quick question: how old are you guys and how much money do you spend on guitars?

[Mr. Vis]

just wanna know....

it seems like you people dont appreciate good talent and musicanship. you poeple run down ibanez guitars, and hail fender and gibson who like to rip people off. i dont mean to make people mad, but just my opinion.


so how old is everyone, and how much have you spent on guitars, and whats the most you would spend on getting your dream guitar? just curious.


for me, im 17, and i bought 2 fenders, deluxe fat strat= $475 and a spider=more expensive

and just bought a jem7dbk=$1400 total

[VillageIdiot]

Why, hello to you too.

18 years old.

Gretsch Synchromatic Sparkle Jet- US$300 used.

Godin LGXT- US$1600 new, on special.


I don't skimp for tone. I would pay upwards of US$2500 for my dream guitar, if I had the cash. Luckily I found an awesome one for $1600.


Most of us don't run down Ibanez- we just find those gawdy superstrat guitars offensive on the eyes.

[clnh5]

I'm 22, and i generally only like to spend between 300-800, but in some cases i will spend much over that, but thats only for those "special" guitars!


Yeah i like ibanez's too but i understand what your saying about gibsons and fenders but they DO make really good guitars, but ibanez isnt exactly good to their customers either! Have you ever had to deal with customer support, or had warranty issues, or needed replacement parts? When you try to contact them for any of these problems, their help is virtually non-existent, and i have bought all my ibanez products new, and i have yet to get even one warranty card back from them!

[boyscout]

I'm 17 and i spent 500 with tax on my last guitar which was my kramer.

I would not pay 2000 grand for a gibson, but then again i dont' really like gibsons all too much (too small of fret wire for me and too fat of necks) My dream fender is 1200 (american delux) i'd be glad to spend that much, but i dont' have that much to spend.

Hey hows the jem, i'd really like to try one out sometime but no music stores one to try :rolleyes:

[jacobhimself]

im 18... i probably have about $2000 in guitar gear... the only guitat i ever bought new was a fender tele for about 700... i traded it for a samick hollowbody a few weeks back... im a funk machine now...

[lucky13sp]

i'm 14 (as of 3 weeks ago) and have
samick Sg = $390 nz ( $230us)
big muff = $195nz ( $135us)
samick 30 watt amp = $ 180nz ( $120us)

that does seem kind of crazy, my big muff costing more than my amp, but the amp sucks anyway so it was a good price i guess.

i'd pay up to 2-3 thousand american for a really really really awesome used vintage Gibson 1962 lp junior maybe, but otherwise samick's are cheap as and the neck's fit my hands like a hot knife through butter.

but my dream guitar is a jet caldera, go check them out at ww.jetguitars.com/
the prices for that guitar start at $4,900us, and no i'm not joking, because it's 100% handmade.

amps is a different story, i don't think i'll ever stop dreaming about a hughes and kettner triamp.

[Wayjurn]

I'm 19, and since I haven't moved out yet I have the luxury of not having to let bills get in the way of my guitar stuff.

I'm happy with the guitar I have right now.. Schecter Avenger A-5x, 5-string baritone, very one of a kind guitar. I haven't decided if I'm gonna upgrade or keep this one, but if I end up keeping this one I'm gonna pour some more money into it to get the pickups, tuners, and strap buttons upgraded.

Dream guitar.. I doubt I'd spend more than $1200 on a guitar, ever, I'm not that great of a player and I know you can get good tone for less than a grand.. just ask Greyskull. I would love to own a custom ESP Eclipse, or a vintage Gibson Explorer someday, but not until I know I'm going to put it to good use performing.

[Hollowguitarist]

I am 17...this is my gear and prices

Schecter C-1 Elite- 550 used
soon to have Marshall TSL 602- 850 used
Ovation accoustic- 300
POS highly modded strat- 150
Pedals-
Crybaby-60
GE7 Eq- 70
VS J& H- 100
VS H20- 110
PT 10- 40

so add all that up.... over 2000 dollars on guitar gear...and I still sound like **** ;)...no but seriosly I don't think it's too much...and I bought it all myself by working so...meh I could have so much more if I didn't make stupid car payments :)

[diagnosisgtr]

I'm 19 and the two guitars I have now cost about a combined $1000 once the mods and stuff are included. They are the guitars in my sig. My rig not including guitars cost me about $1500 bucks.

[Day'sSweetDaze]

Twenty-three but closer to twenty-four. I feel like an old lady among all you teenagers. Now, Ryan, though, you're ancient, hun. LOL. :p

I spent $1200 on my Gibson Les Paul Standard. Being this year's model and new for the guy I bought it from, it was slightly used but in great condition. He sold me an amp, too, which is, of course, a ****ty Marshall solid state, but the price was good enough to compel me to take it: $150. Since then I've had to spend $90 to repair a ****ed transistor, but I think that was my fault (or Marshall's fault) rather than the seller since he says he never played it anywhere near full volume while I blast it like crazy (my boss often lets me play in the bar I work at when we're closed, and the walls around here are heavily soundproofed), and I'm pretty sure the resistor either burned itself out or got shaken loose. Shop fixed it, it broke again soon after, then they REfixed it for free, and I haven't had any problems for three or four weeks now.

Additionally, I've spent $180 on a tube distortion emulator pedal (Tech 21 SA GT2), which I bought new, and just today I bought a used Crybaby from a guy I met at work for $30. So far I've bought about $25 worth of strings, $30 worth of cables, $5 for a metal slide, $15 for a nylon strap, and $2 for a pair of Dunlop strap locks because I got tired of my heavy-ass guitar slipping out of its straps since I like to jump around like a crazy woman when I play. And a couple bucks for a dozen .73 mm Dunlop nylon picks, of which I've so far torn up three (so I'm on my fourth one).

So that's, what, somewhere between $1700 and $1800 total?

[omeed]

I'm 17 and since I started plaing 5 years ago i've spent:

$120 - Squire Strat
$350 - Epiphone SG Goth
$550 - Epiphone Les Paul Classic Plus
$300 - Epiphone Hummingbird Acoustic
$650 - Marshall JCM 800 2205 head
$350 - Peavey Cabinet
$50 - Pedal board
$100 - Digitech xp-100 Whammy Wah
$75 - Boss DD-2 Delay
$110 - Ibanez DFL Flanger

I plan on spending as much as $3000 on a Gibson Silverburst Les Paul once I get a job when I get my car.

[Crash]

I'm 19.

Fender Fat Strat = $680 CDN
Ibanez SR400 = $700 CDN

Ampeg SVT AV w/ 410 HLF = $3100 CDN

Within the next year or so I intend to spend $2000 CDN on a new bass (Ernie Ball Fretless Sterling), and probably between $1000 and $2000 on effects. A Warwick Thumb is on my list too but that's a ways further down the road.

Oh, and if strings and what not are being counted, it costs me $60 everytime I restring my bass.

Besides tuition and whatnot I don't have an awful lot of extra expenses right now so when I have money it usually goes towards my gear. I know what I want and I don't compromise on it.

[METaLLiKka7447]

Im 14 and have been playing for 3 years and i have accumulated:

-Ibanez RG-370 - $250 used
-Boss MT-2 - $50 used
-Crybaby - $70
-Boss DD-3 - $110
-DOD Ice Box - $25 used
-Washburn XB125(bass) - $270 (sale)
-Hartke B-15 (bass amp) - $1xx (forgot)
-Random sony stereo system i use
to amplify my **** - (older than i am)
-Oscar Schmidt prototype acoustic - $60

sold ****
-Danelectro auto wah - $40
-Danelectro Oct. dist. - $40
-Epiphone Accu. Bass - $170
-Squier Affinity strat - $100 used

all in all ive spent like 1300, i usually spend all my birthday and x-mas money on guitar **** because that is pretty much my only hobby, on my dream guitar if i had the money i would spend anything $$$:D :D :D $$$ it depends on how bad i want it, i dont think over 5000 though

[jacobhimself]

Originally posted by METaLLiKka7447
Im 14 and have been playing for 3 years and i have accumulated:

-Ibanez RG-370 - $250 used
-Boss MT-2 - $50 used
-Crybaby - $70
-Boss DD-3 - $110
-DOD Ice Box - $25 used
-Washburn XB125(bass) - $270 (sale)
-Hartke B-15 (bass amp) - $1xx (forgot)
-Random sony stereo system i use
to amplify my **** - (older than i am)
-Oscar Schmidt prototype acoustic - $60

sold ****
-Danelectro auto wah - $40
-Danelectro Oct. dist. - $40
-Epiphone Accu. Bass - $170
-Squier Affinity strat - $100 used

all in all ive spent like 1300, i usually spend all my birthday and x-mas money on guitar **** because that is pretty much my only hobby, on my dream guitar if i had the money i would spend anything $$$:D :D :D $$$ it depends on how bad i want it, i dont think over 5000 though


DUDE BUY A NEW AMP!!!

[teleman]

Originally posted by Day'sSweetDaze
Twenty-three but closer to twenty-four. I feel like an old lady among all you teenagers. Now, Ryan, though, you're ancient, hun. LOL. :p

I

so at 31, I'm two years older than ancient?

50's tele with joe barden pickups $425 +190
mexitele with bigsby $375
warmoth jaguar $900
twin reverb $450
blues deluxe $325
many, many pedals $too much

[johnny]

hmm, if i sold all my guitar gear, i could pay for at least a year and a half of school, i spend about 7500 a year on that crap (school that is) you do the math

[fiveways]

I'm 26.

Les Paul Studio($1650CDn)
American Strat($500CDN)
Various other guitars$1200CDN

Probably $6000-$7000 on pedals and racks. maybe more. And over a grand on amps. And $1000 on synths/drum machines. $700 on recorders. $300 on mics.

[jacobhimself]

Originally posted by FiveWays
I'm 26.

Les Paul Studio($1650CDn)
American Strat($500CDN)
Various other guitars$1200CDN

Probably $6000-$7000 on pedals and racks. maybe more. And over a grand on amps. And $1000 on synths/drum machines. $700 on recorders. $300 on mics.

your insane... i could buy 28 roland jc-120's with all that money....

[Day'sSweetDaze]

Originally posted by teleman
so at 31, I'm two years older than ancient?

Oh, yeah. You're totally past it. LOL. :p

[fiveways]

Originally posted by jacobhimself
your insane... i could buy 28 roland jc-120's with all that money....

yes, you could.

I've been playing for 14 years. It adds up after a while....and doesn't even seem all that much when you start making a good paycheck and living on your own.....(I spend $3000 on rent a year, plus food and internet.......It starts seeming like less and less all the time).

[Day'sSweetDaze]

Originally posted by FiveWays
yes, you could.

I've been playing for 14 years. It adds up after a while....and doesn't even seem all that much when you start making a good paycheck and living on your own.....(I spend $3000 on rent a year, plus food and internet.......It starts seeming like less and less all the time).

Wow! Step aside, Marcus Licinius Crassus!

You live on $250 a month, INCLUDING rent? I'm not sure which I admire more, your frugality or the degree of aceticism inherent to being that frugal! Again, WOW.

[fiveways]

Originally posted by Day'sSweetDaze
Wow! Step aside, Marcus Licinius Crassus!

You live on $250 a month, INCLUDING rent? I'm not sure which I admire more, your frugality or the degree of aceticism inherent to being that frugal! Again, WOW.

****.....forgot to add a bit.

No, I live on about $400/month for LIVING expense(this does not include smoking, as I can live without it). My rent is CHEAP. Like $250(I live with 2 roommates)for a LARGE downtown 3 bedroom apartment with a backyard that isn't a ghetto. It's all inclusive. So I pay my portion of phone and internet(No cable TV, we don't see a need for it) which is about $50, and $100 on food.

Rent in Canada is cheap in alot of cities.....and if you look hard enough, you can get it inclusive as well(this does not apply to toronto and vancouver). Food is the same price here, so in the long run, alot cheaper(we have a higher minimum wage as well).

[apocalypsecow]

Originally posted by FiveWays
****.....forgot to add a bit.

No, I live on about $400/month for LIVING expense(this does not include smoking, as I can live without it). My rent is CHEAP. Like $250(I live with 2 roommates)for a LARGE downtown 3 bedroom apartment with a backyard that isn't a ghetto. It's all inclusive. So I pay my portion of phone and internet(No cable TV, we don't see a need for it) which is about $50, and $100 on food.

Rent in Canada is cheap in alot of cities.....and if you look hard enough, you can get it inclusive as well(this does not apply to toronto and vancouver). Food is the same price here, so in the long run, alot cheaper(we have a higher minimum wage as well).


i envy you. really, i do.

[boyecho]

how old are you and how much do YOU spend on guitar?

i'm 21. i've been playing for 6 years. i've purchased every peice of gear myself except three items. all i've ever bought with my money working was gear. and 2 cars. first car was $1200. current car was $4000. purchased last year. i've been living on my own for two years, [325 rent a month, plus 200 insurance, 80 on food, 80 on power bill. 40 on car keeping up.] and i have not purchased a single new peice of gear while on my own. i cant afford to.

stuff i still have. in us dollars.
mosrite - $450
fender tex-mex strat - $300
ampeg v4 halfstack - $350
fender reverb unit - $280 [i got such a deal]
pedals i still own - $300 invested

stuff i no longer have.
fender pbass. $280 [traded later for an IBANEZ]
ibanez rg570 - $500 new. [sold it last year for $50.]
kustom tnr 200 half stack- $50 [sold for $150]
pedals trashed or traded away - $140 invested.

stuff parents bought me.
squire strat. $140
marshall valvestate $300
danelectro delay pedal - $99

[apocalypsecow]

fiveways, boyecho, i'd be interested to know what you do for a living, if you don't mind sharing with the group.

[fiveways]

Originally posted by apocalypsecow
fiveways, boyecho, i'd be interested to know what you do for a living, if you don't mind sharing with the group.

Pc tech. I was on a LAN team for a canadian ISP for a year....before that I did technical support. I got laid off. Now I am collecting EI untill I start school in january.

I have no debts, no credit cards, I don't drive(I can't drive, and public transport kicks ass in this town). I live a pretty quiet life.

When I was working I started that job at $12 a hour, ended at $18.50 a hour. 40 hour weeks. So I made good money because of my lifestyle choices. I love my apartment and my area(chinatown), so no point in moving. I don't really go out(except to shows). I don't really spend alot on objects other then computer bits and books. I download almost all the music and movies I intake. So yeah, I live very cheaply.

[ikkyu2]

I'm 31. My Fender cost about $1000. I can't see spending much more than that on a guitar in terms of sound/playability, although definitely for looks ( Driskill Guitars (http://www.driskillguitars.com) , anyone?) The Mark III and its cabs were like $600 back in '89 or so, and the BC was $550 - I remember the day I got it like it was yesterday.

I'm a doctor, so I guess I have more money than sense, but I just love to play; it's not so much about the rig for me as it used to be.

By the way, whoever put this in their signature:

that would be cool if aliens played guitar

needs to go check out Steve Vai live. The thing that calls itself Steve is not of this earth, man.

[lucky13sp]

your insane... i could buy 28 roland jc-120's with all that money....

yeah but who would want too!

[tommyboy27]

I've spent over 5 grand on gear at least.

I'm 29

I have lots of expenses that aren't related to music

[screamingdaisy]

I'm 25, and I'm in the army.

I've been wanting to upgrade my kit for awhile, but women usually foiled my plot. Now my plan is to do everything in a big rush before they take all my money again. I've tried to plan everything out for maximum effect. Once I do buy everything, it'll probably be another ten years before I change anything.

Everything I own is used, exept for the TS-9 and the Effector 13 stuff.

My rig for the last 10 years or so;

89 Fender Strat (American Made) - free
-Volume (some Croatian thing) -$20
-Original Dunlop Cry Baby -Lunch at McDonalds
-Ibanez DS-7 Distotion -$75
-Ibanez TS-9 Tube Screamer -$150
-Peavey 75w amp for a bass guitar or something -$200

Total $445 + Big Mac Combo

Things I've bought recently
-Furman PQ-3 - $100USD
-Truly Beautiful Disaster
-Sacred Fuzz
-Low-Fi -$350 for all three

Total $5 more than all the stuff I've used for the last 10 years.

Major purchases left

Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier & 4x12
G-Force
Rocktron All Access midi foot controller
Digitech Whammy 4
Boss GE-7 x2
A/B-Y box
THD Hotplate

Total - Too much

[boyecho]

Originally posted by apocalypsecow
fiveways, boyecho, i'd be interested to know what you do for a living, if you don't mind sharing with the group.

notice, i said i've only been living alone for 2 years. i've had nary a pot to piss in this whole time. but i did buy my eclipse for 4 grand. [that nearly took two years.]

guitar playing has been 6 years. thats roughly four years of acquiring gear while not having to pay rent.

so, 3000 dollars isnt really much spread over 6 years time...

anyway to answer your question. i apply vinyl adhesive film to substrate material for use in the sign field.

in other words, i break my back to apply stickers to very large peices of plastic and metal.. do you have a best buy, wachovia bank, or white castle burger joint in your area? i'm responsible for the signs....



prior to that, i've worked as a mental health technician [great pay!] various retail jobs, grocery store stocker/cashier, billboard fabrication, restaurant. all your average highschool **** jobs...

[apocalypsecow]

i'm not quite as gear-mad as you crazy people, but I have spent more than i really should have.

Things that are currently on my board that i'm cool with at the prices I paid:

Fender Std. Tele-$360
Crate MX15R-$80

Boss DD-3-$80, including adapator
EHX NYC Small Sone-$75
Boss TR-2-$50
BOSS HM-2-$25

Things I'm NOT cool with:

Boss DS-1-$64



This doesn't, of course, include all the other things I've owned and sold:

MXR Blue Box
EHX Dr. Q (I finally found a poor sap to sell it to, Ryan)
Boss SD-1 (This I kinda regret, just cause I like dirt boxes, but i dunno...too late, now...might buy a replacement one day)
Boss TR-2 (1ST ONE)

[stratocaster83]

I'm 20 and I'm a student. I'm not going to tell you everything on my gear, but here's the major purchases:

- gibson les paul custom: 1.960€ used. 1.000€ were the pay for 3 mounth in a ****ty bar, treated like a slave and paid even less, plus some "music money" (my major income now: the money I take everytime I perform).

- marshall SLP: 1.500€ new. my grandaddy gave me a 2.000€ cheque when half of my gear was stolen!!! without him, I think I would have stop playing guitar "seriously". keep in mind he was in the fascist army during the WWII: he's always criticized my long hair, he used to beat my mom when she was listening to the beatles in '68 etc etc etc. until I played him something with my classical guitar: he discovered what a C major scale it's the same on an electric guitar than on other instruments... I just palyed him some "poor man" imitation of al di meola on a silly Am/G/F7M/E7 progression!!!

now I'm working on a new strat (the former was stolen): I have 500+€ out of music money.

the rest of the money come from my family, based on how many exams I can give. if I don't study, I don't have money to survive: that's all, folks!

