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  • For all the guitar sim banter going around....
2012/09/28 13:03:54
hockeyjx
...who here is actually is a tried and true guitarist that has mid/high grade amp gear? I've been playing for a long time (Longer than Justin Beiber's been alive) and have nice guitars and 2 nice real rigs.
So for those "real" guitarists... state your gear and your amp sim preference(you can name a few in pecking order if you like) and style of music.

Gear:

Rig#1: Ada MP1/Quadraverb/3630 Compressor/MosValve 500w/MXR Overdrive Pedal/Dimebag Wah
Rig#2: Slightly modded JCM800/4x12 Cabinet/DimeBag Wah/Boss Digital Delay

Guitars: Carvin TL60 with Duncan pickups, stock '93 Les Paul Standard, Charvel Fusion Deluxe w/DiMarzio SuperDistortion, Taylor 310CE and Ovation acoustics

Amp sim of choice: GR5, AcmeBarGig, AmpliTube3, TH2

Style: Sort of Days of the New/Vertical Horizon/Depeche Mode/King's X in a Vita Mix 




2012/09/28 13:08:50
timidi
Gear:
Silvertone

Guitar:
Silvertone

AmpSim
Ronco deluxe

Style:
Sort of 'Peter Paul and Mary' meets Joe Pass
2012/09/28 13:44:13
karma1959
Guitars - Several  R8 and R9 Les Pauls, class 5 Les Pauls, a couple strats, teles, EDS-1275, ES335, an Ibanez Jem (for the bar) and a PRS Custom 22.  For Acoustics - Guild D-55 6 string, Guild JF 65 12 string, a Ramirez 4NCWE classical and an Ovation mandolin.

Amps:  Various 100 watt Marshalls:  '68 Marshall Plexi, Marshall Jubilee, Marshall JCM 800 2210 & a Vintage Modern running through 2 Marshall 1960B cabinets w/ Celestion Vintage 30s.

Effects - Primarily a TC Electronics G-System, Dunlop 535Q wah. 

Favorite Amp Sim - I don't use any amp sims for recording.  To me, they're great for doing demos and noodling around, but they just don't capture the organic nature of a good tube amp.  That said, I have (and enjoy) Guitar Rig, Overloud, Waves GTR3.5 and am considering Scuffham S Gear. 

Style - Usually a range from acoustic singer songwriter stuff to bluesy / 70's rockish stuff. 
2012/09/28 14:00:02
synkrotron
Guitar - Gibson SG Special in red

yeah, that's it

Gear - Boss GT-5

Amp Sim - Guitar Rig 5

Style - I'd like to play like Alex Lifeson and Steve Howe

Been playing since 1979 and I'm still crap.

2012/09/28 14:13:05
RogerH
Guitars: Fender Strat Jeff Beck signature, 
Fender tele w/B-bender, 
'79 Gibson Les Paul, Epiphone G-1275.
Amps: 
'64 Fender Super Reverb, 
Marshall 2266 VintageModern with 1936 vintage cab, 

Hughes & Kettner Tubemeister
Peavey Classic 30

I've got guitarrig 4, but after I got the Tubemeister I prefer the redbox direct out. I also spilt the signal so I can reamp at a later stage with other amps
2012/09/28 14:18:17
bapu
timidi


Gear:
Silvertone

Guitar:
Silvertone

AmpSim
Ronco deluxe

Style:
Sort of 'Peter Paul and Mary' meets Joe Pass

Braggart.
2012/09/28 14:18:59
pathos
You guys need to have audio links to your playing to hear what you're bragging about.
(or not in the case of timidi!)
2012/09/28 14:37:10
hockeyjx
The only stuff I have on the web:  http://www.reverbnation.com/zeus1

The material is 20 years old, and I was raw, but still extremely proud of it. That said, I have grown leaps and bounds musically SINCE then.

Tell me what you think.
2012/09/28 14:38:02
rscain
Been playing for around 40 years, I guess.....
I play a stock '78 Les Paul Standard, a Tele of unknown vintage (not that old), and a Yamaha Pacifica Tele copy I found in a pawn shop for $35 that sounds fantastic and plays great.

I've had every amp rig known to man, it seems; Marshalls, Mesa-Boogies, Rack rigs (ADA, etc.) but in the last few years I've gone back to using a small combo amp and just sticking an SM57 in front of it.
Right now my weapon of choice is a Fender Hot Rod DeVille 2X12, great tone and my back doesn't hurt after the gig. Easy to record, too.

Amp sims? Guitar Rig 5 and OverLoud but I rarely use 'em, except sometimes for bass.
2012/09/28 14:52:05
pathos
hockeyjx


The only stuff I have on the web:  http://www.reverbnation.com/zeus1

The material is 20 years old, and I was raw, but still extremely proud of it. That said, I have grown leaps and bounds musically SINCE then.

Tell me what you think.

sounded good 
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