Your gear
Your gear
Man!! WOW! I absolutely love it and I don't know why I waited so fucken long to get one. It's amazing, it really is.
I am still not 100% sure if I should have waited around for a Mark IV or just went with a Mark V.
I will try my mates Mark V next time I visit him on holidays and if it blows my mind, then I will sell this Recto and buy one of them for sure.
But for now, this has re-ignited my guitar playing passion and all last days off when it arrived all I wanted to do was play through it. It's that awesome.
And because I have so many guitars in cases under my bed (the stickers I put on them telling me which guitar was which have since fallen off), it felt like a lucky dip last week when I reached under there and pulled out a VERY VERY dusty ESP case as I did not know which guitar I was going to play.
I have10x guitars hidden under my bed and the first one I slide out to play was my first original KH2 with a bolt on neck! How disappointing.
Before I reached under there I was hoping I was going to drag out the Oujia or Vintage at least! Hehe
But even with that old shitter with a new battery fitted, it sounded awesome. So I just know the other ones will sound even better and I am going to get another guitar out this weekend and play.
Might be a good excuse to get them all out again for a family pic and to oil them up. The fret board was very dry on this old girl, it's super shiny and super smooth now.
Thanks for asking, here is a pic of the new beast. It's only around 10 months old, it's like new and I got it for less than half price delivered to my door.
ESP 348 wrote:Man!! WOW! I absolutely love it and I don't know why I waited so fucken long to get one. It's amazing, it really is.
I am still not 100% sure if I should have waited around for a Mark IV or just went with a Mark V.
I will try my mates Mark V next time I visit him on holidays and if it blows my mind, then I will sell this Recto and buy one of them for sure.
But for now, this has re-ignited my guitar playing passion and all last days off when it arrived all I wanted to do was play through it. It's that awesome.
And because I have so many guitars in cases under my bed (the stickers I put on them telling me which guitar was which have since fallen off), it felt like a lucky dip last week when I reached under there and pulled out a VERY VERY dusty ESP case as I did not know which guitar I was going to play.
I have10x guitars hidden under my bed and the first one I slide out to play was my first original KH2 with a bolt on neck! How disappointing.
Before I reached under there I was hoping I was going to drag out the Oujia or Vintage at least! Hehe
But even with that old shitter with a new battery fitted, it sounded awesome. So I just know the other ones will sound even better and I am going to get another guitar out this weekend and play.
Might be a good excuse to get them all out again for a family pic and to oil them up. The fret board was very dry on this old girl, it's super shiny and super smooth now.
Thanks for asking, here is a pic of the new beast. It's only around 10 months old, it's like new and I got it for less than half price delivered to my door.
Glad you like it! Some people seem to not bond with rectos initially. Throw a boost in front of that thing and it will tighten right up if you haven't yet done so!
The marks don't need a boost since they are already so tight but they do lack a bit of the heavy chunk of a rectifier. I've gone back and forth between to the two and I'm really happy with the Mesa mark 25 since I only play at home. Would like to get another recto one day.
Guitars :
Kirk's :
- ESP KH-2 Vintage CS
- ESP KH-2 SE 'Greenburst'
- ESP KH-2 'WHITE ZOMBIE' Custom
- ESP KH-2 NTB 'THE MUMMY' Custom
- ESP M-II NTB 'THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN' Custom
- ESP M-II NTB ' DRACULA ' Custom
- Jackson RR1T Custom EMGs
- Gibson 1980 Les Paul Black Beauty Kirk's specs : Custom EMGs + Black hardware
Others :
- Fender Stratocaster AmStd 1989
- Ibanez JEM 77FP
Amp & Effects :
Mesa Boogie Triple Rectifier Solo Head + 'Tallica customized 2x12 Celestion Vintage C30
Line6 MM4 & DL4
CryBaby KH-95
Ibanez TubeScreamer TS-9
Boss GT-8 (For loop managing, Mesa's channels MIDI selection, and foot Volume)
Misc :
Sure SM57 for cabinet recording
Presonus AudioBox USB as sound card
Dunlop Jazz III picks (black) and Hammett's Spade shaped Jazz III signature
Levi's and Shaller security lock straps
Ernie Ball Strings 10-46(E) / 11-48 (Eb) / 11-52 (D)
Everything can be seen on my Instagram feed : GUIGUITARZ
Cheers mates,
G.
