Major GAS pains

[stephen]

I shouldnt have done it. I saw the SRV Signature series up on the GC wall. one of the guys that knows me says, you wanna play it? He knows I cant afford it, and I wont buy it, but he gets it down for me.

Now I like strats, but I dont appreaciate em enough to add to my quiver. but now, :hissyfit I WANT THIS ONE!!!!!!!!!!!

it doesnt have that spongy feel like most strats have (me thinks its the trem springs), and she played soooo sweet!. And an in your face punchy strat tone too!

I think I need some pepto bismol :oops: .

[Brad]

Once you play an exceptional, well set up strat, this is what usually happens. I started out with Les Pauls and 335's in my formitive playing years and never gave strats or teles the time of day. My AS-200 was stolen in the early 80's. I had a gig that night and a friend loaned me his Strat. I found a 78 Tokai Vintage copy and that was my main guitar for the next 20 years. I don't play it as much as I should as my tele's ahve taken over, but when I do get it out, I marvel at what a quality guitar it is. I was never much of a wiggle sticker, so I just put 5 springs in for the psuedo hard tail. Works like a charm. Well Stephen...I ahve afeeling their is a strat in your future! The nice thing is, you can find one cheap and upgrade it for a reasonable price. Just one more tone weapon i nteh ol' arsenal. I;ve played several fo the SRV strats and most were very, very nice.

[jazzrat]

The flatter radius on the SRV makes all the difference for me.
That's one the best strats I've played. The vintage reissues don't play as nice IMHO

[reverbbb]

Hmm, I liked the SRV feel and sound too. But I hated the lefthanded whammy and the gold hardware. I played two different ones at the same store the same day once. There were some surprising differences. Mainly in the attack and sound.

Hey! If you can't aford nothing, why are you going into GC? And it sounds as if this guys knows you really well too. Is there something that you need to confess to us?

(This is where I rub the temptation sauce all over your will-power): GC has great financing. Just get it and make $75/month payments for 16 months.

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[stephen]

The guys at GC know me from goin in buyin all the small stuff, and helpin out friends make the big purchases.

They allow me to bring in my rig, and check things out (like pedals), and they dig my custom Squier!

Thry also know that I usually forego lookin at the high end stuff, and I have a lot of will power (ie: no cash, and a lil woman I am absolutely scared to death of :wife ).

Its gotta be the SRV signature strat. Thats the one I want. Oh well, I guess I can pray about it.

[kewlpack]

Oh well, I guess I can pray about it.
Now there is the wisdom I hoped would show up! :angel

Hope you are led to a good decision.

It just occurred to me... GAS is also spelled c.o.v.e.t. :shock The Book warns very loudly about it... stupid me for not wanting to see this very often. We all gotta be more aware so we don't give into that! Myself included! :innocent

[reverbbb]

Gee, I guess I done good by not making an offer on a BLUE SG Supreme last night. It was used and they only had it marked at $1395. I was pondering offering them $800 for it. The problem is, they might have took it. That's what happened to me at the same place on my BLUE Les Paul.

Now, if I can just control myself this weekend at the Dallas Guitar Show. Perhaps if I take El-kabong along :wife.

[stephen]

Nothing like a little cast-iron pan re-enforcement as it glances off the back of your head, gently persuading you to keep the cash in your pocket, if you know whats good for you (or should I whack your head one more time :wife )

[Old Believer]

Nothing like a little cast-iron pan re-enforcement as it glances off the back of your head, gently persuading you to keep the cash in your pocket, if you know whats good for you (or should I whack your head one more time :wife )

Could you eBay some stuff? Don't go for the credit angle. Pay cash. And watch out for the persuader :wife See if you can find a Jimmie Vaughan Strat. I had one for a couple of years. Good price point, nice soft vneck, hot pickups MIM strat with American parts. In fact I'm sorry I sold mine.

<<
Wife: But, honey the new kitchen decorations are for both of us. Don't they make the house look better?
husband {thinking in his ******: :innocent I could've used that money on a strat.
husband {out loud}: Yes, honey those decorations are beautiful (hey pal, lying is a sin).<<

[refin]

My wife once told me that if I buy one more guitar,I wouldn't being seeing her for awhile.I gave in to GAS,and sure enough,I didn't see her for about 2 weeks....then the swelling in my left eye started to receed a little,and I could make out shadows.

[stephen]

My wife once told me that if I buy one more guitar,I wouldn't being seeing her for awhile.I gave in to GAS,and sure enough,I didn't see her for about 2 weeks....then the swelling in my left eye started to receed a little,and I could make out shadows.

:ROFL :rofl: :lol: :-s Ahem. The the lil woman tells me I dont think that is funny.

















:-$ :lol: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Teleguy]

Y'know, I can relate to this thread so well!
O:)

[Old Believer]

My wife once told me that if I buy one more guitar,I wouldn't being seeing her for awhile.I gave in to GAS,and sure enough,I didn't see her for about 2 weeks....then the swelling in my left eye started to receed a little,and I could make out shadows.

:ROFL :rofl: :target :yikes

Run for cover.

[Ascension]

:roll: Don`t EVEN talk about GAS pains in the last 30 days alone I`ve snagged a,1991 DC125,87 V220 and a Tone Navigator :crazy I think I`ve lost it !!

[Crunchyriff]

I see a frying pan in your immediate future....

[refin]

I see a frying pan in your immediate future....


