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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I get you. I had a look recently and all my guitar stuff together was less than £3,000 (5 electrics, 1 classical, dozen pedals). The bloke I manage at work just spent that much in a new mac, keyboards, monitors and so on just as a starter.
I'd agree to a point, although synths do have a certain irrational draw for me.
I play a nord electro 5 out in various contexts, and can do 90% of what I tend to need with just that, including basic synth patches with its sample engine.
My only out-and-out synth is a Sledge, which is great, but I find myself tempted by an analogue with a good modulation matrix - but in reality I probably only want that to create a couple of sound effects the sledge can't, but which I'd hardly ever use once I could do it. Like the draw is purely about lacking the ability to do something, even though I don't really need to be able to.
I also have a slight hankering for the now affordable classics from when I was in my teens - dx7, d50, M1 etc, but lack of space and being able to cover those types of sounds in other ways stops me browsing eBay. The temptation is just about nostalgia really.
I've succumbed to synth lust over the years- I had a crazy amount of romplers and polysynths in the 90's- but over time my taste has gone to analogues mono synths.
I've paired it down to a few essentials- a Moog Sub 37, Arturia Matrixbrute, Dave Smith Prophet, Korg Prophecy, my 3 Elektrons (A4, Octatrack II, Digitakt) plus a growing Eurorack system.
Oh and the new digital piano.
That kinda feels like 'enough' but not excessive, certainly compared to some of the folks on FB groups, GS and Muffwiggler.
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In the meantime, use your delusion.