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Community Question – What piece of gear are you most attached to (and why)?

EffectsBay Community QuestionI’m currently in the back seat of the tour vehicle (heading to Minneapolis) and thought I would do a blog post this morning. Figured I haven’t done a “Community Question” in a while. This is a perfect time to bust one out.

So I wanted to ask you the following – “What piece of gear are you most attached to (and why)?“. This question is always interesting to me, since I feel it often changes. I have several pieces of gear that I would NEVER sell, etc., but it’s cool to see newer pieces get into that special category. For me, my somewhat recent ’62 AVRI Fender Jazzmaster falls into that category. I bought that a year ago, but for whatever reason, I’ve really bonded with this guitar. Finish chips insanely easily and it’s getting beat up after every session. It’s player’s guitar and it really speaks to me.

So what do you say? Comment below!!! Also, if you’re in the Minneapolis, MN area tonight, swing by the Sound Gallery for a rock show (our band – Magpies).. and to say ‘hi’. Details here

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Comments: 31
  1. 12 years ago

    My custom made Verellen Meat Hammer 300w all tube hi-gain guitar head. Capable of producing super hi quality versions of any clean or distorted tone…so attached I don’t think I could ever buy an amp from another company.

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  2. 12 years ago

    Dude… would love to try a Verellen some day! Helms Alee just played in my town the other day, but I was on the road.. bumma!

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  3. Ivan
    12 years ago

    My ’68 Silverface Twin Reverb amp… its a keeper…

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  4. Marty
    12 years ago

    I picked up a 95 MIM Strat about four years ago. I pulled the pickups and put in some Benson customs with a Stelly style pickup in the bridge. It is extremely easy to play and sounds great. Because I did all the work of wireing and setting up the action myself I feel a little pride for this guitar.Sometimes it’s not the value of a piece of gear but the work you put into it that makes it special.

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  5. Chris
    12 years ago

    My 1989 Fender American Standard Strat. The first real piece of gear I ever bought.

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  6. Evan
    12 years ago

    Definitely my Bubble Font Sovtek Big Muff. It’s not the Tall Font, but it’s still got an incredible sound and some awesome mojo. I don’t EVER se myself getting rid of this thing, no matter how much space it takes up on my board.

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  7. 12 years ago

    My Dunlop Cry Baby Wah. I bought it from a kid in my high school for $40 back in 1984. It has a longer throw than the ones they’re making now and has a unique sound. A true “they don’t make ’em like that anymore” item.

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  8. Kevin
    12 years ago

    78 Hamer Sunburst.

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  9. Riff Wolf
    12 years ago

    I’m attached to most of my gear. I always think that I’m loosing out, when I get rid of something, even if it’s a good trade up. I’m more attached to the amps I’ve gear I’ve built and or modified.

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  10. ron
    12 years ago

    pedalworx bender over under . . . it’s tone is sweet and it’s a bit rare.

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  11. Shane
    12 years ago

    a few years a go I had a guitar built by Starr Guitars. It’s has stayed my number one since then. Love my other guitars, but this thing is amazing.

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  12. 12 years ago

    Inspired by Angus Young, I bought a ’73 Gibson SG when I was in high school and it was the only guitar I used for most of the life of my first “real” band. It’s been a feisty beast (snapped headstocks, tuning issues, dying pickups) but I always come back to it. Happy to say it’s fully operational now and I can’t picture my rig without it.

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  13. William t branch
    12 years ago

    My Kenny Wayne Shepherd Strat. I love this guitar so much that I seldom play it. Sounds crazy but I want to play this guitar til the day I die. My daughter who is only 3 is the only person I can possibly will it to. Hopefully she will have an interest in playing soon, if not her. Then I guess it will be in the coffin with me.

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  14. 12 years ago

    at the moment its the boss hm-2 pedal it’s MIJ and easy enough to come by but i’d never get rid of it, just pure aggressive filth tones

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  15. 12 years ago

    Craig Collins of www.VibranceGuitars.com just recently finished up a new custom Bubinga Double-Cut for me and I’ve really been smitten with it. I’m sure I’m still in the honeymoon phase with it but this may be my ‘stranded on a desert island’ guitar…

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  16. Gabriel
    12 years ago

    Fender Custom P Bass Special (with a J neck and both P/J pickups). I went out of my way to find an amp that wouldn’t color my bass’ tone so that it could shine through. Unlike your Jazzmaster, this bass is a beast, and won’t chip or scratch no matter how badly I beat it up…which is too bad, because I’d love for it to show some age and character!

