Gear as Familiar(s).

[UglyCasanova]

Memory Loss. Sounds like how I want my music to sound.

[psychic vampire.]

Man the Shruthi is real close but I'd probably go with the 303 (is that cheating?)

You got a fucking 303? Get that shit, good on you. I think about getting an Acid 8 sometimes.

Oh, and Blower Box on bass guitar, Mackie 1202 preamps distorting everything, Red Panda Particle is the only delay that matches the Timebender for me, but my gear familiar is my Bass Station II. My next album will be named in honor of it. Bass is the place, you know?

[OddKnowledge]

its still a pretty recent love affair, but i think its my Maxon Ad999. i just GET this delay and it gets me. it sounds great and the controls are so intuitive i can get the sounds that i want at any given time with ease.

edited to add: i've gone through a bunch of delays before and probably after this, this one is my keeper.

[Eivind August]

The 88. All the way. It is an extension of my very soul, and without it I might just as well be playing an acoustic.

Also love my old AD-9, because it is perfect. Oh, and the Raptio. But if we're talking familiars, then the 88 is the true mvp.

[Chankgeez]

The 88. All the way.

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[rfurtkamp]

GR-55, Test Pattern from Hell, Space Echo, and Fender BF-esque tone stack amp with headroom (ss or tube, don't care), and I'll survive. Won't be happy and I'll be rolling around looking for people to kill, but the body count will be less.

[Inconuucl]

NOTHING IS SACRED


... I'm never getting rid of my octopus AB-Synth Supreme again. It's me.

[D.o.S.]

Man the Shruthi is real close but I'd probably go with the 303 (is that cheating?)

You got a fucking 303? Get that shit, good on you. I think about getting an Acid 8 sometimes.

I meant the sampler, not the groovebox.

[blakestree]

... I'm never getting rid of my octopus AB-Synth Supreme again. It's me.

My 5k AB-Synth may be my favorite fuzz pedal. So, I feel ya.

[rustywire]

Reductionist answer: 1981 Deluxe Memory Man.
Bigger picture: A simple yet progressive, funky drumbeat of valleys & peaks programmed in an MPC60, with a chesty 909 kick given the Pultec treatment and a resonant, lofi pitched down crack-snare sampled from a dusty record. Over the rhythm lurk pepperings of riffy powerchords from a far-east plywood clone of a Duo-Sonic driven by a Harmonic Percolator+UniVibe throb, into a dirty '67 Selmer TNB 50mk2.
Entire mix through the DMM

[popvulture]

I'll second the Maxon AD love—as I've mentioned on plenty of other threads, I absolutely love my AD9. That and my Dispatch Master are probably my most comfy / familial pedals—I can get a good sound out of them no matter what, and in my mind they sound the most like me.

Guitar wise, 71 Tele tied with LP standard. Both feel like extensions of my arm, and they're probably tied for the most shows played / most time in the studio.

Can't even start w amps.

[psychic vampire.]

Man the Shruthi is real close but I'd probably go with the 303 (is that cheating?)

You got a fucking 303? Get that shit, good on you. I think about getting an Acid 8 sometimes.

I meant the sampler, not the groovebox.

Ah, fuck. The SP-303 is still a beautiful box too, and every bit as exciting as some outdated hyper-specialized groovebox...

I wish i had a TB-303 though. I wish i had an Abstrakt Instruments Avalon though.

[UglyCasanova]

Speaking of JC's, I think I've managed to crack one of the speakers on my JC-160 (apparently, it's possible). Will need to check that out, but my questions is: what other speakers would sound good in there?

[coldbrightsunlight]

I think there's no pedal that works as well for me as the algal bloom. Everything has its faults and ups and downs, but the algal bloom is constant love and I wouldn't change a thing about it. Whether it's because I've got used to playing with it over the years or it was just meant to be, that pedal suits my guitar playing perfectly.

I'm not even sure I'm attached to any of my guitars that much (though I do <3 my jag dearly).

[Chankgeez]

Speaking of JC's, I think I've managed to crack one of the speakers on my JC-160 (apparently, it's possible). Will need to check that out, but my questions is: what other speakers would sound good in there?

Unless you're thinking of changing all the speakers, I'd probably try to find a direct replacement.