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I've found the cure for G.A.S.

#41
My GAS was way under control during the thirteen years that I was married to wife number two.

When I had my first stroke and she didn't bother to come to the hospital, it gave me the proverbial "Get out of jail free!" card to end the marriage.

Then my GAS started to get serious.

Currently I own six really nice drum sets, 25 or so snare drums, 75 or 80 high end cymbals, a couple of great hand percussion rigs, 9 American Fender basses, a Stingray, a Rickenbacker, two Ampeg SVT rigs, an American Tele, a couple of Fender tube amps, a Martin, a Presonus/QSC PA system and a bunch of other stuff that is too numerous to list...

Now...

I have no GAS.

And I'm married again. :D
 
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#42
Being single, having a Girlfriend or a wife hasn't affected my GAS. As I sold off some of my tube guitar amp collection somehow the number of basses went up? Now I'm down to about 10 guitar amps from a high of 24. I am only a hack guitarist but love real tube amps. Basses went from about 13-14 to 20. Bass amps have held pretty steady at around 5 SS and 3 Tube. At least I only have 3 guitars, 1 Strat, 1 Tele and 1 Les Paul. The 3 most important ones.
 
#43
Update on this thread from my perspective. I've been dating a new woman since the end of June and it started to get more serious/exclusive around the time I created this thread. In the last few weeks, I've traded two basses for two other basses and have been on Talkbass every day. *facepalm* This is probably a function of the fact that I only get to see her a couple days a week, but I'm no longer spending any internet time on dating sites....so Talkbass it is, lol :bassist::hyper::smug:
 
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drummer5359 said:
My GAS was way under control during the thirteen years that I was married to wife number two.

When I had my first stroke and she didn't bother to come to the hospital, it gave me the proverbial "Get out of jail free!" card to end the marriage.

Then my GAS started to get serious.

Currently I own six really nice drum sets, 25 or so snare drums, 75 or 80 high end cymbals, a couple of great hand percussion rigs, 9 American Fender basses, a Stingray, a Rickenbacker, two Ampeg SVT rigs, an American Tele, a couple of Fender tube amps, a Martin, a Presonus/QSC PA system and a bunch of other stuff that is too numerous to list...

Now...

I have no GAS.

And I'm married again. :D
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You must have a gymnasium for a house.
 
#47
Joe Nerve said:
Much like the alcoholic, GAS sufferers also suffer from a thing called denial. Just because someone doesn't drink for a few day, weeks, months, doesn't mean they're cured of their alcoholism. Many can do that, yet they return with a vengeance and often times wind up in more trouble than they were previously in. Don't mean to pop your bubble here, but IMO you are only in the beginning stages of GAS. 12 basses, 7 basses? I've spilled more basses than you've.... wait, I'm getting things confused....

If you really want to be done with GAS I'd suggest getting honest with yourself. Take the 2 basses you like most (ya need a backup), flush the rest down the toilet, and start living one day at a time with some support group or system in place. 12 steps I hear really work well. I also hear that what many wind up sadly doing is replacing one addiction with another (in your case, women). You need to abstain from all, and work towards positive change. You have to change the person that needs the fix, not just put down the bass. Then you only get an unhappy GAS sufferer who white knuckles it.

My $.02. Best of luck.
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But then what are we all going to talk about around here? The meaning of fourths? ;)
 
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I have a vast collection of equipment and basses I’ve collected through the years, with my problem being I haven’t sold any. Most of the basses were bought by putting a very low bid on something and much to my surprise ending up winning, or hitting a pawn shop and finding a gem for cheap. And the money I spend comes from gig money so it’s hard not to look.

I play in a few different bands in different styles and tunings, so this takes about 5 different basses to make that happen. Nice thing is I haven’t bought a bass in a few years, when I get the itch I just grab one I haven’t played for a while
 
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#51
So let me see if I understand the OP correctly:

"Now that I am single, my sex life is so varied and exhausting that I don't have time to shop for gear."

Yeah, right.

More accurate version:

"Now that I'm divorced, between alimony, child support payments, having to completely furnish an apartment, and dealing with all my ex's debts, I'm so broke there's no point in shopping for gear."
 
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#52
My cure to buying an entirely new bass was to delve into the world of electronic upgrades and refinishes. Although there is some cost I get the same new bass sensation, although when just dealing with electronics, you miss that new bass smell. Most of my basses now smell like body gack and cigarettes (and I don't smoke).
 

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