What do you use all your gear for?

my bloody television · Tue Jul 21, 2009 7:40 pm

Everyone here obviously is into gear and talking about gear, but I'm just curious what you guys all use it for. Do you buy the latest/greatest pedal to take it on the road or to stare at?
:idk:

hatshirt · Post by **hatshirt** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 7:50 pm

i play my gear in bars, clubs, "studios", my bedroom, the practice shack, and anywhere i can find an electrical outlet!

Blurillaz · Post by **Blurillaz** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 7:54 pm

I'm just waiting to get all the right stuff I need to play some gigs. :idk:

IN a month or so I should have everything I need :thumb:

Ghost Hip · Post by **Ghost Hip** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 7:56 pm

I go on stage and make people listen to this stuff. So far people enjoy our oscillation and knob tweaking endings. :thumb:

less_cunning · Post by **less_cunning** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 8:23 pm

bedroom.

jrmy · Post by **jrmy** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 8:24 pm

Kinda unfortunate you can only cast one vote - my band started out primarily as a studio project, but we've been playing shows for the last few months, so for me it's kinda both record and play out... but I cast my vote as "record" because I've been doing more of that than anything else for the past year or so. :idk:

starcastic · Post by **starcastic** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 8:27 pm

I play a lot of shows and luckily have enough toys to rotate in and out of my setup if I get bored.

Mudfuzz · Post by **Mudfuzz** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 8:54 pm

I use some for shows and most for recording.

I use rehearsals as a testing ground for what I use live, it has to work well and keep up with the band at all times. I'm a bassist so I can have no low loss, no volume drops, no BIG spikes. I love quirky gear at home and in the studio for cool sounds but live I can't deal with that shit, which means no "weird" noisy fuzzes and no EHX stuff [well mostly ]. Amps: I like big tube amps with lots of headroom, I use a mesa 400+ and before that I used a SVT CL for 9-10 years and only blew it up once :lol:

As for the bass it's self again the same; I love weird and odd stuff and one trick ponies but live I use a Ibanez SR 5string with Bart JJ pickups, I can cover everything I need with this one bass and it has never given my any probs in 16+ years of owning it.

bigchiefbc · Post by **bigchiefbc** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 9:10 pm

I have two separate bands. One is studio-only, so a lot of my wacky gear is for the studio. I am also in another band that is at least talking about gigging soon. I have a full pedalboard for that band too, but its mostly full of relatively mundane pedals.

Nychthemeron · Post by **Nychthemeron** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 9:22 pm

Learning and just to mess around! Although, I hope to get myself versed in Pro Tools 8 so I can help out at the studio at my school.

metalmariachi · Post by **metalmariachi** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 10:17 pm

I haven't played live in a long time.
I do recording mostly now.

there are times when I must go down and make horrendous noises just because it makes me happy.

MM

Scruffie · Post by **Scruffie** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 10:30 pm

Mines a longgg story, shortened down though...
Was and am a Pedal Junky
Worked in a studio for 2 years, left to go play myself and pursue my guitar and equipment love, Studio stage...
Didn't find anyone to jam with as I live in a small town, so...
Stopped playing for a year because I was too busy trying to do other things so crapped up and had to spend these past few months re-learning the guitar to a decent standard, which i'm still not happy with, but need someone to jam with to get it back up so that was the bedroom stage.
Went to live in a music orientated town, got drunk too often and couldn't get a job as the town was just full of other drunk musicians and pubs, my gigging stage.
Just started accumulating equipment to join a new band who i'm auditioning for as I sold alot off when unemployed and not playing, plus I'm just
trying to get my dream pedal board and not have to think of it much, accumulation stage that hopefully leads to a decent gigging stage again.

Oh and who voted I buy what people tell me too, your a bad, bad person... :poke:

masked elwood · Post by **masked elwood** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 11:41 pm

record then play gigs, then record, then do some gigs... lather, rinse, repeat ...been doing that since i was 15 and it's fun. :thumb:

elwd

sjtele · Post by **sjtele** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 11:54 pm

metalmariachi wrote:I haven't played live in a long time.
I do recording mostly now.

there are times when I must go down and make horrendous noises just because it makes me happy.

MM

Pretty much that. Played in a few gigging bands years ago then the cost of living took over as well as other pursuits. Now I'm happy in the bedroom making sweet glitchy noise to myself.

royaltrux · Post by **royaltrux** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 12:15 am

I've been playing drums in a band for the last couple of years.

I finally started a new band where I'm playing guitar. I'm collecting shiny things at the moment, getting ready to unleash them on unsuspecting audiences. :bob:

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