Gear Memory Lane

Not sure why, probably aquiring a TS9 again & seeing the VTM 60 pics, but the last few days I have been thinking of the gear I have had in the past. I know we have all gone through it where we sold something then regretted it for 1 reason or another. Or we were glad to get rid of it. Here is my list, what have you guys gone through over the years?

Guitars:
Gibson strat type guitar of some sort (1st guitar it was a rental).
BC Rich Warlock (should have never sold)
Ibanez strat (had 6 or 7 buttons that did different things - don't miss it)
Ibanez Destroyer (ugh is all I will say)
Epiphone Les Paul Custom (same a Warlock)
Hamer sunburst Archtop (want to sell)
Jackson DXMG
Jackson King V Pro

Amps/Racks:
Fender solid state practice amp of some sort (rental that came with Gibson guitar)
Peavey Bandit 110 (what an upgrade huh :lol: )
Peavey mini stack (should have gone with the Marshall instead)
Peavey VTM 60 & 4x12 cab may have been Peavey as well (I kind of miss this now)
JCM800 (not really mine, but as often as I played it, it might as well have been)
Rockmaster Preamp (at 1 point I was running this into the VTM 60 power section)
Peavey Classic 30 (should have kept)
Peavey transtube combo (2x12)
Tubefex w/ Classic 50/50 & Hot Cabs 2x12 cab
Vox VT30 (I should get rid of this)
RM4 (not going anywhere)
KH1 (traded for Clean)
Clean, SL+, Mr Scary (these all are staying)
Velocity 300 (so far so good)
Peavey 4x12 cab (still have, needs some Super Vs I think)

Effects:
Boss OD1
Boss OD2? (I forget the model but it had a crunch & a lead setting)
Boss MT2
Boss GE7
Boss DD3
Boss Reverb (I don't remember the model name - didn't like it much either)
Boss Chorus (I don't remember if it was 1 or 2)
Ibanez TS9 (should have kept that one)
Univibe (I should have kept this as well)
Boss ME-X (neat idea for the time & I should have kept this)
Digitech Grunge (momentary laps of sanity :? )
Dunlop Cry Baby Wah (I'm not much of a wah guy so who cares)
Rocktron Xpression (so far I am ok with it, except there is no bypass feature)
Morley Volume pedal

Kind of Strange how the Amps & effects lists are larger than the guitar list.

Oh geez here is my ginormous list of goodies.

Guitars:
Martin Sigma acoustic (mid 80's)
Cheap Sears catalog strat
82 or so Kramer Frankenstein
87 Kramer Beretta (owned by my nephew now)
Jackson Custom 24 fret (broken during its first gig)
Esp horizon (replaced the Jackson)
Ernie Ball Music Man silhouettes (2 matching with Floyds, one had a Fernandez sustainer)
EBMM Axis (one red, one blue, one had a sustainer)
Fernandez Sustainer guitar (sacrificed to install the sustainer in the red axis)
EBMM Axis Super sport with piezo
Carvin Acoustic (replaced by EBMM with piezo)
EBMM Axis sport with vintage trem (studio ax, sounded better than the floyds)
Epiphone Les Paul (white with dimarzios)
Ibanez rg frankensteins (one 550 one 570 both with 550 maple necks, 570 had maniac music sustainiac and a layover pickguard)
Ibanez RG7620 (with layover pickguard)
Ibanez SZ320 with dimarzios
Ibanez SZ520QM with dimarzios
Epiphone Les Paul cherry burst with dimarzios
Epiphone Explorer natural Korina with dimarzios
ESP LTD EC-1000's with dimarzios (one black with floyd, one blue with TOM bridge, one white with piezos)
ESP LTD MH-307 (green with floyd original 7 and dimarzios)

Amps:
Sears catalog amp that matched strat
Cheap crate amp (think it was a stealth)
Peavey 5150
Marshall JCM of some sort and Plexi reissue (stolen then recovered)
Mesa Blue Angel
Johnson JM-120 (wish these would come back) that ran to a Peavey 120 watt tube power amp and 5150 cabs
Line6 vetta and eventually vetta II with 5150 cabs
Randall RM4 and RT2/50 and R212

FX:
Original Space Echo
Digitech RP1
Lexicon MPX G2 with a midi controller the brand of which escapes me
Line6 POD (replaced the Vetta during my "don't need no amp" days and was replaced by Randall gear)
TC Electronic G System and Nova Drive
Rocktron Intellifex LTD
Various pedals

That was quite the trip down memory lane. Reminds me of a lot of GAS

Peace, Joshua

Good stuff guys. 8)

Mister Joshua said:

Oh geez here is my ginormous list of goodies.

Guitars:
Martin Sigma acoustic (mid 80's)
Cheap Sears catalog strat
82 or so Kramer Frankenstein
87 Kramer Beretta (owned by my nephew now)
Jackson Custom 24 fret (broken during its first gig)
Esp horizon (replaced the Jackson)
Ernie Ball Music Man silhouettes (2 matching with Floyds, one had a Fernandez sustainer)
EBMM Axis (one red, one blue, one had a sustainer)
Fernandez Sustainer guitar (sacrificed to install the sustainer in the red axis)
EBMM Axis Super sport with piezo
Carvin Acoustic (replaced by EBMM with piezo)
EBMM Axis sport with vintage trem (studio ax, sounded better than the floyds)
Epiphone Les Paul (white with dimarzios)
Ibanez rg frankensteins (one 550 one 570 both with 550 maple necks, 570 had maniac music sustainiac and a layover pickguard)
Ibanez RG7620 (with layover pickguard)
Ibanez SZ320 with dimarzios
Ibanez SZ520QM with dimarzios
Epiphone Les Paul cherry burst with dimarzios
Epiphone Explorer natural Korina with dimarzios
ESP LTD EC-1000's with dimarzios (one black with floyd, one blue with TOM bridge, one white with piezos)
ESP LTD MH-307 (green with floyd original 7 and dimarzios)

Peace, Joshua

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That is an impressive list of guitars.

