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Apart from that its just been small stuff like strings and picks, gotta remember the essentials!
Haven't sold anything, well if you count "loaning" I lent my mate my ISP decimator.
And as far as gear I would like to get, well there's many things, an American Strat, a Kemper, loop pedal, etc.
That's it I think
Weehbo JCM Drive Ltd Anniversary Edish
AMT mini wah
Bearfoot Model HS
SA Nemesis (fabulous)
Dr Scientist Cosmichorus V3
Diamond Comp Jr
Boss CE2 Waza
Sliderig (big box, original version - best comp I have used by a mile).
Various Mooers, Donners and Tomslines bought out of curiosity
Kingsley Page V2
Kingsley Harlot V2
...and this:
...one of the finest and most versatile guitars I have ever laid hands on, a Reverend Rick Vito in black - bought for not a lot on eBay and never ever leaving my clutches*
(*conditions apply).
The Vito is now fitted with a brilliant Duesenberg Les Trem II, bought on here.
and finally:
a magnificent set of OX4 low-wind humbuckers which transformed my 61 reissue SG.
Out:
Epiphone Sorrento
Fender Tele Deluxe MIJ
Kingsley Page V2
Kingsley Harlot V2 (both lovely, but I just find my other ODs inspire me more)
Suhr Koji
XTS Imperial
Pigtronix Infinity + switch
Warped Vinyl Mk 1
Bearfoot SYOD3 (a spare - love this pedal and have another in a fancy paint job)
Weehbo JTM (also a spare, still the best MIAB I have heard)
SA Gemini
SA LA Lady
TC Mimiq
Various Mooers, Donners and Tomslines bought out of curiosity
In:
PRS Vela
Fender Custom 68 Princeton Reverb (upgraded Rajin Cajun speaker added)
Timmy OD
Lovepedal Amp Eleven
Fredrik Effects Bluesbreaker style clone
Out:
Gibson SG 61 Reissue
I really need to have a clear out of pedals and maybe some guitars in the new year
In and out: boss PS6 and 2x Darkglass
Not so bad.
You might want to go and get a cup of tea.
I started the year with a 1990 Burny MIC 335, having sold everything to fund setting up my own business.
Since then....
In and staying (at the moment)
2004 R8
Aged R8
2017 Les Paul Traditional
Derek Trucks SG
2012 R8
PRS Tremonti Ten Top (surprise acquisition of the year - and current favourite GAS item)
PRS Mira 25th Anniversary Soapbar
1975 Fender Telecaster
Raygun Relic Strat
1981 Tokai LS 50 with OX4 (Out and in again)
1981 Yamaha 12 string acoustic
1990 40th Anniversary Les Paul
Martin GPC
Les Paul R7 True Historic
Mk1 Cornford Harlequin
Orange TH30 with matched Zilla 2x12
Tech 21 Trademark 60
Fender Twin Reverb Anniversary
Marshall 1974x
Boss TU2
Maxon Overdrive
Boss SuperDrive
Blackstar LT Drive
Tech21 Flyrig5
ThorpyFX Boost
TC Electronics
HOF
Still to come in:
Ryder Guitars 59 Les Paul Appetite
Ryder Guitars 59 The Second One
Epiphone Bonamassa "Amos" V
Marshall JVM50
Out:
PRS SE One (black)
PRS SE One (technically still here but about to be auctioned by @Bridgehouse). Modded by @stonevibe ;;;
PRS Angelus SE
Fender Japan 52 FSR Telecaster
Fender Japan Albert King Telecaster
1996 MIJ Fender Telecaster
Fender Japan 62RI Stratocaster
Les Paul Standard Koa
2008 Les Paul Custom
Vigier Excalibur Rock Art
Nash Telecaster
Charvel So Cal
1994 Les Paul Studio
Les Paul Tribute
Burny Les Paul
Greco Les Paul
US Strat Deluxe
US Double Fat Strat
G&L Legacy
Line 6 Vetta Head and Cab
Boss Katana 50
Rivera Knucklehead Tre
Fender Deluxe 85
Les Paul Standard
Les Paul Traditional Manhatten Blue
Les Paul Stadard Gold Top
Gangluff Jazzmaster (FS at the moment)
EVH5150 head and cab
Ibanez tS9
Epiphone J200
Laney LC30ii
PRS CE24
PRS CE22
PRS Anniversary 305
PRS Swamp Ash Special NF3
PRS Swamp Ash Special NF3
MusicMan Silhouette
Hybrid 62RI/HIghway One Partscaster
Les Paul Faded ( )
Les Paul Studio Lite
Les Paul Limited Pacific Reef
Marshall 2525 Head and Cab
MIM Fender Telecaster
Epiphone 5w head and cab
Fender Classic Player 60s Strat
Fender Lite Ash Strat
Burgundy Mist Lonestar Strat Deluxe
Fender Roadworn Telecaster
Chris Shiflett Telecaster
WezV Earth 2 52 Les Paul
I think that's most of it. Probably not finished but I do intend to slow down massively next year. Have ended up with a phenomenal set of gear and now intend to practice and practice and practice until I can at least do it some justice...
