Your dream rig vs. your current rig?

[sage]

Current rig 1 (metal):
RGA8 (stock), Agile 82527 with EMG 45DC (in transit, thanx AntiTankDog), Washburn 333 with Dimebucker and SH-2, Ibanez RGTHRG-2 (stock)
Peavey JSX with JJs KT77s and JJs 12ax7s
Krankenstein cab

Current rig 2 (shoegaze/post-rock):
Partscaster SRV strat (I made it), Partscaster Blackguard Tele (under construction), Sparrow Primitive (335 copy)
Black Pearl 30 1x12 combo
EHX Big Muff with 4-way switchable Creamy Dreamer mod
EHX Micro Synth

Pedalboard common to both rigs:
Dunlop Crybaby from Hell
Digitech Whammy IV
Peterson Strobostomp
Ibanez TS-9
Boss DS-1 (currently undergoing Monte Allums Roxx Mod)
t.c. electronic Nova System (just died last night... we'll see if it gets repaired or if I upgrade to one of the following dream rig options)

Dream rig additions/subtractions:
t.c. electronic G-System or Boss DD-7, Ibanez FL-9, EHX Small Clone, and Boss HR-2 Harmonist.
Moog Moogerfooger MuRF
Death by Audio Robot
Ditch the RGA8 and go for a custom multiscale 8 string.

 

[BucketheadRules]

*Update*

The current rig is the same as my last post.

The dream situation has been re-thought.

It would consist of my HT40 for home use and gigs not requiring massive wattage, simply because it's a fucking great amp. Does everything I need it to do, better than basically anything else I've tried.

Then there would be a Blackstar Series 1 100-watt head, because I played one a while ago and it was ridiculously good. I'm now a complete Blackstar whore after that little blast on that head.

I'd also change around the guitars slightly. The list would be as follows. Ones in italics would be new purchases:

Ibanez RG350EX (although perhaps with the occasional mod here and there)
Ibanez RG7321 (again, modding planned)
Gibson Flying V (it's totally awesome stock, so will stay that way)
Dean Baby ML (I don't use it that much atm, but it was my first guitar so it's going nowhere)
BC Rich Kerry King Signature V (because tbh I think it's just awesome )
Burny RLC-70S (I played one a while ago and am currently saving for one, I can't live without it )
Something like a Korean Fender Showmaster HH (just beautiful, and would be very useful to me)

 

[Holy Katana]

I don't really have a "dream rig," per se. I play too many styles of music, I guess. That's why I've primarily been buying extremely versatile gear over the past three years or so. My three main guitars are a Fender Classic Player Jazzmaster (which I just got last Tuesday), an Ibanez AS-73 (sort of a poor man's Scofield signature; basically a 335 copy), and a Martin D-35 that was originally my dad's (it was actually built from a Martin kit, and he bought it used, so while it's a fantastic guitar, it's probably not worth a whole lot; it's one of the best acoustics I've ever played, though, so it's not going anywhere). I've also got my dad's MIJ Squier Tele that needs its electronics and hardware replaced (the electronics are kinda fried; the pickups only work half the time, both the switch and the knobs are really noisy; the hardware's very rusty), so I'll have four main guitars once I fix it up.

I'm currently just running direct into my POD HD500 and monitoring with headphones. I have a 15-watt Valvetronix I bought years ago, but I haven't used it much since I got the HD500, since I like playing late at night, so I just go direct to my headphones.

I'd like a few pedals and some rack gear, but other than that, I don't really know what my "dream rig" is. There isn't really a single amp that does everything I'd want it to as far as I know. As for guitars, I'd like a guitar that does metal, since all of my other guitars are great for everything but metal (Jazzmasters can do hard rock and grunge, but unfortunately not metal; my semihollow does metal okay, although its tone is more suited to sludge and stoner metal than any other type). I think I'll just do what I've always done -- make the best of what I've got -- until I find a setup that I'm content with. I'm not particularly consumerist, so I don't really get GAS very much. When I want something, I want it for a very particular reason, usually because it does something I couldn't do before, and I feel that I could put those features to good use.

 

[RichIKE]

Current Rig:
Gibson Faded SG (modded with seymour duncan Livewire Metal Bridge Pickup)
Esp LTD H207 7 string
Fender Hot Rod Deluxe 1x12 combo
Avatar 2X12 Greenbacks
Pod X3 Live

Dream Rig:
The SG
A Better 7 string
A Nice 8 string
Engl fireball/Powerball
Orange 4X12 or Atlas Custom 4X12
ISP Decimator
and other pedals delay reverb ect.

