But I feel that sometimes - for some people - it goes further. In your case, and (usually) also in the case of @faydout I see good intentions.
If it’s helpful and/or funny: great. If not: not so great…
Why not just enjoy people getting stuff, at least in the GAS section?
Nobody asks: why do you get a second jazz bass? Or why do you get a P if you already have a P/J? Why do you have three compressor pedals? A 1000W amp in your living room? Five basses after five months of practice?
Sometimes it gets a little dark here. When things are neither helpful nor funny. And this is what should be taken very seriously…
Why, yes, these questions are asked ALL the time.
Asking such questions is one way to make someone reflect over their decisions and conclusions and perhaps gain more insight in the process.
We all should remember the limitations of communicating the way we do here. And it also behooves us to remember how humor can be quite different in different cultures and for people with a variety of backgrounds.
We should probably also remember that, as a starting point, almost all people in here want to help others (and prevent them from making mistakes). However, as this attempt might get slowed down, marred or misinterpreted (because of the way we communicate, where most subtleties are lost, or at least hard to convey), frustrations can start to mount. Similarly, on the receiver side, in case the receiver feels lectured, mansplained or being treated condescendingly by the advice.
People deal differently with frustrations: some turn silent, some turn verbose, some turn to humor (with the caveat mentioned above), some turn to sarcasm, some yield, some double down, and so on…
Sometimes it’s a good idea to just let something go, take a deep breath and… play some bass
Not at all, and is in line with my norm. I see you going on a mission for something that isn’t really going to benefit you.
Four basses including the one on it’s way. 2 compressors, a chorus, a reverb, a fuzz, and an A/B switch and a multi effect pedal. One amp and a bluetooth speaker with an aux in port that I use as a monitor (which I owned for a few years before I started playing). Zero live performances to date, but I’m working my way there and that’s why all that stuff.
For me, it’s a matter of time and energy. Any of the popular DAWS will meet my needs as I have no interest in diving deep into them, so they have to be simply good enough.
Other things like pickups, I put a lot of time and energy into researching and understanding.
Time is limited. I pick and choose where to invest. So in some areas, the equipment may just be good enough. And I am happy with that
Fortunately, I have loads of energy and even more time! I do bass related stuff, bike related stuff and book related stuff … and still have time left to do all kinds of nonsense
For the DAW, I will stick with PreSonus Studio One 6. It’s really ok, though I would like to see something like the Grid that Bitwig provides. Even ToneLib Jam hast that feature … love it!
I use the DAI for every session that I’m playing, so: very important!
In terms of pickups I only listen to you and @Al1885
Yeah so that’s completely different. It’s a nice audio and midi routing plugin host. There’s a bunch of these.
However The Grid is a full modular synthesizer environment with over 227 modules. It’s a completely different thing. And while there may be superficial similarities in that there are boxes connected by lines, those connecting “wires” are doing very very different things.
That’s my dream. I’m dreaming of doing my recordings on a reel to reel most likely a Tascam, full rack effects and preamps. That would be so cool. I know my drummer want to do something like that and record live cover album. If I can take a 2 month sabbatical I’d do that in a heartbeat.
