How Do You Approach Your GAS..?

[MAJOR METAL]

My Gas goes in waves but is seems to really focus back on tone a whole lot. Aesthetics is a weird beast and I can usually hold off on a purchase if aesthetics is a major driver. Tone and the endless pursuit of it's enjoyment is an expensive one for me. For example at the moment I just pulled the trigger on my first bass in 1.5 years because i know it is a tone monster and the price was right. I bought a Warwick FNA jazzman and I don't have and have never played a MM pickup style bass and so gas was strong on this. I am also building a bass with a filter preamp and multicoil pickups to get myself as close as I can to the near unobtainable Wal tone I would really love to have.
I honestly think my ultimate Gas of owning a Wal is going to happen though...Wal basses are not the most aesthetically pleasing instruments i could own but that tone is like no other and it drives gas very hard. To own a Wal would mean not purchasing any other music gear for a long time and I think I am at the point now that I am happy with everything I have (which is far too much).

Have you checked out these pickups? Big BladeMan 5

 

[McTred]

I'm a hobby player first and foremost... So, my GAS comes pretty naturally. For me, a big part of the fun comes from playing around with different elements.

I'm completely satisfied with my bass finally after years of searching with my six string Brubaker.

90% certain GAS is cured on Amps with my options of Eden pre amp or Darkglass microtubes 900 as two very nice options.

So, now I'm down to messing with pedals for amusement/trial and error.

Enjoy the journey. (For me its 20+ yrs)

 

[booch29]

I simply ignore it...

 

[Basta-bass]

I just read you all and just noticed I do not act / feel like most of you guys do...
I consider buying gear has very little to do with need. It's a matter of pleasure!
Life is short, we spend most of it working hard to make a living, our passions are what makes it worth it.
I own one great bass, my Sadowsky, that I use anytime I play with the band, as it sounds way better than any other bass I have.
Others are either for practicing:
Acoustic for playing without amp, 24 frets for tricky parts up the neck and 5 strings just to see if I can get used to it!
Or for simple pleasure of playing something different (like a single coil P-bass)
They're all under 500€.
I can afford it, so why not?
Next time I'll try a fretless.
:-Dl

 

[chris_b]

I keep abreast of developments in the bass world. I read a lot about bass and like to be informed, but I don't do GAS. I have 2 great basses and I haven't been looking to replace either for about 4 years. I haven;t bought an amp in about 3 years and last year saw me buy my 5th cab. I have plenty of cab options now. I reckon I'm done with new gear.

My main bass activity these days is running through songs that I've never or rarely played. Currently working out and running through all the Stevie Wonder albums, starting with Music Of My Mind.

 

[Gorn]

Is it just me or are you always the first one to reply to a thread?

I was waiting for you to notice me.

 

[J-Bassomatic]

With a lot of time in my hands lately, I’ve spent some of it trying to define a future path for my approach to bass playing...with that comes the thought of exactly what direction do I want to go in when it comes to choosing my next instrument...sometimes I feel like I’m kinda willy nilly, falling in love with a bunch of heat and wanting everything but I’m trying to approach things a little differently this time..stepping back from the classifieds and thinking of exactly where I’d like to go kinda has opened my eyes a bit to what should be my next bass....how do y’all approach buying your next Basses for the most part..?

Do you just up and go window shopping with nothing in particular in mind..? Do you just get custom builds by spec..? Do you think about musically where’d you like to venture next and let that dictate the purchase..? As always, thanks in advance..

Just like Inspector Clouseau coming home.

 

[Watchootognbout]

I love Tune TWB63's.
I have a fretless one.
I used to have two.
Last November I saw a fretted one on GC online.
I had to jump!

I got a GC credit card.
Bought the TWB.
Sold my LTD D6 and used that money and quickly payed the card balance off.

Now I have two TWB's and am Gasless!

 

[rtslinger]

I was playing my Tune bass the other day, identical to yours and falling in love again with it. I do have to replace the output jack (the weak point in these basses) but it's a terrific bass otherwise.

Regarding the topic, being a lockdown and GAS and all....it's forcing me to give more thought on what's missing from the basses I currently have instead of buying a bass on a whim. Have played all my current basses to pass the time, I came to the realization that a few basses actually sound and play a little too similarly. There's a big glaring hole in what I'm missing in terms of tone, one in which a jazz bass would fit nicely. So planning which bass(es) I can do without and getting a solid jazz bass, I would love one that is both active/passive so it's looking like a Sire is higher up on my list than I thought. I had a V3 previously, loved it but sold it to wait for the version 2 with the rolled fretboard.

Yea Tune bass kicks butt. I too have gone through the what is my collection lacking and added a few active basses since nearly all that I owned were passive and I also added a short scale for that low end warmth you can only get with them
my last gas was some gold and chrome hardware Christmas time.