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My shirona - the knack Teenage kicks - undertones Honky tone woman - stones Rebel yell - billy idol Rock star - nickel back Some cheesey but reliable suggestions

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1405890708' post='2506270'] ... and just to rub it in, Macca sang it while he was playing the bass line. [/quote] thanks for compounding my misery. I will get my hat and coat. Anybody wana buy a bass.

[quote name='Spike Vincent' timestamp='1405889218' post='2506241'] I realised I was crap years ago. Hasn't stopped me though. [/quote] I always was, still am and likely always will be; then I can bank on hoping I don't become an annoying arrogant aloof person like some others I know.

I'd love a jam through his pa. Did I read his marshall stacks for back line are 4x15" on the bottom and 4x12" on the top ? If that's the case that's unbelievable.

[quote name='skej21' timestamp='1404590029' post='2494043'] I'm pretty sure this forum makes GAS worse for most of us. I've been avoiding the sale section and spending less time on here and I've noticed a significant drop in GAS! [/quote] Yep, I've done that since ordering my ACG and I'd agree. Sometimes it's just too easy to flip through stellar quality stuff for bargain prices and GAS just explodes.

[quote name='Fionn' timestamp='1404295550' post='2491174'] GAS can be an ephemeral creature. Or rather, the subject of GAS can be an ephemeral creature. I've observed myself heavily intoxicated by the GAS, over things that I wouldn't sniff at just weeks later. Then there are things that build the GAS over a longer duration, and to a greater pressure. In my case it was Jazz basses, I had continuous Jazz GAS for years, but that seems to have evaporated into the ether too. I've been surprised by GAS, GASsing over things that I traditionally had a strong aversion to. Sometimes I'll just get a whiff of GAS. Sometimes there's no GAS whatsoever. Then there's recurring GAS. I'm currently suffering from recurring GAS. I'm GASsing for a bass that I've GASsed over and subsequently owned 4 times in the past ... and got rid of 4 times for good reason. Einstein said [i]"The definition of insanity is doing something over and over, and expecting a different result",[/i] yet I wont let go of the idea of this thing. Since I last owned the bass in question my playing circumstances are more conducive. My experience and knowledge are greater, so I know what to tweak. I'm more aware of the limitations of the instrument, so my expectations are more accurate, etc ... That's the kinda stuff I'm telling myself, at least. Maybe it's a case of the chase being better than the kill? Maybe the statistics prove something and the result will be disappointment? Maybe I'll have cracked the code with this bass. It's an expensive trip, but once again I'll gladly take a notional plunge into uncertainty and risk. Yeahhhh!!!!! GAS!!!! Droooooool!!! [/quote] I can relate to this so well. I've spent a clean fortune, like thousands on basses over last three yrs and I'm back to the start again and have nothing other than a basic fiver which is heavy, solid, passive and does extremely well what it says on the tin. I've also commissioned a build from ACG and it has all I like and nothing I don't like. My plan is that I will no longer lose money on basses until I can afford to indulge in GAS fuelled acquisition impulses. My ultimate is a dingwall Z3 but I'm not that well off with cash yet.

[quote name='jacko' timestamp='1403785401' post='2486309'] so not really a UK tour then? no Scotand, Wales or N.Ireland. [/quote] Mmm. Was it advertised as a UK tour or English tour ? Northern Ireland gets very little in terms of this sort of thing. What else is he doing ?

[quote name='spongebob' timestamp='1403601802' post='2484242'] The cycle of GAS - only to end up back where you started! [size=4] [/size] [/quote] This is so true. Pity it costs £1000's to learn this law. It's as sure as the law of the harvest.