2009: A year for gear

[Gord_oh]

Looking back at 2009, I began thinking about everything I have added to my collection.
I have only been playing for about a year and a half at this point. I have however kept 5 out of 6 basses that I have bought this year, I sold my starter Ibanez GSR 200.
I currently have:

-Purple Fender/Warmoth Jazz
-White SX PJ
-3T Sunburst SX Jazz
-Wine Red MIK Squier P bass
-Black Ibanez 105ex (5 string)

I have gathered a lot of toys in the past year, and was wondering how everyone here on TB did in 2009.

Basses, amps, pedals, stories, steals and deals....you name it.

lets here 'em. pics are always appreciated. (maybe ill add mine later)

Happy Holidays and good luck to everyone in 2010.
Keep low.

-Gord_oh

[metallicafan18]

Let's see.

This year I pretty much sold all my gear and bought new gear.

This year I got a:
Traben John Moyer Signature Havok
Fender P MIM
GK NEO410
GK NEO212
Sansamp RBI
Sonic Maximizer
Rack cases

Here are some pics.

[Dubista]

nothing much here. Just a MAG600 and a 410

[Alexander]

I've only bought two things this year - a 9v battery and a new set of DR Lo-Riders...

[Jason P Bass]

This year I bought:

Fender MIM FSR Strat
Steinberger WAV 4
Set of Sabian B8 cymbals
Peavey Cirrus bolt on
ESP B55 to backup the Cirrus
Sunn Concert Lead
Some old Peavey PA head

And before 2009 is over, I might have an order placed with LDS for a custom cabinet.

Compared to years past, I really slowed down this year.

[Luke666uk]

Blew all my budget on a Mesa M6 carbine and a Mesa vintage powerhouse 4x10. Was worth it though!!!

[Geek Bassist]

Bought an Epiphone Thunderbird, bought a MIM jazz.

[coltranius]

Markbass LMT800, GK 4x10. All last month, too.

[Woofenstein]

Sansamp RPM
QSC RMX1450
Bag End D10B-D
Strings

[Valerus]

Fender Classic 70s Jazz (3TS), Bergantino HS210, Catalinbread SFT, Blackout Effectors Musket, Fulltone OCD, EHX Memory Boy, Boss PS-3, Boss RV-3

haha, 2009 has been fruitful.

[cosmicevan]

a year is a long time and a LOT happened this year (in and out of my bass life).

bought my first home and switched jobs...

joined up with a third musical project while the other two slowed down a bit, recorded a bunch, didn't really do much gigging, but there were a few...

sold and traded a BUNCH of basses and ended up with these new in the year
Abe Rivera 4
Carl Thompson 4 No Frills
Pavel Hadara Deluxe 5
Pete Hilton 4

the only one that I had before the year started and still do is my beloved Mørch Curl 6. let go of a few basses that I had for a while including my Mørch 5 fretless singlecut and 6 string twin. Also let go of my last Acacia and Fodera. Had an MTD that I wasn't wild about for about a month and sold a few others that I picked up to check out with the intention of selling or trading. There were a bunch of others that slip the mind at the moment and I also revamped some pedal/studio gear to more of what I've been doing lately.

Whew...what a year. Looking forward to not really changing much in the way of basses and gear for 2010 since I feel like I've finally found what I've been looking for.

[air_leech]

2008 was a crazy year with 4 bass purchases, one cab purchase and two basses sold (along with an electric guitar purchase and a guitar tube combo amp).
2009 however was the year for pedals:

-Fulltone Bassdrive Mosfet
-Subdecay Flying Tomato
-local made power supply for up to 8 effects
-Tech 21 Bass VT
-Korg Pitchblack
-MXR M288 (which is still in the mail, hope it clears customs before '10).

edit: got a PT2 this afternoon.

