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Bad GAS after purchasing new bass?

Jay Mastro

Jay Mastro

Jun 23, 2014
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I recently purchased a fretless EBMM Stingray w/ piezo a little over a week ago. This is the first bass that I have purchased in 7 years. I thought that it would cure my GAS for a while but guess what? I was very very wrong... I've never had such a bad craving for basses, pedals, etc. I wouldn't doubt that it is because I haven't had a quality bass in a while, and it is not that I am not satisfied with it, quite the contrary, it is the most expensive instrument I have ever purchased and I just can't put it down, I've come a long way since my last bass and I just have this crazy craving for more variety now. Does this happen to anybody else?
 
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congrats.. sounds like you got yourself a great bass guitar, and yes i am a huge gear head and wouldn't want it any other way. i even made terms for it, like gasius maximus. thats when i gots to have it.
i have 3 basses (EBMM HH SS, MIA JB DLX, MIM JB) and am planning to get one more by the end of this year (MIA or MIM standard precision).
the buzz on the d and g is probably bridge or truss rod related, try the bridge first.
 
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I had it for awhile, but not so much any more. I have two G&L 2500 and a 5 string Schector ( I rarely play except to tune weekly) two Genz Benz amps and do not lust after any basses or amps.
Do I play other things when they come along ? Yes but I have not seen, red about, or heard about any thing that is better than what I have.
Imho
For me
 

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I had my orange bongo for 7 years and played the hell out of it. Buying another bass was never an option until I got out of school and got a paying job. In the 4 years since I've graduated I've sunk tens of thousands into new basses. Gas can be an acute and chronic condition.
 
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If what you're feeling isn't "buyer's remorse", then I suspect taking a big plunge on a bass has, like Mike said above, fanned the GAS-flames. It will diminish with a little self-discipline (note: I did not say "disappear") or you'll have to quench it with some other judicious purchases. It is my opinion, as a member of the health-profession, that you, Mr. Mastro, are in for a rough ride over the coming months. :bookworm:
 
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I totally get that. After years of buying/trading used instruments, I thought I'd be done when I ordered my first custom...but I loved it so much, that I immediately wanted to get another one. At this point (four basses in) I don't feel like I can justify buying another five string...but we'll see.
 
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Bass hoarding is a non fiction term. I am grateful I do not GAS the overall rig but mainly basses.
A roller coaster ride of 24 basses coming and leaving me within 2 years, I'm down with 3 plus two more arriving by the weekend. This excludes my end of this year bass purchase...
It all started with a fender jag mij and then what I thought was my GAS quencher ... Ebmm bongo 4HP. But I was wrong... It is the gateway drug to all my other basses.
And yes... I eat ramen, instant noodles and take the public bus to travel
 
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theduke1 said:
I had it for awhile, but not so much any more. I have two G&L 2500 and a 5 string Schector ( I rarely play except to tune weekly) two Genz Benz amps and do not lust after any basses or amps.
Do I play other things when they come along ? Yes but I have not seen, red about, or heard about any thing that is better than what I have.
Imho
For me
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I've had my 3 G&L L2500 main axes for some time and they did a lot to cure GAS, but then SX came out with a 6 string Fender clone and I end up with three of them! (rounds, flats, and fretless) G&Ls still my main axes but the SX 6ers have been a great education! I thought my GAS was over. Went to a guitar show. Pretty dull. Looking at stuff that I already own (or own better ones) 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, string fretted and fretless. And wouldn't you know it? What do a spot but a HEADLESS Steinberger spirit 5er! All those different kinds of basses and I didn't own a headless one! <sigh> (do now!)

The guys are right. GAS never ends.
 
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f64 said:
I guess I'm doomed. A few weeks ago I got my hands on a Hellborg Signature which is now my most expensive bass purchase. You'd thing that would cure things for a while. I can't put it down but just saw a good price on a Normandy Chrome Archtop bass and I'm ready to press "go". I'm doomed.
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Requiescat in pace, my Son. :angel:
 
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I envy folks who can be happy with only one bass all their lives. I guess it's because I spent so long only having one decent bass at any time, but I've gotten myself up to 9, soon to be 8. Yet on gigs, I only use two on a regular basis, one of which is the one I started with, albeit the only thing original on it anymore is the body and neck plate ;)
 

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