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Title: Does Freud have GAS pegged?
Post by: fretted on July 21, 2014, 01:45:11 PM
I was reading about the birth of psychoanalysis this morning.
 
"There is a residual dissatisfaction in even the most satisfying experience. The object always disappoints."
                                                                                                                           -Sigmund Freud
Title: Re: Does Freud have GAS pegged?
Post by: Ciarre on July 21, 2014, 05:20:10 PM
LOL.

My first disappointment comes when I discover the new guitar does not improve my playing.
Title: Re: Does Freud have GAS pegged?
Post by: mgap on July 21, 2014, 05:47:15 PM
Not my 514ce ;D I get great satisfaction from it.  Oh wait a minute, so does my 514ce WW, and 814ce SLTD and my……….
Title: Re: Does Freud have GAS pegged?
Post by: Strumming Fool on July 21, 2014, 05:49:04 PM
Perhaps Freud had it right, but then again, I'm not disappointed - I just want more and more of a good thing!
Title: Re: Does Freud have GAS pegged?
Post by: krugjr on July 21, 2014, 11:30:28 PM
the object may be close to perfect..........man certainly is not.....

somewhere jagger is singing, "you can't always get what ......etc"
Title: Re: Does Freud have GAS pegged?
Post by: Edward on July 22, 2014, 11:52:08 AM
...somewhere jagger is singing, "you can't always get what ......etc"

or "I can't get no ...satisfaction..."  :D

Ahhh, the nature of that silly human condition.  What good is having something amazing while pining for yet another?  Infinitely more fulfilling to be able to enjoy what one has , irrespective of its relative worth or assigned value.  It is not the object that disappoints, but the person who seeks worth in that which he possesses.
(...a-hem ...java-induced mental meanderings ;) )

BTW, Ciarre has it on the money.  Took me a while to learn that one ...hahaha!  :D

Edward
Title: Re: Does Freud have GAS pegged?
Post by: 129Jayman on July 22, 2014, 04:20:19 PM
I can admit that I loved my Washburn until I got my Holden Village.  ;) Now I am thinking that I need a bigger Taylor and someone else should have my Washburn.

Jay
Title: Re: Does Freud have GAS pegged?
Post by: toj on July 22, 2014, 10:35:41 PM
I can admit that I loved my Washburn until I got my Holden Village.  ;) Now I am thinking that I need a bigger Taylor and someone else should have my Washburn.

Jay

It is amazing how that works. My thoughts are similar to yours about getting a bigger Taylor.
Title: Re: Does Freud have GAS pegged?
Post by: CodeBlueEMT on July 23, 2014, 01:07:31 AM
"Variety's the very spice of life,
 That gives it all its flavour."







 
Title: Re: Does Freud have GAS pegged?
Post by: fretted on July 23, 2014, 10:02:47 AM
"Variety's the very spice of life,
 That gives it all its flavour."

I keep pitching that to my wife.
Title: Re: Does Freud have GAS pegged?
Post by: stepchildusmc on July 24, 2014, 04:51:33 PM
"Variety's the very spice of life,
 That gives it all its flavour."

I keep pitching that to my wife.
so, uhh.... how's that workin' out for ya Fretted ?
Title: Re: Does Freud have GAS pegged?
Post by: fretted on July 24, 2014, 05:19:13 PM
"Variety's the very spice of life,
 That gives it all its flavour."

I keep pitching that to my wife.
so, uhh.... how's that workin' out for ya Fretted ?

How do you think stepchildusmc? She's glad I'm fickle with fretted instruments and not with women . . . and so is Bob Taylor.
Title: Re: Does Freud have GAS pegged?
Post by: Lizzy on July 24, 2014, 08:13:26 PM
Yes, I think Freud does have GAS pegged...but I certainly don't agree with him on everything. The concept of GAS can be applied to just about anything. I used to have PAS (purse acquisition syndrome) before I discovered guitars. I also have a lot more money available for purses than I do guitars, but one always can find a way:)

I too discovered that each new guitar did not improve my playing. But one should never lose faith.
Title: Re: Does Freud have GAS pegged?
Post by: fretted on July 24, 2014, 08:58:13 PM
That Holy Grail guitar will improve our playing because we would not be able to put it down.

"Contentment is the treasure beyond price" - Prince Valiant from my Little Golden book when i was a a squirt.







Title: Re: Does Freud have GAS pegged?
Post by: Maple422 on July 25, 2014, 11:15:01 PM
Sometimes a guitar is just a guitar...   ;)
Title: Re: Does Freud have GAS pegged?
Post by: BathTimeStrummer on July 25, 2014, 11:22:25 PM
"She's glad I'm fickle with fretted instruments and not with women"

This is pure genius and I will use it in the argument that I will have to have early next week.
Title: Re: Does Freud have GAS pegged?
Post by: Bernie on August 28, 2014, 11:16:55 AM
I was reading about the birth of psychoanalysis this morning.
"There is a residual dissatisfaction in even the most satisfying experience. The object always disappoints."
                                                                                                                           -Sigmund Freud
There are two good reasons not to be fulfilled with your guitar(s)...
- 1 It's not exactly the best combination of woods, shapes, bracings, colours, bindings & so on for you...
- 2 You fear not to have what's best for you when you have it...
All the rest is illness : come & see me, I'll cash the money, not Bob... ;)

Sigmund... :P