The Best Inspirational Devices You've Ever Owned ?

Wazmeister

Man, 

I'm in a great creative vein at the moment; all helped by the following creative devices;

1.) Digitech Trio Plus

Even above my FX8, this is THE best device I've ever owned. Full stop.
Incredibly creative, and truly inspirational.

Best money I've ever spent


2.) Fractal FX8

Best verb and delay Ive encountered, superb stereo output etc etc


3.) EHX 45000

Old school style mixing and 4 channel creative genius.


4.) Shubb Fine Tune Capo

Expensive, but opens up a literal new, stable, perfectly tuned world !!


What are your best creative, inspirational 'devices' ?

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garfy

My Cornish pedals especially P-1 and BD-1 through my new Hi-Tone DG30/15 2x12......breathtaking and inspiring for me.

ICBM

ZVex SeekWah and Fuzz Factory.

I wrote two of my best songs directly based on the inspiration their sounds gave me. I'm pretty sure that's not true of any other gear I've ever owned.

menamestom

Dunlop 3mm Big Stubby. [admin edit]

octatonic

Fractal FX8
Oberheim Echolex Digital Pro Looper
Axe FX 2

Outside of guitar, the Roland TD30

Wazmeister

Oberheim Echolex Digital Pro Looper ???

Tell me more mate 

dindude

A great phaser into a great delay for me.

dindude

Oh and a Fender Jaguar - they force you to approach things differently 

Roland

A soldering iron. It has enabled me to modify the electrics of every guitar I've owned. At the moment I'm playing with the pickups, pots and caps in two Telecasters, trying to work out how much of the tone and responsiveness is due to component values, variations between individual components of the same nominal value, and the materials and construction of the guitars.

koss59

YouTube....you can watch and learn from amazing players from all around the world that before YouTube you might have never heard of them.

Sassafras

12 string guitars.

Gassage

Without doubt, this accesory, from the great Warren Cucirillo

http://www.oddee.com/item_96475.aspx

Winny_Pooh

Taylor GS mini
Goes on holiday
Good volume and proportions for sitting on the bed at night writing songs

Slimbert

Digitech XP100/Whammy. Changed the game for me!

Benson

Without a doubt a Roger Linn Adrenalinn III. An amazingly creative device.

BintyTwanger77

A really good reverb pedal. I've tried almost all of the best and there's nothing I find as inspiring as a huge cavernous space for your playing to sit within. Strymon, Eventide, Neunaber, and all of the other high-end reverbs...I've loved them all.

guitarfishbay

Fractal Axe FX 2. Does everything I need for recorded guitar sounds (just add a range of good quality IRs).

MXR Bass Octave Deluxe. I just prefer the sound of analogue octavers and I really like this one. So much fun

BintyTwanger77

Everyone who's mentioned the FX8 (@Wazmeister and others)... can you integrate other drive pedals and tone shaping pedals like a Dr Scientist Cleanness into the patches you create on the FX8?

JD50

Ditching the pick and learning a bit of jazz ,just basic stuff has totally opened up the guitar to me. I've been playing Jags/Jazzmaster for about 15 years now so the trem has just become part of my style. As far as pedals go the Digitech whammy is endless fun and I love the odd sou ds you can get out of a polychorus which has proved useful when I have played in electronic type bands.

BintyTwanger77

@JD50 Jazzmasters have absolutely become my favourite guitars.

JohnPerry

Pigtronix Infinity looper. Plus an Access Virus Ti synth linked to a Roland PK5 floor pedal unit.