[Day'sSweetDaze]

Originally posted by stratocaster83
I'm 20 and I'm a student. I'm not going to tell you everything on my gear, but here's the major purchases:

- gibson les paul custom: 1.960€ used. 1.000€ were the pay for 3 mounth in a ****ty bar, treated like a slave and paid even less, plus some "music money" (my major income now: the money I take everytime I perform).

- marshall SLP: 1.500€ new. my grandaddy gave me a 2.000€ cheque when half of my gear was stolen!!! without him, I think I would have stop playing guitar "seriously". keep in mind he was in the fascist army during the WWII: he's always criticized my long hair, he used to beat my mom when she was listening to the beatles in '68 etc etc etc. until I played him something with my classical guitar: he discovered what a C major scale it's the same on an electric guitar than on other instruments... I just palyed him some "poor man" imitation of al di meola on a silly Am/G/F7M/E7 progression!!!

now I'm working on a new strat (the former was stolen): I have 500+€ out of music money.

the rest of the money come from my family, based on how many exams I can give. if I don't study, I don't have money to survive: that's all, folks!

Whoa, how to you make the Euro symbol?

[industrialmg]

ALRIGHT...

I am 19 years old, been playing since i was 8...and personally i have spent...

CURRENT RIG
1200 - Jcm2000
600 - Blue Les Paul / Mods
550 - Red Les Paul / mods
300 - Cab
200 - Boss GT-3
50 - 5 space rack
150 - Rack Tuner
110 - Rack Compressor/gate
60 - Power Condition
60 - E-bow plus
100 - Wah
___________________
$3380

Previous Rig

200 - Peavey poweramp
150 - H&K Tubeman
400 - Boss GT-3
60 - Rack Compressor
50 - Rack Gate
200 - Digitech Rack Processor
400 - Red Sparkle Les Paul (R.I.P.)
70 - 8 Space Rack
200 - 8 Danelectro Mini's
___________________________
$1730


These do not include the countlss MILLION packs of strings and about 200 bucks i've spent on cables, nor the guitars I've gotten for free.


And the black market beer and liquor you pay top-dollar for at 15

And furthermore what makes my rig worth it...

+$1400 - getting into a car accident and and getting a nice juicy settlement

+$2000 - Getting your old gear ripped off by a no tallent leadsinger...and being smart enought at 16 to have your gear insured

PRICELESS - Seeing that guys new - off key/fluctuating tempo slipknot-core band become the mockery of Milwaukee (while still using parts of my gear) and looking down at him from 10 feet up...as he is standing behind 2000 other people when we opened for Rollins Band...and hearing he's still playing teencenters after 2 years while i'm on tour, playing in Ohio.

[wilsford]

you will all be tucked up in bed now with your teddy bears, so it's safe...
I'm 41 and obviously might as well be 411 (I've got a 15 year old son who plays drums)
interesting that gear in the US seems generally to be cheaper than here in old blighty, that old $ for £ conversion , what a rip off - also I'm a lefty so I get to pay more just for existing....

my 81 Les Paul de-luxe cost me £1000 15 years go (s/h) though I paid by installments cos I was so poor
US Standard Tele £750, new
my Royal DC Junior (custom built in 1980 by one of the UK's best luthiers) cost me £150 second hand (the guy in the shop didn't know what he had), and it is the best guitar I own by a zillion miles
My Matamp set me back about £1200 and I suppose I've spent about another £1000 on stomp boxes etc over the years - I guess the good thing about quality gear is that it lasts - a good guitar will last you a lifetime!
:o

[Phoenix]

Seems to me that most people on this webpage have crap equipment and brag about what they'll have in the future based on name dropping alone. Why not listen to a guitar rather than just assuming it's good because it's endorsed by soandso. P.S. Peavey XXX totally sucks and is a poor mans Triple Rec - wake up! Also Ibanez do have poor build quality compared to the much superior Jackson, where as PRS has great build quality but it's reputation is being slandered by idiots who think because awful bands like Nickleback and Creed pay them, then they must suck, forgetting that Carlos Santana played them for years and look where Mesa would be without him!

[UGB]

alright, someone else over 40!! I'll be 41 next month.

I played quite a bit in a few bands from the time I was 16 until about 21. At that point I pretty much got out and focused on school and life. In '90 I traded my remaining electric gear for an acoustic.

About 3 years ago I hit my midlife crisis and wanted to get back into music, just doing some home recording. So, in the last 2.5 years I've done this w/gear:

'98 Kramer Baretta via ebay - $180
Johnson J-station - $150
'99 Dean Edge I bass - $180
M-Audio Omni Studio - $350
Marshall MXL-V67 large diaphram mic - $100
acidmusic 3.0 - Free w/coupon

I used the above to make my entire cd. Then...

Carvin DC150 custom - $950
Carvin Bolt-T kit via ebay - $305
Tech 21 Sansamp PSA 1 - $140
Carvin 'In Stock' B4 bass w/acitve electronics - $447
Laney VC30-210 amp - $350
SOLD the Baretta and the Dean bass for a total of over $400
ART ECC multi fx pedal - $83
assorted stands, cables, tuners, gig bags, etc. - $350

This is a hobby for me, so all my stuff has to come from 'found' money, after mortgage, bills, food, etc.. I'm very performance/value oriented when it comes to these purchases; that's why I research A LOT. I got all 3 of my Carvins for under $2000 and each plays like a $2000 instrument, easily. Once my cd was done, I had about 40 copies made and sold over 20 at $10 each, so that was another $200 back into the gear fund. The rest I sent off as demos, gave as gifts, put away for the kids, etc.. Of course it cost me about $200 to get the 40 cd's made, so...:rolleyes: :D But, it was my objective when I started back into music and I did it. I'm going to be starting my 2nd cd, well, I've already done one song, but I'm trying to established a more defined and focused 'sound' for me, both musically and vocally. It's fun!!:)

[mikematyus]

mike, 15, played for a couple of years

I have a fender mustang, it's alright, I want to get a telecaster.
I play through small 30 watt fender amp because I don't have a real job and haven't saved money yet, I bought a used line6 fm-4, love it. buying a delay soon.

[stratocaster83]

Originally posted by Phoenix
where as PRS has great build quality but it's reputation is being slandered by idiots who think because awful bands like Nickleback and Creed pay them

actually it's even worst: they have them for free!!! ok, I'm kidding, I know you meant "play"... guess what: santana had to pay for the first guitars paul reed smith did for him, so was for al di meola...

[wilsford]

I think you spend what you can - now I'm old and grey and full of sleep I've got some money - when I was on fire with youth I had none. In 1977 all you needed was a barre chord, a safety pin and some attitude, nobody cared about gear, we were too angry or too pissed (that's drunk, my yankee chums) ah... happy days!:)

[Ice age coming]

Gibson SG Standard = 1300$
Marshall JTM60 = 550$
DNA Gain F##ker = 170$
CM Delayla = 150$
Boss TR-2 = 150$
EHX Small Stone = 200$
Digitech WH-4 = 210$
EHX Big Muff = 140$
-------------------------------------
SUM = 2870$

Gear is extremely expensive in Norway... a new WH-4 costs 570$

[Motorhead]

I'm 33 and I've been making my own Strats for a while now.

I try to keep the cost of the parts to the equivalent of the retail price of a Fender American Standard ($1,350USD).

Because of the Custom job they are obviously worth a lot more but unless I cut the cost I wouldn't be able to sell any. Besides, I can never part with one once it's finished.

I must have bought about $2,000USD worth of Pickups alone in the past 12 months.

[TheGrinnan]

I'm 24. Here's my deal (everything I own/in my house, in order of receiving, and all prices USD):

Guitars:

Fender Squier Stratocaster: Birthday or Christmas present I later sold for $101.01
Crestline Les Paul copy: Birthday or Christmas present
Fender Squier Fat Strat: High School Graduation present
Fender Squier Affinity Bullet Special: $136

Could also purchase from my father his ESP EC300-AT for $300. If I don't buy it, he's gonna try to get $600 for it.

Effects:

Korg DT-3 (tuner): Birthday or Christmas present
DOD FX7 (multi-effects unit): Birthday or Christmas present
DOD Grunge (69B): $40
Boss SD-1: $56
Boss CE-1: 24th birthday present

Amps:

Peavey Studio Pro: Birthday or Christmas Present
Fender Princeton Stereo Chorus: Birthday or Christmas Present
Marshall JCM800 2203 MKII ("The Zebra"): $626.99

So I have spent $858.99 on gear. Add the money I gained from selling my first guitar, I have really only spent $757.98. Everything listed as a present came from my father who nurtured my guitar playing--even though he really couldn't afford it.

I would like to purchase a 2x12 and a 4x12 for my amp so I don't have to constantly borrow 4x12's, and if I play in a band again I would have the versatility of using a 2x12 if a 4x12 would be too much.

I would also like to purchase a wah pedal for tone shaping reasons. In my mind, they're not just for solos.

[reallygeeky]

Originally posted by FiveWays
****.....forgot to add a bit.

No, I live on about $400/month for LIVING expense(this does not include smoking, as I can live without it). My rent is CHEAP. Like $250(I live with 2 roommates)for a LARGE downtown 3 bedroom apartment with a backyard that isn't a ghetto. It's all inclusive. So I pay my portion of phone and internet(No cable TV, we don't see a need for it) which is about $50, and $100 on food.

Rent in Canada is cheap in alot of cities.....and if you look hard enough, you can get it inclusive as well(this does not apply to toronto and vancouver). Food is the same price here, so in the long run, alot cheaper(we have a higher minimum wage as well).

Yeah... I had a famous economics prof in university (U of Waterloo) who did a study on disposable income on in the US vs. Canada. Shockingly, if you make under 75K a year you actually have more disposable income in Canada. Past the 75K mark, the US starts winning quickly. I was impressed by that number but I still moved to the US for career considerations (plus Austin just plain rocks and I don't have to put up with those pesky winters). What city are you in Canada? I grew up in London, ON, school in Waterloo and spent a lot of time in Ottawa (which is my fave cdn city to this day).

[idealflaw]

i'm 24 and spend a lot...
i'm not going to go through my rig list, but i spend a lot on other things besides guitars. I like organs, cymbals, drums, microphones and odd antique furnitures.
I think everyone here knows what i have, or can figure it out.

I think every guitarist should spend some time learning to play the drums though... i'm a much better guitarist because of it...

[reallygeeky]

I'm 27 and generally put down between 1K and 2K a year on gear. My current collection is as follows:

modded American Strat ($1000)
modded American Tele ($1000)
Mexi Strat ($300)
Mesa Mark IV (used $700)
Mesa Single Rectifier ($1100)
Modded Marshall 1987X Plexi RI ($900)
Peavey Classic 30 ($400)
Mesa 2x12 cab ($500)
MXR Phase 90 ($80)
Line 6 DL4 ($215)
ZVex Fuzz Factory ($210)
Crybaby Wah ($80)
Boss TU2 ($80)

[nobody]

I'll be 29 in a week.

Own:
91 Fender Jaguar RI - $650
Fender Strat 12 string - $250
DeArmond T-400 - $800

Used to own:
65 Fender Mustang - $500
66 Fender Duo-Sonic II - $350
Squire Bullet - $100
Charvel strat copy - $200

Amps:
Guyatone GA-1050 - $400 + $200 in upgrades and repairs
Roland JC-120 - $450

Used to own:
Fender Quad Reverb - $500
Fender Super Reverb - $500
Fender Super Twin Reverb - $250
Marshall Valvestate 2x12 - $600


Pedals - geez ... just guessing - $2000-3000
Rack gear - $3000- $4000 easy
other music instruments including recorders, synths, pianos etc ... $500

[Telstar]

I'm 67, wait.... I think...yes,
I've fallen and I can't get up.

Oh and I've spent over $70 on my entire rig.

Whoa, how to you make the Euro symbol?

Hold down alt and type 0128. Here (http://www.coloryourprofyle.com/phade/alt.html) are many alt codes.

[chris g]

I'm 29, as of 3 days ago.

So far I've spent:

$500 on my old Ibanez RG
$850 on my current Strat
$800 on my current Takamine Acoustic
$275 on my current Seagull Acoustic
$100 on my current Jackson 5 string bass (awesome deal)

I would probably spend up to $2000 on a new electric and up to $4000 on a new acoustic. I've really wanted a nice Taylor acoustic for a long time, so I may breakdown one day and get it.

[RUSHFANnLV]

I'm 33. I would spend up to $3000.00 for my dream guitar if I had it. I have spent up to $1000.00 on my Yamaha. ($200 for guitar, $400 to replace bridge and $400 to replace pickups) I want a $3000.00 amp...

But realistically, I can spend in the epiphones or mex fenders, highway 1 area. That's fine with me. I like to add custom stuff to my guitars anyway such as after market pickups and such.

[mrnitro69]

I'm 23 as of 6 days ago

Guitar:
$550 - Epiphone Les Paul Standard
$100 - Ibanez Rg220
$70 - Crate GX 15
$80 - Korg AX1000G (it was going for $150 the day before I got it)
$35 - Morley Wah
$40 - Boss DS-1 (yesterday)

Bass:
$230 - OLP MM4 Bass
$250 - Peavey Basic 112 amp

I also have spent some $$ on my drum set I forgot how much

[bob]

I'm 31 and i probably own about 4000 euros (3000 dollars ???) worth of stuff.
I've been playing for over 20 years but only got really interested in gear a couple of years ago (even though i've been doing 40 odd gigs a year for the last 8 years) but i must have spent thousands over the years. I buy nearly everything second hand (though all my guitars were bought new). I couldn't imagine myself spending 1000 dollars on a guitar ... i don't like the idea of something so expensive getting the touring and gigging treatment ...

How the hell do you younger guys spend so much money on stuff ?
When i was young once you'd bought cigs, drink, a few records and drugs there was nothing left !

These days it's rent, car insurance, petrol, bills, cigs and drink, which generally leaves about 100 to 200 euros for gear ... (thank god i don't have any kids !) ...

[TheGrinnan]

Originally posted by bob
I'm 31 and i probably own about 4000 euros (3000 dollars ???) worth of stuff.

Hell no--the Euro is higher than the USD. €4000 = $4,605.09.

[kerouackid]

I'm 26, and used part of a sizable inheritance and a very good paying job to pay for all my stuff.

Martin D-28: $350 from a crackhead
Taylor 410ce: $800 from a friend
Alvarez acoustic/electric: $200 used
Epiphone Emperor II: $650 new
Epiphone Sheraton II: $450 used
Epiphone Les Paul: $400 used
Reverend Rocco: $900 new
Fender MIM Tele: $350 new
Fender MIM Strat: $200 from a friend
Danelectro Innuendo: $130 a piece plus $25 for setup for slide (I have 3 of them for different tunings)
Ibanez Talman: $100, my first guitar
Fender Hot Rod Deville 410: $500 used
Peavey Classic 30: $250 used
Silvertone Twin Twelve: $150 (I think)
Ultrasound DS-50 Acoustic amp: $225 used
10 channel PA system: $1500
Assorted pedals: $1000
a huge bin of cables: $1000

Total price (roughly): $9490

Time spent with your best friends making great music: priceless

I guess it helps when you own rental property and the house you live in. Thank god for free housing.

[entrada]

I'm 23

I make about $1100 a month, and my rent is about $450.
Here's some gear I no longer have in no chronological order... (deep breath)

Ibanez RG570 $175 from pawnshop
Jackson Fusion $495 from Guitar Center
Peavey 5150 halfstack $600!! from some crackhead
Fender silverface Twin Reverb $450 from nealsmusic.com
Crate GT80 $300 I was really young and it had lots of knobs.
Boss metalzone $80 When I got the 5150 I gave this to a pal.
Boss Super Chorus $60 I realized one day that I HATE chorus.
Danelectro Daddy-o $60 It sounded like crap through the Twin
DOD Flanger $50 I realized the sound of a jet plane isn't for me
Peavey Pacer $125 Actually sounded better than the Crate
Danelectro Tuner $50 The light burned out after a month
Juno 60 synth $350 sold to a good friend
I might be leaving stuff out

Here's what I have now including all music gear,
Fender Cyclone II $550
70s Gibson Les Paul Deluxe $600(had it since I was 8)
Danelectro 6 string bass $200
Fender Blues Jr $350
Line 6 Flextone XL $500
Ampeg B100R $200 from my high school pal
Kustom 100 with old Carvin 15 cab $300
Vox Nova amp(passed down from Dad)
Line 6 POD 2.0 $300
Boss DS1 Distortion Pedal $30
Korg Microkorg synth $369
Line 6 Delay Modeler $249
Roland 1880 DAW $1400 I wish I could sell it but it's malfunctioning
random mic pres $600
mics $400?
As you can see, the only thing that has cost a large chunk of change is the one that has caused me the most problems.
I try not to spend more than about $350 on things most of the time.

[Motorhead]

Originally posted by TheGrinnan
Hell no--the Euro is higher than the USD. €4000 = $4,605.09.

lol... All I have to is look over my shoulder for this info.

Friday, November 7, 2003
1 US Dollar = 0.87673 Euro
1 Euro (EUR) = 1.14060 US Dollar (USD)

Median price = 0.87642 / 0.87673 (bid/ask)
Minimum price = 0.87184 / 0.87222
Maximum price = 0.87796 / 0.87835

[fiveways]

Originally posted by reallygeeky
Yeah... I had a famous economics prof in university (U of Waterloo) who did a study on disposable income on in the US vs. Canada. Shockingly, if you make under 75K a year you actually have more disposable income in Canada. Past the 75K mark, the US starts winning quickly. I was impressed by that number but I still moved to the US for career considerations (plus Austin just plain rocks and I don't have to put up with those pesky winters). What city are you in Canada? I grew up in London, ON, school in Waterloo and spent a lot of time in Ottawa (which is my fave cdn city to this day).

Ottawa:) Been here for 6 years. Spent the other 20 in Kingston, not such a great city.

[TheGrinnan]

Originally posted by Motorhead
lol... All I have to is look over my shoulder for this info.

I knew I should've let someone else answer it. :rolleyes:

[boyecho]

see, thats what i need. a big fat inheritance check!

[State]

I'm 17 and I spent $2300 Canadian on my guitar and $2500 Canadian on my amp. My cab was around $850 Canadian.

I'm proud that I was able to finance all this stuff myself while still attending high school and I'm proud to say I've never missed a payment.

[jacobhimself]

Originally posted by Telstar
I'm 67, wait.... I think...yes,
I've fallen and I can't get up.

Oh and I've spent over $70 on my entire rig.



Hold down alt and type 0128. Here (http://www.coloryourprofyle.com/phade/alt.html) are many alt codes.

explain dude!!

