Wound3rd
08-10-2010, 10:57 AM
Hello again. New here from North Carolina and at the request of a couple of folks I'm posting my equipment. Lessee....where to begin? I guess drums were my first instrument. I still have the first set my parents bought me which was the first kit Pearl ever put out. I think it was made out of something similar to Remo's "acousticon" shells - mystery material in other words. In recent years I have aquired an old Rogers XP set - the one with a tiny bass drum and huge toms with hardware that looks like it came from Home Depot. I rounded it out with various Sabian and Zildjian cymbals. It took me about 40 years to finally get a full kit. When I was drumming in the church orchestra we used Rolands and in the contemporary service I used their Gretsch kit so my drums have rarely been out. I should say here that the rule of thumb for me seems to be - "Buy a certain type of equipment and it ensures that you will then be asked to play a different instrument."
So, after I got all the drum stuff sorted out I was moved to bass. Currently I own a Fender USA P Bass, one of my few "stock" items, a MIM Jazz which I've modded with pups, pickguard, etc., a Brice 5 string bought from Rondo Music, home of cheap guitars and a mongrel I put together using my old Peavey T-40 and a P body. The only amp I have is an old Fender Bassman 10 which used to be the entire sound system for my first band back in 1976. 2 guitars, bass and a vocal mic all through 1 amp. No wonder it sounds ragged. In church I use an inexpensive little Zoom B1 preamp.
Once I bought the expensive P Bass, naturally I ended up on guitar again. Right now I have a couple of "Partscasters" - a Strat with Dimarzio Virtual Vintage pups, a Tele with the same, an SX Tele with Duncans from Rondo, a Yamaha Tele-style Pacifica with Duncans and most recently an Agile Les Paul style with Dimarzio's, another Rondo product. I guess I've just never liked off-the-rack instruments and can't resist messing with them. My basement is littered with old parts.
I have a Peavey Classic 50 and a Vox AD 30VT for amps, an old original Whammy pedal, an original Rat, a Bad Monkey and a Digitech delay plus a couple of the Dano Cool Cat pedals but I have succumbed to the modern age and now use a POD XT Live for the worship team. We use no amps on the platform and it really gives me everything I need. I'm very pleased with the tones I get but as always, I tweak and tweeze constantly trying to hone in on the perfect sound. It's really convenient for silent practice by running it to my computer. I guess this means that I can expect to go back to drums at any moment.
So, there you have it. I didn't mention the bagpipes because I haven't yet learned how to blow, finger and squeeze at the same time. I might get them out when I grow up.:rolleyes:
So, after I got all the drum stuff sorted out I was moved to bass. Currently I own a Fender USA P Bass, one of my few "stock" items, a MIM Jazz which I've modded with pups, pickguard, etc., a Brice 5 string bought from Rondo Music, home of cheap guitars and a mongrel I put together using my old Peavey T-40 and a P body. The only amp I have is an old Fender Bassman 10 which used to be the entire sound system for my first band back in 1976. 2 guitars, bass and a vocal mic all through 1 amp. No wonder it sounds ragged. In church I use an inexpensive little Zoom B1 preamp.
Once I bought the expensive P Bass, naturally I ended up on guitar again. Right now I have a couple of "Partscasters" - a Strat with Dimarzio Virtual Vintage pups, a Tele with the same, an SX Tele with Duncans from Rondo, a Yamaha Tele-style Pacifica with Duncans and most recently an Agile Les Paul style with Dimarzio's, another Rondo product. I guess I've just never liked off-the-rack instruments and can't resist messing with them. My basement is littered with old parts.
I have a Peavey Classic 50 and a Vox AD 30VT for amps, an old original Whammy pedal, an original Rat, a Bad Monkey and a Digitech delay plus a couple of the Dano Cool Cat pedals but I have succumbed to the modern age and now use a POD XT Live for the worship team. We use no amps on the platform and it really gives me everything I need. I'm very pleased with the tones I get but as always, I tweak and tweeze constantly trying to hone in on the perfect sound. It's really convenient for silent practice by running it to my computer. I guess this means that I can expect to go back to drums at any moment.
So, there you have it. I didn't mention the bagpipes because I haven't yet learned how to blow, finger and squeeze at the same time. I might get them out when I grow up.:rolleyes: