Thanks for liking my impulses
I don't record my own stuff or even play much these days.
I haven't even got a guitar at home. They are all in the studio.
If I ever want to play guitar, 9 times out of 10 I plug my USA Charvel So Cal into the Mesa MK4 into Recto cab.
I leave my cabs mic'd up all the time so I monitor through the Focal Twins in the control room.
I have gone through phases of using an E906 and Beyer M201 but these days I am back to 57 and 421 on different cones.
The MK4 is a great amp for making you play better. It's very unforgiving and you have to really dig in to drive it.
As for bands using their own gear, I always send a band my gear list before the session and most of the time, they will use my gear unless they are seven string guitars of left handed.
Occasionally bands will bring their own gear and we will try theirs and mine and use whatever sounds best to them.
My guitar gear is very good:
PRS custom 24, ESP MI NTB, ESP Custom Eclipse, Charvel USA So Cal, Charvel '89 375 DLX, Fender USA Tele DLX, Gibson LP STD.
Mesa MK4 and Triple Rectifier, Peavey 6505, Marshall 6100 and 8100, 5150 III 50 wt, Vox Night Train 50.
Rectifier cab, Marshall MF400 and 30th anniversary cabs.