[Hasselhoff]

I'm 19 and I've spent:
$100 - Harmoney Piece o crap (first guitar)
$120 - Epiphone Sg special (olive green)
-$40 - Mirror Pickguard
$430 - Epiphone Les Paul Custom (white w. gold hardware)
$600 - Custom made "strat" (not finished yet)
$320 - Yamaha APX9-12 Acoustic/Electric 12-string (broken neck, now hangs on my wall)
$1000 - Marshall JCM 900 4100 Dual Reverb Head + Marshall JCM 900 1960a slant 4 x 12 Cabinet
$50 - Boss Metal Zone
Free - Boss Super Chorus
$70 - Dunlop Crybaby
$190 - ElectroHarmonix Graphic fuzz (used as an eq in my marshall)
$150 - Randall Commander II (don't really use anymore)

Yeah I think that's everything besides strings, picks, straps and so on.

[tak]

im 16, and spend all the money i work for on guitar stuff...

too bad i make less than 6 and hour and work for few hours a week

lets see
A "parts" strat (only body is stock) - approx $512 for every thing on it


Big muff- 75
Ts-9 - 87
ds-1 - 50
mxr micro-55
boss delay - 75
arion delay - 35

amp - 600
cables - 150
Sonic maximizer - 79

[mynameisjonas]

hmm I'm 17 and what all my stuff is worth is FAR greater than way i spent on it... my uncle GAVE (out of the blue) me an 81 marshall jcm 8000 2204, i found an ORIGINAL 65 Fender Twin reverb at a non-music related pawn shop for 350$, a really really old marshall 4x10 that lost its brand logo i aquired at a buddy rogers for 300$ (they didnt know what it was), 3 of my guitars were gifts from past christmases, and a lot of my pedals were gifts too. i just spent about 300$ on upgrading my pedals and getting new ones, and aside from that i bought a RI jazz master myself for $500, and i also have a lot of rack stuff so.... i dunno, if you were to calculate the retail price of a lot of my stuff itd be through the roof. now that i think ive spent a lot more than ive realized but i guess just about all my money from on-and-off jobs ive been working for the past 2 years have gone towards music related stuff... i also payed for most of my PA but this forum is about guitar related equiptment

[Dante5Inferno]

I'm 28 now; I started playing when I was 13, switch to bass in high school (directly correlated to hearing "Mountain Song" by JA). I started playing guitar again about 3 years ago after a hiatus.

Currently own:
Electrics
Epiphone Casino $550 (used East Village Music, NYC)
Yamaha SBG-500B $350 (used eBay)
Fender Mex Fat Strat $400 (Guitar Center, Hollywood)
Acoustics
Lark in the Morning Gypsy Jazz Acoustic $250 (NAMM 2002)
Yamaha Classical $200
Ovation Elite $600 (Sam Ash, Huntington, NY - during the hair metal darkness)
Basses
Warwick Thumb 5 Neck-Thru $2700 (Sam Ash, Carle Place, NY)
Music Man Sterling Fretless $1300 (Sam Ash, Carle Place, NY)
G & L Climax Bass $700
Amps
Marshall JCM2000 TSL602 $700 (used Black Market Music, LA)
Tech 21 Trademark 60 $300 (East Village Music, NYC)
Gallien Krueger 800 RB & Sonic (2x10, 1x15) Cabinet $1000
Effects
Marshall Guv'nor $125 (used Future Music, LA)
Ibanez TS-7 $40 (used ebay)
Guyatone VT-3 (Truetone, Santa Monica)
EHX Small Stone Russian $19 (used Black Market Music, LA)
EHX Small Clone USA RI $60 (used Truetone, Santa Monica)
Boss DD-5 $100 (used ebay)
DOD Analog Delay $50 (used eBay)
Rotovibe $70 (used ebay)
Whammy WH-4 $150 (used Black Market Music, LA)

Got rid of:
Ibanez 540R
Gibson Bass (didn't know what kind)
Ibanez Soundgear Bass
Takamine Maple-Sided Acoustic
Warwick Fortress One

[MikeWGA]

I'm 21, going 22 on New Year's Day!!!

Anyway, I'm not going to go into every bit of equipment I have but recently:

Schecter C-1 Elite: $700 new
Rivera Knucklehead Reverb (100W): $2000 new

I make about $1400 a month, no rent as I've just moved back home because of some nasty debt accumulated during college. I budget only about $200 - $250 bucks a month right now so I can get it all paid off as quickly as possible. So far, I've got about $5000 left to pay off which ain't too bad! :D

[screamingdaisy]

Originally posted by Phoenix
Seems to me that most people on this webpage have crap equipment and brag about what they'll have in the future based on name dropping alone. Why not listen to a guitar rather than just assuming it's good because it's endorsed by soandso. P.S. Peavey XXX totally sucks and is a poor mans Triple Rec - wake up! Also Ibanez do have poor build quality compared to the much superior Jackson, where as PRS has great build quality but it's reputation is being slandered by idiots who think because awful bands like Nickleback and Creed pay them, then they must suck, forgetting that Carlos Santana played them for years and look where Mesa would be without him!

1) What if you didn't want to sound like a Mesa Triple Recto?
2) I don't know that I hear PRS slandered much on this site at all, quite the opposite in fact.
3) I think most people who want Mesa's these days listen to nu-metal, and don't give a sh*t about Santana.

I notice that while your quick to dis others, you don't say anything about what you have. It's to late though, if you post something now, it's probably a lie anyways.

F*ck off.

[MikeWGA]

Originally posted by screamingdaisy
1) What if you didn't want to sound like a Mesa Triple Recto?
2) I don't know that I hear PRS slandered much on this site at all, quite the opposite in fact.
3) I think most people who want Mesa's these days listen to nu-metal, and don't give a sh*t about Santana.

I notice that while your quick to dis others, you don't say anything about what you have. It's to late though, if you post something now, it's probably a lie anyways.

F*ck off.

What I don't get is how he went from saying that people should listen to the guitar rather than assuming it's good because it's endorsed and then makes a big fuss about 'idiots' who slander PRS because they're played by Nickleback and Creed and THEN goes on to say "Carlos Santana played them for years," basically saying they're good because Carlos Santana plays them...

Sounds a bit hypocritical...

Also, people have their tastes. Some people really like Mesa's, some don't. Big deal.
P.S. Peavey XXX totally sucks and is a poor mans Triple Rec - wake up!
So if we don't have a Triple Rec, we're inferior? Peavey XXX compared to Triple Rec is a taste issue, not a money issue. It's not fair to anyone here to judge them on something like that.
Also Ibanez do have poor build quality compared to the much superior Jackson
Depends on the type of Ibanez you use. Some people love them, some people hate them. The same goes for Jackson. It all depends on what you get.

[BlueOrb]

I'm 15 and i spend all my money/lunch money i get from my parents on guitars because i have nothing better to do

[VillageIdiot]

Originally posted by Phoenix
P.S. Peavey XXX totally sucks and is a poor mans Triple Rec - wake up!


Hold on a sec... I'll just get you Joe Satriani's number... hang on, its somewhere around here.


He recently switched to XXX's- you better ring him and tell him. I don't think he realises!

Quick! Ring before its too late!

[robomantik]

i'm 14 and have been playing for about a year and a half

guitars- epiphone aj-20 acoustic ibanez rg-570 ibanez jetking (i'm getting a gibson sg special for $300 in about a month)

amps- crate mg15r cratemx120r custom made 4x12 cab(i hate both my amps but i'm about to sell my mx120r and get a good tube head of some sort)

pedals- boss ds-1, crybaby wah, boss os-2, EH small clone, boss mt-2 (probably selling the distortions when i get my new head)

[conno182]

well i am 18 and luckly i have a well off family so i am able to splurge. i am not bragging and do not take it for granted. i thank god that i have had the chance to have a lot of stuff other people dont.

[screamingdaisy]

Originally posted by MikeWGA
What I don't get is how he went from saying that people should listen to the guitar rather than assuming it's good because it's endorsed and then makes a big fuss about 'idiots' who slander PRS because they're played by Nickleback and Creed and THEN goes on to say "Carlos Santana played them for years," basically saying they're good because Carlos Santana plays them...

Sounds a bit hypocritical...

...and if we already knew everything and owned the best, we wouldn't be here trying to learn more about what we want, now would we???

[tak]

Originally posted by BlueOrb
I'm 15 and i spend all my money/lunch money i get from my parents on guitars because i have nothing better to do
Man! thats awesome! i dont know why but it is!!! i think its cause i came back from work at 5:30, fell asleep and just woke up now, at 9:46

[nobody]

Originally posted by conno182
i thank god that i have had the chance to have a lot of stuff other people dont.

Wow. So, all the poor kids who pray their hearts out just for the chance to play a REAL Les Paul don't get the chance, but you do? Does that really sound like the act of an all-loving deity to you? Are you some how more favored in the eyes of God, so you get the caring family, the cool toys and the booty?

Monotheist say the darnest things. :rolleyes:

[TheGrinnan]

Originally posted by nobody
Wow. So, all the poor kids who pray their hearts out just for the chance to play a REAL Les Paul don't get the chance, but you do? Does that really sound like the act of an all-loving deity to you? Are you some how more favored in the eyes of God, so you get the caring family, the cool toys and the booty?

Monotheist say the darnest things. :rolleyes:

I don't think that's what he meant, but I do see where you're coming from with that one.

[VillageIdiot]

Originally posted by nobody
Wow. So, all the poor kids who pray their hearts out just for the chance to play a REAL Les Paul don't get the chance, but you do? Does that really sound like the act of an all-loving deity to you? Are you some how more favored in the eyes of God, so you get the caring family, the cool toys and the booty?

Monotheist say the darnest things. :rolleyes:

I presume he meant "thank God" as the idiom, not a literal profession of his faith.

[TheGrinnan]

Originally posted by VillageIdiot
I presume he meant "thank God" as the idiom, not a literal profession of his faith.

That's exactly what I said . . . only your way sounds more intelligent.

[nobody]

Originally posted by TheGrinnan
That's exactly what I said . . . only your way sounds more intelligent.

ummm ... perhaps, but given the proceeding two sentences the idiom doesn't really fit. <shrugs>

[VillageIdiot]

Originally posted by TheGrinnan
That's exactly what I said . . . only your way sounds more intelligent.


Why yes, it was exactly what you said. :D

[tak]

i thank guitar center all my gear purchases??

[TheGrinnan]

Originally posted by tak
i thank guitar center all my gear purchases??

"Wow. So, all the poor kids who don't have a GuitarCenter for the chance to play a REAL Les Paul don't get the chance, but you do? Does that really sound like the act of customer friendly chain store to you? Are you some how more favored in the eyes of GuitarCenter, so you get the caring salesmen, the cool toys and the booty?"

Sorry Nobody, I couldn't resist.

[tak]

Originally posted by TheGrinnan
"Wow. So, all the poor kids who don't have a GuitarCenter for the chance to play a REAL Les Paul don't get the chance, but you do? Does that really sound like the act of customer friendly chain store to you? Are you some how more favored in the eyes of GuitarCenter, so you get the caring salesmen, the cool toys and the booty?"

Sorry Nobody, I couldn't resist.
caring salesmen...haha aha ahaah

[TheGrinnan]

Originally posted by tak
caring salesmen...haha aha ahaah

I had to replace the word "family" with something . . .

[nobody]

Originally posted by TheGrinnan
"Wow. So, all the poor kids who don't have a GuitarCenter for the chance to play a REAL Les Paul don't get the chance, but you do? Does that really sound like the act of customer friendly chain store to you? Are you some how more favored in the eyes of GuitarCenter, so you get the caring salesmen, the cool toys and the booty?"

Sorry Nobody, I couldn't resist.


That's awesome. :)

[stratocaster83]

Originally posted by screamingdaisy
I notice that while your quick to dis others, you don't say anything about what you have. It's to late though, if you post something now, it's probably a lie anyways. F*ck off.

hey hey hey boys, calm down before things start to burn. pheonix may have been too "general" but you can't just answer with something like that. so, calm down and do it again:

what do you mean with, that pheonix?

[smoke]

I am 30 and here is what I have bought this year....

American Deluxe Strat-->$1000
Visual Sound Liquid Chorus/Echo-->$100
Duoverb-->$450
Mexi-tele-->$250
Mexi-Strat-->$250
Gretsch Resonator--$550

I still need a good trem pedal and will probably pick up the Guyatone VT-3 when I come across one.

[jamie.pope]

I am 15 and here's the gear i have bought this year:

Fender 72' Telecaster Custom
Line 6 MM-4sold
Digitech Whammysold
Akai Headrush for sale
Boss Volume pedalsold
Marshall Shredmaster

Most of them have been sold as you can see, mainly because of funding for a new amp.

[kinhad]

i'm 14, all the stuff i've gotten (this year) is in my rig below.

- the jay turser... i got ripped off. $300 canadian.
- i got the wah for $100 canadian.
- ds-1 $50ish canadian
- the eq was $70ish canadian.
- i forgot how much the amp was, i didn't use my money for it.

[freeorangeshoes]

18...and in college, so i have no cash for gear. it sucks.

fender telecaster thinline, 72 ri - 550
epi lp std - after all the mods, ~600
marshall stack, jcm 2000 100w dsl - xxx (bargain!)
tak ef325src - 500
cheap fender acoustic (first guitar) - 300
a bunch of other amps - 500

i have spent lots on pedals too, but ive also sold lots of em. dunno there. im going to sell a cab and the marshall head and get a fender HRD and a diff head. too much power for me, i dont need an entire stack.

[clifford]

Im 17 (as of a couple of weeks ago). My electric was around 500, my acoustic 200, my pedals around 600 (so far :) ), and my amp 180 (be nice.. you have to start somewhere). Im now saving, about 30 dollars a week :rolleyes: (damn mimimum wage job, gas, and insurance) for an amp that will fall around 1500 bucks, then on to completing my pedal board.

A couple of my pedals were gifts and my parents helped me (as a birthday present last year) on my electric. I did the rest by working crappy jobs.

Id spend about 2000 on my dream guitar probably, maybe more if it was really going to kick ass. If I had the money, of course.

[VillageIdiot]

You soooo need a new amp clifford... Make sure to drop me a PM or something when you get it!

[DRIVELIKEJEHU]

22... click on my link and you do the math! hehe

[fretboardmaster]

i'm 14, been playing 2 1/2 years, and stuff i own now is:

yamaha pacifica 311ms: £300
yamaha erg121: £105
zoom 707ii multi fx: £125
audio technica liberator 21g wireles system: £150
marshall mg30dfx: £125

stuff i have owned:
encore kc3 strat: sold for £65
kustom kga10 amp: sol for £20
danelectro t-bone distortion: sold for£30
danelectro surf n turf compressor: sold for £40
aria delay pedal: sold for £60
edit: korg ax-30g toneworks multi fx *how did i forget that???

i also own my unlce's old kay bass, but i would never sell that, it's far too cool. i have two microphones aswell, a homemix wireless one, and a shure 588sa

i will be getting a boss me-50 in about 1-2 weeks aswell

[::charlie::]

[fretboardmaster]

Originally posted by jamie.pope
I am 15 and here's the gear i have bought this year:

Fender 72' Telecaster Custom
Line 6 MM-4sold
Digitech Whammysold
Akai Headrush for sale
Boss Volume pedalsold
Marshall Shredmaster

Most of them have been sold as you can see, mainly because of funding for a new amp.

dude, you had a digitech whammy and sold it? *slap* even if you used it to buy for something else, that's insanity!

[::charlie::]

[Ice age coming]

Originally posted by fretboardmaster
dude, you had a digitech whammy and sold it? *slap* even if you used it to buy for something else, that's insanity!

[::charlie::]


he sold it because he didnt find a need for it... but now he wants one because he know alot of songs to play and how to use it...

[fretboardmaster]

i seeeee. *i wondered why he had it in his wish list a couple of weeks back*

also, forgot to add that my post was supposed to be tongue in cheek.

love peace and muffins

[::charlie::]

[ennui]

im 16 and have spent close to 2 grand on my gear, all which I payed for, my parents think guitar is a waste of time.

[shred_90]

I'm 17, and over the last year or so, i've bought the following items myself:

Guitar: £1200
Amp: Orange AD30 and Marshall 1936: £800
Pedals: £1025 roughly

Total: £3025

If you include the Marshall DSL100 and AVT100 my parents have bought me, it comes to around £4000. I will be selling my current guitar soon, and will be buying a Les Paul Standard (hopefully)

[kurdtkobain]

im 14 and a have buoght all of the following in the last two years

mexican strat- i cant remeber the price, around 300
yamaha acoustic - 100$
squier acoutic - like 50$ (it looked like a good deal way back whenever)
marshall avt275 - 800$new i talked down the price
gibson deluxe 72' les paul goltop in mint condition - (my dad gave this to me but when he bought it in 1972, it was 350$ or 300$)
crate gfx 15 - 200$ its pretty good , and loud

[bluesy_marquee]

Originally posted by fiveways
Pc tech. I was on a LAN team for a canadian ISP for a year....before that I did technical support. I got laid off. Now I am collecting EI untill I start school in january.

I have no debts, no credit cards, I don't drive(I can't drive, and public transport kicks ass in this town). I live a pretty quiet life.

When I was working I started that job at $12 a hour, ended at $18.50 a hour. 40 hour weeks. So I made good money because of my lifestyle choices. I love my apartment and my area(chinatown), so no point in moving. I don't really go out(except to shows). I don't really spend alot on objects other then computer bits and books. I download almost all the music and movies I intake. So yeah, I live very cheaply.


We share similar lifestyle. Curiously, I'm 26 too.

Started collecting my gear when I got a serious job, i.e. last year.

Used Fender Jazzmaster CIJ - Euro 500
Used Roland JC-120 - Euro 700
Used Fender Jazz Special - Euro 300
NEW EHX Big Muff Pie US Re - Euro 60

My girlfriend shares my views, but it's plastic inevitable that, due to relationship needs, some money is diverted from the original direction.

[pianoguitar]

At 10 I got a squire strat for 200
At 18 I bought a LP junior for 700
Am now 20 and bought a LP honeyburst for 1000

[BossMXRHarmonix]

I'm 23 and I've spent $1100 US on my Fender Jazzmaster MIJ (including shipping)

[aut0maticzer0]

i'm 20.

* Mesa Boogie .50 caliber+ combo ($500)
* CIJ Fender Jaguar ($600)
* MIM Fender Tele w/ Texas Special and SD little '59 ($500)
* Line 6 DL-4 ($200) -gift
* Jekyl & Hyde Od/distort ($100)
* Alesis Micron synth ($400)

Total= $2300

I bought all of my gear myself (with the exception of the DL-4) through working during the summer, birthday money, or doing odd jobs. I dont knock gear as long as it does the job and does it right. I have become a tone snob, however. I think it's your duty as a player to not make yourself, or your audience suffer with ****ty tone.

