Sasstron

In our band, our lead singer/rhythm guitar uses an L.R. Baggs I-Beam in his acoustic and runs it into the Baggs Para Acoustic DI as a preamp/eq. It sounds pretty darn good, but I think the key is to pick a pickup that works with the type of guitar you have. The I-Beam has a very bassy output, and he plays through a 000 sized Martin knockoff, so it makes up for that guitar's relatively mild low end. That said, it would probably be too boomy on a J45 or Jumbo.

Okay, so my setup's always changing...

GUITARS:

my beat up 1959 Sunburst Fender Jazzmaster (tortoise guard) w/ original pickups and Mastery Bridge

a homemade relic 50's style Tele w/ a Bill Bores-installed B-Bender and Duncan Antiquity pickups

I need to get an acoustic at some point. I saw a Recording King the other day that I really liked.

AMP:

Dr. Z Maz 38 2x12" combo w/ reverb and effects loop

SIGNAL CHAIN:

Guitar -> Z. Vex Fuzz Factory -> homemade Tonebender MK II clone -> Korg Pitchblack Tuner

-> 2-knob Keeley Compressor -> Lovepedal Eternity OD -> Z. Vex Box of Rock -> Ernie Ball

Volume Pedal Junior -> Demeter Tremulator -> Boss DD-6 -> EHX Deluxe Memory Man

-> Amp (w/ Digitech RV-7 Hardwire Reverb in effects loop, sitting on top)

KEYS:

Korg microKORG synth

M-Audio MIDI controller -> Intel MacBook running Ableton Live (for loops, Mellotron, and noises)

MISCELLANEOUS:

Hawaiian koa ukelele

Hagstrom plectrum banjo

Pearl bell set (cheap glockenspiel) w/ hard rubber mallets

Hohner 32-key Piano Melodica

harmonicas in various keys

no-name accordion (currently broken )

shaker, cabasa, jingle bells, and tambourine

I have way to much crap. I think I need professional help.

On electric, I always bust out the opening riffs from the Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again".

Nothing quite like the satisfying kerrrang of that open A / G / D progression.

On acoustic, I usually pick out some "Ashes of American Flags" or "Paranoid Android" by

Radiohead.

With piano I'll play the intro to "Hell Is Chrome", or Wurly, I'll go with some "I Am The

Walrus".

I am a nerd, I realize.

Hey guys. Long time reader, first time poster.

My gear is as follows...

Guitars

• 1959 Fender Jazzmaster (all original, with a beat-to-hell 2-tone sunburst finish)
  
• Gibson SG Classic (big pickguard, 2 P-90's, Heritage Cherry)
  
• Relic parts tele w/ Parsons/White B-Bender and Duncan Antiquity pickups
  

Amp

• Dr. Z Maz 38 Senior (2x12" 38-watt Class A combo)
  

Effects (in this order)

• Chicago Iron Octavian Plus
  
• Analog Man NKT-275 Sun Face
  
• Keeley 2-Knob Compressor
  
• Boss TU-2 Tuner
  
• Original Digitech Whammy
  
• Ernie Ball Junior Volume Pedal
  
• Prescription Electronics RX Overdriver
  
• Xotic AC Booster
  
• Demeter Tremulator
  
• Boss DD-6 Delay (for reverse delay and 'Hold' mode stuttering effects)
  
• Boss LS-2 Line Selector
• EHX Deluxe Memory Man
  

Keys

• Nord Electro 2 63-key Stage Piano (for Rhodes/Wurlies/B3 Organ)
  
• G4 Mac Laptop running Ableton Live 6 for sequences/soft synths
  
• GForce MTron, Oddity, and impOSCar plugins
  
• alphakanal's Automat soft synth
  
• An M-Audio Axiom 49-key MIDI controller to run it all
  

Misc (for various noises)

• Electric toothbrush
  
• Various metal and glass slides
  
• EBow Plus
  
• Small vibrator
  

I know, I know, I'm a gear whore... So sue me. I am currently without an acoustic. Had to sell it for rent money.

-- Matt