:ROFL

A cold steak is still the best for an eye whopper....for frying pan fractures,I dunno--maybe take 'er out for a great date night beforehand,give 'er a little extra spending $,and compliment her mother's cooking and how you love having her over.




Nahhhh----how much permanent damage can a frying pan do?

[Teleguy]

...how much permanent damage can a frying pan do?


Depends on her technique!

[Pearly Gator]

Why don't you make your own custom strat, Stephen? For a lot less money, you could build one. But, yes, there ain't nothing like the real thing.

Gary

[seagullplayer]

My wife told me the next ax I bring home better be for split'in wood.


You know they never cover this problem in the beginner books...

[reverbbb]

You know they never cover this problem in the beginner books...

Ain't that the truth :lol: .

What is ironic, is our wives/girlfriends are attracted to us by our personality traits, which includes our passion for our hobbies. Then, eventually they feel that we are not giving them enough attention and seek to limit our obsessive indulgence into our hobby.

They are correct for the most part. This dilemma is not limited to guitar players. It also involves hunters, fishermen, basketball, golf, bicycling, racecars, model trains, baseball cards, stamp collecting, woodworking, tool collecting, etc. Men just have this affinity to focus their attention into something besides a relationship. Women are in need of relationships and appreciation. However, if our hobbies are distracting, then they are not getting fulfillment from their relationships.

We as Christian men need to carefully balance our passions with our relationships. Christian women (all women for that fact) need to understand the needs of men to focus their attention into hobbies. I am not sure that I know why this is, but it is apparent.

I believe there is no harm in having a passionate hobby. I also believe that if we are earning money in our occupations, then we are entitled the luxury of spending the money on our passions. Because, good things can come from passionate people and their hobbies - think Gottlieb Daimler, Louis Pasteur, Thomas Edison, Cyrus W. Field, Robert Johnson, Leo Fender, Laurens Hammond, Clarence Birdseye and John Harvey Kellogg, etc.

There is also scripture that directs us to support our church and to help God's children in need. We must do so and be thankful that we have the means to do so. But I don't recall any passages that direct us to abandon our crafts completely. Any thoughts on this aspect?

[kewlpack]

There is also scripture that directs us to support our church and to help God's children in need. We must do so and be thankful that we have the means to do so. But I don't recall any passages that direct us to abandon our crafts completely. Any thoughts on this aspect?

May I suggest that you start a NEW thread in the DOCTRINE area to discuss the above? This could become a fairly big discussion in and of itself...and will no doubt enter into the doctrinal sort of genre.

~A~

[reverbbb]

Good idea. This is a doctrine sort of question. Yet, I introduced this aspect of the discussion on this thread because it is directly related to our GAS indulgencies.

I don't mean to dampen the light hearted spirit that was intended by this thread.

Stephen, all I am saying is that you appear to be a great steward of your family and balancing their needs with your GAS. So much so, that I feel that you deserve an SRV Strat when the time is right. I know that your business is getting off the ground and you have not become instantly rich and rolling in the money. Just keep working at it and your dreams will come true on all fronts.

[MrMike]

I really think that since He has chosen to bless us with the musical gifts that He has given us, we have the responibility to use those gifts for His glory- and what a glorious responsibility it is!! It is a part of who we are, although I say that cautiously because He corrected me on that one a few years ago. I went through a battle with tendonitis in my wrists, and I really felt that He was leading me to stop playing for a while. One Sunday morning in desperation, I tried to explain to Him that "this is who I am!". As clearly as I have ever heard Him speak, He said, "No; who you are is My Child. Playing guitar is something you do. Don't confuse the two." That said, I don't think that He would bless us with this gift knowing that it would cause discord in our homes. Like most things in life, it's a question of balance.

[stephen]

Wow! What a way for this thread to turn around! I was bein a lil silly: yes I like the srv signature strat, but I know I cant afford it. But I am happy with my current number 1, which will remain my number 1 as long as I'm playin.

My wife knows I have a passion for guitars, and she try's to let me have a lil fun with it, but she also knows I wont get nuts after a GAS attack either. When I went on a search for a tele, she was worried I would buy one for 5 or 6 hundred dollars. It floored her that I came home with one that was $150.00 dollars. Sold that one and she thought, uh-oh, here comes the big hit, but I boaught a Squier Affinity for just under 200, and it didnt come out of the finances at all: sold some stuff I had layin around I wasnt using, and it just covered it all! So she knows I wont go out and buy a big $ guitar.

And kewl, while its a great insight to keep things in "forum-perspective", I think this thread belongs right here, to help remind us all we have to keep our "Christ-perspective" in all things, including this silly little hobby we enjoy.

Thanks to all for making this a great thread. by all means, lets not let it stop now!

[jazzrat]

Not to interupt the thougthful tone this thread has taken but I just saw this
Jimmy Vaughn with GFS alnicos and Kinman mods over at the the
CGR forum. Might be a nice budget guitar for someone

http://www.christianguitar.org/forums/showthread.php?t=99705

[prscustom24]

I did the Kinman neck-blend mod to my Strat+ when I loaded it w/ Kinman pups. It's a useful addition to have [neck + bridge] and [all active] options.

[Old Believer]

The JV Strat would be a good deal.

I had one for a couple of years, and sold it. I'm sorry I got rid of it. It was a great guitar at a great price. Anyone interested in a Strat for around $500 to $600 for a new Strat should check these guitars out. They have hot rodded pups, special wiring, American hardware, and an awesome neck. {hold on I'm giving myself GAS}.