Gear Lust: Stuff you can't afford but if you could

[tapper mike]

This time I'll actually wait before posting my bucket lust.

[Amon1973]

ESP V-shaped (asymmetric) USA Custom
Jackson Warrior USA Custom
Jackson Rhoads USA Custom
Kiiras EX-shaped
Biarnel Scorcio 32" 5-string bass

[Bombadil]

Martin HD-35;
Martin D-18 or Gibson Hummingbird.
A real ES-335.
A real ES-295.

[uOpt]

Mesa Mk... what number are they up to?

[Gavincoolguy]

Some sort of box more than a foot away from other people's box so I can use a tube amp. If my tube amp box has somewhere to park my car that would be even better.

[zerocrossing]

Some sort of box more than a foot away from other people's box so I can use a tube amp. If my tube amp box has somewhere to park my car that would be even better.

I’ve not been able to use an actual amp of any kind in my box since 2000, but in all honesty, I no longer miss it. That “amp in a room” vibe is nice but can’t really be captured on recordings anyway. Modern modelers and capture technology is so great. Not the same, but equally good.

[zerocrossing]

I don’t know why I’m like this, but I never really G.A.S. for guitars. I bought my dream guitar in the early 80s or so, a G&L Skyhawk (Stratocaster). That cured my guitar lust for a long time, until I fell for a Steinberger GMT4, which I actually lost to another buyer before I had the money, but then he traded it for an Ibanez GEM at a different music store up the road, and I was able to buy it gently used for about half price. Since then… not really much has caught my attention. Now synthesizers… they seem to constantly be capturing my attention. I hope I can scare up the money for a 3rd Wave desktop this Christmas.

[Uncle E]

I’ve not been able to use an actual amp of any kind in my box since 2000, but in all honesty, I no longer miss it. That “amp in a room” vibe is nice but can’t really be captured on recordings anyway. Modern modelers and capture technology is so great. Not the same, but equally good.

TONEX + Ox Stomp = match made in heaven.

I can't justify buying Hologram pedals but I wish I could:

[stoopicus]

it even has granular synthesis

[zerocrossing]

I’ve not been able to use an actual amp of any kind in my box since 2000, but in all honesty, I no longer miss it. That “amp in a room” vibe is nice but can’t really be captured on recordings anyway. Modern modelers and capture technology is so great. Not the same, but equally good.

TONEX + Ox Stomp = match made in heaven.

I can't justify buying Hologram pedals but I wish I could:

I thought hard about buying a Hologram, but with Other Desert Cities, Portal and other effects, I can get to similar places, and more.

[Magic Russ]

If I could afford the time, I would be taking piano lessons.

[Bombadil]

I don't really GAS for guitars any more.

I don't really GAS for guitars any less….

I've got all the guitars I reckon I'm going to get. I'm very difficult to please at this point, and I don't have the money for a 4000€ guitar.
I could've had an HD-35 Martin, new, in 2009, for about 2000€. Twas a beast. Rattled my ribcage with a gentle strum.
To me, a great sounding/playing acoustic is a work of art that will always make me covet it, if I don't have it. Secret is to be content.

[tapper mike]

If I could afford the time, I would be taking piano lessons.

Can you devote one half hour a day of focused practice?
Piano lessons are usually a half hour then you practice for an hour to a half every day.
If you do it early and focus on only the lesson material a half hour a day you'll get better than trying to cram it all into a week. Piano like guitar always starts out with developing muscle memory. Focus on the material at hand. Developing good technique is by building on strengths. A simple piece played well even simple chord progressions or scales at a moderate tempo with always beat a haphazard sloppy incomplete peace. Focus on where you are in the moment of your playing save where you want to go with your playing after you've mastered the lesson.

YT has hundreds of online free courses. If you've never played before start here...
https://www.youtube.com/@pianoly

[tapper mike]

Mostly it's about the jazz box

Benedetto Bravo Deluxe



Gibson ES-275


Gibson L5 CES


Guild Aristocrat (yes it's a hollow body


Guild a 150


Fender Strat Plus Deluxe (1990's)

Gibson Peter Frampton
whoops. wrong link now corrected.



The biggest seller on the PF version is ALL Mahogany body rather than standard Mahogany back and neck with maple cap.


Why Gibson decided that Customs should have maple mahogany rather than the original and early 70's all mahogany on custom models is beyond me. The tone on all mahogany guitars is warmer and fuller rather than the scooped mids to highlight the highs on lows as found on standards is beyond me.

[cryophonik]

I lust over expensive boutique basses (e.g., Sivcak OSC III 5, high end Elrick and Sadowsky), but have never pulled the trigger on one. It's not so much that I can't afford them, it's more that it's money that would be better spent on less luxurious items or saved for future needs. I honestly don't play bass much anymore and spend most of my time and money on hardware synths that I do use almost every day. I also have a couple of nice basses (G&L and Lakland), so I usually just pull them out whenever my bouts of GAS for a boutique bass pop up and that usually extinguishes it (temporarily).