I said that last year! But I bought a few pieces to round out my collection this year and I think I’m done, for the foreseeable future anyways. Especially with no gigs to play! I will still window shop and make jokes about wanting this or that, but it’s just out of habit.
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Anyone ever run outa gas?
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Honestly I have, I have the best bass(s) and back line xotic,greenboy,mesa. I have been content for years and don't see it changing. I also spend more time playing than obsessing over gear.
I have no gigs planned, we don`t know when there is a chance of playing live again. I was GAS free....until last night!
Time to move on more gear.
Time to move on more gear.
Pretty content at the moment, but wouldn't mind having a white MusicMan Stingray Special with maple neck.
I need a Ric...it's a chronic condition for me. I am attending GASA meetings that seem to help.
Suffered from chronic GAS for a long time but I think the '83 Peavey Foundation I bought recently may have cured me. I think it ruined me for all other basses. Paid the least for it out of all of my bass herd, too. ($315) If only I had found that one first, I could have saved a lot of money. 
Not sure my GAS will ever be fully under control; at the moment it is on hiatus. Of course I am always looking for that next "must have" item, but have honestly run out of storage room. I have considered renting a storage space, but that means some of my gear would not be as readily available.
Since the Covid thing started my playing out has been seriously reduced, and it is mostly on mandolin currently. My church gig on bass has been put on hold for what seems like an undetermined amount of time. As I constantly browse for new-to-me (used) gear I am now thinking "is this item I just found better or much different than what I already have?". More often than not the answer is "no it is not". That in itself is scary because I really enjoy the thrill of the hunt, so maybe it's time to think about putting an addition on to my music room. On the plus side, I can frequently find something I had completely forgotten about lurking in the corner, and that's almost as good as "the hunt".
Thump on,
One_Dude
Since the Covid thing started my playing out has been seriously reduced, and it is mostly on mandolin currently. My church gig on bass has been put on hold for what seems like an undetermined amount of time. As I constantly browse for new-to-me (used) gear I am now thinking "is this item I just found better or much different than what I already have?". More often than not the answer is "no it is not". That in itself is scary because I really enjoy the thrill of the hunt, so maybe it's time to think about putting an addition on to my music room. On the plus side, I can frequently find something I had completely forgotten about lurking in the corner, and that's almost as good as "the hunt".
Thump on,
One_Dude
I found out this year that paid gigs were the main driver of my gas. All that money for nothing as Mark Knopfler says. Plus, it seems dumb to buy more stuff just to play at my house. Well i guess Ill find out when these shows start back up.
I was okay until I spotted this fretless.
I think I’m fine but then it only takes a moment of weakness and something nice. As Jagger said, I can’t get no satisfaction. Desire is endless and part of the human condition that contributes to suffering, or so Buddha argued. Buddhism is largely about how to control or surpass those never ending human desires. In psychology it is referred to as the hedonic treadmill. Hedonic treadmill - Wikipedia
My hobbyist GAS is chronic, intermittent and refractory to all treatment. This year I decided to put together a home rack for some recording, mainly to critique/listen to myself while practicing. Then I started a new project and we had exactly 1 practice before Montreal went back into "red" status, so we're on "perma-pause" until further notice......meanwhile, after years as a 98% J5 player, I took the P5 plunge. The toughest thing for me is that before C19 shut the Can/US border to routine car traffic, I picked up a used TH350, M-Bass and Mesa 112 and had them sent to my old guitar playin' buddy in VT......he has been enjoying them in his music room since then, and I have yet to lay hands on em=GAS for stuff I have already paid for, LOL.
Same...I have three Basses, one amp and two cabinets and a headphone amp. I have zero interest in buying anything else bass related. I still look at stuff and still have stuff on my wish list but I can honestly say I am not even considering making a bass related purchase.
Yeah this thing of "I'm satisfied", "more gear won't help me play better", "my GAS is gone" and "I finally bought my last bass"..... yeah yeah, that's just a temporary condition. GAS is the normal condition.... so this I'm satisfied thing, it'll go away, don't worry.... 
