The Year in GAS

[fever606]

2014 was the year of moving and working on technique. Very little turnover (I bought and sold an RV-2 and bought a DBA Reverberation Machine).

2015 will be the year of guitar projects (how the fuck did I start THREE?!) and maybe another amp if something comes along (Blackface Bassman, where you at?).

Hopefully somewhere in there I'll find a few pedals that I've been looking for.

[mws]

Oh geez, Just got the Algal Bloom in the mail today (from ILF B/S/T) and I've never fell so hard for a pedal so fast. Not far off from ordering another one...

[kurge71]

So very, very happy with:
Metasonix D1000
Castledine Wizard
Montreal Assembly Count to Five

[blindrabbit]

2014 was a pretty active year on the gear front for me. The only part of my rig that didn't change at all was my amp.

While I was (and still am) sad to see my EBMM Sterling go in the process, I am totally in love with the two basses I acquired and kept this year - my brand new custom ACG Harlot and my 1980 Ric 4001. Absolutely incredible instruments. Thanks to them, I don't see myself changing basses anytime in the near future, if ever. I know, famous last words...ok, MAYBE I could envision getting either a hollowbody of some sort and/or a Bass VI. Maybe one of those will come by for a visit in 2015!

As for pedals, I've gone on a flurry of purchases here at the end of the year, and a number of them won't even arrive until 2015, so I probably can't include them on this list. What I can though is the ss/bs Mini I finally scored which I love even more than I thought I would! If I wasn't a ss/bs fanboy before, I'm totally one now.

[Pepe]

Best pedal purchases this year:

KORG FK-2 Mr. Multi
Seppuku DPM-2

I was on the hunt for them for a few years and the Seppuku Octave Synth that I'm going to buy next week will jump on that list as well, I'm sure.

And to have stumbled upon this great forum about the more wicked pedals also made this year a special one!

The Octave Synth is awesome!

[Hyphen Nation]

alright, I've been here a year and a day. This forum is a buncha enablers.

2014. Aquired:
Pedals:
AD4096
Lunar Echo
Freeze
Raptio
Moog 101 Lowpass Filter
Grand Orbiter
Prescription Experience
Outsound Rat
Outsound FM2
FuzzFactory
Upper
Mini
LoFiLoopJunky
Castledine Wizard
Kraken
Warm Jet
Scarab Deluxe

Guitars:
1965 Jazzmaster
1965 Jaguar
Bottom Master [that fucking name]
Kramer DMZ 3000
and I built a Jazzmaster from parts…

Like I said, a buncha fucking enablers…worst part is I am on the hunt for some Ghost, Jerms, Pigdog, Castledine and and Creepy Fingers builds...

[karmablock]

^ Joining this forum is one of the worst financial decision someone can make.

[PetZounds]

Coolest stuff I got:

Sunn Beta Bass
Squier VM Jazzmaster
Baritone Telecaster
A Bluebeard
Deluxe Memory Man

Of those things, I now only still have the Jazzmaster and the Bluebeard, but the Sunn is still in the family (with theavondon).

[resincum]

squier vm jm
peavey valveking
carvin x100b
marshall 1980 lead
gojira od
gojira delay
gojira meatboy
big muff wicker
mxr analog chorus
hardwire supernatural ambient reverb
idiotbox dimension x delay
midnight amplification the holy mountain
full nelson effects mid fi demo tape fuzz
pro tone peligro fuzz
boss rv-2
boss ps-2
ss/bs fuck
ss/bs tafm
industrialelectric rm-1n

dropped a fucking load this year. thanks to finally having a steady gig and this site

[chuckjaywalk]

This was an insane year for gear for me. I moved twice. Got a divorce. Lost my job. Did the Roughtrade Tour Box. Here is my current collection, which will be getting halved once it is all in my hands:

Sovtek Big Muff
Wren and Cuff the Caprid
Earthquaker Devices Hoof (3-knob)
Megalith clone
Fuzzhugger Great Wall
Boss RE-20
Joyo Voodoo Octave
Noisemaker FX Plus
stanimal Big Cheese clone
stanimal Hot Cake and Timmy clone
EHX Hot Tubes Nano
Devi Ever Don't Fear the Noise
Boss CE-2
Boss CE-2 (I really like the Cure)
Boss OD-2R
Boss RV-2
Boss RV-3
Boss TR-2
Boss TU-2
Holowon Furr Fuzz
Wright Sounds Fuzz-Stang Mk. II
Lollygagger FX Cherry Box
Fuzzrocious Rat King #000
Industrialelectric Incinerator
Montreal Assembly Goodbye 24
TC Electronics Flashback X4
Digitech Whammy IV
Torn's Peaker clone
Mellowtone Melxowtone
EHX Small Stone
Source Audio Soundblox Pro Poly-Mod

Fender Excelsior
Black Star HT-1RH

Fender Modern Player Telecaster
Fender American Series Stratocaster
Fender Standard Stratocaster
Gretsch BST-2000
Reverend Slingshot Jr.
Gibson Melody Maker Flying V

Yeah, I need to sell like half that shit.

[Chankgeez]

(I really like the Cure)

Who doesn't?

[chuckjaywalk]

(I really like the Cure)

Who doesn't?

My ex-girlfriend. Emphasis on the ex.

[leaves turn]

Board at the start of 2014

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1 pedalboard, 1 amp, a few guitars, and 50 pedal flips and a wedding later

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yeah there's no fuzz but between the 280,GE7,Mod+Belle I can get some pretty varied dirt tones. Got some circuits on the breadboard to fill the void.

the NSA was onto me so I changed the frontline to the red white + blue
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf557RtIuro[/youtube]

[univalve]

On 12/31 i got a Budda super drive 18 MKII. So it was a pretty awesome year in GAS. I think that will be my major amp for my rock Band. Seems very promising.
2015 will hopefully be less GASy. I need new monitors and that's it for now.


But i'm a pretty spontaneous buyer sometimes... DAMn.

[MrNovember]

Huge year for me gear wise
Basically doubled my pedal collection, learned what I really want from my pedalboard, and sold most of them again leaving me with this:


I also got a Bass VI:

Major purchase was this though:

Which quickly expanded:


Next year I'm just hoping to keep expanding my modular set up. Starting with a Mutable Instruments Clouds when it's released in a few weeks and a new case built by Mr Ryan Summit. Oh and maybe I'll finally get my hands on a Science Mother