onewilyfool Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 I like to repost this occassionally because I am constantly amazed by the "justifications" guys come up with for yet another guitar.....gotta love it!! Please feel free to add your own "reasons" for your own GAS. Those of you who really "understand" GAS, know that it goes WAYYYY beyond want and enters the realm of NEED. So, enjoy.... How do you know you have GAS? When your guitar collection is worth more than your car, you probably have GAS. (Courtesy Mr. Newhaven...lol) If you buy a guitar solely for the purpose of leaving it in a dedicated open tuning!! If you enthusiastically talk to non-playing friends about guitars all the time (regardless of their yawns and eye-rolls) You probably have GAS. If you get excited when you see a guitar positioned in the corner of a movie scene . You probably have GAS. If you sit close to the TV when a band is playing trying to work out what make and model they are playing, you probably have GAS. If you have more guitars than your can physically play......you've got GAS If you have some guitars that you haven't played in over six months....You've got GAS IF you don't know the exact number of guitars you have, You've got GAS If you get excited about when someone else buys a guitar in the forum...you've probably got GAS. IF you spend more time scouring forums, Ebay, Craig's List, than you do PLAYING your guitars.....You've probably got GAS. If you are sneaking Guitars into the house so that your wife doesn't see them, .....You've probably got GAS. If you are thinking like this, " You know, I don't have a guitar with (fill in the blank) (Koa, Walnut, Blackwood)......tonewoods on the back and sides yet.....You've got GAS If you already have a hand built custom designed guitar by a world reknowned Luthier, AND you are still looking for another custom designed guitar, You've got GAS If you have some guitars under the bed, in the closet, in the attic AND your music room is full already AND you are still looking for another guitar.....You've got GAS If you explain away all your guitars by saying."I am holding on to these as investments", You've got GAS If the spouse is saying, "honey, please come to bed" and you'd rather sit up and pore over eBay lisitngs.....You probably have GAS. If you find yourself short of breath every time you see a UPS truck.....You probably have GAS. If you've ever caught yourself thinking, "boy, if I wasn't married..."...You probably have GAS. If you have more than one guitar shop on speed-dial... If you're offered an early retirement buyout and don't take it because you haven't got all the guitars you want yet...You probably have GAS. if you haven't got time to play guitar because you're working a second job to pay for guitars...You probably have GAS. if you read any of these and thought, "THAT'S just normal"....You probably have GAS. If you are looking at a wooden table top and you are thinking, "Man, that would make a great back and sides to a guitar"......You probably have GAS. If you have to build an extra wing on your house to accomodate guitar cases.....you probably have Gas If you can't have house guests, because your guest room is filled with guitars......most likely you have GAS. If you own TWO identical guitars, so that you can use a different sets of strings on the same guitars to hear the difference.....you definitely have GAS. If you only buy guitars that all look alike (for example, only ever buying black guitars), so that your wife won't be able to distinguish one from another, missing any new additions......you probably have GAS If the company makes two guitars exactly the same, except with different tone woods on the back and sides, and you want to buy both of them so you can hear the difference between the tone woods. This is Classical GAS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lee Walker Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 I must have missed the acronym definition somewhere...Guitar Acquisition Syndrome? Lordy, where's my Bean-O... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOESTONE Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Is there a cure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Player Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Is there a cure? Two that I know of.... Get married and Get divorced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thermionik Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Bull. I got married twice and still got GAS. I got divorced twice - and STILL got GAS. Only cure is more guitars. End of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nodehopper Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 I only have 16 of those indicators..... Yup...I am just fine.....no GAS here !! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hall Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Usually, you're sitting on one cheek and those around you are staring directly at you. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Player Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Bull. I got married twice and still got GAS. I got divorced twice - and STILL got GAS. Only cure is more guitars. End of. Nik... You are one of those exceptions to the rule... A true GASaholic! Good man... keep it up! I have been married 24 years and even though my wife loves my guitar playing, she has never understood why I always need more guitars..... to her, they all sound the same! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Player Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Usually' date=' you're sitting on one cheek and those around you are staring directly at you. Steve[/quote'] ROTFLMAO... (rolling on the floor, laughing my a$$ off!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewilyfool Posted October 30, 2008 Author Share Posted October 30, 2008 if you are sitting on one cheek EVERYONE knows what you are doing....hopefully there is a dog around you can blame....lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewilyfool Posted October 30, 2008 Author Share Posted October 30, 2008 Node I know you....only 16?????? by the way, Denile is NOT a river in Egypt...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertjohn Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 Could be worse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 I must have missed the acronym definition somewhere...Guitar Acquisition Syndrome? Lordy' date=' where's my Bean-O...[/quote'] That'd be the acronym. If you are rationalizing purchasing a Estaban "Duende" because it looks so-o-o cool you might have GAS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nid2007 Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 Your traveling for a couple of weeks, so you had to buy the newest/latest/bestest travel guitar. Because despite your backpacker, Taylor Baby, 000-15, and various LG's, you "need" a travel guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewilyfool Posted October 31, 2008 Author Share Posted October 31, 2008 Nid....nice little "herd" you got going there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr newhaven Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 i havent played the guitar in years and sold all of my musical equipment years ago to fund multiple roadtrips across the country... about a year ago i took up the guitar again and my first purchase was a les paul studio...vintage mahogany...(in my opinions one of gibson's finest deals...seriously...just get some fret-work done to help smooth out those rough edges) since buying that one gibson...i have so far amassed 6 guitars (i know that this is small in comparison to some of the truly enviable collections you guys have) but i bought a '62 Reissue strat a melody maker...p Bass...Little Martin...and tomorrow...a L-00... i bought all of those guitars with a couple of points to keep in mind...one...a les paul sounds different than a fender...humbuckers sound different than p-90's and single coils...and my little travel guitar is made from High Pressue Laminate...so thats why I am buying a L-00 because its real wood and thus would sound different... i think that as you can see i am getting better and better at justifying to myself why i need so many "different" guitars... a few more and then ill be all set is what i keep telling myself...but now i kind of am obsessed with explorers and rosewood teles...i hope this doesnt become a chronic illness! ...on a side note...you know you have gas when your guitar collection is worth more than your car! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewilyfool Posted November 5, 2008 Author Share Posted November 5, 2008 Mr. Newhaven....I added your line to the top of the list....lol good one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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