GAS attack! and I lost... again.

Quattroste · 22-11-2006 2:16pm #1

Just purchased a new Gibson Les Paul Standard in faded tabacco burst on ebay! Over a grand cheaper than Musician Inc and MMaker and 900 cheaper than Thomann.

I wasn't even looking for a Les Paul

It just seemed like such a good deal!(I sound like a woman!)

That's twice I have clicked the BuyItNow button in the last couple of months without having the necessary funds or approval(if you know what I mean)

I may have to ban myself from the net all together. To me it's fine because I always tell myself that I can just sell them if need be. The only problem is that "need be" would have to involve the death of a VERY close family member (on my side

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Ancient1 · 22-11-2006 2:49pm

Damn...you really do need to be under supervision when you're online

Congrats man! And remember what the Doc says:"It doesn't exist without pics."

Oh and if you sounded like a woman you wouldn't say you just spent a grand, you'd say I just saved a grand.

Johnny Storm · 22-11-2006 4:15pm

Looking forward to the pix already.;) ***drools slightly***

Quattroste · 22-11-2006 5:17pm

The support is somewhat worrying, and from the fellow mature

boarders too. Can't imagine what we'll be encouraging each other to buy when the mid life sh1t kicks in!

Pics when I get it for sure!

Karl Hungus · 22-11-2006 5:25pm

What do you expect us to do?

Some day, one of us will come on and say "My wife's left me, taken the kids, and I have to sell the house and pay her half!" and the answer from the other Instruments forum heads will be "Use your half of the payment to buy this, and live inside it."

Doctor J · 22-11-2006 6:23pm

Dude, I share your pain (and affliction), trust me

Johnny Storm · 22-11-2006 11:08pm

Quattroste wrote:

... Can't imagine what we'll be encouraging each other to buy when the mid life sh1t kicks in!

? Well, that's certainly why I bought all my guitars anyway! I'm lookin' forward to my second childhood now!

Karl - Cool Link - does anyone actually ever use one of those things or is it a gag?

Karl Hungus · 23-11-2006 4:40am

Johnny Storm wrote:

Karl - Cool Link - does anyone actually ever use one of those things or is it a gag?

It was built as a showpiece for trade shows such as NAMM.

Quattroste · 23-11-2006 11:21am

Karl Hungus wrote:

What do you expect us to do?

Some day, one of us will come on and say "My wife's left me, taken the kids, and I have to sell the house and pay her half!" and the answer from the other Instruments forum heads will be "Use your half of the payment to buy this, and live inside it."

Yeah, One of them and an old Bus. Then I'd just travel the country and jam with whoever cared to do so........aaaahhhhhhhh heaven!

Karl Hungus · 23-11-2006 11:27am

Quattroste wrote:

Yeah, One of them and an old Bus. Then I'd just travel the country and jam with whoever cared to do so........aaaahhhhhhhh heaven!

That sounds like the best idea ever. DO IT!

Doctor J · 23-11-2006 12:39pm

Quattroste wrote:

I wasn't even looking for a Les Paul It just seemed like such a good deal!(I sound like a woman!)

Yep, I feel your pain, substitute Les Paul for Edwards 58 style V at an insultingly low price on the damn u-box

Quattroste · 23-11-2006 2:52pm

Nice one Doc. I actually searched for Gibson because I was thinking of a V or an Explorer or firebird or something a bit different. That means they are still outstanding

Down boy DOWN!!!!

Karl Hungus · 23-11-2006 2:53pm

Quattroste wrote:

I was thinking of a firebird

On chrisguitars.com now.

Doctor J · 23-11-2006 2:56pm

Ahhh, no Firebird GAS, I was looking at them this morning (plenty of nice ones on ebay too) :eek:

Quattroste · 23-11-2006 3:01pm

You people are sick! Sick I tell ya..... SICK.

Doctor J · 23-11-2006 3:04pm

And you're not exactly immune either

Karl Hungus · 23-11-2006 3:15pm

Quattroste wrote:

You people are sick! Sick I tell ya..... SICK.

Sorry about that.

If it makes you feel any better, the Doc linked me to a Yamaha John Myung sig that's going for £399 and ending today. I'm in agony because there's no way I can come close to affording it.

Don1 · 23-11-2006 3:47pm

What does GAS stand for? I know what it is, that's why I have my G&L!! "Oh just come have a look at it" he said, "Sure have a loan of it for a few days" he said. Bastard.

Karl Hungus · 23-11-2006 3:55pm

Don1 wrote:

What does GAS stand for?

Gear Acquisition Syndrome.

feylya · 23-11-2006 3:59pm

I'm having an unhealthy bout of GAS over this:

Karl Hungus · 23-11-2006 4:04pm

The one thing that I've been consistantly gassing over for about 2 years now is this. Some day... some day.

fish-head · 23-11-2006 4:17pm

I've been gassing over this blinging machine, and it's more understated brother.
I've already started selling my other axes..
The sick thing is, my other Gretsch still hasn't arrived. Stupid bloody FMIC.
Ah well, I've found a guy based in Ireland importing them at stonking prices so he'll be my next port of call when I get the funds for the Jet.

