Noticed a few musicians here... How about some gear pics?

[cdf294]

vape budget is blown and need something else to divert my attention away from the classifieds.
Would love to see some fellow musicians gear- guitars, bass, amps, pedal boards, recording setups, etc..

 

[James Hart]

Sure... here are mine:

My Bee Basses 'Worker Bee' 7 string

Pair of Benavente 51p and an 83 Ibanez

my twin 83 Ibanez

my rig... Egnater Tweaker-40 on a Bag End D12-B

the board (though I sold off all but the 2 compressors and the delay... picking up a Nebula phaser and Rook drive from Mojohand soon)

I've got an upright bass, 70s orange label acoustic guitar, squier strat from the early 90s, an imported Hamer 5 string bass that was defretted and epoxied with bartolini pickups, and a piano sitting around too. A majority of my music time is on the Upright or the 7 string.

 

[cdf294]

Some really nice gear you have there James. I like it all but especially like the 7 string and that pedal board.
The 7 looks to have a burl top but what are those inlays?
Figured I would wait to see if there was any interest in this thread before posting some stuff.
I am a gear head and have too much gear but I can think of worse problems to have.


I suppose I will start with a few Gibsons and a couple of amps.
BTW James, I see your Egnater and raise you a Blackstar.

 

[sawtoothscream]

will snap a pic and post up in a little

 

[sawtoothscream]

here my set up
Ibanez rg drop c with chrunch lab bridge pick up
Squire tele standard/ drop d stock pickups
Epiphone strat (idk what it really is), project guitar/ knightmare lol. 2 hotrails and a dimbucker

amp: 6505+ 112 eminence swampthang speaker jj power tubes and preamps in v2,3,4,5 and a tungsol in v1
pedals: bossns2 ran in x set up vox wah and digitech dx10 distortion pedal(use as boost for lead channel) in the face and run a digitech loop, behringer reverb machineand digitech dl8 delay through the effects loop.

Also have some cubase recording software and tascam mic and interface

also have a traps drumset ill have to take pics of. want to get a 7string rg someday and a keyboard

 

[sawtoothscream]

drum set, just a cheap set up, like everything but the hi hats, they sound like crap to me. but im just learning so good enough for now. the traps set itsself is nice, sounds good for having no shells and it was free

 

[Surgical]

banjer

my metal guitar lol

my current favorite. 4 string parlor guitar. 50 bucks on craigslist

epiphone masterbilt. This ones my road warrior

my prized possesion. 1 of 25 made. Set up really low for bluegrass shredding hehe.

judging by the serial number this ones about 96-98 years old.

newest addition to the party. 77 tele. Sings like an angel.
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[James Hart]

Some really nice gear you have there James. I like it all but especially like the 7 string and that pedal board.
The 7 looks to have a burl top but what are those inlays?

Thanks.... I'm digging the Gibsons, I'm hoping to pick up an SG junior some day (I have a thing for guitars with a single, single coil pickup). Post up some pictures of that explorer style guitar from your avatar!!! I have an 83 Destroyer bass and Dimarzio explorer copy body that will both eventually be restored/modded/hotrodded. I started playing in 1980, I *LOVE* pointy instruments

The 7 is a very unique instrument... it is truly a 'one of a kind'. There is no 'finish' on the bass, all the wood except the Swamp Ash core has been Acrylized (wood is processed with heat, pressure/vacuum and acrylic resin that permanently impregnates the wood. It feels silky and sounds killer). The woods are Ash core, Dyed and Acrylized Birdseye Maple top, back, and neck with a curly maple veneer under the top. The fingerboard is Wenge and the inlays are Silver Vine (both acrylized). I had made a 'build blog' of the process Myself... alone | Bee Sting

Here is a closeup of the board

My fretless 6 has a killer board too (same Acrylize process as the 7)

 

[cdf294]

This thread is picking up some steam, so thanks for posting everyone. I also appreciate everyone listing what we are looking at in the pics.
I failed miserably on my 1st pic post but for those who don't know what they were, here's the skinny.
2002 SG Voodoo w/ hot ceramics
2004 61 RI.... with an almost Ibanez skinny neck and 57's
78 The Paul- made of Walnut with T-top pu's
98 LP Std- non chambered/swissed..... 10.4lbs
My little one watt Blackstar that sounds pretty mean and transports everywhere. Lastly we have the Egnater Renegade.

Surgical- I spy a Schecter. Is that a C1?

sawtoothscream- Mmm... 6505 and Ibanez- let me guess what type music you play.
How do you feel about the Masterbilt? Heard they play pretty well but haven't tried one yet. Need to find something to replace my ailing 35 year old Alvarez.

Thanks.... I'm digging the Gibsons, I'm hoping to pick up an SG junior some day (I have a thing for guitars with a single, single coil pickup). Post up some pictures of that explorer style guitar from your avatar!!! I have an 83 Destroyer bass and Dimarzio explorer copy body that will both eventually be restored/modded/hotrodded. I started playing in 1980, I *LOVE* pointy instruments

That's a great fingerboard shot James. Pointy instuments, eh? Let's see if I can produce some pointy pics today and I will explain what we see since a few of mine are prototypes.
Gonna make you guys wait for the Avatar guitar in order to keep the thread going.

