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What is your Anti-GAS?

#81
Dr. Cheese said:
I get you are making a joke, but your joke misses the point of the thread which is to talk about gear you like that you know could stand improvement. Beyond bass gear, I can think of all sorts of things I own that could be improved that I really enjoy owning and using. The topic is mainly relative to GAS in the sense that I know no one who GAS's for everything. We tend to only have GAS for certain things.
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I got you cheese. My point was simply, no matter what I have, as long as I'm cruising talkbass, it will never end
 
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#84
It's the least expensive pedal I own and my favorite! A little goes a long way.

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#85
My '78 P neck has never been my head-over-heels favorite. But I no longer feel like pursuing a prime vintage - or modern boutique - iteration of that design.
I'm rocking a pre + power rack for louder gigs as though it were still the 1990s. An integrated high powered head would be more convenient, but I don't get quite enough loud gigs to justify it. (Not when the trusty old rack slams as hard as it does - and the class D backup isn't very far behind.)
 
#87
havent bought or needed a new amp in years, my old hartke 4x10 with my ts120b traynor head all sound excellent, but too heavy to lug around anymore. the 4 basses i own sound and play beautiful except for one doesn't have a very resonant wood/body....if and when the music scene picks up, i'll be gassing for a more lightweight cab/combo/microhead
 
#88
Dr. Cheese said:
I am glad you guys love your basses, but I am really talking about making peace with gear that you know is flawed. It is easy to love a perfect bass or amp. Also, I am not talking about getting over GAS. Sometimes we just decide we alright with something even if we know it is lacking.
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I am lucky(?) enough to come from a background where I'm expected to jump into a situation and immediately have to dial in what I need before starting to play. This means I am not so much hung up on the gear itself as I am the functionality and how quickly I can make it work for me.

Getting a feel for what we like and don't like out of gear is part of what GAS is all about for me. I am not as nuts as some of you but I've probably bought and dumped 30 basses at this point and close to as many amps. My current rig isn't perfect but I know that it would take an awful lot to get me any closer to my goal for tone, feel, response, etc than I'm getting from the stuff I have. Ultimately my goal is to stop buying and selling gear and get on with playing as much as possible.

I know I prefer the following in a bass:
- For fretted playing, five string jazzes.
- For fretless playing, five string basses with nothing but a piezo or a single bridge pickup.
- 34" scale and 18mm spacing at the bridge.
- Quartersawn necks made of maple with maple or pau ferro up top.
- No onboard preamp, or the option to defeat it if it's there.
- Understated looks, ideally with sea or earth tones instead of something fiery (my quilt top amber Pulcinella bucks this trend entirely but it's a great bass).

I know I prefer the following in an amp:
- Amps that aren't built to reproduce the fundamental low B.
- Solid state power sections.
- Preamps which will run flat if needed but have parametric EQ.

This gives a wide range of potential gear but I know that I'm set with what I've got and can easily dial in what I need. If my house burned down tomorrow I wouldn't need to spend much time figuring out what to do with the insurance money.
 
#91
The bracing sting of fiscal responsibility..

Peavey Max 115 v.1
Peavey Max 115 v.2
Fender Bassman 150 Combo (05)
Galveston clear acrylic bass
BBE 383 bass preamp
Fulltone Plimsoul
Korg AX-3000g
 
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#94
Dr. Cheese said:
I am glad you guys love your basses, but I am really talking about making peace with gear that you know is flawed. It is easy to love a perfect bass or amp. Also, I am not talking about getting over GAS. Sometimes we just decide we alright with something even if we know it is lacking.
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I guess my Wal fits that description. It's a very basic bass, fretless with a single pickup and passive electronics. It pretty much has one sound. Wal collectors don't even consider it to be a "proper" Wal, but because of the name on the headstock it's worth way too much though the Wal clique would probably deride it and the new operator of the reborn Wal brand doesn't make the model or deign to answer support mails. Anyone picking anything up here? :) In spite of that, it is absolutely my favourite bass, I love playing it, and it gets more use out of the house than anything else. Flawed but favourite.
 
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ficelles said:
I guess my Wal fits that description. It's a very basic bass, fretless with a single pickup and passive electronics. It pretty much has one sound. Wal collectors don't even consider it to be a "proper" Wal, but because of the name on the headstock it's worth way too much though the Wal clique would probably deride it and the new operator of the reborn Wal brand doesn't make the model or deign to answer support mails. Anyone picking anything up here? :) In spite of that, it is absolutely my favourite bass, I love playing it, and it gets more use out of the house than anything else. Flawed but favourite.
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That sounds like a flaw I could live with too!
 
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