Tell your guitar, style of play, and settings for your amp. Mention a pedal too.
Ordered a Jackson Soloist which will be here today. Ordering a Positive Grid Spark 40 in the next couple of days. I imagine I’ll use downloaded presets for the Spark 40 that resemble popular thrash metal setups since that’s mostly what I play. But I will also browse other presets.
I just jam in my bedroom for funsies. No plans to play shows or anything.
HH Les Paul tribute, Revstar, or Jazzmaster with singles (almost 100% of the time on the rhythm circuit). I just ordered a Dunable Cyclops in March with a Direwolf in the bridge and Slugwolf in the neck but that hasn’t come in yet.
For a pedal platform in my jangly post rock/shoegazey songs I usually play through either a Vox AC15 or Roland JC40 as a super clean platform that I can push around with the pedals. For dirty amps I play either Orange Terror > PPC212 for slower, doomy sludgy stuff or EVH 5150 > EVH 212 for faster, technical progressive metal type stuff.
Pedal wise I usually run a wah, 3-4 drives, 2 delays and 2 verbs. Crybaby bass wah (cuz I like how the treadle bounces back up) Usually a light drive (EHX Soul Food or SD-1 or something) to color a clean amp or push a dirty amp, a big muff (usually either a Tone Wicker or a Green Russian clone), and then a super nasty fuzz for ultimate doom (I love the EQD Eruptor). Then a Nu-X Space Echo, TC electronic HOF II, MXR Carbon Copy, and Boss RV5 for all the spacey stuff.
I also have a Helix floor rig I use for my cover bands and gigging but I basically just use it to recreate my physical amps and pedals and make it easier to gig so I don’t have to lug aaaaall that out of the studio
I play either a Yamaha Revstar HH, or a Fender Player Strat SSS for the most part. I use a tube screamer and keep my Fender Deluxe 90 at Bass 8, Mids: 5, Treb: 8. I play mostly classic rock style. Sometimes I throw my HSS Godin Exit 22 into the mix.
I’m intrigued with the preset stuff. I was looking into the Boss Katana 50 Mk2, but I don’t like the idea of having to hook it up to a computer.
The Spark40 has an app and Bluetooth. You just control everything from your phone. Check out some YouTube reviews
Mostly a Strat (I switch between my Mex and Standard), sometimes a Squier Tele; I play mostly early Gilmour-style, so before Dark Side Of The Moon, though I also play weird stuff depending on mood.
Since I couldn’t record my Amp without the audio being harsh, I switched to Strymon Iridium, and now I’ve integrated two NuTube-based pedals in my setup. So the signal chain is: MXR 108 Fuzz (optional) -> Blues Driver -> Delay or Modulation -> Vox Copperhead (in Preamp-mode) -> Iridium (bass is basically at 9o clock, Middle+Treble at 1 or 2) -> Korg Power Tube Reactor (Power Sag at 9 o’clock, same for Tube Gain) -> Reverb -> Strymon Deco.
I still need to experiment with it, as I need to remake my own backing tracks, which means I need to turn the knobs for my guitar pedals again. But yeah, it’s probably the most contrived setup.
My main is a PRS Custom 24-08 SE. Also have an Epiphone ES-335 Figured (Inspired By Gibson line), a Deluxe Strat Plus, and a Samick KJ-560 (the pointy headstock) upgraded with EMGs. I’m a pretty generic beginnermediate blues/rock dad type of player. I like to play Rocksmith 2014, and use a Radial Bigshot ABY to play through my own rig, as that has really helped with things like muting and selective string picking (as well as dialing in tones) versus just using the game audio.
My amp is an Orange Crush 35rt, but I also use a Fender Mustang Micro for late practice. I generally play through the dirty channel with the gain low and volume knob on my guitar rolled back. The EQ is set to emphasize mids then treble, bass is low but present.
My pedalboard is posted over in !guitarpedals@lemmy.world (share yours too!).
FYI there’s a !guitaramps@lemmy.world community, too.
@baronvonj @JoumanaKayrouz Nice gear! How do you like your Epi 335? How long have you had it? I’ve always wanted a Gibson 335 but it won’t be in my budget for the foreseeable future (damn mortgage interest rates) so I’m considering an Epi one. Thanks
I’ve had it about 18 months. Feels great, sounds great. I think I need to adjust the pickup heights though, as the volume between the two is a bit further apart than I’d like.