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I get asked all the time "why do you need so many amps and guitars"
Here's how I use my gear:
Amps
Mesa Rectoverb - gigs and living room practise
Vox AD60VTX - family room practise watching TV/band practise
Crate V32 - Every Sat and Sun at Church/some band practise
Tonelab - Computer, jam along with songs and to record ideas
Guitars
Les Paul - Practice with Mesa
Ibanez Artist - All gigs (including Church)
Epiphone LP - Practice in family room with Vox
Dean Sarasota - w/tonleab thru computer
Guild X-88 - retired (occasional gigs) but there to remind me of how cool I used to be :wave:
There you have it...I just justified all my main gear. :thu:

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you have different amps for praticing in different rooms of your house:freak:

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I just answer
"because I can"
what's your excuse

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if I pay for it in cash(and not have any other bills) than thats all the justification i need

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Its my hobby, I pay for it myself and earn the money honestly.
Everyone spends a lot of their hobbies, this is mine.

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Mesa RectoVerb - Recto Tones
Mesa F-100 - F-series/Markish tones
Peavey Classic 50 - Classic tones
ADA MP-1 - Tube sound, MIDI flexibility
Rocktron Chameleon - Flexible, MIDI, built-in FX
Carvin T-100 - EL34 tones (need to put some in it, though)
Marshall 9100 - Got a great deal, and it looks badass
But mostly...I buy gear because I have a small penis, and it's cheaper than fast cars.

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it's an investment.
much of it appreciates.
Much of it is immediately liquid.
I'm not spending the money on drugs, hookers, or gambling.

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:idk: one amp at the band space, one at my appartment

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you have different amps for praticing in different rooms of your house:freak: LOL!!!!
What happened there was that my Mesa was too good just to leave upstairs and my wife (bless her heart:love:) thought it looked cool with my Les Paul so that combination ended up in the living room with the piano. The Vox is the amp that gets the most practice time in the family room though. The Vox tonelab is just a wonderful PC tool. I use it to play along with songs and to keep my lead chops up when I'm in between bands.

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I don't justify anything, I just buy shit and have fun with it.

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I don't buy a lot of gear. When I do buy something, my primary considerations are: Will it make a significant improvement in the quality of my sound/playing & will it pay for itself in terms of usefulness in gigging or recording.
Its a hobby but I try to run it like a business. I don't care to have extra stuff that I rarely use.

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Its my hobby, I pay for it myself and earn the money honestly.
Everyone spends a lot of their hobbies, this is mine. WIN

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Its a hobby but I try to run it like a business. I don't care to have extra stuff that I rarely use. That's the hardest part. I'm addicted to delay and chorus pedals and always have too many. The same is true with amps and guitars but I've gotten smarter about it. I sold my Crate VC508 because it honestly NEVER got used. I have a Crate G60 and an Arbor Strat copy which was heading for Craigslist but my 9 year old (who plays amazingly on piano) has started picking up the guitar (mostly by himself)...so he now has a starter rig :thu:

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I get asked all the time "why do you need so many amps and guitars"
Here's how I use my gear:
Amps
Mesa Rectoverb - gigs and living room practise
Vox AD60VTX - family room practise watching TV/band practise
Crate V32 - Every Sat and Sun at Church/some band practise
Tonelab - Computer, jam along with songs and to record ideas
Guitars
Les Paul - Practice with Mesa
Ibanez Artist - All gigs (including Church)
Epiphone LP - Practice in family room with Vox
Dean Sarasota - w/tonleab thru computer
Guild X-88 - retired (occasional gigs) but there to remind me of how cool I used to be :wave:
There you have it...I just justified all my main gear. :thu: My mother and my brother bust my balls all the time about that. I just tell them that I currently have about 10 grand worth of stuff, accrued over 24 years of playing. My brother has bought a 20+ thousand 100th anniversary harley a few years ago and has a snowmobile and a camper he hardly uses.My mother has smoked a carton a week all her life. So whats their point?
My current gear:
Amps and cabs:
Peavey XXX 2 X12 Combo
Marshall AVT50 1 X12
Marshall Lead 12 Micro Stack
ADA MP-1
Alesis RA-100 Power amp (Nice SS Power amp for cheap) Ill get a tube power amp when I steadily start gigging with the MP-1 again.
1995 Carvin 2x12 slant enclosure
1984 Peavey 4X12 cab w/ Scorpions
Guitars:
c. 1996 Ernie Ball Music Man Silhouette
1991 USA Made (Hollywood) Ibanez saber
1963 Gibson ES-120T
Burns Brian May Signature
2001 PRS SE Santana
c.1995 Ibanez Green Flame Maple (Made in Korea, but I love this guitar.)
Frankenstein 1995 Squier Strat.
Self built Strat style no name body, fernandes neck.
2004 Dragonfire Ibanez style quilted maple (awesome guitar for the money, they dont make them anymore)
Epiphone Classical
Alvarez single cutaway Acoustic/Electric
1991 Ibanez Bass guitar
Now for the FX and stuff:
Zoom G.9tt
Digitech RP-300
SansAMP GT2
Hush Super C
Furman Power Conditioner
Alesis RA-100 Power amp (Nice SS Power amp for cheap)
Barber Direct Drive
Barber Tone Press
Boss Digital Harmonizer/Delay
Digitech (FX-??) Wah/Volume
Boss Graphic EQ
Ibanez Tube Screamer
Behringer Vintage Tube Overdrive
DOD Icebox Chorus
Ibanez DE-7 Delay/Echo
Danelectro Tremelo
Boss (EV-9?) Expression Pedal
Behringer Ultra Metal (Better than a Metal Zone, anyway, for cheap)
I think thats it... :)

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We have to justify gear purchases? Damn, I'm screwed then.

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My mother and my brother bust my balls all the time about that. I just tell them that I currently have about 10 grand worth of stuff, accrued over 24 years of playing. My brother has bought a 20+ thousand 100th anniversary harley a few years ago and has a snowmobile and a camper he hardly uses.My mother has smoked a carton a week all her life. So whats their point? That's true and especially the way I've purchased my gear (used), I'll either make money or come close to braking even on everything if I decided to sell.

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the question is, are you confident enough to bring 1 guitar to a gig, I'm not

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I have friends that buy AT LEAST one DVD a week.
$20 x 52 = $1040, not counting video games, magazines, ren faires, and other associated bullshit.
We all have our hobbies. Ours just look and sound cooler.

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I have friends that buy AT LEAST one DVD a week.
$20 x 52 = $1040, not counting video games, magazines, ren faires, and other associated bullshit.
We all have our hobbies. Ours just look and sound cooler. I spend a lot more than $1040/year on gear.:lol::lol:

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it's alot harder to PLAY your favorite song then throw in a cd/dvd
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