GAS vs. Age

[Bangbang]

I am 57 this month and had a GAS attack when I started playing guitar. It comes and goes... a few farts once and awhile. I just spent $150 books,cd's and dvd's during one fart. My wife tries to keep me in check. I have no desire for pedals yet. I pretty much have eveything I need until I am ready to record something. That would be my next fart.

[smerdlap]

well, im 16 and i can easily control my gas. sure, i would LOOOOOOVE to have a Futura Prophecy, and i have my eye on some new pups, and i would like a new pickgaurd for my G-400, but i control my urge to buy.

[Bangbang]

Well I am gettin a case of it now. I am thinking about getting a couple of Mini Squiers and Frontman amps for my 6 and 9 year old grand daughters.

[larkin38]

I have been controlling it for years though I did bid on a vintage Epiphone a few weeks back.

I think I`m afraid of my wife`s reaction. I don`t play in bands anymore, I barely play more than once or twice a week. Maybe if I sell this

 

My wife might let me get another one. I never play it. And I never made it left handed.

And at 56 yrs of age I dream more about the guitars I owned and got rid of more than ones I want.

[The_Sentry]

 

What's a good cure for gas? ..never mind' date=' it's a rhetorical question.

 

Archtops definitely will get you gassing for more! It's something like the song

by the Bare Naked Ladies.

 

"If I had a million dollars;

we wouldn't have to play these Epis (eat Kraft Dinner).., oh yes we would, but we would go out

and get all these fancy ketchups to put on it/them"... (boutique pickups and bridges and tuners)".

 

... and maybe a Gibson or two ...to see what it's (this GAS thing) is all about.

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I have to admit this place has given me GAS for not only an archtop, but the Iommi G-400. My saving grace is that I'm not going to buy another guitar without playing it first, so that does help to put the kibosh and curtail said online GAS since I'm probably not going to find either guitar in the Continental US short of something showing up on Craigslist.

 

(But the archtop thing...well, let me put it this way: I am still toying with the idea of having one built by a luthier if the price is right. Although I don't think it's going to happen since said luthier is more interested in building a full-blown hollowbody vs. a thinline which is what I'm jonesing for.)

[The_Sentry]

I have been controlling it for years though I did bid on a vintage Epiphone a few weeks back.

I think I`m afraid of my wife`s reaction. I don`t play in bands anymore' date=' I barely play more than once or twice a week. Maybe if I sell this

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My wife might let me get another one. I never play it. And I never made it left handed.

And at 56 yrs of age I dream more about the guitars I owned and got rid of more than ones I want.

 

Fellow leftie, eh?

 

Yeah, I'd sell that sucker in a minute.....

[CodeMonk]

I get GAS all the time. I'm 48.

What keeps me from buying new toys is my current lack of cash.

I want: G-400, Dot (or ES-335 or Maybe ES-355), maybe also a Korina Explorer.

 

As far as effects go, well, I build effects, so GAS for those I can alleviate myself for alot less than what a store bought one would cost (plus it keeps me busy). I do have several store bought effects as well. I think I have enough it that department.

As for amps, I have several 10 watt amps, VOX AD30VT, AD50VT and and AC30CCH, which I am very happy with all of them. So I don't GAS for amps anymore either. Actually, the AC30 cured me of amp GAS.

 

But I still have GAS for the several aforementioned guitars.

[CodeMonk]

 

I have to admit this place has given me GAS for not only an archtop' date=' but the Iommi G-400. My saving grace is that I'm not going to buy another guitar without playing it first, so that does help to put the kibosh and curtail said online GAS since I'm probably not going to find either guitar in the Continental US short of something showing up on Craigslist.

 

(But the archtop thing...well, let me put it this way: I am still toying with the idea of having one built by a luthier if the price is right. Although I don't think it's going to happen since said luthier is more interested in building a full-blown hollowbody vs. a thinline which is what I'm jonesing for.)[/quote']

 

A local Luthier (also owns my favorite small guitar shop) just built a thinline tele.

