Little story for those who have GAS...

[Renniw]

20 years ago, I bought my 1st bass, a cheap P bass copy made by Vantage. In the last 20 years, it's been sanded down to wood, a fretless fingerboard has been installed and a maple top has been gueld on the cheapo plywood body.... added a J pickup at the bridge position...

Since then, I've bought around 15k worth of music gear, basses and everything that goes around.

Yesterday night, just for fun, I grabbed the old Vantage and brought it to rehearsal.

All other band members laughed at me seeing this "ugly old heavily modified bass"

First song starts.... the best sound I've ever had, deep earthshaking bass, great presence, just enough highs for detailed sound.... it was perfect....

So my quest for perfect tone began 20 years ago and suddenly, I just came back to the beginning...

Can I get my 15k back?:smile:

[james on bass]

:food-smiley-004:

I'm hearing ya!

[zontar]

Can I get my 15k back?:smile:

No.

Think of what you learned spending that money. It allowed you to appreciate the old bass. That's worth something.

But, I'm starting to wonder again if I should put new pickups in my old Les Paul copy?
I've considered putting different ones in my bass--they're not that loud, but I love the sound, so I'm reluctant to change those ones.

[Vintage_Groove]

Can someone first explain what GAS spells out? I've never seen it anywhere.

[james on bass]

What are ya? New? :smilie_flagge17:

Gear Acquisition Syndrome.

[Fajah]

Can someone first explain what GAS spells out? I've never seen it anywhere.

GAS= Gear Aquisition Syndrome.

I have a similar experience, not with a bass mind you, but with my 60's Raven semi-acoustic. My parents bought it for me used in 1969 and it was my one and only electric guitar for many years. I've owned may electric guitars since then, some very expensive, and all of them have been sold at one time or another. But for some reason, I always kept the Raven.

Since I deemed it unplayable, the guitar hung on the wall of my home office/music studio. Then about a year ago or so, something compelled me to renovate it. The nut on the truss rod was a bit rough, but I managed to straigten out the neck. I added new pots, volume/tone contols, jack, and wiring. I kept the existing pups.

I then gave it a good clean up and plugged the thing in. Oh my, was it ever sweet. It had the jazz tone I had been looking for (and tried to buy) for years. It's my "go to" jazz guitar now.

The quality of so called "cheap" guitars and basses are so good now, and there's real value in them if you can do some of the set up work yourself. I've played many expensive basses the last few months in my quest for a new bass amp. Some were real nice, some needed setup to become real nice. But in the end, I had no GAS attacks when going back to my SX and Douglas.

[Vintage_Groove]

What are ya? New? :smilie_flagge17:

Gear Acquisition Syndrome.

Yes I am.:rolleyes: Finally I understand what GAS means.

[soundhound6]

Yeah...Isn't it funny how things "come full cicle"?

Reminds me of the idea of " your first instinct, is usually the correct one".
If you feel a strong attraction to a person,thing or idea to follow that gut feeling or instinct and (not always)you usually reap some kind of benefit.

One thing about not discarding something, is that you get to "rediscover"
it when your'e actually ready for it.(If that makes sense to you.)
Don't want to get too "cosmic" here,but that quiet voice in your is there to
help you.Problem is we sometimes ignore it and end up paying in some way.

GAS! Real enough,eh?
I've come to believe that gas is a "holdover" hardwired into to our brains from
thousands of years of hunting/gathering. While we may not be in a life or death struggle to gather/hunt for food...the hunt wants to continue.I think
we transfer the idea from food to other things. :wink:
Jan

[zontar]

I've come to believe that gas is a "holdover" hardwired into to our brains from
thousands of years of hunting/gathering. While we may not be in a life or death struggle to gather/hunt for food...the hunt wants to continue.I think
we transfer the idea from food to other things. :wink:
Jan

Sometimes guitars can be food, or food can be a guitar. (http://stratoblogster.blogspot.com/2008/08/enjoy-fine-strat-o-burger-today.html)

[soundhound6]

HaHa...Good one Zontar! When we finish the burgertar, there's a guitcake
waiting for us on one of these forums somewhere. lofu

Jan

[laristotle]

Another reason to post this pic.
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w37/laristotle/gas.jpg

[soundhound6]

Hey Laristotle...Ya got a publisher yet? HeHe.

I like that...would make a good poster. :food-smiley-015:

Jan

[laristotle]

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm55/BakerCheerleader62/smilies/agreed.gifWould definitely make a good poster.
I stumbled across it awhile ago here (http://www.jaystrings.com/page7.html).
Oh..I haven't had the opportunity to sayhttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm55/BakerCheerleader62/smilies/peace.gif
welcome aboard.