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Great looks and great sound.
The only thing I would ever change is the neck pickup. The Seymour Duncan Custom Custom sounds kind of dark, I would prefer if it came with a Custom 5 or a 59
Exactly what it should be
I have the whole set on my strat, sounds incredible in every position. Love it. It gives that vintage stratocaster sound of the 50s, which sounds crazy good with both vitage and modern gear (for different things).
The best feeling neck I've played.
Modded the pickups to take 18V (2 batteries) which increased the headroom and now it sounds crystal clear. The looks I don't really like any more (bought it when I was 16, 7 years ago) but it's still the best playing instrument I've tried. Very comfortable neck.
Lovely booster pedal
This pedal will give you far more options than most booster pedals, and might even suit you as an overdrive pedal as well, in Fat or Mid mode. Does it's job exceptionally well, the only thing I'd like is an option to have overdrive like in the Mid or Fat modes but without the EQ change. The Clean setting is incredible for both cleans and boosting an overdriven amp, while the Fat setting will, well, fatten up your sound (great with single coils). The Mid setting is great for leads, will help you cut through the mix and if you choose to, it will give you enough gain to sustain your notes forever.
Incredible for what it is.
This is not a digital delay - it is analog, and because of that, it only goes up to 550ms. That, however, is why I bought it. It will not give you long digital delay times if you're after that, but it will give you great slapback up to lush ambient delay with the feedback turned up. The depth controls can give you a variety of very specialized sounds but be prepared to scarcely use them. When they do fit the song, however, they make it that much more dreamy. You can also plug a volume/expression pedal to it and control delay time or depth. I really recommend this to anyone going for ambient soundscapes or shorter delays.
The industry standard.
This microphone is by no mistake the industry standard for recording guitar (and a lot of other instruments). We grew up listening to guitars recorded with it, and, as ar as microphones go, this one is really really easy to set up and get a good sound out of. I have used it for vocals with a pop filter with good results, and for other instruments as well. Highly recommend.
Wide range of tones.
I really like this amp. Have it for over 2 years now and I've used it for everything from vintage pushed cleans all the way up to tight progressive metal. The controls for tight/loose and A/AB style amp give it versatility, while the switches for bright (clean channel) and gain and boost (lead channel) give it more voicings. +Pros: Versatility, Sound, Durability -Cons: Too much gain, with some guitars I have to dial it back to 1-3/10
Simple, functional little looper pedal.
I was looking for a looper pedal for quite some time, and tried a few of them at the store. This one really stands out for being so tiny, and yet it gives you everything all the other looping pedals give you, all without taking your hands off of the guitar. The only feature that you may find elsewhere is control over tempo, meaning having a loop and recording X amount of bars with the metronome. I really don't need this feature since I don't ever use it live except for ambient soundscapes, so for me the simplicity and compactness just won over. I highly recommend this pedal to anyone, be he/she new or experienced, since it will add a ton of new possibilities for writting and practicing, as well as endless fun by trying new stuff.