The key is to spread gear around, it helps give the impression that there is less than there really is.
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The key is to spread gear around, it helps give the impression that there is less than there really is.
This is a good baseline (pun intended) for required amps. I have some overlap in requirements - my tube amp is portable (Ampeg 20T) so I guess I need a larger tube amp - maybe a V4B.
To keep "balance", you need to buy another amp!
Having an odd number of amps is not good. It has to be an even number.
I have four rigs but I use them all, so, I suppose it's justified.
That's Big Al!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! When he passed they stopped counting the basses at 300. He also collected guitars and Mandolins.I believe this man had more GAS than anyone. He collected (among others, obviously) knock-off Hofner violin basses...especially Asian made ones. As he said, "the crappier the better!"
I think that is how many you would need to hang with Warren Haynes and Dickey Betts (playing on either side of you!)
True that. Good for the soul. And whatever is good for the soul, it's going to be great for your music.
Preferably, according to Feng Shui and Joanna sacred angel numbers, repeating numbers is always a good sign. Just think the smallest repeating number is 00, which signifies infinite. But that's too much even for the GAS annon club members. So the next would be 11. 11 is the minimum number of any gear.
You're talking like a responsible man and not a musician.
TB as a whole is mostly a group of enablers for GAS haha. If I'm ever unsure about whether or not I need more gear, I come to TB, see that plenty of people on the internet have twice the amount of [basses/amps/cabs/pedals] that I have, and then I feel a whole lot better about buying another one.
Like just now. I came here after reading replies to my thread where everybody told me I need another cab. Well I mean everybody here has more than one cab, so I guess I can get another one... And so the cycle of GAS continues...
Like just now. I came here after reading replies to my thread where everybody told me I need another cab. Well I mean everybody here has more than one cab, so I guess I can get another one... And so the cycle of GAS continues...
Or I just count that DHA pedal that doubles as a headphone amp
Technically yes beause it's the reasonable thing to do, but that's what women do when they buy groceries. They call that shopping. When they go get their favorite handbag, they go shopping shopping and buy two of each. My friend, you need to go shopping shopping and get another amp to enrich your soul.
Similarly, I sold 2 amps in the last year, and I'm down to 5 amps and 6 cabs.
My name is Mud, and I have a problem:
13 preamps
7 power amps
6 all-tube heads
5 ss/hybrid heads
14 cabs (2 more on the way)
0 class D amps
13 preamps
7 power amps
6 all-tube heads
5 ss/hybrid heads
14 cabs (2 more on the way)
0 class D amps
