Never mind I just found it. Wow. And just like that my GAS is back.
That’s how easy it happens folks.
That’s how easy it happens folks.
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I'm outta GAS!
- Thread starter Lowlou17
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I know, I know, I can hear you!
Blasphemy! Sacrilège! He's gone off the deep end! Is he possessed?
No, I'm actually just fine and grinnin' like a villin'.
I bought a new bass this past October. Black Fender Player p-bass with Ebony fingerboard and matching headstock. Before I bought it, I knew I wanted it blacked out. I bought a Badass II Bridge (in black), Badass OGT tuning pegs ( in black), Schaller strap locks (in black), and a replacement pick guard (in black but it doesn't matter because...) I wrapped it in black vinyl carbon fiber. I like to keep the original pick guards original, maybe it's my OCD, I don't know!
Anyways, honestly, I really only want an ashtray for it. I have one laying around the house but I took it off such a long time ago, I have no earthly idea where I stored it.
My GAS list is down to the ashtray and a new strap. I'll post pics of the finished product, sans the ashtray, in a week or so. I don't get her back until next Saturday.
I thought I was out of GAS too until I wasn't. I just bought a Fender Precision American Professional II. I was completely fine until I started seeing them for sale. Then I wanted one.
I know, I know, I can hear you!
Blasphemy! Sacrilège! He's gone off the deep end! Is he possessed?
No, I'm actually just fine and grinnin' like a villin'.
I bought a new bass this past October. Black Fender Player p-bass with Ebony fingerboard and matching headstock. Before I bought it, I knew I wanted it blacked out. I bought a Badass II Bridge (in black), Badass OGT tuning pegs ( in black), Schaller strap locks (in black), and a replacement pick guard (in black but it doesn't matter because...) I wrapped it in black vinyl carbon fiber. I like to keep the original pick guards original, maybe it's my OCD, I don't know!
Anyways, honestly, I really only want an ashtray for it. I have one laying around the house but I took it off such a long time ago, I have no earthly idea where I stored it.
My GAS list is down to the ashtray and a new strap. I'll post pics of the finished product, sans the ashtray, in a week or so. I don't get her back until next Saturday.
You do realize we’ve heard this story before??? Unless your over 70 I wouldn’t bet the ranch on your immunity..LOL!!
That said, congrats on your bass.
real questions that require responses from experienced career musicians & techs.
GAS is never cured, it just goes into remission from time to time.
I thought my GAS was finished, but then I bought guitar on Thursday. Why? Because it was on a crazy sale, and *bam!*my GAS was back.
I thought my GAS was finished, but then I bought guitar on Thursday. Why? Because it was on a crazy sale, and *bam!*my GAS was back.
Ah yes, I have benefited immensely from these; whatever I have learned I owe to this site.
I'm gas free with basses and guitars gear. But... Gas is vicious and comes back little by little, slightly, without telling his name, since i've took the plunge intro MAO... I've just had an awesome Sax VST plugin (V-horns from acousticsamples) for christmas gift, and i already want their brass plugin with trumpet, and another top quality one with flûte and woodwinds... And i've discovered there is a whole World of sound with celtic instrument, World ethnic instruments plugins.... 
I went two years without buying a bass. I was perfectly fine with what I have. Then one day I pop on here and someone was talking about which bass to keep. They had two Geddy Lee basses. A Made In and a Crafted In Japan. I have wanted a Japanese Fender for awhile now. And the same for a Geddy Lee Jazz. I wasn't looking for a bass, but the opportunity to kill two birds with one stone was too much to pass up. Keep hanging around here and you'll end up buying another bass when you least expect it.I know, I know, I can hear you!
Blasphemy! Sacrilège! He's gone off the deep end! Is he possessed?
No, I'm actually just fine and grinnin' like a villin'.
I bought a new bass this past October. Black Fender Player p-bass with Ebony fingerboard and matching headstock. Before I bought it, I knew I wanted it blacked out. I bought a Badass II Bridge (in black), Badass OGT tuning pegs ( in black), Schaller strap locks (in black), and a replacement pick guard (in black but it doesn't matter because...) I wrapped it in black vinyl carbon fiber. I like to keep the original pick guards original, maybe it's my OCD, I don't know!
Anyways, honestly, I really only want an ashtray for it. I have one laying around the house but I took it off such a long time ago, I have no earthly idea where I stored it.
My GAS list is down to the ashtray and a new strap. I'll post pics of the finished product, sans the ashtray, in a week or so. I don't get her back until next Saturday.
I know, I know, I can hear you!
Black Fender Player p-bass with Ebony fingerboard and matching headstock. Before I bought it, I knew I wanted it blacked out. I bought a Badass II Bridge (in black), Badass OGT tuning pegs ( in black), Schaller strap locks (in black), and a replacement pick guard (in black but it doesn't matter because...) I wrapped it in black vinyl carbon fiber. I like to keep the original pick guards original, maybe it's my OCD, I don't know!
Anyways, honestly, I really only want an ashtray for it.
How much more black could this be? And the answer is none.
Most of the time in the past I have had more GAS than a week’s worth of trips to Taco Bell, but 2024 is gonna be different for me. I’m learning to become satisfied with what I have. Three basses, two amps, numerous straps and picks is plenty tbh. I only have two hands and so many hours a week to play so I’m putting the utensils down and pushing back from the table. This boy is going on a diet haha
Lol
I sold a bass and 2 amps this year. Cabs and amps don’t tempt me at all, fortunately. When I started playing, my bass teacher had an SWR super red head that he would let me play through. I fell in love with that amp but never bought one. Took it off the list a few years later.
Why practice on what you have, when spending big bucks on new gear will magically make you a better player!?
