GDAS

[Eric!]

Gear De-Acquisition Syndrome

Anyone else ever get those days, too?

[Joe Gress]

Explain?

[Eric!]

When I feel like just getting rid of almost everything.

[gnasher1993]

Originally Posted by Eric!

When I feel like just getting rid of almost everything.

Yes! I get this all the time of. Kind of.

I have moods where I decide I'm unhappy with everything and just want to trade everything for something new... in the hope that I'll like it.

[Eric!]

Not even that. I just want to keep like, a distortion and tuner, if that.

[Mudfuzz]

If tune by ear you learn, tuner not needed.

[Mudfuzz]

About this I think about sometimes... but... realization that what I payed I would not get back I come to.

[Wud]

I don't really do too much in the way of flipping pedals, unless I need the money or space.
If I do buy a pedal, I'll tend to keep it unless it truly disappoints.
In all honesty I've managed to avoid too much disappointment by researching products prior to purchasing.
However I'll also keep pedals for a while even if I don't gel with it straight away, as my tastes have been known to change over time, and I often find pedals can work well in combination, so it's sometimes a case of finding the right combination.

[Mudfuzz]

Originally Posted by Wud

I don't really do too much in the way of flipping pedals, unless I need the money or space.
If I do buy a pedal, I'll tend to keep it unless it truly disappoints.
In all honesty I've managed to avoid too much disappointment by researching products prior to purchasing.
However I'll also keep pedals for a while even if I don't gel with it straight away, as my tastes have been known to change over time, and I often find pedals can work well in combination, so it's sometimes a case of finding the right combination.

Me too... and that is why I have over 70 pedals....

[iamdenialNJ]

I'm with you guys right now I'm running bass>tu-2>oc-2>woolly>amp

[One Bad Monkey]

Originally Posted by Eric!

When I feel like just getting rid of almost everything.

I have that somewhat regularly. If it's not something that I can see myself using it in some context, I'll axe it quickly. My effects collection is one of those that I'll try something, and realize five days later that I shouldn't have gotten it, so off it usually goes.

[PostApocalypso]

Originally Posted by Eric!

Not even that. I just want to keep like, a distortion and tuner, if that.

This is why most pedals have a bypass.

[Mark Olson]

Aside from a practice amp for my apartment, all I've got left is two basses (SG and Mustang), my Custom Wah, my custom Fuzz Face, the Phat Phuk B, a Trem-Mellow, a Carbon Copy, a tuner, one bass amp and one cab.

I've taken the tuner out of my live rig, I don't know why I bothered with it because I can tune by ear anyways. I'm sick of having it in my chain.

I'll probably sell my current cab when I get my Emperor 2x15".

I'm kind of thinking of getting rid of the Mustang because I don't play it much, the SG is my sound so that's what I mostly use.

All I use for sideman gigs is my Custom Wah and a booster. The other pedals I need for when I play as a frontman, though I suppose I don't necessarily need the Fuzz Face because I can get plenty of dirt from my amp with a booster. Still I may as well keep one fuzz.

Anyways I've really downgraded on the amount of gear I have, and I couldn't be happier. Creativity through limitation.

[warwick.hoy]

I do not have this. I have days where I just leave my board at home and go bass-->amp-->cab and us one of those 20 dollar KORG tuners; but that's usually for the straight forward band that I'm in (which could easily use at least an envelope filter on parts) and really not a desire to axe the whole thing.

The other bands I derive great pleasure in having an aggressive angry sound, so the board is always with and worth it IMO.

[Eric!]

I think it'd help if I was actually PLAYING IN A BAND

..might be starting something with a moderator on a highly frequented forum of mine, we'll see..

[JimmyM]

i go through spells where i'm ready to sell off everything. i never used to sell anything, but over the past few years i've started to sell off stuff that wasn't getting used or didn't like anymore, and it's kind of freeing. i'll never get to jeff berlin level where i sell off everything but one bass, two combos and a chorus pedal, but i'm glad i sold off what i have. i don't really miss any of it. ok, occasionally i miss that 98 jazz bass i used to have, but it hasn't affected my playing any, and my shoulder sure feels better for switching to lighter basses.

[savinggrace]

NO. WAY.

(as in...

NEVER).

[Swift713]

I have an aversion to having too many pedals. As much as I dig some of the stuff I hear/read on this forum I don't seem to keep anything beyond my "necessary" basics: 1filter, 1od, 1comp, 1 tuner, 1 delay.

[theunknowndude]

Originally Posted by JimmyM

i go through spells where i'm ready to sell off everything. i never used to sell anything, but over the past few years i've started to sell off stuff that wasn't getting used or didn't like anymore, and it's kind of freeing. i'll never get to jeff berlin level where i sell off everything but one bass, two combos and a chorus pedal, but i'm glad i sold off what i have. i don't really miss any of it. ok, occasionally i miss that 98 jazz bass i used to have, but it hasn't affected my playing any, and my shoulder sure feels better for switching to lighter basses.

sounds good to know Jimmy,

I went from 3 basses to 2 (only need one backup not two hey!) and started putting alot of pedals back into boxes / piles,... apart from my definite band board and my fun board I could easily get rid of the other 12 or so pedals that I havent touched since I bought them pretty much :/

may as well try and let someone else have fun with them!

[grygrx]

Originally Posted by Eric!

Gear De-Acquisition Syndrome

Anyone else ever get those days, too?

<raises hand>