GAS

Wizard

Is it regarded as sad when you start selling other hobby stuff to buy guitar stuff?
Do I need therapy or congratulation?

Wizard posts adverts on gumtree to sell his unused telescope stuff.

Gearhead

You can download much-better-than-you'll-ever-see-on-earth-and-bigger-than-fitting-on-any-screen-as-well pictures from Hubble instead of seeing space through a telescope. On the other hand, you can't download and play a guitar or amp (some would argue you can but I don't tend to think so). So in my view selling the telescope is a good idea. Dunno if that makes you less doubtful about your sanity though ?

Wizard

Thanks GearHead - does help.
I believe "spend your money where you spend your time"
And not spending any time with astronomy right now
QED

AlanRatcliffe

I think the fact that you are asking that question on a guitar forum says more about the state of affairs than the question itself. You wanted to be told you are doing the right thing (which you are IMO). If you wanted to be talked out of it, you would have posted the same question on an astronomical forum. ?

...of course, if you have nice telescopes that others want, they might tell you that you are doing the right thing too! ?

Gearhead

Are you now saying Wizard's not got guitar stuff others want? ?

Heath

BUY GUITAR GEAR , we all like guitar porn here

AlanRatcliffe

Gearhead wrote Are you now saying Wizard's not got guitar stuff others want? ?

I'm sure he has ? Doesn't matter what gear you've got, there's always someone who wants it.

Werner-Carstens

Selling stuff of other hobbies to by guitar gear? That is enlightenment.

Squonk

Anyone want a Lawnmower, Power tools? I've got a very clean sparkling blue swimming pool to swop for some gear.... ?
It's not easy GAS.... ☹

Sean

*thinking* ...what can I sell for my GAS... ?

themanthatwalks

The question of who would buy my crap comes up... ???

Heath

i have a wife and 3 kids that was a old hobby that i would sell for GAS .... any takers

FatBoy

i have a wife and 3 kids that was a old hobby that i would sell for GAS .... any takers

Mileage? Full service history?

Heath

the kids are like brand new , the wife has seen some K's , and a constant squekie sound comes from the mouth other wise is fairly good condition .

Explorerlover

:roflmao:

Squonk

@ Tailon , will you let them go for a Used Kyser Capo? Lovely capo just doesn't work too lekker on my Takamine!!!! ?

Riaan

I wonder if a kidney would buy me a David Gilmour Strat? ?

Heath

right wife and kids sole to sqounk , by the way you can't send them back .....

JoEllis

GAS is as bad as any addiction. Sometimes I honestly think that I might need help. I thought I had it bad when I was still just doing the guitar thing. It really went off the charts when I started getting into recording. These days it's a case of "do I fix up that '66 Super Reverb I got for a bargain or do I import that boutique compressor/preamp/etc.?" And I know as soon as I've got what I wanted I'll want something even more expensive.

AlanRatcliffe

Tail0n wrote right wife and kids sole to sqounk , by the way you can't send them back .....

..and what makes you think they'd want to come back? ?

JoEllis wrote I thought I had it bad when I was still just doing the guitar thing. It really went off the charts when I started getting into recording.

Studio GAS actually is the cure for guitar GAS - partly 'cos you've got no money left for guitars and amps after buying things like a nice preamp or software like Waves.

I know as soon as I've got what I wanted I'll want something even more expensive.

I can usually control myself by thinking about the fact that (aside from the acoustical spaces) I already have equipment that is better than that which was used to record most of the music that I admire. Once again, beyond a certain point, it's not what you have, but how you use it.