Are you happy with your current gear?

[ZMAN]

I guess you could say I am more than happy with my gear. I have just about every type of guitar covered. I think though that I have too many guitars and probably 1 or two too many amps. I find I am only playing one or two guitars and I play mainly through my DSL100. I also have a good friend that is also a collector and I can use any of his gear anytime I want. The only thing I don't have is an acoustic and I really don't want one.
I hadn't touched a guitar for over a month and I started playing again and my fingers are blistered.
Just to prove I am happy with my gear, I went on vacation for 2 weeks and never even went close to a music store. That is unbelieveable.

 

[Katastrophe]

Since I don't have an amp at the moment, I'm not really happy with my gear.

It just ain't the same unplugged on an electric.

 

[deeaa]

I'm quite happy...but if I won the lottery I'd buy a jmv rig at least...

 

[MAXIFUNK]

I'm quite happy...but if I won the lottery I'd buy.........

TRUER WORDS HAVE NEVER BEEN SPOKEN LMAO!!

 

[sunvalleylaw]

Yup. I have enough and I like what I have.

...greetings from the home planet.

Good to hear from you tOta!

 

[kidsmoke]

I have no good reason to lust after electric guitars at the moment. I've got to address pickup issues in the semi-hollow, which if done the way I want, will cost as much as decent used guitar.

My two glaring "needs" are a serious amph, and a Rosewood Dread or a Jumbo.

Amph's...i can make plenty of noise, but they are both basically variations of practice amphs, and given that I seldom play out, they more than meet my home playing "needs" (as in, the neighbors, at this point, still speak to me)
Still even at home, I'd rather be playing through a 65 Deluxe reissue...*sigh*

the other is the acoustic, I've got a mahogany Larrivee, GREAT guitar, but it's really a fingerstylists guitar, a little quiet and mellow. For strumming and singalong and booming hammerons...the things that carry in an open mic, I feel it's a bit deficient.

Wouldn't you know, just got a line on a Bourgeois built Rosewood Dread... SERIOUS guitar...SERIOUS cash....but very limited run from 15 years ago...ony 150, hand built, hand voiced by Dana.....GAS of the sort that leaves me sleepless, and dreaming of guitars when I do drift....

so I guess the answer to the question is no. :thwap

 

[Retro Hound]

Hmm. Have you set goals for what this means? I've always said something similar to myself, but I never bothered to set metrics I could measure myself against.

ARGH! There's metrics again! I work in academics, so I hear plenty about metrics. Anyway, I guess right now I'm just thinking about getting through the two books I have and being able to change cords in less than a measure. And I'm only talking about C,G,D,E kind of stuff.

It's been hard because I'm a sucker for a bargain, and I've decided to pass them up for now. Unless a REALLY good one comes along. :thwap :thumbsup

 

[bcdon]

Hey, just tell your wife that you WON'T BECOME a better player unless you get that semi-hollowbody guitar! ancake :dude oke

Heck, just tell your wife, "Woman, I'm the man and what I say..." and start running. Fast! :running

 

[Robert]

bcdon, have you been talking to my wife again?

 

[bcdon]

bcdon, have you been talking to my wife again?

Nope, I can't handle the one I've got. :thwap

 

[Tig]

Happy? Yes, for the most part. I see myself in a build period when it comes to gear, but not the usual GAS we get. I'm still working on getting just the basics in place. My good Strat, P-90 semi-hollow, acoustic, amp, and the few pedals I have are all keepers. :dance

The $50 Tele find is my least favorite guitar, mostly because the neck is too narrow and the electronics are noisy. It is fine for now, but I'd like to replace it with a nicer double humbucker guitar, which will happen some later time.

I'm beyond happy with the Egnater amp. I like to play a wide variety of styles and music, so I could really use a good multi effects unit. I need more colors in my pallet, but due to the many sub-$500 choices out there, this is the hardest gear decision to date.

So, down the road I really need a good double humbucker guitar, would like a decent Tele (CV 50's would do), and need a good multi effects.

For now, I'm happy!

 

[M29]

bcdon, :rotflmao: :rotflmao:

 

[deeaa]

ARGH! There's metrics again! I work in academics, so I hear plenty about metrics.

Don't get me started on measurements and units! :thumbsup

I teach languages for a living and boy those inches and such units are impossible to fathom...with metrics, all you need is just one unit, and the rest are that times ten per unit always, even accross types, like a thousand liters is a cube with one metre sides and weighs a thousand kilos if water...but those old units...there's like 6 different tons alone all weighing different...impossible to decipher without a book to check from

 

[M29]

Units... You mean like a pair of units? :socool Wheres the birthday pictures? Never mind, I better not go there.


I am pretty content with what I have. Trying to fine tune everything now. There is always something though like maybe try a different speaker or pedal.

M

 

[Duffy]

Happy

I think happiness is a quest rather than a static state.

Therefore some of the guitars I was really happy with in the past, led to other guitar acquisitions that often provided greater happiness.

Playing my Squier CV Lake Placid Blue with the aged white pearl pickguard, loaded with Fender Custom Shop Texas Special sss pickups was real happiness tonight, compared to a couple other guitars I compared it to. And my Michael Kelly Patriot Custom also provided some real happiness compared to some other guitars that once sounded great.

