Epiphone Les Paul Studio - "Epiphone Les Paul Studio"
All right. I was taking guitar lessons at a store in Grandville, MI called "Firehouse Music" and I ran across this guitar. It seriously was love at first sight. Even before I played I knew it woul…
Line 6 POD 2 - "Line 6 POD 2.0"
$349 from Musician's Friend, but the unit included a $100 rebate. The tone, quality, and excellent effects and amp and cabinet simulations. It's basically a table top unit so it doesn't have a floo…
Gibson Les Paul Special - "Epiphone Les Paul Special"
Won it in a contest at Music Works Anchorage, Ak. Easy to play, solid, and simple. Cheap fret work, and terrible tunig keys. Like I said in the,"don't like" column, it's cheap in workmanship.…
Epiphone Les Paul Special II - "Epiphone Les Paul Special"
I bought this guitar from the Hamilton Rockshop in New Zealand for NZ$400. In my a opinion, this is a damn bargain for a high quality guitar made (sort of) by Gibson. The Special II has great pi…
Epiphone Les Paul Special II - "Epiphone Les Paul Special"
Won it in a contest at Music Works Anchorage, Ak. Easy to play, solid, and simple. Cheap fret work, and terrible tunig keys. Like I said in the,"don't like" column, it's cheap in workmanship.…
Boss HM-3 Hyper Metal - "Boss HM-3 Hyper Metal"
I got this pedal from a friend while searching for the right combination of equipment to get a really heavy, distorted sound. I paid only $30 for the pedal & power supply in perfect condition. …
Boss GT-3 - "Boss GT-3"
Paid $225 on ebay. What's not to like? It's loaded with great features and it sounds fantastic. I didn't care for the manual. It just didn't explain things clearly enough for me to start using it e…
Boss GE-7 Equalizer - "Boss GE-7 Graphic Equalizer"
Bought it used from an ad in a newsgroup (rec.music.makers.guitar). Paid $40. It adds an adjustable signal boost while allowing you to shape high, middle, and low frequencies using the seven slid…
Barber Burn Unit - "Barber Burn Unit"
Purchased used at Makin Music in Chicago. The unit lists at around $190, I worked out a trade for a vintage effects pedal. I was looking for a subtle distortion to replace an old tube screamer tha…
Boss BD-2 Blues Driver - "Boss BD-2 Blues Driver"
$60 Used on Ebay I like the nice warm tube sound. The unit has a different sound than something like a Tube Screamer, but then again if you want to sound like everyone else get one of those. It eat…
Boss AW-2 Auto Wah - "Boss AW-2 Auto Wah"
55 bucks at a pawn shop in NY. I wanted to get the kind of auto-wah you hear on terrapin station (grateful dead). Once you fool around enough - and e-mail people all over the world for settings beca…
Carvin AG100D Acoustic Combo - "Carvin AG100D"
I purchased this amp in the summer of '98 because I needed a good amp in order to hear my acoustic over the drummer in our garage band. I ordered it online at www.carvin.com, for about $450. It showe…
Epiphone Les Paul Custom [1989-2012] - "Epiphone Les Paul Custom"
On March 17th 1999, I had asked my dad if we could go into a local music shop so I could get some strings for my electric guitar, and also check out some new stuff that they had. I have always mentio…
Kramer Ferrington KFX - "Kramer Ferrington"
I got taken. I saw the same axe for about 200 dollars less than I paid for it. It sounds just like Bill Doggett Other than for playing "Honky-Tonk", it's a piece of junk... The pickups have …
Yamaha F310 - "Yamaha F310"
I got it at a guitar store, it was going to be my first guitar. I paid $200 for it. I like that it stays in tune for a good amount of time and it makes chords sound relatively good. After it g…