Does GAS ever end?

[Tony G]

I have fought the battle with G.A.S. and lost....miserably.

 

[arbarnhart]

I am unafflicted. I may buy some gear I don't have yet if a need arises (bigger amp if I end up playing out somewhere larger for example) but I won't churn basses and amps. You might think it is easy for me to say since I have only been playing bass a short while, but I have only one guitar - a '77 Takmine acoustic. I'm the original owner and I haven't bought or sold others while I had it. I own one mandolin - the first one I bought.

 

[bassedsouth]

do threads like this ever end? GAS is just an excuse for people who are less interested in playing an instrument than collecting them and trading them off before giving them a chance...hence, the classifieds here, for instance.

I think you've hit the nail on the head !!!

 

[foyos]

the human being is a restless and unhappy one.we are always craving for something...i believe it applies in the gas situation as well

 

[FenderHotRod]

It's real easy to get over when you don't have the cash to get another one. After I got my Jazz Bass, and got rid of my other basses. I found out that I need to worry about my playing more(because I suck) then what bass i'm going to get next...So right now I only have 3 basses ones a Dean edge 4 that I turned fretless and the first bass I ever bought, so I guess it can stay...

 

[MobileHolmes]

Objectively, I have everything I really need at this point, but I have a gas list at least 10 basses deep.

 

[IotaNet]

The formula for GAS is:

Y = X + 1, where Y is the number of basses you want and X is the number of basses you have.

The formula pretty much explains it all.

Duly stolen.

 

[drumsnbass]

do threads like this ever end? GAS is just an excuse for people who are less interested in playing an instrument than collecting them and trading them off before giving them a chance...hence, the classifieds here, for instance.

I dunno, I have to disagree with you on that one.

I started with a 4 string bass, and the minute i tried a 5
string, I was hooked, so the 4had to go. Then i tried a 5 string
Roscoe and decided the flatter neck was much more to my
liking than the rounded neck of a Carvin, so the 5 carvin went
and the 5 Roscoe came. Then a fretless model of the same
Roscoe came up on CL for a deal, so I bought that and thus
became totally hooked on fretless (almost never touch the
fretted). my last acquisition was a Zon fretless because I
liked the half-lined setup and the feel of the neck, and more
importantly, I liked the tone way better than the fretless
roscoe. So we will see if the Roscoe stays..

Every bass I have bought has improved my:

1) string count (4 to five)
2) general feel of the heck to my hands (fender/carvin's to roscoe
3) general tone (zon fretless)

NONE of the basses I have acquired have been because of
color, or wood, or specific manufacturer. ALL have been a
"feel" and "ease" improvement.

I keep the fretted only to ensure i play on frets every once in
a while.

Thus, my stable is now:

1) Ugly Warwick 34" scale 5 string for my son. (i like 35, 34 for his hands)
2) Roscoe 5 string fretted
3) Roscoe 5 string fretless
4) Zon fretless
5) EUB

And, i really do hope GAS ended for me with the Zon, 'cause
it is one nice feeling and sounding bass.

 

[A9X]

The formula for GAS is:

Y = X + 1, where Y is the number of basses you want and X is the number of basses you have.

The formula pretty much explains it all.

Definitely the comment of the week.

 

[Brandt Scanlan]

GAS ends when you leave Talkbass.

This is my first time back in a few months, and in that time I completely forgot about the six or so other basses that I once so badly wanted. I have one bass and I haven't even bought new strings for it in about five months. It still works well enough.

 

[Fender32]

I wish that the GAS bill for my bass habit was as cheap as the gas bill for heating my apartment.

If it carries on like this, next winter I'll be chopping up all of my Fenders for firewood to keep warm!

 

[Techmonkey]

Yeah, there is an end to GAS...




It's called a new set of strings.

seriously... whenever I'm thinking, "gosh I want that bass so badly!!" all I need to do is change my strings. works every time!

 

[Pan]

"When one is tired of GAS'ing then one is tired of life."