BigBrewtus where is your list?

So is this one of those "I'll show you mine if you show me yours" threads.
:lol:

Oh boy! How good is my memory;

Dean Markley Spectra SS amp and rented Asian made semi hollow

Hondo Strat and Peavey Backstage Plus
Ibeenhad Super Metal (the bright blue 4 knob)

Aria Knight Warrior
Charvel Model 6, metallic white
1978 Marshall JMP 2203 (shoulda kept that one!)
Carvin 4x12
Dod OD pedal
unknown brand parametric EQ

All long gone...

then the madness begins;

1991 Gibson Explorer (only remaining gear from the 90s)
Rack with Hush 2cx, Alesis Quadraverb +, MosValve power amp
Marshall 1960A
Hamer Studio import (shoulda kept that one!)
Jackson Randy Rhoads Standard

later; rack stuff, Charvel, RR and Hamer unloaded.


Marshall AVT2000 150H ( I would start in Hirax with that)
Line 6 Duoverb (ohh brother, lasted 6 months KABOOM!)
Marshall VS100, ampeg and more 1960 cabs
BC Rich Warlock Platinum (junk!)
Boss NS-2
Rocktron Hush Pedal
EHX LPB-1
Boss GE7
Digitech Metal Master distortion
Boss TU2

in 2009;

Marshall JVM410H
another 1991 Explorer, black
70s 1960A w/ G12H30's (sold to finance RM100)
Scumback Traditional 2x12 w/ H55, M75 (speakers sold to finance Splawn)
60th Ann. Standard Stratocaster, natural ash
Bc Rich Mockingbird Deluxe
ISP Decimator G String
Radial Tonebone Hot British

Marshall, Black explorer and pedals jacked,

from 2009 on;

1979 Lee Jackson/Marshall JMP 2203 (sold to finance Splawn)
Splawn Quickrod
Dean Z 79
Boss SD-1
Maxon OD9 (sold from disuse)
Wampler Plextortion (shoulda kept that!)
Carl Martin Plexitone (and that!)

2007 Epiphone Sheraton
Boss CE-2
Pigtronix Philosphers tone
HBE THC
Line 6 Tone Core Rotary and Echo
Earthquaker Devices Ghost Echo (reverb)

Kress 2x12

Whew!

Guitars:
Yamaha Se-320 (first guitar, P.O.S.)
'93 Fender Duo-Sonic (ah the grunge era)
'99 Samick Valley Arts '61 SG clone (still one of my best)
'07 Dean Hardtail (great guitar, needed money)
'08 Hagstrom Ultra-Swede Spalted Maple top (even better guitar, wish i still had)
'96 Ibanez Talman TC-420 (wish I still had)
'01 PRS CE-22 (i guess im just not a PRS guy)
'96 Gibson Les Paul Standard (my main guitar)
'08 Squire Classic Vibe 50's Strat (best strat i've played under a grand)
'08 Squire Classic Vibe 50's Tele (not a fan of Pine bodies)
'94 Fender Mexican Standard with EMG-DG20 (good guitar but the squire wooped it's ***).

Amps:
Fender Sidekick 65 Reverb (best SS clean amp, nailed those Radiohead tones)
Guild Thunderbird 1 (great 60's? amp)
Line6 POD 2.0 with power amp and Marshall AVT 4x12
Line6 POD XT Pro with same as above
Vox AC15
Crate Palomino V32 (the USA made one)
'72 Fender Princeton Reverb (sold to get my MTS stuff, but still miss it)
Mesa Nomad 100 2x12 combo
Marshall JMP-1 w/ ADA Microtube 100 and Marshall AVT 4x12
Randall RM4 with ADA Microtube 200 and Mesa 1x12 Widebody

Pedals/Effects:
Green Sovtek Big Muff Pie (stolen )
Marshall Shredmaster (awesome pedal, wish i still had)
Zoom 2020
Zoom 4040
Boss DS-2
Boss CE-2
Boss CS-3
Boss NS-2
E-H Soul Preacher
E-H Y triggered filter
E-H Little Big Muff
E-H Germanium Big Muff 4
BK Butler Tube Driver
Demeter Compulator
Lexicon MPX G2 and R1
Line 6 M-13
TC Electronic G-Major
DOD Bass EQ
EB Volume Pedal
Dunlop Crybaby
Dunlop Crybaby 535Q w/ Fasel
Snarling Dogs Whine-O-Wah (my favorite)
Dan-O Soul Vibe
Dan-O Transparent Overdrive (the Timmy clone model)
Various home built pedals and a few BYOC pedals.

I know i'm missing a few things, but this list is pretty long as it is.

Holy crap how could I forget the grunge years. Aside from my playing degrading and suspect tone, I forgot about the Big Muff pedal. :lol:
**** that thing sounded mean as hell. I should have kept that as well.

yeah, those civil war and early green russian Muffs were something really special, they blow any modern muff clear out of the water for clarity, girth and just plain ol' fashioned TONE!!! thankfully there's some amazing boutique clones out there, even built a few myself. can't quite bring myself to spend $300 bucks to get an original that i bought in '95 for $65 bucks.

I think (er, hope) this is everything I've owned over the years...

http://www.gearacquisitionsyndrome.com/2009/11/long-gone-gear.html

(then again, that's not the list of gear I currently own... just what I've gotten rid of...)

Yeah, I like stuff.

--B