[Lady Kayri]

Got a GK MB2 500 and a GK NEO 210; also picked up a Ibby SR405 (first real five stringer) and put down payment on a Dingwall Combustion... plus strings, cables, transcription books, a TASCAM Bass Trainer... Next year hope to get the Dingwall shipped and in my hands by early January, and perhaps buy a tuner pedal. I've not had a chance to really experiment with other pedals yet, so don't know if any additonal pedals are in my future or not...

[TMacATK]

GAS always strikes at inopportune moments. I apologize for nothing!

Basses:

Warwick Fortress Masterman (SOLD)
Cort Fretless Bass (SOLD)
Fender Japan P/J (PURCHASED)

Amps:

GK 800RB (SOLD)
Schroeder 1210R (SOLD)
Ashdown Mini 15 (SOLD)
Ashdown Mini 12 (SOLD)
Trace Elliot V-Type Combo (PURCHASED)
Bag End 410 (PURCHASED)

Guitars:

Tacoma JM-16 (PURCHASED...got a killer deal, too!)

Mandolins: (went a little crazy here)

Kentucky KM-150 (PURCHASED...SOLD)
Kentucky KM-250S (PURCHASED)
1918 Martin Mandolin (PURCHASED...trying to sell)

I think I got it all...yikes.

[KsPiNeSh]

I really found some great gear this year - as such, hopefully the transacting slow down a bit in '10

Amps/Cabs

Mesa M-Pulse 600 -sold
Mesa Fathom (M6) - bought, and it's a keeper
GK 700RB-II - bought and returned, though I liked it
Genz Benz NEOX-212T - sold, but kept my second one
Genz Benz Uber 410 - bought, and it's a keeper

Basses:

Warwick Thumb BO 4 - sold
Warwick Corvette 5 - bought and sold
G&L L2000 - sold
Warwick Thumb NT5 - bought, and it's a keeper
Spector NS5-H2-EX - bought, and it's a keeper

I think that's it Some pics...

The gear (the cat is an essential part ) -



The Thumb NT5 -



The Spector -

[stoneboy26]

In the last 12 months I have brought:

AMPS:
MarkBass LMII Marco
Schroeder 21015 and 1212L
Eden WT800 (and sold my WT-400)
Sold my Labsystems 410 and 210

BASSES:

Fender MIA Jazz (and sold it again)
Stingray5
Brubaker Brute
Built a custom Jazz

Sold a bunch of pedals (wah, octave, chorus, delay) and replaced with a VT Pedal, Swollen Pickle, microPOG, Voodoo Lab GCX and Ground Control, TC Electronic G-Force and a Mission Engineering Exp Pedal.
Pedaltrain Pro

OTHER:

Roland Juno G synth

[kcole4001]

Pretty slow year for me, just a Zoom H2.
March (tax money) should be time for a new (or new to me) 4003.

[Tommygunn]

Got 2 new basses.... Fail! haha

[KrisH]

Most of my big ticket bass gear purchases were in 2008. My expenditures in 2009 were more modest. I picked up: (1) MIM P-Bass, (2) Smith bass, and (3) I re-inherited my old Cort headless bass from my son. Total cash outlay of $400. And I grabbed another Behringer combo amp and some material to build another cabinet for it, totaling about $200. Also, I was given a vintage (i.e., OLD) Peavey 12-channel powered mixer board, so I bought a pair of 1X15+horn+tweeters cabinets to go with it. Works good for rehearsals or maybe smaller gigs, but it is huge. Total $250. I think I did okay with all that.

Then there was the lighting system. I went a little overboard there, I think. 15 feet of portable truss and stands, a dozen par light fixtures, a couple dimmer packs, a lighting controller board, 2 gobo scanners, a sky/scanning laser, a couple fog machines, an effects fixture controller, a ****load of cabling. Plus enough material to build cases for all the stuff . . . $1,500+ total. Used once, and then the band collapsed.

This coming year, I'll do better. I swear!!!

[ghostjs]

OLP MM2 (fav bass), SX 5 banger fretless, peavey TNT150, D'Addario's all year round! i enjoyed 2009