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NovawindNovawind Posts: 836
edited December 2007 in Musicians and Gearheads
So I know all of you asked for Gibson LPs and Marshall Fullstacks and all the high-end stuff you want, but what did you GET for Christmas in the gear bag?

Bagged myself an Epi Valve Jr. combo and I have to say, for the size, it packs a punch and when the volume is cranked, the distortion sounds better than most pedals, including my Fulltone OCD.
If idle hands are the devil's workshop, he must not be very productive.

7/9/06 LA 1
7/10/06 LA 2
10/21/06 Bridge 1
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  • TheDreamIseeTheDreamIsee Posts: 127
    Ok, it is not a guitar, but I bought my husband an Ovation electric Ukulele ...he already has plenty of guitars so I thought something different would be fun...he seems to love it - already playing some into the wild songs. Such a happy sounding instrument!
  • Guitarhero27Guitarhero27 Posts: 2,146
    I got the most useful Guitar related gifts anyone can ask for...

    a 10 pack of GHS Boomer 10's, fast fret, some polish and fretboard cleaner, and a gig-tool kit.

    Best gift ever.
    9/29/96, 8/29/98, 9/8,11/98, 7/28/99, 8/23,24,25/00, 10/13/00, 4/15/03, 4/30/03, 7/8,9,12,14/03, 10/1/04, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 5/4,5,13,27,28/06, 6/1,3/06, 6/19,20,22,24,25,27/08, 7/1/08, 8/4,5,7,16/08, 8/21/09, 10/27,28,30,31/09, 5/15,17,18,20,21/10, 9/2/12, 10/18,19,21,22,25/13
  • lucylespianlucylespian Posts: 2,403
    A copy of Beauty of the Burst, which is a photographic tribute to the 1959 Sunburst LP, as close as I'm gonna get to one.
    A pair of Gibson guitar stools, my wife bought over the net from Nashville, which was pretty cool.
    The Heavy Metal Vault CD set, interesting.
    Slash's biography
    Into the Wild soundtrack
    Bought myself Raising Sand

    We have a trip to the US coming in a few weeks, so there was no point in paying Oz prices for stuff, when a shop-a-thon is imminent.
    Music is not a competetion.
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    I got cash from my family as they all live so far away and i'll be buying another tele. It's a fender lite ash tele in the vintage white. I played one a few weeks ago and it was lust at first sight :), absolutely love the color (gorgeous in real life), the birdseye neck is awesome, really smooth and comfy and the tone is very cool, has the classic tele sound.

    looks like this..

    http://www.fender.com/products//search.php?partno=0265102541

    I hope everyone had a great christmas too!
  • NovawindNovawind Posts: 836
    That's a pretty Tele. I wasn't even thinking about Teles but now I'm coveting yours!

    There's too much other stuff to buy first. :(
    If idle hands are the devil's workshop, he must not be very productive.

    7/9/06 LA 1
    7/10/06 LA 2
    10/21/06 Bridge 1
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    Novawind wrote:
    That's a pretty Tele. I wasn't even thinking about Teles but now I'm coveting yours!

    There's too much other stuff to buy first. :(
    thankyou! :)

    and i know what you mean, it's never ending isn't it. There's always something you need/want. 'It will be mine. Oh yes. It will be mine....' ;)
  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    I got 100 bucks from analogman I'm going to put towards an Octron.

    I also will take another $50 gift and finally buy the gotoh vintage locking tuning machines from stewmac for my stratocaster.
    My Girlfriend said to me..."How many guitars do you need?" and I replied...."How many pairs of shoes do you need?" She got really quiet.
  • exhaustedexhausted Posts: 6,638
    i asked for, and got these two kits.

    http://olcircuits.com/olc_professortweed.html
    http://olcircuits.com/olc_drwatt.html
  • ianvomsaalianvomsaal Posts: 1,224
    We've been completely broke for 4-months, so we just weren't able to celebrate Xmas this year.
    Our parental units just sent me one of these: CLICK HERE - yeah.
    Cool, it's almost enough money for me to get one of my amps tuned up.
    It's difficult when you have G.A.S. and no $$$$

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  • the unseenthe unseen Posts: 372
    i treated myself to a smith 6 string.

    it's used,and a bit banged up,but it sounds great and will tide me over till i can afford a new one.
  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    exhausted wrote:
    i asked for, and got these two kits.

    http://olcircuits.com/olc_professortweed.html
    http://olcircuits.com/olc_drwatt.html


    I can't speak for the Hiwatt, but the Tweed will sound like heaven in fenders. It sounded good in my orange.... GREAT in a vibro king with a casino.

    Rarely did I not roll the bass roll off all the way up (clearly I'm a single coil guy) but man... the fender type Jfet circuits.... are brilliant.
    My Girlfriend said to me..."How many guitars do you need?" and I replied...."How many pairs of shoes do you need?" She got really quiet.
  • All Those YesterdaysAll Those Yesterdays Posts: 2,723
    I only recieved a Fulltone T-shirt! But I won the fantasty football league at work, so something possibly getting built head wise in the near future is quite possible. Probably more around tax season.
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  • exhaustedexhausted Posts: 6,638
    Pacomc79 wrote:
    I can't speak for the Hiwatt, but the Tweed will sound like heaven in fenders. It sounded good in my orange.... GREAT in a vibro king with a casino.

