2017: the year in gear

[lost in music]

Bought a cheap old Alesis drum machine, but then sold it and almost everything else in a frenzy in January 2017. Retained a pitchblack and an EQD hummingbird, which I shoved in the closet and played without effects for about 6 months.

Bought a Darkglass Vintage Deluxe on a whim, but then returned it, even though it was pretty sweet.

Bought a Frazz Dazzler in the BST but passed it on down the line.

Then we have in:
Fuzzrocious Cat Tail
Black Arts Toneworks Pharaoh
DOD FX-75B
MXR Analog Chorus
BOSS RV-3

ALMOST sold a G&L Fallout Tribute that I had left sitting in a closet for about a year and a half, but decided to rescue it so now it feels like I have a new guitar, even though it was just an old guitar that I was neglecting.

[chrisdermo]

What the fuck.

Between you and JayWarr, there should be some kind of store.

You know, I thought I'd done really well this year. I generally have to sell to buy, hence the huge list of sales - note lots are £30 pedals too, which I've now lost my taste for. Part of me wonders why the hell I don't just not buy anything for a year or two and just get the easel I've wanted for the past decade.

Also JayWarr should be JWAR's signature WARR guitar.

[Eivind August]

Hmmm, was the Dream Reaper this year? That was pretty neat.

Apart from that, I bought another PS-2 after foolishly selling my old one, and the Dwarfcraft Grazer, which is way underhyped on here.

Oh, and the LAL 87 Moduloscillo.

[Ghost Hip]

OP-1
HEQ1
Custom Phantom Pealboard
Walrus Audio Phoenix
I just bought a Walrus Audio Contraband for like 50 bucks during their sale yesterday...
Swapped my mini polytune for a full one cuz fuck tiny pedals
I bought and sold a Squier Supersonic
EQD Data Corrupter
ss/bs Buzzz
Swapped my standard TAFM for a Dracula graphic
Earthbound Throat Locust
Sansamp Bass Driver with the three preset switches
Sterling Audio ST55 and ST31
Purple Earthbound Supercollider
DOD Gunslinger
DOD Boneshaker

I think that covers it? Not bad for "trying to cut back"

[MrNovember]

Let's see if I can actually remember everything!

Intellijel 4U 42hp case and a few 1U modules (Noise Tools, 1U power, Digiverb)
Xaoc Belgrad
Xaoc Samara
Ornament and Crime
Keith McMillan QuNexus + MIDI expander (received in trade)
Moog Sub 37 (received in trade)
Moog Mother 32 (bought and sold)
Koma Field Kit
Yamaha DX7
Folktek Mescaline
Arturia Drumbrute
Knas Ekdahl Moisturizer (received in trade)
Microgranny (received in trade and traded)
SS/BS No Memory (received in traded and traded)
Chase Bliss RKM Tonal Recall (received in trade)
Meris Mercury 7
Fairfield Accountant
Fairfield Unpleasant Surprise (received in trade)
Dr Scientist Frazz Dazzler
TC Ditto X2 (received in trade)
Montreal Assembly Fewtility One
EQD Rainbow Machine (bought and traded)
Dwarfcraft Necromancer (received in trade)
Alexander F13 Flanger
Industrialectric 4046-m (received in trade and traded)
Hologram Infinite Jets (received in trade)
A second Boredbrain Patchulator
Boss DD-6 (received in trade)
RMA Tetanus Booster (received in trade)
Pedaltrain Novo 24
Cioks Ciokolate (received in trade)
Danelectro 56 U2 Reissue (bought and sold)
60s or 70s Kingston/Kawai/Hondo Bass
DC Kunkle Baritone Neck for my Jazzmaster

Backed in 2017, but will receive in 2018:
Koma Field Kit FX
Eowave Quadrantid Swarm
Folktek Alter 2

I think that's everything...
Also, I went through a major modular downsizing so a lot of that stuff I got in trades or bought with money from sold modules, but holy shit, no wonder I have no money

[eternaldamnationinc]

OP-1
HEQ1
Custom Phantom Pealboard
Walrus Audio Phoenix
I just bought a Walrus Audio Contraband for like 50 bucks during their sale yesterday...
Swapped my mini polytune for a full one cuz fuck tiny pedals
I bought and sold a Squier Supersonic
EQD Data Corrupter
ss/bs Buzzz
Swapped my standard TAFM for a Dracula graphic
Earthbound Throat Locust
Sansamp Bass Driver with the three preset switches
Sterling Audio ST55 and ST31
Purple Earthbound Supercollider
DOD Gunslinger
DOD Boneshaker

I think that covers it? Not bad for "trying to cut back"

Satan says you'll be updating this list come tomorrow...

[Jwar]

What the fuck.

Between you and JayWarr, there should be some kind of store.

You mean like a sex toy store?? I'm down.



I didn't even list everything because it depressed me.

[dubkitty]

IIRC the only thing i bought this year was an E-H Octave Multiplexer.

[baremountain]

hahahahahahahahaha okay here we go.

