Why must we "have"?

WavMixer said:
I too suffered from this GAS of falling in love with a guitar that I did not need. I was cured from this GAS by having no room to keep them and not enough income to sustain my purchasing addiction. @Sp8ctre was hosting most of my gear collection for over 1 year before I was able to make room for them and he is still holding 2 of my amps. I'm not sure if he is still interested in purchasing them, or if he is just being gracious in storing them for me until I make room in storage for them. I don't think that you will be able to use my same cure Ray. So if you can afford your addiction and have someplace to keep them, keep on keeping on! Just remember to keep posting pics because well, you know how we are with gear porn.

Recently my attention has been directed at my car. Any additions to it stay in the car. I can easily move it from location to location. I receive compliments almost on a daily basis and love the tone it produces. It's actually in the shop now getting pampered with a windshield replacement due to a rock that was flung from a truck tire causing a nasty chip that started growing. This addiction can be just as strong, cost just as much (or more), give just as much satisfaction and not take up any more space. You can tune a car, but you can't drive a guitar to work.
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am refraining from the "car" thing, forcefully..purposefully & it hurts being a wrench turner since about 12 years old.... was bidding on a 1 owner 1966 Chevelle convertible big block 4 speed the other week,..can not open that can of worms ..yet.

not sure if i understood that post as a car hobby or not
 
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I'm glad I never made a living playing guitar. I just can play what and when I want and enjoy myself, play in whatever bands and have no pressure about doing it for money, overly. I also wouldn't want it to ever have become a "job", something I HAVE to do to make ends meet. Now that I'm retired a few years (stopped working at 49) I have more time to play and the new originals band is going very nicely for the most part.
 
BFT Gibson said:
am refraining from the "car" thing, forcefully..purposefully & it hurts being a wrench turner since about 12 years old.... was bidding on a 1 owner 1966 Chevelle convertible big block 4 speed the other week,..can not open that can of worms ..yet.
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I'll be living in my car, shortly.
But the good news is: library has free wi fi. I can park out front, use my laptop, and keep in touch w/ TTR.
At least there's that.
Today's good news: it's raining. I get a break from the heat. That's the best I can do / the best I have today.

Pop tarts "are" very fragile. And the icing gets hot as Hades; don't burn your fingies !
 
Jethro Rocker said:
I'm glad I never made a living playing guitar. I just can play what and when I want and enjoy myself, play in whatever bands and have no pressure about doing it for money, overly.
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I realize that i complain a lot sometimes, but, my life is good and i get to make a living doing something i enjoy doing. I lost everything in a 2012 divorce, so there's no chance of retirement anytime soon for me.

Its tough, sometimes, to get excited about a night rehearsal after you have sat in a chair and played guitar all day long, but these people i am playing with currently are just the nicest group, and that makes a huge difference for me.

My situation is that nothing i have ever done pays me as lucratively as music, so if i stopped and did something else, i would face a huge pay cut, so i keep on keeping on, so to speak...
 
They say your an average of the five closest people you hang out with. I play music to sooth the beast never been what I call money in it.
I did go on tour once in my life not the lifestyle I was expecting. Music is my sport not my life.
I look at gear as tools. I need to get back to work you all have a nice day.
 
Amp Mad Scientist said:
I'll be living in my car, shortly.
But the good news is: library has free wi fi. I can park out front, use my laptop, and keep in touch w/ TTR.
At least there's that.
Today's good news: it's raining. I get a break from the heat. That's the best I can do / the best I have today.

Pop tarts "are" very fragile. And the icing gets hot as Hades; don't burn your fingies !
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think i misread the post.. if so my apologies.
 
67plexi said:
They say your an average of the five closest people you hang out with. I play music to sooth the beast never been what I call money in it.
I did go on tour once in my life not the lifestyle I was expecting. Music is my sport not my life.
I look at gear as tools. I need to get back to work you all have a nice day.
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Hmmmm....i work with people, but i don't have personal friends. My Autism disorder makes it hard to be around people in real-time.
 
