What instrument/gear to get- to gain inspiration?!

[Mikelamury]

Whenever I'm running on empty and can't come up with anything on guitar I put on some old bad religion and just play around on my bass, after noodling on the bass for a while when I come back to guitar I try to follow along what I was playing on the bass and usually end up going off in new direction.

 

[DCikes88]

Whenever I'm running on empty and can't come up with anything on guitar I put on some old bad religion and just play around on my bass, after noodling on the bass for a while when I come back to guitar I try to follow along what I was playing on the bass and usually end up going off in new direction.

Very true for me too.
Since my bass has been out of commission (just a box of parts atm), I feel a bit stale when I grab a guitar. So I've been forcing myself to grab an acoustic instead, and often in a non-standard tuning, all 5ths or dadgad atleast, just to noodle with something melodic and pleasing.
Keyboards are usually also inspiring, but not so much with half of a
functioning right hand.

Also, just listening to music, either something different to your usual (but which you still enjoy ofc) or something you used to listen to but kinda forgot about.

Something old, something new, something different, but still you!