Bad case of GAS

If you keep repeating that, you may start to believe it.

 

Agreed, but you'll know when you finally get "the one." (Or build it.)

I play this Partscaster 90% of the time.



Gas in "stages" I call it. Sorry if I'm not helping you.

Best of luck

 

Restraint & focus can be good things, but on the other hand, if you don't have a Tele you could probably use one

I probably need to clear out a couple non-essentials myself as I'm reaching for one of these 2 99% of the time I feel the need for a Tele any more:

The Booncaster, assembled & finished from Warmoth body & neck w/ a '78 WRHB at the neck & an SD Jerry Donahue at the bridge...

& the Road Worn '50s on the left in this pic which has turned out to be my favorite Fender made Tele I've played so far, mostly all stock outside of a set of compensated saddles & a bone nut.

 

Secomb

 

Yeah, don't talk to me about GAS... caught wind of those new Noventa teles and my mind's working on a way to justify it

 

Speaking of GAS, and Telecasters, I saw this pine body Esquire at Sweetwater, could not resist it, and couldn’t be more pleased.

It arrived with a decent set-up, flawless finish, and nice fitting knobs, switch, tuners, etc.

For $400 , this guitar plays and sounds above its price. I love playing it.
Like a lot of members, I have higher end guitars, but find myself playing - a lot of the time- my not-so-high-end guitars.

 

I agree with you, if you don’t use it it’s just “stuff”. When the time is right you’ll pull the trigger and probably be happier that you waited until there was no hesitation.

On the other hand, I like “stuff” and while I personally don’t fall into the Collector category I have HUGE admiration for those folks that are Collectors and hope after I retire to be one.

 

The back position is straight pickup tone with no tone control; middle position activates the tone control; front position is the bass tone with no tone control. Surprisingly versatile for one pickup.

 

My problem is that when I run across a guitar that just has a "special" sound and feel, the GAS kicks in. The I go home and figure out what I should let go to make room for the new one (I currently have 13). The problem is that I start playing them to see which one is the one to go, and I get reacquainted what was "special" about each one. It's getting harder and harder to justify any more guitars, but still the GAS can become strong.

 

^This^.

 

That's a sweet one. My favorite color combination too.

I don't need any more guitars, but this one does stir up the "gas."

Enjoy that sweetheart.

 

My favorite color combination for the Esquire, too.
If the body was basswood or nato, I would have passed.

The pine body sealed the deal.
The quality of the pickup is a nice surprise; zero reason to upgrade.

 

Here, let me help you.

 

I will not enable you. Just like this forum did not enable me last month

 

Oh Man!