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  • SnagsSnags Frets: 5326
    Ha!  I'm safe you evil tempting bastards. I have no desire for rack kit at all, I'm far too amateur and lazy to justify that.

    My delusions of grandeur are much more modest. As it were.
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  • hotpickupshotpickups Frets: 1813
    My bowl d has settled now. Can't see me changing anything for some time now ;)
    Link to my trading feedback:  http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/59452/
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  • m_cm_c Frets: 1211
    Is this not a bit like asking where does the internet end?
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  • Winny_PoohWinny_Pooh Frets: 7731
    m_c said:
    Is this not a bit like asking where does the internet end?
    At Tor obv
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  • slackerslacker Frets: 2215
    My comments are based on a) I have too many pedals and b) I played electric in a church band from 2006 to 2013. 

    IMHO you only need a drive and a delay. I have multples of each so that when I get bored I swap out pedals. I have a small board with a drive and delay and a larger board with overdrives reverb and a Mel9. I also have a compressor and a wah somewhere and a broken phaser. I lent someone a fuzz. 

    I tend to buy stuff I really want and keep it. I bought my fuzz in 2000 and rarely use it. One of my overdrives is from 2001. If I'm experimenting I'll buy used and sell or trade it. I traded a load of overdrives and fuzzes. I shifted some Lovetone stuff because they were half trick poneys. IMHO of course. 

    I've borrowed a lot of stuff over the years. 

    So I have about 4 overdrives 1 fuzz 2 delays and bits and pieces collected since 1997-the first 3 years was buy sell overload. I've calmed down. Last year I bought 3 pedals and that was the first time I bought something since 2007. 

    So in summary buy lots of stuff. 
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  • sweepysweepy Frets: 4158
    I find it really hard to resist a bargain, hence my recent Caparison purchase and the Cort Super Strat tomorrow,  Recently I was offered a Chender Double Neck for a frankly ridiculous price and I’m having a hard time resisting it, even though I don’t “need” it 
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  • octatonicoctatonic Frets: 33725
    When you realise that you can't buy your way into being a better player.
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  • SnagsSnags Frets: 5326
    octatonic said:
    When you realise that you can't buy your way into being a better player.

    Not here. Realised that a long time ago, but still get suckered. Maybe it's genetic. My missus reaches a point with booze where she knows she should stop and does. I reach a point where I realise I should have stopped three drinks ago and it's all a bit late. Yeah, it must be biology, not just idiocy.






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  • gearaddictgearaddict Frets: 894
    octatonic said:
    When you realise that you can't buy your way into being a better player.
    Maybe it's not about that. Maybe it's just about enjoying a hobby. Not everyone that fancies a new pedal is deluding themselves into thinking it will make play like EVH. I'm quite content playing nothing but the riff from Enter Sandman. :)
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  • ewalewal Frets: 2558
    I only bought one pedal in the last year and that was because I was given a voucher as a present. My gear lust stopped as soon as I joined a band and was quickly consumed with song writing/ playing duties. When we're writing and working up songs, I just don't care about tone or the nuances of different delays - I don't want any of that to get in the way of the writing process. I will get back to sounds and effects when ready to record and gig, but tbh I think the gear I've got is good enough for the job.

    I've concluded that gas was just something to sate my interest when I wasn't actively involved with a band.
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  • gearaddictgearaddict Frets: 894
    I'm only in a band so I can justify buying gear.

    I don't even like music that much...

    ...I love pedals...so shiny...
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  • ragingbenragingben Frets: 106
    edited March 2018
    I feel your pain! But that's half the fun of it I guess. I still own a AX1500G, have done for 18 years or so now, absolutely love the black phaser on it, ridiculous in a good way!
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  • ewal said:
    I only bought one pedal in the last year and that was because I was given a voucher as a present. My gear lust stopped as soon as I joined a band and was quickly consumed with song writing/ playing duties. When we're writing and working up songs, I just don't care about tone or the nuances of different delays - I don't want any of that to get in the way of the writing process. I will get back to sounds and effects when ready to record and gig, but tbh I think the gear I've got is good enough for the job.

    I've concluded that gas was just something to sate my interest when I wasn't actively involved with a band.
    This ^^ but I still have a DL-4 turning up in the morning... and I’m now gassing for a Hudson Broadcast
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  • ... and I’m now gassing for a Hudson Broadcast
    You really need one of those. 
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  • crunchmancrunchman Frets: 11411

    I've slowed down.  My pedalboard is almost identical to a year ago.  I got a Thorpy Peacekeeper for my birthday last year which went on there for a while, but I ended up back with the drives I had before.  Only other change is to remove a pedal.

    Not saying it's set in stone, but I have calmed down with buying pedals.

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  • digitalscreamdigitalscream Frets: 26451
    It ends when you find an all-in-one unit that does everything you want, and a whole load of stuff which you don't need but which exists purely to sate your curiosity when you fancy something different.

    At least, that's my experience. Since I got the Helix, I've not been remotely tempted by anything to do with tone; it's all been "How can I make my rig lighter/more convenient?".
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  • NelsonPNelsonP Frets: 3347
    Snags said:

    A million years ago I started out with stomp boxes, adding a Boss HM-2 to my dream rig (ahem) of a Kay Strat and a 10w Sound City practice amp, because it just wasn't fizzy enough already ...

    Ha ha. I had a Marlin Strat and a 30w Sound City Amp.  Paired with an Arion Metal Master it could outfizz pretty much anything.
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  • sgosdensgosden Frets: 1993
    It ends when you find an all-in-one unit that does everything you want, and a whole load of stuff which you don't need but which exists purely to sate your curiosity when you fancy something different.

    At least, that's my experience. Since I got the Helix, I've not been remotely tempted by anything to do with tone; it's all been "How can I make my rig lighter/more convenient?".

    ah yeah, but then you'll start wondering if a small lunchbox head and pedal train nano board is REALLY what you need because you're simplifying ....
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  • digitalscreamdigitalscream Frets: 26451
    sgosden said:
    It ends when you find an all-in-one unit that does everything you want, and a whole load of stuff which you don't need but which exists purely to sate your curiosity when you fancy something different.

    At least, that's my experience. Since I got the Helix, I've not been remotely tempted by anything to do with tone; it's all been "How can I make my rig lighter/more convenient?".

    ah yeah, but then you'll start wondering if a small lunchbox head and pedal train nano board is REALLY what you need because you're simplifying ....
    LOL. Already been there, done that - and it really isn't, 'cos it just makes everything more difficult :) Pedal-based workflow just doesn't work for me. When Line 6 put snapshots in the Helix, they basically made the modeller I'd been asking for all these years.

    Now I just need a small, lightweight power amp to go with it and I'm done. While I'm waiting for one of those, though, my Rocktron Velocity 120 does the job perfectly well.
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  • PFAllen2PFAllen2 Frets: 236

    Now I just need a small, lightweight power amp to go with it and I'm done. While I'm waiting for one of those, though, my Rocktron Velocity 120 does the job perfectly well.
    I just love the fact that you still have a shopping list, even if there is only one item on it! Agree about the Helix, may I ask what speakers you are using?
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