It looks awesome. Natural finish, Not sure what kind of wood it is but its dark. Sounds great and plays great to.

[larkin38]

 

Fellow leftie' date=' eh?

 

Yeah, I'd sell that sucker in a minute.....[/quote']

Yeah I wanna be Jimi Hendrix. But I hate turning guitars around. And the one righty turned lefty Strat I tried was way off balance. I think it`s time to let go of this one.

[ant7629]

27... GAS seems to get worse when I go to forums.epiphone.com

[keoki]

Until about ten years ago I never had more than one giging guitar at a time. Usually a Fender modded to suit me. I liked the bolt on neck thing cause if you had to swat someone over the head you could just bolt on another neck. I always had a spare around. Then ten or so years ago I decided to spoil myself a bit and got into more versatile, higher end guitars and I have never looked back. I recently purchased the Epi for my "parlor music" I might get a nice flat top for my "porch music". And, my other guitars are nicely suited for my "rowdy & purty" jobs. I think with age has come the resources to spoil myself a bit. Lovin it at 66.

[lpdeluxe]

Well, I'm not older'n dirt, but I knew him as a boy (he was qute a trial to his mama). I am at the point in life when I can go into a well-stocked guitar store and not really feel an interest in anything on the walls.

 

Partly this is a result of having owned somewhere around 30 acoustic guitars, electric guitars, 12-string guitars, Dobros, pedal steels, lap steels and electric basses over my lifetime; partly it's a result of having winnowed them out until I currently have 8 that fulfill all my needs: two acoustic flat tops, a '30s Regal resonator, a 1984 Dobro reso, a '70 Les Paul Deluxe, a '95 Epi Sheraton II, and two Fender Precisions, fretted and fretless.

 

Anything I'm capable of playing will sound as good as possible on one or another of these instruments. And almost all of them is attractive in the particular way I prefer: the Epi and both Ps are natural (the basses with maple fingerboards), the Gibson is a subdued gold top, not the frou frou tiger stripe, the Regal looks like it's been through 2000 juke joints, and so on.

 

It took long enough, but I'm finally there.

[Just Strum]

Speaking of GAS - Does anyone know when and how Epi will inform me that I won the Casino?

 

If you can't buy it - win it!!!

[The_Sentry]

Speaking of GAS - Does anyone know when and how Epi will inform me that I won the Casino?

 

If you can't buy it - win it!!!

 

Good luck. In truth, I've been entering that other contest. (And hey, if a forum member won one....Woot! That's advertising that just keeps on giving!)

[lostindesert]

51 here and going strong on the 'GAS'. This year i bought a Epi 'Lucille', Aria MM10 (Maccaferri model) acoustic,

Peavey 'Delta Blues' tube-amp and a Fulltone 'Fulldrive 2 Mosfet' overdrive/boost pedal.

I don't buy high-end guitars anymore because the quality of these days budged guitars is so much better

then in the seventies and eighties. I like my Mex Fenders and korean Epi and upgrading them (if needed) can

be a lot of fun.

 

Peter

[tulsaslim]

I'm 58 years old and have 36 electric guitars. During my playing days (age 16-34) I never had more than 3 and usually just 2 (the 2nd being my 'backup'). Out of my 36, I actually play 32 of them. The other 4 are 'investments'.

 

I'm glad I've got them but it will be quite awhile before I buy #37 since I just lost 10 grand selling my house. However, there's no guarantee that when I get back to the waterline financially I won't immediately go out & buy another guitar.

[Just Strum]

Despite trying to curtail the GAS, I just realized I have at least four "next guitar" lined up.

[alex9152]

Last gear purchase was June/July-ish, an old Peavey bass amp at $50 at Sam Ash.

 

In my immediate future, since I realized don't need to buy Microsoft Office ($60 since I'd pay the student price) I'm putting that towards a Boss CE-5 chorus, my Ibanez CF-7 is sounding like a miserable chorus (but a usable bass flanger and a surprisingly good vibrato pedal).

