guitar.
Dan O’Grady 1973 Roland RE-201 Space Echo
Dave Warren 1977 Les Paul Standard

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So, I’ve been thinking about buying a new head, possibly a new 2×12 cab, possibly switching up some speakers.. who knows. I’m sure you’ve been where I’m currently at. Nothing is ‘bad’ per se, but I feel like I need to shake things up a bit. I’ve been looking at Hiwatt.. or clone of Hiwatt (Reeves).. love Matchless amps. So I was curious what you guys would purchase for a next amp. I know that money is always an issue, but if it wasn’t.. what would that purchase be? Here are the results.

I thought it was interesting that Facebook fan page comments crushed the Twitter tweets as far as response numbers. That’s a first.

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will_spicer @effectsbay Dr.Z prescription
michtu @effectsbay my “money is not an issue” amp would be the Mesa Boogie Mark IV
taylor9209 @effectsbay A Mesa/boogie. Any of them, because I can’t afford any of them lol.
59bassman @effectsbay hiwatt!
marcoaml78 RT @effectsbay: Community question: If you had the dough, what would be your next amp purchase?//// an egnater rebel 30! sweet sounding amp
4ntwaan @effectsbay Vox AC30 fo’ shizzle
3volved @effectsbay Koch Powertone II with a Koch 2×12 expansion cab. Yummm…
3naturalsixes @effectsbay I just bought an orange rocker 30 with an orange ppc412. I’d like a fender twin reverb or a Mesa boogie dual rectifier head
cutonio @effectsbay Vox AC-30

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David Verdugo Blackface Super Reverb. 4×10 and 60′s Fender reverb? How can you go wrong?
Robert Flaglor 1972 Orange Or120 with two 4x12s
Brandon Root Genz Benz GBE 1200.
Jesse Creech Im with Robert, it would be that or something of equal or greater value.
Shawn Palmer EASY!! A second Dr Z. A Carmen Ghia head and cab configuration.
Ben Jones Money is no object? 59 tweed deluxe
Jeff Hollers Mesa Boogie. or a Randal V2
Daniel Wesolowski roland jc-120
Brandon Root Dan – Sound Source had one a few months ago!
Daniel Wesolowski oh, I’ve seen tons, just no cashola
Brandon Root =/ Yeah they are pretty common. Adrian Belew, correct? I keep checking SS for a GK 800RB.
Richard Elis Marshall JTM45
Walter A victoria 4×10 bassman combo
Gregory Bryn Fretz hiwatt hi gain basic 100 or orange thunderverb 200
Dean Tompkins I’ve got enough old amps….I want a Verellen MeatSmoke
Chris Mintie Vox AC30TB
Zack Dowell Tiny Terror
Cam Perridge just ordered a hall lil devil.
Todd D. Bishop Diezel Herbert
Christopher Keith Young Matchless ‘King Cobra’
Michael Jason Sammut Mesa Boogie Mark IV
Doug Osborne Fargen Mini Plex II
Kevin Ian Common i’d purchase three new amps: vox ac30, blackheart 15w 112 combo, and a fender deville
Jess Morrison Mesa Boogie Mark V
Kevin Adams well im about to get a Dr. Z Maz 18NR combo and likely ditch my ampeg reverberocket and marshall jtm30, and i wanna get a nightrain or a dumble voiced amp
Wayne Winslow Bogner duende
Sammy Binder DOD 285 + Peavey CS800 PA.
Eric Foster Sunn Model T
Charlie Webster Wow! No mention of 65amps London? Check ‘em out.
Matt Cheezem Oldfield Roadhouse ’59!
Austin Lunn Mesa Boogie Road King
Owen Vickers Splawn Quick Rod.
Dominic Rippel Blackstar artisan 30
T.J. Harris A Marshall Vintage Modern like Paul Gilbert plays or a Vox AC30TB.
Jason Hills Burriss Royal Bluesman or Fargen Miniplex or ……..
Jon Hanson Victoria Amps 35310! DrOOl…… http://www.victoriaamp.com/amps.html?model=35310
Gregg Mueller Mesa Boogie Mark V head and 4×12.

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