* 2007 PRS McCarty Vintage Yellow - no birds, not a 10 top but a very very nice top nonetheless. When I picked it up at GuitarCenter I was really into it from the get-go. I was playing their SE series and decided to compare it to the McCarty in hopes that the SE would be 'almost as good' for less than 1/4 the price. I was wrong - the McCarty I chose and bought sort of chose me - it felt alive in my hands instantly and the contour / color / setup was ideal from the start.
* Mesa F50 - very very solid cleans, an 'orange' (Marshallish) tone, a very solid 'red' tone (modern heavy). For $550 for the combo it is almost certainly one of the best deals in guitar gear I have been party to. The new Mesa express series came out - they have a class A option switch and all the other options. Ultimately they dont compare with the F50 for flexibility and a bent towards rock / hard rock on the lead channels. The express series is more in the Mark series - brown, very midrange and meant to be turned up for the best tone. The F series seems to be meant for the audience looking for a nice compact amp that has some semblance of a Fender clean and a dual rectifier distortion. This amp might be as close as one can get in a single amp box (with the same transformer et al).
* Boss pedals: Lots of them. I have underestimated pedals.. with a great guitar and amp pedals are just as great.
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