What was your best ever purchase?

Freebird

A used Kemper which has transformed what I can do recording wise.

Mark1960

Used Strat cerca mid 80's vintage

Wazmeister

Suhr Alt T Pro
1994 (Year) Rickenbacker 360/12 WB
Atkin The Forty Three
Carr Mercury V
Redplate Amp (now sadly sold)
HX Stomp

Freebird

Wazmeister said:

Suhr Alt T Pro
1994 (Year) Rickenbacker 360/12 WB
Atkin The Forty Three
Carr Mercury V
Redplate Amp (now sadly sold)
HX Stomp

No Genelecs?

paulads

I bought a black Rick 360 some years ago on eBay for £465...local pickup only...the guy had the model number wrong and seemed really defensive when I asked him a couple of questions about it...so I let the auction run took a punt and sniped it. I met the seller at a metro station on a Sunday morning and quickly checked it out and handed the cash over. He was a really nice guy, he just came across a bit cagey as he said he'd had trouble in the past with people coming to his house to buy things. Best Rickenbacker I've ever had...and I've had a dozen or so...I gigged it for about 5 years and when it was just about needing the frets looking at, I sold it through my local guitar shop for £800.

Branshen

A vintage Boss VB-2 from a shop on Denmark street sold as broken for £15. I could only test it out when I got home to Nottingham and it worked fine! The shop must've tested it in bypass-mode..

Gassage

At the higher end, my 1973 Thinline. Simply astonishing guitar as those who have played it will know

FastEddie

Cornell Romany bought in 2003.
Schaller distortion/fuzz from the 60's
Fender USA Delux strat, blond. Pre S1 switching.

Those three together give me wood.

Wazmeister

Freebird said:

Wazmeister said:

Suhr Alt T Pro
1994 (Year) Rickenbacker 360/12 WB
Atkin The Forty Three
Carr Mercury V
Redplate Amp (now sadly sold)
HX Stomp

No Genelecs?

Quite right !

And the Genelecs

Wazmeister

Freebird said:

Wazmeister said:

Suhr Alt T Pro
1994 (Year) Rickenbacker 360/12 WB
Atkin The Forty Three
Carr Mercury V
Redplate Amp (now sadly sold)
HX Stomp

No Genelecs?

Quite right !

And the Genelecs

poopot

Dave_Vader said:

My dirty old Sunn Mustang P-Bass copy that I took off my mate for beer money borrowed (£30) back in the 90s.

A refinish and replacement pickup and tuners later and it's still my main bass and has probably earned me more money than any other instrument I own.

^this... £50 although mines an old sunn mustang strat... refin, pickups etc but it’s like putting on an old pair of slippers... 

axisus

Reggie Hamilton custom shop 5 string bass. They were around £3k new, I got one secondhand but immaculate condition for £1k. It was a superb bass but I eventually flogged it as it was too 'new' for me plus I decided at the time to go to 4 strings.

Wazmeister

Freebird said:

Wazmeister said:

Suhr Alt T Pro
1994 (Year) Rickenbacker 360/12 WB
Atkin The Forty Three
Carr Mercury V
Redplate Amp (now sadly sold)
HX Stomp

No Genelecs?

Quite right !

And the Genelecs

builttospill

my wife!

Dave_Vader

poopot said:

Dave_Vader said:

My dirty old Sunn Mustang P-Bass copy that I took off my mate for beer money borrowed (£30) back in the 90s.

A refinish and replacement pickup and tuners later and it's still my main bass and has probably earned me more money than any other instrument I own.

^this... £50 although mines an old sunn mustang strat... refin, pickups etc but it’s like putting on an old pair of slippers... 

I've always fancied a strat one, but worried my P-Bass might have just been lucky

and now I must find one...

meltedbuzzbox

builttospill said:

my wife!

Thai or Russian?

builttospill

meltedbuzzbox said:

builttospill said:

my wife!

Thai or Russian?

Did you want to meet her?

MLten80

probably my 70£ roland alpha Juno 2
 its probably worth somewhat more than 70 now

don't make ravey music anymore but the sub bass is colossal & I can sit there & twiddle with the alpha wheel on some filters for hours noodling away

 can we add our worst too?
 (korg Triton that was way above my head at the time & lost 100s on my first ever Ebay sale... fail)

Aidanspaghetti

My Matchless Chieftain 2x12 combo. I have it years now and it keeps kicking my arse to remind me how good it is and what it can do with a pedal in front. Feck the kids, its going to the grave with me.

ICBM

rivercider said:

viz said:

Just got an immaculate 2-year old hifi amplifier with 18 years left on the warranty, for half price. Less than half price even. It really seems to be a buyer’s market at the moment. 

18 years warranty left? Blimey. Result!
Mind you, I have an Arcam Alpha 6+ amp that's been in daily use since 1993 and never let me down.  Guess they didn't do planned obsolescence as well back in the day. 

I’ve got a Pioneer SA-540 amp and a pair of Wharfedale Laser 30 speakers that have literally rarely been turned off since 1984.

That’s probably hard to beat for sheer value for money, they were only £49.99 each brand new...