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It's the end of the year, give or take. Time to take stock!

I am astounded - [i]astounded [/i]- at the mass of new toys I have. I can cite a new band (which then never got off the ground) as a reason, but still...it's not as if I didn't have anything at the start of the year! The good news is that due to the sheer amount of tidying up and flogging of stuff lying around (misc guitar parts, pickups, bodies etc), it hasn't set me back much. In fact, excluding the 2 Gibsons, everything else has pretty much balanced out at zero cost. Also, excluding the LTD, everything was secondhand.

Total:

Basses: +3 (3 in, 0 out)
Guitars: +1 (3 in, 2 out)
Amps: -1 (0 in, 1 out)
Cabs: +2 (4 in, 2 out)
FX & misc: +3 (4 in, 1 out)

In detail:

IN

Ibanez SRX500
Ibanez SR 5 string
Burny Mockingbird body & neck
Pickups, bridge etc for Burny
Gibson Les Paul Jr DC
Gibson SG
LTD M400
Trace Elliot 1x15
Trace Elliot 4x10
Marshall 1x15
Marshall 1960A 4x12
Rane Rack Compressor
ART power conditioner
8U Rack
Wireless system thingie

OUT

Squier Tele II Custom
Jackson bitsa shredmachine
Fender Blues Jr
Misc parts I've had around for a while
Trace Elliot 1x15
Trace Elliot 4x10
Wireless system thingie (wouldn't work in Sweden)


Go on, folks. What did you get up to during the year?

(Groan...edit for bits I'd missed out)

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I tried to build myself an inexpensive killer Jazz by upgrading a Mex J I bought quite cheaply. I decided I didn't care for it so turned it into a fretless - still not happy (though I was happy tinkering). In the end I sold most of it , bought a 54P reish in Blue Flower and screwed on some of the upgrade bits bought for the Jazz. It's become my No1 bass practically overnight.

More recently I bought a Fender Blues Jr amp as I'm keen to play guitar a bit more.

That's it in the kit stakes , though keen to try the GK MB2 when it lands and maybe it'll replace my current GK400RB.

Also keen to sell my Trace 1x15 combo and buy a smaller practise/small gig combo - probably another GK MB150 , had them before and I love them.

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Mostly bought and sold the same stuff

Wireless IEMs - bought march, sold dec
Didgitech Bad Monkey - bought jan, sold april
Boss CS3 and Monte Allums mod kit - bought jan, sold autumn(ish)

Strings

And all the bits for a BFM Omni10 (which I now need a nice weekend to put together)

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[quote name='JimBobTTD' post='364652' date='Dec 28 2008, 10:37 AM']It's the end of the year, give or take. Time to take stock!

I am astounded - [i]astounded [/i]- at the mass of new toys I have. I can cite a new band (which then never got off the ground) as a reason, but still...it's not as if I didn't have anything at the start of the year! The good news is that due to the sheer amount of tidying up and flogging of stuff lying around (misc guitar parts, pickups, bodies etc), it hasn't set me back much. In fact, excluding the 2 Gibsons, everything else has pretty much balanced out at zero cost. Also, excluding the LTD, everything was secondhand.

Total:

Basses: +3 (3 in, 0 out)
Guitars: +1 (3 in, 2 out)
Amps: -1 (0 in, 1 out)
Cabs: +2 (4 in, 2 out)
FX & misc: +3 (4 in, 1 out)

In detail:

IN

Ibanez SRX500
Ibanez SR 5 string
Burny Mockingbird body & neck
Pickups, bridge etc for Burny
Gibson Les Paul Jr DC
Gibson SG
LTD M400
Trace Elliot 1x15
Trace Elliot 4x10
Marshall 1x15
Marshall 1960A 4x12
Rane Rack Compressor
ART power conditioner
8U Rack
Wireless system thingie

OUT

Squier Tele II Custom
Jackson bitsa shredmachine
Fender Blues Jr
Misc parts I've had around for a while
Trace Elliot 1x15
Trace Elliot 4x10
Wireless system thingie (wouldn't work in Sweden)


Go on, folks. What did you get up to during the year?

(Groan...edit for bits I'd missed out)[/quote]

IN
Roland DB500 combo
Double bass
Bassmax pickup

Out
Warwick ProFet 3.2
EBS Proline 15"

The outs didn't quite balance the ins, but they were'nt too far off!!

