Earlier in 2023, I was contacted by a fella I traded a Splawn Quickrod to a few years ago, to see if I wanted to buy it back. I didn't REALLY want to, but I asked how much. He said "600" (Canadian, currently 450 USD) so I said sure! I enjoyed it for a couple weeks but I still prefered another amp I've got (GH50L), so I posted it for sale/trade. Got an offer for a Marshall Vintage Modern head & Gibson SG Special (Crescent Moon), and the guy threw in an extra $100 to meet him a little closer to his side, no problem.
Both were pretty cool, the VM was nice to spend some time with, but didn't dethrone the Laney, so I put it up for sale. Got $1000 Canadian for that, plus a Suhr Riot mini pedal, as the guy on the other end was visiting his elderly mother and I told him I was cool driving to meet him near there instead of him having to drive across hellscape that is the Greater Toronto Area.
Next up was the SG, in July a guy reached out to me asking if I would be interested in trading for a Rev. G Racto. I'm not a big Rectifier fan, great amps, but not my thing, but I said sure. The speedbump on this one being that the guy lives about an 8 hour drive from me. He asked if we should ship, but I asked if he was in a rush, as I had a fishing trip planned at the end of September where I would be driving right past his house. He said he could wait, so we did. I picked up the Racto and loaded it in the car on the start of a week long bushwhacking trip, only cursing the space it took up a couple times.
After getting it home, it was cool, but again, not my thing, so I posted it for sale/trade. Lots of tire kickers and offers, mostly bad. Until I stumbled on a guy looking to move this LP for a "high gain amp", we had agreement within 3 messages on tuesday, and met up last night in the middle of a snowstorm.
Perhaps the best part of all of this, is I met 3 like-minded gear nerds, each of whom I spent a long time speaking to in parking lots in all kinds of weather who I have kept in contact with after.
Anyways,
TL,DR - started with $600, ended with $1100, a cool pedal and a Les Paul
Strat was the last one in of '23, LP of course First in of '24
