Talk about your instrument/gear!!! (blues, drum, funk, jazz)

DontRunMeOver · 03-27-2006, 01:04 PM

I've got a Yamaha-SY85 synth, which was uber-expensive and I've had it since I was about 13. Quite why my parents decided to buy me the most expensive - and heaviest - item in the music shop is beyond me. Its got lots of functions like multi-track sequencing, drum-beat programming and multi-timbral instrument thingys. None of these interest me. I like it because all of the sounds it makes are good quality and because it has quite a lot of notes, so I can bash away on the bass and trebles to my hearts content.

The keyboard is too heavy though, it takes one person's full attention to carry it, no mutlitasking with this baby.

shatteredheartfallendream · 04-12-2006, 08:16 AM

I just started playing guitar, but I've got a "frankenstein". For those of you who don't know what that is, it's a "homemade" guitar made from a couple of other guitars. I guess mines a Harmony/Fender I think.

xoverkillx · 04-22-2006, 02:25 PM

Drums: Premier Artists Series Birch Fusion 22' Kit

Set:
5-piece
2 Crashes, 14", 16" (Sabian)
2 Splashes, 10"x2 (Sabian/Zildjan) *One of the Splashes I flip upside down and place it on top of my 16" Crash*
Light Ride (Zildjan), 22.5"
Double-Pedal (Gibraltar)
Single Pedal (Gibraltar)
Hi-Hat (Zildjan)

Skins:
Remo Coated Ambassador Skins

Hardware:
2 Gibraltar Boom Cymbal Stands, 1 Ludwig
Gibraltar Double/Single Pedal
Pearl Rde stand
Everything else is Ludwig Hardware

Sticks:
Ayotte Jazz/Funk
Vic Firth 5A/5B

Extra's:
2 extra Crash's
1 China I never use
2 Cowbells
Double-pedal used as extra, my single's my more used pedal

PerFeCTioNThrUSileNCe · 04-22-2006, 09:40 PM

sounds like a sweet set. i bet its quite fun to play that.

mosesandtherubberducky · 04-22-2006, 09:47 PM

k, moses' geer is

Guitars: Schecter Hellcat (main), Ibanez SA160QM (backup)

Pedals (inorder from guitar to amp): Dunlop Classic Crybaby (atleast 13 years old), Digitech Whammy, Visual Sound Dr Jykll & Mr. Hyde (dist./OD)

Amps: Crate V32 limited edition 30 watt class A tube amp (uber 1337), Fender Frontman 15R (practice amp)

That's my stuff, I like playing around with different combinations on the Whammy and wah. Fun stuff

PerFeCTioNThrUSileNCe · 04-22-2006, 09:53 PM

*hates/envys moses*

why the hell is the ibanez your backup...thats a sweet looking guitar. does it not play as well as it looks?

mosesandtherubberducky · 04-22-2006, 09:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PerFeCTioNThrUSileNCe

*hates/envys moses*

why the hell is the ibanez your backup...thats a sweet looking guitar. does it not play as well as it looks?

It depends on what I'm playing, I like my Schecter more because it has substance and I know that it is there. It is an odd habit but if I pick up a guitar and I can feel it I won't like it. And my Schecter has a larger tone area. Plus the Ibanez needs to be fitted with some better single coils.

And just as a statement I'm flat broke from all of that stuff, it sounds great but I don't think I'll be getting anything besides a Hardshell for my Schecter in the next year (I'm turning 16 this year and I want to be able to buy a junker)

PerFeCTioNThrUSileNCe · 04-22-2006, 10:17 PM

alright well...i may or may not have added to my rig since i last posted so ill go over it again.

Guitars:

Main: ESP Horizon Custom
-Floyd Rose Locking Tremolo
-Seymour Duncan Splitting Humbuckers
- Violet Finish

Secondary: Squier "Fuckin'" Stratocaster (Fat Strat)
-Standard Appointments (Trem, neck, etc)
-EMG 81/85 Pickups (Custom Modification)
(ill post a picture explaining the "f*ckin'" part later)

Pedals:

Digitech DF-7 Distortion factory
-Pedal Model #7
(sweet output)

Boss DS-1 Distortion
-Sounds like arse

Amplifier:

Crate GLX212
-Digital Effects
-Two 120watt Crate Speakers (soon to be replaced with Celestions)

DEANguiatar1432 · 08-15-2008, 01:43 PM

My band plays in drop c,..cgcfad.. i currently play the ec-100 esp. im getting a seven string sc-207 esp. im putting emg 81/60 on it. i need to know how to tune it to drop c and still play in key with my band. and also a suggested string guage for it

Alfred · 08-15-2008, 01:59 PM

I own very cheap equipment. My guitar is an Epiphone Les Paul Special II, quite cheapy. It's got a few dings in it, which I don't mind because it's not very detailed, and in my opinion, makes it look better. I bought it used. I don't even own my own amp, though. It's my dad's. It's a 15 Watt Traynor amp. I'd like a new guitar, and my own amp.

