So, what did you get for Christmas?

[Robert]

Any cool guitar gear? I bought myself my guitar presents before Christmas, the Lexicon reverb, Maxon SD-9 and my lava cables.

Not exactly guitar gear, but my dear wife gave me a super nice and super sharp chef knife. Sweet - it cuts onions like butter. One of these. (http://www.zwilling.com/locale/en_ww/index.php?bereich=sortiment&produktbereich_id=1&produktbereich=serien&serie_id=2631&artikel_id=28061&PHPSESSID=c1ed8cdf67365af12d5f4d5aa733869f)

My guitar playing sounds so much more "cutting edge" now.

[sunvalleylaw]

From my family and Santa:

Musician's Friend hard cases for both my guitars. Tweed with red for the Strat, black archtop with green for the acoustic. Nice cases by the way for way less than anywhere else I saw.

An Eric Clapton acoustic instructional vid by the Hal Leonard co.
Dean Markley sound hole pick up for the acoustic, works great!
EC Anthology guitar book. (my wife is an acoustic and EC fan)

Ibanez TS7 (being returned in favor of likely a Boss DS-1 and a Bad Monkey)

Some $$ toward my amp.

couple of guitar stands.

A wok thingy that goes on a barbecue.

New Year's gift for myself: buying my amp. Struck the deal on a good used Peavey Classic 30 in Provo. Working out shipping now. :-)

[M29]

Robert you are such a cut up!

Well before Christmas I got a few things which could be considered Christmas stuff for myself I suppose. A SX bass, a Shure SM57 mic and Two Eminence Tonkers which I just love so far. I do have to break them in to loosen them up a bit but they are so natural sounding, no mud and just the right amount of ching chang and bite.

No knives though...man I could use some knives...

M29

[Robert]

Eminence Tonkers, eh? Heard good things about them. I'd like to try the Wizard speakers some day, or the Patriot. Heck any of those Eminence speakers! They are very nice.

Hard cases - smart move. I've only got one one hard case!

[marnold]

I've mentioned my gifts already, purchased ahead of time to take advantage of a sale and an eBay deal, respectively: a Squier '51 and a Digitech Expression Factory.

[sunvalleylaw]

Hard cases - smart move. I've only got one one hard case!

I am always trying to carry too much stuff, (typical Dad, you know, how much stuff can dad carry to the beach and back type of thing) so needed hard cases to prevent bonks in and out of cars, etc.

[Janarm]

I get very many bags of sweets(I don't want to see them anymore :D),clothes and some money.Money,because my parents don't know what to give me.Money will go for guitar stuff ;)

[duhvoodooman]

After all the stuff I bought in 2006, I had to pretty much forego any musical gifts for Christmas. I did buy myself one of those build-your-own-clone TS-808 replica kits after checking out that link that Tot posted (http://www.thefret.net/showthread.php?t=2049), and the UPS tracking site says it's on the delivery truck this AM. Time to warm up the soldering iron!! :D

My main gift--and a total surprise--was a new Seiko watch from my wife. It's one of those "kinetic" models that stores energy from the movement of your arm as you wear it, and never needs a battery. Pretty cool! :cool:

[Tone2TheBone]

I got some clothes which I badly needed (who's got time to shop when you're playin' right). Some DVDs....iTunes gift cards....and a Fender gig bag for my Strat. My Tele took over the SKB case and I got tired of dusting off my guitar when it wasn't being played (Warren how do you do it!) And last but not least a new Fender logo guitar strap from my teenager!

[Spudman]

Not exactly guitar gear, but my dear wife gave me a super nice and super sharp chef knife. Sweet - it cuts onions like butter. One of these. (http://www.zwilling.com/locale/en_ww/index.php?bereich=sortiment&produktbereich_id=1&produktbereich=serien&serie_id=2631&artikel_id=28061&PHPSESSID=c1ed8cdf67365af12d5f4d5aa733869f)



Nice knife! Looks like you and I will be doing the prepping for the fretnet annual BBQ. It's really hard to beat a great knife.

I got a Logitech 3200 wireless keyboard and mouse and a new lamp for my desk. I was really wanting peace on the planet but it was out of stock.

[Robert]

It's one of those "kinetic" models that stores energy from the movement of your arm as you wear it, and never needs a battery.

So you'll be picking faster than ever now to keep the watch from stopping?

LOL ;)

[Jimi75]

A book! Yes, a book!
Do I need to say more? I clearly put two all tube amps on my christmas letter and she had all chances in the world to chose between the two of them....and make me the happiest man in the world!!!

And then......A BOOK! :-(

To be honest, I did expect nothing...

We had a beautiful celebration with the family!

But next year.....*lol*

[Tone2TheBone]

Was it a good book at least?

[duhvoodooman]

So you'll be picking faster than ever now to keep the watch from stopping?
Since I wear my watch on my left wrist, it's the fretboard fingering that keeps the watch charged. That's why I'm trying to learn some of that wicked-fast EVH tapping stuff! :D

[Jimi75]

Was it a good book at least?

Cant' stop reading. It is good indeed!

[ted s]

My wife is too much, as it was also my 40th. my family went a little overboard. Nashville Tele, SRV autographed LP, bad monkey and a pair of Celestion vintage 30's.... no socks or underware ! yay !

[Tone2TheBone]

You can never go overboard! So have you posted mandatory pics of your Tele yet?

[ted s]

I'll do that tone..............
edit..
meanwhile back at the ranch....

try this .. http://www.box.net/public/fubhpyl377

[Meritone Music]

I got an Octavio Hendrix fuzz pedal.. veeeeeeeeeeeeery cool :)

[ibanezjunkie]

Sapphire ATI Radeon 5770 and a CoolerMaster GX650 PSU, but my computer has gone tit's up so i cant use them atm. lol