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I've been playing guitar for about 7 years now...I think I started sometime around 6th grade. I've only ever gotten rid of ONE guitar I've ever owned and that ended up having a good and bad side to it. I traded it in and got an ESP Horizon instead..that's the good, but the Ibanez I got rid of turned out to be a pretty rare model (RGRT47DX).

In any case, over the course of the last 7 years I've built up quite a collection of instruments and gear. I have a total of 7 electric guitars, one acoustic guitar, and an all tube full stack.

Here's a shot of all my electrics:


From left to right:

1995 ESP Horizon - NOT AN LTD! This is a real, Japanese made ESP. Traded in another guitar I had to get this. Only paid $500 total with the original ESP hardshell case included. Dropped a Seymour Duncan "Screamin' Demon" in the bridge position because the stock pickups had no balls whatsoever.

1985 Ibanez Roadstar RS530 - I put one of those newer RG350DXs on layaway and I went to Guitar Center to put another hundred down on it and while I was there I found this guitar in the used section for a hundred dollars less than I was about to spend on the newer one. Naturally I chose it over the newer one because...over anything else, it's made in Japan (which is where all of the "real" Ibanez guitars are made...for those of you who aren't familiar).

2003 Squier "Fat Strat" - My first guitar. Yes, as you can tell I used to think it was really cool to put stickers all over your guitar. I ended up getting another guitar (that rare Ibanez that I traded) before I grew out of that phase, so I never took the stickers off. Haven't played this guitar in forever but I'll probably never get rid of it because it's got sentimental value.

1981 Ibanez Blazer - My uncle bought this guitar brand new when he was a teenager and then he joined the military and it sat in his garage for 15 years. When I was in 7th grade he pulled it out and gave it to me. Since then it's kinda been passed around to all the guitar players in my family. It's finally back in my hands where it's probably going to stay. This one's also Japanese.

1981 Ibanez Iceman IC-50 - This one has a cool story behind it. My friend had this guitar sitting in his basement just collecting dust and deteriorating. I asked him if he'd sell it to me and he said "If you can fix it up, you can have it." I took it, cleaned it up, re-wired it, and now play it on a regular basis. Yet another Japanese guitar. I found out it's worth $700-$800 even being as beat up as it is.

2008 Ibanez RG7120 - My friends pitched in and bought me this for my birthday last year because I had been talking about buying a 7-string and I guess they knew that at that point in my life I didn't have the money to go buying guitars. This is the only non-Japanese Ibanez that I own.


NOT PICTURED: I have, on layaway, a Japanese made RG570 (now called the "RG1570 Prestige". The one I'm buying was made before they started labeling their Jap models as Prestige.) I'm going to go pay the balance and pick it up next time I get paid. It's silver, has one of the original knobs replaced with a dumb looking gold one, and comes with an Ibanez molded hardshell case.

Also not pictured is my acoustic. I got a cheap Takamine for my birthday a couple of years ago. It's nothing special, just a knockaround guitar to bring on camping trips and stuff.

Now...on to the amp. After having owned my share of solid state CRATE bullshit amps, I had read a bunch of good reviews on the CRATE Blue Voodoo. It was all tube, and solid as a rock but had no balls to be found. I thought about having it retubed but before I had that done I made one of the best decisions of my life and bought a Carvin V3. For $950 brand new, it beats Mesas and Marshalls into the ground. Great amp. I'd recommend it to anyone looking to buy a tube amp. I've got it paired to two older Carvin V412 cabs and it pushes a full stack beautifully.


Note: this is just an image I pulled off google. I don't have any pictures of mine and can't take any right now because it's set up at my friends house. I have the same head powering two cabs.


SO.....I know there's a large number of guitar players on this forum. Let's see your rigs. Guitars, amps, effects, everything.

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