After All These Years Of Spending, Playing & Buying/Selling - Where Are You Now ???

Alnico

Bridgehouse said:

So the common theme is:

- Had a few bits and piece and one or two main guitars for years
- Joined here and have now had over 20 or 30 in a short space of time....

:O

Would it surprise you to know that joining here made no difference whatsoever to my GAS and I've been like this already since 1985?

Thought not.

As you were...

(Waz, I'll get some pics up and a rough inventory when I've finished the Studio next week and it's all put together correctly. At the moment it's just a pile of boxes, bits of amps visible and guitar cases. Bear with me mate.)

Wazmeister

Alnico said:

(Waz, I'll get some pics up and a rough inventory when I've finished the Studio next week and it's all put together correctly. At the moment it's just a pile of boxes, bits of amps visible and guitar cases. Bear with me mate.)

Look forward to it mate !

Teetonetal

Bridgehouse said:

So the common theme is:

- Had a few bits and piece and one or two main guitars for years
- Joined here and have now had over 20 or 30 in a short space of time....

:O

Quite.
I've had 2 guitar playing periods in my life. The post fretboard joining one had been far more expensive and unhappy!!

But then there is soooo much more available gear now too.

mark_jwedge

Have been through so much gear over the years I dred to list it all but have finally arrived at a few great guitars, amps and pedals that cover everything I need.

Guitars:
2007 Les Paul Standard
42nd Street Guitars Les Paul Junior SC
42nd Street Guitars Esquire

Amps:
Top Hat Explexador 50w head (main amp) 
DV Mark Micro 50 head (back up as it’s so small it’s easy to carry, plus City centre gigs with no parking nearby or multi band line ups where quick change overs are needed using in house cabs)
THR 10 for home

Cab:
Modulus Amps made 2x12

Pedals:
Dunlop mini crybaby
Clone of Cornish Buffer
Polytune Mini
Hudson broadcast clone (Incoming)
Chase Bliss Brothers
TC Flashback
Thorpy Modded GE-7

redrighthand

Here is my amp / fx story, over the past 23 years:

1995: Second hand solid state Torque amp. No pedals.

1997: (Start gigging) Second hand Peavey Bandit. 

1997; Add a Korg AX30G (Xmas present)

1999: Sell the Peavey (band split), buy an old Shaftesbury valve amp for £15 from the classifieds in the paper. 

2000: Play a couple of gigs with the Shaftesbury (miked) and Korg.

No gigs for several years. Shaftesbury packs in (valves fucked) so never play it. Use the amp sim and play through the AX30G.

2007: Join a blues band. Use the AX30G into an old keyboard amp, with AMPSIM switched on in 6L6 mode, play shitloads of gigs, sounds ace.

2008: Keyboard player quits, taking keyboard amp. Forced to invest. Buy a new Line 6 Spider Valve. Gig it a bit. Band implodes.

2009: stumble across second hand Line 6 M13 on eBay. Think it sounds interesting and buy it. Fall in love with tubescreamer + slapback delay. At this point I have never owned any “real” pedals. M13 breaks.

2010: new band and gigs. Buy a new Ampeg J20. Buy another M13.

2011: discover Musicradar forum. Start buying proper pedals and gigging with them and Ampeg. Sell M13. Sounds ace. Buy M5. Sell M5. Buy, try and sell various things.

2011:  band implodes. New band forms from remnants. Learn about Kemper. Buy second hand Kemper.

2012: sell Kemper.

2014-2016: decide to sell all pedals and buy another Kemper. Buy Kemper powerhead, cab and remote. Sell most pedals. Jam and play 2 gigs with Kemper. Sounds good but never cuts through like valve amp. 

2017: gig with J20 and remaining pedals. Sounds ace. Sell Kemper.

2018: buy Helix and DXR10, sounds ace, realise I still prefer the amp sound live (though the Helix is awesome at home), sell helix, buy AC15, prefer the Ampeg, sell AC15, buy Helix HX FX.

Just gigged with the HX and enjoyed it v much, and still plenty to explore in there. 

And enjoyed every minute of it all. :-)

JerkMoans

redrighthand said:

Here is my amp / fx story, over the past 23 years:

1995: Second hand solid state Torque amp. No pedals.

1997: (Start gigging) Second hand Peavey Bandit. 

1997; Add a Korg AX30G (Xmas present)

1999: Sell the Peavey (band split), buy an old Shaftesbury valve amp for £15 from the classifieds in the paper. 

2000: Play a couple of gigs with the Shaftesbury (miked) and Korg.

