OUR humble and growing collection

ezietsman

OK so here's some pics of my current setup. More info on the LP pictured here would be interesting. Its an Epiphone Les Paul Standard from 1995, Made in the Samick Factory in Korea. Its got a bolt-on neck, which is the strange part. I took the old pickups out and put in a set of Seymour Duncans, Alnico II pro neck and JB bridge.

At the moment I have a Blackstar HT-5 which will most probably get replaced by a Blackstar HT-20 when I can get one and sell this one.

The pedal is a Digitech Hardwire Tube Overdrive.

The amp next to the HT-5 is my old Marshall Valvestate VS15R. Very good for what it is.

So I've added a Boss DD7, the Korg Pitchblack and a Custom Audio Electronics Wah pedal. My guitar also now features a Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates in the bridge, replacing the JB and has 50s wiring. Clean to Overdrive with a twist of a volume knob FTW!

Jimi's also new...

Ms MoreCowBell's bass and old trusty...

singemonkey

And don't forget the observatory floorboards. ?

So it's a little 5w tube amp? Don't sell it for a bigger one. You'll miss the low volume overdrive. And how's the tube overdrive pedal?

Ah... le bolton LezePole. And you're probably better on your old warhorse than I am on my schmancy ones. :?

ezietsman

yes, its a little 5watt monster that is, forget the clean channel, this thing wants to rock. The pedal is the best one I could find in Marshall, tho I bought it from another shop due to pricing issues ?. I tried various other ones, like MI Audio etc and this digitech kicked them all (on my guitar, on my amp with my fingers into my ears).

I can't really justify having two valve amps ( See, R4k or so will go a good way in getting a Tokai...). I don't play in a band although I really want to and are working towards that at the moment, hence the need for something slightly bigger to get a clean clean channel at reasonable volumes.

I had to chase the collies out to take the photos, they like to pose...

guidothepimmp

i dig it ez, looks like it rocks

CDee

Nice gear EZ. I like the look of those BlackStar amps..

needleshy

i've always been interested in the blackstar amps, would like to hear how it sounds. maybe i should pop into marshall sometime and take a listen to em.

ezietsman

i must say i'm hooked on blackstars now. i think i'll get the 20 watt when its available and then use it until it dies. marshall cpt had a ht5 stack last time i went there. music co. in mellville have the entire range i think.

Breeze

Cool rig. I think the Les Paul will always be my favorite classic shape. I've heard...erm, read a lot about these SD pick-ups since joining, what's the deal, are they some sorta supa pick-up? Suming else just dawned on me. I usually just crank the gain - I'm getting me a distortion pedal.

ezietsman

Hmmm, pickup choice is a whole can of worms that need not be opened here. That said, for a particular style you like, choosing any matched pair e.g. Tonerider Rocksongs, or SD JB + Jazz (A II Pro in my case) , from any of the bigger companies are almost certainly going to give you pro quality tones from a decent guitar, if you can play well enough. Seymour Duncans aren't any better than the other brands as far as I can tell. I got the ones I got because I liked the sounds from some of my heroes way back when and got the same ones. Needless to say I don't sound like any of them. The stock pickups were really shite (they fed back like you can't believe). If today I need to change pickups in a another guitar again, I'll probably opt for a SD Alnico II Pro in the bridge and the neck a la Slash or a set of Toneriders (cheap!). The JB is a bit hot and middy for playing clean and you need a very light picking hand, which I do not possess at the moment, to make it reasonable. The Alnico II Pro is really really really awesome.