THE BEST GEAR YOU HAVE EVER USED?

[ernest828]

Bar none... No budget... What are the pieces you have used or heard that completely rock from mics to pres to compressors to eqs? Ernest

[Moronix]

The eq and limiting in the Masterlink really rock for the last matching up of different dynamics in different songs. John Hancock you made a great machine! Robert Moron----ix the name stays

[Hippie]

Way back... when I got my first 'blackface' ADAT to interface with a 386 computer and figured out digital audio edits/copy/paste. I thought that was the coolest thing since the creation. I actually couldn't sleep that night with all the audio possibilities going through my head. :idea: We all take that stuff for granted now, but back then it was magical. Matt

[gtrmac]

Neumann U-67 Neve 8068 1176 compressor Studer A-800 MKIII Bryston Power amp Tannoy DMT-215 Used together

[halljams]

Manley EQ.

[urk10]

My AKAI MPC3000LE,awesome

[Jotown]

UA1176 Avalon 2022 U47 Tascam portstudio Roland 808 Pro Tools Mix++ Synclavier.

[Mark Zeger]

Apple computer - Not intending to start PC v. Mac war. E-Mu Proteus 1 - When it's was new, and for many years after that, it provided me with a wealth of great sounds for under a grand.

[Franknputer]

Still partial to the Neve 8068. Maybe someday I'll get one...

[henryrobinett]

Didrik De Geer microphones. Simply awesome! UA LA2A AEA 44 remake of the classic RCA 44 Millennia STT-1 "Origin". GML pre and EQ.

[rebonn]

Without a doubt, the Distressor.

[Gtoledo3]

RE 201

[coyote]

My Hammond A100. Not only to my ears.... everyone I play with nowadays comments on how awesome it sounds. (And it must be the organ, cause I ain't that good a player lol)

[doc taz]

Crybaby wah (95B) Marshall JCM 800 1959 100 watt 2-channel amp head Gibson Les Paul Studio from 1994 (the same one my dad owns w/ sig from LP himself)

[big K]

.. 2 things I want to try... everything made by avalon. and the massenberg mastering eq. a SSL mixer would be nice to try once too. .. that and I would like to find out what the SINGLE most expensive mic in the world is , and us it to record a burp...(don't ask) ... I am sure that there are some mics that nasa uses , that are in the 20000$ + range, or something.

[ernest828]

I can not testify what most gear sounds like but the Avalon 2022 and the 737 units are amazing. The Manley Vari Mu & Massive Passive are dreams come true. Ernest

[Botch.]

Second the original Proteus. All those great sounds, and fantastically easy to program with only 2 line display, 6 buttons, and ONE knob!

[bearded yeti]

I thought the Nord Electro was pretty cool.. [img]http://www.btproductions.com/Gear/Nord%20Electro/Electro%2073.jpg[/img] and the Virus C sounds great too. [img]http://www.raas.ch/content/Pictures/Acces_virus_kc.jpg[/img] WC/Ashley

[Gato]

PRS custom 22, ten top, birds, 1997 and Mesa Boggie DC-5 in stereo. TS-9 and Crybaby 95Q.

[Gtoledo3]

I would NEVER NEVER NEVER sell my 65 fender super reverb. For me, it's the ultimate guitar amp. I also have a poor 68 telecaster that some guy routed out to put an Ibanez humbucker in tthe middle position. Replaced it with an old zebra stripe humbucker. It's absolutely my most versatile guitar. If anybody contemplated putting a humbucher in a tele, I highly recommend the middle position, as the neck position can be muddy.

