I'm GASing for the Unknown...

I tend to get GAS when I see something cool or different in the TB classifieds, CL or even hanging on the wall of my local music shop.

I have always been a real sucker for a good deal and have been known to buy things I don't need due to a great price.

 

Yeah, you have a problem.

If you have two basses that'll cover anything you need and they are perfect, why are you even looking?

 

I hear you, man!

 

The grass is always greener.........

 

You've got the disease.

I find that my GAS has a few different triggers:
1. Browsing the TB classifieds -- I can always find something I "need"
2. Dissatisfaction with my playing situation -- I don't liek my band etc. so I take it out on my gear
3. Stress or unhapinesss in other areas of my life -- bass gear is how I sellf medicate
4. Ocassionally, the act of breathing will spark my GAS

The most important thing is not to do something stupid and sell or trade off a piece of gear that you really love.

Good luck.

 

I don't know about you, but new ideas seem to reveal themselves to me in different basses. I pretty much keep all 7 of mine in my rotation for that reason and I always have my eyes and ears open for the next one.

 

I really think the "Less eBay, more Mel Bay" quote is fantastic. If I spent as much time practicing and studying theory as I did on TB, CL, Kijiji, etc., I would be a MUCH better bassist than I am now.

The only excuse I have for owning a dozen basses and STILL buying/selling/trading is that I have only been playing again for a couple of years after a 10 year hiatus. I was always a Fender/Stingray guy but all this new stuff like Sadowsky, Lakland, etc. made me buy and sell a bunch of gear to find what I really like. Hopefully I should be downsizing over the course of 2009.

P.S. I play all but a couple of my basses regularly.

 

Heh, exactly. I just record some of my playing and listen to it from time to time. Tends to knock the GAS right out (pearls before swine).....

Or I record my L2500 and my G&L guitar. I realize I already have the voice of satan in my apt already, that helps get rid of GAS as well.

LS

 

I share your problem...

I have a Markbass LMII, Aguilar GS212 (a very professional and capable bar/PA-support rig), along with a Human Base BaseX.oc 4 on its way (coming in tomorrow!!!). Should be rather happy, but there's always MORE (especially a fretless Ric!).

 

...I think you are ready for an upright Double Bass.

 

You need a pwer house rack like 600 watts per channel and super clean!!!

 

I GAS all the time. Sometimes for something specific, sometimes just for something.

 

Time to start gassing for amps.

 

i compeletly agree with you.