In my recent “Stupid Gear Myths” article, a reader commented, “…Work with what you have. Simplify your set-up, tailor it to your needs, your music style…”
Wiser words cannot have been spoken. If you buy into the common wisdom that your tone comes from your fingers, then do you really need to have a bunch of gear, especially pedals?
I know and play with guys who have relative big boards compared to mine. They’ve got several modulation effects, overdrive pedals, etc., etc.. They seem to get new ones every couple of weeks. I was like that too, but at some point, you have to stop and see what tones you can get out of the stuff you have.
It’s like a friend of mine who was buying guitars at an alarming rate. One day when he showed up to a gig and had a new guitar, I asked him, “Are you going to spend some time getting to know that? Sheesh! You barely spent time with the last one you bought.”
Sure… says the man with a bunch of guitars. But truth be told, I sold off most of my guitars. The ones I have left, I play regularly in gigs and in the studio. And most of them will go to my kids when I’m too old and decrepit to play. But the ones I play, I take A LOT of time to get to know all their little idiosyncrasies.
Look, don’t get me wrong. If you want to get a ton of gear, that’s entirely up to you. But you should ask yourself why you’re getting it. Is it because you feel there’s a sound you just can’t get with the gear you have? More likely than not, that sound is there. You just haven’t discovered it yet.
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My best anti-GAS therapy is to watch youtube videos about the gear I already have, not about gear I wish to have. Then you discover new ways to use your own equipment, or simply seeing it from the distance makes you love it again.
That’s a good thing to do. I occasionally do that as well!