The economy and other issues kept me from buying anything significant, but GAS induced me to make one trade at my Friendly Local GAS Station that actually took 2 steps to complete that I'm happy with.
This '02 Takamine Santa Fe EAC38C...
...was converted into this new Peavey PowerSlide and Ibanez SZR-720 (along with nice LongHollow Leathers strap for my G&L ASAT, a cable & a 3-pack of D'add strings):
...but after getting the Ibanez home and playing it more, I realized I didn't care for its switching and tone control limitations, I worked out bringing it back and waiting for something closer to an LP-type axe...a couple of weeks later, this funky (mysteriously cloudy headstock finish) '07 Washburn Idol WI66PRO, modded to defeat the stock Washburn VCC tone circuitry so as to be a true 2-Tone control guitar, turned up at the store, they called me, and I grabbed it:
My plan was to convert the Tak into 2 pieces I could unload easier for cash if need be, but the Idol changed that notion. I still might part with the PowerSlide, and maybe some other piece of gear, if the one guitar I still long for happens to turn up here...an Epiphone John Lennon EJ160E...one did a couple of years ago, but I missed pulling the trigger fast enough.
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AXES: Fender '81 The STRAT, '12 Standard Tele, '78 Musicmaster Bass, '13 CN-240SCE Thinline; Rickenbacker '82 360-12BWB; Epiphone '05 Casino, '08 John Lennon EJ-160E; Guild '70 D-40NT; Ovation '99 Celebrity CS-257; Yamaha '96 FG411CE-12; Washburn '05 M6SW Mando, '08 Oscar Schmidt OU250Bell Uke; Johnson '96 JR-200-SB Squareneck Reso; Hofner '07 Icon B-Bass; Ibanez '12 AR-325. AMPS: Tech 21 Trademark 10; Peavey ValveKing Royal 8; Fender Acoustonic 90, Passport Mini, Mini Tonemaster; Marshall MS-2 Micro Stack; Behringer BX-108 Thunderbird; Tom Scholz Rockman. PEDALS/FX: Boss ME-50; Yamaha EMP100; Stage DE-1; Samson C-Com 16 L.R. Baggs ParaAcoustic D.I; MXR EQ-10.