Tim Plains Posted September 25, 2008 Posted September 25, 2008 ...you can have a Les Paul, a great Les Paul, or two, or three, or four, or more, but it's the ones you don't have that you want? You see pictures of everybody else's and you can't help but want that one, too!
jnstrom Posted September 25, 2008 Posted September 25, 2008 The Grass is always Greener on the other side of the fence. Curiousity? Jealousness. Love for all things Gibson.....
Rhythm Man Posted September 25, 2008 Posted September 25, 2008 They should name the next version 'The Les Paul Heroin - Highly addictive'.
ALIEN8 Posted September 25, 2008 Posted September 25, 2008 I have this problem when I am at work, but then I get home and pick up the one I have and forget about all of yours!!
MikeRom Posted September 25, 2008 Posted September 25, 2008 ...you can have a Les Paul' date=' a great Les Paul, or two, or three, or four, or more, but it's the ones you don't have that you want? You see pictures of everybody else's and you can't help but want that one, too![/quote'] I suppose that next your going to tell us you have the same probelm with women
Wolff Posted September 25, 2008 Posted September 25, 2008 I'm happy to be able to own a Les Paul, period. No doubt there are plenty of folks that would love to have one but don't. That said, yeah, you can never have too many guitars, especially Lesters.
Thundergod Posted September 25, 2008 Posted September 25, 2008 I used to feel the same way Timbo... but once I got my Tele... I'm not GASsing for anything right now... maybe once you get your strat you'll be cured for life... :D Or maybe you should get a Tele J/K man...
ChanMan Posted September 25, 2008 Posted September 25, 2008 I used to want them as well. I'm telling you... the cure for GAS is retail therapy. I am not really gassing for anything right now. Well, except for the American Mahogany Strat. Oh and a Hollowbody guitar, too, for the blues.... Ahh.... and likely a bigger amp at some point... crap.....
T50 Posted September 25, 2008 Posted September 25, 2008 I have this problem when I am at work' date=' but then I get home and pick up the one I have and forget about all of yours!! [/quote'] Exactly what I go through everyday!
ckledzepplin Posted September 25, 2008 Posted September 25, 2008 I am totaly gassing over a les paul traditional right now, and if i get that, ill gass over an R9
rocketman Posted September 25, 2008 Posted September 25, 2008 Well there are certainly a lot more other "addictions" that are worse. Wanting more is not bad as long as you appreciate what you have in my opinion. I had one electric guitar, a Gibson Sonex, for about 20 years. This is a fine guitar but it's no Les Paul. One day I was in a music store and told my wife "gee I always wanted a real Les Paul but I could never afford one in my youth." She said "well, now you can easily afford one, so just buy one." Since that time I bought another Les Paul and a few other guitars too. I treasure each one because I'll always remember the feeling I had growing up without them.
Wolff Posted September 26, 2008 Posted September 26, 2008 Well there are certainly a lot more other "addictions" that are worse. Wanting more is not bad as long as you appreciate what you have in my opinion. I had one electric guitar' date=' a Gibson Sonex, for about 20 years. This is a fine guitar but it's no Les Paul. One day I was in a music store and told my wife "gee I always wanted a real Les Paul but I could never afford one in my youth." She said "well, now you can easily afford one, so just buy one." Since that time I bought another Les Paul and a few other guitars too. I treasure each one because I'll always remember the feeling I had growing up without them.[/quote'] That's pretty much my story too. Only difference is the cheapo guitar I had for 20 years before my Gibsons was an Aria Black Beauty copy. I thoroughly appreciate my quality guitars on a daily basis.
Tim Plains Posted September 26, 2008 Author Posted September 26, 2008 The Grass is always Greener on the other side of the fence. Curiousity? Jealousness. Love for all things Gibson..... Is that what it is...the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence?? Maybe... It's definitely not jealousy. I don't look at everybody else's LP and get upset that I don't have that one. In fact' date=' it's quite the opposite. It's always great reading stories like rocketman's (below) who have wanted a LP for years and years and finally got one. It's just that I see a Custom...I want a Custom, I see a R9...I want a R9, I see a gold top...I want a gold top, I see a LP whatever....I want a LP whatever. See my problem? I used to feel the same way Timbo... but once I got my Tele... I'm not GASsing for anything right now... maybe once you get your strat you'll be cured for life... :) Or maybe you should get a Tele :P J/K man... Are you kidding me? Look who you're talking to here! I'm already planning for the next R9. It's a disease. More like a sickness! I am totaly gassing over a les paul traditional right now' date=' and if i get that' date=' ill gass over an R9[/quote'']If you're being serious, I say get the R9 first, or R7 or R8..whatever. You won't even want to touch a Traditional after you play the right historic. Wanting more is not bad as long as you appreciate what you have in my opinion. Well said, I totally agree.
Witmer Posted September 26, 2008 Posted September 26, 2008 I have this problem when I am at work' date=' but then I get home and pick up the one I have and forget about all of yours!! [/quote'] Same here!
Thundergod Posted September 26, 2008 Posted September 26, 2008 If you're being serious' date=' I say get the R9 first, or R7 or R8..whatever. You won't even want to touch a Traditional after you play the right historic.[/quote'] I am trying to do the exact opposite: to not lay a hand on a reissue ever... I know the minute I do I will be damned to the R dicease... just like Tim (and now DeepBlue...). And of course I was kidding Tim... I know no Fender is a match for no gibson...
deepblue Posted September 26, 2008 Posted September 26, 2008 Does anyone remember that episode of Frasier where Frasier & Niles want membership into this exclusive spa. Once they get in they realise there is a "Gold" package that they are not members of and have no access to. Then they strive and at last get membership. Once there, they are told theres a 'Platinum" area that they are not allowed to go into. Again, they fuss and do everything they can to move further up the ladder. I guess what im trying to say is that we always feel theres something better. Something just out of reach, and if we are patient enough and are tenacious enough well get there. Im going to make a huge effort to accept what I have as the best there is for me. To stop wanting another, and another..It does get too much sometimes. Im so lucky to have what I have. A sweet looking and sounding R9, and a black beauty. Some guys only dream of these guitars. I own them. I do count my blessing boys believe me. Bliss to a dog is whats on the other side of the door.
Tim Plains Posted September 26, 2008 Author Posted September 26, 2008 I am trying to do the exact opposite: to not lay a hand on a reissue ever... I know the minute I do I will be damned to the R dicease... just like Tim (and now DeepBlue...). Why deprive yourself of possibly the best Les Paul experience you can have?
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