1st up: Guitar Logistics S6 "RedWitch" serial number 002 (prototype). This guitar was originally supposed to be a 7 string but during the build became a 6 string. It is a 25.5 scale, has a Sapele body, flamed burl maple top, ziricote fretboard and a padauk/maple/ebony lam neck. Also styling Hipshot hardware and custom hand wound h/b's. After this purchase, the VooDoo and LP Std. left the building. Anyway, here's some pics of RedWitch. Only issue with this guitar is nobody wants to be to my left.LOL

 

[cdf294]

Here is a little Peavey tube amp love for sawtoothscream

120W Peavey Ultra Plus w/ a bunch of NOS vintage tubes in the preamp and 6l6gc's in the output stage.



Loud and obnoxious but can't seem to let this one go. No need for 120w tube amps these days but this one shines at volume.

 

[Train2]

Gotta run, I'll come back and look through these lovely instruments later.
Here are mine...

 

[bigdawgbeav]

My Home Kit (old pictures):




My Studio Kit:

 

[cdf294]

Some great gear pics here. Thanks for posting everyone.
Ok.... another tube amp- I passed this along to the wife.


Fender HRD- original run from the 90's.

 

[sawtoothscream]

Here is a little Peavey tube amp love for sawtoothscream

120W Peavey Ultra Plus w/ a bunch of NOS vintage tubes in the preamp and 6l6gc's in the output stage.



Loud and obnoxious but can't seem to let this one go. No need for 120w tube amps these days but this one shines at volume.

A kid from a band we use to play shows with had a ultra and xxx he would play. Loud and brutal sounding set up.

 

[Train2]

Wow - some glorious instruments!
I didn't add any descriptions, and these are odd -
I got both guitars new -

The Yamaha SG2000 I bought in I think 1979? It was tough but I remember choosing it over a 25th Anniversary Les Paul. It had like 15 lbs over that axe, contributing to the incredible natural sustain that you can hear most clearly as Carlos Santana plays it on most of the Moonflower album live tracks.

Here's Carlos hugging his Yamaha. I feel the same.


The see-through-blue is a Signature, the little known guitar company that was, until if failed, propped up by Alex Lifeson (Rush). His design, I suppose - or partly. You ordered one, and they built it for you - this axe has my name in mother-of-pearl inlaid in the fretboard. It wasn't that I was a huge Rush fan, it was that on business, I accidentally walked into the American distributor, and after talking business for like 5 minutes, I said "well, you're probably not going to really need to buy anything from me for a couple years - so can we talk about these guitars on your wall for the rest of our meeting?". They were SO well built that before I left, I'd bought one (he gave me dealer cost).

Gotta run, I'll come back and look through these lovely instruments later.
Here are mine...
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[Train2]

Oh - one more.
I forgot, cause I never actually play it - just 'cause it's a piece of crap guitar.
I only got it because it's signed by "Van Hagar," and I thought, "that's almost cool". lol
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[cdf294]

Oh - one more.
I forgot, cause I never actually play it - just 'cause it's a piece of crap guitar.
I only got it because it's signed by "Van Hagar," and I thought, "that's almost cool". lol
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Took a look at this and first thought it was a Peavey HP Special but the headstock wasn't quite there. Still a cool item.... very patriotic.


Here is my HP Special out of the Peavey Custom Shop, before they went away and moved overseas..
This guitar has a fantastic neck on it- some great birds eye and unreal fast. This guitar feels tiny compared to all the others I own.



While I am on a Peavey roll, might as well toss out the set neck Rotor LE. Dont really like the bling but the guitar sounds brutal with the right amp.

 

[cdf294]

Oh... and what would the right amp be? (Told you all that I am a gear head)

 

[cdf294]

OK. Slagging pics of all kinds of stuff and still have more BUT for now, here is the avatar guitar.

Guitar Logistics Serial 001 (prototype) Destroyer AKA "Nemesis"

Claro/Maple neck with a Ziricote Fretboard attached to a Walnut/Flamed Maple topped body with Kahler and Destroyer pickups.

Neck : Claro Walnut/Maple
Fretboard : Ziricote
Scale : 24.75
Frets : 24
Trussrod : ALLPARTS

Body : Walnut/Flamed Maple (33mm)
Tuners : Locking
Pickups : Destroyer Humbuckers
Bridge : Kahler
Electronics : 1 Vol Push/Pull

 

[cdf294]

And believe it or not, while the Nemesis looks all metal, this is the most versatile guitar I own.
It is very amusing to see this guitar right at home twanging away on some country licks through the wife's Fender.
With the 3 way switch and coil tapping, every tone is on tap when paired with the correct amp.
This is definitely my favorite electric.