 

[MesaENGR412]

Current Rig:
2 PRS SE Torero Guitars (one Gray Black, one Black Cherry)
Two Custom 2010 Mesa Dual Rectifiers - ran stereo, one 6L6, one EL34
Two Custom Rectifier Standard Straight front cabs C90/V30's in X patterns
Rocktron Midimate
Voodoo Control Switchers (x2)
Boss NS2, PS5, DD6, CH1
Planet Waves Strobe tuner
EH Holy Grail
Maxon OD808
All Planet Waves Cables

Dream Rig:
Same amp rig (love the new Rectos), just add:

(Happy with the Toreros, but, also want to have
Custom new PRS Tremonti II - Fire Red Burst (hopefully next guitar, or, very
soon)
Custom new PRS Custom 24 - color undecided, either Black Gold or Emerald
Green, possibly add a Floyd Rose Original on it
2 - 2x12 Road King Horizontal Cabs to make 2 "6x12's"
Wireless unit (probably Line 6)
TC Electronic Nova or G System and get rid of the pedals, use for Midi
control
ISP Noise Decimator G String
Eventually maybe a Diezel Herbert or (preferably) VH4 or both

-AJH

 

[Kali Yuga]

Current:
Ibanez RGA8 with EMG808Xs through a Boss Metal Zone through Amplitube 3... rofl.

I have some other gear but this is my home goof around setup while I'm between rigs. I'm getting a DAR preamp though but that's going to be awhile. I'm not really sure what I want for a stage/band rig right now, that's affordable.

Oni multi-scale 9-string with custom wound Lundgren M9s.
DAR Future Breed Machines FBM-100HX
DAR 4x12 Cabinet with G12-K100s
Axe FX II and MFC101 MIDI Controller

... rofl again.

It's all subject to change too. I'm fickle and poor.

 

[Alimination]

Current:
Arbor "star shaped" 6 string
Ibanez RG 7 custom (in the making)
6505+ peavy with custom metal plate grill
Vintage Orange 4x12 cab with original vintage 30s
boss-gt8 multifx
boss EQ pedal


Dream-
Honestly I'm pretty simple with gear. I'm happy and greatful for what I own. But I guess I would want to play with Axe-FX, and possibly an extended ranged guitar after I get used to my 7 string when it's done being built.

 

[Wyldefan916]

Current Rig (Extremely Sad lol):

Ibanez RG7321 w/ EMG 81-7 & 60-7
Ibanez Gio Series Guitar
Ibanez TS9
Morley Bad Horsie 1
VOX VT15

Dream Rig:

Schecter Jeff Loomis FR-7
Ibanez RG1527 Prestige Loaded with EMG 707's
Ibanez JS2400
Gibson Les Paul Custom Silverburst loaded with EMG 85's
Marshall EL34 100/100 Monobloc
Axe-FX Ultra
Marshall Cabs (2 full-stacks)

Being a broke college student sucks, but then again, the things I want aren't quite cheap lol.

 

[Benjo230]

Current Rig
Fractal Audio Axe-FX Ultra
Ibanez RG2027X (w/ Bareknuckle Aftermath in the bridge if i remember correctly )
Ibanez RG7321 (w/ Bareknuckle Painkiller, and Nailbomb)


Dream Rig
Fractal Audio Axe-FX Ultra
Some kind of decent in-ear monitoring system
Some kind of decent power conditioner
(Plus a Mesa 2:100/2:90:2 and 2 Mesa 4X12's for shits and giggles)
Ibanez RG7CST
Ibanez RG2027X (w/ Bareknuckle Aftermath in the bridge if i remember correctly )
Ibanez RG1077XL
Ibanez RG7321 (w/ Bareknuckle Painkiller, and Nailbomb)
Gibson Les Paul Silverburst with Bareknuckle Mules/VHII's

 

[InTheRavensName]

Current:

Allender SE/Singlecut SE -> Spider Valve 1x12 w/FBV Shortboard

Dream:

Honestly, I'd like to replace the SC with a Schuldiner Stealth.

Upgrade the SV to the half stack version

I reckon that'd do me

 

[RGD MIKE]

Dream Rig:
-Ibanez RGD 2127z
-Gibson Explorer
-Suhr Guthrie Govan modern
-ENGL Invader 100
-Vader 4x12
-TC G Major
-Eventually a Diezel Herbert

Current rig:
-Ibanez RGD 2127z
-Gibson Explorer
-ENGL Invader 100
-Marshall Mode Four 400 watt cabinet
-TC G Major

and i am getting a Vader 4x12 this weekend. i am rather content with what i have. it is incredible, and it is about to get even better.

