Cheap Guitar Tone & Gear...Sounding Good

Do we need the expensive boutique stuff to sound good? Hopefully this at the very least get us thinking about that question. Just a little theme I put together...I call it, 'Ode to a Prairiewood'...as all my expensive gear is gone due to repairs needed on the Prairiewood. lol So I have no choice but to think about that question! Full discussion here:

http://www.guitarforworship.com/?p=2963

Godin fat strat (Godin will call it something else, but it's a strat)...

Fryette Valvulator buffer...
Loop-Master bypass strip...
(Tuner out: TU2
(Loop 1: Ibanez TS7 in hot mode
(Loop 2: Fulltone Fatboost v1 at 12 volts
(Loop 3: Fulltone Fatboost v1 at 12 volts
(Loop 4: George Dennis volume pedal
(Loop 5: Boss DD20...MXR Carbon Copy
(Loop 6: Arion SAD-1

Fender Blues Junior (Celestion V30, no upgraded tubes yet)

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[Danthehorse]

This just shows you, a talented guy can make modest gear sound great. That Godin sounds absolutely lovely Karl. Nice job my man. I like the melodic guitar line in this, I think ambient should have more of that!

[Passenger95]

@Danthehorse Thanks, bro! Really appreciate it. And that guitar line ended up being the theme in 'Introduction' on my album. haha It's nice what improving can bring up! :-)

[Gnomebe]

What is responsible for that ambient synth sound, reverb yes, but ...?

[Passenger95]

@Gnomebe It's a volume swell into a DD20 with infinite repeats on. Then it goes into an Arion SAD-1 analog delay which acts almost like a reverb or a chorus and washes everything out. :-)

[guitarpoetone1]

woW vERY cOOL TELL ME YOUR GEORGE DENNIS VOL PEDAL IS THAT THE BLUES ONE THAT ALSO HAS DISTORTION ?THANKS FOR THE VID..VERY SPACEY

[Passenger95]

@guitarpoetone1 Thanks! And no, it's just the plain old mono volume pedal. Cheers!

[Passenger95]

@42MegaJ Thanks for the kind words!

[smitty010493]

@Gnomebe reverse delay is my best guess

[DemoColorScheme]

@Passenger95

Thanks, bud!