Andrew 4183 Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 It doesnt have to be after the first drop to get your first guitar and amp, its just that after that youll start wanting more, you want that bigger, more expensive amp and the real gibson and a pedal board so you can sound any way you want Its a right bollock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruler of Planet Houston 1 Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Yeah, I would estimate I have spent around £15000 over the last 20 years on guitars and amps, but if I hadn't sold stuff I would have spent about 2 or 3 times that much. And that isn't really a lot of money for 20 years of joy considering it has also earned me over £180,000 too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13815 Posted August 18, 2010 Author Share Posted August 18, 2010 I too have spent a criminal amount and I've sold a load too! I haven't earned a penny but what can you do! Got a load of free drinks like but that's about it! I've settled down now but that fuzz pedal is exactly what I'm after so I'll have to pick it up soon rather than later. It would sound leathal with my Marshall class 5! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruler of Planet Houston 1 Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 I bet most people on here have spent more on beer and football than any of us have on guitar equipment over the years. In that respect, it's a relatively cheap hobby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13815 Posted August 18, 2010 Author Share Posted August 18, 2010 Yes but at the same time I've spent a fortune on beer and football too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4183 Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Ive spent probably 2 grand overall so far but its safe to say if I had more to spend i wouldve spent it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13815 Posted August 18, 2010 Author Share Posted August 18, 2010 I don't really want to think about it too much. Currently using about £4k's worth of gear just guitars and amps and not sure what else because I've sold a load of gear over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4183 Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 how do you afford these things? I could swear youre my age Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13815 Posted August 18, 2010 Author Share Posted August 18, 2010 I'm 23 man Andrew! (I have you down as about 19 btw Andrew!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruler of Planet Houston 1 Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Paper Lads make aboot £100 a week these days don't they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13815 Posted August 18, 2010 Author Share Posted August 18, 2010 I used to get £12 a week for mine and I had two! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruler of Planet Houston 1 Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 50p per round in my day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13815 Posted August 18, 2010 Author Share Posted August 18, 2010 To be fair though it was all rations anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruler of Planet Houston 1 Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Hey..I managed to sort myself out with a satellite dish and all the sky channels off my paper round - that was the days when sky was just sky one, sky movies 1 & 2, UK gold and a load of shopping channels like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4183 Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 I'm 23 man Andrew! (I have you down as about 19 btw Andrew!) 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruler of Planet Houston 1 Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Back on topic...my first guitar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13815 Posted August 18, 2010 Author Share Posted August 18, 2010 Well I've been playing since I was 13. One guitar 10 years old, one 5 years old, one four years. One amp 16 years old*, one amps 1 year and one a few months old. So some of it is old gear. *Although I have had it for three. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruler of Planet Houston 1 Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Aye..I've never been one for getting geet loads of guitars and amps and stuff. I have always had one main beast of a guitar, a half decent spare, an acoustic and a good amp (or POD at one point). Doesn't matter how many guitars I have access to, I still just play my JS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4183 Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Ive been playing since I was 13 too as it happens started on a squier standard strat and a little fender amp starter pack thingy which I sold a couple of years later for the same I bought it for then I had a peavey bandit off ebay, which I wish I hadnt sold and a little ibanez something or other which is now in bits somewhere now Ive got a Vox AD30vt as my sole amp 2 electrics, that carvin up there which is 22 years old, bought on ebay about 4/5 years ago, a LTD KH202 which is actually surprisingly versatile considering its look and an electro acoustic Fender CD100 being a lefty Ive to pay over the odds for all my guitars of course and getting used is even harder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13815 Posted August 18, 2010 Author Share Posted August 18, 2010 Les Paul/Strat/SG for me and three amps. Tend to get other guitars and just flog them on though. I just get bored and realise the real sounds I'm after come from the main 3. Although I will soon be working on a pedal board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13815 Posted August 18, 2010 Author Share Posted August 18, 2010 Can't go wrong with a Squier. My sister has a Squier Vintage modern strat and it's pure class. Especially for like £230 or whatever. I started on a 3rd hand Encore which came with a horrible little amp. Soon moved on to an Epiphone SG400 and a Marshall MG50. I still have the SG as mentioned above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruler of Planet Houston 1 Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 I started on a Jap squire strat and it was fantastic. I regret selling it even though I sold it on after about 5 years for £250 and it was only £189 when I got it. That's when the Japs did good squires!!! First amp (bigger than a dinner plate) was a Peavey Bandit and I still think it produced the best metallica-type crunch sound! Now on a JS1000, bog standard strat, yamaha acoustic and a Vetta combo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4183 Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 agree about squiers, cracking little guitars, mine was the gayest thing ever tbf, it was purple and glittery but as a LH with no money I took what I could get Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13815 Posted August 18, 2010 Author Share Posted August 18, 2010 Yeh it must be a lot harder to pick up gear when you're left handed. It puts a load more on the price! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruler of Planet Houston 1 Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 You're still young...cut your losses and just start forcing yourself to play right handed. It'll be an easier life in the long run! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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