Post your guitar/bass/drum rig

[Abacab "The REAL truth"]

I know several of you fags play music seriously so let's see what you're melting faces with

My head unit:
Sunn Coliseum 300 250w built in 1979-83 (pre-fender buy out)
http://i53.tinypic.com/2uo72b9.jpg


One of my cabs:
Sunn 215 SBL /w two original vintage BETA's 2x15
http://i55.tinypic.com/mubex0.jpg


the other cab is a basic 4x10 backline GLX series (pre-tweeter) that I use to boost the midrange nothing special just something to power the midrange

my pedals:
Big Muff, DOD classic fuzz from the 90's, a Distortion-H harmonic from the mid 80's and a crybaby wah from the early 90's
http://i51.tinypic.com/r87b79.jpg

All together:
http://i54.tinypic.com/2qvvcqq.jpg


For basses I used to own a fender jazz from 1976 but sold for a 4001 Rick which is on the shop getting action and truss rod work completed but will take pictures soon!


NOW GET AT ME

[Doors]

the REAL truth

[Abacab "The REAL truth"]

wisdom.

[xnolanx]

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/252228_114140208672802_100002304693204_142413_4378 49_n.jpg


shitty camera phone has shitty quality

[Abacab "The REAL truth"]

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/252228_114140208672802_100002304693204_142413_4378 49_n.jpg


shitty camera phone has shitty quality

Nolan is a shredmaster check out those FOUR battle-axes

[xnolanx]

esp mh-50 is my babeee

[Hasbinbad]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v697/todd4ta/Basses/MM%20Basses/stingrays_002b.jpg
counting from the right, the 2nd bass is the kind i have.. 20th anniversary stingray with a rosewood fretboard.. only have a shitty little practice amp right now, but i've played through custom tube heads with all sorts of different cabs, including a 18" fender box with a sock stuffed in a hole in the speaker, which gave it a sick buzz at high gains.. crazy combo boxes, standard ampeg or whatever bullshit, all the way to a eden head and eden cabs which was my favorite at any volume.. I've used a G&L 5 string, a japanese fender jazz fretless on obsidian with a graphite body, a Kay stand up bass (ghetto), a beatle bass, several fender p-bass and p-bass clones, and a normal stingray.. and my favorite is what I have, and i will never sell or exchange my bass.. If I ever buy a serious amp setup again, it will be eden.

[Prom Night Dumpster Baby]

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa295/devillain/0602110200.jpg

I make chiptune music.

[Constellations]

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa295/devillain/0602110200.jpg

I make chiptune music.

Actually? thats unreal, I tried to get into it but I couldnt find a decent cart.

[Abacab "The REAL truth"]

The fun thing about this thread is by looking at people's choice in set-up you can pretty much tell the genre which they play

[philbertpk]

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa295/devillain/0602110200.jpg

I make chiptune music.

badass. blechdom to blechdom is dope.

[Volsic]

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v5032/162/45/1493420559/n1493420559_30472625_1381960.jpg

hatredalive.com/fastestfeet.jpg

I don't have any pictures of my basses. Newest one is this:

http://www.americanmusical.com/ProductImages/Large/p45527.jpg

I also own an MM OLP 5'er, a Rogue 5'er (Which rules!) a Peavey t-40 that's all busted to shit, a custom fender fretless 4 and a 4 string Ibanez acoustic bass.

www.hatredalive.com/melloweffect87final.mp3

Someone just asked for someone to record a bass track over his drums.

[Abacab "The REAL truth"]

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v5032/162/45/1493420559/n1493420559_30472625_1381960.jpg

hatredalive.com/fastestfeet.jpg

I don't have any pictures of my basses. Newest one is this:

http://www.americanmusical.com/ProductImages/Large/p45527.jpg

I also own an MM OLP 5'er, a Rogue 5'er (Which rules!) a Peavey t-40 that's all busted to shit, a custom fender fretless 4 and a 4 string Ibanez acoustic bass.

www.hatredalive.com/melloweffect87final.mp3

Someone just asked for someone to record a bass track over his drums.

Never liked MM's because the humbuckler system, the sound was too flat and rounded which some people like the sound but I much prefer single coil because it has such greater potential for adjustments to add high gain and tone control

[mimixownzall]

Abacab, got any youtubes of you playing?

Or anyone else in this thread have any vids of them playing?

