Equipboard Improvement and Idea Thread - August 2025 Edition

For now yeah. We don't want to let perfect be the enemy of good.

We'll take what we can get and be happy about it. :)

Is submitting a dupe fully gamified?

Not yet, but it should be. Great idea. Let us see if we can cook this one up by the end of the weekend and assign everyone their due GearIQ for the approved dups they've submitted :)

Boom!

From the looks of the dupes leaderboard, Spruce and Edgedancer have been on real tear as of late -- it'd be great to see some scoreboard love for 'em if they're engaging in high-priority activity.

Boom!

Boom, indeed! Updated the GearIQ page and made a couple of adjustments:

• +2 GearIQ for each correct, approved & merged duplicate item submission.
• Reduced the GearIQ for adding a new item to Equipboard from +5 to +1. We want to discourage spamming the site with potential duplicates to rack up GearIQ. Everyone's GearIQ totals should adjust accordingly soon. Most members should see their score drop, but it's affecting everyone equally.
  

From the looks of the dupes leaderboard, Spruce and Edgedancer have been on real tear as of late -- it'd be great to see some scoreboard love for 'em if they're engaging in high-priority activity.

Hell yeah, added an "🔥 on fire" badge to the leaderboard 😎

Hell yeah, added an "🔥 on fire" badge to the leaderboard 😎

Wicked!

How fast and furious does one have to dupe-log to earn the 🔥?

How fast and furious does one have to dupe-log to earn the 🔥?

Haha, 5 correct/merged in the last 30 days, and you're on fuego 🔥

(open to changing that if you all have beef w it)

5 sounds fair, when I merge dupes I do more than 5 in 24 hours. I'll have to clear some time so I can be on FUEGO!!!

Alright we're starting to take the first steps to vastly improving your personal Equipboard experience, you can now tag your own gear with the following details:

• Color/finish
• Year
• Usage
• Serial number (for your eyes & records only)
• Date purchased
• Do you have the original box/case/papers

To get to this, go to the product page, and just hit save (hit save again even if you already saved it previously). After you select what list(s) the product belongs on, you'll be able to set these details.

https://i.postimg.cc/Qtc5KW2v/Screenshot-2025-11-14-at-6-31-47-PM.png

My insurance agent thanks you kindly! :D

My insurance agent thanks you kindly! :D

I was thinking this actually, when we redo your Equipboard page experience (coming very soon), there should be an option to generate a simplified printable view that you can use for inventory, insurance, etc.

YES!

https://i.postimg.cc/Qtc5KW2v/Screenshot-2025-11-14-at-6-31-47-PM.png

In their own Equipboards, users want the item pictured to look just like the one they own: matching color, matching fretboard, matching year/vintage details. Who wouldn't?

I agree that it matters, and initially we're going to fix it by being able to add the details/metadata to the item you save to your Equipboard. For example, I own a Fender Telecaster Custom. However, mine's black, from 1978, with a maple neck. We'll give the ability to tag those things. Then if you want to show off your very own one, we encourage uploading a gear photo.

I'm great with just gear photos, I'm still behind on them but I love showing off my real life gear :-)

And I want to stress this point, your own personal Equipboard page, just bear with us - it's going to be completely overhauled. It'll look a lot more like pro artist pages when it's all said and done.

And when someone clicks on your gear, it'll bring up a page that looks more like this. Except instead of the proof/source, it'll be the photo you added of YOUR gear. And instead of the explanation text, it'll be your review, and all the details of your gear will be shown. I think it'll be pretty dope.

More cool features will come on the heels of that, like valuing your whole collection as a whole (an average but still interesting), as well as comparing your rig to other rigs and figuring out who you're most like. We're very excited at what's coming down the pipe at Equipboard HQ 😎

And I want to stress this point, your own personal Equipboard page, just bear with us - it's going to be completely overhauled. It'll look a lot more like pro artist pages when it's all said and done.

And when someone clicks on your gear, it'll bring up a page that looks more like this. Except instead of the proof/source, it'll be the photo you added of YOUR gear. And instead of the explanation text, it'll be your review, and all the details of your gear will be shown. I think it'll be pretty dope.

More cool features will come on the heels of that, like valuing your whole collection as a whole (an average but still interesting), as well as comparing your rig to other rigs and figuring out who you're most like. We're very excited at what's coming down the pipe at Equipboard HQ 😎

This might be the sharpest improvement I've ever heard y'all pitch. I think users would love seeing themselves presented more like "artists"... we got a lotta egos here, ya know? :D

Re: valuation of a personal collection, I really hope this is info that is PRIVATE and not shown to the whole world.

1. Someone having an expensive collection of equipment doesn't mean @#$%. It's not a measure of talent, effort or accomplishment.

2. This is a gamified site (Gear IQ, Gear Score, etc), so every number shown is going to be seen as a number you should drive higher... and I'd hate for "spend more to out-compete the other dude" to be even be the tiniest hint of an idea here.

3. Consider the families you might be destroying: you're arming someone's spouse with a # that could be brought up in the next money-fight: "You know how we're going to afford this new roof? You're going to sell your $25k worth of guitar pedals, that's how!... Yes, that's right -- it says so right on that website you spend too much time on, all that crap is worth $25k! Who needs so many guitar pedals? You work at the DMV!"

4. Yes, this means I'm kinda creeped out by the value calculations that are currently applied to people's gear photos. Knowing what product is in the photo and how to buy it is super helpful, but creating a sum total valuation of everything a community member featured in a picture just feels kind of off. I love Antiques Roadshow as much as the next dude, but it often comes across like people are trying to flaunt how much they spent, which I doubt is anyone's intention here.

we got a lotta egos here, ya know? :D

I pride myself on my anti-ego, just info, no BS... just kidding