# Musicians (esp. non-guitarists) - do you, too, suffer from GAS? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 4, 2008, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-esp-non-guitarists-do-you-too-suffer-from-gas/448000 "2008-05-04T14:19:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-esp-non-guitarists-do-you-too-suffer-from-gas/448000/41 "2008-05-07T02:41:30Z")
[QUOTE=Danalan] One of our musical acts consisted of two guys. They brought along 7 guitars for a 2-hour set. [/QUOTE] Preceded by 45 minutes of tuning. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-esp-non-guitarists-do-you-too-suffer-from-gas/448000/42 "2008-05-07T04:00:10Z")
[QUOTE=Danalan] I’m so enjoying this thread! One of our musical acts consisted of two guys. They brought along 7 guitars for a 2-hour set. All Martins. [Here](http://rockhoppersdailygrind.blogspot.com/2007/05/chaz-glass-ed-newkirk.html), and [here](http://rockhoppersdailygrind.blogspot.com/2007/06/video-update-as-promised.html). Both admitted having GAS. I’ve taken to documenting the guitars our musicians bring in, there have been some interesting instruments. [Here](http://rockhoppersdailygrind.blogspot.com/search/label/guitar). [/QUOTE] My god, it’s like _Penthouse_ for axes. Thank you for sharing. I’m drooling and I don’t even play guitar. Oh man, I got GAS real real bad. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-esp-non-guitarists-do-you-too-suffer-from-gas/448000/43 "2008-05-07T04:31:07Z")
[QUOTE=Danalan] I’m so enjoying this thread! One of our musical acts consisted of two guys. They brought along 7 guitars for a 2-hour set. All Martins. [/QUOTE] Wow, I didn’t know Martin made Strats now! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-esp-non-guitarists-do-you-too-suffer-from-gas/448000/44 "2008-05-07T12:08:53Z")
[QUOTE=squeegee] Wow, I didn’t know Martin made Strats now! 😛 [/QUOTE] It was a cunning disguise, M’Lord… ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-esp-non-guitarists-do-you-too-suffer-from-gas/448000/45 "2008-05-07T15:14:59Z")
I’ve been trying to keep my GAS in, but sometimes it seeps out. I bought a new Babicz steel-string this year which I don’t need and can’t afford. I’m going to have to sell something…and I HATE that. I’m a guitar player, but also double other instruments, so I don’t know where that puts me vis-a-vis the OP. I own several guitars–having 2 of each type is _important_ because what if one breaks during a gig? So I have 2 electrics, 2 steel strings\*, only 1 nylon string because I don’t gig with that very often. Also a couple of rack synths, a JX-8P, several keyboard controllers. Then there are the winds: trumpet, flugebone, flute, 2 recorders, 2 harmonicas, digeridoo, pan pipes. And finally percussion: claves, rain stick, fish, cowbell. And a Chinese Pipa. With lots of electronics, of course. I think it’s indicative that our 4-piece band has a 20 channel mixer (with 4 monitor mixes) for gigs, not counting the drum sub-mixer and my guitar+keys sub-mixer. We even need about 12 when we play acoustic. I’m sure I’ve missed something–I don’t play out much any more. ☹ “Why?” is a difficult question. I hate to part with them because they’re just cool, I suspect. Sort of the same reason I have a full collection of Discworld hardbacks and most of the Carl Sagan books. 'Cause I like 'em! They’re classy! IMHO, reed players who have alto, tenor, flute (or some such combo) are not affected by GAS since they might **actually** need those during a gig. Clearly as\_u\_wish’s daughter has progressed beyond this. - OK, I have 2 steel-strings that I take to a gig. In therapy I have confessed to having: Taylor, DanElectro, Kay, Babicz, Ibanez, Washburn, and 2 Martin travel guitars (one broken which is now a clock). Hey, I don’t have a 12-string! ---
**Author:** ![Danalan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@Danalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danalan)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-esp-non-guitarists-do-you-too-suffer-from-gas/448000/46 "2008-05-07T16:12:13Z")
[QUOTE=squeegee] Wow, I didn’t know Martin made Strats now! 😛 [/QUOTE] Seven Martins, one Strat, and a keyboard, OK? Geez! 🙂 Unfortunately, that was before I started documenting the guitars that come through the shop. They’ll be back before the end of the summer, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-esp-non-guitarists-do-you-too-suffer-from-gas/448000.md?page=2)