[dino88]

I'm 16,

About three/four years ago, I got my first real guitar (the one before was a present), a second hand Fender USA strat for £550 - which I paid for half of

sold that about a month ago for £462

and then bought a Les Paul standard with that and my own money for £1199

[big Idiot]

I'm 20... playing for 4.5 years.

Guitar (with pickups) - $700
Amp - $550
Pedals - ~$450
Pedals previously owned and sold - $250

Total - ~$1950

And, avast mateys! I see more purchases on the horizon! Better start working more hours... :rolleyes:

[spongemonkey]

return of the living thread!

answer 1: too old
answer 2: too much
:D

[Blue Collar Man]

Im 20.

I have: (All prices in canuckdollars.)
Mexi-Strat (First guitar) $525
Epi Sheraton $400
DD-3 $0 found in alley behind music store
DS-1 $20
GE-7 $30
Big Muff $100
Crybaby 95Q $150
Fender Deluxe 90 (SS) $550
Cables, etc $50

I think i did well, except for my amp, which was a moment of stupidity. I hope to rectifey that soon.

I spend most of my money on non-music related things. The big ones being car payment, student loan and tattoos.

[phunkybassist]

Starting to feel like a dinosaur!!
I'm 31 and have spent too much on gear over the years, but we'll just use what i currently own.
Gibson Victory Bass $500
Ibanez AG75 $300
Applause acoustic $100
Ukelele $15
Vox Pathfinder $120
Ampeg B2 $400
Hiwatt Cusrom 50 $20 :D
Crybaby $40
Daddy-o $15
Dod Envelope $30
Dod Flanger $30
Holmes Chorus $25
Danecho $50

Total $1,645
Not too shabby when you consider that the Hiwatt is worth about $1,000 of that should I ever sell it. Now if we added up every bit of gear that I've had and gotten rid of over the years...well, let's just say I could take a hefty bite out of my mortgage.

[telebastard]

27

I spent about $500 on a Jap Fender Tele 62 Custom reissue in '97. That was with cash I got from selling a LP. I don't think I'd spend more than $300 on a guitar now, though.

Part of it is because I've got a wife, daughter, and house to take care of, but I've also played too many inexpensive guitars that are great or could be great with a few mods. Hell, you could probably build a great one from Warmoth and Mighty Mite parts for a few hundred.

Actually, I should do that: Sell my Custom and use the diff. to buy a new amp ...

Or a new dishwashing machine :-)

[satchaholic]

I'm 19. Still living at home. Only expenses are Gas, Insurance, internet.

98 Les Paul Studio - $600
98 American Standard Strat - $600 - being sold today on the bay for 650 *sniff
Ibanez S470 - $250
Ibanez AEsomethin Acoustic - $150
Ibanez RG270B - sold it with a Peavey Rage for $150
Ibanez RX20 - sold for $120
Ephiphone Les Paul Special II - first guitar, sold it... dont remember how much
Arbor Explorer - hangs on wall for decoration, paid $50
Arbor Dimebag looking thing - hangs on wall for decoration, paid $80

Pedals:
Boss HR2 - got in trade for a RV5
Boss BF2 - ""
Boss CH1 - $39
Boss AC2 - $70
Boss DS1 - $35
Boss DD5 - got in a trade for a zoom 505!!!
Ibanez TS9DX - $50
Chrome Dunlop 535q wah - $90
Morley Pro Series II Dist/wah/volume - $65
Big Muff - trade for a MT2
DOD AcousTec multi - paid $45
Zoom GFX-8 - $260

Amps:

'79 Peavey Mace VT half stack - $325
Marshall VH100 head - $200
Legion sound 4x12" cab - $150



As you can tell, i like lookin for bargains. If i had bought all this new, it would add up to a lot, but i shop around so i dont go in debt lmao.

Thats roughly $3500. not counting what ive spent on recording equipment...

[sirterrapin]

I'm 17, and I spend what I can afford on gear.

Bass stuff: Fender Bassman 25:$250
Fender Jazz Bass:$320 on special.
Warwick Corvette(passive, fretless):$700 on special.
Digitech Bass Driver(ugh...) $50.
Yorkville BM200: Borrowed.

Guitar stuff:
Schecter Blackjack C-1: $550.
Boss SD-1: $25 used
Digitech Bad Monkey: $30.
Morley Bad Horsie 2: $110.
Peavey Bravo: $250 used.

Total: $2355.
(wow)

[Phoetum]

25yrs Old.

2001 Les Paul Standard (AAA Flame Top) = $3300 CDN (New)
1996 Fender U.S.A Strat Plus = $875 CDN (Used)

Mesa Boogie Dual Recto Head = $1575 CDN (Used)
Peavey 5150 Head = $800 CDN (Used)
Peavey Classic Series 60/60 Rack Mount Amp = $400 CDN (Used)

Marshall 1960B Series 4X12 Cab = $1150 CDN (New)
Marshall Basket Weave 4X10 Cab = $250 CDN (Used)

Peavey Tube Fex = $1400 CDN (New)
Vox Clyde McCoy Wah = $250 CDN (New)
Boss NS2 = $150 CDN (New)

All prices include tax (which is a whopping 15% in Ontario) where applicable (on new items...obviously).

[telebastard]

Is it just my suspicious mind, or does anyone else here secretly believe Mr. Vis is a forty-something mid-level marketing manager working for a music equipment manufacturer? His original post -- "How old are you and how much money do you spend on guitars?" -- smacks of market research.

I'm half joking, by the way.

[h4f0n]

Im 17 and ive been playin for 3 years

Guitars :

Fender MiM Tele : 475€
Strat knockoff : 80€

Pedals :

Mt2(yeah, it sucks.....) : ??€ it was a gift
Small clone : 90€
Digidelay : 109€

Amp :
10w "Sonora" : about 70€

Total : 824€

damn thats a lot !!
probably ill spend even more when i finally find an amp ;)

[FreCKo]

17 years old.

Have spent like... 400 dollars on different things, most things were presents...

Ibanez Smash Box SM7, $60
Ibanez GRX70L, $250
Yamaha Pacifica 112 (traded the SM7 for it)
Proel wahwah, $50
Levin Retro 15 amp $60

[Triton]

I'm 20 and have spent more money on gear than I probably should have.

This is only stuff that I've bought. Gifts were not included.

Amps: $550
Guitars: $625
Pedals: $875
Other stuff: ~$300

Total: $2350

Wow.:eek:

[LesPaulKing]

Im 17 and Ive bought

Orange AD 15-$700 used
Germania-$90
Super Duper 2 in 1-$260
Fuzz Factory-$200 used
RMC-1-$130 used
AnalogMan Beano Boost-$165

I think thats all ive bought, but thats all since this summer.
My guitar used to be my uncles, and everything else I use was either my uncles or somebody elses. Oh and Ive bought all my gear on ebay minus the beano boost.

[lescalvdart]

I think I've spent the least by far

20 at college and home on the breaks.

Gibson SG-X for $300
Epi LP Standard for $350
Fender Super 112 (all tube)--$300

Yamaha acoustic for a birthday gift, my first one.

no pedals, no sold gear.

So less that 1,000 not including strings. I think I'd spend up to $1500 for an orange amp but my guitar spending would definetly cap at $1000. If you can get a 60's jaguar for that much, why would you spend more?

[sparkssc]

I'm 35, soon to be 36. December 2005 will be twenty years I've been playing.

Gibson SG Special - $~800
Jackson JS20 Dinky - $~350 + Washburn Wonderbar ($100)

I've probably got $1500 on the pedalboard, and the amps are $3500:

- Matchless HC30 - $2400
- Fender Silver TR - $400
- Cage 212TR speaker cab - $700

[stratomaster]

Im 16 years old and have been playing guitar seriously since i was 13. I had a job last summer when i was 15 and made about $1600 where i got my les paul, and a new amp. Im in high school now and dont have a job. I just got a car and have to pay for gas so im running out of money fast. I spend almost all of my money on guitar related stuff and cds. Probably 70% of money on my G.A.S., 15% on gas. and 15% on cds/dvds/other.

Ive probably spent $2500 worth of guitar gear, including stuff ive sold.

I would probably spent about 3,000 to get my dream guitar if i had the extra money and it wouldnt leave me broke.

[nazon]

I'm 18
I wrote this post once but I mistakenly deleted it.(first post was better!!! argh)

I recieved my first guitar at age 12. A purple mex strat $270

I purchased my first real amp when I was 14. Fender Hot Rod Deluxe $550
I love it and still use it today.

For highschool graduation I had a sum of money burning a hole in my pocket so I decided to goto a sale they were having at sam ash.

I originally wanted to get a LP but I couldn't afford it. The more I play the happier I become with my decision.

I picked up a 50th aniversary stratocaster on sale from $1100. With tax I belive it was $1080.

Anyone who has held one of these guitars knows what I'm talking about. I LOVE this guitar. The aged pickguard/ knobs/pick-up covers look awesome. The s-1 switch gives me great versatility. The tuning keys are very pratical for someone like me who after 6 years will stilll screw up changing their strings! I couldn't be happier with this axe.

My first and only acoustic was a Epiphone aj-200 I got for my bday from my girl friend. Its really rugged and resistant to scratches and dings. Great acoustic to take arround with you.

For x-mas off of ebay I picked up 2 pedals. Analogman Boss SD-1 Silver with ibanez clipping and a Analogman Ibanez Tubescreamer Silver. These should make a killer combination. The SD-1 was $117 and the TS-9 was $180
both include shipping.

I picked up a MXR phase 90 about a month ago. I plan on adding the following pedals as the years go by:
Analogman Bicompressor, boss TU-2, cry baby, Ernie Ball Volume pedal, and a Maxon analog delay...

We'll see what happens as the time goes by.

[Delaytone7]

20 years old here. I have been playing for seven years now and gone through quite a bit of gear. I started out plugging a Peavy Raptor (Strat copy) into my dad's stereo, then bought a little Peavy practice amp for $70 (still have!), and then a Marshall valvestate combo for $400. Then I got another Marshall combo with 2x12 for $500 off eBay and an Ibanez AX120 for $400. Then I started buying different effects pedals. I have owned almost all of Line 6's stompboxes and now own none. That DL4 is a great pedal though.
This past summer I sold a PODT XT and FBV shortboard for a Crate VFX 5212 $560 , which I then sold to get some of my current gear which is as follows:

Epiphone Les Paul Standard $700 (including pickup mods to 500T and 57 Classic plus)
Ernie Ball Volume pedal $65
Custom Vox wah $110
MXR dynacomp $60
Robert Keeley BD-2 $100
Robert Keeley MT-2 $150
TC Electronic G-Major $380
Rocktron Midi Mate $125
BBE 482i Sonic Maximizer $170
and my favorite: Rivera Knucklehead Reverb 55 $1075 with ATA flight case

Stuff sold:
Roland GR-33 guitar synth $500
Line 6 DL4 $200
Line 6 MM4 $175
Line 6 FM4 $165
Marshall Bichorus Combo $500
ESP LTD-MH300 $500
Ibanez AX120 $400
POD XT and FBV $600
Mesa Boogie 20:20 $500
Seymour Duncan pickup boost $60
Boss PH-3 $90

My wife says I have spent way too much, I say I am looking for what I like. Well I finally found the amp I like and some pedals I like, but I have quite a number of things left on my wish list!

[whoresays]

I'm 24, I make around 25K a year. I have bought everything I own myself and have spent a bit too much. Definately not the most on this board, but too much.

In the last couple years,
Guitars:

Fender Telesonic $1200 (including all upgrades)
Fender Telecaster $1300 (including all upgrades)
Danelectro mod 6 $200
Epiphone Riviera $400 (gift to girlfriend)
Martin Acoustic $1100 (sold)
Takamine Acoustic $600
Fender P-Bass Special $400 used

Amps:
Twin $1000
Ampeg $200
Rickenbacker $100
JCM 800 $500 (sold)

Pedals:
$3000 easy

Rack:
$900

Other than just guitar gear:

Rhodes Piano $900
Roland VA-3 $700
Roland DR-770 $200
Hammond S-9 $200
Vibes, Chimes, accordion, etc percussion $500

Recording:
Otari 8 track $300 (sold)
Tascam 464 $200
Tascam 414 $60
Fostex 4-track $25
Mackie Onyx 1620 mixer $700
AKG K271 headphones $170
Mics: $300

Tip: learn to live meagerly and be smart with the money you do have and you can invest in the things you want. I make $11.57 right now.
I've bought most of this in the last 3 years without incurring debt and I still don't even have a computer or monitors yet. :eek:

[jimmyjames]

I just want to rebutt the person a bunch of posts back that knocked the Peavey Triple X and says that the Rectifier is the best amp....I own a Triple X right now among other amps. I traded my rectifier a long time ago; way too cliche these days and I find them to be too muddy anyway. IMO. I have owned tons of amps!! Fender, Peavey, lot's of Marshalls (still love a good 80's JCM800 or anything older), Bogner, Mesa etc etc and now Atomic Amps. check out my gear pics.

There's tons of good gear out there....for the rectifier freaks who think Mesa is the S&*T try plugging into a Bogner or even better a Diezel!! You are right, unfortunately, all the crap pop punk bands have spoiled the "PRS plugged into a Mesa" thing. PRS make a fine instrument, that is undeniable, but there are tons of other amazing guitars out there so why settle for the same guitar all the cliche guys are playing.

I do have to agree that the build quality of Ibanez(and most cheaper) guitars is less than glorious. Most people will begin to gravitate away from Ibanez and into more quality instruments as they gain more experience and more money!! That being said, as great as Fender and Gibson are there is a bigger world out there as well. I stopped using Gibson for anything other than the studio...even with a good tech on the road Les Pauls just struggle to stay in tune for more than a song or two. I only have one Les Paul now but have had many and my biggest reason for avoiding them these days is that the price is over inflated. They just aren't worth the 4-5,000 dollar mark that they seem to hit in most places. The biggest reason for guitar choice in the Fender, gibson, gretsch, Tom Anderson market is tone...what does the song call for? Sometimes you just need the spank of a Strat or the unique fat tone of a Les Paul. No Ibanez can provide that.

Price isn't everything but let's face it a ford focus just won't keep pace with a Ferrari. When you spend more on a guitar you get better woods, electronics and most of all craftmanship. The difference between a $400 and a $4000 guitar is immediately obvious. That being said, unless you are making your living from it or just have the money/guitar addiction you don't have to spend a million bucks to enjoy playing and have fun.

Anyway, I am 34 and my gear is as follows...

[DRIVELIKEJEHU]

Originally posted by pianoguitar

Am now 20 and bought a LP honeyburst for 1000

good call on the honeyburst!;)

[undercut]

21
Epiphone Del Rey was won from a raffle at a music store. Best thing that has happened to me that involved me getting something. They went for 450 new and go for about 200 used on eBay.

Samick spg650-ff around 550.

Mesa Triple Rec - 1250 used, less the foot switch.

Peavey MS412 - 250 used

The most I'd spend... depends on how much it'd cost me to get a custom BC Rich Mockingbird. So about 2500; that is if I had the money. I'd probably spend more on amps as they do a whole lot more for my sound than a guitar, and I LOVE my cheap ass Epiphone. It's the guitar I learned on and nothing beats it for me.

As I look at guitars currently made I like most of the ones in the 600 - 1000 range. I don't think at this point in time I could justify any more for a guitar. First I don't have a need for one, and my playing isn't good enough to really do a more expensive guitar justice.

[carnevoodoo]

I think I like finding deals more than most people, and I think some of my purchases reflect that.

I paid 500 for my Japanese Jaguar. 1100 for my Taylor. 140 for my Jag Stang. 175 for my Tom Delonge Strat. I have a Squier Bullet that I inherited from a previous relationship. My main bass is a custom job P/J style. Cost about 400. I have a Peavey Patriot I got 12 years ago for 100 bucks. (Oh yeah, I'm 28).

I have a nylon string guitar I got for 5 bucks, and my first guitar ever which was an Aria steel string acoustic which was 100 bucks brand new in 1990.

Pedals I've almost all traded for. I got my Fab Tone for 12 dollars. I got a free green big muff. My girfriend gave me my dl-4, I got my tu-2 for 40. My True Grit for 70. My amp is a HD-130 2x12 which I got for 400. And I have a champ that I got for 15 and got working for 40.

[nocluejimbo]

15

all of the money i make.:( :D

[guysmiley]

23

$650 JCM 800
$300 Some Marshall cab
$600 in pedals and growing
$300 Fender Tele
$300 60's Gibson Acoustic ???
$250 Marshall 40w vavlestate
$50 pawn shop guitar
$60 Drive strat knock off
$80 Ebow
$80 pickups
Free Epiphone SG
Free Custom guitar built by my uncle out of a coffee table


Total $2670

way too much

[pariah]

Jesus, some big pimpin' going on here. Oh well.

I'm 18.

Guitars:.$1,170
Pedals:..$...585
Amp:.....$1,745
---------------------------
.............$3,500 Grand Total... nice round number :)


But my spending days are over baby... Moving out, expensive business. :(

[The Rook]

24

I've spent loads over the years,

I'm super happy with my Jagstang at the moment, I'd spend about £1500 on a nice Tele.

Ibanez are okay, but they look a bit whack to be honest.

[Kid_BS]

I'll be 32 next month (but people who don't know me think I'm 25). I am a gear whore and I admit it. I've gotten so much gear over the past 2 years that I can't remember how much I've spent. Just suffice it to say that I could have easily bought a car with the money. Here are a list of items that I've purchased in the past 2 years alone. Items that I have since sold have been marked as such.

* = item has been sold

Amps:
- Mesa Boogie Recto-verb head*
- Mesa Boogie 2x12 rectifier cab
- Marshall JCM 800 2205*
- Fender Bassman 50*
- Roland JC-120*
- Fender Blues Deluxe
- Marshall JMP*
- Marshall JCM 2000 DSL-50*
- Orange AD30R 2x12 combo*
- Orange AD-140TC head*
- Fender '65 Reissue Twin Reverb
- Bogner Shiva (up on ebay as I type this)
- Marshall Silver Jubilee 2550*
- Framus Cobra*
- Dr. Z Prescription 2x12 combo
- Ampeg V4 head x 2 (got one as a backup cuz it was so cheap)
- Rivera 4x12 cab
- Carvin 2x12 vertical cab
- Fender 4x12 cab*

Guitars:
- Gibson Les Paul Classic
- Fender Jaguar custom (with humbuckers)*
- Fender Toronado
- Gibson L6*
- Fender Jazzmaster
- DeArmond Starfire
- Fender Telecaster American
- Fender Mustang
- Gibson RD Standard*

Pedals:
- Line 6 DL4
- Line 6 MM4*
- Ibanez AD9*
- Hughes and Kettner Tube Factor
- Tonebone Hot British
- Crowther Hotcake
- Dano Daddy-o
- Dano Fabtone
- EHX Big Muff
- EHX Smallstone
- EHX Holy Grail
- Zoom Ultra Fuzz
- Digitech Digi-delay
- Jeckyl & Hyde Overdrive
- Fulltone Fulldrive II
- Keeley modded Boss Blues Driver
- Keeley Compressor*
- Tonebone switchbone*
- MXR Phase 100
- MXR Distortion+
- MXR Microamp
- Maxon AD900
- Marshall Drivemaster
- Nady TD-1 Tube distortion
- Boss PS-3

I'm sure I've bought more pedals but I just can't remember them all right now. I am really working towards selling off a lot of my gear and consolidating pieces to just what I need. I think that I will ultimately just keep my Dr. Z and one of the Ampeg V4s. I think that with those 2 amps I can handle most sounds that I would ever want with the right pedals.

