GAS - Gear Acquisition Syndrome (Part 2)

Went into a Guitar Center for the first time ever. The bass selection was not great but I tried a few basses including a Ray34 HH and Charvel San Dimas PJ and I gotta say I was not tempted by anything I picked up. I think my Fender Player Plus PJ has ruined other basses for me. GAS has been thwarted for another day

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Not killed it. These are just hard questions to answer since so much depends on you getting what you want to hear in your ears.

My take, would be to go with the GT-1B. Since it is made for bass, you are more likely to get what your looking for.

This should be completely functional.

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Well, things escalated meanwhile:

  • @sunDOG was kind enough to cut a deal with me on the Ampero One and ships it today to me, can’t wait to play around with it :heart:
  • I have ordered the BDI21 yesterday following the same thought as you mentioned.

Thanks all for the support!
P.s.: Also I have managed to find a Sire Z3-4 in Italy, been being shipped for nearly 2 weeks now, arrived to Hungary but no ETA for the courier yet, but sooooo friggin’ excited about all these things :heart_eyes:

EDIT: just got the notification courier is coming today between 12:30-13:30 CET :heart: :heart: :heart:

(And restrung my Jazz with Elixirs so have something to play around with until other stuff arrive :smiling_imp: )

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And she’s here (but need to let her rest a while as extremely cold so giving time to catch room temp before proceeding - not easy!):

:heart_eyes:

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OK - I HAD TO, gotta understand - just love this thing, perfect neck/bridge/intonation out of the box, sounds awesome as well :crazy_face:

Looks like got J/P/MM covered, right? :crazy_face:

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Congrats! Nice looking family.

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How cold is extremely cold? I’m curios, I’m from south Florida and live in south Florida, but I did quite a few years in the great white north in the military. When I get a new bass, I imagine there is not that much of a temperature swing between a fedex truck, facility and my home. Maybe a swing of 20F but gradually.

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Well outdoors at night 2 nights ago it was -5 degrees (Celsius) so freezing and box/instrument felt like really spent the previous times without any heated location, here at home I set thermostat to +22.5 C.
According to this chart that’s like 50F difference:

What’s worse condensation appeared on metal parts so I just let it rest for a few hours. Never received any instruments during winter (late fall, you get it) and it helped that had to work as well :laughing:

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Acoustic instruments are greatly subject to temperature fluctuations. Electric instruments? Way not so much.

I’ve unpacked and played many a delivery in cold winter months. Never a problem.

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Congratulation,
this looks amazing.
I’m following the exact same path. It’s justa Dingwallt went in the way of the MM
Enjoy !

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Well I’ve never but this was the first time humidity got condensation after unpacking. Read a lot on letting the received bass for 24 hours but as an engineer I can’t really agree - while a few hours with ice cold instrument (especially due to work) made sense.
BTW: in the rehearsal room when having a break we open the windows (fresh air comes handy right? :wink:) and after resuming I have to adjust tuning a little, then eventually getting (tuning) back so temp change causes some neck bend difference at least on my Squier Jazz. Next time I’ll see with the Sire :metal:

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I had one of my basses that arrived pretty cold. Water started to condensate on the metal parts… and it had metal pickup covers :sweat_smile:

However, I don’t believe it should really be an issue.

The most temperature sensitive part of the instrument are probably the strings. As far as I know, changes to the neck happen quite slowly and are more linked to humidity than temperature.

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My experience is that the neck may be affected, but waiting 24 hours isn’t going to fix that.

I find I may get some setup issues day 1, like fret buzzing, but if I wait it generally goes away on its own. So I will play day 1, make sure everything works, I’ll make some adjustments but not the neck, and after a week I’ll adjust the neck

Most of the fret buzzing goes away on its own after a few days

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That is a serious change! During the summer peak here, you could see that much of a temperature change at the higher end if you left a bass in the car then brought it in!

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I didn’t know there was such thing as GAS… hahahah. But… A few years ago I tried to begin my bass journey with a Yamaha, but it didn’t work and I ended up selling the bass… now I tried again and this time it’s flowing to the point that I’m beginning to improvise and felt quite appropiate to by another bass that suits up for more rock/metal music… It’s name is Jackson Concert JS2… later I’ll post some pictures

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They are nice looking basses.
I think a person should get the instruments they really want and love.
Getting the one or more of what you really like may promote more in hand playing time.

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Well it’s not THAT easy mate - I mean I had like 2-3 months when only the P (with flats) got played and then 3-4 when the Jazz. Now obviously the Z3, I mean I just love all of them :heart_eyes:

As I have the Ampero one (and the BDI21) in transit I only have one GAS subject (really): a 210 cab for the rehearsal space (currently only the Ashdown 12 cab is there with the amp) as I had to sell most stuff but now getting things workin’. Aiming for an Ampeg SCT-210AV as cheap and said to be sounding awesome, but I’ll ask you guys in 3 weeks (next salary to come) on recommendations- eyeing with a used Fender Rumble 210, Phil Jones 4x7, this Ampeg…. Something to sound good in itself with the Elf as well as with the Ampeg RB210 as extension cab.

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Hope it’s not the start of GAS but first pedal arrived today! Boss CEB-3. I like goth music, I had to have a chorus pedal right? Right?

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:thinking:

:sweat_smile: :joy: :rofl:

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Gas is fun… :hugs: :yum: :nerd_face:

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