Treadstone wrote:Gear is Fun, Tech is Great, but Keeping It Simple is most often better.
As a guitar player of over 30 years I've had just about every gadget you can think of, and what I've figured out is this: The more gear, the more fails at gigs, the more you spend time panning through pedal boards for that perfect sound, which is never perfect btw.., the less time you spend writing. It's also more crap to haul to and back from shows. When very simply put: 2 good tones and 4 channels through a good guitar head, cords, and a few backup guitars is all you'll ever need. Tech stuff is also fun, but typically expensive, and either breaks at gigs or practice, or just ends up collecting dust on a shelf. I'm sure many will not agree with my assessments, but check out what your favorite player uses for gear and tech. You might be surprised that he uses less sh*t than you. Just an opinion.
gear is highly personal (and circumstantial)
whatever "works" and ya can afford
today w true bypass switchers (midi) and good BUFFERS you can get away w a lot
at the end of the day, u always desire to reduce the cable run (and thus capacitance) to a minimum
start w a 10' cable and plug in a GERMANIUM treble booster straight into a marshall
then
plug it in front of 3 other true bypass pedals TURNED OFF (w acommpanying cables)...
completely FEELS different (and WRONG) compared to before (treble booster straight in)
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