[DevonG]

Precision bass copy (American neck/hardware/electronics, Korean body)
Normally through a pair of 2x15's, 1 ampeg classic (in the pic) 1 Traynor (at the space currently) Powered by a sheisty behringer head (upgrading to ampeg soontime). The guitar is the culmination of the best parts of all of my teen shred guitars. Godin neck, Ibanez S-series body, PRS tuners/hardware, Duncan TB-2 in the bridge PRS HFS-bass in the neck.
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d74/devongpictures/rgg.jpg

<iframe width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/n54DgKjZ9BM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[Knuckle]

im no guitarist, but I have a guitar, I can do the come as you are main riff...lol ;)

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh4/estrang87/IMAG0056.jpg

[Ozudin]

im no guitarist, but I have a guitar, I can do the come as you are main riff...lol ;)

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh4/estrang87/IMAG0056.jpg

I've got the same pedal board. That think is awesome.

[Knuckle]

I've got the same pedal board. That think is awesome.

yeah its really neat, was able to tune it pretty close to the songs, some chorus + a real small amount of flanging. The built in tuner is also $$$

[mimixownzall]

I don't have an amp for it, yet.. but will get one next paycheck.

http://nosleepstillbrooklyn.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/fisher-price-xylophone.jpg

[mimixownzall]

Seriously, though, I have a condition called Radio-Ulnar Synostosis; it effects me in both arms. It keep me from turning my hands palm-up. This makes it impossible to play the guitar and look normal (I would have to play it like a cello, and it still would make my hand go numb). My dad plays and tried teaching me, but it was futile. I sing though.

[Ozudin]

yeah its really neat, was able to tune it pretty close to the songs, some chorus + a real small amount of flanging. The built in tuner is also $$$

In case you didn't know you can download the software from their website and make your own effects with the software then upload them to the board. They have a bunch of downloadable ones too.

[Knuckle]

In case you didn't know you can download the software from their website and make your own effects with the software then upload them to the board. They have a bunch of downloadable ones too.

As cool as that sounds, and it does, and I looked into it, I feel like I should have a level of skill in guitar before I get too heavy into my nerd fun on the guitar. I am extremely jelly of people that are BA at the guitar, but I just don't have the time commitment to be a BA, + i feel like im old wish i had learned when I was young.. /wrist.

[lyyfeleech]

Not much but works for me.

1165

[hedbonker]

My hubby's playroom:

http://www.b-scenefilms.com/lrpic.jpg

[Abacab "The REAL truth"]

My hubby's playroom:

http://www.b-scenefilms.com/lrpic.jpg

That's a lot of jam session gear, two things stick out and that's the special edition les paul and I think a JCM-900 head in the back the rest is kind of meh assorted instruments

I'd drop a couple hundred on his les paul though

[hedbonker]

I just asked him what that stuff is. That is indeed a JCM900. The Les Paul is a 1977 that he bought new for $400 so your offer is not too far off the mark :)

The others are a Peavy strat copy that he uses for MIDI, a 1971 Martin D-41 and a 1963 Fender Stratocaster - He does not remember what he paid for that one.

[DevonG]

Drum Stool? Fuck that shit. Drum COUCH.
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d74/devongpictures/drumcouch.jpg

[Abacab "The REAL truth"]

I just asked him what that stuff is. That is indeed a JCM900. The Les Paul is a 1977 that he bought new for $400 so your offer is not too far off the mark :)

The others are a Peavy strat copy that he uses for MIDI, a 1971 Martin D-41 and a 1963 Fender Stratocaster - He does not remember what he paid for that one.

Figured as much, metal bands and shredders have been talking JCM900 up for years so pretty much any Marshall head unit you see at huge retail chains will be a JCM900 or it's offshoots.

[Knuckle]

the strat is from the 60s? looks just like the one I've got and it's from the 80s. They must of left the styling the same.

[Ozudin]

Not much but works for me.

1165

Is that a Mitchell acoustic? That looks allot like one of mine, minus the pick guard.

[Theldios]

I have no idea how to post pictures sorry guys but I have been playing guitar since I was 7 years old and I am in my 50's now. and I prefer my old Yamaha acoustic I got back when I was 8 or 9 years old. It has lasted me many many good years of fun on the beach at the bon fires

[Troy]

Figured as much, metal bands and shredders have been talking JCM900 up for years so pretty much any Marshall head unit you see at huge retail chains will be a JCM900 or it's offshoots.

Actually the common "wisdom" is that the 800 rules and the 900 sucks. In reality they are both great though...

