Forum members guitar collection and playing rigs (Page 2 of 2)

RichardH wrote:

I affectionately refer to my collection as the “A Team” and the “B Team”. The A team is what I’m currently playing and the B team doesn’t often see the light of day.

The A team is:
Guitars
Fender USA Standard Stratocaster (S/S/S)
Fender FSR American Stratocaster (H/S/S)
Fender Stratocaster (see below)
Fender Vintage ’62 Custom Telecaster re-issue
Gibson Les Paul Traditional
Gibson Les Paul ‘60s Tribute (P-90s)
Gibson Firebird V
Yamaha SA2200 (semi-acoustic)
Yamaha FG730S (acoustic)
Recording King RM-998-SD Style-O Resonator

Amps
Fender Limited Edition ’65 Deluxe Reverb Re-issue in Fudge Brown
Yamaha THR10C (practice amp)

Pedals (in signal order used with Fender amp)
Dunlop Cry Baby Wah-Wah
Korg Pitchblack Poly Tuner
Mad Professor Royal Blue Overdrive
Free The Tone MS-SOV (MS-SV) Overdrive (signed inside the battery cover by Matt Schofield)
TC Electronic Vibraclone
Way Huge Aqua Puss Analogue Delay (set for single repeat a little longer than slapback)
Way Huge Echo Puss Analogue Delay (for longer delays)
All powered by a VooDoo Labs Pedal Power 2 Plus
My pedalboard is a Diago PB-02 Gigman
My preferred pick is a Dunlop Ultex .88

Pedals used with Yamaha practice amp:
Wampler Euphoria & EHX Soul Food, or
Wampler Black ’65 & Maxon OD-808

I bought my Fender USA Standard Stratocaster in 1990 and about 5 years ago started to “upgrade” it with the following:

A genuine Fender Rosewood neck (the original was maple)
Amalfitano Daytona pickup set (also known as AMA pickup set)
Trem system replaced with Callaham USA Standard upgrade kit
TBX tone control replaced with regular tone control (but on bridge pickup only)
Neck pickup tone control replaced with zero-load tone control

Earlier this year I jokingly said to a mate that I had almost enough parts to make another Strat. I then couldn’t get the thought out of my mind so I re-instated all of the original parts to the USA Standard and bought the remaining parts needed together with the upgrade parts I already had to build another Strat. The biggest parts were the body and the tuners both of which I bought used but they were genuine Fender parts. The resulting guitar looks just like an early ‘90s USA Standard Stratocaster but it was built entirely by my own hand. Even though I say so myself, it is a great guitar and sounds amazing. This is my first choice guitar to play for about 95% of the time so even the other guitars in the A team are not played that often.

My B team is:
Guitars
Epiphone Les Paul Standard
Epiphone Sheraton (Natural)
Epiphone Sheraton (Vintage Sunburst)

Amps
Peavey Classic 30 with 1 x 12 extn cabinet
Peavey Classic 50/410

Pedals
Too many to list but includes Boss, Way Huge, Maxon, Wampler & Okko.

Some of you may notice a Matt Schofield influence in my choice of gear, which I do not deny. So it is perhaps surprising that I sound nothing like him!

Further to my previous post, this is the full spec of the Strat I built:

Body (sunburst) – genuine Fender USA series part dated 1993
Neck (rosewood) – genuine Fender USA series part with 2011 serial number
Pickups – Amalfitano Daytona set (designed by Simon Laws specifically for Matt Schofield)
Tremolo system – Callaham USA Standard Premium upgrade kit (saddles, block, springs, arm)
Bridge base plate and pivot screws – genuine Fender USA parts
Tuners – genuine Fender USA standard series staggered
Pickup selector – Oak Grigsby 5 way switch
Volume control – CTS 250k pot
Neck tone control – genuine Fender 250k zero-load pot
Bridge tone control – genuine Fender 250k pot
Output jack socket – switchcraft
Jack socket ferrule – Gotoh
Pickguard – genuine Fender part in mint green
Pickup covers, trem arm tip, control knobs – genuine Fender accessories kit in aged white
String trees – Kluson
Neck plate, strap buttons and all fixing screws – genuine Fender parts
Tremolo claw – generic part
Tremolo cover/back plate – generic part in mint green

Guitars:

Mostly Acoustics

Electrics: Charvel and a Yamaha with humbucker in the bridge position and two single coil. A Telacoustic that I use when I record surf. Bass is my main instrument. Fender Jazz, P-bass, Aria Pro, Steinberger copy.

Ampeg V-4 B
Some practice amps.
Trademark 10 TC Electronics
Marshall MG 15
Vintage Univox
Ibanez acoustic guitar amp with a coaxial speaker.
Alesis Bass Fire 60

Effects
Orange Squeezer
Zoom pedals
Arion Chorus
Zoom Rack mount

When I record I mostly use amp simulators.

As you can tell I am not a tube fan. BB King sounded great through a Lab Series amp. I rest my case. LOL!

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Funny thing, I walked into a club and and the band was playing a Black Magic Woman by Santana and the guitar tone was just like Carlos Santana's. He was using a Lab Series.