What is the best way to end GAS???

[llew]

Originally Posted by L20A

Thinking about it, the best way to cure GAS is to find yourself on the Brown side of the grass..

That's what I was gonna say!

[Goodallboy]

Buy one that makes you not want to spend time playing another.

[palsed]

"I don't know if the grass is greener on the other side.
I'm too busy enjoying my own grass."

That's my philosophy on gas (from someone holding steady at 8)

[whvick]

Get off AGF.
But what’s the fun in that?

[ricfreak]

End GAS ??

[wguitar]

Buy a guitar

[chrislongAgain]

some of you folks just slay me.

you wanna kill GAS? look at the beatles. they had enough money and talent to buy and use every darned instrument ever made. they could've had THOUSANDS of guitars.

george H had more than a few, but lennon and macca stuck with a relatively small number of mostly inexpensive guitars and made the best music ever with em. they didn't give a hoot about trying new instruments every 5 minutes. they cared about THE MUSIC.

that's how you kill GAS. you own a guitar? if it's not total crap, you're all set. go make some freaking music with it and quit worrying so much about woods and whatnot.

pete townshend once said (i'm paraphrasing) "i'm a musician. i PLAY the ****ed things. i don't sit around polishing em!"

AFAIC, you're just wasting valuable time looking and dreaming and hoping for more/better/different instead of USING what you have and making music.
we all have limited time. we're all gonna die. how do you want to spend that time? staring at pictures of OTHER instruments or actually using what you have?

be thankful for the tools you have, and stop looking at greener grasses, which are nearly never greener.

go.
PLAY!

[donlyn]

What is the best way to end GAS???

A steady diet of Tums, Ex-Lax, and Yogurt ???

Then you'll be too occupied to want to go looking for new guitars.

And you'll be on 'vacate-tion'.



Don
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[David Rance]

If someone has the resources, loves playing, loves the guitar and wants to own a lot of them what's the problem! People collect other things. Carry on. Have fun!

It only becomes a negative thing if you don't have the resources, it interferes with other areas of your life or if you yourself recognise a compulsive element. In which case talk to someone about it. Set some rules. Stop looking. Stop buying. I doubt there's many like that.

Owning 5 or 6 or 8 guitars and buying/swapping on every few years isn't GAS. If you're fascinated by the instrument in all its traditions your gonna need a luthier classical, dreadnought acoustic, smaller acoustic, archtop, resonator. Maybe all mahogany acoustic, hollow body electric, solid body electric, mandolin. Ud anyone? Etc.

Also you'll need to go through a stage when you're young, when you can, of informing yourself and fixing on what's best for you. That's not GAS either. By then you will probably just play one or two favourite instruments during any period and change infrequently.

That's the normal for most players IMHO.

One truth. You're not going to find your perfect sound via some endless search for the right guitar. The only way you're going to make your guitar sound better is by practicing more!

[Coler]

If you spend all your time hanging around shoe shops, eventually you'll buy a pair of shoes whether you need them or not.

[Dbone]

Whoever invents TUMS tablets for guitar players will be rich.

[RP]

The Behavior Analyst in me says that the best way to extinguish a behavior is to replace it with an incompatible behavior. Rather than spending money on guitars, spend that same money on paying down credit card debt and/or adding to your savings account. Spend the same amount of time perseverating on your credit card debt decreasing or your savings account increasing. Those of you with unlimited wealth can spend those "guitar funds" on charitable donations...

[Cuki79]

Originally Posted by mawmow

Stick to my new rule : I have to sell at least one if I want to buy one !

The wow that works best is « I have to sell 2 to buy one »
Tell the wow to your wife, then you are screwed.

[Cuki79]

Originally Posted by aeisen93

I'm always thinking about what guitar I'll buy (or hope to buy) next... I need to stop buying guitars, I have enough! But how do I stop thinking about what guitars I want to buy??

Maybe I should spend less time on GC, Reverb, etc...

Do the following acquisition:
Acoustics:
Taylor 814ce
Martin X1-DE => buy a HD-28 or D-28A or D-28MD
Taylor 110 => buy a Grand Pacific
Washburn WP21SNS
Gibson G-45 Studio => buy a J-45 historic (new vintage serie)

Electrics:
Epiphone Les Paul Junior => buy a Gibson 58 RI les Paul JR
Epiphone Les Paul Vintage Series => Buy a R9 custom shop Les Paul
Gibson Les Paul Studio => keep it
Brian Moore i1
Squier Strat => buy a CS Strat or American Vintage/ vintage
Dillion Les Paul Style

Once you will have all those pricey guitars, you will have nothing left to buy except going boutique or vintage.

You will be broke but GAS safe.

... or make the wow: « sell 2 to buy one »

Then enjoy the hunt.

Once you get into the 2000-3000$ price range (used and new), it is not really worth « upgrading » in my opinion.
So if you have a Fender, a Gibson and a Martin or a Taylor in this range... it is difficult to justify GAS unless you are collector.

Actually, finding a $1000 that compete with a $2k is more challenging (Eastman...).

I have to admit I like the hunt better than the prey.

[tonyo]

My guess is that some of the answer lies in why you have GAS? Is it because you are chasing that one that makes your playing sound better than any other guitar? And yet repeatedly it doesn't work out that way.

Wanna make your guitar sound better? Practice. :-D

That's what helped me break my GAS was realizing the problem was far more behind the guitar than the guitar itself.