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Gear n' Musical Equipment

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Modded Harley Benton ST-20BK My very first guitar that my dad bought for me in July 2022. It was a normal SSS Stratocaster until December of 2023 where I finally switched the pickups to humbuckers. Honestly, I wouldn't have bought an SSS Strat if I knew that the music I wanted to play had to be played with humbuckers... I mean, I wouldn't have known, to me all guitars were the same thing. It's funny, since it was originally black and white, I had planned on making it a replica of Rivers Cuomo's black strat, but when it came to buying the pickguard I bought a Tortoiseshell one instead of a Pearloid one. Now it's kind of it's own thing.
26/08/2025 Edit:
The pickguard has indeed been switched to a pearloid one, so we've come full circle.
16/10/2025 Edit:
The original pickups were put in the white Strat, and turns out the real reason they sounded bad was because my amp was shit. They're salvageable.
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  • Name: Domino
  • Fender American Standard String Guides
  • Graphtech XL Nut
  • 3-Way Switch
  • Allparts 500k pots and neck
  • Neck Pickup: DiMarzio Super2
  • Bridge Pickup: DiMarzio Air Classic F-Spaced
  • Graphtech Saddles
  • Kluson Vintage-style Tuners
Gibson Les Paul Studio My ultimatest guitar. I bought it with the money I made from leaving my shitty McDonalds job and I took the train to go pick it up. Came with a Gibson USA case! It's actually the only guitar I bought myself. Hmm. Probably no modifications.
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  • Name: GIBBY
  • Made in USA, 1993
  • 500k pots
  • Gibson 490R Humbucker
  • Gibson 498T Humbucker
G&L Tribute Series JB To replace the P-Bass I had, I bought a Jazz Bass. It's a very beautiful Lake Placid Blue finish, with block inlays and... painted-on binding. *sighs*
I love this bass, it's very comfortable to play and the pickups are really good. I don't think I'll ever mod this bass, it's perfect as is. But I did add some white tape on the contour to make it look like racing stripes.
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  • Name: None
  • 250k pots
  • Pickups: Stock
Partscaster My friend got this strat he had in his store for me on my birthday (delayed). It's got Custom Shop Fat '50s pickups and basically a custom shop pickguard and everything.
16/10/2025 Edit:
Had to sell the pickguard because I desperately needed money, so to not have a husk of a guitar lying in my house, I decided to put the pickguard from my Harley Benton in.
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  • Name: Genuinely can't think of one
  • 250k pots
  • Pickups: Ceramic Harley Benton pickups, previously Custom Shop Fat 50's
Fender Jazzmaster My "original" ultimate guitar. I put a down-payment on this guitar like last year and through some help from friends I got it for my birthday as well! It's a Player Series Jazzmaster in Sage Green Metallic finish. Probably no modifications.
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  • Name: Ashura (just like the Sonic 2 glitch)
  • 500k pots
  • Pickups: Player Series Alnico 2 Humbucking, apparently.
Line6 Spider V30 MKII Borrowed this from a friend in the mean time I get a better one. I use this with the footswitch, I've made 4 presets (JCM Crunch, AC30 Clean, Phaser preset and a Bass preset that barely functions). I activate the wah alongside my DS-1 to get feedback when playing at a low volume.
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  • Stock
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Squier Affinity Telecaster I got this for myself on my 18th birthday in 2022, and sold it to upgrade my Strat later on in May of 2023. It didn't have too long of a run with me, but it is featured on some of my older covers. It had a pretty good tone, I probably would've been able to take advantage of this guitar much more nowadays if I still had it.
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  • 250k pots
  • Pickups: Stock
Squier Affinity Precision Bass Made the terrible decision of buying this thing. I love it. Everything about it is stock, except the electrical tape.
Sold it because pretty much I stopped loving it
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  • 250k pots
  • Pickups: Stock
Marshall MG10 My very first amp that I bought a week after getting my guitar. It was okay. I'd love to try out the others in the Marshall MG series, but my next amp will probably be probably a JCM900.
Update: it was not good at all, no gain channel, just shitty overdrive
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  • Stock
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Marshall JCM900 I know everyone's meatriding the JCM800 but this is my dream amp, I would KILL to get one honestly!
Preferably a combo, though. Amp heads are annoying.
Fender American Performer Telecaster Hum Aubergine I love the look, and neck humbuckers are underrated.
Unfortunately it doesn't have the Tele Custom control layout, but I guess I'll live.
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  • 250k pots
  • Neck Pickup: Double Tap Humbucker Pickup
  • Bridge Pickup: Yosemite Telecaster Pickup
Gibson Les Paul Custom 70's Wine Red This LITERALLY just came out and I can't believe Gibson released my dream guitar in big 2025. Same as the Tele, I love the color. Wine Red customs are the best, I'll fight anyone on that. This is a pipe dream guitar, but... my finances may allow me to get it soon. That, or I could still go buy that Tokai I saw in a local shop and the guy just had it right there hanging on the wall for the pretty nice price of 650 euros.
About the Tokai, I love the headstock inlay, looks like the fleur-de-lys, which I really like (EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE KEEP CALLING ME A FUCKING ROYALIST I'M NOT A FUCKING ROYALIST AAAAAAAAAAA)
Fun thing, now that I do have a Les Paul, I probably will wait a while 'til I get another guitar, but it's still on the list.I have completely fallen to the Gibson side though. I don't think I see myself buying a Fender any time soon.