So back when I started my current band in 2006, I also got really into equipment. I'd had valve amps before but due to the level I was playing at I'd always sold the bigger stuff to go compact for lack of transport purposes, so my first gigging amp was the Marshall dsl100. Since first owning one I've probably owned 30-40 amps, but for some reason I always come back to the dsl100. This morning a lovely 2008 dsl100 landed on my doorstep and it made me think, I've probably wasted £8000+ on equipment just to arrive back at exactly the same set up I originally had. The journey has been fun, expensive and frustrating but I think I may be home.........
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Feel your pain dude! I've not spent near what you have, or owned as many amps as you, but I've gone through countless pedals with maybe 3 or 4 amps, trying to get....."that" tone that I had in my head, to end up exactly where I started - with a 100 watt Marshall head and 4x12.
I sometimes wonder if it was all worth it, but I love to try out new stuff and have had great fun, like you say.
And we can't take our money with us when we're gone, so we're best to enjoy it while we can!
Always wanted to try a DSL as well, but lack of switchable FX Loop is the only downside for me - it's the only thing stopping me selling the JVM to get one!
It's been a really frustrating decade in terms of tones! I first had my head turned by the Genz Benz El Diablo, it had so many features, I was convinced the tone I was looking for was in there, but four months later I traded it for a jcm900 and another dsl!
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
When I started playing and getting into guitars things like fenders custom shop and Prs were just legends and myths hinted at by artists in guitarist magazine. I think once I get a nice fender cs strat I will be complete, I owned a lovely one that I sold for very little when strats weren't so cool, now it's the sound that I have in my head!
My next amp will either be a custom Orion, or a mesa trem o verb, or if one turns up, an older dual rec head. I won't need anything else.
Until then, I'm making do with a bandit and a distortion pedal.
Yeah, they're a real future classic, I forgot how much I enjoy them.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Thank feck I haven't acted on all my amp gas... Pedals- now that's a different story.
I've got a boatload of em, that I convinced myself I needed. Guess what? My very first dirt pedal is still my go to od. ( OCD) My first distortion pedal, and my first delay are also part of my set up. The rest, save my chorus, sit in a bin out of the way.
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.