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07-21-2011, 08:10 PM
|  | Basement Clef | | Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Below Ground, Detroit area | | | When not in a band...playing regularly, does your GAS diminish?
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For me it does. I have a lesser interest in gear overall when I don't have a place to apply it. I still play & learn stuff, but I'm on the fence between band commitments.
I am diggin' the tone of my gear, but not wanting to buy anything 'till I know where/what I'm gonna be doing.
Thoughts?
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07-21-2011, 08:16 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Tulsa , OK | | Just the opposite. Not playing out gives me time to tweak my rig, tone, basses, etc. If anything, I spend/swap more when I'm not gigging. With all that free time, it's the perfect opportunity to chase the elusive "perfect tone"!
Although after 30 something years of playing, you'd think I'd have found it by now!  
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07-21-2011, 08:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: new york, u s a | | i never stop buying gear.....
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07-21-2011, 08:21 PM
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Originally Posted by voodoobassist  Just the opposite. Not playing out gives me time to tweak my rig, tone, basses, etc. If anything, I spend/swap more when I'm not gigging. With all that free time, it's the perfect opportunity to chase the elusive "perfect tone"!
Although after 30 something years of playing, you'd think I'd have found it by now! | I'm the same way. Not thinking about music leads me to think about my gear instead. Gigging makes me wanna upgrade my rig, but not basses.
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07-21-2011, 08:24 PM
| | Basement Clef | | Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Below Ground, Detroit area | | Quote:
Originally Posted by voodoobassist Although after 30 something years of playing, you'd think I'd have found it by now! | I love the sound the gear I have gets. It's just a traditional Precision sound. I just don't get hung up on stuff until I know what I am going to be doing musically.
I look like crazy and wonder for sure. If a great deal came up, I'd jump on it but, I am not actively wanting to pull the trigger on anything...yet.
An Olympic White Precision w/rosewood & tort always looks nice though.
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07-21-2011, 08:27 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Cohasset, Massachusetts | | Quote:
Originally Posted by P. Aaron For me it does. I have a lesser interest in gear overall when I don't have a place to apply it. I still play & learn stuff, but I'm on the fence between band commitments.
I am diggin' the tone of my gear, but not wanting to buy anything 'till I know where/what I'm gonna be doing.
Thoughts? | This is me 100%!
I took some time off from playing in a band and stopped looking at gear. I was recently asked to join a band and have been shopping for another bass ever since. |
07-21-2011, 08:54 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Central Illinois, USA | | | Nah, other way 'round. Not playing and not practicing means I spend more time on the 'net which fuels GAS. But playing and practicing let's me know my gear and realize that it's great stuff so I don't need anything else really.
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07-21-2011, 09:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2011 Location: Japan | | | Also other way around for me, with bass and goalie gear. |
07-21-2011, 09:25 PM
|  | Thunder-Bringer...annnnd Brony | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Houston, TX | | Quote:
Originally Posted by voodoobassist Just the opposite. Not playing out gives me time to tweak my rig, tone, basses, etc. If anything, I spend/swap more when I'm not gigging. With all that free time, it's the perfect opportunity to chase the elusive "perfect tone"! | Yup, same here lol
Being band sedentary ends up making me want to tweak and do stuff much more than when I'm playing with the buds. But playing on your own can bring to light some things that might need improvement, like a new set of strings or adjusting your bass to make it play better. To kick my gas, I stay FAR away from any musical store and try to cut back on the bass porn
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07-21-2011, 10:25 PM
|  | put a bird on it | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Minnesota | | | Yeah not playing gives me GAS pains because I am spending my time on TalkBass and not on stage! |
07-21-2011, 10:36 PM
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Originally Posted by superbassman2000 Yeah not playing gives me GAS pains because I am spending my time on TalkBass and not on stage! | yup!
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07-21-2011, 11:14 PM
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07-21-2011, 11:27 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Long Island, NY | | | i seem to buy more crap when im not gigging. i guess its to keep me occupied, since on the gig the differnce between a LMII and newer LMIII means absolutely nothing to an audience member.. when when im practicing, the differnce is obvious.. |
07-22-2011, 04:43 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Philadelphia | | Quote:
Originally Posted by kesslari I'm another of the "the more I play the less GAS I have" tribe. | Same here. When I have more gigs, I'm more focused on making sure my stuff is in good working order, and less concerned about more stuff.
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