I am a weird gear nerd

Techdeth said:
I am an amp neree really . It’s been a decade since I last wanted a different guitar or even pick ups . What did it for me was taking a $99 Epiphone with $5 pickups . I could take that guitar and make insanely good tones out of my boutique amps . It taught me a lesson. I was good to go . No new guitars amps nothing . It’s also how I could afford amps . I never needed funds for guitars or pick ups .
Anyone else have any weird views like this ?
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That isn't a weird view. I love my custom select jackson, but I had sick feeling guitars for 600$ and just replacing the shitty pickups, pots, etc that came with them. Sometimes i would get all new hardware, but setup right, a cheap guitar vs expensive guitar way way way less important than good amp vs bad
 
There's a good amount of cheap hidden gems with guitars (especially vintage ones) and pickups since most judge them on looks and playability rather than sound. I have a bunch of cheap super underrated guitars I love and prefer to lots of very expensive ones. One of them even is in my top 2. I think in general most can be fine with whatever guitars, but I find it more enjoyable to also use the best sounding guitar and pickups I can find and then it spoils me over other stuff unfortunately. Basically every gear category is like that though. As a gearhead it's fun to find the coolest stuff in each category even when subtle
 
CrystalSky said:
I hear high quality cables are quite affordable if you know your soldering iron 🤔

@griff10672 am I right?
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Mogami 2524 cable is about a buck a foot ...... then it's just a matter of what jacks you want ... those can get pretty dam expensive .... but decent ones aren't that bad ...... all in all I pay less than half per foot than if I were to get them from Sweetwater etc .
 
griff10672 said:
Mogami 2524 cable is about a buck a foot ...... then it's just a matter of what jacks you want ... those can get pretty dam expensive .... but decent ones aren't that bad ...... all in all I pay less than half per foot than if I were to get them from Sweetwater etc .
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That’s all I use too
 
I'm like this too. At this point I'm a lot more excited about amps and cabs than I am about different guitars. In a way, I'd almost consider myself an amp player more than a guitar player.

I was lucky though. 26 years ago I found my #1 (PRS Custom 22 with EMGs) and I still love the thing. I've played it almost every day since, and it's still my #1. I've bought, really liked, and kept other guitars but that PRS is and has always been home base for me.

Amps and cabs though? I feel like there's always new tones to chase. That's where the excitement is for me. Who knows, maybe if I'd have found the "perfect" amp and cab setup for myself 26 years ago I might be all about chasing guitars these days. However I doubt it because while to me it feels like there is a kind of platonic ideal for a guitar, with amps it's more complicated, like there's more of a moving target there, so there's more reason to chase different tones from amps and cabs.
 
Techdeth said:
I am an amp neree really . It’s been a decade since I last wanted a different guitar or even pick ups . What did it for me was taking a $99 Epiphone with $5 pickups . I could take that guitar and make insanely good tones out of my boutique amps . It taught me a lesson. I was good to go . No new guitars amps nothing . It’s also how I could afford amps . I never needed funds for guitars or pick ups .
Anyone else have any weird views like this ?
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You sell your body for amps. I knew there was something about the stains on the tops of each or your amp heads.
 
TheGreatGreen said:
I'm like this too. At this point I'm a lot more excited about amps and cabs than I am about different guitars. In a way, I'd almost consider myself an amp player more than a guitar player.

I was lucky though. 26 years ago I found my #1 (PRS Custom 22 with EMGs) and I still love the thing. I've played it almost every day since, and it's still my #1. I've bought, really liked, and kept other guitars but that PRS is and has always been home base for me.

Amps and cabs though? I feel like there's always new tones to chase. That's where the excitement is for me. Who knows, maybe if I'd have found the "perfect" amp and cab setup for myself 26 years ago I might be all about chasing guitars these days. However I doubt it because while to me it feels like there is a kind of platonic ideal for a guitar, with amps it's more complicated, like there's more of a moving target there, so there's more reason to chase different tones from amps and cabs.
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My ‘07 CU24 with EMGs is my go-to, love the late 90s/00s core stuff
 
I buy guitars, amps, modelers, plugins, and keyboards. Pedals, not so much.

...and an accordion.

More difficult to learn on my own than I expected, I purchased this last year:


Hohner 1305 Hohnica 72 Bass 34-key.JPG
 
griff10672 said:
Mogami 2524 cable is about a buck a foot ...... then it's just a matter of what jacks you want ... those can get pretty dam expensive .... but decent ones aren't that bad ...... all in all I pay less than half per foot than if I were to get them from Sweetwater etc .
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Damn that sounds sooo good! I want to learn that soldering stuff now. But I bet I won’t be able to get cable itself for such tasty prices here.

What jacks you usually use? And which are the best? Neutrik? Switchcraft?
 
thegame said:
I think you guys meant plugs, not jacks. Anyway, the best plugs are Amphenol
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lol .... yes I did mean plugs ..... see what happens when you give out advice in the middle of a thick Indica induced haze ..... Amphenols are fanatastic plugs and jacks ..... I like Neutriks and some of the Reans also ..... but when I did my pedalboard I stepped up and went with the Square Plug stuff ..... man ... those are REALLY nice !
 
I've always pretty much found that with a $500 guitar and good pickups, I'm ready to rock. The amp rig was the bigger part of the equation by far.

I the past 3-4 years I've gotten more into nicer guitars with different features. That's partially because I just enjoy playing them a little more, but I'm also kind of over my capacity for amps.
 
No amount of cheap guitars will ever equal one good guitar. "Good" doesn't always mean "expensive" either. When I see people with huge collections for sale, I laugh because it means someone figured it out. They find the right guitar and sell the rest. Really the only reason to have more past that is to have a backup for gigs.
 
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