Here's the deal. Over the past couple of years I've been through countless guitars looking for "the one"... It has to stop. (My wife might kill me if it doesn't).
So here goes- from midnight tonight:
I will NOT buy, exchange or trade ANY guitar stuff for a full calendar year. In this I include instruments, pedals and amps.
Instead I shall dedicate myself to actually playing & enjoying the guitars I own at the start of this period.
(The only exemptions permitted are for consumables: strings, picks etc and also the few bits I need for my modding challenge guitar- that's hopefully just a capacitor & tone pot).
Today I left all the gear for sale pages I'm a member of, I deleted my eBay saved searches & gumtree alerts. All that's left is you guys- I'm relying on you to keep me on the straight & narrow. If you see me in the classifieds shout at me!
For the record, these are the only guitars I'll be playing for the next 12 months.
My acoustic: Vintage Paul Brett Signature 12 string acoustic.
My electrics:
1. Vintage V100 Lemon Drop. The one I've had longest. I've never thought about selling it.
2. Gibson Les Paul Junior. My recently acquired dream guitar.
3. Harley Benton Te52 tele. My modding challenge guitar).
4. Gibson Melody Maker. A wildcard purchase last weekend- too good to pass up.
No bass could be an issue, but I'll live.
Anyone else want to join me?
@Jookychap ?
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A year GAS free! I may even start contributing rather than merely lurking in the "playing" pages.
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Honestly, I have a little willy and small balls but my gorgeous loving wife (who is making a scratchplate for my Harley Benton tele this weekend because my attempt was crude) wouldn't dream of telling me how many guitars I can have. She just doesn't understand why other women treat their husbands like kids.
So no, I'm not going to subject myself to restrictions whose main purpose is to 'keep the wife happy'. Men, stand up for your yourselves!
Standing up for yourself only brings heartache and misery and for all involved.
@stimosonslostson I'm with you bro :-D
I'm doing this as I used to read articles about playing my guitar better. Now I seem to just lust after my next acquisition.
Buying ANOTHER guitar isn't going to magically make me sound the way I want to sound when I play- but focussing on practice MIGHT!
Here's hoping!
Although I hate the term GAS it is pretty hamless and good fun. Assuming you are not in financial difficulty that is.
Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)
@mrchi - I know you have a point but as I'm a father of 5 kids aged 25 down to 2 then I'd say at least keep the hope that you're relationship is not so 'constrictive' in the years to come
Funny thing is, she had a snake.....a corn snake which was a constrictor. :P
*offer excludes bass guitar stuff, any half-completed effects that I get round to finishing and any Fredric Effects Zesty Comps that make me an offer I can't refuse.
Also I'm skint, so have to build the fund up before I buy anything of value.
I'll pray for your continued strength at the big wall of guitars in my local shop later.
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Good luck, I think it's a great idea. :-)
Gear does not equate good musicianship.
Saying that, I think I will either get an acoustic with electrics fitted or make the mods to my Larrivee.
When I bought my second PRS I ashamedly lied about the price to my partner. Let's face it, £7-8k of gear in 2 months is a lot of money! To this day she knows not...
Everybody needs a change at some point (guitar, not wife lol). My partner is actually fine with it, she says it's my money and I can do what I want with it. I have no kids of my own so I expect fantastic gear in future. Saying that, never more than 3 electrics (which I already think is too much) and an acoustic. Now that I'm gigging and recording, GAS is just a distraction from the real task!
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Do you know exactly how much she spends on shoes/clothes etc?
Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)
You know what? I'm in. Why not?
I have been buying as selling gear for years as an excuse to not improve, but you have inspired me.
I currently have 3 guitars for sale which need to go to fund the already purchased Jackson SDX, but once these have gone I will not buy/sell for a year!! I have hit the point where I don't have amp gas, I've got a silver jubilee, I don't have pedal gas as I've got a Nova System, and I'm wireless, and have 2 Les Pauls and a superstrat. What more could I need? I've got a Taylor Acoustic and a new classical guitar which I intend to learn flamenco on.
I don't need anything else - any purchases would be unhealthy GAS and, although the wife doesn't care about my guitar fetish, I'll spend the money on her instead. I've already found myself eyeing up a wolfgang simply because I have a spare wallhanger... Well no! Not for a year!
I'm in boys, let's do this!
“Theory is something that is written down after the music has been made so we can explain it to others”– Levi Clay
The one exception I'll have to make is purely one of maintenance though - I've already had to replace a mixer and two powered wedges this year but I don't really count that as GAS.