I've owned a few other guitars and amps such as a Marshall JCM 900, a Fender Prosonic combo, a Peavey Bandit (my first amp), a Peavey Butcher, a Marshall Valvestate head, and a Gibson Les Paul Studio but these fall outside of the 2 year range.

[david]

i'm 32 and seriously relieved that there are older folk on this forum!! i only started playing about 5 years ago, and don't spend huge amounts on gear. in the last year i have bought -

gibson sg - £150
marshall 1959 head £200
2x12 cab w'vintage 30's £70

and a bunch of pedals, many of which were traded, including mongoose fuzz, boss dd3, fuzz factory, small stone, double muff etc etc..

i would spend a fortune if i had it, but am so happy with my guitar and amp that i'm in no hurry to change anything. too much GAS is a very, very bad thing!

[jonyg]

im 17 from uk

total gear spend-egde is, well let me work it out for ya

mex strat (my first, still got that sumwhere lol)£250ish
carslbro 30w combo £200 ish

these were gifts for when i started out so cant say i spen money on that.

i bought a second hand rg (dont know what model) from USA for $350 and this had had loads done to it and have been giging with it for nearly 5 years. i love this guitar is my pride and joy. had replace ment pickups etc, got a cracked neck and theres noway im even gonna attempt to get a new neck from ibanez.

then i saved for donkeys years for a rg550ex which to be honest doesnt play as well as my rg for $350 and cost me £600. so bit of a dissapointment.
then i got a jcm800 2210 and jcm800 2x12 for £350 which was probably one of my best guitar gear buys.
and since then ive had no money to splash out on fancy guitars. jus got a couple of guitars with like odd bits and bobs that ive put together, which probably cost about £200 in total and sound kinda fucnky and unique ya kno.

if i had £2000 spare would i spend it on a nice gibson? probably not. i mean dont get me wrong there nice but there everywhere and every1 plays one of some description. so my RG isnt that nice to look at but it plays sweet and cost sweet nothin.

ok im done.

[any]

I'm 26

Guitars I own and what I paid for them:

-1978 Fender Telecaster = ± $1100
(paid 2100 german marks back in the day...)
-Epiphone Sheraton II = $850
(after installing Dimarzio PAF pro's and Graphtech/Gibson hardware))
-1989 Casio MG-500 Midi Guitar = $350
-1989 Casio MG-500 Midi Guitar = $350
(bought two of them ;) )
-1965 Eko Cobra = $100
(recently refretted and gave it to my girlfriend)

My amps/pedals/rackstuff is easily $5000/6000 combined, don't want to specify really...
(and since you only asked about guitars)

Going to buy an Ibanez axs32tkf next week
wich sets me back only 300 euro's but it plays/responds amazingly! probably will replace the pick-ups and tuners though...

[adrien]

I'm 27
my main guitar is a Les Paul standard I bought in the UK for 1000 pounds.
I'd like to get a nice fender for up to 1500 dollars, or a custom shop gibson up to 3000 dollars. I would if I didn't have a girlfriend, but I do so I'm gonna have to forget that :rolleyes:

[taptaptap]

19, student. skint.... because i just spent half my student lon on an ibanez 202 with peizos.
As for hating ibanez.. i think they make great guitars, but i still go back to my usa tele when i want some full bodies chords... you can't rock out with an ibanez.... too errm.... light??? not solid enough... great for some jap-space-toy techy stuff but you know... a fender is a fender...

ok....

USA tele - $500 from states.... new... mega deal
Ibanez 2020 prestige - £605 second hand

Marshall JCM900 full stack - about £800 in total.
JMP-1 pre amp - £250
various effects power suplys etc - about £500
cables - who knows....

so err yeah, i think that does it....

I do have another guitar as well.... see sig..... PLEASE BUY... someone.... i'm in for a financial crash lands if i don't sell this axe!

[co-intelpro]

I am younger than Ryan, just barely...

Here are my guitars, and how much I spent on them:

1976 Fender Starcaster, Black, Fender Humbuckers: $1850
1978 Gibson Les Paul Pro, Black, P90's: $750
1997 California Series Telecaster: $390
1986 Fender Thinline Tele (jap 69 reissue): $500
1962 Harmony Meteor, Dearmonds: $0

Here are my amps, and how much I spent on them:

1992 Marshall Bluesbreaker reissue: $500
1979 Garnet Revolution II 1x12 combo: $0
1973 Traynor YRM-1 Reverb Master head, 4x10 cab: $180

Here are my effects, but no prices:

Distortion/OD/Fuzz:
Marshall Shredmaster (OD/Distortion)
Boss OD-1 (silver screw)
Boss DS-1 (silver screw)
Shinei Fuzz/wah (I have 2 of' em)

Reverb Units (rack mount):
Peavey Valverb (Tube Spring Reverb/Trem)
Vesta Fire RV-1 (Analog Spring Reverb)

Delay Units:
Ibanez AD100 (Analog)
Boss DM-2 (Analog)
Line6 DL-4 (Digital)



Guitars I used to own, and how much I spent on them:

1968 Gibson ES335, Walnut: $1200
1992 Gibson Les Paul Studio, white/gold hardware: $375
1983 BC Rich Bich, white: $150
1979 Fender Strat, Hardtail: $455
1976 Gibson L6 Deluxe: Got it on trade for the hardtail strat.

Amps I used to own, and how much I spent on them:

1995 Sovtek Mig 100 head: $325
1979 Marshall JMP combo: $425
19?? Silvertone custom 15: $7.00

Effects I used to own: Too numerous to mention...


If you are looking for advice about buying guitars, spend as much as you want on one. However, find out the book price, and try to spend a bit less than that. For the most part, guitars are overpriced. Would you believe that an old guitar teacher I know used to pick up Teles in NYC for $50 in the 70's?

[Siamese Dream]

My buys:

Squier Strat + Squier 10w Amp (Used) - £100 (Sold on for £85)
Vintage (Brand) SG Copy (New) - £169 (Sold on for £85)
Zoom 707 Multi FX (Used) - £40 (Sold on for £50 :D)
EHX Big Muff USA (New) - Xmas Present (Sold on for £50)
EHX Small Stone USA (New) - £60ish
Proco Rat Turbo (Used) - £45 (Sold on for £45)
Epiphone Les Paul Std Ltd Ed (New) - £330 (Sold on for £319)
Fender MIJ Contemporary Strat (Used) - £250
Boss CH-1 Chorus (Used) - £39
Boss Metalzone (New) - £65 (Sold on for £45)
Gibson SG Special (W/ Mods Used) - £405 w/Hardcase
Dunlop Crybaby Wah (New) - £65
Marshall Jackhammer (New) - £45
Nobels DD-800 Delay (New) - £45
Junkshop Flying V unknown origin (Used) - £119
Boss TU-2 Tuner (New) - Exam Pass present
Epiphone Dot Studio (New) - Birthday Present

Amps my dad makes so they're free - Point to point wired Valve amps :D

[sparkssc]

Originally posted by Siamese Dream
Amps my dad makes so they're free - Point to point wired Valve amps :D

Man! "Dad, for Christmas can I get a stereo Plexi?"

[Slipoilfan]

18 and about 6000€

[ilovetoscream]

i have an epiphone sg- $350
by the way is this a good guitar to you guys or is it a piece of crap. because i really like it but most people don't

[lpboogie]

24

On my main rig I've spent:

Les Paul Studio ~$1400
Mesa Boogie Subway Rocket: $500
Mesa Boogie Nomad 45: ~$1000

And I'm currently rebuilding my pedal arsenal, with an NYC Pedalboard, ZW44, Morley Wah (soon to be replaced), CE-5, Korg DT10, Loooper 1, DC Brick. And all the other crap I own and don't use.

[MikeBerger]

I'm 20 years old and according to the cash register at the guitar store I've spent almost $5500 there since February.

[ikkyu2]

Ah, what the hell.

'85 Japanese Strat knockoff: $99
'85 Fender Sidekick 15: $69
DOD American Metal pedal: $49
DOD FX-19 Volume/Wah: $99
* Digitech RDS 3.6 delay: $99
BC Rich ST3: $550
* Mesa Boogie Mark IIC+ with cabs: $900
Repair on a borrowed 6-speaker Fender The Twin: $230 :(

--hiatus--

'97 Fender Custom Shop Contemporary Strat: $1100
'85 MIJ 70's Edition Fender Telecaster: $525
Dillion Les Paul clone: $225
Fralin zebra 'buckers: $240
Mesa Maverick: $550
Epiphone Dot Deluxe: $379 + $40 case
SD Gold Antiquity Humbuckers: $200
* '87 MIJ Fender Strat: $400
* Fralin Real '54s set: $230
* ADA Rocket 20/Alnico Blue: $345
* PRS Brazilian Limited Edition McCarty: $3889 :o
PRS Custom 22 Rosewood Neck Artist Package: $3080
PRS Archtop II: $1840
E13 TBD: $199
Proco Vintage RAT RI: $45
Dunlop 535q: $45
* DS-1: $40
DD-6: $129
Alesis Faze/Phlanjr: $35 each
EHX Bad Stone: $120
MXR Dyna-Comp: $55 - never worked
Alesis Nanoverb: $50 for 2
* Shure SM-57: $75
Shure SM-58: $25

Soldering irons, cables, strings, straps, yet-to-be-installed pickups, wires, multimeters, books, misc. cruft: probably around $1500 (wild guess), maybe $1000 of which was this last year.

So: about $17000 all told, maybe $13200 of which was in the last year.

Yeesh.

The * indicate things that gave unexpected value or were simply better than I ever could have imagined.

[stevew]

Originally posted by Mr. Vis
just wanna know....

it seems like you people dont appreciate good talent and musicanship. you poeple run down ibanez guitars, and hail fender and gibson who like to rip people off. i dont mean to make people mad, but just my opinion.


so how old is everyone, and how much have you spent on guitars, and whats the most you would spend on getting your dream guitar? just curious.


for me, im 17, and i bought 2 fenders, deluxe fat strat= $475 and a spider=more expensive

and just bought a jem7dbk=$1400 total



Wassup I'm 18

I own tons of instruments but My main instruments are

1970's MPC Electra LP copy with bigsby and motherbuckers

and a 1980's Fender USA Strat

My fave guitar Is the washburn DimeSTPro
http://www.washburn.com/electrics/signature/images/dimestprocs.jpg

I will own that one soon enough. :)

BTW Fender and Gibson are OVERATED. :rolleyes:

[satchaholic]

*cough* no they aren't

[boyecho]

Originally posted by ben_murphy
my new rule is nothing over $600.

that has been my philosophy for a long while...

i cant ever understand paying that much for gear. it just doesnt feel right to me. i want a guitar i'm not afraid of chipping up a little and playing it to hell...

same with amps, though i think i'd spring for a little more if i could find a decently priced plexi.

[jazzcreep308]

I'm 30, and am an assistant professor at a college.

2004 Parker Fly Mojo - $2000 (used, off eBay)
2004 Parker Nitefly-M - $1250 (new)
Line 6 Vetta II Combo - $1500 (slightly used)
Line 6 Vetta II Cabinet - Free (promo item w/ combo)
Line 6 FBV Foot Controller - Free (promo item w/ combo)

The way I justify the Parkers is my back. After an old sports injury, it was either buy REALLY light guitars, use one of the werdo straps (which personally I can't stand), or stick to sitting playing acoustic. I bought a couple guitars to try out, ended up selling them all to buy the Parker, and I couldn't be happier! :D And, I will be the first person to admit that my entire family got in together to buy me the Nitefly for my birthday, and they got it for me just after I had ordered the Mojo for myself. The Vetta was just the best option for me, since I like to mess around with a lot of sounds, and gave me an entire rig for a similar cost in a much more easy-to-transport package.

[pariah]

Originally posted by stevew
BTW Fender and Gibson are OVERATED. :rolleyes:

Yeah just like learning how to spell is overRated... :rolleyes:

[brother james]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Day'sSweetDaze
[B]Twenty-three but closer to twenty-four. I feel like an old lady among all you teenagers.

47, so how am I supposed to feel, huh?
I used Ibanez for years before I got my Strat in 1988 and I tried one of the new ones just the other day. Now working out how to finance the purchase. I lost interest in them in the 80s 'cos you couldn't get one without a Floyd-type bridge and I just can't play them, but they're coming out with some very nice hardtails now at a VERY sweet price: about UK£350, whatever that is in your local currency. Generally I wouldn't spend a great deal on a guitar unless it was hand-built to my personal spec., but that isn't going to happen for a very long time (if someone my age can survive for a very long time, that is!). I'd probably not spend more than UK£400 for an off-the-shelf instrument.

My gear and what it cost:
1986 Jap Fender Strat =about UK£250
70s Music Man RD112 50 = about UK£80
Boss Super OD = UK£30
Boss CS2 Compressor = UK£20
Boss Turbo Distortion = UK£3 (yes, 3!)
Boss PS2 Pitch/Delay = UK£60
Boss Super Stereo Chorus = UK£45
Ibanez VL10 Volume Pedal = UK£25
Seymour Duncan Hot Rails = UK£25
DiMarzio HS2 = UK£5

Total: about UK£530
and sounds amazing.

[ericb1348]

i'm 23.
i've spent a fortune. i'm a gear whore. i can't even list what i've owned and sold.

[gary]

In my life I worked out I have spent around five or six grand on equipment. My current rig is worth between one and a half and two grand, UKP (£).

If I'd have spent wisely I'd have two or three kickass vintage guitars, another marshall 100w head and loads of other stuff I still really want, as opposed to numerous smashed/otherwise destroyed cheap guitars and an empty wallet.

[ben_murphy]

don't get me started on all the other musical equipment i've bought outside of guitar.

drums, basses, recording equipment...

when i sit and really think about how much money it all adds up to i get kind of freaked out.

[drummondrs]

I'm 15 I will spend around $3000, i.e I just bought a Custom 22 and I just bought a new amp this evening. Best year ever.

[nyrkickazz1]

I find it's best for me not to think about it.

[j_stashko]

I'm 18, and how much I spend depends on whether I have a job or not, when I have the cash I will spend what it takes to get a sound I want(or want to try). I think about $2000 would be my limit for a guitar if I had the cash, but I would be so paranoid with it though. I have kind of raised my price since learning that a $500 epiphone is not even close a $1700 gibson(although there are some nice epi's out there). But on everything that I have and have bought, I think only you geeks would get it, most people just say: "why didn't you buy car?"

[sparkssc]

Originally posted by j_stashko
But on everything that I have and have bought, I think only you geeks would get it, most people just say: "why didn't you buy car?"

Ehh, what do those wankers matter anyway? They don't play guitar.

[j_stashko]

Originally posted by sparkssc
Ehh, what do those wankers matter anyway? They don't play guitar.

Lol, exactly. Anyways, I got wheels, the ones on the bottom of my twin, now thats a sweet ride!

[Death99K]

Im 18.
What I've spent on guitar gear:
Ibanez RG320FA $750AUS new, Tone Zone plus installation $150, however once I'm done with this guitar I'm seeing about $1500 worth of changes going into it. Oh and a case for $150.
Ibanez GR320RRF $425AUS new, less than half price! Best buy ever!
Big Muff $180AUS second hand.
MT-2+$100 traded for a OD-20.
Custom Loop Box $50, hand made.
Patch leads $40, hand made.
MG50, worst thing I've ever bought, $620AUS new.
GE-7 Japanese $60AUS, not sure how many owners it has had but its pretty beaten.
This is just for my current rig.

Also people keep in mind your maintenance costs and how much you would have spent on strings over all those years :eek:

[brother james]

I hate to think what I've spent on gear over the last 30-odd years. If I do think about it, I tend to think about the bargains I got, like a 1950s Tele in Teal Green for UK£115 or a 60s Gibson 175 for UK£30.....but there weren't very many of those.

[mikey383]

I'll be 25 in a month, and I'll estimate that I've dished out about $10000 US on musical equipment in the last 2 years.

2002 Epi Les Paul STD - $450
Yamaha Strat copy - 400
Samick strat copy - 300
'96 Mesa Dual Recto - 1000
Mesa 4x12 - 600
Marshall JMP-1 - 350
MesaBoogie 50/50 - 400
Quadraverb -100
Digitech Valve FX -200
Furman Power conditioner - 200
Behringer Composer - 150
Nady PEQ5 - 150
Aural Exciter -150
Avatar 2x12 cab -300
Whammy Wh-4 - 300
Behringer FCB1010 - 200
Dunlop wah -100
2nd Dunlop wah - 50
mods for wahs - 20
Cables, new tubes, etc. -300




Sold -
Crate Blue Voodoo 120 head
BV-412sv cab
Crate GL600 head
Crate Gl600 cab
Proco Rat - rackmount
Ibanez (don't remember which model)
Fender Strat
Sears silvertone guitar


Not to mention my drum set, recodring equipment, microphones, mixers, plus all the other stuff that I've probably spent close to 6Gs on.

[chris g]

Originally posted by chris g
I'm 29, as of 3 days ago.

So far I've spent:

$500 on my old Ibanez RG
$850 on my current Strat
$800 on my current Takamine Acoustic
$275 on my current Seagull Acoustic
$100 on my current Jackson 5 string bass (awesome deal)

I would probably spend up to $2000 on a new electric and up to $4000 on a new acoustic. I've really wanted a nice Taylor acoustic for a long time, so I may breakdown one day and get it.

Update:

I turned 30 a month ago.

[strato_fred]

I'm 17

guitars:

'99 ESP LTD MH-100 (new) --- $(CAN) 650
'82 Peavey nitro (used) --- $ 175
Art & Lutherie Acoustic (new) --- $ 200 (?)
Yamaha Classical (used) --- $ 150 (?)
Samick bass (used) --- $ ???

effects:

ZOOM GFX-707 (new) --- $ 250

amps:

'78 Peavey Centurion 120w solid-state head
w/2x15'' cab (used) --- $ 350
no-name old tube head (used) --- $ 40
Fender 15w bass practice amp (new) --- $ ???

sold:

Squier stratocaster (used) --- $ 225
crappy acoustic (new) --- $ ???

