Faded
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- Apr 26, 2012
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Like many of you here, I enjoy often buying and sometimes selling instruments. Whether to try something new, get a certain sound or I've just got a bad case of GAS. Its gone on like this for years. My wife likes to say I'm exceptional at making money and just as good or better at spending it. I'd have to agree.
But to be honest, I'm bored with the chase. Bored with the constant "what's next?" of collecting. It all just seems a little draining after doing it for years. I've had hundreds of guitars spanning every price bracket since I started playing as a teenager in the late 90's. From vintage Fenders and Gibsons, boutique brands to Private Stock and core PRSi. I'm just a bit numb to it all.
I've always been a player and have a number of albums to my credit, but the gear and tone chase seems to have overtaken my creativity so a change needs to happen. I never thought creating music would be supplanted by consumerism for me, but here we are.
Enter the long term relationship project...Earlier this month I went to my local dealer and purchased a Silver Sky and a core 10 top DGT. These two, along with a Collings acoustic and a vintage telecaster are my keepers for 2025 (and perhaps beyond). Everything else is going to be or has already been sold. My commitment to this project is to end 2025 with the same instruments I begin the year with. Something I've not done since I was a kid.
My hope is to develop a real relationship with these instruments. To find out their strengths, appreciate their flaws and practice real contentment around the gear that I am fortunate enough to own. I am looking forward to gaining back the energy I spend looking for the next best thing and putting it into more productive creative outlets.
Some of this may seem odd if you're the type who's had the same few instruments for decades, but for those of you out there who can relate...wish me luck!
But to be honest, I'm bored with the chase. Bored with the constant "what's next?" of collecting. It all just seems a little draining after doing it for years. I've had hundreds of guitars spanning every price bracket since I started playing as a teenager in the late 90's. From vintage Fenders and Gibsons, boutique brands to Private Stock and core PRSi. I'm just a bit numb to it all.
I've always been a player and have a number of albums to my credit, but the gear and tone chase seems to have overtaken my creativity so a change needs to happen. I never thought creating music would be supplanted by consumerism for me, but here we are.
Enter the long term relationship project...Earlier this month I went to my local dealer and purchased a Silver Sky and a core 10 top DGT. These two, along with a Collings acoustic and a vintage telecaster are my keepers for 2025 (and perhaps beyond). Everything else is going to be or has already been sold. My commitment to this project is to end 2025 with the same instruments I begin the year with. Something I've not done since I was a kid.
My hope is to develop a real relationship with these instruments. To find out their strengths, appreciate their flaws and practice real contentment around the gear that I am fortunate enough to own. I am looking forward to gaining back the energy I spend looking for the next best thing and putting it into more productive creative outlets.
Some of this may seem odd if you're the type who's had the same few instruments for decades, but for those of you out there who can relate...wish me luck!
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