I don't have many photos of my stuff but here's my #1 axe and some other crap:

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-0mNt2OuGp2c/S7jSowKhrTI/AAAAAAAAH-Y/aqQf7_apDek/s800/DSCN4986.JPG

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-rJV_Co9AEnQ/TA2aUdZ91zI/AAAAAAAAIF0/5xUZAc7A0AU/s800/P1020679.JPG

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-f4Wjw0mhrso/TJfSJ59MLPI/AAAAAAAAIKM/rO4UMpLMCjo/s800/troy.jpg

Horrible photo with my 7-string Carvin that I wish I hadn't sold:

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-tM-KSQCvdTU/S-JIo_aCHXI/AAAAAAAAIB8/S8Uw75Qm9pE/s800/DSCN5037.JPG

fun pink Ibanez:

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ZrHCeujRo6c/Smi3B_QV1rI/AAAAAAAAHDM/l95p8zDtZsg/s800/DSCN3806.JPG

LP I just picked up:

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-lCAsB1lYWUc/TWQHLIQblrI/AAAAAAAAIT4/a2Ix4YL0Ymk/s800/DSCN5225.JPG

Amps and keys/bass/etc stuff I have no photos of but my 2 guitar rigs are an old Mesa Boogie Mark IIC+ and a giant rack rig based around the old DigiTech 2101 preamp/processor. You can hear a crappily produced demo of my current band at:

http://www.allegro-furioso.com/

[Abacab "The REAL truth"]

There are FAR better head units than the 900 or to less extent the 800, but most kiddies buy the JCM900 with their parents money because it's highly accessible, cheap, and has high distortion thresh-holds... That or because it's what Slayer/Malmsteen/Wylde or whatever the top shred master at the time uses.

Literally I can walk into a Guitar Center and see several 900's lining the walls next to flying V's

[Troy]

I liked both the 800 and 900 that I had, only sold them because they don't sound great until you get them up to stadium volume levels. Truth is I'm not going to be playing stadiums anytime soon!

In the next year or 2 I'll either be moving to an all-digital rig that goes straight to PA with no cabs to carry, or shelling out for a Soldano SLO-100 half stack and some ridiculous MIDI switching setup with rack effects. Probably the former, instant setup/teardown and less shit to worry about going wrong.

[Troy]

ugh can't edit here.

I meant to add that my GC is full of crappy low end Line 6 gear and GC's house brand Raven - outside of the Mesa section at least. There are also very few high end guitars besides PRS/Gibson and a few nice Fenders. It's all cheap stuff in there.

[Abacab "The REAL truth"]

I liked both the 800 and 900 that I had, only sold them because they don't sound great until you get them up to stadium volume levels. Truth is I'm not going to be playing stadiums anytime soon!

In the next year or 2 I'll either be moving to an all-digital rig that goes straight to PA with no cabs to carry, or shelling out for a Soldano SLO-100 half stack and some ridiculous MIDI switching setup with rack effects. Probably the former, instant setup/teardown and less shit to worry about going wrong.

I used to have a lot of modern amps and cabinets, the usual 4x10's 2x12's SWR rigs and what not which sounded loud and clean but I play a very Sabbathy/Sleep style of music so I needed to find a rig that was suitable for a mammoth low-end sound. As you can imagine I'm running through Sunn amps and 2x15's so I'm pushing out some major dirtgrind low-end at my place.

It's not too uncommon though anyone that plays stoner/doom/sludge metal tends to stick around old vintage amplifiers or brands such as Orange, Mata-amp, Laney, and Sunn because of they're tailored to give that classic 60's-70's fuzz distortion and heavy bass response.

[Troy]

Yeah we're playing fast shit so need a much more defined and mid-heavy tone, the Soldano is basically perfection but it's a $4000 head... not happening anytime soon, especially not to play to 15 people in shitty bars.

[Troy]

You guys have any recordings up? I dig some of that stuff, usually depending on the vocals more than anything. Candlemass has some awesome tracks.

[Koota]

Actually? thats unreal, I tried to get into it but I couldnt find a decent cart.

nerd tracker, Milkytracker, and LSDJ are good places to start

[Abacab "The REAL truth"]

The guitarist I jam with slaves a 1965 Fender Bassman head to some cheap poweramp cause the unit is only 50w or some shit like that, so he just routes that into two fender 2x15's so when he palm mutes it sounds like a freight train running loose

[Abacab "The REAL truth"]

You guys have any recordings up? I dig some of that stuff, usually depending on the vocals more than anything. Candlemass has some awesome tracks.

