Im currently twanging an ESP KH-2 Neck-Thru (tuned EADGBE and DADGBE with Ernie Ball .10-.46) and a Squier Fat Strat which is strung with Ernie Ball .12s and is used for anything C# and lower (although occasionally I tune it to D, although I prefer not to with those beefy strings).

This goes directly to a Vox Wah pedal and from that it does to a nice new Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier head and then into a Marshall 25/50 Silver Jubilee 2x12 cab.

How many 16yr olds have that sorta shit

All my stuff's in standard - apart from occaisonal playing in others

Guitars:

Vigier Excalibur Special with Dimarzios
Fernandes Ravelle with Seymour Duncans
Carvin DC-127 with EMGS
Fender Strat (my first electric)
Rodriguez Flamenco acoustic

Amplification:

Genz Benz El Diablo 100
Carvin slanted 412

Effects:

Boss DD-4
Boss PH-3 (rarely used)
Boss Chorus
Electro Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man
Dan Electro vibrato pedal (rarely used)
Line 6 Pod (for demo recording)
Roland GP-100 (rarely used)

Recording:

BOSS Br-532 Multitracker

All of this equipment...with barely anything to show for it! Music can be a silly hobby, sometimes.

-Alec

Guitars:

2004 N.I.C.E. Custom made guitar
2002 PRS Custom 24
1996 PRS Custom 24
Yamaha AES 1500B
Framus Diablo Custom
Ibanez SZ 320BK
Yamaha AEX 500N2
G&L Legacy Special
Gibson U2
Seagull Cedar/Mahogany acoustic
Hopf Gran Concierto classical guitar
and a Yamaha TRB1005 Bass

Guitar gear:
Mesa Boogie Studio preamp
Mesa BOogie Quad preamp
ADA Ampulator (got 2 of 'em)
ENGL 530 preamp
Hughes&Kettner Tubeman 2
Hughes&Kettner Access preamp and VS250 poweramp
ADA MicroCab 2
Shure UHF Wireless thingy
TC Electronics G-Force
Waldorf X-Pole filter
2 MEsa Boogie "road ready" Thiele 1x12 cabs

Plus a computer for recording, and a whole heap of other recording gear and synths and stuff.

I admit I'm a bit of a gear addict. But I use all that stuff, it's not just collecting dust.

Tammo

Jesus Christ, everyone really has a lot of money on this message board....

I've been playing for 14 years, so accumulation and well...its not just a hobby for me. Not in that I make money doing it, because I don't...but its like a form of therapy... or like smoking...

It makes me feel better when I play and I enjoy it. So...if life is about finding general happiness...I found it in playing guitar

Put me in a room with nothing but a guitar and I'd probably entertain myself all day long...

Jesus Christ, everyone really has a lot of money on this message board....

Erm, I've been collecting feverishly since I began playing eight years ago... I have more gear than I listed but I thought I would keep it to what was my essential live rig. I use Logic Audio as my primary platform for recording and I use the Digitech pre to do demoing. I always mic amps when I do recordings for proper release. I collect guitars and pedals so I can get different sounds on recordings, so I have a fair few cheapy guitars just for different sounds and also a bunch more pedals (I particularly collect fuzz pedals, I love the sound...)

Thankfully I was able to get most of my stuff fairly cheaply, like I got my Ibanez seven string for two hundred and twenty five US while I was in the states, and I got given my Vase all valve '60s amp head and Celestion loaded box... That was a joy of working at this music store

Wow i think i have the smallest / cheepest setup here

yamaha - pacifica mk2 (dev tuning)
jackson - unknown but it was cheep (b tuning sometimes drop a!)
and a marshall G100RCD 100 watt half stack

thats it... i have some processors in my studio but i dont use them for gigging. and i got them for free.

I've been playing for 14 years, so accumulation and well...its not just a hobby for me. Not in that I make money doing it, because I don't...but its like a form of therapy... or like smoking...

It makes me feel better when I play and I enjoy it. So...if life is about finding general happiness...I found it in playing guitar

Put me in a room with nothing but a guitar and I'd probably entertain myself all day long...

Ok, I see.
Music IS my main income, and I'm even studying at the Conservatory (popular music) on becoming a professional musician.
But I just don't have the money for buying all the stuff you guys have. My Powerball costst 1800 euro's, which is VERY expensive for my income. I know guitars are way cheaper in the US, but I'm not sure what the prices are in the rest of the world.
And I'm guessing you guys all have full-time jobs.

Ibanex RG 470 w/EMG 81/85s right now in standard tuning
Schecter V7-Diamond Series (soon EMG 707s) GCGCGCE
Epiphone no name beater w/EMGs CFBb
Classical guitar, no name but cool
and currently in the process of talking details with a local luthier (going for 8 strings EBEADGBE, 24 frets, neck thru, natural finish, no inlays and fixed bridge for sustain)

Jackson Head with EL 34s
Randall Cab 4x12
Boss ME-30 (don't ever buy one of these, they're just a shitload of crazy effects to make kids go mental for them during christmas)
and looking to get a new floorboard...anyone got recommendations?

Jim Dunlop Jazz 3s, the black ones cause they gots better grip

Protools LE
FL Studios
Cakewalk
Mac G4 quiksilver
Hewlett Packard PC
and samples coming soon...damn money situations!

