TRBboy Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 (edited) Hey folks, Does anyone else get to that point where they're totally happy with their gear and thinks "yep, that's me, I'm done. Shouldn't need to change anything for a long time, if ever"...... And then feel like they're just waiting in anticipation for their tastes to change /GAS to kick in /a new 'need' to arise, etc, etc.? Or is it just me?! 😂 I'm totally happy at the mo by the way, shouldn't need to buy anything else ever..... 🤔 Edited July 2, 2020 by TRBboy 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crawford13 Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 I know exactly how you feel. I love my current basses and rig, yet it doesn't stop me looking a new shiny gear that I see on here and you tube basically every day. However I have decided to try and focus my spare time on playing rather than researching. To hold myself to account I have signed up for Skype lessons with Phil Mann. I'm sure that will keep me busy! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRBboy Posted July 2, 2020 Author Share Posted July 2, 2020 12 minutes ago, Crawford13 said: I know exactly how you feel. I love my current basses and rig, yet it doesn't stop me looking a new shiny gear that I see on here and you tube basically every day. However I have decided to try and focus my spare time on playing rather than researching. To hold myself to account I have signed up for Skype lessons with Phil Mann. I'm sure that will keep me busy! Definitely think that's a better use of resources, and kinda what I'm thinking at the moment! Happy with gear, now I need to focus on trying to improve myself! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatrickJ Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 (edited) Basschat is a real f**ker for the stirring those feelings of discontent and fuelling the need for more, better shiny new gear!! I think I've hit a (probably short lived) feeling of zen around my current bass gear. I've concluded that I don't need more than 2 basses, that I don't want an electric guitar anymore and that my bass amp is perfectly adequate for my current needs. The Helix has also solved all my pedal needs so I'm not even thinking about drive and fuzz pedals! Everything else is for sale. In the unlikely event I join a new band playing large outdoor gigs then I may get a new DI pedal and upgrade the amp to something more capable but for rehearsals, playing at home and local pub gigs the 30w tube amp is plenty. It's a great feeling, I hope it lasts!! Edited July 2, 2020 by PJ-Bassist 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 3 minutes ago, PJ-Bassist said: Basschat is a real f**ker for the stirring those feelings of discontent and fuelling the need for more, better shiny new gear!! The truth, right there. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bam Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Yep. I've my ultimate, ideal set up here. A real lightweight one, and a real heavy one. Cover me for any gig ever. And I'm sat thinking of selling..... Logic defies any bass purchases and sales. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walshy Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 This may come as a surprise to most on here but I actually think Im sorted and 100% Happy with my lot. Only thing Im looking at is that bloody Noble Pre but I don't 'need it'! I have a REDDI coming in so that should ease the gas🤣 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 I prefer shorter scale (32/33”), 4 stringers. But, thanks to BC, I had continuous Sadowsky 5 string GAS. Conversely, I also have real short GAS, but this time thanks to a YT video someone shared on FB where the bass player was using a Serek. However, this has led to Wilcock GAS. I ‘need’ none of these things. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkypenguin Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Ive been using the same bass for almost 10 years now and only changed amps because my old one was beyond repair. The only reason I would change is if I suddenly ran into enough money to afford the spec of the Fodera I would go for, but since that's unlikely im GAS free! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassfan Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 (edited) Nope.... I’m with you! I have the gear I’ve wanted for ages. A range of lovely basses, 2 are “keepers” (the Status and Sadowsky) . The rig I love and a little back up. I’m done for a few years.... honest guv’ Edited July 2, 2020 by bassfan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassfan Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 13 minutes ago, walshy said: This may come as a surprise to most on here but I actually think Im sorted and 100% Happy with my lot. Only thing Im looking at is that bloody Noble Pre but I don't 'need it'! I have a REDDI coming in so that should ease the gas🤣 Fell off my chair! 😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassfan Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 24 minutes ago, PJ-Bassist said: Basschat is a real f**ker for the stirring those feelings of discontent and fuelling the need for more, better shiny new gear!! + 1 ... in those exact words! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walshy Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 2 minutes ago, bassfan said: Fell off my chair! 😂 Ha Ha, thought you'd be along! Honest I think I am sorted, the new Ashdown arrivals have sorted me out rig wise. The '66P, Nate's Lakland and the latest Lakland Bob Glaub PJ has me more than covered. Everything else I have is just gravy!😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 I’ve not sold a bass in a month. I know, I know. Pre-tty Im-pressive... 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 This is one of those threads that will come back to haunt people 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Krow Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 15 minutes ago, walshy said: Ha Ha, thought you'd be along! Honest I think I am sorted, the new Ashdown arrivals have sorted me out rig wise. The '66P, Nate's Lakland and the latest Lakland Bob Glaub PJ has me more than covered. Everything else I have is just gravy!😂 Yeah, but we all know how much you like gravy! Lol! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 At the moment all I want to do is get rid of stuff. I am happy with what I have (or what I will have when bax get back to me), and have decided to reduce some of the other things. Have a few basses to get rid of, a few guitars, probably a keyboard and a master keyboard, and a couple of amps, and then I will be happy. For a while! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 30 minutes ago, AndyTravis said: I’ve not sold a bass in a month. I know, I know. Pre-tty Im-pressive... How many have you bought Andy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Beedster said: How many have you bought Andy None in June although I’m meddling... Edited July 2, 2020 by AndyTravis 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 (edited) Nope, I'm way off happy. I want a StingRay in natural ash but I cant justify shelling out £2k + to the mrs or meself TBH. I've only two basses at the mo' including a Sub Ray 4. I'm eyeing up a Ray34 though, which I guess I could happily settle for. Nowt else really appeals anywhere near as much . Edited July 2, 2020 by Barking Spiders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 My rate of gear acquisition is so slow that I don't need to stop. Like those elevators which don't stop, if you will. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OliverBlackman Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Annoyingly (or thankfully) the bass I want is currently way out of my price range which forces we to be happy with what I’ve got. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steantval Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Had my MM Stingray over 25 years and my MarkBass rig for over 12 years, totally happy 😃 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 I was free from bass gas for months and months. Really thought it was over. So why was I even on the Thomann website that day? And why did I ask for help on this forum of all places? Obviously because I thought I could toy with forces greater than myself. Looking back I see now that during the months of freedom from bass gas I was in the midst of quite insane pedal buying and selling. Some I moved on after barely even trying them. Most I never used live even once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRBboy Posted July 2, 2020 Author Share Posted July 2, 2020 2 hours ago, AndyTravis said: None in June although I’m meddling... That's very similar to the colour I spayed my Yamaha BBN5 a couple of months ago! 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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