Any of you have a hard time letting go of gear?

[tweed]

I have mad GAS for an AxeFx Ultra, which means some stuff has to go. Probably my DSL50 and my Tweed Blues Deluxe and some other odds and ends. Problem is, even though I haven't touched the Fender in ages, i'm not sure I can let it go. Same with the Marshall, except I have been using the DSL quite a bit lately with favorable results.

 

[peaveyT60]

just start practicing more. that's the best cure for gas ever. keep what you have.

 

[dfrattaroli]

I'm so GAS'ing for a Mesa Mark and can't bring myself to sell my Egnater M4 or Axe FX Standard. I dig them both so much.

 

[racer_j]

I don't think I've ever sold any gear I've ever bought or was given to me.

But I don't buy a lot of stuff either. 13 guitars and 4 amps isn't that much in 20 something years, is it?

I usually just wait out the gas until I decide I don't need it or I have the money to just go ahead and buy it outright.


Jason

 

[glpg80]

if i dont use it, it goes.

i owned a low serial number 2002 wolfgang which was tonally amazing. but it didnt fit my style of playing, and i wasnt playing it because of this. so i sold it for something that would.

same thing with amplifiers, if im not using it i have no use for it.

however, for the gear that i do use - i wont sell it unless it doesnt do what i need it too, within reason.

gear is gear. pull a pro's and con's chart on your likes and dislikes about each and go from there. maybe see if fractal will let you have a 30 day trial period?

i try 99% of the time to try before i buy, especially with guitars. not so much with amplifiers, but i find that i hang onto gear much much longer that way than impulse purchases that i might soon regret.

same gear now for almost 5 years. the guitars are only getting better in that time as well.

 

[Phrygian]

I hate getting rid of gear but sometimes GAS was so bad that I just had to get rid of something to move onto the next piece.

 

[Digital Jams]

I know I should sell the MK IV but I just can't

 

[Anonymous]

Nope.......It's always all for sale or trade

 

[tweed]

gear is gear. pull a pro's and con's chart on your likes and dislikes about each and go from there.

I've done this and it's one of the main reasons for wanting to move to an Ultra. Here's the Marshall delimma for me currently. I use the crunch channel for rythm and OD2 for leads. I have the crunch channel boosted with an SD-1 and it sounds pretty damn good, but when you switch over to the red channel you have to be on top of your game or it's feedback city. I know I could run say a Fish n chips eq in the loop and get a volume increase for solo's that way but it's more cables and probably a voodoo pedal power II as the eq eats batteries for lunch. I'm trying not end up with a large pedal board out front, but I may rethink that idea and go from there. I really like the marshall and it would be great if I could find the right pedal compliment or simple mod that would make it do what I really need it to do.

Seems like everytime I bring up the idea of an Ultra I get hit with some stupid ass bill and it get's farther out of reach. Case in point, wife just called a bit ago, garbage disposal is leaking water from the bottom of the unit and some of the pipes under the sink are leaking as well. I can guess what most of my friday off is going to be spent on...

 

[degenaro]

I have mad GAS for an AxeFx Ultra, which means some stuff has to go. Probably my DSL50 and my Tweed Blues Deluxe and some other odds and ends. Problem is, even though I haven't touched the Fender in ages, i'm not sure I can let it go. Same with the Marshall, except I have been using the DSL quite a bit lately with favorable results.

Sold 20 amps, 2 dozen guitars and I don't even know how many pedals, and gadgets. Felt freakin amazing not having to pay to store stuff I hadn't used...and more importantly didn't have to move. Still have way too many guitars, after I settle in at the new pace I gotta purge some more. Especially after not having sold really anything in 20 years that was the shit.