Well, obviously Mike, that is why you have no use for Amplitube Fender, you already have the package of the real thing.    Very nice collection!
 
This is the piece of gear that will most likely be with me until I die.
 

 
 

My 1978 Gibson SG that I bought in 1984. Many guitars have come and gone in the last 30 years, because I always found myself going back to my trusty SG.

Yes, the question was what ONE piece of gear will you never let go of...

Sidroe
I have a roomful of rack gear of digital sound modules, etc., from the 80s up to the 2000s that I will never get rid of!
BECAUSE NOBODY WANTS THE CRAP! I CAN'T EVEN GIVE IT AWAY! LOL!

you and others have stated this.
 
uh I cant even FIND digital sound modules and rack gear at shops in my area.
 
give it away - hell I'll pay shipping LOL

I've got two.

This one I bought.

This one I built.

Hardware would have to be Sm57's and my Sans amp tech 21 bass driver, I wouldn't want to track bass guitar without it and that instrument was my biggest problem to as I was learning the basics.
 
Software.... hmm, Sonar has been awesome but if we need to get more specific...  The basic Sonitus comp. has become my standard.  I wish I could put it as a module in the prochannel (to that end, I want the sonitus EQ in the PC too)  I know we can add them in the chain but it's not the same as having the displays open.   And, T-racks at times has been very helpful for a few things.

stonehedge
My 1970 Tannoy 15 inch Dual Concentric Monitor Speakers.
I no longer use them in the studio, but they sure kick @#$ in the Home Theater, or for listening to anything recorded at Abbey Road in the 60's and 70's.

My envy endorphins just kicked in.

Well, there are two things: the 1959 Martin 015 my Dad left me and the 1980 Takamine I used to gig with. But if I had to choose, the Martin would win hands down. It's the guitar I learned on back in the 60s and 70s. It's also the guitar I played my first high school concert on when I was fifteen.
 
My Dad found it on a mothballed ship in 1962. He was part of the crew going through looking for last minute details that needed attending before the ship was towed off to the scrapyard and he found it lying on a bunk. Someone had stove in the side and left it for dead. My Dad, always on the lookout for a bargain and knowing what a prize he'd found, asked if he could have it and his crew chief said he could.
 
So he took it home, slathered glue on the stove in side and wrenched the broken bit back into place. He played it like that for over 30 years before he finally took it to a luthier and got it fixed properly. In the meantime, it's picked up scratches, scrapes and dents from thousands of campfires, sing-alongs, etc. I even put a few in it myself when I was too young to know any better.
 
 
 

RobertB
And I'm pretty happy with how it sounds:
http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=4593160
I'm getting really itchy to get my tools down to Texas and start building stuff again.

That is a very nice-sounding instrument, RobertB. The sound make me think of times long ago and places far away.
 
Having never really listened to one before (or more accurately: I've never really paid attention before) I was surprised that there's a drone string. Are they always played like that or are there other styles as well?

I once met a guy up while hiking up in the Virginia highlands that could play most of the Jimi Hendrix repertoire on a mountain dulcimer. It sounded great! He coincidentally played the French Horn down on the coast in National Symphony Orchestra. Fun stuff. :-)