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What is your Anti-GAS?

#62
I always like to look at different gear...but this takes care of GAS, for me
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#64
My biggest GAS killer for basses is pretty simple. Over the years, I've come to realize that almost any decently made bass, if set up correctly with decent strings, will play well enough for me. Yes, I prefer a 4 string P with the 1.75" nut and the Lakland 5 string layout, but that doesn't make other basses unplayable. I can make most things work, and all the extras usually are not used.

Similarly, you can spend a lot of time and money trying to optimize your tone with basses, pedals, amps, cabinets, etc., but ultimately, it comes down where you fit into the mix with other instruments. If you can produce a usable bass tone with sufficient volume, you're good - no one will really notice, much less fully appreciate all that you've done to craft your sound. It all ends up as bass, so play well and play your role in the mix. Throwing extra money and gear at it won't really make much of a difference - if you play at my level this is especially true.
 
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#70
Dr. Cheese said:
Those T-45's are horses! Great reliability. Shout out to Elderley's. That was my second home when I attended MSU.
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I'm a few hundred miles away from Elderly's now and I miss being able to take afternoon roadtrips out there with friends.

I have to anticipate the eventuality of giving up on the T-45. The weight isn't a bother since I play sitting down, but the body is huge in the way only instruments from the 70s-80s seem to have, and puts the neck in an angle where I can't quite straighten my wrist enough at the low positions. But since I'm not a gigging musician I have the luxury of being able to just put it down and do something else if my hands hurt.
 
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#71
Dr. Cheese said:
What is the piece of gear that you are not totally satisfied with that is not worth replacing? For me, it is my GK MB200 amp. It sounds good, but it is fairly noisy. That said, it is plenty powerful for home or any church where I might play. I don't need to spend anymore on an amp. Similarly, I have decided I just don't need to invest much in fretless basses anymore. My Yamaha and Glarry are enough.

What less than perfect gear are okay with?
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I'm supper happy with my Dingwall NG2. I'm sure the custom stuff is really nice but I'm not really interested in forking over the cash or dealing with the extremely long build wait for it. It's kind of funny that I've owned everything from the high end of made in America stuff for example musicman, and I've owned plenty of even more expensive high end warwicks from Germany, and my go to bass for the last couple years is a production Dingwall that was mainly made in China although the pickups, hardware and setup came from or were done in countries like the US and Canada. I've played other production combustion and d-roc dingwalls I didn't like as much. It's kind of that deal where you hear famous musicians talk about a certain production instrument just having that mojo. Everything just came together with that bass. I feel like I got a great one. And because of that it has been somewhat of a gas killer. Because I don't really look at other basses to replace my number 1. I mainly just look at other basses as "does this provide any additional variety" so I wouldn't say any one bass can totally kill GAS. Especially for folks like me who like playing fretless also. One bass just isn't going to cover everything. But it's definitely kept me from flipping expensive basses like I used to.
 
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#73
Nephilymbass said:
I'm supper happy with my Dingwall NG2. I'm sure the custom stuff is really nice but I'm not really interested in forking over the cash or dealing with the extremely long build wait for it. It's kind of funny that I've owned everything from the high end of made in America stuff for example musicman, and I've owned plenty of even more expensive high end warwicks from Germany, and my go to bass for the last couple years is a production Dingwall that was mainly made in China although the pickups, hardware and setup came from or were done in countries like the US and Canada. I've played other production combustion and d-roc dingwalls I didn't like as much. It's kind of that deal where you hear famous musicians talk about a certain production instrument just having that mojo. Everything just came together with that bass. I feel like I got a great one. And because of that it has been somewhat of a gas killer. Because I don't really look at other basses to replace my number 1. I mainly just look at other basses as "does this provide any additional variety" so I wouldn't say any one bass can totally kill GAS. Especially for folks like me who like playing fretless also. One bass just isn't going to cover everything. But it's definitely kept me from flipping expensive basses like I used to.
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Anything keeps you from flipping basses is worth having!
 
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My fretless J has those vintage tuners that look so cool, but are heavy as hell that make the bass neck heavy.. I don't play that bass live much, and live with it (I got a super light Yamaha fretless anyway).
 
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#76
I have no cure for GAS. No matter what I have, I always want something else. And if I don't want something else, I want something I used to have and sold. It's probably all compensating for some deep inner restlessness born from desperately seeking answers for the utter futility of our fleeting existence in a vast and uncaring universe.
 
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#80
My gas killing is learning music... I'm working on learning some Dream Theater, I also have a book of scale and étude by John Patitucci and finally I'm learning to use Ableton Live to compose music which is super fun to me.

As for gear I have a laptop, à Scarlett solo, Ableton live, Arturia minilab, Kiesel Zeus 6 string and for effect I have BOSS TU3, MXR bass compressor, Darkglass Duality and Darkglass Vintage Ultra. I don't see anything else to have. I haven't bought anything music related since May 2020 when I bought the Zeus
 
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