2013 Your Year in GAS

guitarfishbay

ICBM said:

Guitars:

Bought a Gibson Les Paul Signature

Sold the Les Paul Signature

@ICBM what happened with the LP Signature?  I thought you loved that thing judging from your posts earlier in the year?

ICBM

guitarfishbay said:

@ICBM what happened with the LP Signature?  I thought you loved that thing judging from your posts earlier in the year?

The neck profile gave me cramps unfortunately - too wide and shallow, typical for a late-70s Gibson.

I loved the sound of it though. I might one day look for another one with an earlier-70s neck profile… but to be honest I'm a bit off buying expensive guitars now. I managed to extract myself from it without losing money, at least - but it took 6 months.

not_the_dj

One new guitar this year, Gibson Les Paul Trad Pro 2 (Iced Tea, 60s neck)

One new amp, Yamaha THR10

Pedals.....well lots have come and gone, but the highlights (and keepers) are:

• Catalinbread DLS Mk3 
• Catalinbread Formula 5F6
• Limited edition Timmy
• TC Electronic Alter Ego Delay and Trinity Reverb
• MXR Micro Chorus

 

 

 

guitarfishbay

ICBM said:

guitarfishbay said:

@ICBM what happened with the LP Signature?  I thought you loved that thing judging from your posts earlier in the year?

The neck profile gave me cramps unfortunately - too wide and shallow, typical for a late-70s Gibson.

I loved the sound of it though. I might one day look for another one with an earlier-70s neck profile… but to be honest I'm a bit off buying expensive guitars now. I managed to extract myself from it without losing money, at least - but it took 6 months.

Ah man that is a shame.  At least you managed to get back to square one financially.

digitalscream

Hmmm...not much this year (I think). Definitely no guitars...

Amp stuff:

Jet City JCA22H (later sold)

Jet City JCA50H

Montage 1x12" cab

L-Pad Attenuator

Assorted cables

Pedals:

Boo Boost pedal

Hardwire delay (sold)

Carl Martin Hydra

Boss LS-2 (for the love of all that's holy, somebody take this pedal off my hands)

Single bypass loop pedal

Recording gear:

Laptop for recording

TC Electronic Impact Twin interface

Behringer dual-mic preamp

SE2000a mic

That's about £1200 there. Bugger, didn't think it was that much.

EDIT: Oh, and some Oil City pickups for the S2, and a neck and electronic gubbins for my Squier Strat. £1400.

Gru

In some ways I wish I had been in a position to purchase some of the guitars you guys have had the pleasure of trying but on the other hand I don't know how you decide what to play?

In:
Yamaha 112VM,
Fret King Blue Label Tele,
Shine 510
Roland Micro Cube

Out:
Yamaha 112VM,
Fret King Blue Label Tele,
Roland Micro Cube

Its funny, I used to do the same with golf clubs.

The big mistake of the year was buying the Fret King, when I should have purchased the Cort CR Custom that I had been lusting over for some time. I saw a CR Custom in the flesh today, stunning! The Shine 510 was purchased as a cheap interim while I save up for it again, but its such a good guitar for the money, there's no point in selling it, I will give it to my son down the line.

Next year, the Cort CR will be purchased at some point, along with a Squire Vintage modified strat, but the Cort is the priority.

gusman2x

In:

Fender KC Mustang

Fender CIJ Jaguar

Squier Bass VI

MicroKorg - Very cool

Wren and Cuff Tri Pie Fuzz - 3 knob Big Muff clone

Behringer RV600 - Made me want a Strymon

Boss CE-5

Blackout Effectors Twosome

Polytune Mini - Probably my best buy

Souldier Strap - Not as comfortable as it should be, but looks the biz

Bigger plectrums - Been using Jazz 3s for AGES now, so moving to tortex has been an adjustment.

Out:

None, I'm a hoarder

Still time for:

Teisco Del Ray, or some other such cheap MIJ oddity

That damn Strymon Blu/Big Sky

Moog Minifooger

Jalapeno

gusman2x said:

Out:

None, I'm a hoarder

Still time for:

Teisco Del Ray, or some other such cheap MIJ oddity

That damn Strymon Blu/Big Sky

Moog Minifooger

That's the spirit !!!!!!!!