[rectified]

here is my guitar list

$4,755 PRS BRAZILIAN ROSEWOOD LIMITED EDITION 170/500
$4,100 PRS SINGLECUT
$700 PRS DILLION COPY SOLD IT
$235 TAYLOR BABY
$350 ART&LUTHERIE ACOUSTIC
$300 ARIANA ACOUSTIC- MY 2ND GUITAR
$400 SQUIER STRAT SOLD IT TO

effects

EHX holy grail $135
EHX small clone $135
boss phase shifter $290
rocktek chorus $75

Amps
univox 10 watt $125
Marshall MG 30 $295
Marshall TSL 100 half stack $2,600
Mesa single rectifier half stack $3,100

and i want to buy a VOX AC-30TB now

[mrfreddio55]

Im 16, and ever since ive got a job, buying gear has been much easier, and rewarding. :)

$300 Fender 212R
$200 Squier standard
$110 Dunlop Crybaby 535Q
$50 Digitech RP50
$55 EH Big Muff russian
$50 worth of cables at least
$35 Fender Hot Noisless Bridge pickup

total = about $800 worth of stuff. Not too shabby.

[TheEdgeII]

I'm 21. Crap I've owned (if it's got a star, it's no longer with me):

Guitars:
*Fender Strat (Mexican...my first electric...awwww)
*Gibson Les Paul special SL (pretty jankity guitar, but it said gibson on it)
Gibson Les Paul goldtop (my #1 for about 5 years now...never going anywhere)
*Gibson Les Paul Deluxe (a gift from the pops...liked it but didn't love it)
*Gibson Les Paul Custom (white) (broke the headstock and my heart...sold it for more than it was worth)
Fender American Tele (my indisputed #2...never going to sell it)
*Gibson Les Paul standard (ebay...it turned out to be crappy..needed work...guitar center gave me a really good trade-in)
Gibson Les Paul DC Junior (new, but permanent member of my rig)

Amps:
*Fender Frontman 15 (my first amp....once again, awwwww)
*Marshall JCM600 1x12 combo (sold it to fund my AC30)
*Vox AC30 with greenbacks (a proud, proud day)
*Fender Deville 4x10
*Fender Bassman 4x10
*Marshall JCM900 half stack
Vox AC30 with blues
Orange AD30r
Bad Cat Black Cat 30r (official #1...best sounding amp I've played)

Boatload of pedals...all my current ones are in the sig
Countless ATA cases, strings, accessories, misc.


All in all, a healthy 20 grand of gear, HOWEVER, new gear purchases were almost always funded by old gear sales. So I've probably invested about half that total.

[waihen84]

I'm 20 (21 in March).

I'm working so I can afford guitar stuff easier than most of you guys (who are studying).

I have...
Guitar:
$750 Epiphone G-400 Vintage

Amp:
$200 Vox Pathfinder 15

Pedals:
$160 Crybaby Original (Wah Wah)
$110 Boss DS-2
$210 Boss RV-5

Anyway, right now I'm saving for a new guitar that will be a Les Paul...either a Gibson or a copy model. I'm also looking for a Telecaster as my back-up guitar. And a new amp will probably be some Marshall tube, haven't really thought that far yet.

[The Sun King]

I'm 17

Gibson SG Classic ($850)
Rickenbacker 620 ($950)
Takamine Acoustic ($450)
Ibanez GSA60 ($220)

Fender 59' Bassman Reissue ($900)

Ibanez PH-99 ($80)
Ibanez TS-9 ($100)
Dunlop 535Q ($110)
Dunlop Fuzz Face ($60)
Roger Mayer Axis Fuzz ($110)
EHX Holy Grail ($90)
Tonebone Hot British ($150)
Fulltone Deja Vibe ($220)
Boss DD-3 ($50)

[Phase_Cancelled]

Not that all you care this far down the list but oh what the hell I gotta post stuff somewheres.

My only guitar is a pawnshop ibanez RG. I repainted it trans blue, got Tony Iommi Pickups, phase cancelled, and knobs that turn backwards. did that for fun and I love em. It cost me like $200.
I win.

Strings? buy em music123 for like $5 a pack. I hardly ever break em, so maybe 4 packs? I got loads more of em in my underwear droor.

Dream guitar? carvin dc400, holdsworths, peizo, and a wilkenson. $1200. Also a medium blue mex tele with duncan antiquities a bigsby and lots of chrome. Backwards knobs, locking tuners, and a momentary button for doing radiohead covers. Like $1000 too.

For now, I got a crybaby, de7, phaser7, roland volume and a Marshall AVT275. It's too powerful usually but it's got a decent chorus. I need a clone now so I can use the reverb on the amp too.
So, $1600? not bad. mostly the amp, i needed it and didn't wanna buy 3 more later.

[Stratesquire]

Originally posted by Mr. Vis
just wanna know....
it seems like you people dont appreciate good talent and musicanship. you poeple run down ibanez guitars, and hail fender and gibson who like to rip people off. i dont mean to make people mad, but just my opinion.

Well hi there,

I'm 28. (actually, as of right... now) I spend what I think a guitar is worth, but of my six guitars, five have been "labors of love." I guess that means more money, but ultimately it connects me in a special way to the guitar. Up front, the most I have ever spent on a guitar is $450 (Can.) however, by the time that guitar is finished (my Jazzmaster lawsuit copy) I'll have over $1000 into it. So call me nuts. It'll still have cost me less than a vintage Jazzmaster in similar condition.

I don't rip on Ibanez -- as a matter of fact, my Tele and my Jazzy were both born in the Ibanez factory, albeit in a different era. I have to agree, though I have picked up an RG, and it was a fine instrument, they're just not my cup of joe.

I don't know what I'd spend on my ideal / dream guitar. I'd like to think that, once my Jazzmaster is done, I'll have that guitar, and so the search will be over.

[victorguitars]

im 20, soon to be 21

first guitar, alverez acoustic..free, a gift from my dad when i was 12..it was his

fender telecaster nashville power deluxe, ($400) used
fender pro junior ($300) new
traynor ycv40wr ($630) new
materials for handmade guitar ($350)
boss rc-20 ($275)
boss bd-2 ($70)

total ($2025)

i plan on at least $3000 more in just amps...and no tellin how many guitars i will get when i move to memphis and have a fulltime job working for a guitar manufacturer

[Lithanas]

almost $5000

I am soon 18.

Think its pretty much when you think of what i have:
Squire Affinity strat + Squire Champ 15 amp $640
Line6 POD2 $304 (used)
Randall RG100SC $1280
Carl Martin Hot n Drive mk III $320
Dime wah $480
PRS tremonti SE w/ ZW EMGs $1920

we got sick prices here in norway.

[telmburk]

Hi, my name is Telmburk.....and I'm an Alcoholic....



I'm 19. I try to spend as little money as possible. I fail, but I try.

[chris63]

I guess I need to change my name to GrandPa, I'm 41! I can't put a price ceiling on gear. I get the itch, I gotta scratch it. I started playing this time last year (mid-life crisis) and have accumulated the following:

'04 Fender Highway 1 Strat Blonde
'04 Fender AmDlx V-Neck Strat CandyApple Red
'04 Taylor 310ce
'04 PRS Santana SE Burst
'04 Gibson Les Paul Standard IcedTea
Fender Frontman 15R
Fender Blues Junior Amp
Fender '59 Bassman LTD RI
POD XT (for home recording)
Barber Tone Press
Barber LaunchPad
Barber LTD
Boss OD1
Peterson StroboStomp
Boss DR880
Berhinger Mixer (for home recording)
Guitar Tracks Pro 3 (for home recording)

Wow all this in one years time, my wife must really love me.

[r_a_smith3530]

Thanks Telstar, at least I'm not the oldest person that's posted, but almost. Actually, I'm 51. That said, I took up guitar at 38, and then abandoned it for a while after having Carpal Tunnel Release performed on both hands.

What's important is that I'm now back and trying my damnedest to get my hands to do things that they really don't want to do! I'm into the Blues, and Chicago is definitely the place to be!

As for gear, I started out with a cheap (approx. $150) classical guitar and it grew from there. Here's what I've had in the past, and what I've got now. At the end is a short list of what I hope to acquire in the future.

PASSED ALONG (Old Gear)

Classical Guitar of UNK brand (1991) - $150
1950's Harmony Sovereign - free + $75 in repairs to fix neck
Seagull S6 (1992) with spruce top, mahogany sides and back, Fishman pickup - $350 (I think)
mid '70s Gibson Les Paul Custom (1992) Wineberry - $550
Kitty Hawk 50 watt amplifier (1992) - $200
DOD FX25 Envelope Filter (1993) - $40?
DOD FX52 Classic Fuzz (1994) - $50?


CURRENT GEAR

1983 G&L S-500 (1993) - $475 (used)
Pignose 7-100 Amp (1993) - $60
1970's Epiphone Parlor-sized Acoustic with Martin Thinline pickup (1993) - $150 + $50
DOD FX-10 BiFet Pre-amp (1992) - $30

1994 Peavey Reactor (1994) - $250
(*following parts added to Peavey Reactor above*)
Original '50s Gibson PAF pickup (1994) - $50 (used)
Duncan tapped Hot Lead tele pickup (1994) - $60
Chandler red pearl pickguard (1994) - $35
Grover Mini Tuners (1994) - $40
GraphTech Bridge Saddles (1995) - $40

1994 Peavey Classic 50-410 Amp (1994) - $650?
Ibanez TS-7 TubeScreamer with TS-808 mods (2004) - $45
2003 Yamaha RBX774 Bass (2004) - $450
Korg PX3B Pandora's Box (2004) - $75
DOD FX-80B Compressor-Sustainer (1995) - $30 (used)
Ibanez Tone Works 35 Bass Amp (2004) - $100 (used)
1984 Gibson Les Paul Studio with DiMarzio Tone Zone (2005) - $550

EDIT:
19xx Fender Deluxe P Bass "Frankenbass" (2005) - $500
This bass was built from a Deluxe P Bass body and an original '60s vintage Fender Precision rosewood neck. It's equipped with Bartolini pickups, active circuitry, a d a L. Quan Badass II bridge.


WISH LIST

Peavey T-60 Guitar
Peavey T-40 Bass
SWR Workingman's Bass Rig
Martin OOO-28 Acoustic

[dlriumtrigger3]

i turn 21 in two days.

im in college and i do unpaid research, but i used to work part time ive managed to accumulate to the tune of $2000 on guitars, amps, and pedals. as for ibanez, i have an ibanez sz520 and i love it to death, more so than any of my friends' gibsons, etc.

[Blue Collar Man]

Im 20.
All prices in Canuck dollars

Mexi Fender Strat $525 (first electric)
Epi Sheraton II $350
Seagull S6 Acoustic $450

DS-1 $40
Big Muff $100
Korg DT-10 $110
Boss DD-3 $0 (Found in alley behind guitar store, still in box)
Crybaby 95Q $130 (Not used)
Planet Waves cables $50

Fender Deluxe 90 $500 (Bought 4 years ago, thought it was good at the time)

Orange AD30 halfstack Circa $2000 (Coming Soon):D

[snuffnordschism]

i am 18.
i spent over $10,000 in the last year.
ive bought a squier jagmaster-$100
mako exotec-$100
invader for parts guitar-$80
ibanez rg420- $280
custom "jazz"master- $190
and a whole lot of pedals( over 200, i only have 14 left)ive spent waaayyy too much money on pedals. and ill keep buymore.
ive spent $1800 on my two half stacks and combo.
and just under a thousand dollars on strings and picks and cables.

[guitarplayer213]

im 18 and i have
Gibson LP Studio:$1200
Epiphone SG Korina:$400 used
Dean ML:$400 Used
Jackson SLSMG Soloist:$950
Jackson Dinky with upgraded pickups:$600
Peavey TT Supreme:$400
Marshall TSL100:$1500
Marshall 1960A 4X12:$700
Boss DD-6:$150
Boss BF-3:$110
Boss GE-7:$90
Dunlop Crybaby:$100
Ibanez acoustic:$200
Ovation acoustic:$1000
Squire strat:$100

[shinedownrocker]

I am 15 and have been playing for 5 years. ID say 2 to 3 grand


Schecter C-1 elite: 689 incullding case
Epiphone g400 vintage: 470 incullding case(now sold because i had to replce my amp 3 times)

Fender 2x12r: 329(no longer have speakers blew out)
Crate Xt65:275(broken hade to replace)
Peavey: XL head: 400
2 Crate 4x12 cab's: 300 (i think) each
POD live:400
rest of effects way to much to account for

[i have a fender]

18

Rivera 45 watt tube combo - $900
Fender American Strat - $850
Fulltone 70's fuzz - $180
Vox Wah - $90
TS-9 Tubescreamer (with Keeley mod) - $145
THD hotplate - $270

Martin Acoustic - $1400

[cojonman74]

14
I'll try to remember...

Gibson SG(got it today)-750
Epi Les Paul-600
Fender Tele-500

EB Volume-90
Crybaby- gift $=?
BF3- about 100
PH2-75
PH3-109
Gonk-160
DD-6-170
Phase 90-about 80
DOD FX25b-35
Whammy 4-gift, maybe 100?
DOD 250-40
Tube Screamer-90
NS-2- about 70

Mesa Rectoverb Head- about 1,100
Mesa straight front 4x12-700

cables are each like 20$, so who knows...i have a ton

3$ per pack of big and stubbies

cant think of anything else...

[sabbath181]

I'm only 15...I just bought a Gibson Les Paul Standard(used) ive been saving for for a year and it plays beautifully...i also have a squier that i dont give a **** what anyone says it kicks ass it plas better than any guitar ive touched in my live...and that might not seem liek a lot cause of my age but trust me ive probly played about 300 different gutiars this year alone and ive been palyin for 5 years

Oh yeah dream guitar..Im not sure what it is right now but when i find one id spend however much i think it shoudl fairly cost i mean if its a crappy korean gutiar just with sick electronics i wouldnt spend over $700 for it but if its a custom built hand wired hand carved usa reissue historic model gutiar id go up as high as i should liek 20,000...were talking dreams though id never actually have that unlkess i was a millionaire

[kmcypress]

I will be 15 next month-I have been playing for three and a half years. I am really excited about some of my gear so even though I am on the 13th or 14th page I am gonna post it anyway.

I just purchased a '80 Marshall JMP (the 50 watt MV). I also have a 1960 ax cab (the checkerboard kind). The two together are sensational. I have been saving for a while and all I can say is that it was worth every penny. I also have a Fender deluxe 90 which is also a great amp. As for guitars....well I have an Epiphone Sheraton II and A Fender Standard Strat. Both guitars are terrific...especially the standard strat. My effects........I have a tube screamer(new), a boss ph-2 and aw-2, a boss tu-2, a digitech tone driver, and a digitech main squeeze (I don't use all of them though)

Gear value: A little over 3 grand but all the pedals (except the TS-808) were presents. This doesn't include the cables, strings, picks, pedalboard, and all the other goodies you need.

Effects I would like to get:
1. Fulltone Fulldrive 2
2. Crybaby or Tessee or Fulltone wah
3. Fulltone '69

As for guitars I want....well it would have to be a late '60s Gibson ES-335 in walnut but its a little out of reach......for now!!! My next guitar will probably be a highway 1 tele or an american strat.

[brianhalvinh]

20 years old

Guitars
Epiphone E-Series Xplorer - $150 US

Amps
Marshall MG10 - $110 CDN
Vox Valvetronix 30 - $299 CDN

Effects
Crybaby Wah $120 CDN (stupid store ripped me off!)
Boss SD-1 $65 CDN

My want list:
Dunlop Brick $99 US
Boss DD-3 $99 US
Boss TU-2 $75 US

also, i want to purchase a Gibson Les Paul Double Cut Faded. I just wish they made them in a normal finish =l.

[r_a_smith3530]

Congrats to you guys that just got new guitars or amps. Wail on 'em!

Originally posted by brianhalvinh

Effects
Crybaby Wah $120 CDN (stupid store ripped me off!)


There's a saying. It goes, "Fool me once, shame on you,..." Of course, whether you allow them to fool you twice is up to you!

:)

[fatgraymatt]

Originally posted by Phoenix
Seems to me that most people on this webpage have crap equipment and brag about what they'll have in the future based on name dropping alone. Why not listen to a guitar rather than just assuming it's good because it's endorsed by soandso. P.S. Peavey XXX totally sucks and is a poor mans Triple Rec - wake up! Also Ibanez do have poor build quality compared to the much superior Jackson, where as PRS has great build quality but it's reputation is being slandered by idiots who think because awful bands like Nickleback and Creed pay them, then they must suck, forgetting that Carlos Santana played them for years and look where Mesa would be without him!

Man, you need to learn the phrase "in my opinion". I've never played a XXX but I'm not a fan of the Recto, it just doesn't have the sound I want. Also, I've played a number of Ibanez's and Jackson's and will go with the Ibanez's every time. But in my case, unlike yourself, this is my opinion and I realize that OTHER people just might disagree and am charitable enough to allow them to. Wake up? How about you waking up to the fact that your opinion is not necessarily gospel truth. Sheesh!

[fatgraymatt]

Originally posted by jimmyjames
The biggest reason for guitar choice in the Fender, gibson, gretsch, Tom Anderson market is tone...what does the song call for? Sometimes you just need the spank of a Strat or the unique fat tone of a Les Paul. No Ibanez can provide that.



No offense man, but I think that's kind of ridiculous. My main guitars are Gibson Les Paul Studios and Ibanez Jems and both can get great tones. I love my Gibsons but I can get a very similar sound out of my Jems and a wider variety of sounds with the five-position pickup switch and 2-humbucker, 1-single-coil config of the Jem.

[fatgraymatt]

Originally posted by taptaptap
you can't rock out with an ibanez.... too errm.... light??? not solid enough... great for some jap-space-toy techy stuff but you know... a fender is a fender...



Dude, that's just silly. You can't rock out with an Ibanez? Hmmm, news to me. Also probably news to Satch, Vai, Korn, Shadows Fall, Linkin Park, Incubus, System of a Down, The Mars Volta, Slipknot, Kiss, Iron Maiden and about 1,000,000 other guitarists. Do these guys all play jap-space-toy techy stuff? Personally, I think if you're a good player you can rock out with anything with 6 strings and 22 frets, but hey, what the Hell do I know?