[DJDM]

By far the coolest is the System 100M: [img]http://www.vintagesynth.org/roland/images/sys100m.jpg[/img] Followed closely by my first synth: [img]http://www.vintagesynth.org/roland/images/juno106.jpg[/img] :D - DJDM

[BP3]

Minimoog API 2500 Soundelux mics B3 Minimoog Voyager Atmosphere Synclavier Oberheim SEM Logic / EXS24 / Logic Control RME Multiface Ecco Shoes Don Julio Anejo XM Radio Tempurpedic pillows Minimoog

[Dan South]

Logic on Mac Lakland basses Distressor t.c. M3000 Avalon U5 direct box Apogee Trak2 Triton Emagic ES2 soft synth

[Uh Clem]

Nuemann M149 Avalon U5 Eventide DSP4500 GML 2020 TC Gold Channel Apogeee AD8000 Soundelux U95S DBX 160SL TASCAM DA78 Meyer HD-1s My Nuendo setup

[deanmass]

I owned a 1949 bastardized Tele/No Caster that belonged to my grandfather. Over the years I had tons of people say 'ohh..sell it...yada yada yada...." and I never did. When I eventually had a heavy weight broker based out of Overland Park, KS graciously take a peek, he determined most of that many of the parts were ripped off when it was put in the shop (orig pick guard and pickups) and the entire guitar was re-stained. He verified the year based on the serial, but said it was worth about $800, which was a relief to me, cause my wife was constantly on the prowl for me to peddle it to buy some useless piece of BS for the house.....So, I kept it, until I moved back to Michigan, and re-established contact with my cousin (my grandfathers other grandson) who is a MONSTER guitar player. So, I realized that the reason I had NEVER sold it was because it was supposed to go to him, and all along, the spirit of grandpa or whatever had kept it with me because it was destined to go to Bill. And, over the holidays a few years ago, I gave it to him. It was a wonderful feeling. That guitar was the coolest piece of gear I ever owned, and now it is owned by the person who SHOULD have owned it all along. Funny how family BS- (falling out between his mother and my grandad) is overcome by universal soul-goo......

[D. Gauss]

<> the telephone, by a long shot. it's just too cool that you can pick up a little box and talk to someone 1/2 way round the world..... -d. gauss

[Ultravibe]

AKG C12... borrowed. I wept silently into my pillow the day I had to give it back.

[jpmiii]

Everthing and anything by the Big M's, Manley and Massenburg.

[Gtoledo3]

[quote]Originally posted by deanmass: [b]I owned a 1949 bastardized Tele/No Caster that belonged to my grandfather. Over the years I had tons of people say 'ohh..sell it...yada yada yada...." and I never did. When I eventually had a heavy weight broker based out of Overland Park, KS graciously take a peek, he determined most of that many of the parts were ripped off when it was put in the shop (orig pick guard and pickups) and the entire guitar was re-stained. He verified the year based on the serial, but said it was worth about $800, which was a relief to me, cause my wife was constantly on the prowl for me to peddle it to buy some useless piece of BS for the house.....So, I kept it, until I moved back to Michigan, and re-established contact with my cousin (my grandfathers other grandson) who is a MONSTER guitar player. So, I realized that the reason I had NEVER sold it was because it was supposed to go to him, and all along, the spirit of grandpa or whatever had kept it with me because it was destined to go to Bill. And, over the holidays a few years ago, I gave it to him. It was a wonderful feeling. That guitar was the coolest piece of gear I ever owned, and now it is owned by the person who SHOULD have owned it all along. Funny how family BS- (falling out between his mother and my grandad) is overcome by universal soul-goo......[/b][/quote]Without even seeing your guitar, I can tell you it's worth more than $800- if there's no kind of neck warp or anything weird. If you got that evaluation in the early nineties, then I can say that perhaps the guy was being honest in his price evaluation- but the scene has changed a hell of a lot between now and then. BTW, it's not THAT hard to get original pickups for a decent price if you look around. Most of the guitars that I bought for $600-$800 bucks in the eighties and nineties, that were just "used" guitars, are now considered VERY classic. And all of the distressed guitars have done a lot to make old nicked up guitars from the 50's to 70's sell for higher prices. For example, I bought a 68 Les Paul deluxe for 600 bucks, and I had a guy offer me 2500 just the other day.

[strat0124]

Radio Shack cassette recorder with built in mic!