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  17. 12 years ago

    As of now it’s my PRS CE24. Smoke grey with regular dot inlays, no bells and whistles. Still a very nice looking guitar, and easily the best sounding guitar I’ve ever played. I’ve literally never played a show without it; I got it as a present from my grandfather the DAY BEFORE my first band played its first show. Close second is my Epiphone ’58 reissue explorer, simply because I’ve personally put a lot of work into it to make it ALMOST as good as the PRS (had to replace all the hardware and electronics to do it, on top of some fretwork, but it’s pretty close now).

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  18. Rod
    12 years ago

    My 5150 Head – Because I found out when i bought it that it was owned by George Lynch (bought it off his son)

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  19. 12 years ago

    i’d love to have my own Roland JC-120,because of the cheap,clean and the chorus..and also my own Fender stratocaster,an empress superdelay and ehx cathedral reverb…it’s a lot of money 🙁

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  20. 12 years ago

    I agree first with Chris (before me); I too have an ’89 American Standard Tele that was my first “real” guitar. Since then, the only other that ranks there would be my (year?) MIJ Jazzmaster; Arctic White, matching stock, inlays, tortoise guard. It has a neck I could play for the rest of my life – no wonder I had to order it from a Japanese Fender dealer – they’re too well made, and half the price of their American counterparts. Even sold my Costello signature JM a while back – nice guitar, but not the same vibe as this one.

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  21. Chef Zarb
    12 years ago

    I have 3 pieces I could not ever see go 1 is my Epi valve Jr amp I moded it myself it was the first time I have ever done anything like that it sounds great and it’s like I built it!!! I have an old 83 Fender Sonoran seafoam green its bean beat up and battered but I have had it a long time it now hangs on my wall its retired it was the first guitar i played live…and I have 85 Peavey reactor (tele) that my RA in college gave me with a custom pickguard he made and Bill Lawrence pups… just could not let that go!!!! These are not the most expensive pieces of gear I own but, they are to me!!!!!

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  22. Jim Szymanski
    12 years ago

    There are three pieces of gear I would never get rid of. My guitar and amp of course, but my JHS sweet tea might be the one that really fits the bill here. I like to dial everything in so it’s a bit clean and be able to just turn the volume knob to get some grind and then some more boost and gain for leads with the angry charlie side.

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  23. 12 years ago

    right before my dad died last july, we started building an electric guitar together out of “sinker cypress” that was found on the bottom of the mississippi river. it was part of a log that had been floated down the river in the 1800’s. the wood had been curing in my dad’s shop since the early 90’s. after he died, it took me a while to work on it, but i finally finished it. it features the body of a gibson prewar parlor, but it’s an electric. schaller locking tuners, souped up p-90’s, a bigsby, and an embedded acoustic guitar pickup. it’s wired with a stereo jack so that i can split electric and acoustic tones. i would have to say that this guitar is my prized possession….not to mention it’s the prettiest girl at the dance.

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  24. 12 years ago

    Currently it’s my Goldtop Les Paul Studio 70’s tribute with mini humbuckers. Tone is to die for, and I love the clarity and crispness of the mini humbuckers.

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  25. JohnnyCNote
    12 years ago

    My ’83 Fender Walnut Strat; I’m gonna cheat and add my MuTron Flanger…

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  26. Thomas Burke
    12 years ago

    Nothing particularly special, but probably my 08 american p bass. It’s the first “nice” piece of kit I ever got, and it’s still my go to bass.

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  27. Stranger Weather
    12 years ago

    I have a very similar jazz master that also chips quite easily. It and my Guild Starfire are always close at hand.

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  28. 12 years ago

    bass big muff PI & octave multiplexer
    they are my lovers 😉

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  29. Noah Baudy
    12 years ago

    Love my ’68 Gibson SG Special (C$250 in ’86; Lightweight, P-90s sound killer) &
    Radial PZ-Pre is indispensable for my upright’s Underwood.

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  30. Kevin Pino
    12 years ago

    Definitely my Fender strat am std 2011! my first american guitar!

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  31. Moonsun
    12 years ago

    Not attached to any gear. The gear is just GEAR and it’s your MIND and SOUL that sounds…

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