What was your best gear purchase?

Ajbbklyn · Post by **Ajbbklyn** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 12:09 pm

1959 Fender Musicmaster (The one pictured is not mine. Mine has natural ash body, i.e. no paint. Bought it at "We Buy Guitars" on West 48th St in Manhattan in 1980)

My son plays the Musicmaster, March 2005

1972 Farfisa VIP 233 (Bought in 1972, no less - at Sam Ash, Brooklyn)

Pioneer RT-909 Tape Deck, vintage late 70s (from eBay, 3 yrs ago. I replaced the main transport belt. Great for reggae-style tape delay)[/img][/b]

OvertoneZero · Post by **OvertoneZero** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 12:11 pm

Best gear purchases I have made so far:

Axe-FX Ultra
G&L Legacy Strat
Ableton Live Suite
Electrix Repeater

oddstep · Post by **oddstep** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 12:40 pm

A laptop: its totally changed what I'm able to do. There's no way I would be playing in fields or jamming with friends if I was still working on a desktop. Live is pretty amazing- but I was creating a rubbish ersatz live via environment features on logic 5.5.
Korg MS2000r: they get a lot of flak- but they are great for performing- possible to get right inside a sound using the pots.

heavensdaw · Post by **heavensdaw** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 1:44 pm

Has to be Ableton Live Suite the most productive piece o gear EVER!

Also have to say my Macbook Pro.. Freedom and power.

Bargins.... Novation X Station 61, new from a store in Barcelona.. they were having a sale, I got it half price! Pair of Adam 7's bought from Turnkey (remember them?) as returns, paid 600 euros.. They rock!

Hd

Ajbbklyn · Post by **Ajbbklyn** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 2:19 pm

Yeah, the Adam A7's...picked up a pair for $883. from Musician's Friend a few months back. One of their "Instant Rebate" promotions.

Just bought a dbx 1066 compressor/limiter/gate unit - B stock - from American Musical Supply (affiliated with zZsounds) for $299.97 - which is $100 off the usual retail selling price. They still have two other B stock units in inventory:

http://www.americanmusical.com/Item--i- ... 6-G20-LIST

Check the column on the right-hand side of the page to see the B-stock listing. (I get no commission for this!!)

channelite · Post by **channelite** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 2:28 pm

Korg MS 2000R.

I've been using it for 8 years. I've used it more as an efx processor than a synth. I keep discoverinig new things on it. Looking back, I wish I would have gotten the keyboard and not the rack.

Also my Mac Pro and Live.

tjwett · Post by **tjwett** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 2:39 pm

ARP Odyssey MK I: friend's dad threw it out with the trash and it sat outside overnight. still has water spots from being rained on and something is weird with the ADSR. spent a few bucks to get it to stay powered up but yo, holy shit.

feyshay · Post by **feyshay** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 3:56 pm

Ableton Live. But that is not gear.
With gear, that is a tough one. I have some great stuff. I'll leave out instruments and stick with gear.
If I had to pick one, I'd go with Crane Song HEDD 192.
Other great gear--preamps (Pacifica and Great River).
Compressor--a pair of Crane Song Trakkers.
What has made my life better and easier? The Presonus Central Station and Novation Remote 25 SL.

D K · Post by **D K** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 4:17 pm

by far my best, my eub:

Jekblad · Post by **Jekblad** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 5:48 pm

"Your Mom" for 5 bucks.

And she was great!

onehandstand · Post by **onehandstand** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 6:28 pm

D K wrote:by far my best, my eub:

oh man I envy you so much

i'm thinking of getting eub or bass cello

pabloaugustus · Post by **pabloaugustus** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 6:41 pm

D K · Post by **D K** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 6:45 pm

that bass has been my go-to for 5 years now...
my muso buddies always bug me to play it, sounds great twisting it through ableton
fx...
i'd love to get the cello and tune it in 5ths.

D K · Post by **D K** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 6:46 pm

pabloaugustus wrote:

i suppose you never leave the house now....

pabloaugustus · Post by **pabloaugustus** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 1:19 am

D K wrote:i suppose you never leave the house now....

practice makes perfect!