We have lots of friends so I spread my time out doing multiple things. I guess what I should have said earlier was that I don't want guitar to become a chore. Somethjng I HAVE to do to get by. While I enjoy it immensely I want to play it on my terms.
A toir of any osrt doesnt appeal to me either. I guess if my new band ever got to open for some established band for like a 10 show run that would be cool. But the lifestyle does not appeal to me at all.
 
Jethro Rocker said:
We have lots of friends so I spread my time out doing multiple things. I guess what I should have said earlier was that I don't want guitar to become a chore. Somethjng I HAVE to do to get by. While I enjoy it immensely I want to play it on my terms.
A toir of any osrt doesnt appeal to me either. I guess if my new band ever got to open for some established band for like a 10 show run that would be cool. But the lifestyle does not appeal to me at all.
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I understand. Im too old to serve again in the police/military and i have no other job skill really to speak of, other than music. I make more in music than i did as a police lieutenant, so if i could earn more $$$ doing something else, i would do it, but a GED doesn't open too many doors...
 
Robert Herndon said:
I understand. Im too old to serve again in the police/military and i have no other job skill really to speak of, other than music. I make more in music than i did as a police lieutenant, so if i could earn more $$$ doing something else, i would do it, but a GED doesn't open too many doors...
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Hey man it's working for you!! Keep on keeping on!
 
Figured out how to continue on & still enjoy the process without needing to have parameters.. Studio is set up. Amps & guitars..main ones. What fits in the room. Done

the last few years have ended up making money at it. but not for that reason. Just enjoy the gear & getting it & fixing it up & learning it. Am in no rush & when its time to sell..just let it go. After this major gear movement is done. Will keep Extra an amp & few guitars for the purpose of something to do. Never in my wildest dreams thought i would be full time care taking & stuck in the house. Without the gear would be nutz, Do make a crazy amount of music but the gear became fun. I used to only have SVT & then PF rig & 2 Basses for 25 years. All i needed
 
After rereading a few posts, I thought I’d comment on the “being in a band” posts. Personally, I think that is where you learn about your role, and how you you and your sound fit into what you’re trying to accomplish as a band.

My first post in this thread mentioned me having available colors/sounds on my palette. How I shape my sound in my basement is completely different than my regular band and the Alice Cooper cover band. I have to fit in sonically to what other people are doing.

Rob explained his sonic role with two other guitarists, and how they make it work. With my band, I’m the only guitarist, so I have to have a wide spectrum that I can fill, and know how to work dynamically.

With the Alice Cooper project, I just need to fit into the role of Michael Bruce and have a very good rhythm sound. With my upcoming Hawkwind project, I will need to fit sonically with several other people. I’ll be taking the role of both Huw Lloyd Langton and sometimes Dave Brock, so I will have to work out fitting with keys/Theremin/mayhem, bass, sax/flute, drums, second guitar, and maybe violin. I will definitely be more focused on how we sound as a unit, so we don’t sound like mush.

It’s funny, when it’s not about you but us, you actually end up sounding and playing better.
 
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SG John said:
After rereading a few posts, I thought I’d comment on the “being in a band” posts. Personally, I think that is where you learn about your role, and how you you and your sound fit into what you’re trying to accomplish as a band.

My first post in this thread mentioned my have available colors/sounds on my palette. How I shape my sound in my basement is completely different than my regular band and the Alice Cooper cover band. I have to fit in sonically to what other people are doing.

Rob explained his sonic role with two other guitarists, and how they make it work. With my band, I’m the only guitarist, so I have to have a wide spectrum that I can fill, and know how to work dynamically.

With the Alice Cooper project, I just need to fit into the role of Michael Bruce and have a very good rhythm sound. With my upcoming Hawkwind project, I will need to fit sonically with several other people. I’ll be taking the role of both Huw Lloyd Langton and sometimes Dave Brock, so I will have to work out fitting with keys/Theremin/mayhem, bass, sax/flute, drum, second guitar, and maybe violin. I will definitely be more focused on how we sound as a unit, so we don’t sound like mush.

It’s funny, when it’s not about you but us, you actually end up sounding and playing better.
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Agree,,long time bass player & and the role knowing & what EQ space to be in is the dif that make a band sound great.
 
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