GAS - I got it
Thursday, February 2nd, 2006
Having gotten 1 friggin day on the floor of NAMM, I have a condensed case of GAS - Gear Aquisision Syndrome. If you own guitar, you know what this is. Here’s my list – what’s on yours?
Eyeland Guitar Straps – the coolest leather straps I’ve seen.
Reverend Guitars – cool retro designs and a semi hollowbody model.
Jangle Box – want to play Byrds? want to bring your 12 string Ricky to life?
February 3rd, 2006 at 1:12 am
Oh I’ve been going nuts in that department lately. My problem is I’ve been feeding my GAS and buying all this crap. I just purchased a Heil PR-20 vocal mic (because I got really sick and tired of the SM-58 sound), and just yesterday purchased a pair of Mackie SRM350’s to use as monitors and, in a pinch (in a small club) mains.
Loving the Heil mic… that guy knows how to make a dynamic mic.
As for the Mackie’s, well, they sound good in the studio upstairs, and we’ll try ‘em out for monitors tomorrow night. Funny thing about that… I use ear monitors, so I actually won’t be able to tell… but the other guys can’t hear zip with the monitors they have, so I figured it was time for me to step in and solve the problem once and for all. Let’s hope it works.
February 3rd, 2006 at 3:53 am
I’ve been on a GAS diet, mostly because I have a Mustang with a sick transmission and in need of a new roof.
But I lust, oh do I lust.
February 4th, 2006 at 4:37 am
I’m gong to have a lot of fun next week. I’m getting a Variax guitar from Line 6—it’s the 600 model. This is a digital guitar that when plugged into the PODxt Live gives you a complete digital experience.
So, using the toggle switch I can can pretty much anything I want including tunings. It should be pretty interesting to test it out.
February 23rd, 2006 at 3:41 am
My son is starting private drum lessons at a local music store. On our first visit, he sat in during a friend’s lesson while I browsed the shop.
Big mistake. Now I’ve got the bug again. The Yamaha BX-1 bass I bought years ago (because it was light, and playing 3-5 weddings a weekend was ripping my shoulder apart), now has the subtlety of a brick after toying with some really sweet Fenders. I could swear I was getting vibrato just by thinking about rocking my finger on the strings of a Precision Fretless.
I also want to pick up a little FireWire mixer, and I already bought up a cheap mic in case I ever do put together that podcast or lay down the vocals to the song I wrote for my wife.
I was really impressed by the sound of some of the tiny practice amps they had—really rich and full.
For now, though, I think I’ll be content with picking up a cheap electric guitar to play through the computer. I came across some old big band scores I arranged in high school, and I’ve been wondering if I could put them together in GarageBand. I know I’d be a lot more proficient playing the parts on a guitar than a keyboard.
Now, if I could only find a way to buy enough time to do all these things.
—Chuck
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