I got some old shit from yesteryear if I can find it, I haven't really done anything serious since like late 2009 early 2010 because the Indianapolis D.I.Y scene has stagnated a bit and lost several people as they moved to Pennsylvania to do bigger things and the scene was so dependent on sharing members

[Drieddead]

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v5032/162/45/1493420559/n1493420559_30472625_1381960.jpg

hatredalive.com/fastestfeet.jpg

I don't have any pictures of my basses. Newest one is this:

http://www.americanmusical.com/ProductImages/Large/p45527.jpg

I also own an MM OLP 5'er, a Rogue 5'er (Which rules!) a Peavey t-40 that's all busted to shit, a custom fender fretless 4 and a 4 string Ibanez acoustic bass.

www.hatredalive.com/melloweffect87final.mp3

Someone just asked for someone to record a bass track over his drums.

Thats a slayer poster in the back. Awesome.

[hedbonker]

Figured as much, metal bands and shredders have been talking JCM900 up for years so pretty much any Marshall head unit you see at huge retail chains will be a JCM900 or it's offshoots.

LOL it's funny that you assume what his style of music is from that picture :D

[Abacab "The REAL truth"]

LOL it's funny that you assume what his style of music is from that picture :D

I know homeboy shreds, you don't just chunk that much cash in high profile gear without cranking that shit to 11 and balls to the wall it

and that's the real truth

[Volsic]

Here's a sample from our latest CD.

hatredalive.com/nmsamp.mp3

Live a few years back.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkrSqFF0F4Y

Not much for videos of me playing bass. A couple on my Youtube account.

[Volsic]

Never liked MM's because the humbuckler system, the sound was too flat and rounded which some people like the sound but I much prefer single coil because it has such greater potential for adjustments to add high gain and tone control

I am about as far from a gear snob as you can get... which would be one of the reasons I love my Rogue. I think people get too caught up in their sound, personally. I can play through virtually anything and be happy.

[Abacab "The REAL truth"]

I am about as far from a gear snob as you can get... which would be one of the reasons I love my Rogue. I think people get too caught up in their sound, personally. I can play through virtually anything and be happy.

Tone is 50% the other 50% is talent...

You can be the most talented player in the world but if the sound coming from your speakers is equal to a cat getting run over, then your talent won't shine through because shoddy craftmanship, cheap effects, and mismatched wires can create hell on ears.

[Troy]

Good players will sound good on just about anything. I've seen a video of Joe Satriani playing some kid's plywood strat through a tiny starter amp, filmed with a cheap digital camera and then run through the horror of youtube audio processing. He still sounded great. Obviously there are exceptions, but gear in general doesn't matter at all. (Yes I still want to buy that $4000 amp though!)

[Volsic]

Tone is 50% the other 50% is talent...

You can be the most talented player in the world but if the sound coming from your speakers is equal to a cat getting run over, then your talent won't shine through because shoddy craftmanship, cheap effects, and mismatched wires can create hell on ears.

And the vast majority of tone comes from technique.

[Abacab "The REAL truth"]

Good players will sound good on just about anything. I've seen a video of Joe Satriani playing some kid's plywood strat through a tiny starter amp, filmed with a cheap digital camera and then run through the horror of youtube audio processing. He still sounded great. Obviously there are exceptions, but gear in general doesn't matter at all. (Yes I still want to buy that $4000 amp though!)

Big Satch always be sounding bad to the Cab, I watched that G3 summit shit he did awhile back and it near put me to sleep because it was like 4 hours of Hendrix covers and solo wars between Vai, Satriani and Malmsteen I couldn't feel any energy.

I dig all types of music to an extend (some shit is just intolerable but that's more the select song than the genre) but people that play nothing but extended solos that have some of the weakest riffs make me :confused:

[Abacab "The REAL truth"]

And the vast majority of tone comes from technique.

I'm just saying I'm not trying to roll up on some gig going hard with my $25 first act bass and 5w 2-knob pocket amp

[Troy]

Big Satch always be sounding bad to the Cab, I watched that G3 summit shit he did awhile back and it near put me to sleep because it was like 4 hours of Hendrix covers and solo wars between Vai, Satriani and Malmsteen I couldn't feel any energy.

I dig all types of music to an extend (some shit is just intolerable but that's more the select song than the genre) but people that play nothing but extended solos that have some of the weakest riffs make me :confused:

Eh, I don't care for too many of his songs either but the guy always has great tone no matter what. Same goes for pretty much every great player I've ever seen.

