Desert Island Gear

Stingray70

Stingray70

Gretschie
Oct 18, 2021
294
Michigan
Ok, first off, instead of the "deserted island with electricity" scenario how about stuck at a weather research outpost in Antarctica or at a pumping station in Alaska for the winter.. Both are going to have electricity and neither will offer many non-guitar playing alternatives like playing in the water at the beach....😁

Anyway, back to the question...

Since we're dreaming... a 59' Gibson 335 (in sunburst).

Fender Twin Reverb

No single pedal that I can think of is going to do it so either an entire pedal board or a good multi effects pedal...
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Seriously though, the truth is, just give me ANY decent acoustic or hollow body electric guitar and I would get by just fine without any amps or pedals or anything... just as long as I had a guitar to play...
 
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giffenf

giffenf

Country Gent
Oct 26, 2008
1,067
Los Angeles
Probably my Nocturne Rooster, Mystery Brain, and Quilter Mach 3. It'd take a long time to run out of fun tones with that combo, though I like @cielski's Howard Roberts idea. That guitar has a great unplugged sound, as well as the ability to produce all the amplified jazz tones I could ever want.

Hopefully, a case of new strings would wash up on the beach from time to time on this island.
 
cielski

cielski

Senior Gretsch-Talker
Feb 10, 2010
21,788
LaFayette IN
giffenf said:
Probably my Nocturne Rooster, Mystery Brain, and Quilter Mach 3. It'd take a long time to run out of fun tones with that combo, though I like @cielski's Howard Roberts idea. That guitar has a great unplugged sound, as well as the ability to produce all the amplified jazz tones I could ever want.

Hopefully, a case of new strings would wash up on the beach from time to time on this island.
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I've got a soft spot for flattops with pickups.
 
Baba Joe

Baba Joe

Synchromatic
Gold Supporting Member
Feb 17, 2010
792
new jersey
Probably my Gretsch G2655TG/RVBL SAT with its Supertron neck and T90 bridge pickups thus giving it some good tone versatility and would plug it into my Fender Champion 100 with its clean channel and modeling channel thereby giving me even more tone options to fight the boredom. The only pedal would be the two button factory one switching channels and turning the effects on/off. Also, it’s so loud that any other potential stowaway or passing ship would probably hear it and times might then get less lonely. 3BC7E7E8-A2F2-49A6-8341-7977F2F4E59A.jpeg
 
Stefan87

Stefan87

Country Gent
May 20, 2019
3,950
Brisbane, Australia
- My jcm800
- Toss up between a tele or my anniversary
- As for pedals, well the jcm has two channels and reverb so that covers that, maybe either a delay or my jr barnyard for a bit of variety.
 
LivingMyDream

LivingMyDream

Friend of Fred
Gold Supporting Member
May 4, 2016
7,489
Peculiar, Missouri
For the guitar, it would be a very tough call between the Taylor 710ce acoustic-electric, and my Claptonized MIM Stratocaster. In the end it came down to the amp and pedal choice, since I'm limited to one each.

Taylor 710ce
Fender Acoustic SFX (because it sounds so good, and has a few onboard effects, although this might be cheating a bit)
Fishman ToneDeq pedal (this pedal also has several effects, and it gives me the ability to tweak the tone both at the amp and pedal. Again, maybe this is cheating)
 
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