As for me, I lost all my basses along with all my personal property last summer (long story), so since then I've been reacquiring basses. It started out as just I want something to play at all, but at this point I just bought my 5th bass, my CLF Research L2000.
The most painful loss last summer was my original L2K fretless which I bought new in 2000 (IIRC) and was my primary bass for the intervening 20 years. I also decided that after about 15 years full time on the FL, I wanted to finally try a fretted bass again. So I killed 2 birds with one stone and got the CLF Research reissue L2K.
So now I have 2 copies of a Jaco Artist (treats the jazz bass fretless GAS), 2 Tony Franklins (treats the unlined FL GAS) and the L2K (covers the loss of my original L2K). So for the time being I've lost interest in browsing Sweetwater and Reverb.
But I know that's a temporary condition and some form of GAS will come back.
For example, I'm not 100% convinced I'm going to return to the fretted bass. I love how precise and forgiving the fretted bass is, but I still sound just as bad on the fretted as I do on the fretless. So I have noticed the Tony Franklin still hops out of the case, comes over and starts humping the leg after a day or two of the L2K. At some point something goes "Ok, lets do this on the FL and see what we got" and I stow the L2K in the meantime.
I can't quite figure it out, it might just be because I'm so used to the FL that frets just feel really strange.
What will probably happen is the GAS will return in the form of "ok I need a fretless L2K now to supplement the fretted one" and the merry-go-round will start again.
Meanwhile, the checkbook and I are enjoying the short break....
L
As for me, I lost all my basses along with all my personal property last summer (long story), so since then I've been reacquiring basses. It started out as just I want something to play at all, but at this point I just bought my 5th bass, my CLF Research L2000.
The most painful loss last summer was my original L2K fretless which I bought new in 2000 (IIRC) and was my primary bass for the intervening 20 years. I also decided that after about 15 years full time on the FL, I wanted to finally try a fretted bass again. So I killed 2 birds with one stone and got the CLF Research reissue L2K.
So now I have 2 copies of a Jaco Artist (treats the jazz bass fretless GAS), 2 Tony Franklins (treats the unlined FL GAS) and the L2K (covers the loss of my original L2K). So for the time being I've lost interest in browsing Sweetwater and Reverb.
But I know that's a temporary condition and some form of GAS will come back.
For example, I'm not 100% convinced I'm going to return to the fretted bass. I love how precise and forgiving the fretted bass is, but I still sound just as bad on the fretted as I do on the fretless. So I have noticed the Tony Franklin still hops out of the case, comes over and starts humping the leg after a day or two of the L2K. At some point something goes "Ok, lets do this on the FL and see what we got" and I stow the L2K in the meantime.
I can't quite figure it out, it might just be because I'm so used to the FL that frets just feel really strange.
What will probably happen is the GAS will return in the form of "ok I need a fretless L2K now to supplement the fretted one" and the merry-go-round will start again.
Meanwhile, the checkbook and I are enjoying the short break....
L
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I wish I could run out of gas. But apparently I have Bartholomew's gas tank.
Every time I get a new bass, I'm gas free. It goes away after a while though.
Kind of. It's more that I get tired of the hassle. The things I have work. If I got something cheaper, they'd break, and if I got something more expensive I'd probably have to hock them. If I go with things as they are, it will probably remain consistent.
My Wilkins basses stopped my bass GAS cold. My 2 mix-n-match Ampeg rigs stopped my amp GAS. It's been that way for a few years now and I still love it all.
I'm actually very happy that many of formative years where pre talkbass. (Still learning everyday)
Had one bass and spent time in the woodshed instead of non stop gear chasing.
Only thing we had was BP mag once a month for gear info.
My 2 cents.
Had one bass and spent time in the woodshed instead of non stop gear chasing.
Only thing we had was BP mag once a month for gear info.
My 2 cents.