(You can go for a wee now if you need to).
EDIT
This was actually really cathartic. Dragged everything out today and decided that the keep list is way too long. Going to cut it down to the stuff I actually play regulalrly. Classifieds post coming tomorrow...
IN
Epiphone Les Paul Custom 1955 - right at the very start of the year - Jan 2nd to be precise
Quilter Tone Block 201 - musical purchase of the year
Zilla Super Fatboy 2x12 with V30s - second hand bargain - looks and sounds great
Zombie Dust Doomsters - new pickups for my Schecter, they sound huuuuuuge
EHX Memory Man w/ Hazarai - pedal purchase of the year, such an underrated delay
Alexander F-13 Flanger - sounds excellent but may sell quite soon as I only use one setting
Way Huge Green Rhino Mark IV - absolute beast of an OD
Digitech Bad Monkey - has made way for the Green Rhino but it is super dependable
Juan Solo Tremolo - not sure what it's based on but it does that weird choppy stutter effect that I adore
Boss RV-3 - superb dreamy delay/reverb
Dr Scientist Bitquest - such an AWESOME bag of tricks
Hilbish Beta Preamp (RENTED) - sounded awesome for doom but not enough clarity for the genre of music my band plays
EQD Data Corrupter (RENTED) - can get freaky sounds galore but better for synths and noise making rather than guitar I think
Boss DD-500
Earthbound Audio Supercollider
Blackout Effectors Blunderbuss
OUT
Epiphone Les Paul Custom 1955 - great guitar but didn't really gel with P90s and...well, I needed the extra cash
Boss RV-3 - produced a massive volume drop on some settings, shame as it sounded awesome
Abominable Electronics Throne Torcher - awesome HM-2 clone but preferred my other distortions
Black Arts Toneworks Pharaoh Fuzz - probably biggest regret of the year, but it's all for nought now as I ordered the new smaller Son Of Pharaoh last week
Dr Scientist Bitquest - loved nearly every sound I got out of it, but way too impractical for live use
Digitech Obscura - great delay which I have owned three times now
Boss DD-7 - see above but except twice
Boss DD-500 - too many options for me
Blackout Effectors Blunderbuss - preferred the Musket really
Earthbound Audio Supercollider - sold it to my bass player, and it sounds freakin' AWESOME on bass
NEED TO GET/TRY OUT
Orange Thunderverb 50 - oooh I do miss those sweet Orange sounds. I just miss high gain amps really.
Ceriatone Yeti - heard so many good things...may pull the trigger at some point after some amp jiggery pokery
Any version of a Marshall JCM 2004 - been talking to the chap from Hoffnine about his guitar heads
Gurus 5015 - basically a 50w pedal platform amp with tubes, and it's absolutely tiny. Sounds ideal.
Reverend Sensei - has been on the radar for ages
Meris Polymoon - the demos have got me salivating
Out: The Mrs sold her Egmond Kansan semi-acoustic and Indie IEA30B electroacoustic basses.
A lean year!
I said maybe.....
It was a great example of buying a guitar based on the specs, but in the flesh there was nothing to love about it.
Bought a joyo american sound to go in front of my champion 600, great purchase.
My early 90s Arion distortion had some sort of breakdown and only works on one setting. Unfortunately not a very pleasant setting.
Bought and then sold a Gretsch G5222
My Fender Champion 600 was already modded with a 5F1 switch and a negative feedback loop (still don't know what that means) plus better valves. After buying the G5222 because I wanted a tweed cab for it, then decided to butcher and recover the original cab, happy with how it turned out as per picture.
Have just bought a Marshall ED1 pedal but not got it yet.
Hoping to sell my roadworn tele (still for sale will take £675 for a quick sale) and buy a classic vibe tele as I have decided modding the sh#t out of things is actually my thing!
https://i.imgur.com/va1tvHU.jpg
Been relatively quiet on the gear front this year. Any stuff I bought was for a new project I'm working on. Miss having a strat though, so that may be rectified in some shape or form come 2018.
In:
Guild S-100 reissue
Stone Deaf PDF 1
Jet City JCA50H
Out:
Custom Shop Strat
Noise, randomness, ballistic uncertainty.
I decided recently to streamline to 3 electrics only.What did you buy?
Fender Roadhouse Strat,
Gibson SG Special,
Tokai Les Paul junior style double cut,
2010 Les Paul Traditional
2011 60s Tribute Les Paul gold top.
Yamaha guitalele.
2000 MIM Fender Telecaster.
What did you sell?
Kramer the 84
Epiphone
Fender Roadhouse Strat
SG Special
Tokai (returned it after 1 week to Andertons) really liked it but I knew it wouldn't get played enough as I already have a junior.
2011 60s Tribute Les Paul gold top
2016 Les Paul Studio T
Fender Roadhouse Strat,
Best buy?
Les Paul Traditional tied with the Junior
Worst buy?
Fender Roadhouse Strat, not a bad guitar just wasn’t for me.
What do you still "need"?
Some sort of 335, possibly another Les Paul.
