Internet Creates Gas

#23
Yeah, LONG before I knew about Talkbass I got major GAS just walking into Guitar Center or other music stores. Pickin up rando, cool-looking basses and then plugging into a massive rig...GAS-city, my friend :bassist:
 
#25
I’ve always had gas since I started playing in the early 90s but I could never afford to buy anything so I learned to make do with what I had. It was only until I had a little bit of money that it became a problem.
 
#26
I agree. Back when all I had was one, two, or zero choice in music stores, I'd go, look at what they had, come away with nothing, look at the classifieds in the paper, nothing, get bummed, move on. If this goes on long enough it beats the GAS out of you and makes you work with that you have even if it's not ideal. But now, online, there's virtually infinite choice and availability and the only thing slowing you down is your budget, and I think that leads to even more gearquesting and desire. Might be different if I'd grown up with Internet, perhaps I would have learned to control the GAS naturally by being bored with excessive choice ... :laugh:
 
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#27
The internet didn't create GAS, but it created the kind of 24/7 instant browsing/shopping experience from the comfort and convenience of our homes that didn't exist before it. We can see many more pieces of music gear than we were able to see with just music stores, catalogs, newspaper classifieds, and pawn shops, and all at our fingertips, anytime we want.

So maybe "Internet Increases Opportunities for GAS"?
 
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#29
bassplace said:
As one of the maybe 50% of the bassists here it just occurred to me that I never had the GAS I have now back in the 80's when I was a young lad. I bought a used Rick 4000 out of the Washington Post classifieds in the late 70's as a teenager (still have it). In the 80's went to Atlanta for college, joined a band and, soon, went into Rhythm City and ended up with a GK800RB and a used Acoustic 402 (2x15 shallow back smaller than the 406). Sounded great! My friend and keyboard player who worked there sent a guy trying to sell a slightly damage bass to where I worked at a small sound company and said, "I sent a guy over with a bass, buy it." So I did... a War ProIIe and a fairly unique one with rear mounted board. The combo of the Wal, GK and Acoustic was great. I may have been lucky because that was the most magic I've found. In an attempt to recreate that I got a GK400RB, Resound RS210, same Way, Birdsong Corto and also a Barefaced 110 which I hope will be great for practice and easy for get togethers.

Anyway, enough blathering, I think I've been pretty lucky and hope I have a little magic back.
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Nah......as a teenager onward, I spent a LOT of time in the local Ma & Pop music stores. Later, when I owned a small guitar shop in California we had a lot of the local musicians in there daily, browsing, and just hanging out to talk about gear.

You don't need the Internet to be a gear ho. It comes naturally.
 
#30
What's different is how companies use the internet and exploit the algorithm (along with all of your browsing history, etc.) to target you—showing you exactly what you've been fantasizing about, in full-motion video—when you're just trying to look at your aunt's cat memes. It's supercharged. I don't think a magazine ad can compare with that.
 
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