Author Topic: Major bummer (Read 340 times)

cozmik_cowboy · « **on:** January 18, 2012, 02:20:48 PM »

Wasn't working today, so I fell by my local music store (which I won't name because I like the guys) to play things I can't afford. Lots of nice old amps in stock, but there was not one single instrument I'd want in the whole store. None. That sucks. Does make it a little easier not having the money to buy them, though.

Peter

lbpesq · « **Reply #1 on:** January 18, 2012, 03:44:09 PM »

My wife told me she heard the local Guitar Center is moving and having a huge sale. I thought about it and realized there is nothing in their store that I want. Alembics do tend to spoil us!

Bill, tgo

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wishbass · « **Reply #2 on:** January 18, 2012, 05:49:51 PM »

The only reason I go is for strings (that I buy from an old highschool budy).The economy doesn't help,as the store stock has increasingly become more budget minded. Thank God for Bass NW!(or the regional equivalent)

bigredbass · « **Reply #3 on:** January 18, 2012, 09:48:55 PM »

After a lifetime of not being able to pass any music store without going in, I rarely darken the door of the local ones here. And that's saying a lot, considering I live 10 minutes from George Gruhn's, and about half an hour form all that bass exotica at The Low End.

It just feels like I'm SO done with all of that . . . . but yeah, it's hard to get excited about Music Mans and Fenders, etc., with 2 Alembics at the house.

Now I can't pass motorcycle stores !

J o e y

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terryc · « **Reply #4 on:** January 19, 2012, 01:29:34 AM »

What a coincidence, I was in my home town yesterday and passed a guitar shop and had no inclination whatsoever to go in and look around.
I buy strings off the internet in bulk orders as it works out cheaper.
The only time I went in this shop was to purchase a bone nut to repair a classical guitar for my girlfriend's nephew.
If Alembic made beer it would probably be the best in the world

dannobasso · « **Reply #5 on:** January 19, 2012, 03:19:42 AM »

Like many of you, my studio looks like a guitar center. The walls festooned with 23 axes, floorspace with amps and a recording desk. True I am missing a few items of desire (I'd really like a mix 24 and protools upgrade) but the only thing I've taken down and played was an old Les Paul recording bass which was very disappointing. As we all know, we are spoiled by quality and ruined to the ordinary. Thanks Santa Rosa................. Thanks a lot! Gotta work up a poker face when someone shows me their new guitar.

wishbass · « **Reply #6 on:** January 19, 2012, 03:26:40 AM »

Nice problem to have though.I remember when I would go in,and could only dream about what I could not afford.My 1st bass was $150 used in1982,and I thought that was a fortune.Financially ,I really did start w/nothing,and at 44 I can really appreciate all I've beenable to acquire . =)

811952 · « **Reply #7 on:** January 19, 2012, 05:58:29 AM »

J o e y - I know exactly what you mean. Got that KLR yet? We could ride the mountains around Tellico Plains and ignore all the music stores between there and Nash Vegas...

John

billostech · « **Reply #8 on:** January 19, 2012, 06:30:28 AM »

Greetings to all.
Our local GC is in walking distance from my house. Not even 2 miles. I go there with my daughters and feel somewhat dismayed when I don't go to the bass section. And then there's my bass playing buddies who stop by with their new aquisitions and say ...I know this is nothing like your Alembics but....
Almost awkward.

bigredbass · « **Reply #9 on:** January 19, 2012, 09:28:31 AM »

John, I'm afraid I'm just losing interest in the KLR, I just don't want a single. Maybe the revised VStrom . . . . although actually, I am beginning to seriously get the itch for a Bonneville SE. Maybe a 650 Ninja. I'd really like to stick in that less than 1000cc range, it's hard for me to pay car insurance rates and gas mileage for only two wheels. Really though, I'm at that stage where I want ALL of 'em. One day it's a Monster, the next day an FJR, etc.

I did get to sit on a 1098 Ducati at a dealer recently . . . amazing, but I kept waiting for a voice behind me to say,'Ok, now cough . . . .'

The great thing about Tennessee, there's NO shortage of great moto roads!

J o e y

hieronymous · « **Reply #10 on:** January 19, 2012, 10:20:09 AM »

The only reason I go in to GC is to see if they have anything used that is a) interesting (happens sometimes) and b) not overpriced (happens much less rarely). But here in the SF Bay Area there are plenty of independent stores that I would much rather support.

jazzyvee · « **Reply #11 on:** January 19, 2012, 11:17:25 AM »

The last time I went in my local music shop was just to. Buy strings. A whole back I went to a shop and tried a good few of their higher priced guitars. They all sounded good I have to admit but I found more difference in the feel of the neck than the sounds of the guitars. I have a 1992 strat ultra and none of the guitars gave me anything vastly different to what i get on that guitar.
Don't get me wrong I love the fender sound but there is very little to interest me in music stores any more.
I have more or less what I want and need from electrics now.
Jazzyvee

rami · « **Reply #12 on:** January 19, 2012, 03:31:51 PM »

Hey guys,

The only time I go to a music store these days is when I feel like buying actual music (sheet music, CD's etc...). I usually look in their classical section for Cello and Violin music.
I like to take a peek at their Bass and Guitar stuff. I DO really dig the new American Fenders, but they rarely have much in stock - nothing exotic. I'm just happy and grateful for what I have. I suppose I'm cured of GAS. Haven't felt the need for a while.

benson_murrensun · « **Reply #13 on:** January 20, 2012, 10:17:28 AM »

Something's happening to me, too! I have enough music gear for whatever musical situation I might find myself in. I have collected, bought and sold, etc. for so many years that I seem to have everything I need, with spares, no less. I am always ready for an upgrade, however, so I have to be ready for the right deal or trade! But having had to move a couple years ago (twice) I finally came to grips with the idea that material posessions can definitely be burdens.
And for my motorcycles, I am down to only two and I don't even want anything else. I am finally happy with what I have: a touring/commuter bike, and a roguish high-peformance cop-magnet. I used to keep 3 or 4 minimum at one time, and found that I hardly ever used most of them. And they cost money to keep even if they go unused. They devalue and deteriorate just sitting there in the garage.

811952 · « **Reply #14 on:** January 20, 2012, 11:20:16 AM »

My wife and I are struggling with the notion of downsizing our material possessions so we can more easily transition to a reasonably high-mobility retirement over the next decade or so. One large hurdle to that, for me, is reconciling my love of music (and bass guitars) with the need to shed a bunch of stuff. I (we, actually) have too many interests that require stuff!

John