GAS - Gear Acquisition Syndrome (Part 2)

[howard]

@Paul

Armin van Buurren

He’s definitely the king of trashy trance (that’s a compliment- I love that stuff as a guilty pleasure)

[jules]

@Paul

My condolences

I’m really thankful noise cancelling headphones exist According to our cat trumpet seems to be better than violin actually

@Paul

A lot of people call Tiesto, Martin Garrix or Armin van Buurren the best DJ in the world

I have a feeling that I hate all of them I wouldn’t say C2C are the best DJs but overall working with vinyl and as a team looks like it needs more skill compared to the button pushing David Guetta and similar DJs do at concerts.

[TwinSun]

I needed to have a good amp to go with my new Bass, so here it is, the Rumble 40.

What a difference it make compare to the little Stagg 20W I had!!

Now I’m all set!

[BeerBaron]

Picked up the Ray35HH I was talking about yesterday. Decided to test out the 5-string waters.

Brand new from a flipper on local marketplace. <$400 because it has a paint chip, and it needed the nut for the jack plug ($5 fix at music-go-round).

[Vader]

That paint chip is in the best of places - “where it won’t be seen”.

Also, looks like you need to add some more litter in that litter box.

[BeerBaron]

Yes.

And yes.

(I don’t care about the paint chip. I’m going to forget it’s even there. Dunno if there’s anything I should do to treat it to prevent it from getting worse or anything though.)

[Paul]

You can probably put glue in it? @Barney

[Adampalooza]

Looks great! You got a sweet deal

[howard]

Nice!

[K_Miller]

@John_E

but that second H pickup is simply in the way (a common complaint I ignored thinking more is more - it’s not) and you don’t quite get the MM sound as the bridge pickup is not in the same place as on an H (another common complaint)

Valuable info, thanks

[K_Miller]

Another misrepresented Reverb bass going back

[Barney]

Can’t see it?

[MikeC]

I agree. What’s the problem with it?

[Wombat-metal]

@BeerBaron

Yes.

And yes.

(I don’t care about the paint chip. I’m going to forget it’s even there. Dunno if there’s anything I should do to treat it to prevent it from getting worse or anything though.)

You can leave it as is and call it relic’ed

[howard]

Yeah the peeling plastic on the pickguard is normal and actually desirable - it means no previous owner ever realized that all new instruments come with the plastic protector and you are supposed to peel it off. There’s a brand new pickguard under that.

[Barney]

Also two different basses. One black and one in ahem sunburst.

[MikeC]

But I can’t stop looking at the chic silhouettes on the wall.

[StevFargan]

I found some GAS relief in the form of an Ibanez GSR205.
I wanted to expand my sonic palette with a 5-string bass.
I found this listed on Facebook Marketplace in used-like new condition for just $145.
I played it again today and it feels and sounds great!
Our cat Marble also highly approves.

[Al1885]

Man that orange metallic looks so good.

[MikeC]

And Marble is gorgeous. What a beautiful face.