Not surprising that a bassist wouldn't care for someone like Satch though, the bassist (or drummer for that matter) never does anything interesting in his songs. I'm all for extended solos and 'shreddy' music in general whether it's Wooten, Malmsteen, Coltrane, Vivaldi, or this:

<iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/XMouQdQwS3k" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[Troy]

Of course, embed fail. Direct link to poor audio but awesome playing...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NXcx1sTpAY

[Troy]

Shorter and slightly more ridiculous one with better audio:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMouQdQwS3k

I have a violin too but I couldn't play that shit if I spent the rest of my life practicing.

[Troy]

I hate this forum. Now the original embed is showing up.

No wonder I rarely go to rantsnflames, no editing sucks.

[Loke]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/06/Spinal_Tap_-_Up_to_Eleven.jpg

Mine goes to 11... /thread.

[Ozudin]

1166

[Ozudin]

and this...

1167

[Bodeanicus]

Good players will sound good on just about anything. I've seen a video of Joe Satriani playing some kid's plywood strat through a tiny starter amp, filmed with a cheap digital camera and then run through the horror of youtube audio processing. He still sounded great. Obviously there are exceptions, but gear in general doesn't matter at all. (Yes I still want to buy that $4000 amp though!)

This. Tone is subjective. If you've got it, it's in your hands. You can play nearly anything, and it'll sound like you. That said, there's some technically awesome players who have shit tone. Vai comes to mind. Back in the late 80's, everybody I knew wanted Ty Tabor's tone.

[Abacab "The REAL truth"]

This. Tone is subjective. If you've got it, it's in your hands. You can play nearly anything, and it'll sound like you. That said, there's some technically awesome players who have shit tone. Vai comes to mind. Back in the late 80's, everybody I knew wanted Ty Tabor's tone.

Dry tone yeah... Wet tone no.

Certain pick-ups, strings, head units, speakers etc. give off different tones when you modulate them. For example, I get a totally different tone when playing through a 2x15 than I do through a 4x10 because it moves bigger and lower sounds, if I use flatwounds over roundwounds I get a more rounded "damper" sound, if I use tube driven heads I get harder distortions and warmer tones.

Guitar players get a much thicker, aggressive tone when playing through bass cabs than actual guitar cabs is another example, when I change my tech around I'm really just moving around the wet tone to get a sound specific to the genre I play (I.E I want vintage bass units for stoner metal, high-gain processors for something more modern etc.)

So in essence...

Even if Troy played in the same manner as me, and we had the same technical level, technique and sensibilities, I would get a much dirtier, aggressive, bassy tone from my set up and he would get a far more clear and sharp sound from his...

So gear is important for tone

[Hasbinbad]

i think, dear abacab, that you're missing their point due to their misuse of the word tone..

abacab is describing tone correctly

troy and bodean are talking about "feel."

There are certain players that will always sound like themselves on any instrument: jimi hendrix, b.b. king, les claypool, etc. These players often do exploit a certain "tone" that accentuates their "feel" (i.e. bb king with lucille), but if you put les claypool on a guitar, a violin, or a fucking drum kit, I would still know that that was les claypool. You can have a hundred different bassists who have studied John the Fisherman for years, put them on the same rig with the same bass, playing the same notes, yet you will know when it's les claypool. Tone can be copied or replicated for the most part. Some analogue audiophiles would argue that some tones are organic and impermanent, but you can almost replicate any analogue tone given enough resources and time. Feel on the other hand, is something that no amount of money and no amount of time can give you; you either have it or you don't.

[Hasbinbad]

not to say that tone can't be generated from a given players feel, but more that the feel, that essence of that player is a combination of more factors than tone (timing, technical skill, dexterity, etc.)

[Lukan]

In a Channel 4 documentary called "Motörhead: Live Fast, Die Old", broadcast on 22 August 2005, it was claimed that Lemmy had "bedded" in excess of 2,000 women. Maxim magazine has Lemmy at number 8 on its top ten "Living Sex Legends" list, as they claim that he has slept with around 1,200 women.

In the documentary he explained that while in school he noticed a pupil who had brought a guitar to school and had been "surrounded by chicks". His mother had a guitar, which he then took to school, even though he could not play, and was himself surrounded by girls: "In those days just having a guitar was enough... that was it".

This covers everything you need to know about guitars and their uses.

[Prom Night Dumpster Baby]

Actually? thats unreal, I tried to get into it but I couldnt find a decent cart.

You don't need it. You just need to frustrate yourself using trackers. Try FamiTracker or MilkyTracker. Hell any DAW will allow you to write "fakebit."