New Here- What is GAS?

[Ayce]

The only known cure for G.A.S. is L.O.C.S., which I currently suffer from.

 

[soulman969]

That is . . . unless you play Country & Western music, then it's a "2 Step" program!

LOL, cue the rim shot here.

 

[oleskool]

Hi...my name is James and I'm a recovering gasaholic (pause for the obligatory "hi James")

My last bass purchase was in mid 2010, so I am doing well with managing my addiction. This is further evidenced by the fact that I recently walked away from a black Stingray that a pawnshop was gonna let me take for under $800. For cable viewers, it was the shop where they film "Hard Core Pawn".

I did have a relapse in 2011 when I purchased a Markbass rig. I atoned by selling off all my SWR cabs, Crown amps and Alembic preamps, so I parted with more than I took in.

GAS can be controlled.

Really. You mean american jewerly had or has something that isn't junk?
I thought I was going to end up on the show. They ....well the one guy with the pointy gotee that is not one of the owners family kept trying to sell me off brand stuff. Most of it was j b player or affinity. He was yelling these are professional basses. I laughed, he laughed and, all the camera men walked away. They yell at you and try to get you to blow your cool.
that cured my g.a.s. that day. They cut the parts where they yell or say really rude things to people.

 

[JZQuantum]

It is what you get when you realize you are envious of everyone's gear, and your current bass is somehow not good once you start reading TB posts on a regular basis!

 

[Plaz]

Symptoms include excuse-making, justification, and in extreme cases, hiding newly-purchased gear from a spouse.

I really don't think she'll even notice if I add a SansAmp RBI to my rack... right? Naah, she won't even notice. I hope.

 

[fourstringdrums]

Gin and Soda

 

[malthumb]

Really. You mean american jewerly had or has something that isn't junk?
I thought I was going to end up on the show. They ....well the one guy with the pointy gotee that is not one of the owners family kept trying to sell me off brand stuff. Most of it was j b player or affinity. He was yelling these are professional basses. I laughed, he laughed and, all the camera men walked away. They yell at you and try to get you to blow your cool.
that cured my g.a.s. that day. They cut the parts where they yell or say really rude things to people.

I was surprised, too. I went in looking for a cheap upright. My youngest son has been playing for almost two years now and we've been renting one for him. Figured if I found something useable in a pawnshop I could score a cool Christmas gift and give the rental back. The Stingray was a total surprise.

There were people dressed as Batman and Superman in the store at the time so the camera people were occupied and I managed to stay under the radar. Once I realized the one upright they had was a total joke AND I decided to pass on the Ray I bolted out of there. No need to witness whatever trainwreck they were concocting.

 

[malthumb]

I really don't think she'll even notice if I add a SansAmp RBI to my rack... right? Naah, she won't even notice. I hope.

I snuck a custom bass into the house back in '04. Kept it in my music room, completely out of sight. For my birthday, my wife baked me a cake.....in the shape of a guitar.......decorated to look EXACTLY like the bass that I thought I had hidden so well.

Does your wife bake? What would an RBI cake look like?

 

[Orangeclawhammr]

This. Caused by BEANS. I only saw that referred to once and forgot what the exact meaning is. Suffice it to say that it has to do with buying everything. I'd suggest a search, but I'm not sure if this was the forum I saw this on.

Found it. Oddly enough in one mf my old posts. Buy Everything And Never Stop.

 

[canadian*eh]

Oh Man GAS Hit me bad this year...2 months ago i just had a Carvin LB75 bass,a gk1001rb amp and 2 SWR cab (410 and 810).....update this 2 month and $6000 latter... I no longer have the GK head or SWR cabs...Still have the carvin...and now a Warwick RB corvette $$ fiver, A New Fender Am Jazz Deluxe Ash fiver, A carvin B2000 amp and a fEARful 15/6/1 and 1515/66/1 custom built cabs!!....Yup My GAS was bad....But it sure beat think about my separation!! A Guy Only Lives Once

 

[briand]

Honestly, everyone on Talkbass has really bad G.A.S. We just don't want to admit it, because then we'd need a 12 step program for it....

Hello everybody, I'm Brian and I last bought a bass-related item 7 hours and 42 minutes ago...

<slight pause, then you all say "Hi Brian">

<I tell you about my first bass guitar (an old, slightly beat-up '68 Ventura Jazz copy)>

 

[SactoBass]

I not only suffer from GAS, I also suffer from BASS (Buy And Sell Stuff).

When I look up GAS in the dictionary, it says "Bergantino"

 

[NecroticImbecil]

It also stands for Gullible And Sad, which is what happens when you fall for hype and buy too much based on posts on forums instead of trying it yourself and forming your own opinion.

 

[Avezzano]

WAF: Wife-Acceptence-Factor

this generally only comes with a free credit card or ATM card access. That was my own case...

 

[Flaked Beans]

Everyone talks about it, everyone (apparently) has it, and no one is ashamed of how loud it is...but what exactly is it?

And here I was thinking it meant Goat Acquisition Syndrome...

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