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jrockbridge

jrockbridge

Stealing Your Riffs
Here is mine today….

1991 Gibson MIII > Boss Katana Go > Sony MDR7506 headphones

I bought the Gibson new as a beginner. I was planning to buy an SG when I walked into the shop. But, when I picked up this ugly duckling, it felt great, was super easy to play and seemed so much more versatile and modern, so I bought it.

Ultimately, I could never get along with the Floyd. The Floyd broke down over the years. I eventually put together a different Floyd with parts from the original, a cheap Chinese copy and parts from a quick loader. I blocked it with a Tremol-No and a Trem-Stop. The result is a Floyd that’s locked in place and much easier to change strings.

When the Floyd first broke down, the guitar would no longer intonate. I placed it in it’s coffin case for more than a decade. I came to prefer guitars with thicker necks and larger fret wire. When, I finally got the Floyd back in shape and adjusted the intonation, I found out that I still enjoyed playing this Super Strat, even with the thin neck and small fret wire. There are some advantages to these flat, thin necks including making stretches across frets much easier.

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I've specialized in this sort of thing for years. Currently I have:
  • Positive Grid Spark Go
  • Fender Mustang Micro
  • Blackstsar Super Fly (for when I need an xlr input
 
Currently if I'm going somewhere for work where I'll driving and staying over, I've been taking an electric guitar (varies which one), my Roland Micro Cube and my Lekato (Cuvave) Cube Baby mini modeller pedal which I run into the auxiliary input of the Micro Cube. The Cube Baby is foot-switchable between my three basic sounds of clean, crunch and dirt, so it is a better experience when practicing songs where there is a change as opposed to just direct into the Micro Cube which is not switchable. I've also taken my decent headphones (Sennheiser) and plugged those into the Cube Baby for quiet practice where even the Micro Cube would be too loud. Sounds better through the Cube than the cans though.
 
The Micro Cube is obviously for a low volume un-miced practice/acoustic jam/motel room situation. IIt works perfectly over at my friends house in a tiny spare room where he plays piano and we dont use any vocal mics. He also has a pretty nice sounding old Seagull dreadnaught. He has some basic drums in his piano if we want them. I usually bring an elec guitar & the little Cube, or sometimes just take my upright bass. The little Cube is also great for extended trips if I want to play/practice on the road.

If I want a lightweight compact rig to actually play a small gig/open mic/blues jam etc. then-
either the Orange 35rt, or the Crate VC2110R w/ a petite pedalboard. Both are compact 1-10" combos, 35w &20w respectively.
The Orange is SS, closed back, super light, has a built in tuner, clean/dirt chs, & digital reverb. I might throw a delay in the effects loop. Would pick this if I was playing mostly clean rhythm, or a quieter stage.
The Crate is open back, EL84s, smaller footprint than the Orange but heavier, has a small reverb tank, no effects loop, & only 1 ch. So I'd want a small board w/ tuner, some dirt or boost, and some slapback. Of course I could just crank it and get my dirt with the guitar vol, use a clip on tuner, and skip the pedals. It def packs more punch than the Orange so it would be the choice for blues jams or a louder stage. Its also great for lap steel.
 
I have been using this setup lately. I have since added a TC Tuner in place of the battery and have tucked the battery under the board. I plan to have a version similar to @Mark Wein as I have the ToneX One and the HX. Still learning to use the HX.

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