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from memory:

bases - 4 out, 1 in
Amps - 0
Cabs - 4 in, 3 out
effects - 2 in

equipment:

Bass

yamaha trb 5 series 1
yamaha attitude ltd mk1
yamaha attitude ltd mk2
yamaha bb714 bs

Guitars

Gibson SG

Amps

Ampeg svt 3 pro
trace elliot v4
marshall jcm 900
marshall mg15 stack

Cabs

ampeg svt 410e classic - for sale
ampeg b410hlf

effects

behringer vamp in 6u rack
ashdown james lomenzo hyperdrive

will probably sell the effects stuff - offers if interested.

if money allows and trade ins are acceptable....I will most likely want:

yamaha attitude mk3
ampeg svt 4pro

close to affording an svt 810e.

andy

Edited by andy67
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Basses:

Bought: Fender US P and J basses, Stagg EUB
Sold: Rick 4001, Rick 4003, Gibson SG bass

Gear:

Bought: Markbass Jeff Berlin combo + Markbass 4x10, Sansamp VT Bass, Boss CS3 + Monte Allum, Epifani UL310 (for sale now)
Sold: Markbass R500, Markbass 6x10, Tech 21 Landmark 300 head, Epifani UL115, Sansamp Programmable BDDI, Aphex Punch factory, Underwood DB p/up, DB combo, Fender 70RI P pickup

Net outlay: roughly even on trading gear (although had initial outlay on Markbass R500/6x10 rig earlier in year)

Main discoveries: I really love my Japanese Fender P (easiest bass I have ever played), even though my US P bass looks classier; gigging in London punk/rock circuit does not need a full scale rig (hence downsizing of Markbass rig); I am too much of an oaf to get much out of a compressor!

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IN:
-About 180 pounds worth of parts for my bass
-Sansamp BDDI Programmable
-EHX Blackfinger
-MXR Bass Blowtorch
-Aphex Bass Exciter
-EHX Pedalbag
-Powersupply
-HH Bass Machine, 2x 15" cabs, and 200-ish pounds worth of repair/replacement parts

OUT:
-Hardcase
-DOD FX25B
-Ibanenz PD7
-Boss LMB3
-Ashdown P10 Minirig
-Aphex Bass Exciter
-Some extra strings

I think that's it? So yea....IN>>OUT :)

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Basses in
GB Rumour 5

Cabs in
(another lot!) 2x EBS 2x10
1x Yamaha BB210 cab or whatever it is called (bought to help a young lad take his first steps into gigging bassdom - although I believe he has a cheque for me now to make it all his!)

FX in
EBS Bass IQ
Digitech Jam Man

Misc in
Onboard preamp for Lakland DJ5
PedalTrain 2
EDIT! - OBBM cables for the new cabs!

Stuff out
err... nothing :)


GASing for - a field recorder of some type... haven't done my research yet!

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[b]IN -[/b]

Highway 1 P

Ovation Viper

PRS EB IV (#3)

Shuker custom fretless

....various effects....

[b]OUT -
[/b]
Highway 1 (after being Bobbed!)

Fender HM 5 string


[b]Subversive plans for 2009 -[/b]

Ovation, Shuker & Fender CS to go - to be replaced by

1x PRS EB IV (#4) which will be de- fretted

1x PRS Mike Mushok baritone geetar

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IN:

Warwick Streamer Stage I
Warwick Streamer Stage II
Warwick Streamer Bolt-On
Defretted Axl Jazz Bass
Parts for a Jazz Bass build (To Be Continued in 2009…)
Epifani UL310
Genz Benz Shuttle 6.0
Ampeg SVT-CL
Ampeg SVT-410HLF
Digitech BNX3
Akai Unibass
2 DIY Fuzz pedals
…and lots and lots of cables/recording gear/random music paraphernalia etc…


OUT:

Warwick Thumb BO
Warwick Streamer Stage II
Musicman Stingray
Defretted Axl Jazz Bass
Ampeg SVT-CL
Ampeg SVT-410HLF
Trace Elliot 7210H (was very hard to let this one go)
Digitech BNX3
Boss CS-3
…and other bits and bobs I’ve forgotten about.



GAS got the better of me on a couple of the above, but I was so close to pulling the trigger on a few more deals…
Less for 2009 I think.

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In:

Fender Aerodyne - Paul H
DHA VT-1 - DHA
Sansamp BDDI - JD1
Boss ODB-3 - Umph
Presonus Bluemax Compressor - Old Horse Murphy
Boss Tu-2 - ianrunci
Boss CEB-3 - Someone of TB
Jim dunlop 105q - Higgie
2 parts jazz basses - Mainly from Eude
AKG wireless system - Giggear.co.uk i think

*In kind of: Stagg EUB, should be ordering it tomorrow, but probably wont be arriving till the new year.