DeeTee

grungebob said:

I'm going to try and only buy pedals in 2014 plus get my westone upgraded,fret dress earvana nut and some locking tuners. Actually I also want to get my hands on a Billy Corgan strat next year too.

I remember those Corgan strats first coming out. Serious GAS, despite not being my style.

tbm

Guitars In:
Fender CIJ Jaguar
Fender Classic 70s Strat

Guitars out:
Fender US Strat
Danelectro Longhorn Guitar
Danelectro Longhorn Bass

Amps in:
Vox AC30 HW2
Vox AC4

Amps Out:
Fender Blues Jr.
Orange TH30 head
Orange PPC112 cab
Blackstar Artisian 2x12 cab

FX in:
Vintage Rat
Mr Black Deluxe Plus
Pigtronix Philosopher's Tone
MXR Super Comp
Moose's Custom Electronics Moonraker
Zvex Box Of Metal
EH Big Muff w/ tone wicker (again)

FX out:
Loads of Boss pedals (Keeley modded TR2, GEB7, GE7, OD2, PH3)
Way Huge Pork Loin
EH Holy Grail
Fulltone Fat Boost 2
A few clones (Demeter Compulator, Super Hard-On)
Catalinbread CB30
MXR Variphase

Jaysus, I've actaully moved more then I remember this year. Not done yet hopefully. Trying to shift that Mexican Strat to get an Peerless Epiphone Casino or Riviera.

The23rdman

In:

Squire Classic Vibe Tele Custom Sunburst - needs a fret job, but still love it.

Shine SIL-510 - stupidly good for the money - especially after a Megii fret job

Faith Mercury High Gloss Electro - and out again for...

Recording King ROS-627 - LOVE THIS THING. 

Out:

Washburn WI-440 - SD pickups sounded muddy to me. Couldn't be arsed to so owt about it. 

1977 Norman B-20 - Could live to regret that, but I just don't need a dred. 

Want: Some kind of strat...

Blueingreen

My guitar shopping for 2013 seems doomed.  Tried a few guitars out on Friday.  The one that absolutely stood out was a Tom Anderson drop top, feather light, absolutely fabulous player, maybe the best I've played.  But I didn't want to make a snap decision because it wasn't the sort of thing I'd originally been looking for - too similar to what I already have, not totally in love with the colour.  But I slept on it , discussed it with my wife and decided I wanted it.  Checked it out next day and it had sold.

IanSavage

IN:

Vintage V880 VSB electro-acoustic

Gordon Smith GS1

Marshall DBS7400 bass head

Sonor Force 3005 drum kit

Pearl Sensitone snare

Set of Paiste Alpha cymbals

Vintage VS6 SG-alike (sans electronics, fixer-upper)

Bitsa Tele (pretty fucked, fixer-upper)

Boss ODB3 bass distortion

Pedaltrain Nano

OUT:

Marshall DBS7200 bass head

Gordon Smith GS1 (:()

Yamaha 01X desk (:()

Home-brew 'Fender' Precision (:()

Ibanez Iceman (:()

 

Shall likely end up replacing the 01X at some stage, and hadn't realised it's been less than a year without the Ibanez and the Precision.

Jalapeno

Blueingreen said:

My guitar shopping for 2013 seems doomed.  Tried a few guitars out on Friday.  The one that absolutely stood out was a Tom Anderson drop top, feather light, absolutely fabulous player, maybe the best I've played.  But I didn't want to make a snap decision because it wasn't the sort of thing I'd originally been looking for - too similar to what I already have, not totally in love with the colour.  But I slept on it , discussed it with my wife and decided I wanted it.  Checked it out next day and it had sold.

Best strike when you can with Tom Andersons .......

Blueingreen

Jalapeno said:

Blueingreen said:

My guitar shopping for 2013 seems doomed.  Tried a few guitars out on Friday.  The one that absolutely stood out was a Tom Anderson drop top, feather light, absolutely fabulous player, maybe the best I've played.  But I didn't want to make a snap decision because it wasn't the sort of thing I'd originally been looking for - too similar to what I already have, not totally in love with the colour.  But I slept on it , discussed it with my wife and decided I wanted it.  Checked it out next day and it had sold.

Best strike when you can with Tom Andersons ......

You say that, but I've seen a bunch of other TAs on Ebay and elsewhere stick around for weeks, not selling even after big price drops.  Then this one goes within 24 hours of my trying it........