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happyplucker
Bronze Member
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 03/18/2008 : 16:43:17
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please guys, what the hell is GAS, coz you lot sure suffer from it a lot!  |
Edited by - happyplucker on 03/18/2008 16:43:45 |
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pedals 4 pv
Platinum Member
Canada
1351 Posts |
Posted - 03/18/2008 : 17:10:34
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Gear Acquisition Syndrome (sometimes Guitar Acquisition Syndrome, both abbreviated to GAS) is a term used to describe an urge to acquire and accumulate lots of gear. This term commonly associated with:
Guitarists (tend to acquire guitars, guitar amplifiers, pedals, effects processors)
Keyboard / synth players (tend to acquire keyboards, synthesizers, samplers, effects units, etc)
Drummers (various drums, percussion, drumsticks)
Photographers (cameras and its parts - bodies, lens, mounts, filters, flash, etc.)
The term "GAS" was coined by Walter Becker in 1996 in his article G.A.S. in Guitar Player as "Guitar Acquisition Syndrome". The term started to be frequently used by guitarists and spread out to other musicians who were familiar with similar tendencies.
GAS shouldn't be confused with collection.
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Laurie
Double Platinum Member
Canada
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Posted - 03/18/2008 : 17:30:13
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| I'm OK <twitch> <twitch> if I take the medication regularly. Honesly, I've only bought one pedal in the last week... no, really! |
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Dirk
Platinum Member
Netherlands
1309 Posts |
Posted - 03/18/2008 : 17:52:30
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I haven't even bought a pedal this entire year, but I'm GAS'ing desperately for a new bass amp (most likely the Ampeg SVT 3).
I'm already selling unused gear to save up, not that I can't afford it but I just want the gearmoney to circulate a bit, before some major GAS attack kills my bank account In other words, I just bought to much stuff last year  |
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happyplucker
Bronze Member
United Kingdom
126 Posts |
Posted - 03/19/2008 : 10:16:30
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cheers guys, definition noted and diagnosed myself last night. i suffer from it too. |
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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
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Posted - 03/19/2008 : 10:20:21
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quote:
Originally posted by happyplucker
cheers guys, definition noted and diagnosed myself last night. i suffer from it too.
Don�t we all do it???? |
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