Only 1 post in the gear thread all year? Brutal.
Picked up a Seagull S6 Original QIT for $350 this year after discovering how ridiculously well made the Godin family acoustics are (Simon & Patrick, Art & Lutherie, Seagull). Fantastic tone for a budget acoustic and plays almost as easily as my Larrivee. First electric acoustic I've owned. Factory pickup and electronics are pretty good, nothing spectacular but they get the job done. Bit of a mess when gigging unless you jam a feedback suppressor in the soundhole but I suppose that's pretty common for all electric acoustics.
Also picked up an Albion TCT-100. Obscure budget tube amp that sounds surprisingly good and is seriously versatile for a two channel tube amp, they can be found as cheap as $400. Circuits were designed by Steve Grindrod (ex Chief of Design for Marshall and Vox, father of the JCM800 and Silver Jubilee). A local guitar tech has insisted to me that they're unreliable nightmares but for the price and sound I figure I'll take the risk. It'll be replacing my old MESA Single Rectifier as my primary gigging amp, as long as it survives it's first public appearance tomorrow night. It's not the greatest sounding tube amp I've ever heard in my life but it is definitely the greatest sounding sub-$1000 tube amp I've ever heard in my life.
