Your dream gear

So what instruments do you really want? Here are mine



A Schecter Hellraiser V1 Flying V

And this:




A Vox AD-100 Valvetronix amp. Really sweet amp!

In keyboard land (where I reside the most these days). On the very edges of dreamland.




The current set of keys for favorite keyboard player, Andrea De Paoli.


And because I'm such a prog fan



A Moog would be spiffy


Just to pick two...there's a lot I'd like if I had about 50 grand to spare.

Yes! Moog!!! I didn't know keyboards could cost upward of 50 G's!!!

Well, certainly $1,000 easy for a really good rig.

Now, the rarer stuff (such as the ones I posted) will go in the stratosphere.

I love looking at pictures of concerts from the 70's.... I've seen some pics of Yes and wow!

I'd like one of those Ibanez Artcore hollowbody-electrics, an Ibanez S470 so I can down tune it to C#, a much nicer straight up acoustic guitar (or one of those Ibanez acoustic-electric... jeez, I sound like an Ibanez geek, haha), a Yamaha keyboard (which I'll hopefully be getting soon.. just something to practice the jazz stuff on) and my Marshall to stop crapping out.

Oh, and a Mac would be nice with a firepod and some sweet studio monitors. If I manage to move out I'll set up a studio too instead of recording in my room with all of my crap lying around.

LOL! Sounds like my old recording area. It was my mom and dad's bedroom where all the gear was set up.

Heh....I'd settle for a recording area.

I'm pretty happy with my tone, overall, for my type of rhythm work. about all I'm REALLY jonesing for is the proper cabs and whatnot to take what I've basically got, and take it to the next level, clarity wise. a full stack, involving a 4x12 with a low cut built in, and a 2x15 with a high cut built in would probably do it......as far as heads go, I'd either simply re-wire the existing speaker leads on the Bandit to function as a speaker out, or locate one of the old Peavey Supreme heads from around the same timeframe.


Of course, if we're talking unlimited funds, I'll take a Ken Lawrence Explorer (neckthru, mahogany bodu and neck, walnut top, with an Ebony board, single EMG 81 in the bridge), a Larry Grohman custom amp voiced just like Jon Shaffer's, a hot rodded JCM 800, and a full stack setup (a 4x12 slant top, with a 2x15 bottom wired with a high end cut) for each head

Well, my guitar I'm already pretty happy with.... I just need a bunch more like it, some with different paint jobs..



Duncan Phat Cat P-90 in neck, Duncan Dimebag in bridge.... cool knobs.. 'Condition Blue' controlling the neck volume and 'Condition Black' controlling the bridge.

What I really, really want.........is an amp that actually has a super super rich, good, non-modern/core guitar tone all on it's own, no need for additional pedal....which is what I use now..it isn't the most ideal.. but it does beat the crap out of what's out there and affordable in terms of richness.

I want this:



and one of those huge Boogie cabinets with the Black Shadow speakers.

Yeah, I'm content with what I got...but like you, I want more.

I am nowhere near being content. I desperately want new gear... But the fundage is low...

Let's start the Bryan's a broke beast fund. Although beasts should be able to devour people, then take their money.. Or would you take the money first?

s*** we str8 thuggin my n****, u kno we all bout dat paper, we gon hustle right now

I have 6 kids, drive a 10 year old gas guzzling van, and pay a mortgage, and you thin BRYAN is flat broke?!

Screw that, if ANYONE gets the "buy me gear cuz I'm flat ass broke" award, its ME!!!!!!!!!

We should start a metal institute, and force people to donate to us. First money, then goats.

We would have money for gear and goats to sacrifice!

Ender wrote:We should start a metal institute, and force people to donate to us. First money, then goats.

Yeah, we could have like the trick-or-treat for unicef kids. But instead of the little box, people would be dropping their money in a severed head.

This Metal Institute keeps getting better and better.

Dude, I'm all about the severed head! But there's one thing missing... They should stick their hand with the money in a guillotine! It'll bring new meaning to "giving us a hand."

Well, as long as were talking dream gear, goat sacrifices, and sevred heads....I should probably mention I wouldn't be totally upset if there ws some way to procure for myself the vocal abilities of Matt Barlow, Johan Hegg, and michael Stanne......

Better start finding some goats