Dear Basschat.. for the love of God, stop it.

[uncle psychosis]

I thought I'd finally cured myself of any real GAS. But the last few weeks there's been so much nice stuff that I've been bad and just bought something...

[LukeFRC]

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1358785388' post='1944937']
From personal experience I can say that high end stuff is most certainly selling - often at full asking prices too!

My vague theory was that people didn't get what they wanted for Xmas so were buying themselves little presents
[/quote] oh thats nice. For some reason I stuck my amp up for sale at the weekend, not sure why!

[wombatboter]

I've got one weapon against GAS : there's a lot of water between the UK and Belgium...luckily that solves some problems.

[EssentialTension]

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1358716312' post='1944036']
... Why are the classified pages bursting with more lovely gear than usual? ...
[/quote]
Just don't go there.

[Kobra11]

I keep telling myself i wont buy a Fender (due to all the horror stories i keep hearing) but recently ive been seeing alot of beautiful p basses.

Thankfully most of them are miles away.... GAS resisted!

[discreet]

[quote name='Kobra11' timestamp='1358793995' post='1945171']
I keep telling myself i wont buy a Fender (due to all the horror stories i keep hearing)...[/quote]

Don't listen to the stories. Get out there and try a few.

[gub]

There are indeed some major bargains to be had ATM ! Saw a fender Mia jazz the other day for under £500 ! Was very tempted but the other half would bury it in the garden on top of me for sure !

[mike 110]

[quote name='Norm' timestamp='1358767817' post='1944538']
Yep, there is loads of tasty goods, a lot of bargains too. But it is at a time when I've got zero funds myself. It is agony!
Trying to sell some of my surplus gear just to be able to grab one of these bargains, madness!
[/quote] This , with bloody bells on !

[wateroftyne]

[quote name='Kirky' timestamp='1358773874' post='1944682']
You're part of the problem, WOT, that Roscoe is almost irresistable!
[/quote]

Hmmm? Oh, you mean [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/194934-fender-roscoe-beck-iv-sunburst/"]this one[/url]?

Sorry

[martin8708]

Always wanted a JV Squier P-bass , never seemed to be any around when I had money a year or two ago , now they appear regularly on the for sale section , and I'm skint.

[3below]

I feel guilty about this, but here goes

[i]Never in the field of human bass playing was so much available by so many to so few at such good value..[/i]

A great time for GAS if you have the readies

[WalMan]

[quote name='hamfist' timestamp='1358717067' post='1944053']
I feel, and share, your pain.
[/quote]You & me both bruv. I am watching so many different things and cosmic ordering the Premium Bonds each month it's just silly

[Spoombung]

Well... personally I haven't been tempted by anything in the classifieds.

[ead]

The other possibility there is so much stuff around is that some people don't reply to PMs. In the last month I've waited in vain for a response on 3 items to no avail. Bit frustrating really, and one might imagine that in this market sellers would be all over any enquiries.

[SpaceChick]

I have purposely avoided the classifieds on the grounds I had everything I needed.

However...... I have never been totally happy with my Laney amp and cabs.... Yes they do the job I need them too, but they have never excited me...... Then I hear that someone may be selling my dream amp and cabs......

If they do, I'm buying.... Because I'm a gasaholic and I am weak!

[cocco]

All the JVs that are appearing are getting under my skin, those and the post 2010 P's it's so hard to be controlled!

[Machines]

I find if anything, my GAS has been extinguished for nearly a year. I'm not playing a lot at the moment and find when I do pick up the instruments and have a play I find them more satisfying than if I was playing them all the time. I think familiarity breeds contempt sometimes and you start to get wandering eyes and look for 'the one' you will always keep and never sell. After lots of trading i've finally realised what I have does everything I need, and to get anything else i'd have to lose one of these, and probably relpace it with something of lesser ability.

With this said, I am surprised so many people are trying to offload gear at the moment, there can't be a worse time to sell with it being the start of a year and also everyone having such tight purse strings. It'd be interesting if we were able to quantify/report on what sells here, create a percentage of sold and also be able to plot the values of the sale and track this historically.

[uncle psychosis]

[quote name='Machines' timestamp='1358930360' post='1947091']
With this said, I am surprised so many people are trying to offload gear at the moment, there can't be a worse time to sell with it being the start of a year and also everyone having such tight purse strings.
[/quote]

I think people are selling things *because* they are skint.

[DiMarco]

Hold on I'll throw in my '89 Warwick Dolphin to make life easier on the lot of you and forget all the crappy JV's.

[LukeFRC]

I'm getting married soon, and looking at our post wedding budget it looks like I might have to avoid the buying and selling for a while - which is fine as I've got everything I need really. I wouldn't mind selling one of the passive basses and getting a thumb, but may have to wait 2-3-4 years for that

[quote name='cocco' timestamp='1358929714' post='1947083']
All the JVs that are appearing are getting under my skin, those and the post 2010 P's it's so hard to be controlled!
[/quote] Maybe I should reopen the thread for mine just to tempt you! Maybe I can get my thumb after all!