My Gear Is Better Than

[Chubtone]

- the gear Eddie used to record Van Halen I through 1984

- the gear Geroge Lynch used to record Breaking the Chains and Tooth and Nail

- the gear Randy Rhoads used to record Blizzard and Diary

- the gear Warren DeMartini used to record Out of the Cellar

- the gear Ronni Le Tekro used to record everything

- the gear Vivian Campbell used to record Holy Diver

- the gear Def Leppard used to record High and Dry

- the gear John Sykes used to record Thunder and Lightning and Slide It In

- the gear Nuno Bettencourt used to record his first three records

- the gear Yngwie used to record Alcatrazz and his early solo albums

- the gear Uli Roth used on the early Scorps tunes

- the gear Blackmore used to record Smoke on the Water

- the gear Ace Frehley used to record Alive

- the gear Akira Takasaki is using on his current US tour

- the gear John Norum is using to tour Europe with Europe

- the gear that many great players are using on real stages all over the world to get their job done while I sit in my room here and chat with my RT friends and obsess over why certain pieces don't cut it for us.

Reason? I am a forum dork who has way too much fun talking and obsessing over gear and tone.

 

[Juggernaut]

same here.

 

[Chubtone]

same here.

Play along Juggy. Is your gear better than Darrell's on the Cowboys record? Is it better than what Exodus had on Bonded by Blood?

 

[killertone]

 

[Juggernaut]

same here.

Play along Juggy. Is your gear better than Darrell's on the Cowboys record? Is it better than what Exodus had on Bonded by Blood?

absolutely, but just wish I had Darrel or Garys hands.......

 

[Chubtone]

Oh yeah...... the gear Michael Schenker used to record "Strangers in the Night"

and

the gear Jake used to record Bark at the Moon.

 

[dulrich1227]

Jeff Becks - Guitar Shop ;-)

 

[Shiny_Surface]

 

[Jimmie]

They say the difference between "knowledge and skill" is 1000 times, but at my age, I woulda thunk I would have gotten there by now...


then you see these young talented musicians, many of whom are younger than some of the guitar strings I currently have strung on my guitars!



I think the one thing we're missing of those guitar greats you mentioned and the new ones like Andy Wood, Pete Thorn and everyone else who share here, is their desire. Whatever it is that spurs them on, regardless of gear, is the the key.

 

[hellaboogie]

Truth you speak it

 

[ttosh]

 

[Jimmie]

“Knowledge is not skill. Knowledge plus ten thousand times is skill.”
you can't make that shit up!!!

heh

 

[mikehickey]

My gear is about the same as many of my idols... well maybe except for the price of my Marsha.... which is not so outrageous. Most of my Charvels are old and fucked up modded things, my 4x12s are old Marshalls, and I have a couple of stompboxes. I usually use a SM57 which is the norm.

Now on the other hand I don't have killer mic pres and Neve or API boards nor an Eventide, or a cool producer like Ted Templeman!!

 

[Vrad]

But I thought great tone was not in the fingers?! It was in my $3000 guitar + $3500 amp + $1200 cab....

Or if you prefer
Knowledge + (Skill * 1000) = Great tone with any gear.

 

[Meathead]

I'm done buying gear...I'm very happy with what I've been using for years!

...and believe it or not, no one famous has used my gear (except for the Wolfgang guitar) and I don't care...I've got 'ADAM FROM CANADA'S TONE'

Trying to sell stuff excess stuff on the net is tough as it's a buyers market right now.

 

[kasperjensen]

My gear is far better than what Jimi Hendrix used.

Enough said.

 

[kasperjensen]

Come to think of it.. (And please correct me if I am wrong)... But Mozart would compose breathtaking music with nothing but a quilt and some paper.

 

[thiswaythatway]

Yes yes, I'm a 60 year old Gear Page snob who thinks Eric Johnson has no business playing Politician and I'd like to give Eric Johnson tone tips, and what gear he should be using.

 

[The Hoff]

So so true....

I'm in the same boat. Quite unfortunate when you really think about it.

 

[Jimmie]

Come to think of it.. (And please correct me if I am wrong)... But Mozart would compose breathtaking music with nothing but a quilt and some paper.

Quilt?