GAS - Gear Acquisition Syndrome (Part 1)

What is something worth? What we’ll pay for it

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Yep, and it turns out a lot of people happily pay top end prices for midrange instruments, as long as a particular name is on the headstock.

(It’s not just Fender; Gibson is worse, if anything.)

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I’m wondering if I can get away with buying my wife this as a Christmas present

Just popped up in the local freeads - Marshall DBS7200 + DBS7410 . Not too pricey…

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If you put airplane tickets to Turks & Caicos on top…maybe.

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what a sexy beast

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Yeah she’s been dropping hints about clothes so I might have to put this off till new year sometime

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Looks like it’s been through the wars tho

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Yeah but what would Lemmy say ?

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Lemmy would need two :rofl:

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Hah I reckon he’d go for it and a glass of JD :grin:

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Oh is that Murder one ? That would look perfect for my living room :slight_smile:

Actually I had my eye on the Lemmy Rick (4004?) for ages but they cost a fortune and there’s probably more chance of me urinating in the Queen’s handbag than being able to buy one. The only chance is a Chinese copy

I’ve heard some negative press about Chickenbackers though - they’re cheap and can look good but there are problems with delivery, electronics, finishing… Not sure I would risk buying one.

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Well, if the neck and body are sound, the rest is a matter of DIY. The problem is that this drives the cost up. From what I heard from my family in Poland, the Usual Scumbags™ - aka Alibaba and Aliexpress - actually deliver there quite well (they ship through a local logistics center). Certainly better than in the People’s Glorious Republic of Canadastan.

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It certainly is :smiling_face_with_sunglasses:
I’ve hung my nose over those Rick copies but I have a horrible suspicion I could end up being disappointed.

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After reading so much about this little box here, I bought it … and OMG … so much fun for so little money!

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One of the best buys in gear.

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It’s not even 100 bucks (even here in CZ) and right out of the box it just rocks.

The only issue is that I will actually need to buy me some advanced looper, because after fiddling around with this simple one, it’s just fun without the need to connect a pc.

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Ah that is definitely my weak spot! I’m one of those people who are happy to use a bass and not know how it works :wink:

Yeah I know a couple of people who’ve bought from them. Still rather buy local though…

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Nice one mate! I am thinking of getting one keep it at work for the lunch breaks…

How is it?

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I have a question about the Zoom. Isn’t the effect chain the other way around? It goes from output to input on the screen, is it possible to flip it somehow? O.o

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