GAS is different to me than merely a shopping list. I didn't assume anything. I just thought it would be a fantasy for myself and probably a few others to just buy top notch gear as though it was nothing. If I had Bezos or Musk money I'd feel that way. I could easily spend six figures on gear right now if I had the opportunity.
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GAS is different to me than merely a shopping list. I didn't assume anything. I just thought it would be a fantasy for myself and probably a few others to just buy top notch gear as though it was nothing. If I had Bezos or Musk money I'd feel that way. I could easily spend six figures on gear right now if I had the opportunity.
chadd
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If I could manage my GAS I would not be looking at this.
I've owned a bunch of Deluxes over the years and played close to a hundred. Given current pricing, I'd grab an R4 or R6 and throw antiquities in it. Norlins may not be as bad as the rap they got in the 90s, but recent production blows them away. Obviously there will be exceptions from both eras
You and me both! HA!
allbutromeo
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Used to be that I'd just say eff it and buy it. Right now though money's tight so it's not an issue, I know I can't.
Aceman
I am your doctor of love!
I buy a pedal instead. Or maybe three....
In reality, I have been doing OK with my "no new guitars for a year" at a time policy, and equal value out as in. So far.
Also - when in a shop (LMS, Big Box, Pawn, etc) I set a "30 days" or some such policy. If it is still there / on sale etc. it was meant for me.
By doing that I picked up a neck thru BC Rich NJ Classic for $299...so I just did that with no remorse.
In reality, I have been doing OK with my "no new guitars for a year" at a time policy, and equal value out as in. So far.
Also - when in a shop (LMS, Big Box, Pawn, etc) I set a "30 days" or some such policy. If it is still there / on sale etc. it was meant for me.
By doing that I picked up a neck thru BC Rich NJ Classic for $299...so I just did that with no remorse.
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GuitarStv
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Last night I decided that one of my pedals didn't sound right . . . so I took the back off it, traced the circuit, and decided to mod it with new bass and treble controls. I am currently in the process of auditing different pot/cap values for the mods, but it's turning out well so far. By rolling back the treble and bass I can get a tube screamer-y mid focused thing and by just rolling the bass off it does a kind of treble boost thing.
Way more fun that just dropping cash on a new pedal and then hoping it'll sound right.
Way more fun that just dropping cash on a new pedal and then hoping it'll sound right.
Be careful, that's how new pedal designs start!
GuitarStv
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It's a germanium fuzz pedal I built a while back. For bass cut I just stuck a cap in series with the circuit to find a value that sounded right, and then stuck a pot in to control the amount of signal that heads to it. Now I'm playing around with a small cap value stuck in parallel on another pot now to act as a treble cut. It's surprising how much control these little things give you over a fuzz face circuit.
I was inspired by this wiring for bass/treble controls on a guitar:
Soooo....you are hoping you select the right parts to make it sound right vs buying a pedal and hoping it sounds right? Sounds similar to me. Kind of like the same thing only different.
GuitarStv
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Most guitar pedals are 15- 30$ of parts in a 10$ box. So you build the pedal, and then find out if you like it. At that point, adding a few resistors or capacitors is super cheap - maybe 5 cents each? A pot is pretty expensive at a dollar or so. But the cool thing is being able to tweak stuff to sound exactly the way you want. Not hoping that someone else can do it for you, that you'll hear of that person, that you'll be able to afford and get a hold of whatever it is that they build, and then that it actually sounds good with your rig.
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