Starting over with the rig?

[Philly Q]

i'd sometimes like to leave the 8bit, leave the Vs, leave the amp simulator and start a hard rock band.

my rig would be a strat into a plexi kicked up the arse with a treble booster and that would be that..

Sounds good!  :D

But the Vs would be OK for that too, wouldn't they?

[gwEm]

But the Vs would be OK for that too, wouldn't they?

they're so loaded visually though.. i guess i will never escape from them ;)

[Ian Price]

Blimey Ian, don't beat yourself up!  One guitar and one amp can't be unwarranted!  OK, maybe the pedals are frippery but they're hardly taking up much space.  :D

The pedals are hardly boutique either! A digitech Jam Man solo (used a couple of times in about 8 months) and a Tonerider American Overdrive (very good VFM).

What I was really trying to say is that the amp I have now would have been great and far more practical when I was gigging as I used to use a Fender Hotrod Deville. Insanely heavy AND loud. Now that I don't gig there seems to be little point in having a nice head and cab.

[Matt77]

A nice head and cab like the bantam will still sound good and feel better to play than any POD Ian. I'd keep it, even for whisper quiet stuff

[Twinfan]

^ yep, I'd agree 100%.

[AndyR]

Did you always have that much gear, Andy, or have you been sneaking in some more on the quiet?

I was under the impression you had about 10-12 guitars/basses, a couple of little amps and some digital modelling stuff!  :P

No, nothing has been bought for six months or so. Last year was the ES335 and and SG Bass, and I took delivery of the Electric Double Bass in January, but it went through the books in 2010. I might have bought the Laney CUB12 early last year as well.

Otherwise, everything has either been owned for some time or has been acquired in the last 3-4 years of "BKP-Forum-Induced GAS frenzy" (of which, luckily, I have been free of since getting the 335 last August!).

I just did not realise how much stuff I actually had... (the wife did, apparently :lol:)

I'm with Gwem though, if I was gigging in a rock/blues band, I'd be interested in one guitar, one back-up, a nice scrunchy valve-amp (combo for me), some sort of boost pedal, and probably delay/chorus (though I survived without that before). Leads, tuner, strings, and a bag of tools to fix it all, and I'd be set.

Because I'm into songwriting and DIY music instead, though, I want all these different toys.

I think it's "figure out what you want to do, get the stuff you think need or can afford to achieve it..." and then FEEL NO GUILT! :lol:

[Telerocker]

Basically I just need two good guitars - a tele and a HSS-strat - , a good valveamp and a few pedals, like a booster, od and delay. I always come back to my tele as a good allroundguitar. For small gigs I take the Bluesjunior with two drive/dist.pedals for the dirt. It's a bit of a compromise, but it works. Especially the Suhr Riot does a nice job on chean channels. I'm not totally happy with the BJ at higher levels. It lacks a bit of bass then. At larger gigs I use my Rockerverb/cab.

[Ian Price]

A nice head and cab like the bantam will still sound good and feel better to play than any POD Ian. I'd keep it, even for whisper quiet stuff

Yes, I do agree with this. The only thing that annoys is the acoustic sound of the string - at least with a POD/headphone device I could get it loud enough to not have to worry about acoustics. Maybe I'm too fussy.

[AndyR]

A nice head and cab like the bantam will still sound good and feel better to play than any POD Ian. I'd keep it, even for whisper quiet stuff

Yes, I do agree with this. The only thing that annoys is the acoustic sound of the string - at least with a POD/headphone device I could get it loud enough to not have to worry about acoustics. Maybe I'm too fussy.

I get that, especially with the 335. And I don't reckon you're too fussy. Nothing sounds as good as through the valve amp (Laney CUB12 for me), but I can hear the guitar acoustically too much most of the time... Depending on my mood, this is worse than using a modellor! :lol: