I love my setup and the whole GAS thing is lost on me.

[mr. sound boy king]

Not only have I sold all my gear in the last six months, I never had any gear to begin with. The only things I own are: soap, 1 pants, 1 shirt, underpants (x2), a pair of socks, a pair of shoes, an iPad Pro, an iPhone Pro 11, a Macbook Pro, a professional razor blade kit with badger brush and boutique soap, and a large piece of land in rural Oregon. I rent a "small house" from a kindly old elf of a man who is "off the grid" and I use solar energy solely to power my iPad Pro, which has one music app on it, which I have yet to master (iElectribe). I power my iPhone Pro 11 and Macbook Pro from stolen electricity from Starbucks (fuck 'em, am I right? Capitalism must burn!) and I use those tools to graphic design other people for money for rent. I have saved over 1800$ in the last year due to my career. This is why I do not feel GAS and have permanently downsized my entire life. If I see a cockroach, I do not kill it, for it is made of the same star-stuff as my iPad Pro OS 13. I put it outside - the cosmos is a playground made of the same-star-stuff as my iPhone, pants, and socks. As you can see, I have achieved a type of perfection which eludes many pretenders to the throne!

[$harkToootth]

Serious copy pasta here. Thank you for this!

[Mudfuzz]

This thread is so me of late. I love my basses [the Vees and the NS], I love my amp, I love my board... now everything else seems like clutter.. I've already started to purge a bit more purging to come

[coldbrightsunlight]

The purge is what keeps society working

[goroth]

According to the logic of my BST thread I should check in here and agree with everyone.

[D.o.S.]

I'm still waiting for my Salt Box and the Meatbox to finalise the pedalboard but I kind of agree with this. That said, there are so many cool things out and about now:

E.G: The Gen R-8 (goes on sale tomorrow). Decided to save for tattoos instead, but it sounds delicious

[coldbrightsunlight]

TAS is a real problem in these times

[$harkToootth]

So... I can't say I 100% know this feeling but... the whole dirt thing is over for me thanks to BetterOffShred. He made me a fuzz with a high boost and FX loop that is like... the logical conclusion for me... for dirt...

[coldbrightsunlight]

[Dowi]

So... I can't say I 100% know this feeling but... the whole dirt thing is over for me thanks to BetterOffShred. He made me a fuzz with a high boost and FX loop that is like... the logical conclusion for me... for dirt...

FX loop placed between the fuzz and the boost or what?
Anyway, happy to hear you reached dirt inner peace (for now..)

[$harkToootth]

FX loop placed between the fuzz and the boost or what?
Anyway, happy to hear you reached dirt inner peace (for now..)

I actually think it's just in the Fuzz part but I will confirm with B.o.S.

I'm coining a new term for gear complacency. It's called, "Going Cuba". When you go to Cuba and see they're still rocking cars from the 50s because... they had to. Whatever gear I have now (and this should not be hard because... I have a lot)... just has to work going forward. If it seems like I'm pleased with myself for coming up with this analogy it's because I am.

[$harkToootth]

You can also call it "Going Wonka" like the Wonka factory... nothing comes in but... nothing comes out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLi-ellge1s

[D.o.S.]

I thought I was GAS free but it turns out I just didn't know enough about what was available.

[Dowi]

FX loop placed between the fuzz and the boost or what?
Anyway, happy to hear you reached dirt inner peace (for now..)

I actually think it's just in the Fuzz part but I will confirm with B.o.S.

I'm coining a new term for gear complacency. It's called, "Going Cuba". When you go to Cuba and see they're still rocking cars from the 50s because... they had to. Whatever gear I have now (and this should not be hard because... I have a lot)... just has to work going forward. If it seems like I'm pleased with myself for coming up with this analogy it's because I am.

Actually I like how it sounds.
So, despite the fact that I'd really like to go to Cuba, like, literally, gear-wise i went to Cuba only with small sections of my signal chain (translated: I have just a couple of pieces of gear that I m going to keep forever).

[$harkToootth]

I thought I was GAS free but it turns out I just didn't know enough about what was available.

This is where 'going Cuba' comes in. You're not satisfied per say... just... having GAS is not an option cause it won't be a reality.