PEDALS IN:
Circuit bending shit, 1,000,000 components approximately, and about a dozen Danelctros & tiny boys for bending
Cooper FX Generation Loss
Industrialectric 4046-M
Ehzi & Aka Moomindrome
You're & Your #2 (green)
Fuck Overdrive
DOD Boneshaker
Swapped a feedback loop echo degrader for a normal one
Fuzzwell Lyre
Adventure Audio Dream Reaper
Dwarfcraft Super Wizard
Source Audio Nemesis Delay
MASF Possessed
Magpie bent Behringer Octaver
Magpie Stutterphone
Acid etch for my No Memory
You're & Your #3 (hot pink)
Fairfield Meet Maude
Fairfield Shallow Water x2 (one preorder, one used that arrived first )
costum bare mountain OCD (made on commission for watldogg, returned to me as a gag by my sneaky Satan )

SYNTHS IN:
0-coast
Koma Field Kit
Volca Bass
OP-1
Folktek Mescaline
Korg SQ-1
Tiptop Mantis case
Mannequins Just Friends
Mannequins Mangrove
Mannequins Cold Mac
Mannequins Three Sisters
MN Telharmonic
MN Tempi
MN Wogglebug
MN Morphagene
MN Optomix V2
Mutable Blinds
Mutable Rings
Mutable Kinks
Mutable Peaks
Intellijel uScale II
RML Guitar Pedal Interface
Malekko Voltage Block
MN Erbe-Verb (not arrived yet)
Malekko Varigate 4+ (to be received on Xmas)

General out: ([RIP] denotes things I almost wish I hadn't sold)
Cooper FX Generation Loss [RIP]
Chase Bliss Etched Spectre
Ayahuasca
Ehzi & Aka Moomindrome
Walrus Audio Phoenix
856 for Zeller$$$$$a$$$$n [RIP]
Dwarfcraft Super Wizard [RIP]
Dwarfcraft ARF
Industrialectric Echo Degrader x2 [RIP]
Industrialectric 4046M [RIP]
Fuck Overdrive
Y&Y#2
Mr Black Supermoon Chrome
OBNE Reflector
Fairfield Accountant
Fairfield Shallow Water x1
Ditto X2 (not sold, just died)
Volca Beats
Fender American Deluxe Telecaster
Sitar
*Surely there's more? I dunno, I feel like I sold a ton of stuff.

Favorite gear of the year:
Utility - Keith McMillan KMix has been 100% indispensable to me. I've used it all but one or two of my shows & it's my main audio interface in my bedroom studio. Not released this year, but I got it late December last year & I'm still finding more uses for it.
Module - Make Noise Morphagene - More like MORPHADREAM. 100% dream sampler, will never look back from this.
Synth - Folktek Mescaline is a truly unique experience, something that changes every time you use it. Incredibly interactive, and definitely a "high art" kinda instrument.
Pedal - tossup between Adventure Audio Dream Reaper & Fairfield Shallow Water. Dream Reaper is everything I've wanted a crazy fuzz to be, and the Shallow Water turns anything you feed it into a gorgeous stew.
Biggest Regret - Selling all my Industrialectric pedals, but the $$ was nice. Also the 856 would be cool to have back, but doubling your investment sometimes is worth a sacrifice.

[greenmario]

Favs:

bd-2
Ehx memory toy
Ehx canyon
buzzz
Bassbreaker 007

Flips:

H9 (have to accept I just don’t like screens)
OR15 (accepted I need headroom)

Futures:
Dwarfcraft grazer (eyeing this haaaaaaaard)
Dream reaper
Ehx op amp muff

[karmablock]

Didn't buy much in 2016 so I compensated and bought way to much too much this year.

Eventide Space
Dr.Scientist Bitquest
Radial JDV MKII (sold)
DOD 250 90's RI
DOD Boneshaker
Source Audio Nemesis
Smallsound/bigsound Fuck (because I instantly regretted selling mine earlier)
Mark Bass Compressore
Verellen Big Spider
Robot Graves Aluminum Neck (Birthday gift from my family)
Warmoth Mooncaster Body
Dr.Scientist Tremolessence
Mask Audio Electronics Big Clang
theavodon built HP clone
Voodoo Lab Mondo power supply
Classic Audio Volume Roller
Perterson Strobostomp VS-S

[cantremember]

This year was a little outta hand for me. I definitely plan on slowing down this coming year but we'll see...

* Bought and sold

80tape- in limbo III
Adventure Audio- Dream Reaper *
Alexander- Syntax Error*
Cooper fx- Outward
Cooper fx- Gen loss*
Dod- Boneshaker*
Dod- Meatbox*
Dod- Gronk*
Dr. Scientist- Bitquest
Dr. Scientist- Frazz v2
Dr. Scientist- The Elements
Dr. Scientist- Cosmichorus
Drolo- Stamme[n] v2
Dunwich- Tyrant*
Dwarftcraft- Happiness*
Earthbound Audio- Throat Locust*
EQD- Data Corrupter
EQD- Avalanche Run
EQD- Afterneath
EHX- Russian Big Muff reissue
Elektron- Digitakt
Emperors- 2x12
Ezhi&Aka- Moonindrone T*
Grendel- Drone Commander
Hex- Micro T
Idiotbox- Blower Box
Industrialectric- Rm1n
LAL-88*
Lightning Wave- EVA
Lightning Wave- Astro*
Make Noise- 0 coast
Meris- Merc7
Maris- Ottobit Jr
Mtl.Asm- 856*
Mtl.Asm- Puhzing*
Pladask- Romfred*
Pladask- Matrise
SS/BS- Fuck
SS/BS- TAFM*
SS/BS- No Memory*
Stymon- El Cap
Strymon- Zuma
Stetson- Ojai

I also built a jazzmaster with a egc neck and I sold off a Marshall Superlead, 6505+, Sunn Concert Keyboard amp, Tyrant 4x12, Emperor 4x12, Orange 4x12, Peavey 4x12, and Ampeg 8x10 because I hate heavy things.

[John Matrix]

Quilter Mini 101
BYOC Leeds Fuzz
Supermoon Eclipse
DOD Boneshaker
Morley Maverick
a couple Saturnworks loopers

[tremolo3]

DOD Boneshaker

I must be the only person who didn't get a DOD this year.

[PeterBregman]

After seeing all these massive buy/sell lists, I feel like there needs to be another thread for what gear you actually kept/liked/connected with.

....or maybe all pieces of gear are just grains of sand passing through our fingers as we slowly march toward death?