Did you have any gears for Christmas ?

[piebaldpython***]

OK, for X-mas, I bagged:
Sennheiser HD201 headphones
Digitech RP250

And for 2009, the plan is to work (and really HOPE, aha) on getting:
A bonafide tube amp (Peavey Royal 8 5W; OR; a Crate V50-112)
An electric lap steel guit
Bad Monkey
A BYOC pedal or two from DVM

[Gil Janus]

What I got:

a Duh Voodoo Man built BYOC Script Phaser;
a Planet Waves Fret Poishing Kit;
the following books:
Foundations for Guitar Book 1 by Mark Wein
30-Day Guitar Workout (Book & Dvd) by Jody Fisher
Million Dollar Bash: Bob Dylan, The Band, and the Basement Tapes by Sid Griffin
R. Crumb's Heros of Blues, Jazz & Country (with CD) by Stephen Clat, David Jansen & Richard Nevins
and the DVD - John Mayer "Where the light is - Live in L.A."

What my daughter got:

an Essex Gypsy Rose PB-J Bass in Purple (32" scale)
an Ibanez SWX20 - a 20w Bass Amp
strap, cable and stand
2 books for learning

And the elves left some percussion instruments:

Schalloch Bongos, Claves, a Cowbell w/ Beater, and 2 Tambourines
and a couple of books about how to play bongos correctly :

In all, a very musical Christmas :

Gil

[Spudman***]

What I got:

And the elves left some percussion instruments:

Schalloch Bongos, Claves, a Cowbell w/ Beater, and 2 Tambourines
and a couple of books about how to play bongos correctly :

How is that Schalloch stuff? I've been looking at one of their cajons and am curious if it is a decent quality.

[Guitar-Chris]

How is that Schalloch stuff? I've been looking at one of their cajons and am curious if it is a decent quality.

The Schalloch Cajons are quite good. As other Schalloch Equipment, they are built by Meinl as far as I know.

[duhvoodooman***]

I got THIS BOOK, which will save me a lot of time searching around on the web for weird chords. And a guitar mouse pad. And I bought myself that nifty Xaviere XV-820 Tele copy.

[Gil Janus]

How is that Schalloch stuff? I've been looking at one of their cajons and am curious if it is a decent quality.

The bongos are very well made - they came with a tuning wrench

I paid $59.99 - they are now on sale at $49.99 : We got the Vintage Sunburst - very nice, sounds good to my ears

http://drums-percussion.musiciansfri...Set?sku=444771

The other stuff we got are by Latin Percussion - they seem to manufacture nice stuff.

Gil

[just strum]

The bongos are very well made - they came with a tuning wrench

I paid $59.99 - they are now on sale at $49.99 : We got the Vintage Sunburst - very nice, sounds good to my ears

http://drums-percussion.musiciansfri...Set?sku=444771

The other stuff we got are by Latin Percussion - they seem to manufacture nice stuff.

Gil

When did you buy them? If you bought them within the last 45 days, they will refund the difference if you purchased them from MF.

"If you find a lower advertised price from any authorized U.S. dealer, call or email us. We'll beat any verifiable advertised price before or after the sale. If you've already purchased from us and find a lower advertised price within 45 days of your purchase, contact us via phone or email and we'll refund the difference after verification."

I've done it before and have told others that have been successful.

[Gil Janus]

When did you buy them? If you bought them within the last 45 days, they will refund the difference if you purchased them from MF.

"If you find a lower advertised price from any authorized U.S. dealer, call or email us. We'll beat any verifiable advertised price before or after the sale. If you've already purchased from us and find a lower advertised price within 45 days of your purchase, contact us via phone or email and we'll refund the difference after verification."

I've done it before and have told others that have been successful.

I bought them back on the 10th! Thank you, I'll do that. I've already got back from MF two coupons for $15 and $20 - one has to be spent by 12/31 - the other by 1/31.

Gil

[just strum]

I bought them back on the 10th! Thank you, I'll do that. I've already got back from MF two coupons for $15 and $20 - one has to be spent by 12/31 - the other by 1/31.

Gil

A guy over at the Epi forum bought a Riviera (I believe that's what it was) and about 43 days later it went down in price by $249. I PM's him and told him to contact them and about a week later he told me they refunded him the difference.

[warren0728]

my kids got me a monster cable prolink performa 500 guitar cable and a really cool handmade one-of-a-kind wooden guitar strap from levy's guitar straps.....



http://www.levysleathers.com/

and of course i got myself the handbuilt by dvm "phazed and confused" phaser pedal....



i got my daughter a really nice acoustic guitar....



http://www.staggmusic.com/products/p...=108&oneid=328

i got my son guitar hero world tour and his mom got him a fluegel horn and french horn (he is currently playing trombone)....

....a musical christmas for sure!

[just strum]

Warren, I told you the kids would come through in a big way. Very cool strap.

Your daughter looks like a natural.

[Bloozcat]

As far as guitar gear goes that I got for Christmas:

An amp stand
Another Strat style guitar case
A double guitar stand
A Wilkinson tremolo w/steel block (for a Strat project)
A BYOC Classic Phaser kit

...and a few other little odds and ends for projects.

I was very disappointed with Warmoth, though. On December 11th my wife ordered two pickguards and a set of Kluson/Gotoh vintage style Stat/Tele tuners from Warmoth. They didn't even ship them until December 22nd, and then UPS compounded the problem by "re-scheduling" the delivery for January 5th, which means that UPS mis-routed the package.

The good news is that Music 123 came through with very fast, & free shipping, along with 15% off on the entire order. With some of the items being bulky and and a little heavy, the free shipping was much welcomed by Mrs. Bloozcat. :

GFS was efficient with ordering and shipping as usual. :