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If you expected a new Porsche every birthday you will be disappointed... Lowering expectations will make you happier
I can afford and justify a Porsche but I’m not going to buy one because if I have a hire car one day and it’s a Focus I won’t have the self control and awareness to realise that it is entirely fit for purpose for that situation and I will end up stropping off because it hasn’t got a heated steering wheel.
I don't think it follows that opting for worse things than you can afford would make you happier.
I think Neill made a good point that this kind of thing seems like something for people who have never had to want for anything and perhaps romanticise going without.
Enjoyment is about being satisfied and it has nothing to do with how much money one has. The writer makes a sagely point about the subjective enjoyment of All things and subsequently (if you elaborate) life itself.
Not only that, I have a junior with a p90. So, technically I shouldn’t be able to get that many tones. Actually, I have a single p90 guitar into single channel Marshall. Just now, I’m happy that I don’t get bogged down with choice.
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Before I sold my MJW I played the two back to back and got all bent out of shape about how the MJW did way better edge of breakup type sounds than the Katana.
Now I don't have the other amp to compare it to I just play the Katana and it sounds really good to me.
Maybe I've got a taste for Guitar instant coffee now
I regularly drink some of the best beers in the world. It didn’t stop me enjoying 7 pints of generic mass produced ale last Friday night. I could have turned my nose up at the limited selection that didn’t cater for my personal tastes. Instead I got pissed and had a good night out.
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Until the next bout of GAS that is
One of the downsides of today's great quality amp sims is that there can be so much choice. Would love a Kemper but with almost infinite choices, it could cause choice paralysis.
It's totally different to using worse versions of the same thing though.
Made with hot milk - delicious.
I kept looking at amps, but my Katana 50 and Code 20 do everything I need - so I was wasting my fleeting spare time...
I kept looking at new guitars, but I've got 12 of the bluddy things, none are terribly expensive so I was thinking "I could trade in 4 or 5 against one really pricey one..."
Then I realised I have never found a really pricey one I found worth the money (yet)...
Then I thought, I'd better practise and get good, then worry about gear later.
I'm still working on getting good...
I enjoy a decent cup of coffee or tea. Life is too short to put up with the slurry you get in Starbucks.
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
Fundamentally it is saying that good enough is good enough.
I'm not advocating anything.
I was posting a link I thought was interesting.
Yep, bang on.
I've found myself getting stuck in a pointless optimisation loop for marginal gains in the past and at least for me it makes me happier when I identify it and stamp it out.
On the other hand my main guitar is a DGT and I wouldn't trade down, but neither do I GAS.