No gigs for several years. Shaftesbury packs in (valves fucked) so never play it. Use the amp sim and play through the AX30G.

2007: Join a blues band. Use the AX30G into an old keyboard amp, with AMPSIM switched on in 6L6 mode, play shitloads of gigs, sounds ace.

2008: Keyboard player quits, taking keyboard amp. Forced to invest. Buy a new Line 6 Spider Valve. Gig it a bit. Band implodes.

2009: stumble across second hand Line 6 M13 on eBay. Think it sounds interesting and buy it. Fall in love with tubescreamer + slapback delay. At this point I have never owned any “real” pedals. M13 breaks.

2010: new band and gigs. Buy a new Ampeg J20. Buy another M13.

2011: discover Musicradar forum. Start buying proper pedals and gigging with them and Ampeg. Sell M13. Sounds ace. Buy M5. Sell M5. Buy, try and sell various things.

2011:  band implodes. New band forms from remnants. Learn about Kemper. Buy second hand Kemper.

2012: sell Kemper.

2014-2016: decide to sell all pedals and buy another Kemper. Buy Kemper powerhead, cab and remote. Sell most pedals. Jam and play 2 gigs with Kemper. Sounds good but never cuts through like valve amp. 

2017: gig with J20 and remaining pedals. Sounds ace. Sell Kemper.

2018: buy Helix and DXR10, sounds ace, realise I still prefer the amp sound live (though the Helix is awesome at home), sell helix, buy AC15, prefer the Ampeg, sell AC15, buy Helix HX FX.

Just gigged with the HX and enjoyed it v much, and still plenty to explore in there. 

And enjoyed every minute of it all. :-)

Reads like a Norse saga. Can’t wait for the full rockumentary!

mr-mac

Fairly happy...

Gsp1101 - control 2, GT Trio valve pre...  Crate vintage Club 2x12, Lab Series 4x10, Wem Dominator mk3..

Guitars
Maison 335 copy with deacci pickups, Faber tail and bridge, rewire, bone nut.

Maison les paul to be updated.

smooth hound


What i still want (maybe a Gibson for 2nd 335/355/369/ similar).  A lightweight all in one model/amp solution probs based on gsp.

JMP220478

usedtobe said:

I should definitely get rid of some stuff. I only play my new acoustic, really, these days. I still find myself wanting stuff though. Like big loud amps.. Why? I play acoustic, in the house.. It really is a mental illness, I’m convinced.

https://www.psychguides.com/guides/shopping-addiction-symptoms-causes-and-effects/

Jonathanthomas83

I'm still selling - which winds me right up. Looking forward to finally learning my lesson!

TheMarlin

Me? Too much crap, not enough talent. 

NelsonP

Guitars:
Ibanez RG750
Fender Shiflett Tele
Epiphone Blak n Blu Casino

Acoustics:
Taylor 214CE
James Neligan NA76MJCBB (catchy name that)

Modellers:
Atomic Amplifire 12
Line 6 POD XT with FBV express (doesn't see use these days, but not worth selling it)

FRFR:
Laney IRT-X

Amp:
Mesa .50 Caliber

Cab
Marshall JCM 800 4 x 12

Philly_Q

I am at peak guitar.  I've owned over 130 guitars over the years, probably closer to 150 if I include (never-assembled) partscasters.  I've sold a lot but I've still got a significant percentage of them.

My buying has slowed down the last few years - I now buy better stuff and less of it, I've stopped buying on a whim and I've stopped buying things just because they're bargains.  But I've got out of the habit of selling and I really need to get back into it.

Jalapeno

Philly_Q said:

 But I've got out of the habit of selling and I really need to get back into it.

I hear you !

I'm supposed to be on a 1in/1out diet, but I've bought 5 this year .... I have too much "stuff", and a hyperactive GAS gland at the moment.  Plus I still haven't got the Red Sparkle Duesenberg I promised myself

GavRichList

In truth I find myself a little bored and uninspired by guitars. Synthesisers have me firmly in their grasp, and let me tell you, synth GAS is a lot more expensive!

mikeyrob73

TheMarlin said:

Me? Too much crap, not enough talent. 

This 

stickyfiddle

Thought I'd already posted on here but apparently not. Here goes then...

