What kind of amp do you use to get your sound? and what kind of effect pedals?!

What kind of amp do you use to get your sound? and what kind of effect pedals?

... I use an all tube Fender HotRod Deville ( 2-12's). and a "cry baby" wah., with a Fender Tele. or Strat. I use the amp foot pedal to swap channels between clean and nasty, relying on the amp for natural distortion. I also have a vox, stereo out put, volume pedal (no batteries req.), I can set it to send the guitar signal to my Roland Jazz Chorus, 2-12's, when I want that special Roland chorus sound. The Roland does sound better with a guitar that has double coil pick ups, like my Charvel Jackson.... also, does any one use a signal booster or pre-amp? and how does this effect your sound?

I use a variety of amps and a variety of guitars and a variety of pedals because... well... I'm not normal! And, I am lucky in that I was able to afford more than one amp and one guitar. I tend to favor Gibson Les Paul's, but I also like Tom Anderson guitars, McInturff guitars, Fender Stratocasters, etc. - I like anything that has QUALITY. I also use many different amps, but right now I am favoring a Blankenship Leeds 21, which is a GREAT amplifier that I bought used off of Ebay. I bought an extension cabinet for it, and it is really a sweet piece of machinery. As far as pedals go, I use anything of quality - anything - so the list is really too long to post here, but a sampling includes pedals made by Fulltone, Keeley, Zvex, Matchless, Voodoo Labs, Boss, Seymour Duncan, and Ernie Ball. I am currently in the process of doing a kind of "shootout" to see what I like the best and why, but I'm finding out that what happens is that certain pedals work better with certain amps or certain guitars or both. You should use whatever you like, but I can pass on one tip: be sure to have the chance to crank your amp up for about 20-25 hours (not all at once!) to loosen up new speakers. They will start to sound a little fuller after this. If you are very particular about your sound you will notice a difference in the sound - I did - it sounds better. Be sure to do this when and where it won't upset the neighbors. I wrapped my amp in a blanket to dampen the sound a bit, and it was still loud, but there was nobody else around at the time so I didn't upset anybody. Now I need to do it with my other amps as well, so I'm keeping a sharp eye on when the neighbors aren't home so I can crank it up some more! ;)

p.s. You can do the same thing with an amp by just using it, but it will take longer to break in the speakers this way.