GTRZ
LTD SC-500 (Deftones)
LTD EC-401 vf
LTD EXP-200 (the only guitar I have ever bought brand new)
AMPS
Blackstar HT-5 head and cab mini half stack
Fender Hot Rod Deluxe
Acoustic 4x12 cab
Pedals
Boss DS-1
Boss PW-2
Boss CS-3
Boss CH-1
Modtone phaser
Modtone tremolo
Modtone delay
Way Huge Fat Sandwich
Sansamp Tri ac
Guitars
2003 ESP KH-2 Neck Thru Custom Shop
2004 ESP Jeff Hanneman S&Key Urban Camo
2006 Dean USA Dean From Hell 'DFH'
2016 Gibson Les Paul Custom
Jackson Soloist SLX (Slime Green)
LTD Viper 50 w/ SD Invader
Amps
Mesa Boogie Mark V
ENGL E670 SE EL34
Marshall JCM800 2203KK
ENGL Standard 4x12 Slant
ENGL E300 Gigmaster 30 1x12
Pedals Etc.
Peterson Strobostomp 2 Tuner
Dunlop DCR-2SR Crybaby Rack Wah
Dunlop DB-01 Crybaby From Hell Wah
Morley Tremonti Power Wah
Black Arts Toneworks LSTR
Line 6 DL4
Digitech Whammy WH-4
Boss CE-5 Chorus Ensemble
MXR Phase 90
MXR Smart Gate
Dunlop DVP-1 Volume Pedal
Dunlop KFK-1 10 Band EQ
Line 6 Echo Park Delay
Boss MT-2 Metal Zone
Line 6 Relay G30 Wireless
Samson Airline AG-1 Wireless
ENGL Z-12
Planet Waves Custom Series Leads
Some nice guitars and amps have been and gone too... (there is no way I can remember all the pedals that have been and gone, I'd be here all day haha)
2004 Gibson Les Paul Standard Limited Edition Manhattan Midnight
Gibson Zakk Wylde Les Paul Custom #1046
Jimmy Moon Custom Shop Explorer (Rosewood Cap)
1979 ESP Frankenstein Strat
Gibson Flying V Ebony
Jackson Kevin Bond Rhoads (Green Bevel)
Ibanez RG Giger
Epiphone Zakk Wylde Les Paul Custom
Washburn WG-500
ENGL Powerball v2
Mesa Boogie Single Rectifier Rect-O-Verb
1987 Randall RG100ES
Current Gear
Guitars
2003 MX-II, Black
1983 Gibson Explorer, Black
1988 Gibson Les Paul Custom, Black Beauty
1996 Peavey Wolfgang, Amberburst
1996 Jackson KV-1
Amps
Mesa Mark IIC++
Mesa Mark III Blue Stripe
1991 Mesa Mark IV
Marshall JVM 410H
Gear I have owned and sold
Guitars
1982 Gibson Explorer, Black
1984 Gibson Explorer, White
1985 Gibson Explorer, White
1986 Gibson Explorer, Ferrari Red
1991 Gibson Explorer, Black ; this had the Gibson HB-L pickups
Gibson 1984 Reissue Explorer, White
1984 Gibson Art Series V, Black with gold stripes
2002 Gibson Goth V, Flat Black
2007 Les Paul Studio, Black
ESP MX-220 with a trim and passive pickups, Cream
1991 ESP MX-II, Black (stolen)
1996 ESP EXP, Black
1997 ESP EXP with a trim, Black
2001 ESP MX-II, White
2006 ESP MX-II, Black
2009 Custom M-II neck through, Same specs as a KH-2 except sig on headstock, Black
Custom Jackson KV, Cherry Sunbust
Custom Jackson Death Warrior, Nebula
2009 Jackson KV, Quicksilver
Charvel USA So-Cal, Slime Green
Charvel USA Soloist, Lightning Sky
AMPS
1985 Mesa Mark III Black Dot
Two Channel Triple Recto
Duel Recto rev F
Marshall JMP-1
themisfit138 wrote:Why, thank you, sir. The only guitar I would like to have back is the 91 MX-II it had the 220 body shape(identical to the 84 Gibson Explorer), but the 250 head stock and control layout. I have been looking for another 220 for a while.
Sounds like it was a great guitar! Any pics of it?
Big Daddy B wrote:Man, you have owned some pretty awesome guitars and amps there mate.
I bet if we started a thread of guitars we previously owned, that would be one long thread!
For you maybe Big Daddy!!! Hahaha!
I still own every guitar I have ever purchased!
17 in total, 3 of them are just crap.............the other 14 are pretty amazing.
ESP 348 wrote:Man, you have owned some pretty awesome guitars and amps there mate.
I bet if we started a thread of guitars we previously owned, that would be one long thread!
For you maybe Big Daddy!!! Hahaha!
I still own every guitar I have ever purchased!
17 in total, 3 of them are just crap.............the other 14 are pretty amazing.
3 = SE, red DC, white Ouija?? I know one you went black you could never go back
Guitars:
Aria STG-003 (loaded with EMGs )
Hora classic
Amp.:
Orange Crush pix 20LDX
Pedal:
BOSS ML-2