Out:
Boss CEB-3 - thylacine23
Jim dunlop 105q - ebay'd
Boss ODB-3 - testrat
DHA VT-1 - Gareth Hughes

Ive noticed a correlation between joining this site and my buying/selling activity :) Odd that.

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In. MiM Jazz
Lakland Bob Glaub Pbass
No name Jap Ric copy
Fecker Pbass
MIA Pbass
Hartke HA3500
Hartke 1x15
Hartke 2x10 1x15
Trace AH300
Trace 4x10 cab
Korg bass pedal.

out. Everything but the MIA Pbass and the Fecker and Trace stuff. I'm going to try a Sansamp and see what that does. i like the sound a Wawick makes but hate the look of them so i doubt if i will ever buy one. shallow i know.

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Where to start...

Gear In this year (and still here so far):

Shuker Bolt On 6 - beautiful, built for me custom that I'm not able to play comfortably yet, but I'll persist.
Lakland 55-01 NTMB - arrived on Christmas Eve so haven't really got any proper use out of it yet. The neck fits me like a glove though so it's looking good so far!
Aguilar GS112 - great little cab. Want to get another of these and another Ashdown ABM (head this time I think) to complete a mini rig, although I'm tempted by Alex's Compact cab...
Zoom B2 - not had much time to play with this little blighter yet, but it'll probably take care of all my effects needs since I don't use them that much.
Westfield cheapo P - everybody says you have to have a P. After this years exploits I don't agree, but this cost £20 (and that's about as much as I'd want to have tied up in a P at the minute!).


Gear in this year (but will be leaving the building soon):

Bongo 5HH - nice but It's not staying. Once over the initial honeymoon I realised it was too ACTIVE for me and the string spacing is a little too tight. Monz has first dibs...
Fender CIJ 70's reissue P - nice to play, but P's are definately not for me so it's going to Clarky when he gets back (unless his plans change).
Status S2000 - Been through the wars this one. Still here but it's going on the block too. Just can't get used to the overall feel of it. Sounds GREAT though.
SWR workingman's 12 - had one of these before and always wanted another, but it's not enough for me to gig with and I do most of my practicing at home through headphones so it'll be going too.


Gear in this year, and back out again!:

Lakland BG4 - you all know the one. Black with Villex pups and passive mid tone control added. Nice bass but not for me - I thought it was the maple board so I tried the P thing again with a CIJ Fender... I now know I don't like P's or maple boards...
Fender Roscoe Beck 5 - really miss this bass, but the 55-01 is looking pretty good to mend my broken heart!
MM Ray4 - I'm not a 'ray guy either, but had to try it to find out.
Thunderfunk TFB550 - nice amp. Went on about these for ages after trying Flanker's old one in the Gallery a while ago, but it wasn't really for me in my own playing situation. Prefer my Ashdown.

Gear out this year:

Aguilar AG500 - I like Aguilar cabs, but not too fussed on their amps. My Ashdown works better for me.

So what's that:
Overall
Basses +6 (but 3 leaving soon) -0
Amps/cabs +2 (1 leaving soon) -1
Effects +1

plus a lot of 'trying' done this year. Hoping 2009 will be more settled gear-wise!

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Basses In:

Born To Rock F4B
Gus G3 Active 5-string
Hartke XL-4
Lace Helix Fretless 5
Manne Picollo Bass
Overwater Original Fretless 5
Reverend Rumblefish 5L
Sei Offset Flamboyant Fretless 5
Stagg EUB
Switch Inovo
Tokai Talbo B135

Amplification In:
Dr Bass 210 Cab
Dr Bass 1260 Cab
Peterson Stroborack Tuner
Tech Soundsystems Black Cat Amp

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[b]IN[/b]
Music Man Stingray SR4
Squier VMJ Fretless
Ashdown ABM 210 combo
Trace 1 x 15
A load of pedals
Monitors/Mixer/PC for home studio (2nd lot after I sold all my old stuff)

[b]Out[/b]
Pretty much all of my old guitar stuff
Gibson Les Paul Studio
Korg AX1000G
Line 6 Pod
Fostex Studio Monitors
Mics/Leads etc.

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Oh dear. Gas got the better of me this year...

in:
Squier VMJ
DHA Studio VT-5
Ashdown Mag 300
Lakland 55-01
Ibanez EDA905
Hartke 2200pro
warwick neo 12
warwick neo 15
Gallien Krueger 1001RBII
Line 6 podxt
behringer rack tuner
Cort Curbow FL
Musicman Bongo
Schroeder 1212R
Markbass Little Mark 2
Bacchus Jazz Bass
Trace Elliot V4 combo
G&L Tribute L2500
Yamaha TRB1006

out:
All of them!!!

Years not over yet... :)

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