2017: the year in gear

[rickenbastard]

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?

Only thing I got I don't like is the MXR Phase 95. Doesn't sound great on bass. Bought it without trying it from a coworker. I'll eventually flip that when I stop being lazy. I want the new Dunwich Phaser. I actually got to try that and it is thick enough to handle bass.

[gnomethrone]

I learned aluminum necks are heavy as fuck and don't really do it for me. The flip paid for a vacation though so no hard feelings. I also went from 100-ish watts of toob amp to 15 watts and I'm not sorry. Man I sound old and lame.

[dubkitty]

I didn't buy any gear this year I'm pretty sure, but I did get a cat.

best gear in this thread.

[systemofameow]

This is almost all the gear I own too, since I only seriously got back into music in the past year

Epiphone Les Paul Traditional Pro
Peavey 412M (sold)
Ampeg V4
Ampeg V4 4x12 (x2)
Big Game Pedals Solace State (sold)
EAE Model Fet
EAE Longsword
Mu-Tron Phasor 2
Dunwich DA120 (THE GREEN BASTARD)
Red Panda Labs Context
Dirge Even Anguish (waiting in my mailbox for me!)
Sonic Research ST-200
MXR iso brick
Earth Sound Research B2000

[MrNovember]

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?

Only thing I got I don't like is the MXR Phase 95. Doesn't sound great on bass. Bought it without trying it from a coworker. I'll eventually flip that when I stop being lazy. I want the new Dunwich Phaser. I actually got to try that and it is thick enough to handle bass.

I tried to include the stuff that I didn't immediately like in my list by mentioning that I either sold or traded it. Everything else that I kept, I am actively using and liking a lot. Except the QuNexus, but that's up for sale. And I guess maybe the Mescaline, jury is still out on that one. And there's only one thing I flipped that I regret; the Mother 32.

[ritz]

In:
Ottobit Jr
Mercury 7
Polymoon... Meris trifecta 2017, do I get a badge?
Looper with blend (game changer for me with dirt)
Dreadbox epsilon (for the envelope)
AKG C414 mic
(And a nice mic stand finally)
Pretty years (transaction initiated 2016)
Tremotron (doesn't get enough love here)
Power supplies, EBS flats, and a new pedaltrain for the great board overhaul of 2017
Broughton LPF/HPF
BF3
Outward
RML 432k rev2 limited
Timefactor (game changer, I now dual wield loopers start and end-chain)
Game changer audio plus pedal (also a game changer for me actually )
Dual broadcast + mini-matrix mixer (with the aforementioned epsilon) for total CV madness. This was 2016's "2017 project" and it came to pass, and all was well.


Sneaking in at the end of 2017 for my 2018 project:
Moog Minitaur
Moog Murf (these two are buddies)
Acidbox v2 (replacing my dearly departed v1)
MIDI twister fighter -midi I'm comin for ya, 2018


In and out:
Particle (2nd time around wasn't the charm, love it but it needs presets)
Bananana mandala
Glou Glou rendezvous - liked it but found it too fiddley for my flow
Dwarfcraft happiness
Even anguish (wanted to love but doesn't work with my setup)
Boneshaker


Out:
Eventide Space
Moog freqbox
GB24
Geiger counter
Pigtronix e2d

[rfurtkamp]

Let's see.

Boss ES-8
(Another) 2016 Gibson Les Paul Studio High Performance, this time in Artic White
Schecter V-1 Custom (in purple, of course!)
Boss HM-2 Heavy Metal
Decibel Eleven DB-11
BC Rich Son of Beast (but given as a Christmas gift back to its original owner)
Source Audio Kingmaker

And, just ordered, an Ibanez RG-something 7 string (arrives tomorrow).

[univalve]

Laney Cub8
Pigdog Electric Eye
Mr Morphine Supa MKI
Stone Fly Stone Skull
Pigdog Loony Two
Bookworm Effects Pancake Trilobyte 2xFuzz
Pigdog Hadley Grange
Pigdog Type Z
Balls Pentode Boost
Meris Polymoon
Chase Bliss Tonal Recall

[breakdown]

A lot of fuzz this year...

SS/BS TAFM (from the BST)
Fuzzhugger Doom Bloom (from the BST)
BAT Son of Pharaoh (hasn't arrived yet...)
Fuzzdog DIY Axis fuzz
Fuzzdog DIY Filth Factory
Fuzzdog DIY Superfuzz
Fuzzdog DIY Thug Deluxe
Audio Technica ath-m50x headphones
Sure SM57

Haven't gotten around to finishing any of the DIY fuzzes though...

[Disarm D'arcy]

Glitch, expensive knobs, disgusting Boss and DOD stuff, FM synthesis, fresh guit... and a dual muff from an IG giveaway!



For reference, my goals of 2017:

For me the general idea is to keep things quiet like this year and the previous one, for the sake of savings and building security for when I'm out of school.

I've recently found the second amp I want (something low maintenance, sounds great clean, handles the VI, maybe stereo ins, light and small so I can carry it around quick), and it's gonna be a JC-40. I'm in the process of downsizing stuff, mostly old cables and DIs and maybe my old monitors... All stuff from back when I contributed to gearing up a rehearsal space that will help pay for that.

