What did Santa bring you this year? (2009)

Sean Sullivan · Post by **Sean Sullivan** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 7:34 am

I got:

A portable stream cleaner for rugs, couches, and cars
A magic bullet...which my girlfriend says we already have but I've never seen it so it might get returned
Some really nice shirts I picked out from Macy's
A new GPS, because my old one died
Some Christmas cash
Random stuff

But, I really hoping in putting that Christmas cash towards a pair of C460B's, and last night I found a pair on Gearslutz in my price range and snatched them up! I need to get one more C414B-ULS and C460B, send them out to Jim Williams, and get a RE20 and I'll have every microphones I want/need.

CraigS63 · Post by **CraigS63** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 8:48 am

BostonBassist wrote:M'Lady got me a 12 note Marimba!! It's just begging for a Tom Waits-ish style tune!

You gotta do this song!
http://www.moonlightfeelsright.com/

mjau · Post by **mjau** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 8:59 am

Tape Op Vol II book, which is FANTASTIC
Some iTunes gift cards, which so far have turned into Megafaun & Akron / Family
a Mac
and I got my wife a Kindle and an iPod Touch, both of which I'll probably use, too

Oh, and I found a Hill Multimix in my space that I forgot about, so that's kind of like getting something brand new.

cgarges · Post by **cgarges** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 12:23 pm

Of the more interesting stuff I got:

A Tom Tom (GPS, not the actual drum)
The William Shatner autobiography
Two pizzas from Aurelio's in Chicago (shipped to my house)
A TON of wine
A bottle of home-made amaretto
Bumping Into Geniuses by Danny Goldberg
The Essential Book Of Useless Information by Don Voorhees

Love that wooden theramin!

Chris Garges
Charlotte, NC

mjau · Post by **mjau** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 1:04 pm

cgarges wrote:A bottle of home-made amaretto

Nice.

cgarges · Post by **cgarges** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 1:23 pm

Yeah, it's an old recipe and my mom hasn't made it in years, but she just made a couple more batches of it. I'm psyched because I'm a sucker for that stuff-- even something simple like Di Saronno.

Speaking of useful dual gifts, my wife got a bunch of great kitchen stuff (which goes along great with the awesome knives I got her for her birthday a couple months ago) and some great cookbooks, and that's always a beautiful thing for both of us!

Chris Garges
Charlotte, NC

mjau · Post by **mjau** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 1:42 pm

Man, a good kitchen knife or two makes a huge difference, no doubt.

cgarges · Post by **cgarges** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 2:24 pm

mjau wrote:Man, a good kitchen knife or two makes a huge difference, no doubt.

Or seven!

Or a good set of studio doors, but that's a story for another day.

Chris Garges
Charlotte, NC

losthighway · Post by **losthighway** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 4:34 pm

On the gear relevant (I'll keep sweater details to myself), Santa was nice. I got a Radial Re-amp and a pair of Sennheiser HD 280s. I got the Radial from my mother who found it on my Amazon list. After I opened it I said "Oh sweet!" and she asked me what it did. I said that I was sorry that no one there might understand what the purpose of the metal box was.

Luckily my girlfriend was there and she kind of got the idea. Sometimes being a dorky engineer is lonely......

Sean Sullivan · Post by **Sean Sullivan** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 5:44 pm

losthighway wrote: Luckily my girlfriend was there and she kind of got the idea. Sometimes being a dorky engineer is lonely......

It's really hard to explain what you do for a living to my aunts who are stay at home mom's.

Aunt: "How Nashville"
Me: "Great, I love it"
"What are you doing? What's your degree again?"
"Audio Engineering. I work in a recording studio, mostly bluegrass"
"Oh? What do you do there?"
"Record bands"
"Oh...(so and so) is going to be an accountant"
"That's nice"

douglass · Post by **douglass** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 6:15 pm

I got travel scrabble. And Radio City by Big Star on vinyl. I love scrabble.

digitaldrummer · Post by **digitaldrummer** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 6:32 pm

built myself a new studio (see thread in making space...)... and got the Waves SSL 4000 plug-in set. I've had my eye on it and Waves has 35% off through the end of the month, which is the least expensive I have ever seen it. So I basically spent a sh**load of money this year. I'm trying to boost my local economy!

Ho Ho Ho!

dave watkins · Post by **dave watkins** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 6:55 pm

...an end to running nutcracker, thank goodness, though there is something awesome about "mixing" an 40-some-odd-piece orchestra for a month strait...

other than that: i got some money, some of which will go into savings, some will go towards gear that is yet to be determined, most likely some sort of pre that i can use on my spdif input. pink flag by wire, and cripple crow by devendra banhart on vinyl, gift cards, homeade cookies and fudge, and i think most importantly... some time off from work to spend on reorganizing my space and finishing a whole bunch of recording projects that have been on the back burner way too long.

happy holidays everyone!

kingnimrod · Post by **kingnimrod** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 12:21 pm

Gristleism Box
Moogerfooger Ring Mod
Line 6 DL-4
Raagini Electric Tanpura
Stylophone (toy version)
mini harmonica

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7JIx49P4rU

Brett Siler · Post by **Brett Siler** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 2:33 pm

cgarges wrote:
Love that wooden theramin!

Chris Garges
Charlotte, NC

Yeah it's stillin the mail actually. I can't wait to get it and be playing theremin again.

Some of you guys got hooooked up, I am only slightly jealous.

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