ever had a piece of gear with a story attached?

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 10:34 am

tubescreamer + strat + SRV sticker + pentatonic scale DOES NOT A STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN MAKE.

nondas · Post by **nondas** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 11:07 am

Reece wrote:tubescreamer + strat + SRV sticker + pentatonic scale DOES NOT A STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN MAKE.

I suppose this happens when you have a nasty case of TEH VORNZ. (oh, how i hate myself right now)

Johno · Post by **Johno** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 11:27 am

I bought an old Vox keyboard when I lived in devon from an old hippy guy that played session for bands in the 70's & 80's, he told me he bought the keyboard from the specials!

Also bought my Jaguar off a guy that played in a band that were signed to creation & also booked gigs for Stereolab & Broadcast.

When i was at school me & my mate bought this really shite pa system off of a guy called Tim who played in a metal band called Shea, he now runs Bare Nuckle pick ups.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 11:31 am

was that the vox continental you sold?

*bites fist hard*

Gavin · Post by **Gavin** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 11:50 am

When I was learning guitar I decided I need a "distortion pedal" so that I could play Nirvana songs and turn on the distortion, like what Kurt Cobain does, and so I went to a music shop and bought the cheapest one they had for Â£20, which turned out to be a second hand Marshall Shredmaster, which would go for around Â£90 on eBay. But I almost ruined the fucking thing trying to solder a new footswitch in and euan took it into care and nursed it back to health. I don't even remember what I sold it to euan for, but if it still works then he got a pretty good deal.

Funnily enough, I am and was a huge Radiohead fan and I'm pretty sure the reason Shredmasters were sought after was because Jonny Greenwood (and possibly Ed O'Brien) from Radiohead used them as their main dirt circa The Bends. Thom has always used a RAT as his main dist. As far as I know.

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 11:57 am

hah, i found my shredmaster for Â£15 about a year ago.

i thought the woman in the shop said 50 and i was already deciding even though i am gay for jonny greenwood and i'd probably not see another one just in a shop i wouldn't pay 50 quid for one, until i asked her whether she said 15 or 50.

i basically ripped her arm off. got 70 quid for it on ebay too, well minus ebay and paypal fees it worked out to about twenty pence but there you go.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 12:02 pm

those old style marshall pedals were about Â£50 new in the mid 90s, i remember chipping in for a bluesbreaker for someone's birthday round about then.

Post by **Mike** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 1:03 pm

I can build any of those Marshall pedals easily. They're nice enough but they're not as versatile as their number of controls would suggest. The Shredmaster sounds shit, woolly and as loose as a wizard's sleeve with the gain lower than 1 o clock.

laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 1:04 pm

Reece wrote:googling fender cyclone i get either:

.uk - sloan's demo.
.com - a jag-stang article.
.ca - sloan's demo

that's the one

Gavin · Post by **Gavin** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 1:17 pm

Mike wrote:I can build any of those Marshall pedals easily. They're nice enough but they're not as versatile as their number of controls would suggest. The Shredmaster sounds shit, woolly and as loose as a wizard's sleeve with the gain lower than 1 o clock.

Yeah, I never liked the Shredmaster. I'm pretty sure Fran said he thought they were overrated as well.

Post by **Mike** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 1:26 pm

They are. And noisy. Lots of white hiss.

Noirie. · Post by **Noirie.** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 1:55 pm

I remember when i was in brighton like a couple of months back and there was a old style Marshall gunvor in the front window of guitar and keyboard. I went into the shop and tried it out, one problem though the knobs wouldn't move and the pedals metal casing was fucking piping hot. I told the sales guy he just laughed it off and brought out a proco rat for me to try.

The moral of the story is don't be a dick with pedals

nondas · Post by **nondas** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 2:04 pm

Mike wrote:The Shredmaster sounds shit, woolly and as loose as a wizard's sleeve with the gain lower than 1 o clock.

New pedal name?

FitzG · Post by **FitzG** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 8:24 pm

i once had a EHX screaming tree previously owned by goldfrapp/Portishead
just my luck it didnt fuckin work

purplehaze19x · Post by **purplehaze19x** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 10:11 pm

I unknowingly bought an old Jazzmaster from Mathew Sweet that he had owned 23 years,
He even played it on David Letterman in 1992, the video was on youtube but for some reason was removed.
After i had payed for it, paypal sent me his information and thats how i found out it was him.
I even emailed him, and he did confirm it was the same guitar from Letterman. (still have the saved email)

Then I bought a J. Mascis Jazzmaster from him that he costomized. I asked him to sign it for me, and he did.
And sent me a copy of his new CD at the time which was Sunshine Lies.

Post by **Hurb** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 6:51 am

I own aen's fucking 1969 Fender Jaguar.

shortscale history.

roachello · Post by **roachello** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 7:28 am

My Univox Hi-Flyer bass is oozing with St. Jimmy and Sloan mojo. Haven't changed it at all, despite the different sized tuning heads and lack of volume knobs.

theshadowofseattle · Post by **theshadowofseattle** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 8:00 am

Ah yes! The Les Miek. This thing went around the world.

As dots said when Arsecake first presented it to me, "Even the pickups are salty!"

Post by **Mike** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 8:13 am

<3

So glad it finally made it to you. It went on holiday to New York like the fucking Jag-Stang.com forum man.

theshadowofseattle · Post by **theshadowofseattle** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 8:40 am

Fuck Jimmy Page, because I have the coolest Les Paul in the world.