What do you use for your go to guitar sound?

[Ericlingus]

cool thanks for the replies. It seems way more varied than what I remember several years ago when everyone was either using Pods or 5150/mesa cab.

 

[RiF]

Bad Monkey (no drive. Or any other TS) - Mesa Dual Rectifier (Red chn) - Mesa 4x12 - one single SM57 straight at the edge between the cap and the cone of the upper right speaker, right on the grille or up to 1" away for more air.

 

[Melb_shredder]

Lately it's been my modded 6505+, 5153 50watt or mark IV into either an engl pro 4x12 or mesa recto 4x12.
Occasionally the JVM or Blackface recto

 

[ze kink]

I hate the idea of a go to sound. That's what makes music sound so even and boring these days and I think it's laziness and lack of creativity. I always need to start on fresh basis to add a bit excitement. Just my two cents.

+1. I also tend to record people who have a thought out tone these days. Naturally this goes beyond guitar too.

I use the SM7B and SM57 on guitar often, but that's about it.

 

[texisthebest]

For high gain I am using this: TSE X50 2.3.
(RA47>OD-808>X50 (MK-II mod, EL34, tight as fuck)>Cabinet)

My favorite cab right now is the last MesaOs by Kalthallen Cabs.
I also like a lot the Trackmix Studio cabs (the last TMS_5153_SuperTight sounds great)
and of course I like too the Ownhammer Cabs (Diezel 4x12 with lynchback is great), waiting for new ones...
And I'm waiting too for the new Clark Kent impulses.

Cheers!