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1 Guitar- 1 Amp- 3 pedals
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Although I don't use the coil spilts live often..
Marshall Valvestate head..Cabs Usually at Venues where I gig..
Valvestate is light..I have a 50 Watt one that is plenty loud..
Transistor power stages are generally less bothered about speaker impedance..
Tubescreamer,
Phase 90,
Boss TU 2 Tuner Pedal..
Before my heart problems,I could get to a gig by Bus..
Gig bag with Cables,Guitar and Pedals..
Amp carried in one hand..
Because the Valvestate is Transistor,it doesn't Saturate at volume like Valves..
It will eventually crap out at high volume,,but it takes a lot of volume to do this..
So you can set it up for crunch or heavier,,then when you hit it with the Tubescreamer,you get more
mid frequency overdrive plus a bit of volume lift too..
Also because the Tubescreamer isn't Bass Heavy,you don't get a big bloated unmanageable low end...
i find some flat boosts can do that..
I have a Rothwell Atomic Boost,the Tubescreamer worked out better. for me...
I have a very well used Ibanez TS808 reissue,
I also have a Maxon OD 9..
The Maxon OD 9 is true bypass and can cause a big bang when I switch it on..
I prefer my TS 808 with it's nasty buffer..
Just crack the volume control on the neck pickup open.
There's your Clean..Touch more volume means a touch more fatness..
Your Bridge Pickup is your dirty..
Your Tubescreamer kicked in is for solos..
As a Bonus the Tubescreamer on the neck gets a good Woman Tone..
The Phase 90 you can operate the speed with the edge of your foot..
The Tuner doubles as a Kill Switch..
Although any squealing stops on the low volume neck pick up,
plus Valve Amps at higher gain are more prone to squealing and hiss etc than transistor ones..
The guitar is easier to control with transistor amps..
Transistor isn't as good for controlled feedback though..
It doesn't sound quite as good as valve,but the audience don't give a fuck..
I've started using a snap on Tuner,so could do it with 2 pedals.
The Phase 90 is cool,,but I could gig without it..
My Teal Strip Transtube Peavy Bandit is in someone's attic and needs work just now.
A Bandit,a Boss SD1 and a Telecaster was one of the best sounds I ever got..
If I got a Bandit in a practice room,I knew it would work well on the clean channel with pedals..
I have a Marshall JVM 410 head,Fussy,Noisy Hissy..
Weighs a ton.Shite effects loop..Amplifies pedal hiss big time..
.It can sound great,but what a hassle..
A noise gate is a compromise with sustain,one of the good bits about a Valve Amp..
Marshall Valve heads can sound great..
They are for Rock Stars with Roadies and Techs and you are able to use multiple amps etc..
Using mine was a big hassle..
I don't think most of the audience hear the difference in a club venue though..
Reverend Hellhound
Barber Burn Unit
MXR Micro Amp
EQD Dispatch Maker
helix (using a Marshall JTM 45 patch)
Chase Bliss Blooper
Strymon Volante
Thorpy FX fallout cloud
ES-330
Fender Tonemaster Deluxe Reverb
Jan Ray
Walrus Mako D1
Strymon Deco
That worked very nicely for an hour of "what the hell are we going to play?".
If it was a "1 year of only using this gear" situation" I'd possibly swap out the es-330 for my CS-336 or Strat, and maybe the Deco for a Revival Drive.
Fender DRRI or Divided by 13 JRT 9/15 or even my own and current Mesa Boogie Mark 5 25 (I just need a good clean and decent platform)
Keeley Comp
Fulltone OCD v1.4 OR/ a JHS AT Plus
Zoom MS-70 CDR
Fender Tone Master Twin Reverb
Blackstar HT Dual
TC Electronic Flashback
TC Electronic Sub N Up
Mesa Blue Angel
Boss DF-2
Boss ME-50
Mesa V-Twin
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ES-330
Klon
TS-9
Flint
Lazy J 10
Bluguitar Amp 1 Mercury
Ramble FX Twinbender
Vox Wah
Dunlop Echoplex Delay
68 Gibson SG Jr
analogman Sunlion
Chase bliss Mood
Catalinbred Topanga
Lazy J 20
18w TMB clone
@handsomerik Madbean Fatpants
edit: I already have these items.
Well it would be a trad looking strat but would need a bridge pickup with extra balls. Not sure what strat that would be specifically. Ideally aged finish as well.
I have no clue about amps. Twist my arm and I'd go for top of the range H&K as I have always loved Thomas Blug's tone.
Pedals, I have no clue on either! so, good Delay, good Reverb, some kind of Distortion
*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
Rift PR18
ThorpyFX Fallout Cloud
Analogman KoT
MXR Carbon Copy
40 to 50 watt valve amp so something like a fender HRD or a Marshall, alternatively my jet city 50He and a 2x12 cab.
Pedals: Thorpy Gunshot, Tc flashback delay. A phasor
Nocturne Atomic Brain
T Rex Replicator jr with tape head slapback mod
Nocturne El Pescadaro
Fender Deluxe Reverb