Have you guys ever added up the value of your gear?

ESBlonde

When I had the larger PA and lights included it got a bit scary. I had well over a grand in mics in a briefcase!
Proper hosepipe thick speaker leads and mic leads were worth getting up to that as well.

These days I've owned some of my stuff for decades and the purchase price and current values have gone every which way. I paid £175 for a used strat in 1981 and at the very least you could stick a 1 in front of that today. But if you don't intend to sell it what does it matter.

ThePrettyDamned

thomasross20;732381" said:

Ah OK

People keep saying I need a valve amp for my PRS lol

Nah, if you like the tones you get, don't get suckered in by marketing. If you sound good it's good.

I've heard the virtues of boutique valve amps and frankly none have blown me away yet. The main amps to blow me away are mesa dual recs, peavey 6534+/6505 and some fender combos (68 Princeton is my most recent, though I must try the 68 vibrolux custom).

RaymondLin

thomasross20;732381" said:

Ah OK

People keep saying I need a valve amp for my PRS lol

Get yourself a J20, STAT.

kelv_w

Nerine said:

A quick estimate of current stuff including studio bits. £30-40k

The whole list of stuff over the last 20 odd years? Probably nearing £80,000.

Retarded.

Phew I don't feel so bad now. 

paulmapp8306

digitalscream said:

Can't remember how much I paid for a lot of it, but I know the insurance value.

It's in 5 figures, and that terrifies me.

No, I'm not telling any of you lot where I live.

No Idea what my total spend over the years is - but I know what my current gear cost, and mines well into 5 figures as well - a quick tot up on things I can see is £15k so...... 

Danny1969

crunchman said:

thomasross20 said:

Aha, another Blackstar user!! I've got the ID260 but then I don't mic up. Think they sound pretty good and no hassle with valves. I thought you'd have been a valve guy (unless I'm wrong and the HT5 does have valves... )

HT5 does have valves.  There is one preamp valve and a valve power section (12BH7 I think).

Admittedly there was a lot of talk in the amp forum on here about the marketing because it's marketed as valve but strictly speaking it's hybrid.

I think it uses an opamp to boost the signal in a clean way and some diodes that clip to prevent the opeamp boosting the voltage beyond a point the valve can handle, I've never looked at the schematic but remember @ICBM saying something like that .... could be wrong. 

But yes a small amp but lovely valve distortion and so cheap. I earnt  more money gigging last weekend than the 2 amps cost me As gigs are pretty much my only income it's a case of maximizing their earning potential so the last thing people like me do is spend money on gear. Luckily if something goes wrong electronically I can fix it but like most guys who gig a lot I wouldn't entertain gigging anything that wasn't 100% reliable anyway, even when it's  used outside it's comfort zone. 

littlegreenman

Quick guesstimate is about £3K on guitar/FX/Amp gear. And probably the best part of another grand on VST's.

Bit of a wedge considering I'm purely a bedroom widdler these days. But I like to use nice kit recording my cruddy little tunes, so what the fuck

BigRedOne

I've just added it all up - where the f*$k did I find the £12K from???

thomasross20

I'm glad there are a fair few who have spent more than me, I must admit..!!

dilbert

6 Guitars @ £900 

4 Amps @ £800 

30 pedals, all but 2 are s/h so say £600

Now here's the scary bit....... odds & ends, pic's leads, mic's, stands, pups 'n other miscellaneous shit, I would say another £600.

Nigh on £3k for gear......... fuck me I hope she never does the maths )

DrBob

Noooo, it's a trap lads ! Mumsnet have clearly infiltrated us and are trying to catch us out !

Nunogilberto

Yep - currently fuck all!

Philly_Q

Anyone feeling bad about how much they've spent, just divide it by the number of years you've been playing.

There.  Not too unreasonable at all really, is it?

Vibetronic

probably just over 9K, bit hard to tell exactly as some of it is slightly esoteric. That's just going on what I paid for it or what it is worth now if there's a marked difference. Just guitars & 4 amps, and it all gets used. 

Winny_Pooh

I just added it up, only 16k. Way more fun than buying a new car.

Barney

i added up roughly for the house insurance over the phone....he stopped me at 18 grand....i never even added my amps...lol.....i fairly shocked really..

ThePrettyDamned

RaymondLin;732620" said:

[quote="thomasross20;732381"]Ah OK

People keep saying I need a valve amp for my PRS lol

Get yourself a J20, STAT.[/quote]

No don't, you play 80s - modern style rock at loud volume.

You need a jet city.

Or, if you really like how the id sounds, stick with it and trust your ears more than the Internet. I've heard your playing in videos and frankly that speaks for itself.

digitalscream

Yowsers. I just added up the insured value of everything in the band - north of £25k when we're on stage, and we don't even have a PA.

Just over half of that is my gear.

The only consolation is that once I've sold my Soldano, it'll come down to 4 figures...until I get my new guitar from Jaden.

thomasross20

Double post 

thomasross20

ThePrettyDamned said:

RaymondLin;732620" said:

[quote="thomasross20;732381"]Ah OK

People keep saying I need a valve amp for my PRS lol

Get yourself a J20, STAT.[/quote]

No don't, you play 80s - modern style rock at loud volume.

You need a jet city.

Or, if you really like how the id sounds, stick with it and trust your ears more than the Internet. I've heard your playing in videos and frankly that speaks for itself.

What a nice comment - thank you!