After a few decades of playing, well over 1000 gigs, several boutique amps, countless pedals, several guitars, etc., etc., I've reached a point where I care less about the gear. I'm not sure what happened, but it's a great feeling. I've focused a lot more energy on improving my playing and I'm doing more recording and writing than I ever have (thanks in part to the pandemic, of course). My playing has advanced and I'm playing better than ever. I get way more satisfaction out of that than buying some new gizmo. I do still look at gear and there will be things in these forums that catch my eye, but I evaluate my needs based on whether or not a given piece of gear will be a useful and valuable tool. After all, any guitar/amp/pedal/whatever is just a tool to make music. As the saying goes, the tools don't make the carpenter. The carpenter needs a good suitable set of tools, but there's a point at which that doesn't matter.
I am. I’m waiting on a pedal that i bought two days ago. 10 guitars and 9 amps ought to be enough. I think I need a banjo though. Or a resonator. Or both.
Hmmmm...no, I still want to change a few things---for no good reason, except to change. Yesterday, I made a Reverb purchase of a Gretsch G5232T Duo Jet...I'd been looking at them for months.
I love my stuff, but I can’t stop. I make all the tones I love, I don’t need anymore gear, but I can’t stop. I still have acoustics from the late 1960’s. I’m waiting on a Harley Benton T-52 natural finish from Germany right now. But I already have a fender tele. WTF am I thinking??
Fairly content... for now. I'm sure that will change as soon as the pandemic is over and people start getting together again to play. Then I'll realize I actually hate all my gear and that I need new __________________ (amps, guitars, pickups, effects, fill in the blank ;-)).
I'm getting there. Back in the summer I decided I'd rather have a few good pieces rather than a bunch of so-so. So I sold four guitars and an amp, but then I ended up buying five guitars and an amp with the money. I'm a lot happier with my new stuff though; it fits me and my style better than what I sold.
If you're like me, you'll find that a pedal board is never done, it just goes through different iterations. I looked at a pic of my pedal board 10 or more years ago, and there isn't a single pedal on there that's on my current board.
I am very content with my guitars Does that mean I "have all I need"? Heh heh. That's my wife's view. Here's a tip: when you get to a certain number, the wife struggles to remember them all, and you can just slip in a newbie undetected from time to time. Then you say,"Oh no, I've had that for a while." You need not say that a "while" is like an hour. Just a tip for you newlyweds.
Yeah, been through many versions. However, some of the same pedals keeps coming back time after time, and Small Stone never left.
You do! I bought one just before Thanksgiving, and I can't believe how much fun I'm having playing it. I can also tell you that Banjo Hangout is not nearly as enjoyable as Strat Talk, but I did find a guy (Jim Pankey) there who makes incredibly good instructional videos.
Yes, I am. Last year I hankered over adding a Strat with a coil splitter combo and a Les Paul with P90s. Just because..... Didn't feel I could justify the expense of originals as I'd recently retired, so built my own. One from parts individually sourced and the other a "New Jersey" kit. By no means is either perfect comparable with an original Custom Shop, the necks being the most difficult to get right, but I'm happy! I keep mine on display (I know not necessarily a good thing for them), but when I walk past them I can't help but smile and ponder, "they are all extraordinarily beautiful, I'm so lucky, which one should I play today?"
6 amps is probably too much, at least now that everything has been stopped by official requests. No band rehearsals, no gigs, nothing. 10 guitars is maybe 1 too much, because almost every day I play the PRS only. The gems lie in their cases crying... The last one I bought was a stock Epi 335 from Anderton's. Had to take it to my luthier because of a fret problem. So, now it is almost perfect. Might sell it and buy a Gibson 335 instead? Soundwise, my home-made Uraltone amp beats every factory made amp I've gotten my hands onto. The Marshall, Roland, Fender, AER and Warwick have had a time off for 3 months now.
Yes, finally content with my gear. I mean, I am having pickups replaced on a guitar, but after that, I think I'm done. In the last 6 months, I got two guitars that I've wants for over 25 years. I always said they were the 'last two I needed' Maybe one day I'll get a vintage Fender combo amp or something old and cool, but I couldn't be more content with my gear. Now the hard part...learning to play
Yes I'm pretty much content guitar wise, though I have been pondering a one off unique scratch build for this summer just to see if I can pull it off. I'm probably gonna end up buying a neck for it and maybe one or two others, part of my trickle down neck philosophy. Wouldn't throw out a good deal on a smaller Marshall either. Pedals, always seeing something out there that's tempting but at this point its become less about need and more about want/curiosity. Other than that though, I'm good. <eyeroll>
