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That you want to completely start over? (your guitar rig)
I do.
I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired of my gear. I'm sick of all my guitars, my amp, pedals.
I'm tired of it all.
Some of it is pretty cool. But. . .Its all stale. I get excited with musical ideas, and then I pick up my guitar, turn on my amp. . .and its so stale. Its uninspiring, it kills off that excited feeling I had to create.
Its been going on for awhile. . .Its kinda like being depressed. . .except only towards guitar stuff. I just dont wake up and feel like playing anymore, because its so. . .predictable. Lately, I've been playing less and less, because its less and less fun. My playing is suffering as a result.
I'm tired of the GAS and its games, and I'm tired of being a gear COLLECTOR. Now, I am at the point where I dont want to just buy gear because I think its cool (which is what I usually do) I want to take a very utilitarian approach and get just the stuff I NEED to make the music I want.
I think I am going to sell EVERYTHING. My amp, cabs, pedals, guitars, hell even the crappy cables, just clear em out. While I am gearless, I'll get a cheap pawnshop acoustic (not too cheap, something nice but inexpensive) and just play that for a while until I get my head cleared off all the gear madness, kind of like taking a vacation. So I'm going cold turkey. I waste too much time looking at gear catalogs, looking online at gear, browing forums, browsing ebay, browsing craigslist. I dont even feel like a musician, my musical theory knowledge is almost non-existant.
Honestly, I feel like it has consumed my life almost. Instead of feeling like a person who plays guitar, I feel like a guitar player who does things in the real world on occasion. I feel like its keeping me from being a well-rounded individual, with diverse hobbies and interests. My interests right now are almost fully on guitar playing and gear collecting.
I play guitar just to play guitar and make silly sounds, not to make music like I would like to do.
So. . .I'm hoping that this will get me a fresh, clean start, and I can focus on making music, instead of collecting toys.
Does this sound familiar to anybody? or have I just lost it?
I do.
I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired of my gear. I'm sick of all my guitars, my amp, pedals.
I'm tired of it all.
Some of it is pretty cool. But. . .Its all stale. I get excited with musical ideas, and then I pick up my guitar, turn on my amp. . .and its so stale. Its uninspiring, it kills off that excited feeling I had to create.
Its been going on for awhile. . .Its kinda like being depressed. . .except only towards guitar stuff. I just dont wake up and feel like playing anymore, because its so. . .predictable. Lately, I've been playing less and less, because its less and less fun. My playing is suffering as a result.
I'm tired of the GAS and its games, and I'm tired of being a gear COLLECTOR. Now, I am at the point where I dont want to just buy gear because I think its cool (which is what I usually do) I want to take a very utilitarian approach and get just the stuff I NEED to make the music I want.
I think I am going to sell EVERYTHING. My amp, cabs, pedals, guitars, hell even the crappy cables, just clear em out. While I am gearless, I'll get a cheap pawnshop acoustic (not too cheap, something nice but inexpensive) and just play that for a while until I get my head cleared off all the gear madness, kind of like taking a vacation. So I'm going cold turkey. I waste too much time looking at gear catalogs, looking online at gear, browing forums, browsing ebay, browsing craigslist. I dont even feel like a musician, my musical theory knowledge is almost non-existant.
Honestly, I feel like it has consumed my life almost. Instead of feeling like a person who plays guitar, I feel like a guitar player who does things in the real world on occasion. I feel like its keeping me from being a well-rounded individual, with diverse hobbies and interests. My interests right now are almost fully on guitar playing and gear collecting.
I play guitar just to play guitar and make silly sounds, not to make music like I would like to do.
So. . .I'm hoping that this will get me a fresh, clean start, and I can focus on making music, instead of collecting toys.
Does this sound familiar to anybody? or have I just lost it?
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