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Best Deal on Telecasters ever.
I have owned Fender custom shop and USA Standard telecasters. This one is made at in Mexico and designed by the USA custom shop. Just like the 1952 except the neck is composite radius, it has 4-way switching and phase inverting, and Custom Shop Twisted Tele set. Plays like a dream and is the legit real-deal on a tele. Does the vintage Tele sound and the modern Tele sound. Very versatile and a better choice for a working Pro as it does everything.
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The evolution of the Strat continues with the 550
The Ibanez RG550 put Ibanez on the map for guitarists. The 550 inspired the JEM and scores of other Ibanez RG models. This guitar defined the SuperStrat. Mine is bone-stock except for a DiMarzio Gravity Storm set with the Dimarzio ISCV2 in the middle and improved Ibanez 5-position switch. This guitar is wired like the JEM.
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The working Pro's Strat
The HSS pattern covers about anything. Mine is highly customized with a Fender Custom Shop rosewood fretboard neck, 902D Custom pickguiard with Dimarzio-furnished 36 Anniversary PAF, Dimarzio Area 67 in the middle, and the Dimarzio Heavy Blues II in the neck. The vintage bridge was hand-selected and expertly worked to perform flawlessly live. I also use Fender locking tuners. This one is my number 1.
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The Strat pattern that shaped music
I have this pattern Strat as my vintage tone guitar. I am using the Dimarzio Area series pickups (57, 61, 68). I also have the grease bucket mod as well and a pull-pot on my tone control to switch phase. I also replaced my neck with a 43mm nut 70s USA Fender American Special neck. Anytime I need a vintage sound I grab it.
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Les Paul Updated for the working musician
I have this in black with the pickguard. Great for a working guitarist: chambered so its light, Burstbucker pros that cleanup and dirty well, locking tuners, asymmetrical neck for comfort, locking tailpiece and locking bridge. The 2008 also has a Neutrik jack that locks in the cable. Mine does not feel as light as the burst model and the chambering does change the sound a little - it can sing and be punchier than a solid LP. Very versatile and designed to work. This is not one that pays homage to the 1950s and is one of the best guitars I ever owned.
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Nice vintage tone pedal that is more of a drive channel for a clean tone amp
TC Electronic makes great pro-grade gear. This pedal is a crazy deal for the money. Its tone is more or less classic tube overdrive distortion, and if pushed goes into heavy/hard rock. The pedal sings and is great to tame an amp with weak control response. Works with any guitar and a nice pedal for the working drive part of your sound. The claim of it being more or less a drive channel for your amp is true. Very consistent and workable pedal - a must have. Used by Paul Gilbert and has the best review of it I ever found.
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Smooth distortion and classic sounds
The MXR Distortion + is basically a DOD250 with different clipping diodes. Mine is a custom built classic 1970s with matched 1N34A diodes. It also has an indicator diode on it (separate power to it when it switches so it is not in the sound circuit). Classic sounds and responds differently than the DOD250. Used buy almost everyone at one point - Slash has used this often thought his career. I used it as an alternative to the harder clipping DOD250. Or even staged with a DOD250.
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Great Vintage-vibe pedal
Great pedal for booting a guitars signal for more bite. Gives a little more than a TS9/808 would but can add grit. Mine is an early 1990s RI that had the circuit matched to a 1978 Grey and the JRC4558 was replaced with the MC1458S chip. Softer curve to clipping, much lower end and bass, still has the hard diode clipping without the bright and brittle distortion the 250 normally has.
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1970s Southern Hard Rock in a box
The 1970s Peavey sound was common to bands such as Lynyrd Skynyrd, Molly Hatchet, and the Outlaws. All of those bands loved Marshalls so Hartley Peavey came up with a road-worthy spin in the 1970s Marshall amp with his own twist on the sound. What resulted in was the Peavey Mace series around 1975. The Mace has undergone a couple changes (from the original 320 actually used by Skynyrd) to the VT series in the late 1970s/early 80s. The VT series was actually used by Neil Shon (Journey), and both Knopflers (Dire Straits). Known for its 6 power tube incredible output and headroom, its a clean tone machine. The amp overdrives well and takes pedals great - with an overdrive or light distortion easily gets the Street Survivors tone to a T. Lots of bark and bit, differs from a twin in being more dark-mid rather than the twin. To a point it is interchangeable with a Twin. Bullet proof and indestructible the one I use has the Kevlar reinforced Black Widow speakers rated at 700 watts each (for a cabinet rating of 1400 watts).
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Perhaps the last best Marshall.
The JCM2000 100 Watt is supposed to be a two channel amplifier with the RED channel being a hot-rodded JCM800 and the GREEN channel a 1959/1987/Plexi vibe. While it is really neither, it is close enough for any working pro. These exact heads were used by everybody from Jeff Beck, Iron Maiden, to Slayer. They are 100% Marshall - British made with the look and tone. Surprisingly it can clean up well but is more for classic and hard rock. Later Marshalls changed things a little, but this one gives you the nice combo of the classic throwback amps they made in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.
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Tone of the gods.
Fender got it right in 1965 with this amplifier. Gives you the 'radio sound' and can go clean tone to over the top. Don't let the open back twin 12" speakers make you think it cannot thump and rock loud. Lots of low end from the incredible amount of power. If I had to pick one amp to tour and record with, this is it.