I blame it all on you people!

[NattyBumppo]

There I was, happily going about my way, content in the knowledge that my guitars were safely tucked away and there should I need them again. Then came an EPI DOT which lead of course to a perceived need to upgrade from a little crappy $75.00 amp and whala, a new BJr comes home.

So I should be content. I don't play out, I don't even jam (yet) with anyone else. It's just me and my lonesome in the basement with an array of old Berkley lesson books, a Hal Leonard offering and an anonymous Jazz/Blues techniques book from back in the 70s.

So WHY AM I STILL LOOKING FOR MORE GEAR? It's a sickness the likes of which I've only witnessed with fellow fly-fishermen. It seems common for fly-fishing addicted types (like myself) to amass a multitude of gear of pretty much the same type but with slight differences. You can't fish with more than one at a time but that doesn't stop us from having (or wanting) two or three of each weight/length. You know, like bowlers who are 140 average capable and spend $300.00 on the latest bowling ball and shoes, wrist brackets and every other gadget and still bowl 140 yet the old guy with a 20 year old ball is easily maintaining a 200 average.

I've got two or three amps in my eBay watch list and now am contemplating a more powerful, SS amp like this;

www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/fg=102/g=guitar/search/detail/base_id/37142

Price seems right, I could always return it if I wanted but I really have no true need for it. So why do I have this compelling urge to buy it?

It's all your fault, collectively. Damn the internet!

[CAFeathers]

Excellent price! Super Amps those Roland Cube amps. I have a friend who gigs with a Cube 30 and it does great.



Oh, and by the way: You're Welcome ;D

[zep]

Oh, and by the way: You're Welcome ;D

welcome to GAS

[Steelpriest]

Congrats Zep! You are now a GUITAR HERO! Wooohooo! ;D

[USAFDude]

This is what keeps me sane.... knowing that there are countless others who suffer from the same affliction. ;D

I've been kind of a busy beaver lately. Sold my Marshall combo and bought a head to run through my Marshall 2x12 cab. Sold my son's Marshall 30 watt and bought him a halfstack. Sold his Jackson Dinky and bought him a Jackson RX10D (he had to have a guitar similar to his guitar hero and the man he's named after, Randy Rhoads).

I had to calm the wife down cuz she kept seeing gear coming in. Once old gear started going out and I showed her the math involved, she understood how things work. Overall, I maybe paid $200 out of pocket after all was said and done. That's the great thing about soothing your GAS. Once you take care of the initial investment involved, you can then sell stuff to get more stuff with minimal expense.

Right now I'm working on building a Jackson parts mutt which is going to be killer! But what about after that? Will I be satisfied and enjoy my stuff for any extended length of time? Highly doubtful. So goes our affliction my brothers. ;D

Oh, and to echo Brutha Feathers, you're welcome Natty!

[sandman]

I use to have a cube 60 when they first came out. compact little amp...tough as nails too.
wish i still had it.

[zep]

Steelpriest said:

Congrats Zep! You are now a GUITAR HERO! Wooohooo! ;D

Thanks, I just wish people would say that when I play... ;D

[NattyBumppo]

Some support group....this is tantamount to me standing up at a first meeting and proclaiming, "hello, my name is Natty and I'm an alcoholic" to which you all cheer and hand me a cold beer!

[goldtopsnopp]

Before I played guitar I could buy what I felt like(if I had money of course), but now I get obsessed with the stuff I'm saving for one or two years before I can afford it. Right now I'm saving for a TSL, and it's torture to know that I wont have it until christmas next year or later. But there is a good side of all this too. When you really wan't something this long, you really appreciate it when you finaly get it. Also you wont buy so much crap, because you do so much research before. Now I can't believe that there was a time when I'd rather buy skateboards than guitar gear, cause nothing else is as satisfying as a good new amp or guitar.




.......All sleepless nights are kinda disturbing though.......