Anyone else suffer from this?
I'm pretty set in what I like in a guitar, and as a result tend to find a guitar I like and stick with it, I've owned around 8 or 9 electric guitars in 20 years of playing, of which I currently own 3, one of which is my first electric guitar and another one which I bought about 15 years ago.
Amps on the other hand I seem to feel less attachment to and every so often just take a notion of changing things.
In 20 years I've owned:
Fender Frontman 212
4 Laneys (2 Lionhearts, an Ironheart and an LC15)
Matamp First Lady
Hiwatt Custom 20
Orange Reverb Twin
MJW Roadstar Twin
Friedman Dirty Shirley Mini
Box Night Train
Line 6 Helix LT
Possibly more I've forgotten.
Something about the prospect of finding a new sound I think.
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Slowed down recently.
Amp wise..there is nothing more satisfying than wet/dry/wet with a tone king falcon and a tone king imperial in stereo with a 65 dr ri in the middle dry..the room temperature raises a few degrees..the needle on the electric meter shakes of the dust and the room fills with glorious harmony.
The internet has been great for discovery though - when I was a kid i didn't really know any brands beyond what the local music store sold (the long since departed Electro Music in Doncaster) and you took advice from the sales guys or what you could find in magazines. Now though - if I went for everything that I had seen on youtube and fancied trying out I would be bankrupt.
Must try harder.
Fender mustang
Yamaha THR10
PG Spark
TK FG
DR64
Princeton 64
Blackstar ID Core.
I even got to use most of them in song production releases (my own stuff on spotify) so I didn't just keep them only to look at them and for the occasional noodle.
Big learning curve until I found what I like- chewy, darker el34 circuits, basically an ecstasy 101b which I settled on and maybe my Mezza Trinity -if it doesn't sell- to cover the faster and brighter end.
but a funny thing happened..
The realisation that cab and mic (or IR) matter more than the head, or rather, that many different heads of the same lineage sound similar through my IR of choice came along the same time when I felt like I should be a bit more 'grown up' in how I prioritise my spending.. i.e. family - house stuff and not amps..
The great thing is that now the G12H-75 and G12M-65 mean I can get away with a 1x12 or 2x12 and get in the same ballpark for tone