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What did you get this year?

For me, it's been a year of sensible, grownup purchases.

I got a Zoom H1n because my wife wanted to do some podcasting type stuff for her business. It's been great for all sorts of things. Has worked well for recording choirs and band practices (spookily good at this sort of stuff).

I got a hand cart, to help me move my amp. This is probably the best "gear" purchase I've made in years.

I got some ear plugs, to help me not go deafer quicker.

And for Christmas, I'm getting an M13, so at least I'll have some silly, fun purchases this year.

What about you?

I got a Daphne Blue Squier Cyclone and a couple of pedals made by a guy in Canada (a Tone Bender clone and a Germanium overdrive). Oh, and a DingoTone distortion.

Maybe a Boss DC-2w too (might have bought that at the end of last year)?

Squier Thinline Tele
Behringer Crave
Behringer Pro One
Behringer 303
Dreadbox Nymphese
Presonus studio 1810c audio interface
Ableton 11 Studio
Boss DS1
Behringer Super Fuzz
not necessarily gear but I also got a Wood Cabin built in the garden to have as my studio

The list of stuff I've sold this year is even longer.

A box of Musicmaster/Duo Sonic tail pieces I had made and need to sell

A bunch of pickup making stuff

A table saw

A Mackie PA speaker

A Kenmore sewing machine

A bunch of cheapo pedals. Sold most of them

Stone Deaf PDF-1X
Boss Super Overdrive
Hotone Krush

Korg Volca Sample 2
Korg Volca FM

Arturia Keystep Pro

More than I expected... yikes.

Other than the Keystep Pro, most of what I've bought has been for the purpose of just noodling and making new sounds for my own amusement. I'm not really striving for anything specific or in particular, I'm just using my gear as a way to relax and mess around, and it's been doing the job. I built a wooden stand to put all four of my Volcas in (the Bass and Keys I bought last year) and it's like an almost self-contained little experimentation station. Plug in some reverbs and it's good fun.

Ibanez Iceman
ANOTHER Boss DD-3 (thanks Dots)
TC Electronic Sub 'n' Up
TC Electronic June-60
TC Electronic Eyemaster
Electro Harmonix Silencer

Also, tenuous, but I finally got a Numark DJ controller so I can actually practice at home rather than winging it every time I DJ somewhere.

An 'almost new...lal' lefty Am Pro II JM in mercury and a mustang micro

a bunch of accessories and strings/low value parts

and a pair of nice B&O headphones i got at discount.

That's the music stuff. Did pick up a WiiU and some stuff for that last summer.

In:
Line 6 M9
M-Audio and Nektar expression pedals to use with M9
Roland GR-55 and GK-3
Rock Band Mustang (MIDI controller)

Out:
Line 6 Pod 2.0
Line 6 M5

I did a lot of rebuilding this year (after selling off 90% of my gear after separating from long term partner) and trading largely out of boredom during all the COVID times over the last year and a half. I basically started with cheaper gear and gradually traded up to ”proper” version. Most of the stuff in the out list I actually got in this window too (apart from the Phoenix and the Tele). Looking at the list now I should have documented it on a YouTube channel. I’ve bound to have missed a few things.

In;
Guitars
Gibson NR Firebird 2015
Gibson Firebird Studio T 2018
Gibson es135 2003
Gibson es335 2019
Gibson SG Standard 2005
AmPro JM (FSR_
AmPro II JM (new)
Japanese Inoran JM
Fender Strat Plus Deluxe 92/93
Eastman 335 with SD Phat cats t486
Eastman t386 with fancy wiring harness and Area 59 PAF set.
Squier Bass VI (newer version)
Danelectro Dead On 67 Baritone
Sigma SG 45 acoustic

Amps
Silver face Twin
Orange TH30 combo

Fx
Helix Effects
Helix Stomp

Synths
Behringer 2600
Behringer Odyssey
Behringer Pro1
Behringer Ms20
Behringer Poly D
Behringer RD8
Behringer DeepMind12 module
ARTURIA keylab88
Roland Juno JU06a

Out
Gibson LP Special p90 2021
Epiphone Emperor
LTD Phoenix x2
Player Jaguar
Fender Strat 1973
Fender Mustang
Tele Deluxe (mim)
Squier Vista supersonic
D’Angelico DC Premier x2
Vintera Jazzmaster
Finlayson parlour
Gibson SG3 limited edition thing
Gibson LP Classic p90
Fender Duosonic (mim)
Fender Jaguarillo
Epiphone 225 Pro
Hardwood offset (gave to charity)
Peavey Classic 50

Heh, really hard to tell where 2020 ended and 2021 began in terms of gear (and everything else) but I’ll do my best.

Guitars:
Fender Jaguar Vintera OTM
Squier Mustang Mikey Way bass
1954 Harmony Archtop
Partscaster Tele

Amps:
1965 Fender Pro Reverb
1973 Fender Champ

Synths:
Korg Poly61
Crumar Orchestrator
Multivox MX-20

Misc:
Tascam Portastudio 488
Tascam Portastudio DP-32SD
Behringer 600w Keyboard Amp

Soundcraft Mixer
Elektron Digitakt
Arturia Microfreak

Broughton Audio Locust Star (fancy RAT)
Black Arts Toneworks Quantum Mystic
Earthquaker Hizumitas
(three dirt pedals that make my board look like I'm in a doom tribute act)

Pearly gates neck pickup

oh and I bought that Teisco/Coronado mashup guitar.



I bought nothing all of 2020, covid making international orders impossible (even this year most stuff was local) and I was on reduced wages for sixth months and had no idea how work was going to shake out.
Got an HX Stomp at the end of 2019 and that's probably stopped me buying a bunch of shit. Still need a proper polyphonic octaver.

What did the mashup Coronado end up costing?

Probably too much, but I'm quite enamoured with it. About 300quid?

Give it some time and the neck alone will cost three times what you paid for the guitar

The neck would def cost more than £300. Great pick up!

Behringer hm300, and a Boss GE-7 that I returned... just realised how little I've bought this year

At the start of the year I agreed a one in one out policy for pedals with the wife, which I nearly stuck to, but I did get rid of 5 guitars without bringing one in so I am in the good books overall!

Purchased:

NUX Solid Studio
Recovery Effects Shortwave
Caline Pure Sky
Walrus Audio SLÖ
Boss DS-1
Strymon Flint
Strymon Compadre
Strymon Ola
1981 DRV
Boss DD-8
Nobels ODR-1
Joyo 6 band EQ
Marshall MX vertical 2x12


Sold:

Fender CIJ Jaguar
Squier CV Tele
Legend LP Copy
Chibson LP Custom
Vintage Electro-acoustic
Boss FRV-1
Boss FBM-1
Catalinbread DLS
Catalinbread Formula no.5
TC Electronic June 60
MXR Carbon Copy
Zoom MS100bt Multistomp

I have slowed right up on gear purchases and sales because I'm a boring old curmudgeon

I did turn 40 this year though and searched the web high and low with shortscale's help to scratch the itch left by the Telecasters I loved and lost.

I got a Fender MIM Telecaster Thinline secondhand after Hurb found it for me and sold various parts of it I didn't like, and the case, and did the following modifications:

- Fender CuNiFe Wide Range Humbuckers (gave the originals to Hurb, it's only fair)
- 1M pots
- mint scratchplate
- replaced the original tuners

Very nice! Its cool you can get the proper ones now. Did you do a demo of the new vs old?

I finally managed to find a bound Tele 62ri after on-off looking for yonks. Will update when it arrives.