Your Year in Gear - 2016

Alnico

Garthy said:

Alnico said:

Out:

The most expensive Baja Telecaster in History

Fender Hot Rod Deville FSR 212
Vox VT20+
Vox VT20X

Digitech Obscura and Polara
Dr Green Hairy Tongue
MXR Zak Wylde Chorus
Probably a few i've forgotten

In:

Jackson Soloist SLX + EMG's + Gotoh Tremolo Kit
PRS SE Santana Special

Art & Lutherie Cedar Dreanought (Sunrise)

Fender Mike Landau Deville

Raygun Red Buffer from @photek ;;;
Sweet Honey Overdrive handbuilt by @Adam_MD ;;;

Mesa Flux Five
Keeley Multi Echo ME-8

Deposit paid on Free The Tone Ambi Space and Tri Avatar (Due in January)

Doesn't the Jackson come with a FR1000 Floyd Rose? Why the change to the Gotoh?

The Jackson PRO comes with the FR1000.

Mine came with the FR special which should be renamed the 'Blue Peter Special'.

It's as bad as any £19.99 ebay POS.
The Gotoh is essential, this is unuseable.

String clamps will not hold string if you go up on the tremolo arm, they just let go no matter how tight or not you do them up.
The Dead Spot between up and down is the width of the River thames - it won't stay in tune.
The fine tuners are made of milk bottle tops and the threads are just shite.
The arm tension thread / collar is shite.
The block and saddles are zinc - it sounds shite.

Yeah that's it i think.
If anyone would like this POS when it comes out of my Jackson, you're welcome to it, just pay for the postage you poor soul !
PM if you're actually serious.

Oh and the R3 locking nut the special comes with it is dia-frigging-bolical quality. Schaller replacement was £19.99 and is worlds better.

Oh and the posts with the special are made of chocolate.
Replacement Schallers £19.99 - Gotoh will come with Locking Gotoh Posts.

guitargeek62

Pretty good year for me in terms of GAS! Aiming to have a quieter 2017, though will probably go through a few  more pedals, followed by a Rickenbacker in 2018.

In:

• PRS Paul's Guitar (keeper)
• PRS S2 Custom 22 Semi-hollow (for sale/trade)
• Gibson 2015 Les Paul Junior (sold)
• Squier Classic Vibe 60s Strat
• Cornell Romany Plus (keeper)
• Ernie Ball MVP volume
• Strymon DIG
• Fulltone Ultimate Octave (keeper - 3rd time I've owned one)
• Pigtronix Infinity Looper
• Catalinbread Talisman
• TC Electronics Polytune Mini
• Boss DS-1
• Fulltone FD-II Mosfet
• Moog MF Drive (sold)
• Pedaltrain Novo 24

Out:

• Gibson 2015 Les Paul Junior
• Moog MF Drive
• Line 6 Helix

http://i.imgur.com/IJuszc3.jpg

MtB

From what I've seen so far in this thread I think that the FB Collective are playing a large part in keeping the UK economy buoyant..!

....now where's my list

Guitars sold
Haar S-type
King Bee Telecaster
Avalon acoustic
PRS SE Custom 24

Guitars Bought
Tele-partsa-caster
Gibson SG

Amps Sold
Home build 18watt TMB

Amps Bought
Fender Super Reverb
Fryette Power station

Effects Sold
Diamond Delay
Mesa Throttle Box
Buffalo Evolution
Boss RC30
Line6 Helix
Kemper
Mooer Phaser 90
Rothwell Heartbreaker
Digitech Chorus
Vick Audio Rams head
Echorec
Dr Scientist - The Elements

Effects Bought
Line6 Helix (realised I'd f*cked up selling the first one , so bought another!!  Seems like I suffer badly from buyers remorse! )
Rothwell Heartbreaker               Ditto
Mesa Throttle Box                     Ditto
Mooer Phaser 90

John_P

In
Gibson Les Paul Axcess
Gibson Les Paul Custom (89)
Gibson ES330vos
GSPBasses Explorer - hopefully I'll finish it over christmas 

Fractal AX8 
Atomic Amplifire
Strymon El Cap
Strymon Flint
EB Volume
Tc Polytune
Pedal train PT2
Pedal train Metro16
Smooth hound wireless

Marshall Jubilee Bass Stack
Friedman asm12  frfr active cab


Out
Boss OD1, DS1, TW1, CE2, Dm2 =   should have kept the DM2 but heyho. 
Taylor 314ce    

Neil

 In:

Fender Classic '60's Strat

Peavey Bravo amp


Out:

Fender Classic Player Jag

Ovation Celebrity DeLuxe.


Not very spectacular I'm afraid.

Blueingreen

Pretty low key.

Out:
PRS DGT

In:
lighter PRS DGT
TC Electronic Flashback Delay
Mono Vertigo Gig Bag
Harley Benton Powerplant Junior

Swapping DGTs may look neutral but it's made a difference.  The old one tended to get neglected because I didn't want my most comfortable instrument to be one I wouldn't take to a gig or rehearsal for weight reasons.  The new one is my current number 1.

The HB and TC is to give me the option of taking a simple delay - I was bringing an M9 to gigs and only using it for a couple of delay settings because I have pedals I prefer for dirt.

Edit: not a gear purchase as such, but refretting my Suhr Classic with 6000s was like buying a new guitar.

warhead

Finally got myself a Gibson Les Paul, for the first time in my 39 years of age................guess I got old, pointies were always my choice of weapon.

