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A handmade belt from a shop in Ireland... worn it pretty much daily for 20 years
Best recent buy is a watch, a really simple army issue CWC G10. MIne's a 1997, and it's lost about 7 seconds in 3 months. I love it.
2. My 2nd Rickenbacker.
3. My 3rd Rickenbacker.
4. My 4th Rickenbacker.
(Tomorrow, I'm buying a Rickenbacker copy!)
I’ve used it for something almost every day for the last thirty years.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Gaggia Classic
Struggling to think of a third... NAD record deck? Rickenbacker 330? Boss OD-1? My first iMac back in 1999?
My DAB radio.
My cheap old Aria acoustic.
Wegen picks - Guitars come and go but these picks will probably be with me till I'm dead.
Marantz MCR610 hifi - early days but can't see myself going back to a traditional hifi.
2x analogue ins for PC & the wifes echo dot.
Plays spotify directly from a smartphone & has app control for the input selection, eq and volume. Runs two sets of speakers and I can add in mixcubes whilst watching tv so the dialogue is more clear.
Wedding rings. Because getting married was probably the best thing to have happened to me. We have now been together for 25 year and whilst there have been some tough times, Im with the person I want to spend the rest of my live with. Soppy shit I know but having someone you can totally trust and rely on is very important. The ring are /were cheap cos at the time we couldn't afford much, but we still wear them
Baby clothes. I wasn't really one for kids and having any wasn't planned. Children change your perspective on life from the moment you know they are coming (and more so from the day they arrive) pretty much from then onwards. Going out and buying cots and prams was one thing but buying the baby grows made it tangible.
House. Well, I spend A few years renting and always resented the fact that I was paying for someone else home. Ive now been paying a mortgage for 19 years and have a couple more to go, but this will them mean my little castle is my own and that provides a sense of security that you simply can never have from renting,
Is that better. If you had said 4 things that obviously the next one would be a Strat.
The drink I bought my now wife the night I met her in 2000, a bottle of budweiser, her thinking it was hilarious that I got her a glass with it.
When I bought my house it was subject to the then owners leaving the rangemaster cooker which spawned a love of cooking.
My first decent guitar a g&l tele which got me hooked for life on single coils.
Bowers & Wilkins P7/Sennheiser HD600 headphones. Hard to choose between either as I use them both equally, the P7 are closed back & the HD600 are open back, so both bases covered.
Revo SuperConnect Radio. Only had it 1 year, but have used it most days, plus the walnut wood looks great!
Studio: https://www.voltperoctave.com
Music: https://www.euclideancircuits.com
Me: https://www.jamesrichmond.com
Football is rubbish.
First Snowboard. 2006/7 was an awful snow year. Christmas day I was in Villars sur Ollen looking at green and brown mountains, wearing shorts and sitting in the sun having my croissant on the outside terrace of a bakery. I'd always been a skier. The nursery slopes were open so I and a couple of friends bought snowboards and taught ourselves to snowboard. Typing this whilst sitting on a train at 0550 on my way to Flims Laax to go snowboarding.
Mac mini 2012. Got it cheap as a demo model. It's been great. Just worked. Still quick. Can handle reaper/logic so well that I'll never max them out. I can't recall it ever crashing. Will be sad when it does die.
We bought ours in 2015 and it’s definitely one of the best things I’ve ever bought.
No. 2 - A dishwasher we bought our first one this year.
No. 3 - iPhone.
Noise cancelling headphones. I've only had these 6 months but as a very frequent traveller they've been an absolutely lifesaver in reducing fatigue from travelling.
SMEG oven. It's the most reliable, controllable cooker I've ever used and I wouldn't be without it now. Worth every penny.
73 Strat £195
75 Yamaha RD200 £395
76 Honda Civic £1050
78 MG Roadster £3070
1st House £18,950 1981
Shares Portfolio 1987
Atari ST and Pro24 and Roland Synths Rig 1988
and a in 1995 a Sharp PC3100 pocket PC cos later it gave me the knowledge to blag a high powered job at IBM!
Have the value of all these hard fought/saved-for items still today and 6 of the items actual.
a 4 wheeled Zimmer frame/walking aid for my Mum , she was really self conscious about being an old lady with a zimmer , but failing health and COPD meant she was running out of options . I bought her a bright blue 4 wheeled walking aid (which looks more modern than a traditional Zimmer and is therefore more acceptable to her !) which has given her the ability to walk more than a few steps .
easily the best money I've ever spent .
2. A leather guitar strap. Bought a year or so after the belt, and still in use. It is moulded to the contour of my shoulder.
3. No idea.
My 'new' Strat. Had it twenty two years now and it's earned me far far more than it cost. Case still smells new when you open it.
A tech drawing set I bought (well my parents did) in '71 when I did tech drawing 'O' level. Still use it today.
2. HP elitebook - it’s nice being creative without having to worry about latency, crashes etc.
3. Patchbay. Makes life so much easier when you have loads of gear.