For many years, I gigged with a Peavey Classic 30. Then I discovered the Fender Princeton. Oh my, what a difference. I could kick myself for not spending quality time trying out amps before settling for an "it'll do", "so-so" amp. How stupid could I be?

The Classic 30 sound is so inferior to me, now, that it sits at home collecting dust.

That's the way it is, though. Not everyone can afford the higher priced stuff at first. You have to make due with what you can afford until your ship comes in. I'm 56, and I'm still working on improving my gear.

It's part of the learning process of being a musician. Not only do your fingers improve as you progress... but your ear improves as well. What was once music to your ears is suddenly not so musicial.

I can't do anything about my voice, though. It is what it is. Some people like it... some don't. But, that's another story.

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"...The final truth is, there is no truth..." - (from "Nice n' Neat" by the Boomtown Rats)

That happened to me several times. Once with a Jackson JS20 that I THOUGHT I liked, only to trade it in on, what is now, my MiM Strat.

And again with a Digitech Grunge pedal. Eventually settled for a Ibanez TS-808 (which I love so very, very much). Strange how some things work out.

Spent years playing through and old NADY Distortion pedal I got back in the mid 80’ loved that pedal..had to fix the wires and guts on it maybe a dozen times. (which sucks cuz im now soldering wiz at all)… I knew they were not made anymore and I was trying to keep it alive.. One day tried out a Boss distortion pedal and have been wondering ever since, why I nursed that NADY along all those years. Once I really tried a few new pedals out I realized that old beast really did not stand up at all in sound.
I try to test drive everything I can now…live and learn

Bill

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(80’s Hair Metal) = A snapshot in time before Grunge ruined Rock & Roll forever!!!!

Two things come to mind. My Peavey Classic 30 and my Jekyll and Hyde. I used both of them for years. But then along came my Fender Deluxe VM, which gave the Peavey the boot because it sounded so much better. And then came my Screamin' Eagle Overdrive pedal from sbnpedals.com, which sounded a million times better than my Jekyll and Hyde.

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I loved my 1991 100W Tubeworks Mosvalve amplifier... still do, mostly, but it hasn't been switched on since I bought a 5W Swart Space Tone. The Tubeworks amp has always been good for getting nice overdriven tones at low volumes (in spite of the wattage) owing to the BK Butler Realtube preamp, but it turns out that the cleans are somewhat sterile when compared to the Space Tone. The Swart has become a real favourite bit of gear... it's as treasured as my guitars. Only problem is, I can't crank it up to enjoy its natural distortion -- it's too loud! Guess you need a master volume-equipped amp for that, or an attenuator. I'd feel a bit ridiculous purchasing an attenuator for a 5W amp. So, I'm starting to wonder whether I should get a BK Butler Tube Driver pedal... any excuse will do... heh.

Anyway... that little amp... there's something going on there, all right. It makes me sit down, strum a chord and go "Yeah! Now let's see what happens if I strum it like... this! OOOoohhh. And now: this! Aww, man!" I'm sure I look like an idiot, but I'm a happy idiot.