I'm gonna probably flip one or two less used pedals to expand a little. The list of stuff I want, for now, looks like that. Will have to be funded by the flips and maybe my birthday gift. Need to keep frugal. And the rest will wait for next year.
MASF Possessed
MASF Raptio (should replace the freeze on my board, so might probably flip that as well)
Ezhi&Aka Moomindrone
Dr. Scientist BitQuest
Bananana Effects Growl 567
This list might evolve depending on what satan (well Vidret) has gotten me. Obviously might have to take into account possible redundancies, though I guess what he got me isn't a pedal.

There's still a couple of things I need to do around the guitars as well. Selling or keeping my Les Paul comes back to mind constantly. I love it but don't play it that much. I'd like to polish a few details like finding good looking knobs for Squier JMJM, fix the battery clip thing that I broke in my J-200... Really long term (beyond 2017 I guess), I'm thinking maybe a cheap telecaster that I could keep around for downtuned and open tunings playing, with bigger strings so it still sounds cool. Also, if Squier ever releases a VM XII, I'll jump on it.

That's about it for now.

I got the JC, the glitch situation sorted and a guitar for alternative tunings. That's kinda cool!
I also did really well on the savings front as I sold quite a lot of gear. I feel 2017 was pretty successful gear wise.

[01010111]

What do you think of that Roland Jazz Chorus? I’m thinking about getting one so I can have an amp that’ll play well with my guitar/synth, and be loud enough to play with other people.

[Disarm D'arcy]

Those were pretty much the deciding factors for me. Also I just love the JC clean - I love clean sounds.

The JC-40 was the best option, especially against vintage ones as they are rather pricey here, quite heavy and don’t have true stereo ins. The RI is excellent.

[O Drones]

I bought a JC-40 after D'arcy, and I can't recommend it enough. It's so loud. So, so loud. Punishingly loud. It's ridiculous honestly. Love that thing. Supreme amp.

[ck3]

2017 Gear purchases (minus numerous returns of defective merchandise):

Maxon Void
EQD Gray Channel
Zander Circuitry Cafetiere
EQD Crimson Drive
Heavy Electronics Grind Fuzz*
EHX Nano Stone*
Caline Orange Burst*
DOD Carcosa
Subdecay Vitruvian Mod*
Mojo Hand FX Rounder
Sinister Analog Soul Provider*
Earthbound Audio Supercollider '71
JDM Pedals Little Steamer
Mojo Hand FX 443 Analogue Filter*
Catalinbread Perseus
Rowin Nano Loop Station*
EHX Neo Clone*
Malekko Vibrato*
Tone City Bad Horse*
Valeton Katfish
Whim Heavy Metal*
Little Bear BS-1*
Malekko Charlie Foxtrot*
Valeton FL-10
Maxon Wind
Tone City Dry Martini*
Valeton FP-10
DOD Boneshaker**
EHX Synth 9
Friday Club PD100*
3pdt Regulus VIII Fuzz
Xinsound Sky Overdrive
Quilter 101 Mini Head
Subdecay Starlight Flanger*
Valeton PH-10
Esterly Buzz Fuzz
SAE Effects Yellow Jacket*
Valeton Darktale
SUF Son of a Bee
Valeton Red Haze
Maxon Water
Fuzzhugger ILF Velcrobot
Basic Audio Fuzz Mutant**
WMD Geiger Counter
Fredric Effects ICBM 78
Option 5 Destination Squarewave
Lovepedal Rubber Chicken
Hungry Robot [hg+lg]
Alchemy Audio Dead Bat
Tomsline Liner
Customeffects Harmonic Percolator
ART Powerplant
Land Devices HP-2
Steven Douglas Green Shadow
Way Huge Russian Pickle
Subdecay Vocawah
Lovepedal Red Zendrive
.PSHC pdls. Piggy
Red Panda Bitmap
DOD Gonkulator**
Earthbound Audio Iron Pig V2
Earthbound Audio Throat Locust
Vick Audio Black Russian Muff
3leaf Audio Proton V3
Dr. Scientist Bitquest
Lovepedal Believe
Lovepedal Roadhouse Eternity
DOD 410 RI
DOD Gunslinger
Idiotbox Han-taun***
Digitech Luxe
Smokin' Amp Co Cheese Fuzz
TC Electronic Nova Delay
Valeton OC-10
Mooer Tender Octaver mkii (defective and returned)
Walrus Audio Red***
Shoe Pedals Ancient Astronaut
Peavey Classic 20 mini head***
Eno Octaver***
Loop Switchers Mini Single***

* = flipped
** = purchased twice
*** = still inbound

[lefchr]

In:
Partscaster tele
squier BassVI
Ampeg V4
Zvex Super duper 2in1
keeley mag echo
Weber mass 200
old blood noise aby pedal

out:
boss dd20
boss ge7
way huge swollen pickle
warmoth strat neck

probably the most gear I bought in one year and sold