What Makes Gear Great? 2023 Gear Buying Tips

In this video, I take a deep dive into why some gear just a better investment than others. If you have any gear buying tips, or inspirational stories, please share them in the comments below. Don't forget to like and subscribe to help support the channel! Thanks guys!

[Hainbach]

Best buys for me: Nagra 3 and Cat-Lonbarde Cocoquantus. Both changed my music for the better.

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Thank you for your this very needed episode.

In terms of synths I wasn't lucky to touch many..
However my soul has been stolen by Dreadbox Polyend Medusa synthesiser nearly two years ago. I LOVE IT!
Another good investment I did was Zoom F6 sound recorder- honestly hundreds of hours of recording. This thing is working horse.
Also I shouldn't forget to say how easiest my life is due to having rack mounted audio interface.

[saysthetedd]

Gotta be honest, I wish we were friends irl man. Love your content

[ChristopherOrth]

I have a "three day cool off" rule before I buy anything new. Once I decide I want something, or that I am definitely going to buy something, I wait 3 full days without buying it. Usually by then I've forgotten about the thing, or haven't thought of it at all, or I have found a solution with gear I already have, or it just doesn't look as shiny when I go back to it. This simple thing has saved me tens of thousands of dollars over the decades.

[orphic-trench]

I used to have an electronic drumkit a long time ago (Roland TD-12), which I sold for good cash. Found a Rickenbacker 4001 Bass dating from 1979. The serial number had my initials on it, so I bought it with the drumkit money. Price has gone up like crazy ever since. I don't think I'll ever sell it. But my most collectible instrument is a Fender Strat from Japan (Squier series with the Fender logo on it), dated June 1982 (serial starting with JV0). I'm thinking on selling it because the thing is so expensive that I'm afraid to even play it. Good purchase for an investor, but not for a musician.

[CaidicusProductions]

Not gonna lie, your studio looks like a producer's wonderland.

[ChristopherOrth]

If you like Granular Eurorack, check out the Instruo Arbhar. It's extremely cool and powerful.

[NGCMusic]

I ordered a GR-1 yesterday, even though I heard controversial opinions about it, some people said they love it, but some people told me to stay away from it, but I kept having the feeling it would be one of those gears that would change my musical journey completely, watching your comments on it right now makes me happy and excited to get it asap

[BlackMan]

I've found the efx pedals (analog and digital) are so good nowadays, they can literally make a 'meh' sounding synth sound awesome. I've stepped away from buying more eurorack and only synth purchase in the past few years was a prophet 10 - which is an instant classic. But Strymon, ChaseBliss, Meris... awesome (and a LOT cheaper).
I like your example of the Distressor. I think it goes beyond the Distressor to Neve preamps. Why save $200 on a clone?

[kenswanson]

Hey man, .. good thought process, this .. alot to be said about having "foundation" tools/instruments, .. with little or no overlap, of equipment. There's no debating of choosing one, over another, IF you only have one tool for the job, is there. But, .. if a person likes a spectrum of sound generators, let's say .. then it's back to acquiring gear, again.

[doctorauxiliary]

I always get a LOT out of your insights & demos & tutorials & such. this is no exception. which is to say, I also got lots outa this one. thank you, dungeon maestro. & a happy-ee-eee new yeeear!!

[robroilen]

Interesting seeing all of those U87s for sale on Reverb, makes me wonder what people are buying instead.

[middaymeds]

My favorite purchase of the year is definitely the Neuzeit Quasar module. It's one of those standalone niche products that you mention that holds their value well. As far as I know, it's the only standalone binaural 3d mixer on the market so if you're going for that sound, it's pretty indispensable. I really like it to add some swirling texture to an otherwise fairly static progression, it just gives any song some extra life.