Guitars
Gibson CS336 with OX4 pickups
Gibson SG Standard with alnico3 57 Classics & Faber hardware
Gibson ES-330 - stock (so far...)
Fender MIJ Paisley Tele with BKP Boss pickups and white guard
"Squier" Strat - so heavily modded it's up there with the best strats. I've considered upgrading multiple times and honestly have never found anything I like better, even up to vintage and CS stuff. 
MJT Jazzmaster. Mojo pickups, Musikraft neck. 
Custom La Cabronita Tele - @Guitargeek62 & @WezV get the credit here. Thinline ash body (no f-holes), tree trunk neck and sounds magnificent
Martin HD28. Bone stock, just a simple, brilliant dreadnought.

Amps
Badcat Cub III 15R combo
Yamaha THR10c

Pedals...
Rat2
Selah Feather Drive
Ninevolt Surfing Bear
Ryra Klone
Archer Rockett Klone
Anarchy Audio Gold Class - probably my favourite boost /preamp ever, and noone's ever heard of it. 
Mythos Daedalus 
Crowther Hotcake
Dr Scientist The Cleanness
MonkeyFX Valvesporker
Fuzzdog Fuzzface
Fuzzdog Rat
Fuzzdog Ram's head Muff (or triangle, I can't remember)
Fuzzdog Stratoblaster preamp
Fuzzdog SHO

Cleggy Small Stone
Empress Echosystem
Digitech Whammy V
Strymon Deco
TC Ditto
BYOC wah
Whipple Wah (possibly broken)

I am 99% sure I've forgotten something, most likely on the pedal list. 

After all of that I am reasonably content. I'd like a little more modulation on the pedal side, most likely a decent a tremolo. I'd also really like a Deluxe Reverb, but I live in an apartment, so non-MV amps are pretty much out, I think. 

Guitar-wise I'm never going to say I'm "done", because that would be mental. I've been tempted to have a cull, but I know I'd regret selling any of them. I'd also like a Les Paul at some point. The SG could maybe go, but it's worth maybe 500 quid on a really really good day, but is a way better instrument than that.

SimpleSimon

Having a Life Laundry moment presently selling off loads of stuff,  having been content with a PRS DGT and a Brent Mason for a good few years I suddenly realised i'd acquired more guitars and amps than I ever intended. So i'm going back to one guitar and one amp. Looking at settling on a Vintage Gibson ES335 and a Lazy J20 then i'd like to add a nice J200 and I will be done up to retirement and beyond. At least that's the current plan

drwiddly

I would post but I can't handle the shame! 

Alnico

I'm finally at the point where I've stopped buying guitars I'm not sure about and as such, I'm not selling anymore.

I've got 5:

Fender American Pro Strat (Modified)

Epiphone TT White Lightning Explorer

Gibson Firebird Studio

PRS SE Santana

Ibanez JS100

There's another incoming in roughly 1 month which is an old one of mine I'm very lucky to be able to buy back and then I'm onto my 'Wishlist' which is around another 5 or 6 bucket list guitars.

Amps have been quite a journey but the Katana has cured that and from previous experience, if I did go back to Valves I'd look no further than the awesome Blackstar Series one, but for now the Katana is everything I want and I've no amp GAS at all.

Effects have been the GT100 for well over a year and I'm stupidly happy with it.

If I do feel I have to upgrade that, it will be the GT1000 but that's not on the cards anytime soon.

I can't see me ever going back to seperate pedals although there is a few that I'd mix into the chain alongside my GT but they're quite specific and the main system for me is now Multi FX based.

Buying and selling got me where I am now and it's been a real trip but the thought of selling now is alien to me.

I'm way more careful with what I buy these days and way less impetuous about it so when I can buy one I've been lusting after, it's usually quite ingrained in me and I'm well beyond sure about it.

The one I miss the most is this one.

Everyone (and I mean EVERYONE) told me not to sell it but my head was in a really bad place at the time and drugs are bad for you.

Lesson firmly learned.

https://i.imgur.com/zUTeted.jpg

Maybe one day I'll find another one and be able to buy it.

AlexO

I go through phases of buying and selling quite fast and furiously. This place doesn't help with that. I never have loads of gear at the moment semi happy with what I've got but joining a new covers band might change that.

Guitars:

Gibson ES 330 1959 RI
Gibson Les Paul R8 

Feel very lucky to have these two guitars but in a dream world would like to add a Custom Shop Gretsch and Strat to the mix and then I would be sorted.

Amp: Fender Princeton 68. Does the job for me.

Had a Orange AD30, Marshall HW1974x and a Vox HWAC15 in the past but never at the same time. 

Pedalboard :

Polytune 
Xoctic RC
Thorpy Muffroom Cloud
EDQ Hummingbird Trem
Walrus ARP 87

Just need a overdrive pedal and I'm sorted.

Been through so many pedals and never really know what I'm looking for, guess thats the fun of it.