a little off topic here, but did any of you guys bought way more shit than pre covid since there is really nothing better to do?
I'm not sure if you mean things we didn't need to buy or things we did need, but have been putting off.
I have bought a lot of things I needed to get in order to restore various items to good working order, like my car for example, which I do all the work myself, except for anything that requires the car to be on a lift. I don't own one of those.
I have bought various NUX and Fender pedals for pedal boards I had already committed to building before covid hit. And I did buy a new desktop PC to use for my DAW, to get my studio working a bit better since Microshaft stopped supporting Windows 7 at the beginning of last year. Plus my recent purchase of a bass guitar.
As for things I didn't need to buy, well I bought another ADA S-1000 and a 256i because they were offered at a very good price, and I am presently looking at a TFX-4 that is going for a decent price as well. None of these things I need, because I already own a lot of gear that does the same thing these units do, but I am a devotee of ADA and have been for decades.
That pretty much covers what I bought throughout the pandemic.