I have a few guitars, mostly Teles, but this is
my current fave set-up...
Changes occasionally

holy **** that ESP. so hot.

I only toyed around with "geeters" for a while. Had a crusty little strat when I was in high school and played it in a crappy band or two. Then moved on to DJ stuff, then synths. Tried to pick it up again last year when I bought an Ibanez 540S LTD (see below) but I never really found a good enough flow to get back into it. I pretty much sucked at it. Stuck to synths and drum machines, of which I've had too many to post here.



in before the "wow you really like yellow, don't you?". Yes I do.

My axe. Kala KS ukulele. Self taught, going on 2 years now.
Ernest

Been playing for about 6 years. Took lessons for about 1 or 1 and a half years, when I was told that my parents couldn't afford it anymore.
I've got 2 electrics, a 2002 Sunburst Telecaster [SD Hotrails in bridge, soft-touch killswtch]
1991 Heartfield Talon II "Mystic White" (Shadow Killpot in volume spot)

Pedalboard/amp setup is currently

Guitar--Digitech Whammy--TS10--535q--DE7-----6505+

pics when I can find my camera
pics:

was that an eight piece?

I always had a guitar around when I was younger, but I didn't really get interested in it until about 2 years ago. I have a Epiphone Demon, a Squier Strat, and a Squier P-Bass. I also have a small classical guitar that my friend borrowed and hasn't returned. These are the techniques I'm practicing:

finger picking chords
finger picking harmonized leads
alternate picking through scales (major, minor, and harmonic minor)
tremolo picking
different strum patterns
combining mute and open picking together into riffs (like, basic metal)

I love guitar! I've always been more of a producer and I think at heart my place is in the studio not the stage, but integrating the creative options a real instrument brings into electronic stuff is just excellent. Here's a track I made that I integrated a bit of guitar to:


It doesn't really show much of my skill but this is what I like to make as a musician!

no, just got the bucket. it just fell off of my wall

My Martin 000-18GE:


and my Collings MT mandolin:

That's a great Collings Mando. I am a big fan of Collings and I play a Collings SJ sunburst guitar that is amazing. The best way I can describe it is to say it sounds like bells.

shredding is so gross.

Nice mando...I love Collings guitars.

This is my electric, theres a pretty funny story of how i got it.

i also have a ibanez pf as my accoustic. I used to play alot of Doom and grind, i play folk music now.

I somehow don't have any pics of my gear... but I have:

Music Man Stingray 5 in translucent teal
Ibanez GSR200 that I bought for parts for a school project
Martin DX1 acoustic guitar

Here are most of them : ) Although my pedal steel isn't pictured. The gold Strat is my #1. Playing classic rock and originals for kicks. Would love to get a serious prog rock band going again ...

L to R
Standing: Frankenstrat, Frankentele, '74 Strat (Shoeline Gold), '65 Gretsch Dbl Anni. (6120 parts), '63 Martin D-18, '37 Gibson L-00, '66 Guild StarFire 12 (with Casino p-ups)
Laying Down: '74 Martin D-28, 30s Kay Kraft Mandolin, Quattro (unknown origin)

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Over years of bands, I've owned a few. 70's Les Paul Custom, 70's Stratocaster, a Jackson & a Charvel. Current one is 2nd hand Mockingbird.

My ax is a tub, chunk of nylon cord and a canoe paddle.

I have a bunch of instruments, but my camera (including the flash drive that the pics of them were on) is trashed, so I'll just give you the list.
Taylor, martin, and ovation acoustics
Fernandes Vertigo Elite (with sustainer pickup)
64 Fender Strat (was my dad's. rarely comes out of its case)
90s Epiphone SG
75 Gibson GK55 (Les Paul Special, before they made LP specials. mine is number 843 of 1000)
72 Tele Thinline reissue from like 3 years ago
Schecter C1 classic (emg 81 and 85)
Orange Rockerverb 50
58 Fender Twin amp (came with the strat from my dad)
Mesa Boogie dual rectifier half stack
Peavey 5150 II (head only)
marshall 1960a cabinet (goes with the 5150)
pignose practice amp.
bunches of effects and crap

dean acoustic bass
mid 00's Fender Jazz bass
67 Fender Mustang bass
ernie ball stingray
markbass 1x12 combo
ampeg svt3-pro
ampeg 8x10

Yamaha Oak Custom 4pc drumset
60's Roger's snare
70's Ludwig snare
A ton of zildjian, sabian, and paiste cymbals. i generally only use 3-4 at a time though depending on what i need for the gig.
cheap roland v-drums (electric drums) kit for the apartment

late 90s deering banjo
couple mandolins
i dont know the model, but i have an old hammond travel organ from the 60's
i have a couple keyboards. nothing really great there though.
korg theremin
i have a sweet baby blue roland keytar!
a friend just bought me a sitar for my last birthday, but i dont know how to play it yet.

i want a whamola. like really badly.

i dont know, theres a bunch more stuff, this is just what i can recall. most of my stuff is at various friends houses/home studios cuz my apartment isnt that big and my wife would kill me if i brought it all home.

also, the dude in the post above, that is a sweet washtub bass man. i love that stuff.

I have a Fender Squier Stratocaster which was my first guitar at 10 years old, and as of a year ago a Gibson SG faded brown...Love both guitars equally, most would not like to admit they play a Squier or own one, but even the Squier can outperform the SG at times...I can play Stairway to Heaven just as beautifully on my Squier as the SG, and it's one of the most reliable guitars I've ever owned. As for what I play, mostly Led Zep/The Who/Springsteen/Santana/ZZ Top.

Also, props to J3ffr3y for the Buckethead video post, I've been to 3 of his concerts now and he blows me away every time.

I've been playing for about 15 years and I play mostly rock and metal.

And here's my bass gear

Stuff I've owned at some point or another. Mostly synths and drum machines, aside from that one ibanez guitar:
DSI MoPho
DSI Tetra
DSI Prophet 08 SE
Access Virus TI Polar
Novation K-Station
Casio CZ-101
Korg MicroKorg
Korg ER-1 mk1
Korg ER-1 mk2
Korg DDD-1
Linn LM-2
Oberheim DMX
Roland R8
Roland TR-707
Boss DR-202
Akai APC40
Akai MPC 1000
Akai MPC 2500
Akai MPC 2000XL
Ibanez 540S LTD

and a slew of FX pedals.

I've sold most of it. Now I just have the APC40, MPC 2000XL, MoPho, and Tetra, along with my computer, preamp/interface, and monitor speakers. Simplicity feels good.

do want that tele. If I had the cash, that's almost exactly what I'd buy/build. Except for dual X2Ns instead of one pup.
that's amazing.

Yep, I keep it on the cheap!

I love that Martin!
Ernest

crappymonkey: love the dean cadillac. great tone, but they're sooooo heavy! also, what info do you have on the sx basses? those look like decent copies...