Anybody here struggle with GAS?

[warsmokeeagle]

I've been struggling for a few weeks now with a couple of limited models - the spring limited 400 with granadillo back and sides and the fall limited 500 with Tasmanian Blackwood. If only the budget had more room...

[guitarsrsoawesome]

I struggled quite a bit until I got my 514ce cedar top.  I can honestly say that I haven't had a serious bout since getting it.  Though I did recently play a Martin 000-17sm that almost snagged me, but I got home, played the 5 and that took care of that.  It's nice to have found "the one," at least for now.  I guess none of us can know when that could change, but it's been a couple of years now and I'm still completely satisfied.  Now I do miss the GS-mini hog I gave away in the sense that it was a cheaper guitar I could take to the park or camping, so maybe something around the $300-$500 level may be in order...oh, wait, is that GAS creeping in? HA!

[Jersey tuning]

a 714 limited Sassafras has been giving me GAS.  My wallet is out of GAS.

[Guitarman]

I have a bad case of GAS  ... and there seems to be no cure 

[Guitar Cowboy]

I'm developing GAS for the revoiced 600 series, either a 616ce or 618e. Played  a couple in San Diego last year at the GC and Taylor showroom.

[Jersey tuning]

Been suffering from a week-long bout of GAS, ostensibly to buy a guitar for my wife, one that we can share of course.  She loves the Sassafras 714LTD but will gladly settle for a Cordoba nylon string hybrid with European spruce top and Ziricote B & S (at 1/4 the price).

[Jersey tuning]

Cordoba Ziricote and European spruce it is.  Now let's see who plays it more -- my wife (this guitar is ostensibly for her) or me.

[packy]

GAS - YES -Always looking, playing, and dreaming!

[Jersey tuning]

One plus of owning a good number of guitars (currently 15) is that guitars relegated to the "forgotten" pile (such as my 1970 Yamaki or my 1954 Harmony Monterey archtop) can suddenly become good players again. Sort of GRS (guitar reacquaintance syndrome)

[mkitman]

With the exception of my Country Gent (acquired in 1970), my 4 Taylors all came to me in the last 8 months...

I think (hope) I'm done.  'Cause I'm certainly broke!   

[TaylorGirl]

With the exception of my Country Gent (acquired in 1970), my 4 Taylors all came to me in the last 8 months...

I think (hope) I'm done.  'Cause I'm certainly broke!   

That's got to be a forum record. 

[Will Box]

I don’t struggle with GAS, I embrace it

[timfitz63]

One plus of owning a good number of guitars (currently 15) is that guitars relegated to the "forgotten" pile (such as my 1970 Yamaki or my 1954 Harmony Monterey archtop) can suddenly become good players again. Sort of GRS (guitar reacquaintance syndrome)

The same thing (GRS) occurs if one is frequently separated from their collection by geography for long periods of time...

[TaylorGirl]

One plus of owning a good number of guitars (currently 15) is that guitars relegated to the "forgotten" pile (such as my 1970 Yamaki or my 1954 Harmony Monterey archtop) can suddenly become good players again. Sort of GRS (guitar reacquaintance syndrome)

The same thing (GRS) occurs if one is frequently separated from their collection by geography for long periods of time...

Tim, are you able to take A guitar along while on business?

[timfitz63]

One plus of owning a good number of guitars (currently 15) is that guitars relegated to the "forgotten" pile (such as my 1970 Yamaki or my 1954 Harmony Monterey archtop) can suddenly become good players again. Sort of GRS (guitar reacquaintance syndrome)

The same thing (GRS) occurs if one is frequently separated from their collection by geography for long periods of time...

Tim, are you able to take a guitar along while on business?

Yes, but it hasn't been one of my Taylors.  Initially I'd planned to take along my GS Mini, but as I was traveling by commercial aircraft, I got a bit spooked about the baggage policies.  While most airlines will try to accommodate a guitar as carry-on, they're not required to do so if all the space in the cabin is filled.  So into the hold it would go, and I'm very distrustful of checked baggage handlers -- especially when the soft case that goes with the GS Mini wouldn't provide a lot of protection.

So over the past 15 months I brokered a deal with my brother to borrow his beginner guitar (a Yamaha Dreadnought) that I could transport from Pittsburgh to wherever the job took me and back.  It's not a bad guitar for the money he paid for it; it plays and sounds OK.  But by the same token, when I'd wander into the local Taylor dealers wherever I was I was quickly reminded that Yamaha guitars are not Taylor guitars...  Still, I wasn't worried about transporting the much cheaper Yamaha -- or leaving it in a hotel room for extended periods.  I figured if something happened to it, I'd only be out a few hundred bucks to replace it for my brother.  And it kept me practicing while I was away.