What's the single best piece of guitar gear you've bought this year?

[Twinfan]

Simple thread this.  One item, and ONE ITEM ONLY to be posted.  It has to have been purchased between 01 January 2009 and now, and guitar related.  Guitar, amp, pedal, speaker, cable etc are all OK.

What is the single best piece of gear you've bought this year?

For me, it has to be this.  Humbucker equipped guitars cannot get any better, so I've given up looking for them:



What about you guys?

[Philly Q]

Gibson ES-339.

(Having said that, I haven't bought anything else this year other than Warmoth parts - none of which are assembled into actual guitars yet.  :oops: )

[bucketshred]

My Gibson SG Standard. Soon to get a Warpig in the bridge.

Paddy

[Muttley]

[edit] What a numpty, forgot the reason I bought the Effects Gizmo in the first place.

The ADA MP1 in this here rack:



:D

[FELINEGUITARS]

Without a doubt my Egnater M4 preamp (so good I bought it twice!)

[murraymurray]

Dont think ive bought much this year, which is wierd since im finally out of debt and got a payrise a few months ago.
Got a few different OD pedals to try out, none of which worked out as good as the ts9dx i already had though.
so the clear winner for me would be my red bear mk100

[Oli]

For me it's got to be the pair of Laney Klipps, but to qualify for this thread it's got to be the bottom one in this pic; Twinfans' Plexi Superlead Klipp :)

[CaptainDesslock]

I'm just waiting for MDV to flood the thread with pics of his new Legra....I would of mine, but *aaarrrgghhhh* con-fabbled tremol-no holding up the train!!!!

[il˙ti]

I don't think I bought any guitar gear this year except my new Red Bear pick. So I guess that's my contribution to this thread :lol:

[hunter]

Difficult one, it's real close between the XTC and the Steavens, but with being more consistent and easy to use, it's gotta be the Steavens Poundcake 100MkIII, closely followed by the XTC and the Providence Delay.

[_tom_]

I can't remember if I've even bought any gear this year apart from strings and picks :o

[shobet]

It would have to be my Traditional LP.

[Andrew W]

For me it has to be my Cornell Romany Plus.  It's the best amp I've ever owned and makes pretty much all the noises I require apart from the occasions I need Plexi.  A really beautifully made piece of kit.

[Antag]

Easy: my Feline custom superstrat with old-spec ceramic Holy Diver & base-plated Slowhand neck


Actually, it's one of very few pieces of gear I've bought this year, but even if I'd bought everything I've been covetting, it would still be far & away the best.  It's one of the nicest guitars I've ever played or owned.

[Twinfan]

Some great gear here folks!  Great stuff!

Keep 'em coming!  :D