Attention Fender and Gibson players: PLEASE refrain from telling everyone that these two brands are the only things with good "tone". Tone is a very subjective thing and alot of it comes from your fingers as much as your gear. Most people don't think of Kramers as the ultimate "tone" guitars but this guy named Eddie got a pretty good sound out of one a couple of decades ago. Personally, I'm not a fan of Strats for heavy rock but there are plenty of guys who use them for just that to great effect. I'm not going to make a statement like "you can only get a heavy sound out of a "x" brand guitar". Just stop it, I beg you! I'm going to go to the hospital now and hope they can stop the brain hemmoraging caused by some of the posts in this thread.


OK, I think I got it all out of my system now.

[r_a_smith3530]

Originally posted by fatgraymatt
Dude, that's just silly. You can't rock out with an Ibanez? Hmmm, news to me. Also probably news to Satch, Vai, Korn, Shadows Fall, Linkin Park, Incubus, System of a Down, The Mars Volta, Slipknot and about 1,000,000 other guitarists. Do these guys all play jap-space-toy techy stuff? Personally, I think if you're a good player you can rock out with anything with 6 strings and 22 frets, but hey, what the Hell do I know?

Attention Fender and Gibson players: PLEASE refrain from telling everyone that these two brands are the only things with good "tone". Tone is a very subjective thing and alot of it comes from your fingers as much as your gear. Most people don't think of Kramers as the ultimate "tone" guitars but this guy named Eddie got a pretty good sound out of one a couple of decades ago. Personally, I'm not a fan of Strats for heavy rock but there are plenty of guys who use them for just that to great effect. I'm not going to make a statement like "you can only get a heavy sound out of a "x" brand guitar". Just stop it, I beg you! I'm going to go to the hospital now and hope they can stop the brain hemmoraging caused by some of the posts in this thread.


OK, I think I got it all out of my system now.

I agree fatgraymatt. Satch could probably walk a Les Paul through its paces, and I'd bet that Page could do so with an Ibanez! Clapton would more than likely sound like Clapton even if he were playing a PRS, and you could probably note Carlos playing a Tele! It might be interesting to watch Vai jam on an ES335, for that matter!

You can get wild or mild sounds out of most anything if you know what you're doing. Buddy Guy might look a little out of place playing a Warlock, but I'll bet that he could make it talk the blues.

Whatever you've got, just play it to the best of your ability.

[fatgraymatt]

Originally posted by r_a_smith3530
I agree fatgraymatt. Satch could probably walk a Les Paul through its paces, and I'd bet that Page could do so with an Ibanez! Clapton would more than likely sound like Clapton even if he were playing a PRS, and you could probably note Carlos playing a Tele! It might be interesting to watch Vai jam on an ES335, for that matter!

You can get wild or mild sounds out of most anything if you know what you're doing. Buddy Guy might look a little out of place playing a Warlock, but I'll bet that he could make it talk the blues.

Whatever you've got, just play it to the best of your ability.

Amen, Brotha!!! Well-said.

[chris63]

41 here. I have been playing guitar for 1 year this past January. Gear inlcudes (all new purchases):

Guitars
Fender Highway 1 Strat @ $500
Fender Am Dlx V-Neck Strat @ $850
Taylor 310CE @ $1400
PRS Santana SE @ $499
Gibson LP Standard @$1800

Amps
Fender Frontman R15 @ $50
Fender Blues Jr. @ $340
Fender Bassnan RI LTD @ $1100

Effects
POD XT @ $299
Boss V-Wah @ $120
Boss DS1 @$39
Barber Tone Press @$120
Barber LTD @ $99
Barber Launch Pad @ $99
Peterson StroboStomp @ $189

Misc.
GuitarTracks Pro 3 @ $100
Cables etc @ $100

That is me in a nutshell. I have fun playing.

[mhorto]

19 years old and every bit of extra $$ goes into gear.

Fender Super Strat $1200
Gibson Les Paul Studio $850 (new pickups pending)
Fender Silverface Twin $900
Takamine Acoustic $1300
Almansa Classical $450

Line6 DM4 $200
Line6 DL4 $250
Boss Tu-2 $100

(in the process of dropping the line6 dm4, getting a blues driver and tube screamer. Might get a ds-1 for some heavier stuff...)

[Franco]

34 yrs. old. i've had ibanez guitars and lots of other stuff in the last 15 yrs., in my opinion ibanez generally stands for fretboard gymnastics and they sound too modern usually designed for rock distortion, they're too pointy and come in gaudy colours. But having said that they are the best in their "field". Over the years i've found that older guitars have more "feel" & "soul", i got a fender musicmaster & gibson les paul junior, i also have a japanese jagmaster and a flying V i restored which ironically is a 70's ibanez! i like "alternative music" because it covers a wide spectrum and anything goes. you can write the best song ever with a l lV V progression, who needs locrian mode and sweep picking? But i cant fault anyone for being into that, i mean no offence... i'm also pleased i'm not the oldest on here!

[mahfoo]

38 years young, been playing on and off for 15 years or so,
my son (13 yrs. old) has been playing bass for 1-1/2 years and
that has really put a flame of interest and creativity under my ass,
I also have a twin brother that hands down is one great drummer.

[davidbg]

well, i'm 26 and let me see, owned 5 guitars...

First guitar - some no name crap LP copy - £100
Squier Jagmaster (Japanese made) - £250
Rickenbacker 330 - £650
Danelectro Baritone - Gift
Travis Bean TB1000A - £900

So total outlay £2100 but i sold the Rickenbacker for £650 and the Squier (to a friend, so I can still use it!) for £150 so i guess i've only paid £1100 in total which is pretty good for having a TB.

[crobin]

28 yrs old playing since I was I think 10 or something like that. Dad plays as well so it was always around, as for what I spend on gear not that much anymore because I blew way too much in the past. Working in a music shop is dangerous to a gear freak, like an addict living with his dealer. Anyways, I could buy a really nice car with the money I have spent on gear but I really like what I have and I realize at this point any thing else is overkill. I really hate to think about all that cash. Put my Dads gear with mine and it so stupid, I think it is like 30 guitars or something like that....ridiculous. I have had too many guitars to remeber. Seek help while you can or this could happen to you.
My stuff:
58 lp ri, 52 tele ri, 65 jazzmaster, lp dc, 78 fender strat, fender bass vi ri, mex tele gib, es 335, 2 taylor acoustics,larivee 12 string
jazz bass,p bass,baby taylor, some nylon string classical I bought in mexico, mandolin
dsl 100, 2 marshall 4x12s, fender twin, vox ac 15, marshall studio 15, Marshsall 2x12
tons of freaking pedals, I love the things if I buy new stuff that is what I get.
Yes I am a certified gear addict .... help...

[Mr. Black]

i'm turning 25 in just under a month, if i really felt the guitar was worth it, and had the money, i'd spend quite a bit, in the past i've bought:


Washburn Dime Model, new from around 96 or so, $400 w/HC
Carvin X100B head $600 used
Carvin 4x12 cab new from carvin -$300
Digitech RP12 new $385
Charvel bolt on broken fire red paint reverse head $200 used
Ibanez RG7620 brand new in 98 $1,200 w/HC
Ibanez Iceman new in 99 $300 w/HC
Ibanez GAX70 new in 99 $185
Heil Talkbox used $100
ProCo Rat new $60
Fender Telecaster, natural wood finish $300 used w/gigbag
Yamaha RGX603S used from G.C. $100 w/HC
Carvin X100B head w/ Road Electronics 4x12 cab used $250
Digitech "The Weapon" new $125

The guitars i'm currently looking at are all around $600, but if i had the money i'd definetely be willing to spend 3 or 4 Thousand on a guitar if i really felt it was worth it. I do agree gibsons and prs are overpriced on alot of their gear, but occassionally you find one worth the cost, and obviously i love ibanez.

[Matthew17]

I am 18..

Everything together is about £1625... which is like $3200 in USD. But that is my entire rig (excluding other instruments)

Guitars alone = £420 (for 2 guitars) = $835 ish USD... I love my cheap guitars, wouldn't trade them for anything in the world :)

if you want to include other instruments...

£50 for electric piano
£120 for electric violin
£100 for mandolin
£70 for lap steel

[Drunk Fly]

I'm 16 and in Australia but I'll try to convert prices to US dollars. This is only my nice gear that I bought myself.

Guitar: $1495 inc shipping
Rat: $160 inc shipping
Volume: $89 inc shipping
Blues Driver + Cables: $200 inc shipping
Fuzz Factory: $209 inc shipping
eBow: about $110 inc shipping
Amp: AU$1900 (currently $1507)

Total: $3770

That's a lot more than I would've expected.

EDIT: Oh, and I've been playing for five years.

[ukhc_iain]

im 19 livein glasgow work full time and rent an apartment. I make around $2600 amonth and pay $1280 rent a month. I seem to do ok for gear as i work in a guitar store and get all my stuff trade plus tax.

Vht pittbull head $3000
Marshall 1960 $500 secondhand
Line6 mm4
Line 6 dl4 pair bought for $200 from a junkie
Ernie ball volume $300
Tu2 $120
Ibanez 1550 w/emgs $1300
Esp ltd Kh 602 $1300
Esp F series thru neck bass Free!! it was a damaged model!!!

My rents quite high as i live in a yuppie area of town but my work is at the end of my street so i dont need a car .My vht cost me $2000 trade and my guitars co9st me around half the amount..

[conksu]

I'm 22 and I've been playing for about 8 years..

Guitars:
Fender American Deluxe Telecaster $1100
Ibanez GAX70 $200 (still play it and love it)
Ibanez AEF37 $600

Amp:
Fender Super 60 (Tube) $350

Pedals:
EHX Octave Multiplexor $75
Dunlop Crybaby Wah $40
Boss DS-1 $60
Boss FV-50H Vol $45
Boss TU-2 $100
Boss SD-1 Overdrive Traded for a strat hardcase
Dano EQ $20
Ibanez DE-7 $50
Dano Tremelo $25
EHX Small Stone $75
Boss CH-1 $60
DOD FX25B Envelope Filter $30

Grand total: $2830 + hardcase
Worth every penny :)

[grover]

I'm 30.
Playing since puberty hit.
I got a 77' Gibson LP Custom about ten years ago. It was $800.
Most I would spend on a guitar would be for a Travis Bean. I have seen them go from $1,200 to over 2 grand. One day perhaps.
Ibanez's are great. They are the Honda Accord of guitars. They work great, last for a while, but don't re-sell for very much. I have owned 2 Ibanez Talmans in the past and one Ibanez 12-string. Just sold the 12-string last week for groceries.
I don't really think that Gibson and Fender are ripping anyone off more than Ibanez would. The villian, IMO, is the sly cat at your local music store who buys your used gear for little, and then jacks up the price on the sales floor.

Cheers!

[shavago]

26, and have been playing for 12 years. Let's see...

Guitars:
Fender Strat @ $350
w/ Noiseless pickups extra $200
Schecter C-1 Elite $600
Yamaha CG170 CA Classical $500
Alvarez AD60SC $450

Amps:
Peavey Triple XXX $600 used
triple xxx 4x12 cab $350 used
Fender Stage 100 $400
Peavey Blazer 158 free!!

Effects:
BBE 362 $50
Dunlop Wah $60
Boss TU-2 $50
Boss TR-2 $60
Boss DD-3 $100
Ibanez CF-7 $80

Other:
Furman PL Plus power conditioner $100
THD Hotplate $270:D :D

[carnevoodoo]

I don't know if I've responded to this. hrm.

8 pages is too much to look through, so I'll just do it again.

I'm 28 and I have been playing for 15 years.

Guitars:
CIJ Jazzmaster - 600
Antiquity II pups - gift from girlfriend)
MIM Tom Delonge Strat - 175
'59 pickup for Delonge strat - 50
Squire Bullet - free (ex girlfriend's guitar)
Peavey Patriot bass (my first bass ever) - gift (xmas 1994)
Custom made P bass with jazz bass pickups - 350
Parts to rewire bass last weekend - 30 bucks
Aria acoustic (first guitar ever) - 100 dollars new in 1990
Crappy nylon string guitar - 5 dollars
Taylor 400 series jumbo body - 1200

Amps:
Carvin MTS3212 2x12 100 watt combo - 400
Music Man HD-130 2x12 65/130 watt combo - 400
Fender Champ 1972 - 15 dollars
Replacement weber for champ - 30
Cap and tube job - 40
Vox Pacemaker (Thomas Organ) - 15
Cap job - 30

Pedals:
Green Big muff - free (bought, sold to friend, given to another friend who then eventually gave back to me. I bought and sold it for the same amount)
DL-4 - gift from girlfriend
Carvin A/B - 10 bucks
slightly broken Fab Tone - 10 dollars
Picoverb - 5 bucks
EA Parallel Universe - 115? Somewhere around there

Other: BR-864 Digital 8 track - 150 bucks

I will be adding a 2x12 cab, a tele, a jazzmaster, and most likely a mustang all in the next year. Maybe a few more pedals, although with two amps I have my distortion and clean channels down. I don't like most effects other than delay and reverb and distortion/fuzz.

[KnuckleFish]

Well "Boys"... They call me Dad in the band 'cause I'm always the oldest...I'm 53 and been doing it for +30 years. As far as prices paid the most I ever paid for a guitar was last year when I bought a Rickenbacker 660-12 for $1300. I have a 81 Gibson LP Custom I bought used for $400 in 83 when no one wanted them. One of my favorite guitars I play regularly is a $200 Agile 2500 LP copy w/ P90s that sounds and plays like a dream... it's all in the vibe and the mojo that the guitar gives you...not how much you spent on it....IMHO

[davidbg]

Originally posted by ukhc_iain
[B]im 19 livein glasgow work full time and rent an apartment. I make around $2600 amonth and pay $1280 rent a month. I seem to do ok for gear as i work in a guitar store and get all my stuff trade plus tax.


£1300 a month working in a guitar store in glasgow? you're also getting ripped off on your rent!

[Viking_Eyes]

You really dont want mw to tell you. I stopped counting at £65,000;)

[zadiqof]

im seventeen, and i have approximately over $7000 in my guitar rig.

[clothwiring]

Hi...I'm Mark...and I'm a gear junkie. :) I'm 30 and have many a thousands of dollars into my gear as you can see by my list below. I'm excluding the ProTools rig and studio gear in that list...

[Viking_Eyes]

Hi im Fabio, im 21 and put most guitar shops to shame ;)

[critical]

I'm 36 and it seems endless to what I have spent and keep spending. My drummer says guitares are never happy unless they are spending money on their equipment.. I've put close to $3000.00 in the last 5 mths alone and still have a wish list that I can't afford

[boyband03]

i am semi pro in the tn area.... my band is opening up the solidstate tour before they go to the uk.....

here is my gear
prs hollowbody 2 -3000
prs standard 24 -2000
epiphone joe pass- 700
fender hot rodded tele -600
gcx switcher -400
groundcontrol pro -400
roadcases and racks- 600
shure wireless - 400
cables(george l's) - 300
crybaby from hell wah - 150
line 6 mm4 - 250
boss dd6 - 150
mesa bottle rocket - 150
cool cat- 50
tc electronics gmajor - 500
mesa dual rec - 1100
mesa cab 800
bad cat hot cat 100r - 3400
bad cat 2x12 cab - 700

[boyband03]

im 19 by the way.... www.beyondouryears.com

[Viking_Eyes]

Lets see.......some one hand me a calculator

Guitars

Fender
Jazzmaster, 62 Strat, 74 Strat, 76 Tele, 92 Jaguar.
Gibson
84 Les paul Standard, 2004 Les Paul, 84 E335, 59 Reissue Les paul (very expensive)
PRS
1993 Custom 24, 2003 Artist, 2004 Custom 24, 1998 Custom 22, 2004 Hollowbody 1, 2005 Private Stock Hollowbody 1, 2003 Singlecut Trem, 1992 Standard 22
Acoustics Guild F47mce, Martin custom job (not sure on model)
Ibanez Jem 7, Iceman ICX300

Amps

Mesa Boogie 2 Roadking Heads, 2 Tremoverbs, A Mark 1 and a Mark 4
Engl Special Edition, Powerball
Marshall, AS50R Acoustic amp, JCM 2000, Jublilee
Randall Warhead combo
Riviera Knuckle Head

Cabs 2 Marshall 4*12, 4 Mesa 2*12 and a 4*12, 1 Engl 4*12

Effects- Just about 2 of every popular Boss pedal they ever made (i find them very road worthy), a few Digitech stomp boxes, Whammy
Line 6 LM4 AND MM4
Lehle Dual, Jim Dunlop Cry Baby
Frequency Analyser and Q Tron (Envelope Filter)
I used to have a TC Electronis G major, too fiddley
I have a collection of Vintage pedals worth a bout £1200

Computers

Apple Mac G5 2.5 OSX 10.3.2 With about £2,000 worth of software
Apple Powerbook G4 OSX 10.3.2
M Audio Pre amp, about £700 and a patch bay
and a couple of Moniters made for me by a Swiss company, cant remember their name, monitors are only 12*8*5' and sound awesome

Last but not least a guitar bug and a Sienhisser EW100

Can anyone count all that up? I know ive spent a fortune, and most of it i dont play cos its in storage.

Nice nest egg for my retirement though ;)

[Matthew17]

Originally posted by Viking_Eyes
You really dont want mw to tell you. I stopped counting at £65,000


Originally posted by Viking_Eyes

Guitars

Fender
Jazzmaster, 62 Strat, 74 Strat, 76 Tele, 92 Jaguar.
Gibson
84 Les paul Standard, 2004 Les Paul, 84 E335, 59 Reissue Les paul (very expensive)
PRS
1993 Custom 24, 2003 Artist, 2004 Custom 24, 1998 Custom 22, 2004 Hollowbody 1, 2005 Private Stock Hollowbody 1, 2003 Singlecut Trem, 1992 Standard 22
Acoustics Guild F47mce, Martin custom job (not sure on model)
Ibanez Jem 7, Iceman ICX300

ETC ETC ETC

Nice nest egg for my retirement though ;)

Hmmm... who's trying to show off :rolleyes:

[okassassin]

I'm 24, and currently I own a Fender Fat Strat that I have customized to the point that only the body and neck plate are all that are left of the original guitar. I was given the guitar when I first was learning and have been making changes to it ever since:

Guitar #1

$0 Squire Japanese Strat (gift)
$100 Fender Mexican Strat neck w/tuners
$45 Fender Tortiose shell pickguard
$40 Fender "Fat Strat" pickups (I still to this day do not know what these pickups are or if they are the original "Fat Strat" setup... got them in a loaded pickguard on eBay. I know the humbucker is a SD "Invader" (which I hate), but the single coils are super hot and have fat magnets on the back...)
$0 USA Fender Vintage Bridge (trade)
$8 Gibson 3-Way Switch (for coil tapping).

There have been other little things here or there I've put into the guitar like new pots, etc. On time I tried to wire it like a Jaguar circuit, so there are all sorts of weird route holes under the pickguard. But over all it looks like I got this guitar that I love for about $200 give or take. Still my main guitar after all these years.

