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Lost the Urge

#168
SteveC said:
Thankfully I'm not important enough to have gigs where people insist on a certain bass. I'm trusted to bring an instrument/sound/style that will work for the gig.
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Thankfully indeed - regardless of personal feeling of your (lack of) importance, your take on it is spot-on, as in - you make due with what you bring with your fingers, ears and talent. Of course, your sober deduction relates to a gigging musician with a realization of what is appropriate for their needs. Commendable that.
 
#169
I'm there with you cheese...

in the past five years i have bought just about every bass that has ever been on my want list... I'm up to 18 now!!

...and quite honestly the selection around where i live is just dismal...Fender and Ibanez is about all that gets stocked within a 3 hour drive of my current location

I'm currently debating jumping off into the world of fanned frets...but with none available to try (unless I want to make a six hour drive) i have pretty much exhausted my G.A.S. even though I have room for two more...lol
 
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#170
bass40hz said:
Gear Acquisition Syndrome...AKA that tingling that starts at your butt and goes up to the back of your neck when you see a new piece oif gear you just absolutely have to have and refuse to live without ;-)
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My personal acronym for GAS is Gear Asininely Sold.

Gas will often cause you to sell great gear and have future regrets!
This is the sequence of GAS drool:hyper::bassist: to :thumbsdown::(!
 
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#171
Dr. Cheese said:
Lately, I just don't want to go to music stores. I guess paying off a nice bass for the Fall has reduced my interest, but whatever it is, I am just not interested in checking out basses lately.
It could be that I am happy to be getting my reading together too. My favorite bass for lessons and practice is my Peavey Fury, but my fives are still preferred for playing at church.
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DOC - for a second, there, I thought you had lost your Stu Hamm Urge bass. ;)
 
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#172
Dr. Cheese said:
To be honest, I don't care if GAS comes back. Wanting something is cool. Liking something is cool. Making bad decisions, like getting rid of gear I really like, or messing up my budget are the problem, not wanting new gear. Just like I finally came to terms with the fact that buying gear is a piss poor substitute for hard practice, I have come to terms with the foolishness of simply buying things without a plan.

I know I will ever be where I was in the 1990s, young, single, with a pocket full of credit cards. I don't think I will be where I was in the early 2000s - 2015, wanting really expensive gear pretty much because I was following the herd in believing that certain basses or amps were the ultimate. I am at peace with my judgement, and I accept my financial limits. I don't lose sleep over things I cannot afford, and I have faith that my modest abilities are enough for me to know what works for me.
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Amen
 
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#173
WardEarth said:
Most of the music shops don't have the good stuff anyways
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Heck, and you're saying this in a bigger state like California. I live in PA, specifically Pittsburgh. 15-20 years ago, when the economy was booming, a number of the mom & pop stores near me had numerous great brands, both regular and boutique...Schecter and ESP custom shop, Modulus, Warwick (mostly the real German stuff, Rockbass was brand-new, no GPS yet), Ken Smith (the real handmade stuff), Ibanez Prestige, and even a handmade boutique line from the head luthier (that was later on, but still). The new shops had a number of other great brands, but are now, sadly, mainly carrying run-of-the-mill Fenders (maybe an Elite here and there), lower-line/budget Ibanez and Yamaha, Rick (eh), and EB and Lakland Skyline (both highly overrated, imo). Even the used/pawn shops had great stuff during the nice period.

I used to LOOOOOOVE going to those shops, just to look around and play some of their top brands. Now? I haven't had interest in going to any of them for a long time now. :(
 
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#174
Dr. Cheese said:
Thanks, my Fury is really making me rethink flats. If amps and recording equipment had been as good in the Sixties as they are now, I suspect rounds would not have been so big.
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Doc that's funny... I say that because the strings that I have on my 74 Jazz have been on there since 09/12 and people that are in the know ( as far as bass playing is concern ) love the sound because I'm playing it thru my mid 90's Ampeg B2 combo which I run it thru the club's house system. I've done a reversal back to a-b type amps, I mean the class d thing was cool but I felt that they lacked the warmth that the a-b amps have.
 
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hands5 said:
Doc that's funny... I say that because the strings that I have on my 74 Jazz have been on there since 09/12 and people that are in the know ( as far as bass playing is concern ) love the sound because I'm playing it thru my mid 90's Ampeg B2 combo which I run it thru the club's house system. I've done a reversal back to a-b type amps, I mean the class d thing was cool but I felt that they lacked the warmth that the a-b amps have.
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Oh well, theories are here to be tested.:thumbsup:
 
#178
Shodo said:
a very permanent solution to a very temporary situation - not to mention the finality of "everything" in the process
not , in my opinion , a very good option. Better to stick it out and keep playing - just keep playing - my friend jsut keep playing
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In case you are wondering, that was a joke. I am old enough that I really appreciate life. There is nothing like burying your parents and all but aunt and uncle on both sides of your family to make you realize that life is pretty short, even when it's long.
 
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Shodo said:
a very permanent solution to a very temporary situation - not to mention the finality of "everything" in the process
not , in my opinion , a very good option. Better to stick it out and keep playing - just keep playing - my friend jsut keep playing
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In case you are wondering, that was a joke. I am old enough that I really appreciate life. There is nothing like burying your parents and all but aunt and uncle on both sides of your family to make you realize that life is pretty short, even when it's long.
 
#180
GAS was never a problem until I started hanging out here at TB in 2007. I went from 1 bass which I had owned since 1981 to 12. Along the way I got married and that has helped. Also purchasing a 40+ year old home and the need for renovations has all but killed any chance of purchasing more basses
 
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