Selling more gear

The time has come. I'm selling my halfstack. By-bye Mesa head and Marshall 4x12. It's bittersweet. On one hand, with the Tophat in the mix, the half-stack wouldn't be seeing much use, but on the other, I've had that amp for ten years and have grown quite attached to it. Getting rid of it is going to be a little hard.

But I think I have someone coming by tonight to take a look at the head. He's offering $900, which is a fair chunk of change, and only $100 less than I was asking. Hopefully I can get another $300-$400 for the cab. And you know what that means:

More new gear.

Any proceeds from old gear almost always get rolled over into new gear, and this is no exception. My current list of possibilities include:

- Another Tophat 1x12. This way I can A/B two Tophats, one for a clean tone and one for distortion. And besides, it would just look cool. This is a dark horse, however, because if I went this route, it would be the only piece of gear I could afford.
- If not another Tophat, I will need a second amp, for rehearsing at home and in the event that something happens to my Tophat, and I need a backup gig amp. (Cross your figners that never happens.) I'm probably looking at Fenders here, but I need to research further. My other guitar player plays a Blues Jr. that sounds pretty good and that I could probably get fairly cheap.
- A new acoustic. This is a recent consideration, but I could use something a little better than the Takamine, which has been a great guitar, but is a little beat up after approximately 15 years of use. Besides I'd like something with a deeper body and real wood backing, for a fuller tone.
- Another new electric. The two front runners right now would be another Telecaster or a Gibson SG.
- A banjo/mandolin. Luxury item, but one I'd consider if I could find one for cheap money. Just so I could have something new to learn and possibly use to spice up some tunes.
- Some pedals. I definitely need a reverb pedal. The Tophat doesn't have reverb, and mostly that's OK, but I'd like a little for my solos. And a univibe pedal is definitely up there on the list. Also included here would be an actual pedal board.

That's the list as of right now. If I didn't go the second Tophat route (and I probably won't), and if I get what I want money-wise for the stuff I'm selling, I should be able to afford a few of these. Like maybe a new guitar (electric or acoustc) + new amp + pedal(s) combo. It's time to start scouring Ebay and Craigslist and hitting up the better stores in the area for used gear.