sean_nance

I walked into my local shop wanting to buy another Fender Jazzmaster after I built one from scratch a while back. I A/B'd this next to a Mexican Jazzmaster and walked out with the Yamaha. I think that sort of says enough on its own. I love the way this guitar looks The only pitfall is that it's not a Fender.

I've always had a thing for "mini rigs of doom" so the fact that this 1x12 can handle 400w @ 8ohms means that I have plenty of headroom to run my LMII at 300w/8 ohm and feel nice and comfortable in a rehearsal or small-venue setting. So far I've noticed that it has a bit less "bite" in the high end, but I've been playing with the tweeter disengaged, so I imagine that might change when I finally decide to be adventurous and push that little button. Seems well made, and of course anything made by Acoustic is always going to appeal to my Jaco Pastorius-influenced side.

My D-50 is a 1989 that I found used in a Guitar Center when I got home from the Army about 4 years ago. I traded pretty much every piece of gear I had and still ended up paying $$$ on top, but it was totally worth it. I grew up playing my Dad's Guild D-15M which is an '88 model year, so when I found an '89 in great shape AND with an LR Baggs pickup dropped in, I jumped on it immediately. This is MY guitar.

My model is actually the basic LM-1 that I just dropped an LR Baggs pickup/EQ into. I love this guitar. I might be biased because I love Ed Sheeran as well.

My other J is basically a parts-bass. It's got standard Fender J pickups, a Badass II bridge, a Mexican neck, Japanese body, and the wiring harness out of an old Rogue POS bass. It's pell-mell to say the least, but it has some growl to it that I really like.

I got my first Fender J when I was 11 and had no idea that the model they pulled off the wall for me was a fretless until I had it in my hand. The sales guy asked me, "can you play fretless" and I, being a super-cool preteen, just shook him off and said, "yeah it's no big deal". And thus, I started playing fretless from pretty much day 1 of my bass career. My personal fretless J has seen a lot of modifications: new tuning heads, Fender Custom Shop Vintage Noiseless pickups, a Leo Quann Badass II Bridge upgrade, and a wiring harness upgrade. I love the way it plays; on its own it's very synth-y but through my board it can definitely get mean, especially since I play it with DR Fat Beam roundwounds. I'll never part with mine.

This thing rocks. I had a Blues Junior that I definitely liked more than this, but it went out the door a long time ago. I dig the way this breaks up and the simplicity of the controls lets me just dial-in and play without having to screw around too much. I have the limited edition re-issue with the cream/purple tolex and it looks pretty sweet!

This is absolutely THE best bass head on the market. The LMIII has made some improvements with better components and a few more features, but the LMII is the stripped-down original that really put Markbass on my radar. I've sold two of these heads in the past and immediately regretted it both times, so much so that I'm on my third LMII in as many years. I love that this amp is essentially colorless, meaning I can paint my tone with my pedal board and just with my basses' natural characteristics. There's very little to fiddle with on this head. I love it.

I bought this because I've got a Fender Jazz Bass that hums like a madman. I've not got the chance to use it live yet, but will definitely post my opinions later on after I've worked it in. Super glad this is small enough to fit on my mini board without any real spacing issues.

This is my second compressor unit, the first being a Markbass Compressore tube compressor that was just freaking gigantic. It worked well, but I don't think it warranted taking up literally 2/3rds of my board space. The MXR is just as good, if not better since it has more compression options in that you can adjust the compression ratio between four limit selections, a feature I like a lot. Being able to see the gain reduction amount on the LED screen is pretty cool too.

Obviously this is Behringer-quality stuff, so there's always going to be areas to improve. That said, when I put this up next to the Tech21 Driver and shut my eyes, it's very hard to tell a difference between the two. In fact, the Behringer may even be a little bit deeper and warmer than the Tech21, which is an incredible feat for something that's about a third the price of the "better quality" pedal. My only complaint about it is that it adds a noticeable hiss to my signal chain. Other than that, this is the first Bass pedal I ever bought, and I'm satisfied enough with it not to have to upgrade from it any time soon.

This is probably all I need for my acoustic sets; it gives me options and makes both my guitars (Martin LM-1 and Guild D-50SB) sound that much sweeter through the usual dry house sound. I bought mine used for a killer price and I'm glad I have it.

There's not much to be said. Calibration is easy, the display options are nice, and the thing is always on the money; I never have to worry about it giving me false readings, and it's sensitive enough to put me square on the intonation dot, unlike the Boss and Danelectro units I've had in the past that only got me close to true intonation. I have two of these for a reason.

I had the TC Electronic Flashback X4 before I sold it and bought this. The Flashback is probably the epitome of delay/loop designs currently on the market, but I'm a simple sort of person and the RC-1 is a good match for me. I really like the MUCH smaller footprint as well.

This is the second Chorus unit I've had. My first was a TC Electronic that had just way too many options and was an overwhelming pedal, to say the least. The CH-1 gives me the options I need without getting too complex, and that's why I like it. The price point doesn't hurt either.

This is the first Distortion unit and first Boss-designed pedal I've ever owned. It does it's job well and I have few enough complaints about it that I don't see a reason to upgrade or try anything different, at the moment.