My Guitar Gear

[VanHalenFan5150]

-Showster S/S American-made solidbody guitar
-Frankenstrat semi-hollowbody guitar
-Washburn Lyon Idol solidbody guitar
-Fender G-Dec 30 watt amplifier
-Danelectro Chili-dog Octave pedal
-Danelectro Dan-O-Wah
-Pro Co Rat distortion pedal (Original!)
-Alesis Quadraverb preamp stack
-Alesis SR-16 drum machine
-Monster Guitar cables
-Maestro guitar straps
-GHS Boomers guitar strings (Light gauge .10-.46)
-Monster patch cables.

[ZahZoo]

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Nice herd...

[GAR]

All I had at age 14 was:

Kay SG copy, with pretend humbucker covers hiding one coil
Japanese classical guitar
Harmony 300 tube amp
DOD 250 distortion
Realistic Stereo Preamp

.. about $200 in those days total loot value.

The DOD I paid $29.95 new at Pedrini's Music, sold it about ten years ago for $75 with original box and papers to some collector going home to Israel.

[VanHalenFan5150]

All I had at age 14 was:

Kay SG copy, with pretend humbucker covers hiding one coil
Japanese classical guitar
Harmony 300 tube amp
DOD 250 distortion
Realistic Stereo Preamp

.. about $200 in those days total loot value.

The DOD I paid $29.95 new at Pedrini's Music, sold it about ten years ago for $75 with original box and papers to some collector going home to Israel.

The only things I bought myself were the cables, strings, Frankenstrat, and the G-Dec 30 amp... Totaling about $300-350...

[twonabomber]

i'd skip the Monster cables. you're not going to need 'em just noodling around at home.

[ELVIS]

I used an SR-16 for years...

[twonabomber]

i have a D4 module, which has a lot of the same sounds.

[VanHalenFan5150]

Hey, did any of you guys want to hear me play guitar? I can go live on Stickam for any of y'all who want to listen...

[ELVIS]

I have a DM Pro now...

[Nitro Express]

At 14 I had a Mephis Les Paul copy and a Fender Champ amp. It actually played and sounded good. I first guitar setup was an old Fender Mustang played through an old tube stereo amp pushing some car stereo speakers. I had not idea what impedance was and the power tube plates would glow red. It sounded raunchy and then one day it wouldn't work so I used a Radio Shack solid state amp and it didn't sound as good.

[jhale667]

At 14 I too had a Memphis, but I think it was a Melody-Maker copy more like a double cutaway LP junior....a silverface Fender tube VibroChamp (that I wish I still had, that thing sounded great) and an MXR Distortion +.....:D










I have a reissue Distortion + in the spare box...;)

[Nitro Express]

I traded my Fender Champ for a Marshall Lead 12. For solid state is was a good amp. I wish I still had that one.

[VanHalenFan5150]

I started out on a simple 5-watt Lyon L5 amp... Had some good tone for a 5-watter but my friend Alex had a Jay Turser 15-watt that had INCREDIBLE tones for Solid State.

[GAR]

The best advice I got at 14 I didn't follow till 5 years later: "get a Marshall straight 4x12 cabinet with Celestion speakers."

[GO-SPURS-GO]

-Showster S/S American-made solidbody guitar
-Frankenstrat semi-hollowbody guitar
-Washburn Lyon Idol solidbody guitar
-Fender G-Dec 30 watt amplifier
-Danelectro Chili-dog Octave pedal
-Danelectro Dan-O-Wah
-Pro Co Rat distortion pedal (Original!)
-Alesis Quadraverb preamp stack
-Alesis SR-16 drum machine
-Monster Guitar cables
-Maestro guitar straps
-GHS Boomers guitar strings (Light gauge .10-.46)
-Monster patch cables.

Damn, you're off to a great start. I was playing on my tennis racket at age 14. I didn't start playing until I was 20. :)

[GAR]

My mom didn't gimme shit for my gear, she kept saying "you can't eat a guitar better save your money."

But was she proud when I got a paper route to pay for my first electric, against her wishes.

Guitars are cheaper now than they ever were.

[Panamark]

JCM 800 or earlier, with the slanted cab..

Way to go, prick to carry around, but hey you are young fucks !
Dont complain.
I still lug this amp and Im 140..............

[Hardrock69]

Heh...at age 14 I had nothing. I had been playing on my Dad's Martin nylon string classical guitar for a couple of years, but was not motivated to go electric and get really serious until I was 16.

[GAR]

At 14 I felt like I was way behind the other kids already doing bands.

I think these days, a kid should start before 9 years.

[Nitro Express]

I started playing guitar in 1978. Guitars were expensive. In high school I played a Les Paul Custom through a master volume Marshall half stack. I actually got in trouble for playing too loud at a high school battle of bands.

[Nitro Express]

We were playing The Kink's song Destroyer and I had the Marshall flat out and blazing. LOL!

[GAR]

sweeeeeeeet..

[VanHalenFan5150]

Yeah, I don't turn my amp up over 4 when I practice at home. It's a 30 watt, and even then, 4 is like a chainsaw; I kid you not. When I play for talent shows, I crank it.