Happiness is a relative state and subject to change.

I'm happy with my gear, especially with my upgrades; and am trying to get in as much playing time as possible to develop my playing skills on this gear I'm so happy with.

It seems curious to me that some guys I know have the same guitar that they have had for thirty years and they are happy with it, so to speak. These are some mighty fine guitars I might add, but none the less, it seems like one would want to get something different, better sounding, or just get something else for a change to stimulate musical growth.

To each their own and equally to each their own pursuit of happiness, whatever that may be conceived to be.

I need to sell some of my gear that I'm not very happy with, without further hesitation.

 

[syo]

Starting the guitar co. thing seems to have alleviated my guitarlust. I have so many guitars and guitar parts around me that I mostly gas for shelves, stands and hangers. But a vintage Gretsch seed got planted recently which will likely sprout once I've made some room.

Actually I am so busy working and practicing that I don't have time to think much about gear. Seems the more I'm playing, the less I want. Come to think of it I'm also feeling happier than usual. Could it be that the abolition of want is the key to happiness?

:whatever:

Nah...

 

[markb]

Don't get me started on measurements and units! :thumbsup

I teach languages for a living and boy those inches and such units are impossible to fathom...with metrics, all you need is just one unit, and the rest are that times ten per unit always, even accross types, like a thousand liters is a cube with one metre sides and weighs a thousand kilos if water...but those old units...there's like 6 different tons alone all weighing different...impossible to decipher without a book to check from

As one from a scientific background I've been trying to explain this to British and American people like, forever! It's so nice to finally live in a country that is actually metric rather than just officially.

I was made to recite "a litre of water is a pint and three quarter(s)" at school. Try it with a cockney accent. Hilarious!

PS: Americans, please ignore this mnemonic because your pints are the wrong size

 

[Retro Hound]

Don't get me started on measurements and units! :thumbsup

I teach languages for a living and boy those inches and such units are impossible to fathom...with metrics, all you need is just one unit, and the rest are that times ten per unit always, even accross types, like a thousand liters is a cube with one metre sides and weighs a thousand kilos if water...but those old units...there's like 6 different tons alone all weighing different...impossible to decipher without a book to check from

Sorry about the confusion here, but the "metrics" Eric and I are performance measures, not the Metric System of physical measurement. And yes, the Metric System makes so much sense, I wish we would start using it.

Robert, telling my wife that I need a semi-hollow to improve is a great idea!

 

[sunvalleylaw]

Ok, this thread is about satisfaction with your guitar gear, not measurements. But even so, while I get how the metric system makes sense, I just enjoy ordering a Pint, or better yet, an Imperial Pint much more than something like a liter of Guinness. :beer: BTW, while I am generally satisfied with the beer that has been in my fridge, I am GASing for some replacement units.

 

[Eric]

Ok, this thread is about satisfaction with your guitar gear, not measurements. But even so, while I get how the metric system makes sense, I just enjoy ordering a Pint, or better yet, an Imperial Pint much more than something like a liter of Guinness. :beer: BTW, while I am generally satisfied with the beer that has been in my fridge, I am GASing for some replacement units.

While we're diverging anyway...

I had a party a few weeks ago with 50+ people, and bought 4 cases of beer for it. At the end of the night, a total of 25 beers had been drunk. Only 25 beers!!

So we got to take home 3 cases of mixed beers, which brings the total in the basement to something like 7 cases of beer. Wowie. I guess that's what you get for not being able to buy 6-packs in PA...

 

[MAXIFUNK]

While we're diverging anyway...

I had a party a few weeks ago with 50+ people, and bought 4 cases of beer for it. At the end of the night, a total of 25 beers had been drunk. Only 25 beers!!

So we got to take home 3 cases of mixed beers, which brings the total in the basement to something like 7 cases of beer. Wowie. I guess that's what you get for not being able to buy 6-packs in PA...

The BEER distributor is your friend.

 

[markb]

...I had a party a few weeks ago with 50+ people, and bought 4 cases of beer for it. At the end of the night, a total of 25 beers had been drunk. Only 25 beers!!...

50+ people, 25 beers drunk. You call that a party?

 

[mainestratman]

VERY.

Although, the local shop has a gorgeous Ibanez electric/acoustic 12 string that needs to find its way here... after I finish filling out the PA...

 

[Nickolas Cook]

As a beginner, I'm pretty happy with my low end equipment for now. I have a Fender Bullet Strat, a Danelectro 56 U1 reissue with single pickup, semi-hollow body, and an Lucero LC100 Classical Guitar. I have an Ibanez GSRM20 Mikro Short Scale Bass and a couple of keyboards: Yamaha and a Korg Microkorg Vocoder. And various recording programs and mics and amps and mixers, etc., etc.
In the last year, I've spent about $1,500.00. Not a lot in comparison to some musicians, but not too bad for a guy who is just basically learning to play again and who does a little home recording, here and there.

 

[6stringdrug]

everyday i wish for the lotto gods to rain money on me!!!!!!