Guitar #2 (Sold)

$250 Used Mexican Fender Telecaster
$85 Harmonic Design Super-90 bridge pickup
$35 Used SD "Jazz" neck pickup
$25 New pots/wires etc.

Another great guitar for about $450, but alas, Teles just don't feel as good to me as Fender's other body types.

Guitar #3

Current project, bought a frankenstien Fender Jazzmaster MIJ for $450, ended up stripping it down to just the body, selling all the other parts for about $200, and then buying all American Reissue parts (except for the neck) in order to make it into a poor man's American Reissue. Even was brave enough to try a refinish myself which has been the hardest part. Still finishing it up. If I had it to do over again I probably would have saved up to buy a reissue used because with the refinish and the price of buying all the US Reissue parts it's been a lot of effort and for not saving very much cash on the deal. If the guitar had a Jazzmaster neck and a good finish when I got it then it would have been an easier job, but the original guitar would have cost me at least $300 more.

I like to see a really nice, well made guitar like the next man, but honestly I can't afford to pay $2000 for a peice of wood and some copper wire. Buying Japanese and Mexican Fenders at bargin prices and then upgrading them with the electronics of my choice has been great for me. It started as just being a result of lack of money but in the end I know more about guitars than most my friends and can do my own repairs, etc so it's been a great experiance.

[intorvert]

Wow... I am the frugal one at 29...

Currently own:
60's Harmony Sovereign acoustic
1968 Vox Folk Twelve 12-string acoustic
Ibanez AX7221 7-string*
Washburn XB-125 5-string bass
Epiphone Les Paul Studio LE
Rogue acoustic/electric mandolin
Peavey Classic 30* (tweed, of course)
Crate MX65R*
Boss DD-3
boss FV-50L
Boss RV-3
Boss Sniper'
modded Boss distortion' (it's a secret)
dano french toast
dano pb&j
dano pepperoni'
dano tunamelt'
digitech bass synth wah'
digitech digidelay'
digitech digiverb (x2)'
digitech pds20/20'
dod dfx9 delay
dod dfx94 delay/sampler
dod fx30-b gate/loop'
dod fx51 juice box overdrive
dod fx57 hard rock distortion'
Ibanez DE7'
Ibanez LF7'
Yamaha PSR-12 Keyboard
Yamaha PSS-480 Keyboard
Yamaha air organ
Shure SM57'
Behringer B-1 condenser mic
Behringer Mic100 tube preamp
Behringer MXB1002 mixer'
Behringer MX 2642A mixer*
Vegas 3.0*
Soundforge 6.0*
Acid 4.0*

The items with stars are the only things I've ever purchased over $200. The most expensive item has been the Peavey Classic 30 at $460 after tax. Everything with a ' was under $100. The rest were trades, gifts, or aquirements...

[Paradoxon]

I´m 24 years old.

Tomorrow I´m going to order 2 of my "dream" guitars, and a Mexican Fender 70´s Classic Stratocaster series for touring:

-Gibson Les Paul Custom
-Fender Signature Robin Trower Stratocaster

:D :D :D :D

...By the way, I´m VERYYYYYYYY fond of good MUSICIANSHIP.

[DWMC]

I'm 13, been playing for 1 1/2 years. I spend up to $1500 on a guitar, depending on how much I like it. My gear is:

'03 Splatter Strat
GCB-95 Crybaby
Ibanez TS-9DX
Peavey Classic 50 212

This all cost roughly around $1300.

[musomole]

My name is Robin and I am 14 years old. I have been playing the electric guitar for almost a year a half.

(Prices all in AUD)

$400 - Epiphone Sg-310
$298 - Behringer 200 watt Cabinet
$0 - Zoom 505 II Effects pedal (second hand present)
$0 - Drive 30 watt combo with reverb (borrowing)
$50 - Tuner
$400 - Rocktron Rampage r50c (coming in the mail)
about $60 worth of leads and picks

Thats $1208 so far.

[Jelly]

I'm 16, been playing for just under 3 years...

I have spent...about £750 on guitar stuff, and been given about the same sort of value....

[The Rook]

i find your question interesting, I don't know why you equate an appreciation of musicianship with the gear that you use Ibenez/ Fender/Gibson or otherwise.

I've seen awesome guitarists getting totally phenomonal experimental sounds from no name £99 (uk) guitars.

I personally love Fenders and Have a Jagstang and Jaguar, I used to have a super strat (Hamer Diablo) which was also nice but I wasn't keen on the look when I moved away from playing metal.

I'm 24!!!!! play experimental/post rock

spend about £1000 + a year for the last couple of years
maybe £5k overall (which is about 8 years)

I would spend all my money but I have a Girlfriend and flat yadda yadda yadda.
: )

[wowimrad]

Im 18, play mostly so cal punk.

right now im playing a jackson dinky, for all you naysayers whatever, it works and it's got descent tone, i picked it up for about $250. amp wise i have the most ghetto rig ever, I have a crate 4x12 (100W - got it for $250), Im running this old 70's peavey 100W 4 channel pa header I was given through it, and I run whatever distortion pedal I can find or have available. It all works, it's not like Im some king slayer or anything.

my soon to be rig (purchasing items by the end of next month)

-schecter C1 elite diamond series, amber finish (probably around $600 at guitar center)

-B52 AT-100 header (100W 3 channel tube amp, around $700)

im just gonna run the header through my crate cab until i have the money to get a new cab, probably gonna go with a marshall 1960AX, that will be in a few months though. Im upgrading my gear because, well, why not. This is probably going to be the most money i spend on a rig, im not gonna run any pedals or any rack mount advancements, I have no need

[Rahab]

Ibanez Jem7v = $1400 + Trade
Ibanez RG550= $400
Ibanez RGT42= $380 sold
Gibson SG Standard = $1150 sold
Breedlove AC20 = $500
Peavey XXX = $1100
Dimarzio Tone Zone $100
Boss DS1 = $40
Boss Super Chorus =$60
Boss DD3 - $75
Dunlop JH-1 = $70

I'm 26.. with the exception of the RG550, that was the last year or so.

[Brother Dysk]

I'm turning 18 on Saturday, and have been playing for four-five years or so.

My only piece of expensive gear is my beloved Ashdown Peacemaker 40 112 Combo. It cost around US$500, new, and was a combination birthday and christmas present from my whole damn extenden family, with me chipping money in too. Other than that, my guitars:

Squier Strat - $180 new, with amp
Washburn WG587 - $160, new
Washburn Korean Maverick - $50, secondhand
Ibanez Soundgear SD400DX - $200, new
Yamaha RBX350 - $30, secondhand
Danelectro Grilled Cheese - $20, new
Boss AW-3 w/ expression peda - $80, secondhand

All that adds up to $1100, total. For everything except picks.

Personally, I'd never EVER spend more than a grand on a guitar. Five hundred dollars would be more like what I'd be comfortable with, once I get a job.

[phantomlord2oo]

i'm 17 and i've spent from $75 (on a used ldt) to over $1200 (for a new ESP Standard Series Viper). but nowadays, i'll spend from $600 to over $1000 for a guitar.

and we all don't dislike ibanez guitars and hail gibsons and fenders. a fews days back there were threads about ibanez starcore or something like that (personally i own an artcore and a rg). and i don't like gibsons, fender or prs guitars. they're not really my style. i could of bought a Gibson SG but for the same amount of cash i got the ESP standard series viper which is basically an SG on steroids (24 frets, 2 EMG 81 pickups).

+Mike+

[DrRoboto]

I'm 27 and think Ibanez guitars are great. I totally agree. I just think they all look like metallica.. The artcore series is doing something about that though.

In Canadian dollars, my rig is:
Godin Signature LG - $875
Standard Tele - $595
Traynor YCV-40 (used) - $575 (after replacing all the Sovtek tubes)
My 4 pedals and volume pedal altogether estimate - $330 (all used)

My total rig's cost: $2400

I have no desire to change the amp or guitars.. I'd buy a Vox AC30 if someone convinced me it would really improve my sound. I buy a new pedal ($40-$100) on ebay or from other bands every couple months on average.

[Ice_Reign]

Hi, my name is Travis and i'm 20

My gear is as follows with all prices in Canadian Dollars and excluding Tax:

Guitar Equipment:

Cort M600 - $700
Epi Les Paul Standard Plus - $700
Fender Super 112 - $400 (Used w/ Footswitch)
Behringer V-Amp Pro - $300
Behringer FCB1010 Foot Controller - $200
Boss MD-2 Mega Distortion Stompbox - $120 (Gift)
Small Army of cables and adapters - Approx. $400
Recording:

Behringer UB1832FX-Pro Mixer - $400
Shure PG-58 Microphone - $90 (Gift)
Samson 8KIT Drum Mic Package - $350

I love my setup and jsut recently have the tone that i've been searching for for the longest time for the money i spent i believe that my guitars sound awesome. If i had my choice, I would love to get a PRS Hollowbody, Custom 22, or Singlecut (when they were produced), Gibson LP Studio or ES-335, Fender HH Tele, Cort M700, or Washburn WI-64. Some of those are expensive, others are less expensive but its my personal favs. I am not a big fan of Ibanez, not because I think they are cheap, but because I just don't like the look of em, but thats only my opinion. As for a realistic price that i'd spend on a higher end guitar, around $2500 CND

[bluesumm]

i'm 22
I just bought a Silverburst Les Paul for $2250
I'm ordering a Japanese Custom Shop Malcomb for about $900, it has some shipping damage
i have a 40th Anniversary Twin Reverb $1200
currently my pedal board has
zakk wylde wah $90
digitech whammy $200
boss tu-2 tuner $90
plosive may treble booster(get one) $109
hao rust driver $80
mxr phase 90 (gift)
mxr flanger(awesome) $170
mxr stereo chorus $160
sib mr.echo (bought then sold then bought again) $75
4ms tremulus lune $100
boss gigadelay $180
pedal board $55
visual sound one spot $40
george l's $100
computer recording gear $350

plus i know i've spent a lot more on disposables, strings and tubes and poor choices, so there's more. i usually don't spend too much on a regular basis but that's about how much i've spent in say a year and a half of putting together my rig. it's pretty much finished now but you know how that goes, nothing ever stays the same for too long except keith's micawber and jimmy's number one.

[Pat]

i just turned 28 and I got
gibson lp custom 78' $625 (bought 15 years ago)rio grande bbq $100
ibanez rgt42fm $600
mesa dual rectifier tremoverb head $1100 jj tubes $150
mesa 4x12 cab $300
rectifier footswitch $40
ibanez ts9 $100
boss ds-1 $30
boss sd-1 $60
boss ns-1 $110
marshall vs30r (practice amp) $200
monster cables $20 each, I got like 5

About $3500 worth of equip.

[wristplate]

I'm 19, about to turn 20, and according to the math I just did(might not be right, I'm a history major;) ), I've got about $7900 of equipment. Would be more but one of my pedals, and two I no longer use, were gifts. That's not counting the 5 years of Guitar Worlds, G1s, assorted other mags, and videos but that's not guitars.

[ToneRanger]

I'm 31, and I've been playing since I was 7, but buying guitars since I was 16 and had my first job. That's where all of my money has gone over the years.

I've spent close to 5 grand on various Ibanez guitars, I'm on my 4th Fender, 3 Strats and a Tele, a few different acoustics.

Just because a guitar is more expensive, doesn't mean it plays better or sounds better. My newest purchase is a Fender Highway 1 Strat. Hands down, the best guitar I've ever played, and the best sound.

People can talk all they want about how poly doesn't change the tone one bit, but believe me, it DOES!! The nitro finish is the way to go. It really lets the guitar sing, the alder resonates so much better.

[adrien]

update

still 27
in the last couple of months I've bought

fender 62 reissue Tele for 1400$
fender twin reverb for 800€
marshall slash for 800€
mashall 4x12 for 900€

not bad heh?

[JJ Idaho]

I'm old...recently lured out of musical retirement with a great offer to play and record with a very talented group of guys.

I have a black Epiphone Les Paul Custom with EMG 81 in bridge and 85 in neck.

A white Epi LP Custom with the EMG 81 and 85 config.

Ibanez RG 320-FM with Dimarzio Evolution pickups in neck and bridge position.

Ernie Ball Axis Super Sport.

Ernie Ball Silhouette Special.

Peavey Wolfgang archtop with flame maple top.

An Ibanez Jem copy that I paid $150 for but put over $600 into new pickups and hardware. Plays like a dream.

I play through a Line 6 Vetta II combo with a 2 x 12 extension cabinet and have the footboard.

Morley Bad Horsie 2 wah. Digitech Whammy pedal.

Also a few acoustics.

[Paradoxon]

I´m 24...
...and I´ve ordered a Gibson LP Custom in Wine Red. :cool:

[nardo]

Phew! Oh to be young and rich like you guys! Where does the money come from? I'm into my fifties and spent my teen money on booze, girls and cars! I can only now start buying guitars now I have teens of my own and I must put my hand up as being the tight-fisted b*st*rd here 'cos my most expensive guitar is a 2nd hand Ibanez Jet King that cost me £160. Lovely neck and tone enough to amuse myself. Other stufF

CSL Jap 70's LP copy - great ballsy p/ups £30
CSL Jap 70's Strat copy - good enough for me, nice range of strat tones £100
Plus my old friend Kyoto 12 string jumbo bought with my first paycheck some time ago now!

Don't know enough to have a dream in mind, but I do lean towards those PRS at loads of cash on ebay - they just look so classy. Blue/green please.

[veyero]

im 15. i dunno how much ive spent. my most expensive purchase was my mesa boogie single recto with the 2x12 cab. i dont really think anybody will be reading this..in fact im not sure why im posting. so ill stop here.

[all hail moltar]

i'm pretty much 17. i've been playing for only about 3 years, and so far i've spent:

epi les paul special 2: $100
'gilb' nylon acoustic: free (my sister's)
ibanez grx20: free (my brother's)
unknown '80s vantage bass: $60
beat-up sitar: $30
crate gx15: $40
crybaby:$20
rockmaster preamp: $100
tuna melt tremolo: $20
dod classic fuzz: $25
formerly-owned pedals: $140
misc. guitar-related purchases (strings, pedalboard, etc): maybe $120

i'm quite proud, actually.

[Paradoxon]

Originally posted by nardo
Phew! Oh to be young and rich like you guys! Where does the money come from?

I´ve worked 4 months carrying pizzas and ice cream...:rolleyes:
I´m still studying...

[nardo]

...and how is Albufeira these days? Camped there in 70's - nice people.

[Paradoxon]

Originally posted by nardo
...and how is Albufeira these days? Camped there in 70's - nice people.

AHAHAHAHA! I live in ALBUFEIRA!!!!
Compared to the 70´s it´s a piece of **** (even though I wasn´t born back then)... The village (which now is a town) has lost its character and became full of tourists...
I hate it...:(

[Uncle Psychosis]

Eeek, I shouldn't have read this thread. It's frightening how much cheaper you guys in the States have it compared to here in the UK.

Just out of interest, how much would a new Mexi Strat cost in the US? Here in the UK it's about £300, which is, what, $500?

I have a Schecter Corsair, which cost me over £400, and I love it, but I've since seen them on Ebay US for $400 :(

I think I need to organise a shopping trip to the States :D

Sam

[ben_murphy]

i'm 28. i've been playing since i was about 11.

most of my gear i got when i was still in college and making FAR less money than i do now. frankly i dunno how i managed to afford it. i just pinched pennies. i was a total tight wad with my cash.

i have a personal rule. i don't like to spend over $600 for a peice of gear. the few times i have i was dissappointed and well...let's just say just because it's expensive doesn't always mean it's better!

*78 sg ($550, bought it just after graduating college)
*84 jcm 800 ($450, mid college)
*78 marshall cab ($450)
*silvertone ($150!)
*70's fender tele ($550)

i don't think i've ever spent more than $125 on a pedal, and that was when i was still in highschool and i totally got ripped off on my old ibanez AD9. most of 'em i got for under $50. i got my micro-amp for $25.

[devilleandtele1]

im 20--and ill spend as much as i need to get the perfect tone (as im sure most of you are)

what i own:
1992 Gibson SG special with EMG 81 and 85-- $850(bought used)
2004 Fender Tele (mex made) with hot rail in bridge-($500 with upgrade)
Epiphone Sheraton II-(about $550)
Fender Deville 4x10-($800)
Ibanez TS-9 tube screamer-($100)
Boss TU-2-($90)
Boss NS-2-($40 used)
Boss DD-6-($150)
Electro Harmonics Holy Grail-($100)

Soon to be boughten:
orange 2x12 or some other cab that is recommended...;)
Fender Jazzmaster in ice blue metallic or surfgreen (both with brown shell pickgaurd)

[semihllw]

This thread scares the crap out of me, I feel small and usless in the face of Mesa Boogies, Dr. Z's, and Marshall half stacks - not to mention anything Gibson makes in the US. As for that comment about Ibanez vs. Gibson/Fender; Ibanez's aesthetics are an acquired taste as far as I'm concerned. I'm sure they're wonderful guitars, but everytime I see one I have horrbile '80s flashbacks that you young kids don't understand.

I'm 33 years old and have a staff position at a major university (though I'm also finishing my PhD so that eats up almost all my free time) - so its not like I'm poor.

Yet, I've never spent more than 225 US on a guitar (the total spent on my telecaster project). I bought my MIM Cyclone for $175, and my US made Ovation I bought for less than $100 because the headstock had once been broken off (plays fine though). My previous guitar purchases (various pieces of junk) were all around the 60-80 dollar range. I own two Vox hybrids, the VR 30 I got as overstock for 125 and as for my Cambridge 30, the idiots at the music store were convinced it was broken (it wasn't) and sold it to me for $150 several years ago. All my pedals were bought used, so they probably add up to around $250 themselves.

I don't really have a dream guitar, moreover, unless I make a living out of music I can't ever see myself exceeding 1K on an axe. I do dream of owning an AC30 212, but I won't cry if I never do.

[Elkvis]

I'm 28, and here's a list of my gear:

Guitars:
Epiphone LP Standard & Matching Case: $740
Paul Reed Smith Tremonti SE: $495
Jackson DX-10: $349 + $75 SD Invader Bridge Pickup
Ibanez 7-string: $359
Washburn Dime332: $200 + $89 SD Dimebucker Bridge Pickup

Amps/Cabs:
Roland Cube 30: $249
Crate Blue Voodoo BV120H: $495
Peavey Triple-XXX Head: $695
pair of Peavey 5150 Cabs: $420

plus over $4500 for my PA setup with 18's, 15's and 3200 Watts

if you want to total it up, you can, but I don't care to right now. needless to say, I've spent a lot of money on stuff, and some of it, I'm still paying for.