 

[transperformanc]

current rig
modded Ibanez rg1527m tuned A E A D G B E

pedalboard
ernie ball 6165 stereo volume pedal
boss tu3
double expanded cae rs10
Framtone talk box
Trek speed control
Dunlop slash wah


rack mounted
(2) cae 4x4 switcher
drawer with pedals
lexicon pcm70
marshall jmp1
tc electronics 1210
(2) marshall 9200 power amps

pedeals in draw controlled with rs10
boss aw3
boss dn2
boss fz5
keeley 4 knob compressor mixer feed comes from here for clean

cabs
(4) marshall flat front cabs loaded with 75 watt celestions
leslie 147

dream rag is pretty much the same except for

add 3 guitars

if anybody knows what model that esp is let me know

replace jmp1 with triaxis

and also get the emg mid boost circuit built into a rack unit

 

[DoktorAtomic]

Current rig:
Piece of crap Ibanez RG 7 string
Line 6 Spider III 100 watt combo x_x

Dream Rig:
Custom Agile Intrepid 730 (all about attaining ungodly low notes without none of that eight string stuff)
Line 6 POD X3 pro
Keeley 4 knob compressor
ISP Decimator noise gate
Rockktron Velocity 300 power amp
Radtone Harmonic Converger
some stereo cab with Vintage 30s

Probably not a dream by SS.org standards but its what I dig. And I can get it all for under $4000

 

[Curt]

Now my dream rig would only add a Silverburst LPC, ESP M-II maple, and a Les Paul Traditional Plus onto what I have now or am currently paying off.

edit: now that I think of it, maybe, just maybe add a Mark V and a Mills Acoustics straight 4x12.

 

[BryanFTWL]

Eventually maybe a Diezel Herbert or (preferably) VH4 or both

-AJH

Andrew, check out the new Hagen that Peter Diezel is coming out with.
Seems to be kind of an amp that is a mix of the Herbert and VH4.
There was a whole thread on HCAF the other day about how Herberts don't cut through well. A guy had just played a show with one, and was pretty let down by it. Shame though, I'd love a Herbie.


Speaking of wirelesses, are you looking into the G50 like what Andy has? That thing is sweet, I noticed how it didn't rob any resonance when I was sound checking for him on Saturday.

 

[Diggy]

My Current Rig

Ibanez RG7620, EMG 707
Ibanez RG7620, DiMarzio D-Sonic
Fender Hm Strat
Fender HM Strat set neck (?, yeah.. I know..fuckin weird)
Mesa/Boogie DC-10 head
Orange Rockerverb 100 MKII
Mesa Lonestar 2x12 combo
Radial Switchbone
MXR Carbon Copy x 2
MXR M108 EQ
MXR EVH Phase
Boss SD1 w/ 808 mod
Boss NS2
Boss TU2
Orange PPC412 x 2
Marshall 1960A w/ v30's
Marshall 1960AV

My Cream Rig

everything I listed above +
a couple of Bradshaw switchers/controllers..even GCX's and Ground Controls would work.
I'd like to try the Axe FX sometime.. maybe i could eliminate ALOT of gear for touring/shows.
a custom Ibanez 8 30" scale, ebony fretboard, maple body natural finish, oil finished neck, fully functioning Kahler or OFR trem(not the locked Kahler on 2228) w/ some BK Pups, not sure which one yet.
Guerilla Stalingrad 8.. just because it looks mean!

so, yeah.. would be nice.. If I hit the lottery for at least 10K

 

[Taclite]

My current rig is this:

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And mah guitars be ESP Horizon & ESP SV



My dream rig would consist of the following:

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[Diggy]

current rig
modded Ibanez rg1527m tuned A E A D G B E

pedalboard
ernie ball 6165 stereo volume pedal
boss tu3
double expanded cae rs10
Framtone talk box
Trek speed control
Dunlop slash wah


rack mounted
(2) cae 4x4 switcher
drawer with pedals
lexicon pcm70
marshall jmp1
tc electronics 1210
(2) marshall 9200 power amps

pedeals in draw controlled with rs10
boss aw3
boss dn2
boss fz5
keeley 4 knob compressor mixer feed comes from here for clean

cabs
(4) marshall flat front cabs loaded with 75 watt celestions
leslie 147

dream rag is pretty much the same except for

add 3 guitars

if anybody knows what model that esp is let me know

replace jmp1 with triaxis

and also get the emg mid boost circuit built into a rack unit

ESP Stef Vintage T 7

 

[Pooluke41]

Current Rig:
Ibanez RG570TBFM (Trans-blue Flame Maple Veneer)
Boss GT-5
PAF-Pro Neck
Ibanez stock Middle
Tonezone Bridge.
(Only things that I have that I use.)

Dream Rig:
Axe-FX
Mesa Boogie Mark V
Ibanez RGD2127z
Ibanez RGD2120z
Ibanez RDG2127 but a Hardtail.
Dimarzio and BKP Pickups.
RG2228
My Ibanez.
Shitloads of Cabs.
Shure SM57
Good Audio Interface.
Amazing Recording Comp and software.

Basicially the Works....

 

[robotsatemygma]

Wow I just checked out my old post... page 1 even! Amazing how tastes totally change, yet some similarities.

I nailed 2 things right...

VOX AC30C2

And British tone!

God damn do I have a hard on for that amp.