Kenny_D · 24-11-2006 1:54am

Quattro check out this Gibson les paul:

http://www.j-guitar.jp/sea/JG/view_detail.cgi?pid=10145672

Is that the website you got the LS200 off? That's an amazing price for the les paul

feylya · 24-11-2006 2:04am

Oh no

I just priced this

http://www.excite.co.jp/world/english/web/body/?wb_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ishibashi.co.jp%2Fwebshop%2Fguitar%2Fesp%2Fedwards%2Felp85cd.htm&wb_lp=JAEN&wb_dis=2

€557 shipped :eek:

Kenny_D · 24-11-2006 2:21am

Their shipping is about €100 isnt it? God damn GAS-inducing edwards

So its another 21% on top of that yeah?

Karl Hungus · 24-11-2006 3:44am

feylya wrote:

Oh no I just priced this

http://www.excite.co.jp/world/english/web/body/?wb_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ishibashi.co.jp%2Fwebshop%2Fguitar%2Fesp%2Fedwards%2Felp85cd.htm&wb_lp=JAEN&wb_dis=2

€557 shipped :eek:

Buy it buy it buy it buy it buy it!

The_g-man · 24-11-2006 4:15am

http://www.excite.co.jp/world/english/web/body/?wb_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ishibashi.co.jp%2Fwebshop%2Fguitar%2Fesp%2Fedwards%2Felp85cd_js.htm&wb_lp=JAEN&wb_dis=2
Just incase you're jumping into things, the guitar in your first pic is slightly different, but sells for the same price.

Johnny Storm · 24-11-2006 8:48am

feylya wrote:

Oh no I just priced this

http://www.excite.co.jp/world/english/web/body/?wb_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ishibashi.co.jp%2Fwebshop%2Fguitar%2Fesp%2Fedwards%2Felp85cd.htm&wb_lp=JAEN&wb_dis=2

€557 shipped :eek:

Res Paul ?

Very nice guit. Needs speed knobs though!

Quattroste · 24-11-2006 9:43am

Feylya. That Edwards is really nice man. But don't feel pressured to buy it just because its eating away at you and you feel incomplete without it. The pain will eventually go away but you will never, NEVER be the same again. And for the rest of your days on this earth you will question the day that you chose not to give in, and rue the fact that a little bit of you was lost forever!

GS. Yes that is the site I got the LS200 off. I have now banned myself from it!

feylya · 24-11-2006 3:19pm

Stop! I'm suffering enough waiting for my fecking strat which appears to be stuck in Portlaoise. ****.

Quattroste · 02-12-2006 5:27pm

Pics of the new guitar and also the Mesa Amp here:

http://homepage.mac.com/ste_mooney/PhotoAlbum7.html

feylya · 02-12-2006 5:30pm

You have the exact same Eggle I have :eek: Same colour too.

Johnny Storm · 02-12-2006 5:52pm

Quattroste wrote:

Pics of the new guitar and also the Mesa Amp here:

http://homepage.mac.com/ste_mooney/PhotoAlbum7.html

Wow! Very, very nice collection!

Ps I know what you mean about some of those tops looking like a print-out. Whats up with that? They seem to have a bunch of them in Waltons. Anyway - what's it like to play?

Quattroste · 02-12-2006 6:05pm

Feylya. Mine is black, bought from new in 92! I thought yours was a dark green!

Johnny, I'm not decided on the playability of the LP. The frets are a bit high and blocky and until I get a set of elixirs onto it I'll hold off on the final call. She sounds really nice but a bit bright and punchy for a LP.

feylya · 02-12-2006 6:07pm

Hee, it's so hard to tell the colours. Most people think mine is black too. It's always funny when they go "is this the same guitar you had last week?"

Damn nice collection though!

Johnny Storm · 02-12-2006 6:59pm

Quattroste wrote:

...Johnny, I'm not decided on the playability of the LP. The frets are a bit high and blocky and until I get a set of elixirs onto it I'll hold off on the final call. She sounds really nice but a bit bright and punchy for a LP.

Maybe a good setup would help ?

Voodu Child · 02-12-2006 7:04pm

Ah yeah, the LSS, i remember that, was wondering when we'd get pics.

Lovely amp, people tend to forget that mesa doesnt have to be high gain recto-type stuff. What do ya think of it?

Quattroste · 03-12-2006 2:40pm

The amp is really really nice. Very retro vintage tones(he says as if he could play!) It needs to be brought to a garage or similar and given a good blast at it's proper volume level. You can still get nice breaking valve tone at lower volume because of the switchable watts but it just aint the same

. I'm surprised at just how versitile the amp is. The Strat and the 335 sound best through it. To be honest most of my equipment is wasted on me, but who cares

Johnny, i'll give the elixers a go and set it up as best I can. If i'm still not decided your welcome to give it a lash yourself! I wont pretend to know what I'm doing

GAS attack! and I lost... again.

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