I don’t know if its abilify impulse related, just that I’m bored or what.
But I have been having a serious issues revolving around buying more guitars and guitar related stuff. I have 4 electrics and an acoustic and have only been playing about 7 months.
I also bought one for resale, but that doesn’t count in my mind because I sold it for a profit.
Oh, and I gave away my first cheap one to my niece, so I have actually bought 7 guitars in as many months.
I have been frankly obsessed.
It took me showing the purchase I was considering today to some friends and their input that I was going overboard to fully sink in that I have a problem. I kind of knew that I was getting carried away, but it took others input to really help me to break the cycle for now.
I can’t use all these guitars at once. I alternate playing them a bit, but do I really need to throw another one into the mix at present?
Maybe if I don’t make any major purchases for several months I can justify a splurge once in awhile. But I definitely cannot continue at the current pace.
Do any of you have or have had an obsession with something? Feel free to comment on this thread however you like. On my situation or your own.
I have more cars than I can realistically drive. I am always having to charge batteries do to no recent use.
I have two SUVs and four sports cars. Plus I inherited two more when my father passed.
So I currently have 8 vehicles.
I want another Mustang. It’s an obsession.
I also have a Fender Stratocaster, a Fender acoustic electric and a Gibson Les Paul and I can’t even play them anymore. My fingers on my left hand don’t work well.
I am just not in the position to make purchases like this anymore. I just remember i bought lots of books but made a concious decision not to buy anymore for storage reasons. A few years ago i got an ereader instead.
The one I was considering today was the most expensive one I had considered yet and would have set me back financially to buy it. I was considering it anyway. This is when you know you have a problem, IMO. Especially for something you don’t really need.
It’s only specific to guitar stuff. I don’t hoard anything else. I guess you could call it hoarding. IDK. I did not have this problem with anything else prior to starting guitar. IDK>
I have seen pics he has posted of his place @bobbilly - he keeps everything neat and organized. Doesn’t have piles of crap everywhere. Definitely not a hoarder. Passionate about a new hobby, absolutely. It’s easy to go overboard in the intitial stages when you are excited about it.
I was thinking about going on ebay to buy a new guitar today because all mine are cheap and hard to press down on the strings. It’s impulse control, I know you know that. I decided that I’d pay off my credit card and buy a guitar but I don’t know if it’s going to be an electric or acoustic. You sound like you are having a manic high but I don’t know if you are bi polar. I used to buy books like one a month and never read them or pick them up for a day or two. I was trying to fill a hole inside me. Maybe try and pet your dog instead? Lol.
Hey @Bowens I also suffer from GAC (gear aquisition complex) and it’s apparently very common among musicians. No known cure but can be kept in check. My last purchase was purely impulse and turned out to be a dud, and a waste of money I didn’t have. Cautionary tale.
It happens to all of us to some degree, that have been bitten by the guitar bug. I just keep 2 things in mind:
1- you hardly ever get $ back that you spent, from selling a guitar.
and 2- the bug can just as easily be satisfied by buying cheaper gear , like splurging on some new picks, a slide, a techy set of strings, little stuff