 

My 17th birthday is coming up but I'm holding off so I can get something nice for my 18th. By that time, depending on what I'm listening to at the time I could be seeing anything from an Elitist Casino to a Jackson SL-3 to who knows what by that time.

 

Maybe I'm going about this wanting new gear wrong, what I might really want is a round of upgrades for the Squier starting with a refinish I'm doing myself (to Olympic White from black), a tortoiseshell pickguard loaded with Seymour Duncan Hot Rails and a Dimarzio Super Distortion (or rather a Dual Sound since I'll be splitting it) at the bridge, a Floyd Rose bridge (in gold, so the rest of the hardware is being replaced with gold hardware)* and for the Epiphone a roller bridge and a Bowen Handle.

 

*It's my first and I want to make it something that I won't want to sell. Don't tell me about the process being akin to polishing a turd.

 

Oop, this wasn't supposed to be where we explained our GAS in detail.

[charlie brown]

The only real difference for me, is that the cost of relieving GAS seems to climb, beyond just the

rate of inflaction, every year now.

I bought my first electric guitar (that is, my MOM bought it) in 1964 (Fender Strat) for $280.00

including hardshell case, strap, cord, etc. The current model, equal in style/quality, is $1600.00.

So, that fact helps me "contain" my GAS attacks, somewhat. But, I think it's totally "normal" (whatever THAT is?),

to GAS for something, as long as we're breathing, and reasonably healthy. But, I have found too, that quite often

the GAS itself, can be as much fun, or more even, than buying whatever you're gassing for. So, some careful

consideration is helpful, in that regard.

 

Still, it's FUN!

 

Oh, and by the way, in current dollars compared to 1964 dollars, the Strat is about the same price, adjusting

for inflation. So, I guess things aren't as bad, as they seem?? ;>)

 

CB

[jbond1013g]

57 next month...after years of staring at my old Yamaha acoustic propped up unused in a corner, I rediscovered my inner strummer and bought my first electric in May. Since then, I've purchased another electric and a EJ-160E. I have 4 more pieces I'm going to get...eventually. I've managed to get my GAS under control; I'm going to do a few mods to my Strat before going after that Casino that's next on my list.

[dbirchett]

The only real difference for me' date=' is that the cost of relieving GAS seems to climb, beyond just the

rate of inflaction, every year now.

I bought my first electric guitar (that is, my MOM bought it) in 1964 (Fender Strat) for $280.00

including hardshell case, strap, cord, etc. The current model, equal in style/quality, is $1600.00.

 

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Oh, and by the way, in current dollars compared to 1964 dollars, the Strat is about the same price, adjusting

for inflation. So, I guess things aren't as bad, as they seem?? ;>)

 

CB

 

That 1964 Strat for $280, adjusted to 2007 prices translates to $1853.37.

 

The Harmony H-76 that I bought for $100 in 1965 would be $650.85.

 

The Fender Strat that I bought later that year for $265 would be $1724.76.

 

That beautiful Gretsch Tennessean that I bought in 1967 for $325 would be $1997.72.

 

On the other hand, that Sheraton I just bought for $295 would have cost me $45.82 in 1965 dollars.

[gibiphone]

In my 56th year, I bought an Epi '56 GT, an Epi Custom, a Gibson SG, and an Edwards LP130. Does that make me a bad person?

[stan 58]

Maybe a little sick, but not bad. Stan.

[charlie brown]

 

That 1964 Strat for $280' date=' adjusted to 2007 prices translates to $1853.37.

 

The Harmony H-76 that I bought for $100 in 1965 would be $650.85.

 

The Fender Strat that I bought later that year for $265 would be $1724.76.

 

That beautiful Gretsch Tennessean that I bought in 1967 for $325 would be $1997.72.

 

On the other hand, that Sheraton I just bought for $295 would have cost me $45.82 in 1965 dollars.

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Thanks, DB...guess it had been awhile, since I looked up the differences between then and now, dollarwise.

Last time I checked, 280 translated to just over 1600. But, as is the case with most things (except our wages),

everything goes up! A 46 dollar Sheraton, huh? COOL! LOL!

 

CB