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  • Ignoring pedals, because I always forget what was already here:

    In:
    08 Gibson LP Std Faded - best buy goes to this, in spades.
    Squier Gary Jarman (Bass V alike)*
    Hot Rod Jazzmaster*
    Maton MS1200*


    *hmm, don’t think I ever did an NGD for these three...
    Ahem! I think you owe us an explanation. And pictures!!
    Haha - busy year for me, just not very guitar-centric at all! Will do
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  • sw67sw67 Frets: 228
    Out

    Vox AC15

    In

    Roland JC22
    Helix LT
    Gibson J35


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  • Winny_PoohWinny_Pooh Frets: 7732
    edited December 2017
    Been busy

    In
    Gretsch silver jet (long overdue)
    Sterling ray 35 bass

    Peds - Suhr Rufus, Boss RE-20, Alexander amnesia, EQD ghost echo, gainster clone, darkglass classic

    Out
    Partscaster
    P bass & musicman basses (done with 4s)

    Peds - Fulltone 70, boss dm-2, od-1, KOT clone

    More importantly:
    Dressed the frets on both new guitars and one acoustic
    Kinman treble bleed mod on two guitars
    Refinished the bass neck
    Rewired my pedalboard with new cables and a 2 way bypass looper
    Replaced two dpdt3s & fixed a 3rd pedal with bad joints
    New compensated bone saddles for my two acoustics & one pickguard.

    (Not much point having stuff unless it works perfectly)

    Recording gear: 
    Racked my recording gear in two cases, got a laptop & ID22 for portability, bought a great river pre, LA3A clone, violet grand pearl and built some mix reference speakers which look like this

    https://i.imgur.com/5l8p8Kq.jpg

    And in the time left after fussing with gear finished 3 or 4 songs for a 2nd album & started demos  
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  • ellwoodellwood Frets: 1113
    ellwood said:
    Can I not play this game please?
    I'll go halves on hiring a ghost writer for both of us mate. Should have the epic work finished by the end of January? ;) 
    Only problem is, I don’t think I’ve finished yet! Am seriously pondering letting go of two awesome guitars that I absolutely love but just don’t play. At all. But not sure if I would regret selling them. But don’t use them....
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  • rolls1392rolls1392 Frets: 229
    edited December 2017
    Out: Nowt

    In: Jackson hardtail with EMGs.
    Boss GT 8
    New strings on my acoustic.
    Last set did 12yrs
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  • m_cm_c Frets: 1211

    In, in order of purchase.
    A few cheap pedals from TomTop (Tremolo, delay, chorus)
    Mini Tweed Amp
    Thorpy Veteran
    GS mini Koa
    Most of the bits to build a Tele
    (I also have a Trio+ on order, due next week)

    Out
    ??? er... do some old used strings count?
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  • JezWyndJezWynd Frets: 6021
    Started the year with an Affinity Tele and a Gibson SG bass. Ended with Fender 72 Thinline and a Ric 4001. Exceedingly happy with both, esp the Ric which I hope to never part with.

    Ampwise, acquired a Phil Jones Double Four and Jazz Chorus 22, neither of which are getting much use - I prefer my old Laney Cub into the Exy 15" cab for guitar and bass.

    Pedals; best we don't go there.
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  • PVO_DavePVO_Dave Frets: 2364
    Light year for me, this thread is very light on pictures too!

    In

    Stingray 4H


    Koa/mahogany Strat with solid rosewood neck (GSP)


    Fancy Surfmaster (GSP)


    Out

    Fender MX Jazz bass


    GSP 79’ish Superstrat


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  • dbphotodbphoto Frets: 716
    This year has been fairly sensible for me as the birth of my second child was always going to take up any spare time but so far (and the year is not over yet!)

    In:

    a new Washburn N4 Vintage from Andertons back in January,
    which I then sold a few months later as I did not like the neck shape,
    and then bought it back from the dude I sold it to.

    a Peavey Valve King 20 mkII, again from Andertons, which I really liked for the first few weeks.

    Sigma 000MR4 from Coda which is definitely a keeper.

    Blackstar HT1R Metal which as a living room amp is great.

    My sisters old Squier Strat that I gave her for Xmas around 10 years ago as she has buggered off to London to do a PHD


    Out:

    the Peavey I bought as after a couple of weeks I decided I didn't like it at all.

