Fryette Sig X for me.
I have a deliverance and it’s one of the most versatile & user friendly amps one could hope for. For quite a few years, that & my mark iii were the only things I ever played through, and I was perfectly happy with that setup.
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I've been wanting some type of nice 330 for a few years now. I like the idea of growly p90's in a full hollow, that's wild & hard to tame at full volume. Played a handful over the years that I liked, but never found one that really screamed at me when I had the cash...
While I think his gear reviews are pretty straightforward & honest…
It’s easy to be fooled by hearing Andy make something sound great, then discover that my average playing doesn’t quite get there.
I went down a rabbit hole of collecting dirt pedals for a few years.
When I can’t crank my big amps, or just want something different; I’ll grab whichever one I’ve been favoring lately, and run it into my deluxe. I can noodle for hours while the wife is in the next room & thoroughly enjoy...
Distortion pedals have come such a long way in recent years. I still prefer amp gain by a mile, but there are some pedals that really sound fantastic with a good clean amp.
MacBook, Logic, Scarlett 2i2 & some M Audio monitors.
I was between mic’ing amps & using neural plugins for the longest time, I think the reactive load ir setup I have now is a good happy medium between the two.
Planning to upgrade monitors & interface soon, I had some older out of date...
I played Duncans pretty much exclusively for the longest time, and always kept one guitar around with EMG’s.
More recently I’ve taken a liking to BKP, Fralin & Suhr pickups in a few of my guitars.
Funny to read about this.
Just the other day I was recording some lead parts & was very happy with the tone, so much so that I left my entire rig untouched for a few days to do some more tracking.
Same guitar, not a single knob touched, and suddenly everything sounds noticeably darker & less...