Dude, how the fuck did you afford Protools? Even LE? Kickass avatar, by the way.

About EMG's, If you're looking for sheer output, 81's are the way to go. My Dean has two 81's, and the battery just sits in the tone/volume pot compartment. They're pretty quiet and give MASSIVE output. I will never use another type of humbucker. EMG 81's are the shit.

I forgot to mention my tubes:

JJ ECC83S in the preamp
JJ 6L6 GC in the poweramp

JJ tubes are badass and relatively affordable. Contact Bob at http://www.eurotubes.com for more info.

I've been playing for 14 years, so accumulation and well...its not just a hobby for me. Not in that I make money doing it, because I don't...but its like a form of therapy... or like smoking...

It makes me feel better when I play and I enjoy it. So...if life is about finding general happiness...I found it in playing guitar

Put me in a room with nothing but a guitar and I'd probably entertain myself all day long...

Ok, I see.
Music IS my main income, and I'm even studying at the Conservatory (popular music) on becoming a professional musician.
But I just don't have the money for buying all the stuff you guys have. My Powerball costst 1800 euro's, which is VERY expensive for my income. I know guitars are way cheaper in the US, but I'm not sure what the prices are in the rest of the world.
And I'm guessing you guys all have full-time jobs.

Actually, I am a full-time college student with a part-time job. I've been slowly adding to my guitar gear since '96 or so. Sometimes sleep is more of a luxury than a regular occurance, but hey, you can sleep when you're dead, right?

Jesus Christ, everyone really has a lot of money on this message board....

Let's see... I'm 30 now, and I gathered all this stuff over more than 10 years... I've been playing since i was 9. And I buy a lot of things used.

You have to set your priorities. My car for example is a 17 year old VW...

Tammo

Ibanex RG 470 w/EMG 81/85s right now in standard tuning
Schecter V7-Diamond Series (soon EMG 707s) GCGCGCE
Epiphone no name beater w/EMGs CFBb
Classical guitar, no name but cool
and currently in the process of talking details with a local luthier (going for 8 strings EBEADGBE, 24 frets, neck thru, natural finish, no inlays and fixed bridge for sustain)

Jackson Head with EL 34s
Randall Cab 4x12
Boss ME-30 (don't ever buy one of these, they're just a shitload of crazy effects to make kids go mental for them during christmas)
and looking to get a new floorboard...anyone got recommendations?

Jim Dunlop Jazz 3s, the black ones cause they gots better grip

Protools LE
FL Studios
Cakewalk
Mac G4 quiksilver
Hewlett Packard PC
and samples coming soon...damn money situations!

Dude, how the fuck did you afford Protools? Even LE? Kickass avatar, by the way.

About EMG's, If you're looking for sheer output, 81's are the way to go. My Dean has two 81's, and the battery just sits in the tone/volume pot compartment. They're pretty quiet and give MASSIVE output. I will never use another type of humbucker. EMG 81's are the shit.

I forgot to mention my tubes:

JJ ECC83S in the preamp
JJ 6L6 GC in the poweramp

JJ tubes are badass and relatively affordable. Contact Bob at http://www.eurotubes.com for more info.

Actually you can get protools fairly cheap these days if you go with something like the mbox.

check out http://www.digidesign.com

I used to take classical guitar at the conservatory in Toronto, then took the RGT exams, so teaching from home helps to make more income than to teach at a guitar shop of sorts. The trick is to have a good advertisement or flyer of sorts and determination. Because I'm also in school at the moment for professional recording arts...I'm pretty much a broke fella until all this whoring of volunteer work and jamming starts paying off...eventually I want to compose for film, got a lot of bad times to tread through before any financial stability without a day job

EDIT:

THanks for the comment on the avatar, yep I'm a geek. I practice the lucid dreaming/out of body experience and alternate methods of thinking, hey why not? I've been to space further than any telescope could go

my o.o2 €

Axes:
Gibson Explorer 76
ESP-LTD KH 202
BC- Rich Warlock (old style, NJ, no terrible widow's peak head)
cheap Les Paul knockoff with EMG-81

Amps:
KORG Pandora box. as small as a pack of cigarettes but rather nice sound
Laney TFH 700 and Laney 4x12 box underneath

Software:
Adobe Audition
AbSynth

I've been playing for 14 years, so accumulation and well...its not just a hobby for me. Not in that I make money doing it, because I don't...but its like a form of therapy... or like smoking...

It makes me feel better when I play and I enjoy it. So...if life is about finding general happiness...I found it in playing guitar

Put me in a room with nothing but a guitar and I'd probably entertain myself all day long...

Ok, I see.
Music IS my main income, and I'm even studying at the Conservatory (popular music) on becoming a professional musician.
But I just don't have the money for buying all the stuff you guys have. My Powerball costst 1800 euro's, which is VERY expensive for my income. I know guitars are way cheaper in the US, but I'm not sure what the prices are in the rest of the world.
And I'm guessing you guys all have full-time jobs.

Wellll.... yeah I have a full time job, but I've been getting stuff since I was 13, and I think I've owned over 10 guitars over the years...however I trade in...like an idiot...I wish I kept stuff. And my head and cab together were about 2100 canadian...so your stuff actually costs more than what I bought. But yeah its just supporting your habits, and your interests that drives you to collect and use the things you love.