Let’s see your Rigs!
Because I know that you are out there…
Tubercle’s D-15 Custom Martin - Spruce/Rosewood
& 1973 Les Paul
Two of “several”. Can’t say exactly how many because if Ms. Tubercle knew she would run me off ;D
Here’s a photo of my “downsized” pedalboard. :P I’ve actually soldered custom patch cables since I took this photo and replaced the Retro-Sonic Analog Delay with an Analogman ARDX20 Dual Analog Delay unit.
One of my current amps. I also play a Fender Deluxe Reverb '65 RI for which I’ve switched out the tubes with a mix of NOS Mullard 12AX7s and some of the new Tung Sol Reissue 12AX7s. I also replaced the stock speaker with a nice Weber copy of the Jensen C12N.
Here are my guitars and other various amps I’ve owned in the last several years.
Damn, I’ll have to get some pics of my stuff, although it’s not that impressive. I’ll have to get it all collected in one place…it’s spread out between the studio and home now. Although my love at this point is my ukulele!
There’s a huge difference between my “rig”…ie., that gear I take to gigs and play a lot…and the gear that I own! :D Generally don’t even use a lot of pedals any more.
Supposed to be going to a recording studio tonight, been a while since I’ve been in a commercial (non-home) studio, should be fun! For this my rig will be very simple…bass (fretless 5string), cable, tiny little genz benz shuttle amp, mic and direct out.
At another (less jazz oriented) gig I’ve been using my Mesa Boogie Buster Bass head. Love it, 200 watts of 6L6 power into a 4x10 and drastically simple controls…I disable the graphic EQ and just have gain, bass, mid, treb, and master. EQ mostly flat except for a mid bump…I’m a fan of a good bit of midrange on bass.
My gear for guitar is more varied. Some day I’ll get it all together in one room and have a photo shoot.
Alright…
Just a Couple:
My Mistress:
My Drinking Buddy:
The Green Monster:
The Trusted One:
The one that I have always wanted:
The Fender Hot Rodded Hot Rod Deluxe (Limited Edition):
The Ancient One:
The Baddest Amp on Earth:
Very Nice… Love that Paul
I forgot my amp. I’ve got several Peavys but this is my favorite for acoustic work.
1958 Silvertone 30w. Gave a guy 20 bucks for it :o
Is that silvertone a tube amp?
I bought a UKE for my 13 year old (Who is also a Bass player) for her birthday this year. They are a lot of fun
Are they ever! I’m playing everything from “Paper Moon” to “Pinball Wizard”!
It is.
A guy at work inherited it from his grandfather along with a bunch of other stuff. I told him it was worth more if it worked at all and offered more but he only wanted $20. Who am I to argue?
He also had the Silvertone guitar that went with it. I offer $100 sight-unseen but he wouldn’t sell. He wanted to save it for his son 
It has written in pencil on the back that it was purchased in 1958 and this is what I was going by. I can’t find a serial number to track.
Nice! Mine is a '74.
and they wail!
I used to have one of those Silvertone guitars that had the amp built into the guitar case…remember those?
Oh, man!
Those are big time collector items now.
My old Red Harmony was very similar to the Silvertones
On my wishlist right now:
Gretsch Tennessean (preferably in wine red)
Fender '62 American Vintage Hot Rod Strat (I wish it came in honey blonde!)
Gibson ES-330 (in cherry)
Martin HD-28V
Not a very good picture.
So a few years back (2003 I think) I was helping my sister empty out one of the outer building workshops at our parents house and I moved a bunch of boxes and old paint cans on a shelf.
Out of nowhere this Stratocaster neck falls off the shelf and literally into my hands.
I look on the shelf and in this cardboard box is the rest of this strat in pieces… So real quick like I gather up all the pieces and stick them in my truck.
The guitar sat in pieces for about a year at my home until I decided to take a look at it.
The Body is dated 1972
The Neck is dated 1971
The 3 bolt Tiltomatic Neckplate Serial Number is from the 1972-1973 range
My jaw dropped. :o
It took me the next 15 months to get the neck to stay straight and not twisted.
It took me another 2-3 years to rehab it and bring it back from the dead.
Not a bad find if you think about it. We believe that it was left at the house in the 1981-1984 period. Probably from a Christmas party. So for a guitar that sat in the elements for 20 years I am amazed at how wonderful it is.
I loaded it with Texas Pickups from Fender, Locking Tuners and a sweet new pickguard and bridge. Although, I am looking for a nice vintage style bridge for it.
It is a hard tail strat which you just do not see many of.
