An Open Letter From a High Functioning Gasaholic...

[peteybass]

Do any of these ring a bell? Then you know your a gasaholoic.

TOP TEN
1. Your Wife or significant other actually wished you were looking at Porn instead of TalkBass.
2. You have owned the same Aguilar amp 5 times and cant remember why you ever sold it and want another one.
3. You are searching Craigslist and see an ad for a killer Jazz bass and instantly wonder if he will take $700 and your Eden Cab only to realize you are the one selling it.
4. You just ordered an amp and even before it ships think about flipping it for a bass that you will flip for a cabinet.
5. Your online search for the perfect bass rig equals 5 times the amount of actual practicing.
6. You just gotta have a bass rig for every possible gig situation known to man. Then thinking about it realize you arent in a band.
7. The one night the wife and kids are out of town you fall asleep on the couch watching " Standing in the Shadows of Motown" yet somehow remain clinging to the latest Carvin catalogue.
8. Rapid Mood Swings between Glee from a Hello Music Email and then deep despair from an expired coupon code.
9. You try trading old Atari games to people for Rogue basses just for the action.

AND NUMBER TEN

10. Its all justified because like a gambler in denial you make money on all of your deals. Of course forgetting to include shipping, boxing, packaging Pay Pal Fees, Sick days from work and gas heading to GC, ETC.

BONUS

11. You put new straplocks immediately on every new bass purchase. One day you open the closet and realize you have enough OME straplocks to fill a large amplifier box...

 

[alembicguy]

Guilty of number 11 100%!

I have enough of the strap part of the locking ones that I could easily make a boat anchor out of them.

 

[fuzzy beard]

1, 5, and 11 here!!

 

[alembicguy]

Just found 3 more packages of unopened Schaller strap locks in a drawer. I think I need help.

 

[fuzzy beard]

Not to hijack the thread but alembicguy it is nice to see a Union brother on the site! ATU local 627 Cincinnati, Ohio

 

[peteybass]

No problem Fuzzy Beard..

 

[alembicguy]

Not to hijack the thread but alembicguy it is nice to see a Union brother on the site! ATU local 627 Cincinnati, Ohio

Back at you brother
Local 1938
Iron Miner

 

[dalkowski]

#3 = genius!

 

[Rapisme]

4
5
6
Bad!

 

[rust_preacher]

1, 5, 6...

I am in the market for strap-side Schaller straplok parts, PM if you want to send some over to Finland.

 

[BrBss]

4,5,6, and 8.

3 was hilarious though

 

[cnltb]

None of them apply to me.

 

[jarrydee]

I am guilty of 2 of them...thinking about how I can flip the gear before I even get it, and telling the wife that every buy is an investment, just in case we need money some day!

 

[audreycashin]

"5. Your online search for the perfect bass rig equals 5 times the amount of actual practicing."

maybe more like 10 times......

 

[electracoyote]

Very funny.

I'm actually a bit relieved, I don't have some of those symptoms. My GAS must still be in a manageable state.

To the classifieds!

 

[peteybass]

Ha Ha.. Funny Electracoyote...

 

[39-Bassist]

1,2 (except it's my '83 Squier P-bass) ,5,6,7,11 Ouch I am in trouble....

 

[SteveC]

Like looking in a mirror.

 

[Smallmouth_Bass]

5, 6 & 11 - guilty!

12. How many basses do you need? Just one more! (borrowed from Lomo)

 

[Bassist4Eris]

6. You just gotta have a bass rig for every possible gig situation known to man. Then thinking about it realize you arent in a band.

First of all, your entire post was brilliant. Second, in regards to #6, for me it's a different bass for every genre known to man, even though I'm only in one band. And then I go on Talkbass and argue that any genre can be played on any bass.