LucSulla Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 OK, so the current gear is: Amps: Friedman Small Box 3 Monkey Sock Monkey 18/12 (assuming it isn't busted) Bogner Shiva Vox MV 50 Rock Guitars: ASAT Special Semi Hollow Shishkov Double Cut Gibson LP Traditional Gibson LP Custom Gibson ES-335 Studio Gibson SG Standard Gibson Firebird Charvel Custom Shop San Dimas Fender Strat Guild D35 The Shiva is actually up on Reverb... The goal, scary as it is, is to not buy anymore amps or guitars this year. My GAS is getting ridiculous, so I'm publicly stating that for the next 8 months, no more big expenditures. I need to live with some of this stuff anyway. An attenuator for the Friedman is VERY tempting - the amp sounds fine at 2 but amazing up at 4 (and 110 db) - but I'm even going to try and hold off on that too. Hi, I'm Jason, and I have a gear problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killerteddybear Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 1 hour ago, LucSulla said: Hi, I'm Jason, and I have a Gibson problem. Fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucSulla Posted April 24, 2018 Author Share Posted April 24, 2018 1 minute ago, killerteddybear said: Fixed. Ha! Well, if the shoe fits! However, I'm pretty sated when it comes to Gibbys. Four of those were Gibsons I bought just to have one represented. The LPC I got when I was 19 and is just that guitar you can never sell. It's not even my best playing guitar... not really even close. But it's my buddy, if that makes sense. My real problem is ASATs and Charvels. I want to own them all. Someday, I'll probably buy another Shishkov, but that's going to be awhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killerteddybear Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 I'm not familiar with Charvels but I understand your attraction to ASATs. I'd like a couple as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenmindbeginner Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 1 hour ago, killerteddybear said: I'm not familiar with Charvels... WTF?!?!? In your defense, you do play bass & San Dimas is a bit of a long walk from San Diego but... what was it that occupied your attention during the '80s? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoff_hartwell Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 That’s a lot of great stuff! So what are your dream gigs with those rigs? In your practice, who are the players whose heads you are trying to get inside of, and what bands? Is this gear what does it? I promise I’m not trying to be cheeky, I want to know more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptm1diver Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Please post address for the troll thieves. 🙄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamerhead Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Hell, if that's a problem, bubs needs to be institutionalized. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCChris Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 9 hours ago, LucSulla said: The goal, scary as it is, is to not buy anymore amps or guitars this year. As someone with very similar gear as yours, I can say that the Smallbox and Shishkov have turned off my GAS like a spigot. No guitar or amp purchases in well over a year. So maybe the same will be true for you. I'll also say that I own more guitars and amps than you and definitely play less, so my problem is worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shankyboy Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 9 hours ago, LucSulla said: Hi, I'm Jason, and I have a gear problem. I was just thinking the same thing the other day as I pulled the trigger on a Zaftig from BILT. I have 28 guitars and 14 amps. I would say it has gotten out of hand. My wife looks at me like I am crazy every time I bring something new home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biz Prof Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 2 hours ago, gtrdaddy said: Ha! He said cheeky Haven't heard/read that term used in dialogue since my kids watched Thomas the Tank Engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSII x 2 Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Amps: Tip of the Iceberg, Home studio: EVH15 LBX [Blue/Red], Mesa 5:25 Express Plus Band: Splawn Competition Guitars: Tip of the iceberg, SSII Cali Jeff Beck Strat / Deluxe Players Strat -- both heavily modded EBMM Axis Peavey Wolfgang Special Pedals: FD2 / FD3 / OCD / 2B / Catalyst -- various combinations Way Huge Aqua Puss DOD Chorus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucSulla Posted April 24, 2018 Author Share Posted April 24, 2018 5 hours ago, geoff_hartwell said: That’s a lot of great stuff! So what are your dream gigs with those rigs? In your practice, who are the players whose heads you are trying to get inside of, and what bands? Is this gear what does it? I promise I’m not trying to be cheeky, I want to know more! I guess a dream gig these days is a room where I can turn the Small Box up enough to feel it in my pants leg and still stay at 100 dBa at the mixing desk. As far as what players, I don't think I'm trying to get inside of anyone's head anymore. For probably the last 10 years, I'm trying to get what is in my head out. I rarely chase anyone's style these days as much as occasionally running into a musical sentence where I can't pick the right word because my vocabulary fails. I'll dig around to find someone who is good at that particular thing and see what terms they know, but I don't think any one player does exactly what I want to do. I guess if you good Frankenstein together equal part Greg Koch, Eddie Van Halen, Joe Satriani, Junior Barnard, and David Gilmour, it would be something like that. But then I like rhythm a lot too and probably choose amps based as much as how bad ass they sound to me when I play an open A as anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polara Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 I have one combo amp. Plus a ZT Lunchbox as "if the real amp blows up at a gig." And five pedals (six if you count the tuner). That amp and those pedals do all I need, but I will admit to having perpetual low-level GAS. I keep a core of maybe three "I play these and will not sell them" electrics plus a bass and an acoustic, while everything else is to buy cheap, fix up, play it a bit for fun and then sell just as cheap, realizing a $50 loss each time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmatthes Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Yeah...but does he have an Instapot and sous vide? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucSulla Posted April 25, 2018 Author Share Posted April 25, 2018 2 hours ago, cmatthes said: Yeah...but does he have an Instapot and sous vide? Well, boiled peanuts are religion down here, and pressure cookers abound. Glad the TGP crowd could discover them and give it a stupid name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killerteddybear Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 22 hours ago, zenmindbeginner said: WTF?!?!? In your defense, you do play bass & San Dimas is a bit of a long walk from San Diego but... what was it that occupied your attention during the '80s? In the 80's I lived in Saskatoon. What occupied my attention was trying to stay warm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucSulla Posted April 25, 2018 Author Share Posted April 25, 2018 On 4/24/2018 at 8:50 AM, MCChris said: As someone with very similar gear as yours, I can say that the Smallbox and Shishkov have turned off my GAS like a spigot. No guitar or amp purchases in well over a year. So maybe the same will be true for you. I'll also say that I own more guitars and amps than you and definitely play less, so my problem is worse. Where do you run the master on your SB out of curiosity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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