    A cheap acoustic resonator.

    Ibanez JS100

    Fender FSR American Special Strat

    Blackstar ID:Core 10


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  • mgawmgaw Frets: 5239
    heres an abridged version of events gaseous

    in

    Millman j45 adirondack/walnut
    Collings Soco Lc 16
    K Line Truxton

    Swart AST

    Echopark fuzzes
    "   "       "  dual harmonic boost
    "  "        "   echodriver
    Vermuram Rage
    Mad Prof dual delay
    Gurus Optivalve comp
    Kingsley page
    kingsley Jouster


    out

    Tippin OMT
    335
    K Line set neck les paul jr style p90's

    Louis electric columbia reverb
    Carr Rambler

    loads of pedals
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  • I bought a Katana 100 this year.  Didn't get rid of anything.  Was the quietest year I've had in a while.  I'm at a stage where I'm happy with my lot.  I'm sure that will change at some point.
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  • Another quiet year here

    out

    Boss ce-2

    in

    Yamaha apx-5a electro acoustic (got 2 days ago)
    Boss bd-2 blues driver
    Danelectro black Liquorish
    Smooth Hound classic wireless
    Mercury custom earplugs

    More significantly I think this is the first year I've ever earned more from playing than I've spent on gear! Yay 
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  • SassafrasSassafras Frets: 30273


    Details? @Winny_Pooh ;
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  • In

    Alegree - Desert Dew P90's

    It seems like for many years, I plan the next will be the next I will shift a lot of unused gear but it never seems to happen....
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  • GassageGassage Frets: 30826
    I can honestly say, few gear purchases I've made have given me close to as much pleasure and toneful bliss as this one owner from new monster.

    The fact the original footswitch is with it is the cherry on the cake.

    Unbelievable amp. So lucky to have found her.

    Not even considered flipping it in all of a month.


    *An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.

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  • Gear In: 

    Gear Out:
    • Larrivee TSB SD50
    • Larrivee C09

    Very happy with my purchases.  Have wanted a 335/345 type guitar for years, mainly because Bill Nelson is my favourtie guitarist and never bonded with any Gibson of that style I tried.  The Yammy is grreat, but it is heavier than I anticipated.  As for the Blade, it was an absolute bargain and the best S/S/S strat I have ever played, and a great match to my RH4.
    I was sorry to let the Larrys go as they are vg guitars, but at the end of 2016, I'd bought a NK Forster acoustic and a Santa Cruz Tony Rice, meaning that the Larrys were not going to get played very much.
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  • pmgpmg Frets: 298
    Gassage said:
    I can honestly say, few gear purchases I've made have given me close to as much pleasure and toneful bliss as this one owner from new monster.

    The fact the original footswitch is with it is the cherry on the cake.

    Unbelievable amp. So lucky to have found her.

    Not even considered flipping it in all of a month.






    Well when you do please see me...
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  • jeztone2jeztone2 Frets: 2160
    Hmmmm

    Aftet going into London in January for a work meeting, I ended up in Guitar Guitar. I was interested in a small bodied semi like a ES339, but instead the 2017 Les Pauls took my eye and I walked out with a 2017 Classic. I then modded this with a poker chip and a set of Lollar Imperials.

    I then sold my CE24 because I had a wedding to pay for and it had spent the previous 12 months sitting in its case. Likewise my Takamine parlour, which I barely played.

    Then I sold my Ibanez RG760 for what I thought was an OK price. Only for the guy to try and flip it on EBay.

    i bought a J Rockett Archer Ikon, realised I preferred my cheaply TC MojoMojo and swapped them back on the board.

    Then in the summer I was browsing Ishibashi and saw a Yamaha SG1000 for absolute peanuts. So I bought that.

    my big gear questions for 2018 are...

    My main amp is massive, should get something smaller?

    Should I buy a Fractal instead of upgrading my pedalboard?

    i probably will buy a Feline before my 50th birthday.



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  • GassageGassage Frets: 30826
    pmg said:
    Well when you do please see me...
    It would be 'form an orderly queue!'


    *An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.

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  • pmgpmg Frets: 298
    Gassage said:
    pmg said:
    Well when you do please see me...
    It would be 'form an orderly queue!'


    Can’t blame me for trying
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