Another GAS Thread

andrewjbryson

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gear_Acquisition_Syndrome

"To this day, there has not been a cure for this GAS and it has made its reputation amongst these individual communities. There is one method to ease GAS, however it can cause inconvenience to the person who has acquired GAS as well as those around (such as families). This method is to dis-arm the person from his/her credit cards, wallet and anything valuable in case they are sold in a desperate attempt to earn money. It is not a safe method as some people have reportedly committed crimes such as robbery, assault, etc."

AlanRatcliffe

"In addition, GAS can often be relieved with TUMS (Time to Unload My Stuff)." Lol!

I still say the only real cure for GAS is to buy what you are GASsing for. But then I would, wouldn't I? Anyway, I don't so much suffer from GAS as enjoy it.

Explorerlover

TUMS rocks....it's like you can't get home quick enough to set it up etc.... I mean, even just straplocks caused me to almost total my car twice on the way home

RobK

Alan Ratcliffe wrote: "In addition, GAS can often be relieved with TUMS (Time to Unload My Stuff)." Lol!

I still say the only real cure for GAS is to buy what you are GASsing for. But then I would, wouldn't I? Anyway, I don't so much suffer from GAS as enjoy it.

That's not really a cure - more like a temporary relief of symptoms.

Here's something that might help, though - http://www.harmony-central.com/Guitar/Articles/Avoiding_GAS/

TomCat

Explorerlover wrote: TUMS rocks....it's like you can't get home quick enough to set it up etc.... I mean, even just straplocks caused me to almost total my car twice on the way home

? ? ? ?

DonovanB

GAS differs in that the compulsive need to "tweak your rig" supersedes the desire to improve as a player, compose music, record, (and if you have aspirations of playing professionally) seek gigs. Another common trait of a GAS-inflicted individual is the tendency to impulsively trade in a perfectly good piece of equipment for a seemingly more desirable piece of equipment (often at a loss of money) and later regret the transaction.

nice

PeteM

Alan Ratcliffe wrote: Anyway, I don't so much suffer from GAS as enjoy it.

That's denial - a manifestation of the condition. ?

BMU

Explorerlover wrote: I mean, even just straplocks caused me to almost total my car twice on the way home

Ohhh that's funny. Yesterday I had the same with a guitar stand. A GUITAR STAND!?? But my Schecter does look very pretty sitting on its new throne hehe.

Interesting to see the other types also affected by GAS. Photographers and audiophiles I knew about.

Do bassists get GAS? From what I've seen, they're far less susceptible to it. In fact the people I can think of who get bass GAS (like I had a while ago) are in fact guitarists or ex-guitarists?!

Assuming that's correct, and maybe it isn't - does guitaring cause GAS, or do people with a tendency towards obsessive behaviour gravitate towards guitar? My opinion: the latter. You have to a be a little obsessive to stick with something as hard to learn as guitar.