I've just completed a list of all the guitar gear I've owned over the years. Some of which I still own. What strikes me is the number of cheap and nasty multi-effects units I've wasted my money on.

And how many lovely electro-acoustic guitars I've had to sell because I was so brassic I couldn't afford to eat. This actually happened to me twice - thanks to two separate period of poverty.

Of course among all the junk there's still some very good gear in there. My Vintage VS6 is one of the least expensive guitars I've owned but one of the best. The PRS SE is ridiculously good for the price and my LP Traditional is very special.

And what of the amps? A pretty terrible solid state effort followed by some rubbish modelling amps. However things got tubey later on and I've got a couple of good amps now. No not expensive boutique nonsense but I'm not a great believer in hand-wired snake oil.

Anyway should you be interested in seeing how much junk I've owned over the years check out the list after the jump.

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Gear I still own is highlighted with an asterisk.

Acoustic Guitars

• Unbranded cheap acoustic
• Yamaha APX6A
• Fender Electro Acoustic
• Aria 12-string*
• Yamaha APX500II*

Electric Guitars

• Epiphone 435i
• Yamaha Pacifica 112
• Squire Jazz Bass
• Yamaha RPX A2
• Epiphone Les Paul Standard Plus
• PRS SE Custom 22*
• Squire Bullet Strat
• Gibson Les Paul Traditional*
• Vintage VS6*
• Harry’s Partcaster (made from parts of the Epiphone 435i and Bullet Strat)

Recording

• Tascam 4-track Tape
• Boss BR 600
• Line 6 UX1*

Effects

• Korg G3
• Zoom G1
• Zoom G1 Acoustic
• Digitech Distortion
• Blackstar Dist-X
• Blackstar HT-Dual
• Dunlop Crybaby Wah
• Korg AX1G
• Line 6 POD X3
• Line 6 Pocket Pod
• Line 6 Pod HD500*
• Marshall Reflector Reverb
• Marshall Echohead Delay
• Marshall Jackhammer Distortion
• Marshall Guvnor 2 Distortion*
• Marshall Bluesbreaker 2 Overdrive*
• Marshall Regenerator Mod*
• TC Electronic Flashback Delay*
• TC Electronic Hall of Fame Reverb*
• Joyo Ultimate Overdrive*

Amps

• Squier 15 Practice Amp
• Hofner Marlin 50HC
• Line 6 Spider 3 75W
• Peavey Vypyr 75W
• Blackstar HT5S
• Bugera V22
• Blackstar HT20H*
• Laney Cub 12R*

Software

• Steinberg Cubasis 3
• Steinberg Cubasis 4
• Steinberg Cubase 5 Essential*
• Cockos Reaper 3
• Cockos Reaper 4*
• Peavey Revalver HP*
• Line 6 PodFarm
• Line 6 PodFarm 2*
• Native Instruments Guitar Rig 4 Pro*
• IK Multimedia Sampletank 2 XL*
• Toontrack Ezdrummer*
• Toontrack Ezdrummer Drumkit From Hell*
• IK Multimedia Amplitube 3 Custom Shop*

Okay so not as bad a list as I initially made out, but still plenty of money wasted. But a lot of the cheap stuff served its purpose at the time. Anyone else want to share their list of shame?