If I get another guitar, I'm getting either a hollowbody or a Fender.

My mic is an Apex850 (I do some vocals in my band). I had the cable modified at the store where I bought it. Instead of an XLR plug, the guy stuck a 1/4 male plug on it, so I can plug it into a guitar amp for our band practices, as well as a mixer for gigs.

View Poll Results: Talk about your instrument/gear!!!
Guitar.	17	47.22%
Drums.	5	13.89%
Bass.	8	22.22%
Violin.	0	0%
Sax.	2	5.56%
Piano/Keys.	4	11.11%
Harmonica.	0	0%
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04-12-2006, 08:16 AM
shatteredheartfallendream Groupie Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: A place called nowhere (in other words ask) Posts: 38	I just started playing guitar, but I've got a "frankenstein". For those of you who don't know what that is, it's a "homemade" guitar made from a couple of other guitars. I guess mines a Harmony/Fender I think. __________________ If you look into a mirror, holding a dozen roses, you will see 13 of the most beautiful things.

04-22-2006, 02:25 PM
xoverkillx Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: http://www.myspace.com/brouhaha40 Posts: 76	Drums: Premier Artists Series Birch Fusion 22' Kit Set: 5-piece 2 Crashes, 14", 16" (Sabian) 2 Splashes, 10"x2 (Sabian/Zildjan) One of the Splashes I flip upside down and place it on top of my 16" Crash Light Ride (Zildjan), 22.5" Double-Pedal (Gibraltar) Single Pedal (Gibraltar) Hi-Hat (Zildjan) Skins: Remo Coated Ambassador Skins Hardware: 2 Gibraltar Boom Cymbal Stands, 1 Ludwig Gibraltar Double/Single Pedal Pearl Rde stand Everything else is Ludwig Hardware Sticks: Ayotte Jazz/Funk Vic Firth 5A/5B Extra's: 2 extra Crash's 1 China I never use 2 Cowbells Double-pedal used as extra, my single's my more used pedal __________________ http://www.myspace.com/Brouhaha40

04-22-2006, 09:47 PM
mosesandtherubberducky butt say x Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: so i read the question as "Where YOU live" which was kinda funny instead of "Where you live" Posts: 1,659	k, moses' geer is Guitars: Schecter Hellcat (main), Ibanez SA160QM (backup) Pedals (inorder from guitar to amp): Dunlop Classic Crybaby (atleast 13 years old), Digitech Whammy, Visual Sound Dr Jykll & Mr. Hyde (dist./OD) Amps: Crate V32 limited edition 30 watt class A tube amp (uber 1337), Fender Frontman 15R (practice amp) That's my stuff, I like playing around with different combinations on the Whammy and wah. Fun stuff __________________ Can I have a youtube video for a sig? There's a thing that says "Wrap [youtube] tags around selected text"

08-15-2008, 01:43 PM
DEANguiatar1432 Groupie Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 2	getting a 7 string guitar need info My band plays in drop c,..cgcfad.. i currently play the ec-100 esp. im getting a seven string sc-207 esp. im putting emg 81/60 on it. i need to know how to tune it to drop c and still play in key with my band. and also a suggested string guage for it

08-15-2008, 01:59 PM
Alfred Bullsh*t Detected Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,005	I own very cheap equipment. My guitar is an Epiphone Les Paul Special II, quite cheapy. It's got a few dings in it, which I don't mind because it's not very detailed, and in my opinion, makes it look better. I bought it used. I don't even own my own amp, though. It's my dad's. It's a 15 Watt Traynor amp. I'd like a new guitar, and my own amp. If I get another guitar, I'm getting either a hollowbody or a Fender. My mic is an Apex850 (I do some vocals in my band). I had the cable modified at the store where I bought it. Instead of an XLR plug, the guy stuck a 1/4 male plug on it, so I can plug it into a guitar amp for our band practices, as well as a mixer for gigs. __________________ I was young too, I felt just like you, hated authority, hated all my bosses, I thought they were full of shit. Look, it's like they say, if you're not a rebel by the age of 20, you got no heart, but if you haven't turned establishment by 30, you've got no brains. Because there are no story-book romances, no fairy-tale endings. So before you run out and change the world, ask yourself, "What do you really want?"