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[Mighty Midget]

Since I'm mostly interested in sounds rather that 500 notes a minute, I'm looking for new ideas for how to create sounds using electric guitars, as few pedals as possible and a good amp. Beside, here's a good chance to brag about your equipment

My personal fav gear to date is:
Fender Strat (Japanese, still Fender)
Turbo Rat distortion
Gibson 20W Combo amp with a 12" and loads and loads of reverb.

When rewireing my guitar (reversing polarity), all knobs at 10 and cross feeding I get a flute sound (no kidding) for solos and, when adding tremolo, a huge Hammond organ sound with clipping. Absolutely brutal. Something close to Neil Young's sound, although not quite as wild.

When reducing the distortion, it gives me a surf/60's garage sound that is so maddenly sweet :brain:

[Tulac]

I have a Yamaha Pacifica 120s and Marshall Valvestate 20w amplifier, I'm not much into creations of different sounds I don't have enough money for that

[Mighty Midget]

Well, the reason I bought the Japanese Fender, was because it was the cheapest playable guitar they had. The Gibson amp was also dirt cheap because no serious 'heavy metal dude' would look twice at that relic with only 20W. I, however, am not a 'heavy metal dude'
All in all I'd say it cost me about 700? over a 1 year period. Plus a fortune in strings. Now, THAT is expensive.
Beside, Brian May made his own guitar from scratch... That's sound!

[Tulac]

Well for that you need some skill eh? :P
I'm thinking of getting me a wah pedal, or a digital effects pedal but those are mostly crappy at least what I've seen that my friends have...

[Mighty Midget]

A not only rotten dirt cheap, but FREE distortion box is a broken radio-casette player (preferebly a Radionette). Plug your guitar into it and get the most savage DESTRUCTION sound you'll ever hear, Wah-Wah? It's nothing but a tone controller attached to a pedal of some sort. If you get a potmeter, it should be easy to build one yourself.

[Tulac]

Well I don't know how I have no knowledge of electrics and mechanics...

[Mr Miau]

I got an Epiphone Les Paul Standard and a Godin Freeway Classic through a Marshall MG100DFX with nice but not the best effects and good reverb. With that I use a Ibanez VL - 10 Volume Pedal and a Danelectro Daddy O Overdrive Pedal. My CryBabyWah should be on the way home now...

Sounds... One thing I really like is putting the heavy distortion of the Marshall and the softer one of the Danelectro together. Ultra fast feedback but blow away distortion: I need a Noisegate. I don't make that much experiments since I need only standard sounds for my Coverband: Clean (w/ Chorus), Crunch and...Heavy/Lead Sound (the lead sound is with chorus, too...)

If you mix heavy distortion with fx like chorus, flanger, phaser.... you will get some decent tones. Know that "Paranoid"-Solo? I love it. *g*

[Mighty Midget]

Epiphone makes good guitars. I played on an SG once, the only fault i found was the balance, but then again, that is in the SG's design, Gibson or Epiphone. BTW: Gibson Thunderbird is the most awkwardly built guitar ever. I wish I had a Mosrite. I have no idea how they're like to play, but they look so cool!! (I want to have at least one guitar were I can say "It sounds crap, but maaaan, just LOOK at it!". YAY!

[Mr Miau]

I guess it'd be best if you can say: "Man, in the one hand it sounds delicious and on the other the look is marvellous!"

[heLL0]

Ibanez SZ320, Fender Frontman ( ) and Ibanez SM7 Smash box distortion.