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GAS definition

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#1 ·
I've been reading this forum for years {got me hooked on Keilwerths} and don't know what the definition of GAS is. So what is it?

I don't know if this constitutes GAS but I just got a fairly good deal on a SX90 BN bari low A. One of the bands I'm looking at playing in is looking for a bari player and this came up. Been on the edge for a Keilwerth bari for few years now {since I sold my Martin bari}.

Now the mpc search I have a ss berg .115 w/no lig waiting for a rovner one to come in the mail that's on order. So I just had to try it when I got it - so used a hose clamp for a lig. Sounds pretty cool even w/clamp lig. :) Been thinking of a Lawton for the beast...
 
#3 ·
Thanks, I've always wondered what the acronym stood for. Guess I had it for a SX90 bari for while.... up 'til now...

Guess GAS can hit on a whim hmmm... new monitor maybe...
 
#4 ·
Spooner, you are correct plus I thought of Gotta
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#9 ·
I need another mpc. to celebrate.
 
#14 ·
Found this thread via the search function (what is this thing called GAS?).

Realised that in fact I am suffering from GAS - gotta have a new tenor, need it soon (but should it be a YTS62 or a Yani 901...and which new mouthpieces should I buy to make the most of the purchase?)

Went to look at the wikipedia page - and found we had been edited out! So I put us back in. Be interesting to see how long it sticks, if at all.

cheers,
Edwin
 
#16 ·
Following the model of the DSM IV TR, I think there should be some distinctions made between major and minor GAS, or maybe displaced GAS, distaff GAS, and GAS-by-proxy.

GAS proper means you buy (or want to buy) another horn, simple.

Displaced GAS is when you buy (or want to buy) another mouthpiece because you're too cheap/broke to buy another horn.

Distaff GAS is when you buy (or want to buy) a mouthpiece (or something equally hideable) instead of a horn because you're afraid of your wife.

GAS-by-proxy is when you get in an argument with another SotWer about Phil Barone (or Maxtone etc) because you want to buy another horn, but can't afford (or figure out how to hide) either a major or a displaced GAS purchase.

Any others?
 
#17 ·
Actually, if you're going to frame this a la the DSM-IV, why not go the extra mile and try to get it into the DSM-V they're working on. I know some people on those committees.

GAS should be somewhere in the Anxiety Disorders spectrum (393), with a code near that of obsessive-compulsive disorder (300.3). Maybe code it 300.6 (for Mark VI) and re-number what is currently 300.6.

Diagnostic criteria:

1) Patient presents with persistent, obsessive thoughts about acquiring another musical instrument,

2) this intrusion of thought is driven by the patient's chronic fear that he or she is not sounding as phat as absolutely possible, due to a perceived deficiency in current equipment.

3) Persistent delusion that somewhere out there is the perfect instrument and accessory setup then will enable the patient to sound like, Urbie Green, Chris Botti, Pat Metheny, or Michael Brecker.

3) Chronic thoughts about, or actual purchase of, additional musical instruments causes significant life disruption, including: Divorce or bankruptcy.

I think this disorder should be covered by all health care plans in the health reform bill-- with a rider that allows the policy-holder to opt out of treatment and receive a voucher good for a saxophone of choice.

....once per year.
 
#18 ·
DSM-----Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Bible of the American Psychiatric Association (aka the Other APA, the premier APA being the American Psychological Association ;):evil:).

Its continuing revisions, voting to include or exclude certain disorders, and other such goings on has been a source of controversy, acrimony, and even entertainment over the years of its existence. I think this most recent suggestion for inclusion has much merit and it would get my vote, if I had voting rights.

Ruth
 
#19 ·
In my Hammond-obsessed days, the list-serv (in its organ-ic self importance) referred to this same condition as H.A.S. - - Hammond Acquisition Syndrome.

Some of these guys had double-digit collections of Hammond organs, with, of course, the matching Leslie speakers. Needless to say, neither their cars nor their spouses (those that remained) had not seen the insides of their garages in many moons.

Be thankful for the "scale" of your instrument(s) of choice.

Full disclosure: I once had 3 of each (Hammonds and Leslies, not counting pre-amps, motors, blown speakers, tubes, etc. etc.) Down to one of each now.