CGT wrote:First of all, Michael: Mea culpa. Mea culpa! Maxima mea culpa. I didn't snub you on purpose, there were so many responses that I lost yours scrolling back and for to my response. To be fair, you pulled a total Koyabashi Maru on me and although your solution was valid going the route of a notional guitar is a bit of a cheat. After all, the intent of the question was more to get you to think about what you would do as a player if you had to choose but one of your instruments.
Also, I thought I posted this yesterday to your lunch report but must have pressed the wrong button.
My ultimate G&L would be a maple board/alder Legacy with locking tuners, dual fulcrum and triple humbuckers wired for coil tap and phase, etc. à la Jimmy Page.
If I could eliminate a piece of necessary gear, and I have, it would be the amp (for the sake of my ears). I find software sims do a very good job at creating the clear tones that are part of my tonal palette and a good set of in-ear monitors give me the tone and volume I require without having to move massive amounts of air.
No worries I accept your explanation too. I was joking around with the idea of getting snubbed.
Without an avatar the space taken by a shorter post does get lost in a thread. I have sometimes used black dots to add bulk to the post space. I like seeing member guitars in their avatars. I am going to get new pickguards for my guitars. Otherwise I would have taken pictures and made an avatar by now.
I responded to your LR with an ultimate guitar instead because I do not have a collection of guitars to whittle down to one. I only have two. I like one better but that doesn't count as whittling down.
So Jimmy Page has tapped humbuckers on his Les Paul? I admire his body of work but I have not dug into his gear.
I use software for simulated amplification also. My item to eliminate was
cables but I also had headphone wire in mind and anything else that keeps me immobile and can be tripped over or tangled up.
When you said "in-ear monitor" are you describing the things used by pros on stage or something more like earbuds? I would like to find a better solution than the Sennheiser HD580s I use. They are comfortable for headphones but they get uncomfortable eventually. I'd like to have an alternative.
....but what the heck it enticed me to be the open mic LR host today. I promise I won't be shunning CGT though. 