Gassage

Lost count.

mudslide73

Out: Mij 57 ri Strat neck, BK Apache set

In: Fender EJ Strat neck, Oil City Stone Tones set.

I think my MJT Strat is now finished.

Loobs

In:

G&L ASAT Bluesboy semi 
Strymon Flint
Z Vex BoR
Boss FZ-2
Boss FZ-3
TC Flashback (and out again).

Out:

'76 Ibanez Artist
Ibanez AS120 semi 
Arturia Minibrute 

PVO_Dave

Bit of a change gear wise for me, sold a couple of bits to help with a house deposit, but got much more into partscasters / kits. I don't get to play as much these days, but love tinkering with them in between

In:
Custom Flying V (had the kit for a while, completed this year)
79'ish Superstrat (GSP special)
Sire Marcus Miller 5 string bass

In progress:
GSP JM kit - off for paint next year
GSP custom maple / walnut capped tele with solid R/W neck - hoping to complete before the years out

Out:
Sire 5 string - great bass, I can't play 5 string
CIJ JM
Les Paul Standard
PRS Stripped 58 Goldtop

Not counting the Hello Kitty Strat I bought for my daughter  

RaymondLin

Sold nothing, only bought 1 thing.

mrleon83

In .. guitar strings, John petrucci picks ... 
out .. nothing ..

very quiet post job move/pay cut year... hopefully next year ...

though i have purchased an Aston Origin and DSLR camera for the YouTube vids so all is not lost ....

Winny_Pooh

I tried to keep to the no GAS challenge but failed around mid year, was still a slow year overall though.

Out 
Squire 5 J Bass
Tokai P -bass
Zendrive clone
Tele Partscaster

In 
Music man SUB 4 bass
BJFE pale green comp
Buffalo TD-X
H & K 1x15 bass amp

UnclePsychosis

I've been pretty bad this year. 

Permanent acquisitions:

MXR Micro Flanger 
Digitech Polara
A DI Box
DOD 201
Peavey Studio Pro
Boss DD7
Tap Tempo switch
Hardwire CM2
Wooly Mammoth Clone
EHX Bass Soul Food

Although to be fair I did sell some stuff too. Plus a net spend of less than £500 on a hobby over a year isn't too painful. 

lasermonkey

I just remembered that I built myself a couple of pedals this year: a V2 violet Big Muff clone and a MuTron Phasor II clone. Both are staying.
 It's very rare I part with gear these days!

AuldReekie

In
Santa Cruz Tony Rice
NK Forster Model G acoustic in Brazillian Rosewood

Out (pending)
Larrivee TSB SD50
Larrivee OM9 

jeztone2

At the beginning of the year I bought my PRS CE24 used from 2002. Nearly a year on & one refret later...we've yet to bond. 

On on the other hand my Fender Richie Kotzen Strat purchased in June has pretty much become my number 1 guitar. It's well made & sounds great. Also despite the traditional Strat Trem. I've had no tuning issues live. 

In terms of pedals it's been back to the future for me as I've just bought things that I once owned. Namely a mk 1 Marshall Guv'nor & a Sansamp Tri AC.

Sadly the only guitars than made it out the door this year were from theft. Namely my PRS Custom 22, retrofitted with Dunlop 6100 Fretwire & my Sigma OM28CRE electro.

Whats next on my list. Possibly a semi. I've just moved to Nottingham & unfortunately had to quit my most recent band due to time issues. But I keep thinking about a centre block Gretsch...

Jalapeno

Didn't plan this much GAS, but .....

Out

A lot of unused and superfluous pedals & power supplies to part fund a new pedal board

In

New Custom Pedal Board including

• Strymon Timeline
• Strymon Mobius
• Smoothhound Wireless

Fender Pro Junior
Marshall 2061X 20w "Plexi"
Fano Alt de Facto GF6 (Starcaster alike, but with dogear p90s and reliced)


In progress (I'm building/modding them !)

PRS SE conversion with Mojo P90 & vintage Humbcker (body repairs awaiting a final rub down and finish)
GSP Tele Thinline Charlie Christian-caster (just the wiring/setup left)
Small bodied semi from GSP - not yet started, more news anon .....

BintyTwanger77

I've been a ridiculous twat this year with pedals. So stupid, flipping more times than a scared Russian gymnast. 

I think I changed my mind about reverb pedals more often than Justin Lee Collins changes the bin-liners in Burger King.

The last gasp of sanity after more drive pedal nonsense was to stop putting stuff on plastic, send back the Riverside, and now waiting for actual pedal sales and Xmas money before buying it back again. Y'know with actual money, not imaginary "free" money. I need to start being sensible with the credit cards.

Sensible decisions?

Selling my Dr Scientist Cleanness and giving the Elements a 2nd (well third chance), particularly as it can do everything the Cleanness can plus, like, shitloads.

As stated already, giving the Strymon Riverside a chance and not relying on pedal demos, plus planning to pay for it with real money.

Buying a Fairfield Accountant comp.

Holding on to the Timeline and Space.

Above all, the Roadworm 60s Jazzmaster, 65 DRRI and the Johnny Marr Jaguar have been the best purchases I could've possibly made.

Lessons?
Get the guitars and amps right and you're 80% there.

You will never know how good a dirt pedal is on a DRRI until you turn the amp UP.

I have great but expensive (and almost manically fickle) taste in reverb and delay.

Pay in cash.

I'm in love with Fay Milton (the Savages drummer).

Thanks for reading my drivel here, and for the whole year, you're all very patient.