Another year of 'Honestly, I'll try and sell some stuff off' and it turning into a GAS frenzy (although given some of the lists above, I am clearly just an amateur). Still, it's been fun and a good way of having a longer trial of something.
Out
Mexican Cabronita telecaster - it was great but too heavy
Roadworn strat - great guitar, should have probably kept it but it went in a trade that brought something special back home
Taylor GS Mini
PRS CU24 - Realised after many years that 24 frets and trem just ain't me.
Tokai Love Rock - another try at Les Paul ownership, another LP out the door.
Epiphone Dot - Very nice, but took in a trade and promised myself I'd sell it on.
In
Squier Cabronita - Lighter version of the Fender sold above that was going to be a donor for a partscaster. Plays so well I left it as is.
Fender Classic 50's Stratocaster - Fiesta Red loveliness to replace the Road Worn (one of the 'too good a deal to miss' buys)
EBMM SUB1 - Brilliant American made, single pickup fun guitar for less than the price of a Squier.
Yamaha LL16ARE
1987 Marshall Jubilee 1x12 combo - bought when I was 19 and gigged a lot. Sold to a friend about 15 years ago who traded it back for the RW strat. It's been a sound I was chasing for years. Plugged my tele in and I was home.
GSP body and neck - from the Black Friday sale. Had so many ideas about what to do with this that I've decided to get Xmas out of the way, fit the new kitchen (Keeping Mrs CountryD happy) and then start into the build.
A few pedals and pickups have also come and some have gone.
The realization that I'm not a big user of trems has also brought about the decision to sell my 1989 PRS Custom that I've owned since 1991.
I've lost track!
Well, this time (no, really, this time) I need to start getting my finances in order, so selling some guitars, so as far as 2017 is concerned, the Jazzmaster is out/for sale (along with the Gretsch and Guild which I bought this year), and I'll be left with the Johnny Marr Jaguar I had, and my most recent purchase, a Fender FSR Ltd. Edition Vintage Series Roasted Ash '52 Tele:
https://www.andertons.co.uk/guitar-dept/electric-guitars/telecaster/fender-fsr-limited-edition-vintage-series-roasted-ash-52-telecaster
I also bought a Yamaha Silent Guitar (nylon string) and it's fantastic, though still don't know whether I'm sticking with it or if I'd be better off with a "real" steel string acoustic instead.
Amp-wise, I still have a 65 DRRI and added a JC40.
Pedal-wise, the net result of a lot of farting around is that the H9 is out and the Mobius, Chase Bliss Brothers and Jam Rattler are in.
What do I need:
Help? The ability to have the patience to save for gear and not use "plastic money"? I'll see if I can resist buying anything new next year, I don't think I NEED anything really. The "want" might be a different matter: there's always something shiny and new to tempt me.
Hunt for a Gibson-scale, Fender type guitar goes on. A couple of Tom Anderson shorties did come up later in the year but I was caught out because they went for a few hundred more than anticipated given previous sales. If the specs had been bang on I'd have paid the higher prices, but there would have been compromises on fretboard (maple when I'd have preferred rosewood) and fretwire (medium when I wanted jumbo) and I backed off paying 3 or 4 hundred quid more than expected for guitars that weren't exactly what I wanted.
Some existing gear has been rejuvenated. My Suhr Classic, refretted with 6000 wire, had fallen out of favour, it just wasn't feeling as good as some of my other guitars even after a bit of fiddling with the truss rod and the action and I was starting to the fretwire was the problem. But I really put some hours tweaking the set-up and it's now playing beautifully and firmly re-established as my no 1.
Also my 336 had a refret a couple of years ago that left some ragged fret ends. They didn't affectl playability but niggled me every time I picked it up so I wasn't picking it up. I had a luthier tidy those up in the summer and am now back in love with the guitar.
Almost feels like having two new guitars in the stable, both of them superb, and it's cost me about 50 quid.
In:
- Boss DD-2
- Boss SD-1
- Boss SD-1
- Bright Onion Patchbox
- Ceriatone Klein-ulator
- Custom Pedalboards 2 tier board + Evidence SIS
- EHX The Worm
- Free The Tone TA-1H Tri-Avatar
- Ibanez SD-9
- Maxon SD-9
- MWFX Judder
- MWFX Tremolo (CV wood version)
- Pro-Co Rat
- Providence Chrono Delay
- Roger Linn Adrenalinn III
- Roland EV-5
- SiB Mr Fazeadelic
- SiB CUDA
- Strymon Flint
- Two Notes Torpedo Live
- WMD Geiger Counter
- Zoom G2R Richie Kotzen
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- Carr Slant 6V head
- Cornford Carrera combo
- Friedman Smallbox combo
Out:
- Boss DD-2 (different to above)
- Maxon SD-9 (same as above)
- T-Rex Betavibe
- Pedaltrain Pro + Spider case
- Axe FX II XL
- Palmer PGA-04 ADIG-LB
- PRS CE-2
Wanted:
- Late 1980s PRS Custom 24
- Friedman BE 4x12 cabinet
- More MONEY!!!GAS Funds have been limited this year