    Rarely did I not roll the bass roll off all the way up (clearly I'm a single coil guy) but man... the fender type Jfet circuits.... are brilliant.

    yeah, i really enjoy these amp-ish pedals. the matchbox is really growing on me. unfortunately, the orange i tried failed to work. my first failure.

    i'm curious as to what the tweed with the valve jr. will sound like.

    oh and i'm almost done my 4 knob fuzz face. it's ending up in the fuzz factory realm.
  • BinFrogBinFrog Posts: 7,309
    2 guitar-related things:

    A Moog MoogerFooger Ring Modulator

    and a 2008 calendar that features vintage guitars.
    Bright eyed kid: "Wow Typo Man, you're the best!"
    Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
  • Them-BonesThem-Bones Posts: 518
    A new Fender Jazz bass, and a 400 watt bass amp
    "If my thoughts, dreams, could be seen, they'd probably put my head, in a guillotine, but it's alright ma, it's life and life only."
  • MLC2006MLC2006 Posts: 861
    I got a Jackson Dinky but it was really a gift to myself from some money I've been setting aside.
  • jb13lettersjb13letters Posts: 220
    Nothing guitar related, but I did get cash- some of which I used to buy a toolbox to turn into a pedalboard.
    Statistically speaking, you're more likely to be pitied by Mr. T than you are to have feet.
  • sandozsandoz Posts: 166
    fender telecoustic
    http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n97/sandx/PICT1799.jpg
    .. sound so good :p
  • DOSWDOSW Posts: 2,014
    I got a bunch of packs of Gibson electric and Martin acoustic strings. I also got a $30 Guitar Center gift card, two Beatles tab books, and an issue of Guitarist magazine (which is infinitely better than Guitar World, btw). Awesome. :D
    It's a town full of losers and I'm pulling out of here to win
  • DiRtyFranK38DiRtyFranK38 Posts: 3,131
    i reaaally made out well.. =P
    new acoustic/electric - one of the ibanez exotic wood series. beautiful
    digitech whammy
    dunlop rotovibe
    a nice new bigass lyt pedalboard with all the daisy chains, power supply, and cables.
    2006: Hartford
    2008: MSG 1, Hartford, Mansfield 2, Ed Solo NYC 1
    2009: London (O2), Philly 1, 2, 3, & 4
    2010: Hartford, Boston, MSG 1 & 2
    2011: Ed Solo Hartford
    2012: Philly (MIA Fest)
    2013: Worcester 2, Brooklyn 1 & 2, Hartford
  • Abner11Abner11 Posts: 67
    I was blessed enough to receive a mandolin, a baritone ukulele, and a new harmonica. Never really played any of the above before, but I'm excited about all of them. It's going to be a great year.
    10/96 Hartford, 9/98 Hartford, 7/03 Mansfield I, 9/04 Boston I, 5/06 Boston I (Best crowd to date)
  • Kegzy05Kegzy05 Posts: 93
    I got a boss od 3 overdrive which im very happy with :D and a boss ac 3 acoustic simulator which im not very happy with :(
    "I dont question, our existence
    I just question, our modern needs"
  • SomethingCreativeSomethingCreative Posts: 3,375
    I got a orange mini amp...I'm going to pick up a valve jr on sunday with my christmas money
    "Well, I think this band is incapable of sucking."
    -my dad after hearing Not for You for the first time on SNL .
  • xtremehardy388xtremehardy388 Posts: 2,759
    sandoz wrote:
    fender telecoustic
    http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n97/sandx/PICT1799.jpg
    .. sound so good :p
    LUCKY
    Grand Rapids '04, Detroit '06
    JEFF HARDY AND JEFF AMENT USED TO LOOK THE SAME
    "Pearl Jam always eases my mind and fires me up at the same time.”-Jeff Hardy
  • xtremehardy388xtremehardy388 Posts: 2,759
    Two stands and two cases. I finally got them! I also got some 1971 Fender Mustang pups for my stang(since the ones in it now seem to be weak...I'll but them in something else), a new neck for my custom Frankenstein, and strings.
    Grand Rapids '04, Detroit '06
    JEFF HARDY AND JEFF AMENT USED TO LOOK THE SAME
    "Pearl Jam always eases my mind and fires me up at the same time.”-Jeff Hardy
  • samquigleysamquigley Posts: 220
    lucylespian wrote:
    A copy of Beauty of the Burst, which is a photographic tribute to the 1959 Sunburst LP, as close as I'm gonna get to one.

    Yeah, that and the three or so reissues I'm guessing you have, luce.
  • dimitriherremandimitriherreman Posts: 115
    My parents and my sister gave me a Boss TR-2 Pedal , and that was what I asked for.
    Besides that I askes money to the whole family , and now my Usa strat in olympic white with a maple neck is ordered :) hooray !!!
    Now it's patientley waiting on a call from the Guitarshop ...

    Dimitri
  • KFrost2008KFrost2008 Posts: 36
    I asked for an acoustic, so I ciuld learnm and I got a Washburn Starter Kit

    I also got a laptop, which I am sure I will record on eventually.
    I can kill because in God I trust.

    06/24/06-Cincinnati, OH-US Bank Arena
    08/05/07-Chicago, IL-Grant Park(Lollapalooza)
  • PaukPauk Posts: 1,084
    Not really a present, but I bought myself a Hughes & Kettner Statesman Dual EL84 combo amp. The spring reverb isn't working sadly, so getting it sent back on the 10th for repairs, but it sounds sweet.
    Paul
    '06 - London, Dublin, Reading
    '07 - Katowice, Wembley, Dusseldorf, Copenhagen, Nijmegen
    '09 - London, Manchester, London
    '12 - Manchester, Manchester, Berlin, Stockholm, Copenhagen
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    sandoz wrote:
    fender telecoustic
    http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n97/sandx/PICT1799.jpg
    .. sound so good :p

    you opened that gift 13 days too early... send it to me as punishment ;):)
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
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