I am constantly looking for another piece to the sordid puzzle that is tone!
that being said, the rig i play with now is keeping a smile on my face!

2 bands, 2 rigs. #1, 2006 mim strat->boss tu2->morley bad horsie 2(jurys still out on this one)->ibanez ts9->boss bf2->fender super champ xd
#2, 2005 gibson LP studio->boss tu2->ibanez ts9->vox v847->ibanez t808->boss bf2->fender super champ xd

thats for gigs, at home and studio/practice ive got at least fifty other pedals i toy withfor tone but thats my rig.

id love to get some vintage fender amp or a bluesbreaker. had an orange, was not blown away (cept for the price). my XD does just about everything well, nothing exceptional, just well, and small unit. i like simplicity onstage.

and of course, i want every axe i can grab, but the 2 i got suit me for now( untill that rain im waiting for happens)

i may sound all over the place here but ask my exes, thats just me. in my head it all sorts out. ancake

 

[deeaa]

50+ people, 25 beers drunk. You call that a party?

My circle of acquaintances, I'd need about 20 cases for 50 people and I'd run out of beer. Hell, I've bought three cases just for my personal use last week only, although I've also quite a few left in the fridge. But in the summertime...I can easily gulp down at least a sixpack in the daytime while watching the kids on the beach and another in the afternoon/evening while watching telly with the wife. Not enough to get drunk, but keep a nice warm buzz going & sleep like a baby.

Come to think of it, I suppose I spend much more on beer yearly than gear. Must be something like 1500 or more at least.

 

[syo]

My circle of acquaintances, I'd need about 20 cases for 50 people and I'd run out of beer. Hell, I've bought three cases just for my personal use last week only, although I've also quite a few left in the fridge. But in the summertime...I can easily gulp down at least a sixpack in the daytime while watching the kids on the beach and another in the afternoon/evening while watching telly with the wife. Not enough to get drunk, but keep a nice warm buzz going & sleep like a baby.

Come to think of it, I suppose I spend much more on beer yearly than gear. Must be something like 1500 or more at least.

Just read today that, according to a Gallup poll, out of 155 countries Finland is the second happiest country. http://travel.yahoo.com/p-interests-35010143
Perhaps their typical beer consumption (exemplified by our good man Dee) has something to do with it?

Happy in beer, happy in gear... :beer: :R

 

[deeaa]

LO yeah, although I suppose it's much more to do with the mindset of people to be content with less; a typically lutheran type, quite happy with just a job and a steady income & safety and people are happy as clams. Like myself...I guess very few people really have dreams of making tons of money or 'succeeding', they just dream of a red cabin in the country where they can just live easy and drink beer, no fame or fortune necessary quite a striking difference to anglo-saxon world where even kids must constantly compete even in school sports etc. and thrive and long for success and wealth much much more, IMO. I believe that makes for less happiness, to have to strive towards something at all times.

 

[Duffy]

Happiness

You Deeaa,

It's like a cultural thing, happiness. In the USA we do have competition and aspiration and a lot of stress and also a lot of drinking and drugs; but people still long for a red cabin in the woods to just relax and let it all go by.

That's a mighty lot of beer dude, I know, I drank way more than my share back in my drinking days. Had a lot of fun too. But then, well that's another story for a different place in space and time.

Good luck dude, and stay happy.

I'm retired so I don't have to have my nose to the grinding stone, but I had a lot of pressure on me during my working days and my school years.

I definitely desire to improve my playing skills and acquire equipment that I think is better and better. It's like and endless quest, like an aspiration; a road to a goal that is ellusive.

What happened to the Viking quest to conquer? Has that genetically dissipated or is Finland not part of the Viking vibe? I thought Vikings were real contenders, very contentious and motivated to attain the unimaginable.

What happened to that vibe?

 

[deeaa]

Yeah, Finns aren't really Viking breed, only mixed in a little. That'd be more like Norwegians etc. We're more Slavic in nature and origin, quiet and melancholic, although often blonde and similar in appearance to Scandinavians. But at least the legends speak of Finns being, despite quiet and not so competitive, very relentless and unyielding when need arises; death before dishonor and I'll plow that f**ng field today or die doing it, like.

In European wars already in the 1600's the Finnish regiments were feared greatly, fighting in the Swedish army, which at the time was arguably the biggest superpower in Europe - Finland was a part of Sweden in those days. Whom we had a war with too at some point, like most all countries, LOL. And of course in the 2nd WW when a tiny Finnish army with not much else than rifles fought and held against a tenfold size Russian war machine with tanks and all, and kept the independence. Coincidentally that led to Finland in the 2nd WW fighting both with and against both Russia and Germany, and even were in war with England who however provided us military support at around the same time. Go figure. USA was by the way the only allied country who refused to start a war with Finland in those days - all the others we argued with back and forth, LOL. But that's typically Finnish I guess.

I don't know if there's much of that left in a modern Finn, but at least it's seen as a cultural heritage for us to never surrender. But still, it's not very common to praise competition either, except in hockey etc. against Sweden, th e dear neighbor whom Finns always both respect and envy and love and hate all at the same time, and we all learn the Swedish language as well