What was your best gear purchase?

morerecords · Post by **morerecords** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 3:15 pm

I got a 909 for a DX7 and $160 once. I wanted to give him more but I didn't have it, he made drum and bass, didn't need it, and was a cool guy so he let me have

Casual Beats · Post by **Casual Beats** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 3:17 pm

An access Virus TI. Gets used in just about every song I do.

sweetjesus · Post by **sweetjesus** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 3:27 pm

ableton Live

Sales Dude McBoob · Post by **Sales Dude McBoob** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 3:29 pm

http://westerlyguildguitars.com/guitars/m20hr.html

LOVELOVELOVELOVE

nebulae · Post by **nebulae** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 3:31 pm

Intel Q6600.

Sold all my hardware. Not looking back.

sweetjesus · Post by **sweetjesus** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 3:46 pm

nebulae wrote:Intel Q6600.

Sold all my hardware. Not looking back.

yeah the q6600 changes everything !

nebulae · Post by **nebulae** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 3:48 pm

sweetjesus wrote:
nebulae wrote:Intel Q6600.

Sold all my hardware. Not looking back.
yeah the q6600 changes everything !

It does change everything...Shawn preferred women before he bought the Q6600.

roby · Post by **roby** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 4:01 pm

i bought an MIJ Fender Jazzmaster with gold hardware for $350 about 10 years ago.
i think they are worth +$1500 now used; that is, if you can find one with gold hardware...

once bought a tr-606 for $50... sold it for $100

bought a Yamaha tabletop analog delay thingy for $40. i think they are worth at least 2x that on ebay....

a Mackie 1402 for $25, because the guy selling it was too nice (he knew it was cheap, but just wanted it out of his room)

Tarekith · Post by **Tarekith** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 4:02 pm

My best gear purchase was likely the Roland MC505, I probably learned more about writin tunes, playin live, and synthesis in general with that box than anything else.

Best deal on gear was a mint Roland TB303 for free, which beats a pitcher of beer.

Guy didn't know how to use it, said it was broken, so I offered to look at it for him. Worked fine, he just didn't know how to program it, and in the end he moved and I never heard from him again. Barely knew the guy anyway.

Sold it last year for almost a grand, great deal

nebulae · Post by **nebulae** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 4:04 pm

Tarekith wrote:My best gear purchase was likely the Roland MC505, I probably learned more about writin tunes, playin live, and synthesis in general with that box than anything else.

Best deal on gear was a mint Roland TB303 for free, which beats a pitcher of beer. Guy didn't know how to use it, said it was broken, so I offered to look at it for him. Worked fine, he just didn't know how to program it, and in the end he moved and I never heard from him again. Barely knew the guy anyway.

Sold it last year for almost a grand, great deal

That was me, mother fraker. I'm suing you for $1000, plus 2 million for pain and suffering.

roby · Post by **roby** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 4:18 pm

i dont think you're supposed to transfer a 303 without permission. you may get your life terminated....

nebulae · Post by **nebulae** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 4:24 pm

...death by acid, circa 1989...

doc holiday · Post by **doc holiday** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 5:30 pm

sweetjesus wrote:
nebulae wrote:Intel Q6600.

Sold all my hardware. Not looking back.
yeah the q6600 changes everything !

+1 on the live tip

I unplugged everything and never looked back, but I can't bring myself to sell off my vintage stuff.. all my newer hardware I did sell.

Tone Deft · Post by **Tone Deft** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 5:35 pm

Adam monitors - I've ranted on and on about good monitors, they affect EVERYTHING I do, everything sounds better.

BCR2k - so damn cheap, so versatile.

me loves me guitars. if my place was on fire, I'd grab those before any other bit of gear.

nebulae · Post by **nebulae** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 5:35 pm

Tone Deft wrote:me loves me guitars. if my place was on fire, I'd grab those before any other bit of gear.

so much for the granite countertops...