Gas is good for the soul

manmountain8 · #1 03-22-2008, 08:58 PM

With everything that is going on in the world, (which I guess we aren't supposed to talk about on here), I can't seem to get my mood out of the toilet. Ever since I started shopping for new gear I have been pleasantly distracted and my attitude has been much better. All you need is Gas, da da da da da da.....

nad · #2 03-22-2008, 08:59 PM

Yeah, nobody can blame me for the tanking economy.

bongomania · #3 03-22-2008, 09:00 PM

Here here, I also rely on gear-obsessing to take my mind of the state of the world. It's much more soothing to worry about trivial things like whether a given fuzz will be compatible with my bass!

manmountain8 · #4 03-22-2008, 09:02 PM

That's the quickest response I've ever had to a post.

rustynuts · #5 03-22-2008, 09:08 PM

Doing my share too....Five new pedals in the past two weeks and still looking.....

Might be good for the soul, but it's not so soothing to the wallet!

Geddyfleaharris · #6 03-22-2008, 09:12 PM

Gas is relentless - I just swapped out a Sterling for a GL Jazz (fan point of view) and now I read a thread where another TBer is looking to sell a Steve Harris P-bass. I JUST changed about 4 things on my pedal board but now think it would be worthwhile to have a boost type pedal and although my rig is ridicuously good to say the least I now find myself wanting to put together a Genz Benz rig. It just never ends.

343 Salty Beans · #7 03-23-2008, 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by rustynuts

Might be good for the soul, but it's not so soothing to the wallet!

Beat me to it.

Actually, doing a little more selling than buying right now. I got engaged recently

and I am currently jobless (though I've got a promising interview on Wednesday), so money is a little tight for me right now (plus with my several thousand investment in my studio still needing more...).

I do want to pick up a Stereo Pulsar and a phaser in the near future, though.

jinithith2 · #8 03-23-2008, 05:23 AM

When I get bored, I start drawing out a plan for my dream pedalboard in my head... with all the loopers and switchers in the right places to manipulate each pedal to its best... then I think someday... someday that board will be mine. Of course then I get REALLY GASsy and start thinking of course I will need two copies of the boards so I can have one at home and have one in my band practice room...

that also means I need 2 sets of amps.... mmmmmm

by this time I usually get smacked upside the head from the person who is trying to talk to me and my GAS goes away... for that moment

Swift713 · #9 03-23-2008, 07:54 AM

TB, GAS, and miscellaneous gadgetry fiddling have been my drugs of choice for a while now. I spend too many hours distracting myself from all the things in life that suck. Unfortunately my budget for gear is just about zilch. I can only rationalize a couple new toys a year at this point but I'm always looking for bargains on e-bay etc. A lot of it is curiosity, I just want to try different things out but shops around me have pretty limited selection unless I were to make a day trip somewhere.

SnakeAnthony · #10 03-23-2008, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by jinithith2

When I get bored, I start drawing out a plan for my dream pedalboard in my head... with all the loopers and switchers in the right places to manipulate each pedal to its best... then I think someday... someday that board will be mine. Of course then I get REALLY GASsy and start thinking of course I will need two copies of the boards so I can have one at home and have one in my band practice room...

that also means I need 2 sets of amps.... mmmmmm

by this time I usually get smacked upside the head from the person who is trying to talk to me and my GAS goes away... for that moment

I do this as well. I have my plan for the 'Near Future' board, and then the end-all, be-all 'When I'm Not Poor' board, which are similar, but have some interesting differences... I get bored in class, I sketch out my board. This is how I try out new plans, and ultimately, I can eliminate GAS if a pedal doesn't fit into the real estate, and I then go about looking for the same thing in a smaller package...

I've got it as far down to the custom case I'm going to have built for my PT-2. I'm going to stencil out a design, and spray paint it, displaying 'Bad Motha *****' on all of my road cases. So when I unload at the clubs, the heavyweights will ask me:
'Which cases are yours?'
To which I will reply:
'The ones that say "Bad Motha *****" on them...'

I am substantially less depressed than I was many months ago, before all of this

Malekko · #11 03-23-2008, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by nad

Yeah, nobody can blame me for the tanking economy.

THANK YOU!!

rustynuts · #12 03-23-2008, 01:24 PM

Well, damn....There went another $155 out the window for another pedal. I need to stop hanging out around here.

peterbright · #13 03-23-2008, 07:00 PM

I'm spending every dime I have to help the economy.

i2k · #14 03-24-2008, 06:26 AM

even my wife has GAS (Gear Accusation Syndrome)

I love GAS...at least it's legal.