Who Plays Straight Into Their Mesa?

[ol4t]

Does anybody play guitar-cord-amp, no effects? If you do, what amp, guitar and music do you play?

 

[Kung-Fool]

I do. I play an old 2 ch. Dual and a 94' Rackmount Dual with EMG loaded mohogany guitars. I play a mix of old school thrash and newer stuff like Killswitch, Unearth, etc.

 

[Surfguitar!]

Yep, '91 Les Paul Studio with exposed coils, and a stock '79 LP Custom into my Dual. I play heavy stuff like Godsmack. I am seeking that perfect Wah though, and have a Teese Wizard Wah on the way which is said to be designed for my (current) style of music.

 

[chennie]

I do also. Never really got used to having pedals, units, whatsoever. Just plug and play.

Play punk/hardcore/metal/rock/rockabilly and some occasional blues or something.

 

[Platypus]

While I'm a fuzz/OD junkie, I play my MarkIV 99.9% of the time with nothing in front.

guitar varries as does style.

 

[Guitarzan]

Always! Guitar straight to DR.

 

[phyrexia]

I was for a while, until I realized my pedals didn't change the sound of the amp enough for me to hear it. So now my fuzzes are back.

 

[pjrhd28]

I have a variety of guitars (PRS, LP, several strats) that go straight into either my Lone Star Classic or Lone Star Special.

I play blues and both of those amps give me all the tones I need; one of the reasons I bought them was so that I would not have to use a pedal (specifically an overdrive pedal).

 

[Johnson]

I play Les Paul--->early DR------>Marshall jcm 900 cab (which i will replace soon with an Orance 4x12 w/ v30's) I rarely use clean, and if I need to clean it up a little bit, I just adjust the amount of gain with my volume knob.

 

[Platypus]

On second thought I do this with both my Mesa amps now.. with the DR it was pedals pedals pedals but not anymore

 

[HappyStrat]

Guitar straight to the Amp, sometimes with a wah-wah when I'm bored.

 

[Russ]

I am currently playing my Gibsons directly into my Mark IV and DR. I play a little of everything from blues through metal. I prefer old school thrash mostly but I do get off playing classic and hard rock too and mellow out sometimes to some cool blues.

 

[Botch]

With the exception of a tuner pedal when I play live I don't use anything else upfront.

 

[Vigo1999]

It's either a Gibson LP Custom through a Stiletto Deuce or a Gib V through a Mark III (and sometimes i swap them for something different ) 8)

 

[edgarallanpoe]

Right into the amp here. I do use a Foxrox TZF Flanger in loop one every once in a while though.

 

[jbird]

I played straight into the Mesa I had, and do with my current amp! PRS Guitars > Evidence Audio Cables > Amp.

 

[Barracuda]

Guitar feeds amps directly through monster rock cales

2006 Stiletto Deuce + 2x12 Recto
2005 LSS

1988 Les Paul Standard
2003 Fender Custom Shop Classic Player Strat

 

[FPFL]

I like delay in the loop and always have my tuner handy but nothing out front is often how I roll.

Carvin CT - Mesa Ace Head - my VHT Cab or whatever the club insists I use...

-P

 

[Sling Blade]

I play only the guitar with the amp. Every so often I will put a peddle up front just for a different sound but as soon as I do I unhook it because I realize the Mesa alone sounds better. Its a vicious cycle of mine. A few days later and I will do it again.

 

[twostring]

I do when the mood strikes, but recently, I got rid of my Morley BH-2 wah (which I hated...horrible tones) and got a 535Q. I also just built a Ross compressor clone, and that thing is so increadible it just stays on all the time. Also, Danelectro Daddy-O Echo is always on in the effects loop, soon to be replaced with a Boss DD-3.