One thing that has already impressed me about the players on this forum are their "value conscious" gear selections. When I started playing way, way back in the early 80's, there was not near the amount of cool, reasonably-priced gear that is available to today's players. I have two Squier guitars that I absolutely dig, a couple of really cool $40 pedals, and a sub $120 Epiphone amp that I play constantly. What guitars / gear / pedals or other equipment do Fret.Net players think are "must-have's" for the $$? I think a lot of our newer members who are just getting their "rigs" together would be interested to know. Newer players - what kind of stuff are you looking at adding to your playing arsenal?